RE: Carrying a monopd
ROFL!! That's a good one Bob!! Tan. :) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob Sullivan Sent: Saturday, 1 May 2010 3:08 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Carrying a monopd OMG Larry, Use it as a walking stick and get on with it. Next you're gonna want a Batman belt! Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I went for a walk in the woods after work tonight. Being around sunset it was getting dark, especially under the trees and I wished I'd had my monopod with me. I was trying to think of a convenient way to carry it, when I wasn't using it and think that some sort of a holster on a belt might work. Has anyone used something like this: http://www.zbattery.com/Maglite-Plain-Leather-Belt-Holster-for-D-Size- Flashlights to carry a monopod? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Carrying a monopd
On Apr 30, 2010, at 10:08 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: OMG Larry, Use it as a walking stick and get on with it. Next you're gonna want a Batman belt! What do you mean next? I've been wanting a Batman belt for almost 45 years, the only thing that changes is what I'd carry in it. -- 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: an AP story on our exhibit
Bob W wrote: Here's how to be a real chansonnier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyqIs8xPCd0 And a cover for the youngsters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wTPb5-Lf40feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfKGoP6KEpwfeature=related -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Free, as in time
Bob W wrote: But no new toys for a while... :o( It's happening everywhere. I was one of the fortunate few not to be called to a meeting yesterday. You could start a new career as Bob the gentleman burglar, only targetting the robber barons who are running the country these days. They wouldn't miss the odd Ferrari or shooting lodge in Scotland. There's a big movement afoot in education to outsource the IT maintenance provision. It would mean working with teachers but you would be able to fleece them for years before they caught on. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K-x - What say you?
Jeffery Smith wrote: While it is apparently marketed toward the average Joe/Jane who might want a bit better digital camera, what is the verdict on the Pentax K-x? Does anyone on the forum have and use one? Yes. Buy 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.
Long lens updates [Scanned]
Sigma has the following lenses now officially available in Pentax fit: 300mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM, 500mm f/4.5 EX DG HSM I wonder how long before we get the option of the following: 800mm f/5.6 EX DG HSM 300-800mm f/5.6 EX DG HSM 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.
Re: Carrying a monopd
Larry Colen wrote: I went for a walk in the woods after work tonight. Being around sunset it was getting dark, especially under the trees and I wished I'd had my monopod with me. I was trying to think of a convenient way to carry it, when I wasn't using it and think that some sort of a holster on a belt might work. Has anyone used something like this: http://www.zbattery.com/Maglite-Plain-Leather-Belt-Holster-for-D-Size-Flashlights to carry a monopod? I have a two-section one that multitasks as a stick and mugger-deterrer, as if I do not manage that adequately myself. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Firmware updates
Rob Studdert wrote: On 01/05/2010, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't seen anyone mention this, but there seem to be frimware updates for the K20, K200, K2000, and K10 as of April 22. the K20 version is up to 1.04... There was actually a K-x firmware update also, all mulled over on DPR. Higher than 1.01? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The New Life: Part II (new skin)
Roman Melihhov wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20100430162536 ^^^ its a Grass Snake to the lover of repltiles in you... Interesting. Here, halfway up the UK, I am at the northern limit of this snake, yet you are much further north than me. An excellent portrait. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-7 replacement?
On 2010-04-30 18:23 , Rob Studdert wrote: On 01/05/2010, Joseph McAllisterpentax...@mac.com wrote: [snip] BTW your mailer seems to continuously break/confuse threads, your reply to me appeared in a thread of the same name that was running concurrently (as it was originally split due to another misbehaving mailer app I suspect). Joseph's email had a correct In-reply-to: header, so i'd blame it on gmail barring any further evidence -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-7 replacement?
On 2010-04-30 17:29 , Rob Studdert wrote: On 01/05/2010, Joseph McAllisterpentax...@mac.com wrote: Most likely because you or your son captured much of the artwork using a third party utility, or browsing Google and various bands websites. When you re-synched, iTunes, which only uses Apples own database, and Amazon's (from two years ago) went out and checked on all the artwork at those sites, and deleted the rest as being not recognized. This is such a perfect example of just what has been being said by so many in this thread. It's their way or nothing is the Apple paradigm. it's a really bad example, since that feature is an option; it may be too helpful in the default, but the default is for people who buy tracks from Apple and rip their own CDs without tweaking the track names; not everything about iTunes suits me but it is one of Apple's more configurable apps and it's also one of the few with a comprehensive AppleScript implementation -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Firmware updates
On 01/05/2010, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Rob Studdert wrote: On 01/05/2010, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't seen anyone mention this, but there seem to be frimware updates for the K20, K200, K2000, and K10 as of April 22. the K20 version is up to 1.04... There was actually a K-x firmware update also, all mulled over on DPR. Higher than 1.01? Yes and no. It definitely contains new code but the primary revision number remains the same (you can see the different version number using Photome) http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=35030899 -- 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: Firmware updates
I remember it was mentioned the other day. I updated my K10D the other day.
Don't think the update was actually necessary for me but what the hey...
Dave
On May 1, 2010, at 3:38 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I haven't seen anyone mention this, but there seem to be frimware updates for
the K20, K200, K2000, and K10 as of April 22. the K20 version is up to
1.04...
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Re: K-7 replacement?
On 01/05/2010, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: it's a really bad example, since that feature is an option; it may be too helpful in the default, but the default is for people who buy tracks from Apple and rip their own CDs without tweaking the track names; not everything about iTunes suits me but it is one of Apple's more configurable apps and it's also one of the few with a comprehensive AppleScript implementation I work in radio stations, we don't use iTunes and never will but we create buckets of audio files. Being forced to use an app like iTunes sucks and is very indicative of Apples general behaviour IMO. -- 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: Pentax K-x - What say you?
2010/5/1 William Robb war...@gmail.com: Pentax knocked one out of the hockey court with this one. The what? Stick with ballparks. There's a par for every course, isn't there? :-) I have only played with a K-x for a couple of hours, but it seems like a very nice little camera. I got a decent picture of auroras at ISO 6400 (30s exposure at f/8), the noise is visible but far from overwhelming. Would be very tempted if I didn't already have K-7. 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: an AP story on our exhibit
Here's how to be a real chansonnier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyqIs8xPCd0 And a cover for the youngsters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wTPb5-Lf40feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfKGoP6KEpwfeature=related Géniale! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-7 replacement?
On 30/4/10, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: The one thing I really, really dislike about the Mac is the obnoxious attitude of Mac zealots who insist that their way of doing things is *obviously* the one true way. But it *is*. Amen. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Free, as in time
It's happening everywhere. I was one of the fortunate few not to be called to a meeting yesterday. You could start a new career as Bob the gentleman burglar, only targetting the robber barons who are running the country these days. They wouldn't miss the odd Ferrari or shooting lodge in Scotland. There's a big movement afoot in education to outsource the IT maintenance provision. It would mean working with teachers but you would be able to fleece them for years before they caught on. I've considered that, but they will be outsourcing it to the big boys, not to one man and his dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: K-7 replacement?
The one thing I really, really dislike about the Mac is the obnoxious attitude of Mac zealots who insist that their way of doing things is *obviously* the one true way. But it *is*. Amen. Anyone who thinks otherwise must explain themselves to the iNquisition. As you might expect. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Carrying a monopd
http://www.zbattery.com/Maglite-Plain-Leather-Belt-Holster-for-D-Size- Flashlights to carry a monopod? I have a two-section one that multitasks as a stick and mugger-deterrer, as if I do not manage that adequately myself. Make model? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: K-7 replacement?
I started with computers in 1982, when the hot PC's were Commodore 64's and Amiga's, with the TRS-80 the hobbyist machine. The first business PC's I used were the HP86A and then the HP desktop, complete with 128k of RAM (64k built-in plus 64k plug-in module), and a 5.25in floppy for storage. Teamed with a daisy-wheel printer and Lotus 1-2-3 v1a, I did project costs and revenue forecasts which took 45 minutes to print out one page on A3 paper! Next came an IBM PC, which was better specified and by then HDD's were standard, but usually only 5-10MB in size. 1984, the Lisa came out and I loved it - but: it cost, IIRC, $9000 when a PC from IBM with MS-DOS cost only $5-6000, and by then I had supervised the installation of over 100 PC's in the company I worked for. Given the then lack of commercial software compared with MS-DOS machines, it was a no-brainer to stay with MS, and by then too MS users had access to very capable programs for WP, spreadsheet and database creation. Had Apple, when they moved on from the Lisa to the Macintosh, not lost to the MS model in the commercial world, they might now be dominating that market, but they would have had to be as open to third-party developers as MS is (although that openness can be problematic, as we all know). I stayed away from the early versions of Windows, not using it until 3.11, which was relatively stable and usable: I'd concede it took a while to get used to, not in using the mouse, but in working out how to do things I had been used to doing from the command line. I will still use the command line for some tasks, such as a multi-file selective move or copy, and for a fast and efficient search using parameters with output to a file or printer, which are near impossible to do in Windows (unless perhaps you write a script, which probably takes more time than using the command line). It's, I think, a matter of fact that commercial users went the PC way because of IBM: for a long time it was said in IT that you can't get fired for buying IBM: the MS-DOS-based software suites such as Lotus and Symphony were comprehensive and relatively easy to use, worked well, and could be sourced from multiple retailers at competitive prices if they didn't come pre-installed. Mac's made it in the print and graphics world mainly I think because they undoubtedly had a good interface for that type of work, and they were much faster in rendering graphics for a very long time. Nowadays, all of my clients use Windows in various versions, and Office in versions from 97 onwards: backwards compatibility is much better than it used to be, MS has learnt the lesson from Excel 3 to 4, when every macro had to be re-written, an absolute nightmare which kept me away from Excel for years (macros I wrote in 1982 for Lotus 1-2-3 still run in the latest version I use, which is quite remarkable). I think it just has to be accepted that unless Microsoft and Windows will dominate the commercial and home use markets for many years to come because it's now much too hard for companies and people to make the change: the costs in re-training and replacing hardware and legacy software would be unacceptable. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Saturday, 1 May 2010 8:29 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:49 -0500, CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Apple is very good at making it easy to do the things that they think you should do. It can be very challenging however if you think differently. While this is a fairly obvious troll line, I must respectfully disagree. Anyone who lived through (and with) the popularization of computers among the masses must remember what it was like to learn DOS and to be fumbling through a manual to learn the cryptic command that one must type (without syntax errors) to accomplish ANYTHING before the Macintosh. In contrast, upon seeing the first Macintosh running in an Office supply store without knowing anything at all about it, one could walk up... grab the single button mouse (which I had never seen before) and it was immediately OBVIOUS what one would do with it. Click, select, drag. One could easily learn to use both applications MacWrite and MacPaint without ever cracking a book. It was a paradigm changer: a computer which worked virtually as you thought it should. Apple's Macintosh Interface Guidelines brought a certain sanity to the user. You didn't need to learn a different location for the menu command to open a file, or quit a program, or print. Or to close a window, etc. This made learning a new program so much easier as there were commonalities to the basic functions, for those programs that stuck to the Guidelines. By any objective standard Apple has made it's reputation on the opposite of what
Re: K-7 replacement?
I was filming a report on UK soldiers returning home to barracks from Afghanistan the other day. We had to shoot and edit and then send from a network news satellite truck. The reporter asked me if I had my [Mac] edit kit along, and I always do. She asked if I wouldn't mind editing the piece as well because her Avid [Newscutter on a PC Laptop] was always crashing. I shot the piece and edited it and we sent with a few minutes to spare. The above seems like a cut and dried Macfanboy 'howzat' but actually if one digs a bit beneath the surface, things aren't so ipso facto. The reporter barely knows how to use the laptop which is serviced and updated by the IT guys once in a blue moon. I am a contractor who knows his kit and operations inside out. Of course mine doesn't crash and hers does. If she had the Mac and I had the Windows, she would have asked the same thing, and I would have shot and edited and the result would have been the same. It's less to do with how good the computers are and more to do with how competent the user is at maintaining a healthy system and knowing how to achieve the required result. (That said, if it's shiny and has an Apple on it, I'll still buy it.) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-7 replacement?
On 1/5/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Anyone who thinks otherwise must explain themselves to the iNquisition. As you might expect. You've not had the iCushion treatment? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Carrying a monopd
2010/5/1 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I went for a walk in the woods after work tonight. Being around sunset it was getting dark, especially under the trees and I wished I'd had my monopod with me. I was trying to think of a convenient way to carry it, when I wasn't using it and think that some sort of a holster on a belt might work. Has anyone used something like this: http://www.zbattery.com/Maglite-Plain-Leather-Belt-Holster-for-D-Size-Flashlights to carry a monopod? No but I can somewhat see this as being a good idea - I see five-0 using these and the Mags seem to hang sufficiently low. Just make sure it is thick enough so it doesn't slip out, you are looking at kind of a big opening. Personally, I have an R-Strap and just leave the monopod dangling underneath the camera with the ballhead unlocked. It swings a bit when I walk but doesn't knock my knee, only downside is the ballhead scratches a bit where the neck of the camera plate rub on the upper edge of the ball cage whatever the tech term for that part is. Kirk has such a contraption on a separate belt but it costs an arm and a leg. You could also just find a suitable carbine hook and attach it to the belt loops of your pants. Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-7 replacement?
2010/5/1 Bob W p...@web-options.com: Anyone who thinks otherwise must explain themselves to the iNquisition. As conducted by Paul iNquist? Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The New Life: Part II (new skin)
On 1/5/10, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: Here, halfway up the UK, I am at the northern limit of this snake, Holy Mary that's a long snake!!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: This looks like a must have for folks going to GFM
On 30/4/10, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/2639451/294218458/name/RedGreensHolder%2Ewmv Thanks Larry, best laugh of the day -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: This looks like a must have for folks going to GFM
2010/5/1 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/2639451/294218458/name/RedGreensHolder%2Ewmv And it will even fit into your http://www.zbattery.com/Maglite-Plain-Leather-Belt-Holster-for-D-Size-Flashlights Go get two!!! ROFLMAO Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: We'll be streaming the opening live from Chicago
On 1/5/10, Tanya Love, discombobulated, unleashed: Let's hope there's something more exciting to see! Start your own webcam service and we might have some interesting competition! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: K-7 replacement?
[...] I think it just has to be accepted that unless Microsoft and Windows will dominate the commercial and home use markets for many years to come because it's now much too hard for companies and people to make the change: the costs in re-training and replacing hardware and legacy software would be unacceptable. I don't think they'll dominate the home market for much longer. At that level the boxes are now largely the same - the web is the great unifier - and the boxes will become like any other appliance. As long as people can connect wirelessly to the web, download music, games, video, use email, show pictures and swap files with work the rest is determined by looks, price, cool and similar factors, not by the criteria that professional techies think are important. The commercial market is different because apart from highly specialised machines you have to take the cookie cutter approach and consider the costs and ease of mass use. The bank that recently sold us on had an estate of over 40,000 desktop machines, several 1,000s of laptops and 1,000s of servers in several datacentres to maintain integrate just in the UK; the company which bought us and is now getting rid of us, has a similar estate spread around the world. Maintaining and supporting that, along with the networks that pull it all together, is a very difficult and costly exercise. Over the years Microsoft have targeted that very successfully and I don't believe Apple is ever likely even to try to break into it. 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: K-7 replacement?
On 01/05/2010, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: It's less to do with how good the computers are and more to do with how competent the user is at maintaining a healthy system and knowing how to achieve the required result. Thank dog someone has finally said it! -- 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: Carrying a monopd
I use the side loop on my AW200 Sling bag to store my monopod. Keeps it nicely out of the way, and always accessible. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I went for a walk in the woods after work tonight. Being around sunset it was getting dark, especially under the trees and I wished I'd had my monopod with me. I was trying to think of a convenient way to carry it, when I wasn't using it and think that some sort of a holster on a belt might work. Has anyone used something like this: http://www.zbattery.com/Maglite-Plain-Leather-Belt-Holster-for-D-Size-Flashlights to carry a monopod? -- 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. -- Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.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: K-7 replacement?
It's less to do with how good the computers are and more to do with how competent the user is at maintaining a healthy system and knowing how to achieve the required result. Thank dog someone has finally said it! That's just a variant of blame the user for the programmers' failure. I know that everytime we think we've made something idiot-proof they bring out a better idiot, BUT, most people are not like us and they don't want to have to nurture their pc like a rare orchid, or know all sorts of stuff to make it work. The designers of these things have a responsibility to make them work in their target environment - the normal home that's full of normal people - and they are failing miserably in this. People have become so used to the idea of PCs as mysteriously unfathomable things that are prone to apparently random failures that destroy all their data, that people believe it's inevitable. But it isn't. It is possible to design systems that switch on quickly, protect your documents, pictures, music, video, games and so on, make the technicalities invisible to the average end user, prevent virus attacks, recover invisibly if they do succeed. It's the manufacturers and designers who have failed to do this, not the end users. Apple try to fool people into thinking their products are like this (it just works), but evidently this is not the case. They're no better, and no worse, than Microsoft, Linux etc. I don't have to know anything about electronics to have a TV, stereo or radio, a gas boiler, a washing machine etc. The same should apply to home computers, which are for most people nowadays just another appliance. 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.
For Sale Friday
Sorry, I missed the cutoff by a bit. SMC Pentax F AF Adapter 1.7X I have one of these that I am selling. I bought it about 12 years ago as 'new old stock.' Since then, I might have used it a dozen times at most. I just don't think about it when I pack my camera bag. It's like new, with caps, carry bag, even the original plastic bags. The box is a bit faded from sitting on the shelf for so long, but that's the only wear. It deserves a home where it will be appreciated more. If anyone is interested, please email me offline. Bill Sawyer Detroit, MI wsaw...@twmi.rr.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 Back yard deer
Well, Nothing runs like a Deere. or smells like a John! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Catch-In-Focus (RE DO)
Well done, I'd say. Good looking bird. Paul On May 1, 2010, at 1:20 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Thanks, Dan. I hadn't done a Trap Focus since my MZ-S. Kind of a Lark! Jack --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Fw: PESO: Catch-In-Focus (RE DO) To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 7:25 PM Very nice capture! Dan On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Well, he's so temperamental he refuses to work with me. Spoiled!! This is a Trap Focus with the lens set on MF and the body AF-S. Shutter won't release unless in focus..as I'm sure you know. Check it's beak and head ares which will indicate sharp focus in that area. Their feathers are so fine, they're difficult to pick up as fine detail. The lens was set at 65mm (not 135mm) and I could have been even closer. The full size file holds more detail. Thanks for comments, Larry. Jack --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Re: Fw: PESO: Catch-In-Focus (RE DO) To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 4:14 PM On 4/30/2010 4:05 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: That's better. Now I see it. First of all, who said you could post pictures when there are more important religious arguments to discuss? Lovely colors, and quite reasonably sharp especially at (at most) 135mm, but not so sharp as to negate any excuses for longer glass. Maybe you focused just slightly in front of it? No matter, I'd be chuffed to get a bird picture that clear myself. Rather than square format, I'd crop a bit off the right side for a portrait format putting the eye at the right 1/3 axis rather than the center axis, though cropping the left may work as well and still show some of that pretty blue sky through the trees in the background. Perhaps for your next shot, you could get him to pose facing the other direction. On 4/30/2010 6:57 PM, Jack Davis wrote: --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Jack Davisjdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Jack Davisjdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO: Catch-In-Focus To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 3:48 PM Finch Food Feeded Focus Fun! Comments? http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=498 K20, DA* 50~...@65mm, f/8, 1/250, ISO 200, Cable switch CS-205, Manfroto 3021 T/Pod w/Manfroto Pro Ball Head -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: OT: Free, as in time
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:39 +0100, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: One of the fascinating aspects of long-term participation in the PDML is the soap opera aspect - reading and hearing about the changes in everyone's lives - marriages, babies, house moves, illnesses, work and so on. In the time I've been on it I have had about 7 different jobs, mainly contracts. For the last 5 years I've been in the same job, but for 3 different companies as a result of mergers and acquisitions. Well, the long-trailed process of redundancy finally began today with a meeting of all of us who are 'at risk of redundancy'. They have to follow a clearly-defined process but some time in the next 2-6 weeks I'll be available again. Fortunately I have 5 years of continuity and we have a good redundancy package, so I will come away with about 7 months' pay, of which 5 are tax-free. With modest outgoings, no debts other than a relatively low mortgage, some small savings, and with even my holiday already paid for, it'll be a while before the wolf's at the door so I'm not bothered about it yet. But no new toys for a while... :o( Bob Allow me to add my best wishes to those already expressed - hope all works out as you would like. I've been twice redundant during my career. The last time it was offered, my 60th birthday was a matter of weeks away and my hand was up in a flash. One downside to enforced free time, though, is that you discover all of the odd jobs that you've tactfully ignored in the past. Eventually you run out of excuses. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-7 replacement?
On May 1, 2010, at 5:35 AM, John Coyle wrote: I started with computers in 1982, when the hot PC's were Commodore 64's and Amiga's, with the TRS-80 the hobbyist machine. You must have been half asleep, if you missed Apple //e. I was working in NY as a journalist, and anyone who could afford to spend more than a pittance worked with a //e and 128k of ram. As far back as 1978, the Apple // was a hot seller for serious users, as it was the machine that ran Visicalc. Apple actually had a substantial business market at the time but didn't pursuit it down the line. The first business PC's I used were the HP86A and then the HP desktop, complete with 128k of RAM (64k built-in plus 64k plug-in module), and a 5.25in floppy for storage. Teamed with a daisy-wheel printer and Lotus 1-2-3 v1a, I did project costs and revenue forecasts which took 45 minutes to print out one page on A3 paper! Next came an IBM PC, which was better specified and by then HDD's were standard, but usually only 5-10MB in size. 1984, the Lisa came out and I loved it - but: it cost, IIRC, $9000 when a PC from IBM with MS-DOS cost only $5-6000, and by then I had supervised the installation of over 100 PC's in the company I worked for. Given the then lack of commercial software compared with MS-DOS machines, it was a no-brainer to stay with MS, and by then too MS users had access to very capable programs for WP, spreadsheet and database creation. Had Apple, when they moved on from the Lisa to the Macintosh, not lost to the MS model in the commercial world, they might now be dominating that market, but they would have had to be as open to third-party developers as MS is (although that openness can be problematic, as we all know). I stayed away from the early versions of Windows, not using it until 3.11, which was relatively stable and usable: I'd concede it took a while to get used to, not in using the mouse, but in working out how to do things I had been used to doing from the command line. I will still use the command line for some tasks, such as a multi-file selective move or copy, and for a fast and efficient search using parameters with output to a file or printer, which are near impossible to do in Windows (unless perhaps you write a script, which probably takes more time than using the command line). It's, I think, a matter of fact that commercial users went the PC way because of IBM: for a long time it was said in IT that you can't get fired for buying IBM: the MS-DOS-based software suites such as Lotus and Symphony were comprehensive and relatively easy to use, worked well, and could be sourced from multiple retailers at competitive prices if they didn't come pre-installed. Mac's made it in the print and graphics world mainly I think because they undoubtedly had a good interface for that type of work, and they were much faster in rendering graphics for a very long time. Nowadays, all of my clients use Windows in various versions, and Office in versions from 97 onwards: backwards compatibility is much better than it used to be, MS has learnt the lesson from Excel 3 to 4, when every macro had to be re-written, an absolute nightmare which kept me away from Excel for years (macros I wrote in 1982 for Lotus 1-2-3 still run in the latest version I use, which is quite remarkable). I think it just has to be accepted that unless Microsoft and Windows will dominate the commercial and home use markets for many years to come because it's now much too hard for companies and people to make the change: the costs in re-training and replacing hardware and legacy software would be unacceptable. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Saturday, 1 May 2010 8:29 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:49 -0500, CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Apple is very good at making it easy to do the things that they think you should do. It can be very challenging however if you think differently. While this is a fairly obvious troll line, I must respectfully disagree. Anyone who lived through (and with) the popularization of computers among the masses must remember what it was like to learn DOS and to be fumbling through a manual to learn the cryptic command that one must type (without syntax errors) to accomplish ANYTHING before the Macintosh. In contrast, upon seeing the first Macintosh running in an Office supply store without knowing anything at all about it, one could walk up... grab the single button mouse (which I had never seen before) and it was immediately OBVIOUS what one would do with it. Click, select, drag. One could easily learn to use both applications MacWrite and MacPaint without ever cracking a book. It was a paradigm changer:
Re: Peso Catching Rays
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:02 -0400, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10962159size=lg DA*60-250, f14 @ 1/60th, ISO 200, 170mm Very nice composition and beautiful colours. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.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: Long lens updates [Scanned]
And I wonder about the 120-300/2,8. It's supposed to be a h*** of a zoom lens. I'm told it is good enough to give quality images with a 1,4 TC. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/5/1 John Whittingham jo...@carmel.ac.uk: Sigma has the following lenses now officially available in Pentax fit: 300mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM, 500mm f/4.5 EX DG HSM I wonder how long before we get the option of the following: 800mm f/5.6 EX DG HSM 300-800mm f/5.6 EX DG HSM 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.
Re: K-7 replacement?
On May 1, 2010, at 5:43 AM, eckinator wrote: 2010/5/1 Bob W p...@web-options.com: Anyone who thinks otherwise must explain themselves to the iNquisition. As conducted by Paul iNquist? I am frequently asked to provide that service. I have a room in the basement set up specifically for the punishment phase. Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso Back yard deer
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:53 -0400, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Even though there is construction in town, we live close enough to farms and bush areas. Deer have popped into our back yard before, but never before the garden had been planted. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10960333 He stood still long enough to get this. Har!! Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Red Wing Re-try
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:43 -0700, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Made another try at my favorite Red Wing Black Bird hunting location early this AM. Light was from a more helpful direction at that hour, plus I was packing an AF540 flash with a VISUAL flash extender. Using K20 w/DA55~300. Am attaching three shots wherein I was actually able to bring out some feather detail. With the bright sky behind most all attempts, even in spot metering mode, shutter had been too fast for anything much beyond a silhouette. With the ability to throw some light on my side and at ISO 200, I, also, had a little shutter speed to combat a gusty 20 mph wind. I still consider this a work in progress. Comment at will. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=495 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=496 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=497 Yes - definitely better detail in the feathers. I don't think the birds have given you the best composition yet but it looks like you might get more opportunities. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Free, as in time
Allow me to add my best wishes to those already expressed - hope all works out as you would like. Thanks Brian. Although I've known for months that it's coming I haven't yet thought much about what I want I've been twice redundant during my career. This is my 3rd time. Last time I was made redundant I used the money to fund my mid-life crisis. The last time it was offered, my 60th birthday was a matter of weeks away and my hand was up in a flash. One downside to enforced free time, though, is that you discover all of the odd jobs that you've tactfully ignored in the past. Eventually you run out of excuses. Indeed - I can see a ton of things that need doing. What I would like though is to start another paying job as soon as I can so that I can use the redundancy money to pay for all the work that needs doing on my house, before it falls down, with just enough left over for an M9. I've always thought of the phrase A stitch in time saves nine as something that applies to other people, not 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: Fw: PESO: Catch-In-Focus (RE DO)
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:57 -0700, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO: Catch-In-Focus To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 3:48 PM Finch Food Feeded Focus Fun! Comments? That's an excellent advertisement for 'catch-in-focus', a technique that I've been vaguely aware of but never tried. Time to give it a go! Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: This looks like a must have for folks going to GFM
2010/5/1 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: 2010/5/1 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/2639451/294218458/name/RedGreensHolder%2Ewmv And it will even fit into your http://www.zbattery.com/Maglite-Plain-Leather-Belt-Holster-for-D-Size-Flashlights Go get two!!! hehe. For drinking with both hands. -- 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: PESO: Catch-In-Focus (RE DO)
Thanks, Paul! Ya gotta' be looking for something photographic to do. |=O Jack --- On Sat, 5/1/10, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: PESO: Catch-In-Focus (RE DO) To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 4:47 AM Well done, I'd say. Good looking bird. Paul On May 1, 2010, at 1:20 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Thanks, Dan. I hadn't done a Trap Focus since my MZ-S. Kind of a Lark! Jack --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Fw: PESO: Catch-In-Focus (RE DO) To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 7:25 PM Very nice capture! Dan On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Well, he's so temperamental he refuses to work with me. Spoiled!! This is a Trap Focus with the lens set on MF and the body AF-S. Shutter won't release unless in focus..as I'm sure you know. Check it's beak and head ares which will indicate sharp focus in that area. Their feathers are so fine, they're difficult to pick up as fine detail. The lens was set at 65mm (not 135mm) and I could have been even closer. The full size file holds more detail. Thanks for comments, Larry. Jack --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Re: Fw: PESO: Catch-In-Focus (RE DO) To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 4:14 PM On 4/30/2010 4:05 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: That's better. Now I see it. First of all, who said you could post pictures when there are more important religious arguments to discuss? Lovely colors, and quite reasonably sharp especially at (at most) 135mm, but not so sharp as to negate any excuses for longer glass. Maybe you focused just slightly in front of it? No matter, I'd be chuffed to get a bird picture that clear myself. Rather than square format, I'd crop a bit off the right side for a portrait format putting the eye at the right 1/3 axis rather than the center axis, though cropping the left may work as well and still show some of that pretty blue sky through the trees in the background. Perhaps for your next shot, you could get him to pose facing the other direction. On 4/30/2010 6:57 PM, Jack Davis wrote: --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Jack Davisjdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Jack Davisjdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO: Catch-In-Focus To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 3:48 PM Finch Food Feeded Focus Fun! Comments? http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=498 K20, DA* 50~...@65mm, f/8, 1/250, ISO 200, Cable switch CS-205, Manfroto 3021 T/Pod w/Manfroto Pro Ball Head -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-7 replacement?
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:37 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: I was filming a report on UK soldiers returning home to barracks from Afghanistan the other day. We had to shoot and edit and then send from a network news satellite truck. The reporter asked me if I had my [Mac] edit kit along, and I always do. She asked if I wouldn't mind editing the piece as well because her Avid [Newscutter on a PC Laptop] was always crashing. I shot the piece and edited it and we sent with a few minutes to spare. The above seems like a cut and dried Macfanboy 'howzat' but actually if one digs a bit beneath the surface, things aren't so ipso facto. The reporter barely knows how to use the laptop which is serviced and updated by the IT guys once in a blue moon. I am a contractor who knows his kit and operations inside out. Of course mine doesn't crash and hers does. If she had the Mac and I had the Windows, she would have asked the same thing, and I would have shot and edited and the result would have been the same. It's less to do with how good the computers are and more to do with how competent the user is at maintaining a healthy system and knowing how to achieve the required result. (That said, if it's shiny and has an Apple on it, I'll still buy it.) -- Cheers, Cotty FCP is a massive advantage for the Mac. Nothing comparable in capaibility and stability on the Windows side for anything resembling the same price. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Free, as in time
On 5/1/2010 5:28 AM, Bob W wrote:
It's happening everywhere. I was one of the fortunate few
not to be called to a meeting yesterday.
You could start a new career as Bob the gentleman burglar,
only targetting the robber barons who are running the country
these days.
They wouldn't miss the odd Ferrari or shooting lodge in Scotland.
There's a big movement afoot in education to outsource the IT
maintenance provision. It would mean working with teachers
but you would be able to fleece them for years before they caught on.
I've considered that, but they will be outsourcing it to the big boys, not
to one man and his dog.
Make the dog your vice president, and build a corporate structure that's
visible on the internet. Then underbid.
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RE: Long lens updates [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]
That sounds impressive, I'm still pondering over the 120-400 4.5-5.6 APO for a long range zoom. Currently using the DA 300 with rear converters (1.4, 1.5 1.7) but it's not ideal, not sure the Sigma 120-400 would be any better but at least SR would work at 400mm and maybe AF would be better. John _ From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tim Øsleby [maritim...@gmail.com] Sent: 01 May 2010 13:03 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Long lens updates [Scanned] [Spam score:8%] And I wonder about the 120-300/2,8. It's supposed to be a h*** of a zoom lens. I'm told it is good enough to give quality images with a 1,4 TC. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/5/1 John Whittingham jo...@carmel.ac.uk: Sigma has the following lenses now officially available in Pentax fit: 300mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM, 500mm f/4.5 EX DG HSM I wonder how long before we get the option of the following: 800mm f/5.6 EX DG HSM 300-800mm f/5.6 EX DG HSM 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.
Re: Fw: PESO: Catch-In-Focus (RE DO)
Thanks, Brian! You probably know exactly how to do such, but start off with Custom Function #34.(I forgot about that initially). Use either a MF A lens or a AF with a MF option switch and AF-S focus. Jack --- On Sat, 5/1/10, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: Fw: PESO: Catch-In-Focus (RE DO) To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 5:24 AM On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:57 -0700, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO: Catch-In-Focus To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, April 30, 2010, 3:48 PM Finch Food Feeded Focus Fun! Comments? That's an excellent advertisement for 'catch-in-focus', a technique that I've been vaguely aware of but never tried. Time to give it a go! Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Red Wing Re-try
Thanks, Brian! I agree, to this point the composition has been limited to a heavy crop and keeping some high voltage stanchions and power lines out of the background. I have been OK, however, with the wild clover and thistles. Jack --- On Sat, 5/1/10, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: PESO: Red Wing Re-try To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 5:10 AM On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:43 -0700, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Made another try at my favorite Red Wing Black Bird hunting location early this AM. Light was from a more helpful direction at that hour, plus I was packing an AF540 flash with a VISUAL flash extender. Using K20 w/DA55~300. Am attaching three shots wherein I was actually able to bring out some feather detail. With the bright sky behind most all attempts, even in spot metering mode, shutter had been too fast for anything much beyond a silhouette. With the ability to throw some light on my side and at ISO 200, I, also, had a little shutter speed to combat a gusty 20 mph wind. I still consider this a work in progress. Comment at will. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=495 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=496 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=497 Yes - definitely better detail in the feathers. I don't think the birds have given you the best composition yet but it looks like you might get more opportunities. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Red Wing Re-try
I like the third version best. Good detail for black feathers. That's always tough. Paul On May 1, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Thanks, Brian! I agree, to this point the composition has been limited to a heavy crop and keeping some high voltage stanchions and power lines out of the background. I have been OK, however, with the wild clover and thistles. Jack --- On Sat, 5/1/10, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: PESO: Red Wing Re-try To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 5:10 AM On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:43 -0700, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Made another try at my favorite Red Wing Black Bird hunting location early this AM. Light was from a more helpful direction at that hour, plus I was packing an AF540 flash with a VISUAL flash extender. Using K20 w/DA55~300. Am attaching three shots wherein I was actually able to bring out some feather detail. With the bright sky behind most all attempts, even in spot metering mode, shutter had been too fast for anything much beyond a silhouette. With the ability to throw some light on my side and at ISO 200, I, also, had a little shutter speed to combat a gusty 20 mph wind. I still consider this a work in progress. Comment at will. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=495 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=496 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=497 Yes - definitely better detail in the feathers. I don't think the birds have given you the best composition yet but it looks like you might get more opportunities. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Introduction
I'm used to digressing threads, though I rarely witness a Mac versus Windows battle any more. I use a Mac most of the time because I like the software available for it. It also allows me to very quickly filter all posts with the word Mac in them so I can drag and drop them to the trash can. I hope there was no Pentax content in them. And cute kids photos can be more challenging than landscape. The subjects are easier to find, but harder to photograph. I'm happy to see that I'm not the only geezer here. I'll be hitting 60 in three week. Scary. Jeffery On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:07 PM, Tanya Love wrote: Erm, welcome Jeffery! Do you receive the list emails or the digress, erm, digest? You will soon learn that this list is as much a battle of wits as it is a battle of Pentax enablement. Btw, I am Tanya, aka, fairygirl. I am one of the few roses amongst the thorns, and also the baby of the bunch (I think? I may have lost that title now though, as I am getting a bit long in the tooth these days). Don't ask me why I have this weird habit of hanging out with a bunch of geeky old farts, but alas, here I am. Btw, don't believe anything that Cotty tells you. Just thought I'd repost what he'd already said, in case you didn't believe him. :) I've met him in true life, and truly, he is NOT to be trusted! I do love him though! :) Oh, and don't trust anyone on the list who happens to be Welsh, plays really good guitar and makes a habit of taking really good hummingbird photos either! :) Oh, and when you hear of references to tattoos and medical photos in relation to me, ignore those too, it's all just some manufactured fairytale that Bill Robb concocted. I am an Aussie, and I use Pentax too, but I take photos of cute kids, and I totally suck at the nature and landscape stuff that most of the guys here tend to favour. I am also here to prove that Pentax CAN be used by pro photographers. Lastly, don't post ANYTHING unless you are prepared for your thread to be hi-jacked with nonsensical drival, such as that displayed below! Tan.x. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Saturday, 1 May 2010 5:34 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: Introduction There's always the PDML PUG ... Technically, it's just the PUG. That may be technically true, but if you just Google PUG you end up with a lot of pictures of small yappy dogs... 1) That is a Google issue. 2) Pugs are not yappy dogs. Pug is also a bar/restaurant in Chiswick, London. I posted a photo from there many years ago. http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2000/dec/02/restaurants.restaurants It is so named because Hogarth lived in Chiswick and across the road from the restaurant there is a statue of him and his yappy dog. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Please comment on my Diner Blog
Camillia Grill is famous for their waffles as well as a hamburger with raw meat in it (the cannibal). You hit the nail on the head regarding its appearance. It had closed after Katrina (when we were having to pay $15/hour for dishwashers down here), but I think it's up and running again. Jeffery On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Jeffery. Are you familiar with the Camillia in New Orleans? From the outside it looks like a miniature southern plantation house. Inside, its pure Jersey diner. It is a well-know institution there, from what I hear. Dan On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: There is an 80-mile stretch of old highway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that is called Airline Highway. Your photos really remind me of the diners that dotted that pre-freeway stretch of highway, sort of like a shorter Route-66. I'll try to take some time this weekend to go through your diner blog. I like it. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Carrying a monopd
On 2010-05-01 0:33, Larry Colen wrote: might work. Has anyone used something like this: http://www.zbattery.com/Maglite-Plain-Leather-Belt-Holster-for-D-Size-Flashlights to carry a monopod? Most are too long to carry on your belt, IMO. They end up banging around amidst your legs and are a threat to trip you. Now, attach that same belt loop doohickey to your backpack, now you're getting somewhere. My Bogen 3218 has a wrist loop. I put a cheap carabiner clip onto that loop, and hook it to my backpack or camera bag. Something to keep the bottom end up above knee level. Or I leave the 400 lens attached to it and carry it crooked over my shoulder. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Free, as in time
Bob W wrote: It's happening everywhere. I was one of the fortunate few not to be called to a meeting yesterday. You could start a new career as Bob the gentleman burglar, only targetting the robber barons who are running the country these days. They wouldn't miss the odd Ferrari or shooting lodge in Scotland. There's a big movement afoot in education to outsource the IT maintenance provision. It would mean working with teachers but you would be able to fleece them for years before they caught on. I've considered that, but they will be outsourcing it to the big boys, not to one man and his dog. You really don't know academics (and I use that word extremely advisedly) at all -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Red Wing Re-try
Thanks much, Paul! Also, thanks for your putting me on to the flash extender a few years back. (think it was you?). Third set is my choice also. Jack --- On Sat, 5/1/10, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: PESO: Red Wing Re-try To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 6:26 AM I like the third version best. Good detail for black feathers. That's always tough. Paul On May 1, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Thanks, Brian! I agree, to this point the composition has been limited to a heavy crop and keeping some high voltage stanchions and power lines out of the background. I have been OK, however, with the wild clover and thistles. Jack --- On Sat, 5/1/10, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: PESO: Red Wing Re-try To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 5:10 AM On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:43 -0700, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Made another try at my favorite Red Wing Black Bird hunting location early this AM. Light was from a more helpful direction at that hour, plus I was packing an AF540 flash with a VISUAL flash extender. Using K20 w/DA55~300. Am attaching three shots wherein I was actually able to bring out some feather detail. With the bright sky behind most all attempts, even in spot metering mode, shutter had been too fast for anything much beyond a silhouette. With the ability to throw some light on my side and at ISO 200, I, also, had a little shutter speed to combat a gusty 20 mph wind. I still consider this a work in progress. Comment at will. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=495 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=496 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=497 Yes - definitely better detail in the feathers. I don't think the birds have given you the best composition yet but it looks like you might get more opportunities. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- --http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin --PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Carrying a monopd
Bob W wrote: http://www.zbattery.com/Maglite-Plain-Leather-Belt-Holster-for-D-Size- Flashlights to carry a monopod? I have a two-section one that multitasks as a stick and mugger-deterrer, as if I do not manage that adequately myself. Make model? Benbo Trekker as at the bottom of here. http://www.patersonphotographic.com/benbo-tripods.htm The head makes a reasonable handle, considering. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-7 replacement?
On 01/05/2010, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: It's less to do with how good the computers are and more to do with how competent the user is at maintaining a healthy system and knowing how to achieve the required result. On 1/5/10, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: Thank dog someone has finally said it! As long as I've got Steve Jobs' skidmarks all over my nose, I'm happy. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Carrying a monopd
The head makes a reasonable handle, considering.
Mark!
(they really are best taken completely out of context)
On 5/1/2010 10:10 AM, mike wilson wrote:
Bob W wrote:
http://www.zbattery.com/Maglite-Plain-Leather-Belt-Holster-for-D-Size-
Flashlights
to carry a monopod?
I have a two-section one that multitasks as a stick and
mugger-deterrer, as if I do not manage that adequately myself.
Make model?
Benbo Trekker as at the bottom of here.
http://www.patersonphotographic.com/benbo-tripods.htm
The head makes a reasonable handle, considering.
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Re: OT: Free, as in time
Bob, as you say you may have time to revert the fortunes... So, I would only wish you find a new job swiftly and without much delay. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K-x - What say you?
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a colored body with the zoom lens? I would prefer not to buy the kit lens as it is really not a good substitute for either of the zooms I now own. Jeffery On May 1, 2010, at 3:56 AM, AlunFoto wrote: 2010/5/1 William Robb war...@gmail.com: Pentax knocked one out of the hockey court with this one. The what? Stick with ballparks. There's a par for every course, isn't there? :-) I have only played with a K-x for a couple of hours, but it seems like a very nice little camera. I got a decent picture of auroras at ISO 6400 (30s exposure at f/8), the noise is visible but far from overwhelming. Would be very tempted if I didn't already have K-7. 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: Pentax K-x - What say you?
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a colored
body with the zoom lens?
Marketing.
On 5/1/2010 11:02 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a colored
body with the zoom lens? I would prefer not to buy the kit lens as it is really
not a good substitute for either of the zooms I now own.
Jeffery
On May 1, 2010, at 3:56 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
2010/5/1 William Robbwar...@gmail.com:
Pentax knocked one out of the hockey court with this one.
The what?
Stick with ballparks.
There's a par for every course, isn't there? :-)
I have only played with a K-x for a couple of hours, but it seems like
a very nice little camera. I got a decent picture of auroras at ISO
6400 (30s exposure at f/8), the noise is visible but far from
overwhelming. Would be very tempted if I didn't already have K-7.
Jostein
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Re: Introduction
Hi Boris, it has been a long time since I saw your name. Perhaps you were/are on one of Stephen Gandy's forums? Jeffery On May 1, 2010, at 12:32 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi, Jeffery. But I am thinking we're been introduced before, on another list. I am glad you came about to owning fine Pentax gear. Thus, I should be looking forward to your pictures. Boris On 4/29/2010 7:27 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: Greetings, I'm a newbie on the forum. Have been using Pentax off an on since buying my first Pentax Spotmatic back in 1968. Made a regrettable change to Nikon in the mid-70s and found the bodies to be a bit more prone to breaking than my Pentax). I now have both film type and digital Pentaxes, including a K-7 w/ 31/1.8 that just arrived yesterday. I hope to be an asset on this forum. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Red Wing Re-try
Yes, I'm a big fan of the flash extender. I use it for all bird and wildlife shoots. At the distances one encounters in those kind of shoots, you rarely get much more than a bit of fill, but that fill is very helpful. Paul On May 1, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Thanks much, Paul! Also, thanks for your putting me on to the flash extender a few years back. (think it was you?). Third set is my choice also. Jack --- On Sat, 5/1/10, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: PESO: Red Wing Re-try To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 6:26 AM I like the third version best. Good detail for black feathers. That's always tough. Paul On May 1, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Thanks, Brian! I agree, to this point the composition has been limited to a heavy crop and keeping some high voltage stanchions and power lines out of the background. I have been OK, however, with the wild clover and thistles. Jack --- On Sat, 5/1/10, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: PESO: Red Wing Re-try To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 5:10 AM On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:43 -0700, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Made another try at my favorite Red Wing Black Bird hunting location early this AM. Light was from a more helpful direction at that hour, plus I was packing an AF540 flash with a VISUAL flash extender. Using K20 w/DA55~300. Am attaching three shots wherein I was actually able to bring out some feather detail. With the bright sky behind most all attempts, even in spot metering mode, shutter had been too fast for anything much beyond a silhouette. With the ability to throw some light on my side and at ISO 200, I, also, had a little shutter speed to combat a gusty 20 mph wind. I still consider this a work in progress. Comment at will. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=495 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=496 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=497 Yes - definitely better detail in the feathers. I don't think the birds have given you the best composition yet but it looks like you might get more opportunities. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- --http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin --PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Pentax K-x - What say you?
Figures.
On May 1, 2010, at 10:08 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a colored
body with the zoom lens?
Marketing.
On 5/1/2010 11:02 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a colored
body with the zoom lens? I would prefer not to buy the kit lens as it is
really not a good substitute for either of the zooms I now own.
Jeffery
On May 1, 2010, at 3:56 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
2010/5/1 William Robbwar...@gmail.com:
Pentax knocked one out of the hockey court with this one.
The what?
Stick with ballparks.
There's a par for every course, isn't there? :-)
I have only played with a K-x for a couple of hours, but it seems like
a very nice little camera. I got a decent picture of auroras at ISO
6400 (30s exposure at f/8), the noise is visible but far from
overwhelming. Would be very tempted if I didn't already have K-7.
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Re: Pentax K-x - What say you?
Like P.J. says it's Marketing.
You've got to learn to think of it as a special deal only available on
the colored bodies.
I'd like a yellow one please.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:08 AM, P. J. Alling
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Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a
colored body with the zoom lens?
Marketing.
On 5/1/2010 11:02 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a
colored body with the zoom lens? I would prefer not to buy the kit lens as
it is really not a good substitute for either of the zooms I now own.
Jeffery
On May 1, 2010, at 3:56 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
2010/5/1 William Robbwar...@gmail.com:
Pentax knocked one out of the hockey court with this one.
The what?
Stick with ballparks.
There's a par for every course, isn't there? :-)
I have only played with a K-x for a couple of hours, but it seems like
a very nice little camera. I got a decent picture of auroras at ISO
6400 (30s exposure at f/8), the noise is visible but far from
overwhelming. Would be very tempted if I didn't already have K-7.
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RE: K-7 replacement?
Thank dog someone has finally said it! As long as I've got Steve Jobs' skidmarks all over my nose, I'm happy. Eeuughhh -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Free, as in time
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Re: K-7 replacement?
On 5/1/2010 11:24 AM, Bob W wrote:
Thank dog someone has finally said it!
As long as I've got Steve Jobs' skidmarks all over my nose, I'm happy.
Eeuughhh
MARK!
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Re: OT: Free, as in time
On 5/1/2010 11:27 AM, Bob W wrote:
[...]
Make the dog your vice president, and build a corporate
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That's not a bad idea.
You can hire me as a consultant. (No job to small, no fee to large).
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Re: Carrying a monopd
I'll second Bob's comment and recommend one of the Trek-Tech TrekPods: http://www.trek-tech.com/products/trekpods.html I have a TrekPod II which is the older, heavier design. Like the Benbo that Bob W recommended it has an upside down leg design, thickest section at the bottom, which makes it super rigid even at its tallest extension, 62.5 inches. It's a terrific hiking staff that you can really put a lot of weight into. OTOH I wouldn't like to carry it around town for fear of being accused of brandishing a club because its shortest length is 47 inches. regards, Anthony Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight (Anon) On 1 May 2010 15:08, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: OMG Larry, Use it as a walking stick and get on with it. Next you're gonna want a Batman belt! Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Free, as in time
Make the dog your vice president, and build a corporate structure that's visible on the internet. Then underbid. That's not a bad idea. You can hire me as a consultant. (No job to small, no fee to large). OK - I'll pay you what I pay my dog. Bob (Dog-free since 1957) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Introduction
My recollection is that we discussed Pentax briefly off-Picture-A-Week-list. Boris On 5/1/2010 6:06 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: Hi Boris, it has been a long time since I saw your name. Perhaps you were/are on one of Stephen Gandy's forums? Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K-x - What say you?
Our major crack house, Henrys Cameras, has the body only about $20
less than with the kit lens.
Dave
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote:
Figures.
On May 1, 2010, at 10:08 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a
colored body with the zoom lens?
Marketing.
On 5/1/2010 11:02 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a
colored body with the zoom lens? I would prefer not to buy the kit lens as
it is really not a good substitute for either of the zooms I now own.
Jeffery
On May 1, 2010, at 3:56 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
2010/5/1 William Robbwar...@gmail.com:
Pentax knocked one out of the hockey court with this one.
The what?
Stick with ballparks.
There's a par for every course, isn't there? :-)
I have only played with a K-x for a couple of hours, but it seems like
a very nice little camera. I got a decent picture of auroras at ISO
6400 (30s exposure at f/8), the noise is visible but far from
overwhelming. Would be very tempted if I didn't already have K-7.
Jostein
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Re: Carrying a monopd
On May 1, 2010, at 6:56 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-05-01 0:33, Larry Colen wrote: might work. Has anyone used something like this: http://www.zbattery.com/Maglite-Plain-Leather-Belt-Holster-for-D-Size-Flashlights to carry a monopod? Most are too long to carry on your belt, IMO. They end up banging around amidst your legs and are a threat to trip you. Now, attach that same belt loop doohickey to your backpack, now you're getting somewhere. My Bogen 3218 has a wrist loop. I put a cheap carabiner clip onto that loop, and hook it to my backpack or camera bag. Something to keep the bottom end up above knee level. Or I leave the 400 lens attached to it and carry it crooked over my shoulder. I've got a Benbo mc66 which is under 17 without the head. I specifically looked for one that I could carry inside my camera bag. My goal for the holster is camera, fannypack and monopod. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: Pentax K-x - What say you?
It begins to sound like you should get the body with the kit lens, those
usually sell for about $100 on ebay. So you'll come out ahead.
On 5/1/2010 12:46 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
Our major crack house, Henrys Cameras, has the body only about $20
less than with the kit lens.
Dave
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Jeffery Smithjsmith...@gmail.com wrote:
Figures.
On May 1, 2010, at 10:08 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a colored
body with the zoom lens?
Marketing.
On 5/1/2010 11:02 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a colored
body with the zoom lens? I would prefer not to buy the kit lens as it is really
not a good substitute for either of the zooms I now own.
Jeffery
On May 1, 2010, at 3:56 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
2010/5/1 William Robbwar...@gmail.com:
Pentax knocked one out of the hockey court with this one.
The what?
Stick with ballparks.
There's a par for every course, isn't there? :-)
I have only played with a K-x for a couple of hours, but it seems like
a very nice little camera. I got a decent picture of auroras at ISO
6400 (30s exposure at f/8), the noise is visible but far from
overwhelming. Would be very tempted if I didn't already have K-7.
Jostein
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RE: We'll be streaming the opening live from Chicago
Oh, man, there's one in every crowd! :) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: Saturday, 1 May 2010 7:49 PM To: pentax list Subject: Re: We'll be streaming the opening live from Chicago On 1/5/10, Tanya Love, discombobulated, unleashed: Let's hope there's something more exciting to see! Start your own webcam service and we might have some interesting competition! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K-x - What say you?
It's the new DA L kit lens, not the mechanically better DA or DA II
version which are the ones which go for $100. Plastic mount, no hood
and no QSF, same optics as the DA II and WR versions though.
-Adam
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 1:00 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
It begins to sound like you should get the body with the kit lens, those
usually sell for about $100 on ebay. So you'll come out ahead.
On 5/1/2010 12:46 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
Our major crack house, Henrys Cameras, has the body only about $20
less than with the kit lens.
Dave
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Jeffery Smithjsmith...@gmail.com
wrote:
Figures.
On May 1, 2010, at 10:08 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a
colored body with the zoom lens?
Marketing.
On 5/1/2010 11:02 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a
colored body with the zoom lens? I would prefer not to buy the kit lens as
it is really not a good substitute for either of the zooms I now own.
Jeffery
On May 1, 2010, at 3:56 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
2010/5/1 William Robbwar...@gmail.com:
Pentax knocked one out of the hockey court with this one.
The what?
Stick with ballparks.
There's a par for every course, isn't there? :-)
I have only played with a K-x for a couple of hours, but it seems like
a very nice little camera. I got a decent picture of auroras at ISO
6400 (30s exposure at f/8), the noise is visible but far from
overwhelming. Would be very tempted if I didn't already have K-7.
Jostein
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Re: Pentax K-x - What say you?
The uninitiated will still pay $100.00.
On 5/1/2010 1:09 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
It's the new DA L kit lens, not the mechanically better DA or DA II
version which are the ones which go for $100. Plastic mount, no hood
and no QSF, same optics as the DA II and WR versions though.
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On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 1:00 PM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
It begins to sound like you should get the body with the kit lens, those
usually sell for about $100 on ebay. So you'll come out ahead.
On 5/1/2010 12:46 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
Our major crack house, Henrys Cameras, has the body only about $20
less than with the kit lens.
Dave
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Jeffery Smithjsmith...@gmail.com
wrote:
Figures.
On May 1, 2010, at 10:08 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a
colored body with the zoom lens?
Marketing.
On 5/1/2010 11:02 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
Does anyone know why the body only in black is more expensive than a
colored body with the zoom lens? I would prefer not to buy the kit lens as
it is really not a good substitute for either of the zooms I now own.
Jeffery
On May 1, 2010, at 3:56 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
2010/5/1 William Robbwar...@gmail.com:
Pentax knocked one out of the hockey court with this one.
The what?
Stick with ballparks.
There's a par for every course, isn't there? :-)
I have only played with a K-x for a couple of hours, but it seems like
a very nice little camera. I got a decent picture of auroras at ISO
6400 (30s exposure at f/8), the noise is visible but far from
overwhelming. Would be very tempted if I didn't already have K-7.
Jostein
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PESO - Saturday Morning at the Lake
Got down to the lake at the bottom of my street at about 8 this morning. The light was pretty cool. I hope these aren't too dark, but I like them this way: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/saturday-morning-at-lake.html Features my first cormorant shot - called Dawn Patrol. All shots with *istD/Sigma f3.5 50-200mm manual focus zoom/Manfrotto monopod gasp!. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank (who's beginning to lust after longer lenses -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Saturday Morning at the Lake
I like your light choice in all three. Quiet and comfortable. Jack --- On Sat, 5/1/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Saturday Morning at the Lake To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 10:22 AM Got down to the lake at the bottom of my street at about 8 this morning. The light was pretty cool. I hope these aren't too dark, but I like them this way: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/saturday-morning-at-lake.html Features my first cormorant shot - called Dawn Patrol. All shots with *istD/Sigma f3.5 50-200mm manual focus zoom/Manfrotto monopod gasp!. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank (who's beginning to lust after longer lenses -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Saturday Morning at the Lake
On 1/5/10, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Got down to the lake at the bottom of my street at about 8 this morning. The light was pretty cool. I hope these aren't too dark, but I like them this way: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/saturday-morning-at-lake.html Features my first cormorant shot - called Dawn Patrol. All shots with *istD/Sigma f3.5 50-200mm manual focus zoom/Manfrotto monopod gasp!. You're a freaking nature snapper now! Like em mate. Keep at it :-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Introduction
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: snip Don't believe anything I say. (It'll get said eventually) Ya beat me to it! ;-) Welcome to the list, Jeffery! cheers, frank from toronto -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Been missing from the list
Finally got a chance this morning to check on the List. A little over 1800 messages since a week ago last Tuesday. I'm in the middle of a 10 day shoot in Utah - Escalante/Grand Staircase and Captitol Reef N.P. Encountered almost all the seasons - we've had sun, clouds, rain, hail, sleet snow with gust of wind at times 50 t0 60 mph, temps from 26 to 70F. I'll miss the gallery in Chi town as I'll be driving back on that weekend. Play nice guys/gals ! Ken Waller PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.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 - Saturday Morning at the Lake
Got down to the lake at the bottom of my street at about 8 this morning. The light was pretty cool. I hope these aren't too dark, but I like them this way: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/saturday-morning-at -lake.html Features my first cormorant shot - called Dawn Patrol. Very atmospheric. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Exhibit Question - Dress
Gave me a good chuckle there, Stan. Thanks! On Apr 30, 2010, at 20:03 , Stan Halpin wrote: Sorry, I have worked for the Army for 39+ years and have developed an aversion to camo. What triggered it was the number of complaints about pedestrians being hit by cars on base. Hell - they are all wearing camo! And then they wander across the street expecting people to see them? -- It's not that life is too short, it's that you're dead for so long.. — Anon Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.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: Please comment on my Diner Blog
The Camilla Grill was open two years ago when I was down there with my wife, who was attending a science teachers' convention. While she was at a session, I took the St Charles Street trolley out to Camilla for breakfast, The ride through the Garden District was a real joy. Once inside, the Camilla was just like a Jersey diner. They don't even serve beignets! Dan On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: Camillia Grill is famous for their waffles as well as a hamburger with raw meat in it (the cannibal). You hit the nail on the head regarding its appearance. It had closed after Katrina (when we were having to pay $15/hour for dishwashers down here), but I think it's up and running again. Jeffery On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Jeffery. Are you familiar with the Camillia in New Orleans? From the outside it looks like a miniature southern plantation house. Inside, its pure Jersey diner. It is a well-know institution there, from what I hear. Dan On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: There is an 80-mile stretch of old highway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that is called Airline Highway. Your photos really remind me of the diners that dotted that pre-freeway stretch of highway, sort of like a shorter Route-66. I'll try to take some time this weekend to go through your diner blog. I like it. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering
http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/thumbnails.php?album=20 Finally got around to looking at these, Jostein, and wanted to add my praise to the din of PDML'rs. Drunk or not, they all display good seeing and timely clicking. Thanks for sharing. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.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: Been missing from the list
Wow, beautiful locations and sounds like wonderful photography weather to boot, Ken. I'm sure you'll share. Tom C. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Kenneth Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Finally got a chance this morning to check on the List. A little over 1800 messages since a week ago last Tuesday. I'm in the middle of a 10 day shoot in Utah - Escalante/Grand Staircase and Captitol Reef N.P. Encountered almost all the seasons - we've had sun, clouds, rain, hail, sleet snow with gust of wind at times 50 t0 60 mph, temps from 26 to 70F. I'll miss the gallery in Chi town as I'll be driving back on that weekend. Play nice guys/gals ! Ken Waller PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.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: K-7 replacement?
On Apr 30, 2010, at 18:52 , paul stenquist wrote: Mac's simply don't 'Just Work' in large network environments. In reality they require far more support time and cost in large deployments than PC's because Apple has nothing comparable to Active Directory and Exchange. No corporate IT department has enough budget or headcount to survive creating work for itself, so Macs are right out for large organizations. -- I've worked in ad agencies that had huge networks of Macs -- more than `1000 at BBDO Detroit. Problems were few and far between, non- existent for most users. But you have to have Mac IT people. You can't leave it to PC guys. Paul Thanks Paul. Those PC folk have no idea what can be done. As I recall, a few years ago someone at some university built a setup of about 300 Mac Pros running as essentially parallel processors, and they clocked in faster than any other computer or computer array ever, including Crays. Of course, such things are only viable for 6 to 12 months when newer equipment is introduced that would best them. Such is the logarithmic world of the advances in the digital domain. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and The eyesight to tell the difference. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Please comment on my Diner Blog
Was there a camera store (Moldaner's) about 100 feet away from Camellia Grill? That is the only photography shop left in New Orleans (the city of) since the storm. It has since moved closer to Tulane University, replacing Maple Street Camera (the second to last photography shop in the city). I was hoping to drive down to the south shore line to see what has become of it since the oil spill (which is now the size of Puerto Rico), but the sheriffs down there don't want any pictures taken. A fellow biology professor tried two days ago and they ran her out. They ran me out several years ago for trying to photograph herons near an oil refinery in Venice. Rough times for photographers since it is now so easy to post images on the web. Anyone with a camera is seen as a threat. Jeffery On May 1, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: The Camilla Grill was open two years ago when I was down there with my wife, who was attending a science teachers' convention. While she was at a session, I took the St Charles Street trolley out to Camilla for breakfast, The ride through the Garden District was a real joy. Once inside, the Camilla was just like a Jersey diner. They don't even serve beignets! Dan On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: Camillia Grill is famous for their waffles as well as a hamburger with raw meat in it (the cannibal). You hit the nail on the head regarding its appearance. It had closed after Katrina (when we were having to pay $15/hour for dishwashers down here), but I think it's up and running again. Jeffery On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Jeffery. Are you familiar with the Camillia in New Orleans? From the outside it looks like a miniature southern plantation house. Inside, its pure Jersey diner. It is a well-know institution there, from what I hear. Dan On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: There is an 80-mile stretch of old highway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that is called Airline Highway. Your photos really remind me of the diners that dotted that pre-freeway stretch of highway, sort of like a shorter Route-66. I'll try to take some time this weekend to go through your diner blog. I like it. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Please comment on my Diner Blog
I did not see a camera store there. I just missed the trolley back, so I wandered around a bit, and I' sure I would have noticed a camera store. Dan On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: Was there a camera store (Moldaner's) about 100 feet away from Camellia Grill? That is the only photography shop left in New Orleans (the city of) since the storm. It has since moved closer to Tulane University, replacing Maple Street Camera (the second to last photography shop in the city). I was hoping to drive down to the south shore line to see what has become of it since the oil spill (which is now the size of Puerto Rico), but the sheriffs down there don't want any pictures taken. A fellow biology professor tried two days ago and they ran her out. They ran me out several years ago for trying to photograph herons near an oil refinery in Venice. Rough times for photographers since it is now so easy to post images on the web. Anyone with a camera is seen as a threat. Jeffery On May 1, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: The Camilla Grill was open two years ago when I was down there with my wife, who was attending a science teachers' convention. While she was at a session, I took the St Charles Street trolley out to Camilla for breakfast, The ride through the Garden District was a real joy. Once inside, the Camilla was just like a Jersey diner. They don't even serve beignets! Dan On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: Camillia Grill is famous for their waffles as well as a hamburger with raw meat in it (the cannibal). You hit the nail on the head regarding its appearance. It had closed after Katrina (when we were having to pay $15/hour for dishwashers down here), but I think it's up and running again. Jeffery On Apr 30, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Jeffery. Are you familiar with the Camillia in New Orleans? From the outside it looks like a miniature southern plantation house. Inside, its pure Jersey diner. It is a well-know institution there, from what I hear. Dan On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: There is an 80-mile stretch of old highway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that is called Airline Highway. Your photos really remind me of the diners that dotted that pre-freeway stretch of highway, sort of like a shorter Route-66. I'll try to take some time this weekend to go through your diner blog. I like it. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K-7 replacement?
I've worked in ad agencies that had huge networks of Macs -- more than `1000 at BBDO Detroit. Problems were few and far between, non- existent for most users. But you have to have Mac IT people. You can't leave it to PC guys. Paul Thanks Paul. Those PC folk have no idea what can be done. As I recall, a few years ago someone at some university built a setup of about 300 Mac Pros running as essentially parallel processors, and they clocked in faster than any other computer or computer array ever, including Crays. Of course, such things are only viable for 6 to 12 months when newer equipment is introduced that would best them. Such is the logarithmic world of the advances in the digital domain. 1,000 nodes isn't a huge network. Even back in the mid-late 80s the retailer I worked for had 2-3,000 PCs networked together. Nowadays we're talking in the 10s of 1,000s. The company that is making me redundant runs almost 1,000 servers in its data centres worldwide - to say nothing of the 1,000s of desktops and laptops they're serving. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Please comment on my Diner Blog
I was hoping to drive down to the south shore line to see what has become of it since the oil spill (which is now the size of Puerto Rico), but the sheriffs down there don't want any pictures taken. A fellow biology professor tried two days ago and they ran her out. They ran me out several years ago for trying to photograph herons near an oil refinery in Venice. Rough times for photographers since it is now so easy to post images on the web. Anyone with a camera is seen as a threat. What are they worried about? Aren't these public places, and don't people have a right to know about the destruction the oil leak is causing? 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: Been missing from the list
Kenneth Waller wrote: Finally got a chance this morning to check on the List. A little over 1800 messages since a week ago last Tuesday. I'm in the middle of a 10 day shoot in Utah - Escalante/Grand Staircase and Captitol Reef N.P. Encountered almost all the seasons - we've had sun, clouds, rain, hail, sleet snow with gust of wind at times 50 t0 60 mph, temps from 26 to 70F. I'll miss the gallery in Chi town as I'll be driving back on that weekend. Play nice guys/gals ! Ken Waller I'm so envious. That's such a great area. Are you getting as far as Kodachrome? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-7 replacement?
On Apr 30, 2010, at 19:20 , Adam Maas wrote: My experience is otherwise. Mac's are good machines, but not best-in-class for reliability, middle of the pack is more like it. Apple's reliability rep died with the PowerMac 4400. They only have a reliability advantage over cheap white box or really low-end hardware. Faster? yeah, PC's are pretty much always at a given spend level with the sole exception of the Mac Pro which is competitive against the other workstation-class machines in its price category. Apple is completely lacking in anything resembling competitive performance per dollar on the desktop for less than the base-model Mac Pro, they do better on the Laptop side, but you still pay a premium for their machines which is not reflected in the performance. When I bought my latest laptop, I got a machine from HP almost identical in spec the mid-range 15 MacBook Pro aside from clockspeed (the clockspeed was noticably lower, 2.13GHz vs 2.53 which was current, but I saved $1000 and got otherwise high-end specs), but it came in at less than the base model MacBook in cost, and I got features which the Macs lack (like a dedicated docking station) This is pretty typical of the midrange market for Laptops. I disagree with you on the reliability question. I've never, ever, had a Mac (after they got away from the original design, which suffered from heat) that failed electronically or physically, other than hard drives, none of which were Apple supplied drives. Never memory failure, cpu failure, motherboard failure, CD or DVD ROM, monitors, keyboards, cables, speakers, etc. Never. Much of that gear I still have, and it still works just fine, including two PowerBook Duos, which were originally a 210 and 230 models, that I upgraded to 2300c with a color LCD screen on one, and left the 210 upgrade with it's original BW LCD screen. Both has Duo Docks which contained color monitors, hard drives, modems, and external connectors for all available peripherals. I last used the 2300c as a cash register and database for a yard sale in 2007, at which time it was 15 years old. I can still purchase new battery packs for it, though I won't for obvious reasons. When working as a consultant, or in an IT division, or personally, the only problems I've encountered were software or networking errors caused by either the users, or the wrong choice of peripheral equipment. In the early days, 1984 to 1987, I had my share of sad Macs pop up on me, but they could always be traced to such things as an over-clocked CPU coming loose in an aftermarket crimp socket, a memory chip's legs oxidizing in their socket and needing cleaning, or the connection coming loose for my BackPack 20 meg hard drive that hooked on to the back of my Mac Plus and drew power from the Mac's power supply. By the way, just so you know what an idiot I am, this fanaticism about computers beginning in 1973 with Atari, Sinclair, Epson, then Apple and Mac, with parallel interests in Porsches, a powerful audio video wall in the family room, and racing, cost me the dream marriage to my second wife. Take heed, you younger set. Never ever become so involved in your hobbies that you forget what is really important in life. It's not that life is too short, it's that you're dead for so long.. — Anon Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.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: Please comment on my Diner Blog
South of New Orleans, human rights tend to be optional. The refineries don't want any negative publicity, and since the sheriff is an elected position, they do whatever the refineries ask. Jeffery On May 1, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Bob W wrote: I was hoping to drive down to the south shore line to see what has become of it since the oil spill (which is now the size of Puerto Rico), but the sheriffs down there don't want any pictures taken. A fellow biology professor tried two days ago and they ran her out. They ran me out several years ago for trying to photograph herons near an oil refinery in Venice. Rough times for photographers since it is now so easy to post images on the web. Anyone with a camera is seen as a threat. What are they worried about? Aren't these public places, and don't people have a right to know about the destruction the oil leak is causing? 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: Been missing from the list
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Kenneth Waller wrote: Finally got a chance this morning to check on the List. A little over 1800 messages since a week ago last Tuesday. I'm in the middle of a 10 day shoot in Utah - Escalante/Grand Staircase and Captitol Reef N.P. Encountered almost all the seasons - we've had sun, clouds, rain, hail, sleet snow with gust of wind at times 50 t0 60 mph, temps from 26 to 70F. I'll miss the gallery in Chi town as I'll be driving back on that weekend. Play nice guys/gals ! Ken Waller I'm so envious. That's such a great area. Are you getting as far as Kodachrome? Sounds like a reala good trip. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
