JAlbum book review

[Boris Liberman]

Hi!

Timing is crucial, you know. Galia has her birthday today and the book 
arrived just 1 hour ago, so I'll be bringing her a proper gift from work 
this evening.


Presently I cannot put PDML books beside this one and compare but I can 
tell few things nonetheless:


Good:

* Hard cover with title picture printed on it. Very neat.
* Heavy (for lack of better word) and thick paper.
* Excellent print quality, I deliberately chose both black and white, 
toned and color pictures. I don't see any significant fidelity problems. 
I think that b/w shots are slightly colored but I fail to see what is 
the exact color tint.
* You don't need to install any apps in order to design the book. All is 
done on the web. I quite like that.
* Shipping was done by Fedex and they paid for all the customs and other 
duties. This is extremely convenient. Fedex service in Israel (my first 
encounter thereof) proved surprisingly forthcoming.


Bad:

* Very little customization. Effectively you upload the images on the 
web, set the book title and one or more additional fields and that's it. 
You can also give titles to images, but I did not do that.
* Fedex shipping is on more expensive side and I did not have any other 
options except even more expensive Fedex shipping (express???).


Neutral.

* The cost of 20 pages book is USD 25 (there're some discounts but they 
seem to be temporary) plus shipping. Then the price goes per page as far 
as I understand.


Conclusion:

It seems to me that it is a pilot/starting project and soon enough they 
will make it more customizable. I sure would consider making more books 
with them.


I'll get home this evening and perform direct comparison between this 
book and those that Mark produced.


Boris

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Re: SDM / parts availability

[Ralf R. Radermacher]

eckinator  wrote:

> Just had a talk with Pentax Europe's former technical service manager,
> now 645D service (they will keep that in house)...

Hear, hear...

Now, if only they'd decide that people who've spent over a grand for a
K-7 or K-5 also have a right to decent service.

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Re: SDM / parts availability

[paul stenquist]

Not surprised to hear that. It isn't a big leap to believe that much of the 
problem is the result of typical Pentaxian hysteria.
Paul


On Oct 6, 2010, at 5:53 AM, eckinator wrote:

> Greetings, earthlings =)
> (In response to a thread I already deleted from my inbox)
> Just had a talk with Pentax Europe's former technical service manager,
> now 645D service (they will keep that in house) and I learned the
> following:
> - SDM failure rates are monitored and do not exceed those of other components,
> - Pentax is aware of the buzz about the issue but considers it unjustified,
> - not every perceived failure necessarily is one. SDM motors hold a
> charge which depletes after prolonged (months) non-use. Once
> discharged, the lens will no longer focus. The charge takes up to two
> minutes to rebuild, i.e. the lens needs to be left alone for that time
> while connected to a powered on camera. At times, that may still not
> be enough to initially overcome mechanical stiction from the long
> sitting period. Joseph did the right thing basically,
> - no information whether DC will replace SDM but the lineup will see
> more DC lenses eventually,
> - finally as to parts availability at CRIS/Pentax US: this is not the
> case in Europe/Germany - the law requires parts to be kept after
> production ends for 5 years for products costing less than € 500 and
> for 10 years for products costing more than that. In practice, not all
> manufacturers keep parts around that long because of very small
> demands but will offer the customer a current lineup replacement
> product at the cost of repair instead. I took it to mean Pentax does
> some of both. Hence, it might be advisable to ship older items to
> Europe for repair instead.
> HTH Ecke
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SDM / parts availability

[eckinator]

Greetings, earthlings =)
(In response to a thread I already deleted from my inbox)
Just had a talk with Pentax Europe's former technical service manager,
now 645D service (they will keep that in house) and I learned the
following:
- SDM failure rates are monitored and do not exceed those of other components,
- Pentax is aware of the buzz about the issue but considers it unjustified,
- not every perceived failure necessarily is one. SDM motors hold a
charge which depletes after prolonged (months) non-use. Once
discharged, the lens will no longer focus. The charge takes up to two
minutes to rebuild, i.e. the lens needs to be left alone for that time
while connected to a powered on camera. At times, that may still not
be enough to initially overcome mechanical stiction from the long
sitting period. Joseph did the right thing basically,
- no information whether DC will replace SDM but the lineup will see
more DC lenses eventually,
- finally as to parts availability at CRIS/Pentax US: this is not the
case in Europe/Germany - the law requires parts to be kept after
production ends for 5 years for products costing less than € 500 and
for 10 years for products costing more than that. In practice, not all
manufacturers keep parts around that long because of very small
demands but will offer the customer a current lineup replacement
product at the cost of repair instead. I took it to mean Pentax does
some of both. Hence, it might be advisable to ship older items to
Europe for repair instead.
HTH Ecke

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Re: GESO Strange Heros at BB&BBQ 2010

[eckinator]

2010/10/3 Steven Desjardins :
>
> One question for those who might know.  You turn off SR with a tripod.
>  How about a monopod?

a monopod when properly used (i.e. firmly planted and pushing down
some) permits mainly lateral/frontal and/or rotational movement so I'd
be inclined to add a stop or two to my SR threshold. from my readings
(falk lumo etc) as a rule SR should only be used with shutter speeds
so slow as to necessitate it
hth
ecke

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Re: Special ping

[Boris Liberman]

On 10/6/2010 10:02 AM, Larry Colen wrote:


On Oct 6, 2010, at 12:51 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:


In what way? Or how? Will you enlighten me, please?


I think that he was attempting to make a joke:  ping verses traceroute


I am not dead, but I am serious ;-).

Boris

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Re: Special ping

[Larry Colen]

On Oct 6, 2010, at 12:51 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:

> In what way? Or how? Will you enlighten me, please?

I think that he was attempting to make a joke:  ping verses traceroute

> 
> 
> On 10/6/2010 9:47 AM, eckinator wrote:
>> maybe tracert would help more? =P
>> 
>> 2010/10/6 Boris Liberman:
>>> On 10/6/2010 8:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
 
 Boris,
 I only noticed multiple copies of a couple of your posts, not all of them.
  So sending one ping isn't definitive.
>>> 
>>> I don't want to (bore and) ping PDML to its untimely demise. Also, you're
>>> the only person reported the problem. May be others did not notice. That's
>>> why the ping...

In case people are puzzled, in the past few days I received about four copies 
of two of Boris' emails to the list, but didn't get multiples of all of them.  
Did this happen to anyone else?


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geso Roaring Camp

[Larry Colen]

When Candice was visiting, we went over to Roaring Camp in the late afternoon 
to photograph a few choo-choos:

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157624981386193/

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Re: Special ping

[Boris Liberman]

In what way? Or how? Will you enlighten me, please?


On 10/6/2010 9:47 AM, eckinator wrote:

maybe tracert would help more? =P

2010/10/6 Boris Liberman:

On 10/6/2010 8:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote:


Boris,
I only noticed multiple copies of a couple of your posts, not all of them.
  So sending one ping isn't definitive.


I don't want to (bore and) ping PDML to its untimely demise. Also, you're
the only person reported the problem. May be others did not notice. That's
why the ping...

Boris

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Re: Special ping

[eckinator]

maybe tracert would help more? =P

2010/10/6 Boris Liberman :
> On 10/6/2010 8:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>
>> Boris,
>> I only noticed multiple copies of a couple of your posts, not all of them.
>>  So sending one ping isn't definitive.
>
> I don't want to (bore and) ping PDML to its untimely demise. Also, you're
> the only person reported the problem. May be others did not notice. That's
> why the ping...
>
> Boris
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Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

[Cotty]

On 5/10/10, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Don't listen to Frank or Cotty is a good start.

Now we know where you loyalties lie, eh Frank!

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RE: PESO - Race Prep

[Bob W]

> No big whoop, just a slice of messenger life:
> 
> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/10/race-prep.html
> 

that's a lovely atmospheric shot.

B


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RE: PESO - Race Prep

[Bob W]

> > nice shot - that's not a fag in his mouth though or is it?
> 
> I always find the combination of bicycling and smoking to be a bit of a
> cognitive dissonance, as out here in the boonies where bikes aren't very
> practical transportation they seem to be mostly a toy used by people
trying
> to get in shape. Exactly the sort of people who don't smoke.

over here in Yurp a lot of people still use bikes because it's the only
practical transport they can afford. They'd dump the bikes as soon as they
could afford to. I often see people pedalling slowly along the road enjoying
a nice fag. I agree about the cognitive dissonance - I always find it
surprising. A lot of them are surprisingly fast cyclists though. They remind
me of the old grandmother in Belleville Rendezvous.



B


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