Re: laptop recommendation
On Dec 11, 2010, at 3:42 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I don't know how many restrictions are possible on networked Macs, but faculty are not allowed to even correct the date or time on the college's computers where I work. In theory they shouldn't have to. Even I can set up NTP... Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Firmware 1.01
On Dec 11, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Dec 10, 2010, at 9:26 AM, paul stenquist wrote: Yes. I just tried it at Is)1600 while my wife was giving the dog a bath. I got about 15 frames continuous. I guess that you've been married a while if you're taking photos of the dog getting a bath. My impression was that the wife was in the bath too. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO raccoon
On Dec 11, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: But you have to admire the degree to which they can completely destroy a room. When one fell though the ceiling into the Xerox copy center, he managed to pull just about everything off of every shelf before taking a huge crap in the middle of the manager's desk. Wow. Every office worker's greatest fantasy. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I Wish
On Dec 11, 2010, at 5:58 AM, paul stenquist wrote: I don't think continuous autofocus is predictive. It just continues to adjust focus as the shutter button is held down at least half way. I think that if it were predictive, it would work only for one rate of subject movement. The Z-1p had predictive AF (I just checked the manual). So I hope the DSLRs have it! There shouldn't be any reason why you couldn't track an accelerating subject, unless the sensors impose a limitation of some kind. I'm starting to get frustrated with my K10D because it seems to be trying to focus beyond infinity with wide-angle lenses, when I try and focus on distant subjects. Might need to have it looked at because I have it set to only release the shutter if it's in focus, while in AF-S mode. So I have to use AF-C a lot more. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO raccoon
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:54 PM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: On Dec 11, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: But you have to admire the degree to which they can completely destroy a room. When one fell though the ceiling into the Xerox copy center, he managed to pull just about everything off of every shelf before taking a huge crap in the middle of the manager's desk. Wow. Every office worker's greatest fantasy. wow. Dave, your boss must be kindness incarnate... :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Russian names required.
Excellent ! dominique Le 10/12/10 21:42, eckinator a écrit : since the takumars are named after Takumo, you'd even have a nice patronymic, Takumara Takumova =) 2010/12/10 Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com: Actually, Takumara would be pretty good, and sounds Russian enough. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:28 AM, eckinatoreckina...@gmail.com wrote: Asahika and Takumarka maybe? =) 2010/12/10 Madame RDromd...@orange.fr: Le 10/12/10 00:29, eckinator a écrit : 2010/12/9 Igor Roshchins...@komkon.org: That's the cat formerly known as khr-hr-hr so that is where Pentax got the name... over to the slogan thread... Ecke nobody dared Pentaxkior Pentaxka for a female ? dominique -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: I Wish
ouch... what a long list of unhappened 645Ds. I'll add that I am one behind because my insurance company gave me bad advice and my sick pay was € 9900 too low over the past 11 months which pretty much makes /my/ 645D a non-reality... grrr Ecke 2010/12/11 David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz: On Dec 11, 2010, at 5:58 AM, paul stenquist wrote: I don't think continuous autofocus is predictive. It just continues to adjust focus as the shutter button is held down at least half way. I think that if it were predictive, it would work only for one rate of subject movement. The Z-1p had predictive AF (I just checked the manual). So I hope the DSLRs have it! There shouldn't be any reason why you couldn't track an accelerating subject, unless the sensors impose a limitation of some kind. I'm starting to get frustrated with my K10D because it seems to be trying to focus beyond infinity with wide-angle lenses, when I try and focus on distant subjects. Might need to have it looked at because I have it set to only release the shutter if it's in focus, while in AF-S mode. So I have to use AF-C a lot more. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO santacon
Santacon is approximately a bunch of people dressing up like Santa and going on a pubcrawl. There was one in Santa Cruz tonight, which I went on. I think that this is my favorite photo of the evening. I've got no idea what I was trying to shoot at the time, but I'm pretty sure this wasn't it. I did spend a lot of time shooting from the hip, so people wouldn't freeze up when they saw the camera pointing at them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5251195076/in/set-72157625448696367/ If you want to see the whole set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157625448696367/ For the terminally curious, wikipedia has this to say about SantaCon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SantaCon google has even more to say about 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.
Which is the preferred battery charger
The charger that seems to work best with my AA hybrids is starting to get a bit flaky. There was a discussion a couple weeks back on the subject of chargers and I thought i saved it, but can't find it. What is the battery charger that is so highly recommended? -- 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: Which is the preferred battery charger
On 11 December 2010 11:03, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The charger that seems to work best with my AA hybrids is starting to get a bit flaky. There was a discussion a couple weeks back on the subject of chargers and I thought i saved it, but can't find it. What is the battery charger that is so highly recommended? I think it was the LaCrosse BC-900. http://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg372271.html -- Eric -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT - London Student Protest in pics
Someone sent me this link - some very powerful pics... http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/london_tuition_fee_protest.html -- 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: I Wish
Thanks Jack. Yeah, the talk about big expenditures just reminded me of it. But it's water under the bridge, and Grace is a joy. It does me no good to dwell on it. Paul On Dec 10, 2010, at 11:04 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Your success in rescuing your grand daughter for your daughter as well as yourself is priceless. I completely get that the cost/funds imbalance was extremely unfair and difficult to understand. Jack --- On Fri, 12/10/10, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: I Wish To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 5:12 PM It was certainly the best possible outcome. But the British government's mindless funding of any citizen who wants to take legal action is indefensible. And having to compete with the UK s financial resources makes it less than a bargain. Paul On Dec 10, 2010, at 7:08 PM, Jack Davis wrote: I know you agree that you got a real bargain and certainly the best possible outcome. Jack --- On Fri, 12/10/10, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: I Wish To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 3:37 PM I could have had six 645Ds for what it cost me to save Grace from her drunken wife-beating father and the British legal aid idiocy. Paul On Dec 10, 2010, at 6:34 PM, John Francis wrote: Well, if we're going to one-up each other: I could have got four 645Ds (with lenses) fow what we spent on the kitchen remodel. Then there was a problem with the heating which meant it was time to do the re-ducting that we'd been putting off for years, and a small number of old windows to be replaced before the tax credit ran out. That would have covered a couple of K-5s with grips DA* zooms. This would have been a bit less of an issue if my wife hadn't been rather unexpectedly laid off from the job she's had for the last 12 years (the day after we'd bought her the E-PL1). No cause for panic, but it does mean discretionary spending doesn't run to four-figure toys at the moment. . On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 04:56:02PM -0600, Paul Sorenson wrote: I feel your pain. Some time before the end of the year we're supposed to be getting new windows. That's *four* K-5s that could have been under the tree. :-( -p On 12/10/2010 1:51 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Good gawd, man! How much more evidence of pure studliness do you need? The K-5 is near-perfect and everyone should have one. Put the reviews down and get out your wallet. The only reason there won't be one under my Xmas tree this year is that we are getting a new floor for the house. I could have bought a 645D for what that's setting us back. -bmw On 10-12-10 12:11 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Not in the K20 manual.;) I hope to be reading the K-5 manual in not too long. Awaiting a couple more reviews and additional feed back from the PDML. Jack --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Steven Desjardinsdrd1...@gmail.com wrote: From: Steven Desjardinsdrd1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: I Wish To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 9:08 AM Isn't there a custom setting for something like that? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Firmware 1.01
On Dec 11, 2010, at 3:22 AM, David Mann wrote: On Dec 11, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Dec 10, 2010, at 9:26 AM, paul stenquist wrote: Yes. I just tried it at Is)1600 while my wife was giving the dog a bath. I got about 15 frames continuous. I guess that you've been married a while if you're taking photos of the dog getting a bath. My impression was that the wife was in the bath too. HAR! No, she washes him in the kitchen sink. Paul Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Coffee Shop Portraits
Thanks David. Yes, they're a bit flat -- illuminated by a large window. I prefer to shoot at that coffee shop later in the day, when the light is more from interior fixtures, but I take the light I get:-). On Dec 10, 2010, at 11:15 PM, David Parsons wrote: They are nice shots, but they would be much improved with good lighting. Very flat, but not really something you can do with candids. On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:52 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Coffee Shop Portraits: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12072552size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12072551size=lg Both with K-5 and DA* 50-135, ISO 2000, f4. Shot the tiger fan with live view after he had caught me twice with the camera raised. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Which is the preferred battery charger
I'm still using that LaCrosse charger every day. It charges each cell individually and can discharge and recondition them as well. When the cells are fully charged, it automatically goes to a very light trickle charge. I leave my NIMH batteries in the charger when not in use, and they're always ready to go. I've gotten great results using some very inexpensive Nuon 2300 mah batteries that I bought for a couple bucks apiece at Battery Central. I use them in my flashes, so fast recycling and lots of flashes per day are paramount. Shelf life of charged batteries is irrelevant for me. Paul On Dec 11, 2010, at 6:14 AM, Eric Featherstone wrote: On 11 December 2010 11:03, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The charger that seems to work best with my AA hybrids is starting to get a bit flaky. There was a discussion a couple weeks back on the subject of chargers and I thought i saved it, but can't find it. What is the battery charger that is so highly recommended? I think it was the LaCrosse BC-900. http://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg372271.html -- Eric -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - the revolving door
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Re: PESO santacon
Enjoyed the evening in pictures, Larry! I can imagine that some of these celebrants validated the event title, Pubcrawl by the end of the evening. ;) Jack --- On Sat, 12/11/10, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: PESO santacon To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, December 11, 2010, 2:17 AM Santacon is approximately a bunch of people dressing up like Santa and going on a pubcrawl. There was one in Santa Cruz tonight, which I went on. I think that this is my favorite photo of the evening. I've got no idea what I was trying to shoot at the time, but I'm pretty sure this wasn't it. I did spend a lot of time shooting from the hip, so people wouldn't freeze up when they saw the camera pointing at them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5251195076/in/set-72157625448696367/ If you want to see the whole set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157625448696367/ For the terminally curious, wikipedia has this to say about SantaCon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SantaCon google has even more to say about 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Which is the preferred battery charger
I misspoke: the Nuon batteries are 2500 mah. Best I've ever had and far better than Eneloops in continuous use. But the LaCrosse charger will make any battery better. Paul On Dec 11, 2010, at 8:52 AM, paul stenquist wrote: I'm still using that LaCrosse charger every day. It charges each cell individually and can discharge and recondition them as well. When the cells are fully charged, it automatically goes to a very light trickle charge. I leave my NIMH batteries in the charger when not in use, and they're always ready to go. I've gotten great results using some very inexpensive Nuon 2300 mah batteries that I bought for a couple bucks apiece at Battery Central. I use them in my flashes, so fast recycling and lots of flashes per day are paramount. Shelf life of charged batteries is irrelevant for me. Paul On Dec 11, 2010, at 6:14 AM, Eric Featherstone wrote: On 11 December 2010 11:03, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The charger that seems to work best with my AA hybrids is starting to get a bit flaky. There was a discussion a couple weeks back on the subject of chargers and I thought i saved it, but can't find it. What is the battery charger that is so highly recommended? I think it was the LaCrosse BC-900. http://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg372271.html -- Eric -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
LR and # of computers question
I currently have LR2.7 on both my PC(dyeing) and my iBook. If and when i upgrade the PC to what ever, and install LR3, will it be ok with the three computers or will Adobe see i have installed it on the third computer and halt my installation.?? Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO raccoon
We have raccoons and skunks in our are and at times under my shed and in my detached garage. I hate them. I worry about the rabies a lot. They and the skunks tear up my yard, nest in neighbours chimney's tear up my compost bin the region uses to collect wet waste and create general havoc. Dave On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: It's more fun to photograph the happy moments, but sometimes I think it's the sad moments that make the more powerful photos. I found this poor little fellow lying dead on my back stairs. I don't know what happened, but he's right below the hole that the raccoons have been using to get into my attic, I suspect that he may have fallen climbing in or out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5249450643/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5249453755/ -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I Wish
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: I feel your pain. Some time before the end of the year we're supposed to be getting new windows. That's *four* K-5s that could have been under the tree. :-( -p I had my heating and air guy in on Thursday to clean the gas furnace. His assessment was its just about ready to fail, cracks are eminent. He is going to try and do the work next week, depending on avalability. That will cost about a D3. Dave On 12/10/2010 1:51 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Good gawd, man! How much more evidence of pure studliness do you need? The K-5 is near-perfect and everyone should have one. Put the reviews down and get out your wallet. The only reason there won't be one under my Xmas tree this year is that we are getting a new floor for the house. I could have bought a 645D for what that's setting us back. -bmw On 10-12-10 12:11 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Not in the K20 manual.;) I hope to be reading the K-5 manual in not too long. Awaiting a couple more reviews and additional feed back from the PDML. Jack --- On Fri, 12/10/10, Steven Desjardinsdrd1...@gmail.com wrote: From: Steven Desjardinsdrd1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: I Wish To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 9:08 AM Isn't there a custom setting for something like that? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Coffee Shop Portraits
Both are very well done. Very intense thoughts. Dave On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:52 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Coffee Shop Portraits: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12072552size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12072551size=lg Both with K-5 and DA* 50-135, ISO 2000, f4. Shot the tiger fan with live view after he had caught me twice with the camera raised. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I Wish
From: John Francis It's a philosophical difference, and no more indefensible than the US system of one law for the rich, one for the poor which allows those with deep enough pockets to buy their way out of just about any situation. My understanding is the British law in this case is sort of in response to an old U.S. Supreme Court decision that EVERY defendant should have access to adequate legal counsel. The U.S. decision applied only to criminal cases, but the British didn't make that distinction when Parliament passed their law. And they actually put some teeth in their law. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 santacon
Nice gallery there Larry. I like pretty much everyone but #'s 3814, 3890 and 3908 stand out for me. Dave On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 5:17 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Santacon is approximately a bunch of people dressing up like Santa and going on a pubcrawl. There was one in Santa Cruz tonight, which I went on. I think that this is my favorite photo of the evening. I've got no idea what I was trying to shoot at the time, but I'm pretty sure this wasn't it. I did spend a lot of time shooting from the hip, so people wouldn't freeze up when they saw the camera pointing at them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5251195076/in/set-72157625448696367/ If you want to see the whole set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157625448696367/ For the terminally curious, wikipedia has this to say about SantaCon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SantaCon google has even more to say about 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO raccoon
From: David Mann But you have to admire the degree to which they can completely destroy a room. When one fell though the ceiling into the Xerox copy center, he managed to pull just about everything off of every shelf before taking a huge crap in the middle of the manager's desk. Wow. Every office worker's greatest fantasy. Probably get you fired. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: LR and # of computers question
By the terms of the EULA, you are legally constrained to be running only two installations simultaneously. So far, Adobe has not implemented the activation schema they use with Photoshop CSx and other Creative Suite products for Lightroom, so you are able to install it and be able to use it on as many systems as you want without having to do the activation dance. On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 6:26 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I currently have LR2.7 on both my PC(dyeing) and my iBook. If and when i upgrade the PC to what ever, and install LR3, will it be ok with the three computers or will Adobe see i have installed it on the third computer and halt my installation.?? Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO raccoon
At first, the campus police thought it was vandalism. No animal could wreak such havoc. Jeffery On Dec 11, 2010, at 8:47 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: David Mann But you have to admire the degree to which they can completely destroy a room. When one fell though the ceiling into the Xerox copy center, he managed to pull just about everything off of every shelf before taking a huge crap in the middle of the manager's desk. Wow. Every office worker's greatest fantasy. Probably get you fired. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 raccoon
Last week, an otter was kicking some serious ass somewhere. They suspected rabies but I never heard the results. They can tell pretty quickly by doing a exam of the brain. Jeffery On Dec 11, 2010, at 8:30 AM, David J Brooks wrote: We have raccoons and skunks in our are and at times under my shed and in my detached garage. I hate them. I worry about the rabies a lot. They and the skunks tear up my yard, nest in neighbours chimney's tear up my compost bin the region uses to collect wet waste and create general havoc. Dave On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: It's more fun to photograph the happy moments, but sometimes I think it's the sad moments that make the more powerful photos. I found this poor little fellow lying dead on my back stairs. I don't know what happened, but he's right below the hole that the raccoons have been using to get into my attic, I suspect that he may have fallen climbing in or out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5249450643/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5249453755/ -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Digital ice - a question
Hi Ann, I got to thinking. The wrecked car photo you like. That neg has been severely mistreated in its 10+ years in my shoebox. It is full of dust and scratches. With ICE turned on I didn't have to do a single bit of spotting. Did you get the scanner yet? Do you like it? ~Nick On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: So... sic transit 1640... Im geting the V500... it says it comes with Digital Ice... I think I remember a cautionary note about using it... from some one here (or from my stock agency) any rants or raves guys? Thank goodness the scanner only costs $112 -- and that some of you (along with others) bought my calendars...! T I A for any comments ann annsan.smugmug.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: LR and # of computers question
From: David J Brooks I currently have LR2.7 on both my PC(dyeing) and my iBook. If and when i upgrade the PC to what ever, and install LR3, will it be ok with the three computers or will Adobe see i have installed it on the third computer and halt my installation.?? Based on my experience with Photoshop upgrades while upgrading computers, probably not. When I upgraded CS2 to CS3, I was setting up a new laptop. I called Adobe and asked if I had to install the upgrade on the same computer as the original installation, and their tech support told me I could install the upgrade on a new computer. They told me that somewhere during the installation it would prompt for the original CS2 CD to confirm the upgrade. Alternatively, if you were upgrading from a downloaded version where you didn't have an original CD, you could enter the prior version's serial number. I interpret that to mean you still only have each of the programs installed on two computers. You have LR2.7 on the old PC iBook and LR3 will be on the *new* PC iBook. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 raccoon
From: David J Brooks We have raccoons and skunks in our are and at times under my shed and in my detached garage. I hate them. I worry about the rabies a lot. They and the skunks tear up my yard, nest in neighbours chimney's tear up my compost bin the region uses to collect wet waste and create general havoc. I don't know if it will work for raccoons, but for skunks, you can lay down a perimeter of mothballs around your shed garage and they won't cross the line. We used to have a LOT of skunks around the training sites at Ft. AP Hill, and they'd get into the tents. Post animal control recommended the mothballs solution. You'll have to keep an eye on the mothballs to make sure pets children don't get hold of them. I'd talk to your county animal control agency about them as well. I know there are baits available with an oral rabies vaccine. You might be able to spread some of those baits around your property where skunks raccoons could eat it. Again, you'd need to keep an eye on the bait so pets and kids won't get hold of it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Trees and Stars
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 4:02 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure if this is a high concept of I;m just high on fatigue. Terrific! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO raccoon
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: It's more fun to photograph the happy moments, but sometimes I think it's the sad moments that make the more powerful photos. I found this poor little fellow lying dead on my back stairs. I don't know what happened, but he's right below the hole that the raccoons have been using to get into my attic, I suspect that he may have fallen climbing in or out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5249450643/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5249453755/ The second shot is especially moving. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO raccoon
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:39 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I don't know if it will work for raccoons, but for skunks, you can lay down a perimeter of mothballs around your shed garage and they won't cross the line. We used to have a LOT of skunks around the training sites at Ft. AP Hill, and they'd get into the tents. Post animal control recommended the mothballs solution. Yes i tried that. I think they just ate them. I'd talk to your county animal control agency about them as well. They only deal in stray dogs and cats and road kill. If its alive i have to go to a private company, at least this is the case in the Township i live in. I know there are baits available with an oral rabies vaccine. You might be able to spread some of those baits around your property where skunks raccoons could eat it. I'll speak to our Vet about that. Dave Again, you'd need to keep an eye on the bait so pets and kids won't get hold of it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO raccoon
An interesting way to keep them out of the attic is a strobe light. They can hack just about any annoyance except that one. Not terribly practical, though. Jeffery On Dec 11, 2010, at 9:39 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: David J Brooks We have raccoons and skunks in our are and at times under my shed and in my detached garage. I hate them. I worry about the rabies a lot. They and the skunks tear up my yard, nest in neighbours chimney's tear up my compost bin the region uses to collect wet waste and create general havoc. I don't know if it will work for raccoons, but for skunks, you can lay down a perimeter of mothballs around your shed garage and they won't cross the line. We used to have a LOT of skunks around the training sites at Ft. AP Hill, and they'd get into the tents. Post animal control recommended the mothballs solution. You'll have to keep an eye on the mothballs to make sure pets children don't get hold of them. I'd talk to your county animal control agency about them as well. I know there are baits available with an oral rabies vaccine. You might be able to spread some of those baits around your property where skunks raccoons could eat it. Again, you'd need to keep an eye on the bait so pets and kids won't get hold of it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Coffee Shop Portraits
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:52 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Coffee Shop Portraits: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12072552size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12072551size=lg Both with K-5 and DA* 50-135, ISO 2000, f4. Shot the tiger fan with live view after he had caught me twice with the camera raised. The white thing in the foreground, bottom left hand side is a bit of a bother, but hey, it was there and can't really be cropped out. Other than that, both are fine photos of coffee shop life. Well done! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: LR and # of computers question
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:22 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: They told me that somewhere during the installation it would prompt for the original CS2 CD to confirm the upgrade. Alternatively, if you were upgrading from a downloaded version where you didn't have an original CD, you could enter the prior version's serial number. My LR 1 was downloaded but my LR 2 upgrade is a disk. I have the LR1 S/N. I interpret that to mean you still only have each of the programs installed on two computers. You have LR2.7 on the old PC iBook and LR3 will be on the *new* PC iBook. Close. LR2.7 is on the PC and iBook. LR3.x will be on the new computer only. Seriously looking at trhe iMac 21.5 I;ll continue to use the laptop for road trip downloads etc so LR2.7 will do if i need to do anything on the fly. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO raccoon
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@bellsouth.net wrote: An interesting way to keep them out of the attic is a strobe light. They can hack just about any annoyance except that one. Not terribly practical, though. Jeffery I was a teenager in the 60's, the stobe is no problem.:-0 Dave On Dec 11, 2010, at 9:39 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: David J Brooks We have raccoons and skunks in our are and at times under my shed and in my detached garage. I hate them. I worry about the rabies a lot. They and the skunks tear up my yard, nest in neighbours chimney's tear up my compost bin the region uses to collect wet waste and create general havoc. I don't know if it will work for raccoons, but for skunks, you can lay down a perimeter of mothballs around your shed garage and they won't cross the line. We used to have a LOT of skunks around the training sites at Ft. AP Hill, and they'd get into the tents. Post animal control recommended the mothballs solution. You'll have to keep an eye on the mothballs to make sure pets children don't get hold of them. I'd talk to your county animal control agency about them as well. I know there are baits available with an oral rabies vaccine. You might be able to spread some of those baits around your property where skunks raccoons could eat it. Again, you'd need to keep an eye on the bait so pets and kids won't get hold of it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Trees and Stars
Good shot, but a lot of dust spots. Seriously it looks good as a BW Dave On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 4:02 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure if this is a high concept of I;m just high on fatigue. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20treesandstars.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A 24mm f2.8 w/Slik U8000 tripod. Notes: The camera emphasizes colors I didn't see hence the conversion to BW, (with green filter applied), to attempt to render the scene as I experienced it. I think I failed. Resizing the image to web to web size didn't help it either. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
PESO 2010 - 221 - GDG
A new photo blog post available for your viewing: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/wall-and-tension Thanks for looking! Comments appreciated. Godfrey -- Godfrey DiGiorgi Photography PO Box 60215 Sunnyvale, CA 94088-0215 USA godf...@gdgphoto.com www.gdgphoto.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: I Wish
It's a philosophical difference, and no more indefensible than the US system of one law for the rich, one for the poor which allows those with deep enough pockets to buy their way out of just about any situation. My understanding is the British law in this case is sort of in response to an old U.S. Supreme Court decision that EVERY defendant should have access to adequate legal counsel. The U.S. decision applied only to criminal cases, but the British didn't make that distinction when Parliament passed their law. And they actually put some teeth in their law. they did make a distinction. There are different rules and entitlements applying to criminal and civil law and different organisations dealing with each branch. http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/default.asp Any human system which tries to be just is subject to freeloaders, to people whose entitlement may seem unfair, and to people we just plain don't like such as wife-beaters, but that's part of the price of trying to be a just society. One that I personally don't mind paying provided there are reasonable efforts to identify and deter the few freeloaders. In addition to that, the rates paid to lawyers working under the scheme are fixed by parliament, so it doesn't matter how much the law firm may charge for private work. For legal aid work they get the same rate as everyone else. Having said that, plenty of lawyers have become millionaires from legal aid work, so they're not paying peanuts. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT - London Student Protest in pics
Someone sent me this link - some very powerful pics... http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/london_tuition_fee_protest.ht ml good stuff. Nice to see students getting worked up about something for a change, even if it is a bit selfish. The police seem to have got it wrong though. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Happy Birthday, Annsan
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:15 AM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: (Clears throat.) Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Ann, happy birthday to you. Many happy returns, Ann!! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Two more PESOs from Boris
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/11/peso-2010-55-ice-cream.html and http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/11/peso-2010-56-empty-street.html Be brutal and honest. Like 'em both, but especially the gelato case. But maybe I'm just a sucker for gelato (which I no longer eat). The colours and light make it a wonderful shot. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Coffee Shop Portraits
On Dec 11, 2010, at 11:12 AM, frank theriault wrote: On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:52 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Coffee Shop Portraits: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12072552size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12072551size=lg Both with K-5 and DA* 50-135, ISO 2000, f4. Shot the tiger fan with live view after he had caught me twice with the camera raised. The white thing in the foreground, bottom left hand side is a bit of a bother, but hey, it was there and can't really be cropped out. Thanks Frank. Yes, I wasn't too pleased with that chair back in the frame. But I've included out of focus foreground objects in other pics of this series, and I'm not sure that they aren't a plus when taken collectively. They demonstrate that the perspective is limited to the view from one chair in the shop. But perhaps I'm just rationalizing a shortcoming:-). Paul Other than that, both are fine photos of coffee shop life. Well done! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: The time has come
... almost. I'll be headed out soon, getting down to Raleigh so I'll be in place for my flight tomorrow morning. I'll be shutting down my computer just before I leave here. I decided not to take a laptop with me. I can scrounge time on some of my fellow travelers' laptops to transfer images from my camera cards to my portable hard drive. Don't know if I'll need to, I've got a bunch of cards - 8 x 8GB, 8 x 4GB, and 8 x 2GB. I'm almost packed. I've double triple checked everything. All I still have to do is stuff clean socks into various bags pockets. And I have to pick up my shower shoes from the house in Raleigh. Got a to do list I've been checking items off to make sure I don't forget anything, and get shower shoes from home is all that's left on it. I'm down to the point that all I have left to do is tidy up my apartment a little bit and put my bags in my car. Should be back on list in about eleven days, although I'll still be looking at anything that comes through in the next few hours. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Digital ice - a question
Nick David Wright wrote: Hi Ann, I got to thinking. The wrecked car photo you like. That neg has been severely mistreated in its 10+ years in my shoebox. It is full of dust and scratches. With ICE turned on I didn't have to do a single bit of spotting. ooh was that a 35 mm neg? Did you get the scanner yet? Do you like it? ~Nick I love it but I only did two things so far. I expect to have examples up sometime over the weekend or later -- I owed a friend a scan of a 4 x 6 print from 2001... and I did one experiment with a slide that I had had professionally scanned a number of years ago and I like the result of mine better... One frustrating moment was that my old scanner's on/off button was right in front where the V500's start button is... and it didnt go. I checked the connections etc... finally picked up the quick start sheet again . duh! never saw the side switch. I didn't use digital ice or any of the other buttons except the UNSHARP mask, but I was working with a good well exposed slide. Didn't use auto mode. More when I do more. ann On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: So... sic transit 1640... Im geting the V500... it says it comes with Digital Ice... I think I remember a cautionary note about using it... from some one here (or from my stock agency) any rants or raves guys? Thank goodness the scanner only costs $112 -- and that some of you (along with others) bought my calendars...! T I A for any comments ann annsan.smugmug.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Digital ice - a question
That was a 35mm neg. I haven't done a lot of playing with it, but I wasn't terribly happy with the unsharp mask function of the Epson scan so I just turned it off. Glad you like it so far! ~nick On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Nick David Wright wrote: Hi Ann, I got to thinking. The wrecked car photo you like. That neg has been severely mistreated in its 10+ years in my shoebox. It is full of dust and scratches. With ICE turned on I didn't have to do a single bit of spotting. ooh was that a 35 mm neg? Did you get the scanner yet? Do you like it? ~Nick I love it but I only did two things so far. I expect to have examples up sometime over the weekend or later -- I owed a friend a scan of a 4 x 6 print from 2001... and I did one experiment with a slide that I had had professionally scanned a number of years ago and I like the result of mine better... One frustrating moment was that my old scanner's on/off button was right in front where the V500's start button is... and it didnt go. I checked the connections etc... finally picked up the quick start sheet again . duh! never saw the side switch. I didn't use digital ice or any of the other buttons except the UNSHARP mask, but I was working with a good well exposed slide. Didn't use auto mode. More when I do more. ann On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: So... sic transit 1640... Im geting the V500... it says it comes with Digital Ice... I think I remember a cautionary note about using it... from some one here (or from my stock agency) any rants or raves guys? Thank goodness the scanner only costs $112 -- and that some of you (along with others) bought my calendars...! T I A for any comments ann annsan.smugmug.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 santacon
It's events like these that make me wish I lived closer to a metropolitan area. Of course, there are other events that make me glad I don't, but I digress. I enjoyed the whole series, but something about 3984 http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/5251197730/ stands out to me. Seems like a slightly tighter crop, eliminating the drapes (?) on the right-hand side would make it even better. Nice work all the way around, though. -- Walt On 12/11/2010 4:17 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Santacon is approximately a bunch of people dressing up like Santa and going on a pubcrawl. There was one in Santa Cruz tonight, which I went on. I think that this is my favorite photo of the evening. I've got no idea what I was trying to shoot at the time, but I'm pretty sure this wasn't it. I did spend a lot of time shooting from the hip, so people wouldn't freeze up when they saw the camera pointing at them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5251195076/in/set-72157625448696367/ If you want to see the whole set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157625448696367/ For the terminally curious, wikipedia has this to say about SantaCon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SantaCon google has even more to say about 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: PESO raccoon
From: Jeffery Smith An interesting way to keep them out of the attic is a strobe light. They can hack just about any annoyance except that one. Not terribly practical, though. Jeffery Would that work for squirrels too? I did burglar alarms for 15 years, and I could rig a cheap strobe to a timer ~ 3 min or so and use an IR motion detector to trigger it and the whole thing can be powered by a 12v gel cell power pack (constant trickle charge with AC from a wall wart). It wouldn't take 5 minutes to build it and less than an hour to install it. The only challenge I see is finding an older version motion detector that doesn't have circuitry to keep pets from setting it off. If pets won't set it off, squirrels wouldn't set it off. I'll have to dig around some at home. I may even have one still left over from my BA days. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - London Student Protest in pics
If it's anything like similar protests in the US, I have to wonder how many of those people are actually affected students as opposed to trust fund anarchists looking for a thrill. -- Walt On 12/11/2010 10:20 AM, Bob W wrote: Someone sent me this link - some very powerful pics... http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/london_tuition_fee_protest.ht ml good stuff. Nice to see students getting worked up about something for a change, even if it is a bit selfish. The police seem to have got it wrong though. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT - London Student Protest in pics
most of them are genuine students, but they're not the ones rioting. There's always an element of rent-a-mob at these things. Dave Gilmour's son was quite prominently involved, so I guess he'd be classed as a trust fund anarchist. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11972814 B If it's anything like similar protests in the US, I have to wonder how many of those people are actually affected students as opposed to trust fund anarchists looking for a thrill. -- Walt On 12/11/2010 10:20 AM, Bob W wrote: Someone sent me this link - some very powerful pics... http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/london_tuition_fee_protest.ht ml good stuff. Nice to see students getting worked up about something for a change, even if it is a bit selfish. The police seem to have got it wrong though. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 raccoon
I think it would work for all small varmints. Opossums, squirrels, raccoons. Rats would probably just burrow into an area without light. On Dec 11, 2010, at 11:26 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Jeffery Smith An interesting way to keep them out of the attic is a strobe light. They can hack just about any annoyance except that one. Not terribly practical, though. Jeffery Would that work for squirrels too? I did burglar alarms for 15 years, and I could rig a cheap strobe to a timer ~ 3 min or so and use an IR motion detector to trigger it and the whole thing can be powered by a 12v gel cell power pack (constant trickle charge with AC from a wall wart). It wouldn't take 5 minutes to build it and less than an hour to install it. The only challenge I see is finding an older version motion detector that doesn't have circuitry to keep pets from setting it off. If pets won't set it off, squirrels wouldn't set it off. I'll have to dig around some at home. I may even have one still left over from my BA days. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: I Wish
From: Bob W It's a philosophical difference, and no more indefensible than the US system of one law for the rich, one for the poor which allows those with deep enough pockets to buy their way out of just about any situation. My understanding is the British law in this case is sort of in response to an old U.S. Supreme Court decision that EVERY defendant should have access to adequate legal counsel. The U.S. decision applied only to criminal cases, but the British didn't make that distinction when Parliament passed their law. And they actually put some teeth in their law. they did make a distinction. There are different rules and entitlements applying to criminal and civil law and different organisations dealing with each branch. http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/default.asp What I meant is the British applied the concept that no one should be denied effective legal representation just because they can't afford to pay a lawyer to civil law as well as criminal cases. They did not limit it to criminal defendants the way the U.S. Supreme Court decision did. In the U.S. you can still be cheated of justice in civil matters simply because you don't have as much money to pay lawyers as the other side does. Civil litigation is expensive, and someone with enough money can screw you in court - burying you in lawyers, forcing you to choose between bankruptcy or surrender. Sometimes both. It happened to someone I know. He was a one man shop working on computer networks starting the early 80s. When the internet began to open up to commercial operations, he registered his domain name as gateway.net. Later a company in South Dakota chose the name Gateway2000. In the late 90s they realized the 2000 part of their name was getting ready to become obsolete, and changed their name to Gateway. They offered my friend $1000 for the domain name he had been using for 15 years, and when he declined to sell, they sued him for trademark infringement. Buried him in lawyers. The first thing they did was seek an injunction to prohibit him from using his domain name until the case was settled. An injunction the court granted despite his showing that he had been doing business as Gateway, using the domain name gateway.net a decade before the Gateway2000 company was incorporated, and long before they decided to change their name to simply Gateway. Gateway2000 had the money, and were able to buy the court. Their lawyers shopped around until they found a judge who would grant the injunction. Bankrupted him. Gateway used their financial muscle to buy justice; or more properly, to deny justice to my acquaintance. Which, BTW, is why I never recommend Gateway, and won't buy anything from them. And since Acer now owns Gateway, screw them too! Any human system which tries to be just is subject to freeloaders, to people whose entitlement may seem unfair, and to people we just plain don't like such as wife-beaters, but that's part of the price of trying to be a just society. One that I personally don't mind paying provided there are reasonable efforts to identify and deter the few freeloaders. I'm not criticizing it. As you might infer from above, I don't think it's a good idea for justice to be for sale to the highest bidder. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I Wish
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 09:39:07AM -0500, John Sessoms wrote: From: John Francis It's a philosophical difference, and no more indefensible than the US system of one law for the rich, one for the poor which allows those with deep enough pockets to buy their way out of just about any situation. My understanding is the British law in this case is sort of in response to an old U.S. Supreme Court decision that EVERY defendant should have access to adequate legal counsel. The U.S. decision applied only to criminal cases, but the British didn't make that distinction when Parliament passed their law. And they actually put some teeth in their law. That may be one part of it. Another part is that the British setup will generally handle something like a custody hearing in a lower court, so the costs are a lot more reasonable. I don't think anybody is suggesting that Paul didn't get a raw deal from the way the system worked in his particular case. But this was an outlier case, complicated by the fact that a minor child appears to have been removed from the jurisdiction of the appropriate court without the proper formalities. This in itself could be enough to guarantee legal support for a British citizen claiming parental rights, not to mention the fact that the cornerstone of many legal systems, the presumption of innocence, is only worth anything if it is applied to all without pre-judging how deserving they are. It's easy to support a principle if you agree with the beneficiary. The true test is if you can support someone you personally dislike. As Voltaire probably didn't actually state: I disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say 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.
Re: OT - London Student Protest in pics
I'd read about Gilmour's son -- so ironically fitting. He's the one guy who least stood to gain or lose, yet he participated in the very activity that is most likely to cause a backlash leading to a setback for the movement he purports to support. Being shielded from the consequences of either your success or failure has a way of emboldening people. I mean, if David Gilmour had wound up being a session musician, you have to wonder if Charlie would have been prancing around on the Cenotaph like he was. Now, every student out there will have to deal with the fallout of his actions. But, for Charlie, it's really just a minor embarrassment resulting from a momentary lapse of reason and life goes on, smooth as silk. -- Walt On 12/11/2010 11:36 AM, Bob W wrote: most of them are genuine students, but they're not the ones rioting. There's always an element of rent-a-mob at these things. Dave Gilmour's son was quite prominently involved, so I guess he'd be classed as a trust fund anarchist. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11972814 B If it's anything like similar protests in the US, I have to wonder how many of those people are actually affected students as opposed to trust fund anarchists looking for a thrill. -- Walt On 12/11/2010 10:20 AM, Bob W wrote: Someone sent me this link - some very powerful pics... http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/london_tuition_fee_protest.ht ml good stuff. Nice to see students getting worked up about something for a change, even if it is a bit selfish. The police seem to have got it wrong though. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I Wish
It's my understanding that, in the British system, unlike in the US, the loser of the case is responsible for the legal fees and court costs of the winner. That would tend to make their system more workable, an d would almost certainly make them more likely to foot the bill for the highest-paid law firm in Detroit, knowing they wouldn't have to pay for the other guy's representation if they lost. Of course, my understanding could be way off-base. But, it seems like I read that somewhere. -- Walt On 12/11/2010 12:03 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Bob W It's a philosophical difference, and no more indefensible than the US system of one law for the rich, one for the poor which allows those with deep enough pockets to buy their way out of just about any situation. My understanding is the British law in this case is sort of in response to an old U.S. Supreme Court decision that EVERY defendant should have access to adequate legal counsel. The U.S. decision applied only to criminal cases, but the British didn't make that distinction when Parliament passed their law. And they actually put some teeth in their law. they did make a distinction. There are different rules and entitlements applying to criminal and civil law and different organisations dealing with each branch. http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/default.asp What I meant is the British applied the concept that no one should be denied effective legal representation just because they can't afford to pay a lawyer to civil law as well as criminal cases. They did not limit it to criminal defendants the way the U.S. Supreme Court decision did. In the U.S. you can still be cheated of justice in civil matters simply because you don't have as much money to pay lawyers as the other side does. Civil litigation is expensive, and someone with enough money can screw you in court - burying you in lawyers, forcing you to choose between bankruptcy or surrender. Sometimes both. It happened to someone I know. He was a one man shop working on computer networks starting the early 80s. When the internet began to open up to commercial operations, he registered his domain name as gateway.net. Later a company in South Dakota chose the name Gateway2000. In the late 90s they realized the 2000 part of their name was getting ready to become obsolete, and changed their name to Gateway. They offered my friend $1000 for the domain name he had been using for 15 years, and when he declined to sell, they sued him for trademark infringement. Buried him in lawyers. The first thing they did was seek an injunction to prohibit him from using his domain name until the case was settled. An injunction the court granted despite his showing that he had been doing business as Gateway, using the domain name gateway.net a decade before the Gateway2000 company was incorporated, and long before they decided to change their name to simply Gateway. Gateway2000 had the money, and were able to buy the court. Their lawyers shopped around until they found a judge who would grant the injunction. Bankrupted him. Gateway used their financial muscle to buy justice; or more properly, to deny justice to my acquaintance. Which, BTW, is why I never recommend Gateway, and won't buy anything from them. And since Acer now owns Gateway, screw them too! Any human system which tries to be just is subject to freeloaders, to people whose entitlement may seem unfair, and to people we just plain don't like such as wife-beaters, but that's part of the price of trying to be a just society. One that I personally don't mind paying provided there are reasonable efforts to identify and deter the few freeloaders. I'm not criticizing it. As you might infer from above, I don't think it's a good idea for justice to be for sale to the highest bidder. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Back in the fold
Hi folks, Finally it looks like I'll have more time on my hands for a while. So what's been up lately? 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: Back in the fold
On 11/12/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: Finally it looks like I'll have more time on my hands for a while. So what's been up lately? Oh bloody hell the Vikings have arrived. -- 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: PESO santacon
On Dec 11, 2010, at 6:41 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Nice gallery there Larry. I like pretty much everyone but #'s 3814, 3890 and 3908 stand out for me. Thanks Dave. I was getting ready to see how to fix some of them, until I got to the last four words of the sentence. Jack, you are right, a few of the people there were getting pretty toasty by the end of the evening. Walter, excellent suggestion about the cropping. I also considered coming in a lot tighter, but decided to leave the composition pretty much as is. The Santacon last weekend up in SF was probably 10-20 times the size of the one in Santa Cruz last night. When I went to grab dinner in Chinatown last Saturday there were a lot of groups, the size of this one, wandering from bar to bar. I should have grabbed a couple of photos, but was hungry and had limited time. Larry -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT - London Student Protest in pics
From: Bob W Someone sent me this link - some very powerful pics... http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/london_tuition_fee_protest.ht ml good stuff. Nice to see students getting worked up about something for a change, even if it is a bit selfish. The police seem to have got it wrong though. One of those situations where there aren't many good guys on either side of the line. Good cops caught up in a bad situation. When every possible response is wrong, the only thing you can do is try to find the least worst response. I don't know if they were successful. I think the government's policy regarding education costs are short sighted, and will cost Britain a lot more more in the years ahead than they're ever going to save with their cuts and tuition increases. This applies to U.S. education policies as well. Education should be as close to free as it's possible to make it, so that as many can take advantage of it as want to. Education is an investment in the future of the nation. Over the long term everyone benefits from low cost education, whether you are paying tuition yourself or have kids you're going to have to pay tuition for in the future. Investing in creating an educated population has a very high Return on Investment. But it has to be an investment at the level of the society. It's not something an individual, even the wealthiest individual can afford. Works the other way as well. Disinvestment in education will bring very steep increases in future costs. Turning education into a profit center the way it's being done in Britain and the U.S. is self defeating. The pool of educated workers will shrink and there won't be enough of them to grow the economy. The cost of finding educated workers is going to go up sharply, unless you bring low-wage workers trained in third world countries where they understand the difference between the VALUE of education and the COST of education. Those third world, low wage workers are going to bring third world, low wage values along with them. They won't share the cultural values of our societies. And bringing in those low-wage workers creates another problem of how are you going to deal with your own native population you've displaced from the job market. You force the middle class down into the working class, and displace the working class on to the dole. It's been done before and it's always had disastrous results. Bread and circuses will mollify the displaced worker for only so long. Especially since sooner or later some taxpayer is going to revolt against the cost of providing bread and circuses. Meanwhile, the mob grows and grows down in the belly of the beast. Read Gibbon; read Marx (and what Lenin Stalin made of his writings); read Mein Kampf ... the French tried it in the 18th century, and you can see where that got them. Après Moi anyone? Every farmer knows you don't eat your seed. And that's exactly what our current governments are proposing to do. So there's your choice, invest in education, keeping the cost to the student low, which offers very high future profit ... or don't invest in education, letting the cost rise prohibitively, generating very high future costs. OTOH, the student's behavior won't garner them much sympathy. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - London Student Protest in pics
On Dec 11, 2010, at 1:50 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Bob W Someone sent me this link - some very powerful pics... http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/12/london_tuition_fee_protest.ht ml good stuff. Nice to see students getting worked up about something for a change, even if it is a bit selfish. The police seem to have got it wrong though. One of those situations where there aren't many good guys on either side of the line. Good cops caught up in a bad situation. When every possible response is wrong, the only thing you can do is try to find the least worst response. I don't know if they were successful. I think the government's policy regarding education costs are short sighted, and will cost Britain a lot more more in the years ahead than they're ever going to save with their cuts and tuition increases. This applies to U.S. education policies as well. Education should be as close to free as it's possible to make it, so that as many can take advantage of it as want to. Education is an investment in the future of the nation. Over the long term everyone benefits from low cost education, whether you are paying tuition yourself or have kids you're going to have to pay tuition for in the future. Investing in creating an educated population has a very high Return on Investment. But it has to be an investment at the level of the society. It's not something an individual, even the wealthiest individual can afford. Works the other way as well. Disinvestment in education will bring very steep increases in future costs. Turning education into a profit center the way it's being done in Britain and the U.S. is self defeating. I think it's more about keeping it a break-even situation. The European socialist model has pretty much failed. It's unsustainable, as most free-lunch plans tend to be. Paul The pool of educated workers will shrink and there won't be enough of them to grow the economy. The cost of finding educated workers is going to go up sharply, unless you bring low-wage workers trained in third world countries where they understand the difference between the VALUE of education and the COST of education. Those third world, low wage workers are going to bring third world, low wage values along with them. They won't share the cultural values of our societies. And bringing in those low-wage workers creates another problem of how are you going to deal with your own native population you've displaced from the job market. You force the middle class down into the working class, and displace the working class on to the dole. It's been done before and it's always had disastrous results. Bread and circuses will mollify the displaced worker for only so long. Especially since sooner or later some taxpayer is going to revolt against the cost of providing bread and circuses. Meanwhile, the mob grows and grows down in the belly of the beast. Read Gibbon; read Marx (and what Lenin Stalin made of his writings); read Mein Kampf ... the French tried it in the 18th century, and you can see where that got them. Après Moi anyone? Every farmer knows you don't eat your seed. And that's exactly what our current governments are proposing to do. So there's your choice, invest in education, keeping the cost to the student low, which offers very high future profit ... or don't invest in education, letting the cost rise prohibitively, generating very high future costs. OTOH, the student's behavior won't garner them much sympathy. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Back in the fold
Good to see you back, Jostein. Was thinking about you when that cruise ship got pounded down in the Drake Passage. Paul On Dec 11, 2010, at 1:41 PM, AlunFoto wrote: Hi folks, Finally it looks like I'll have more time on my hands for a while. So what's been up lately? 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: I Wish
John Sessoms wrote: [...] Gateway2000 had the money, and were able to buy the court. Their lawyers shopped around until they found a judge who would grant the injunction. Bankrupted him. Gateway used their financial muscle to buy justice; or more properly, to deny justice to my acquaintance. Which, BTW, is why I never recommend Gateway, and won't buy anything from them. And since Acer now owns Gateway, screw them too! Any human system which tries to be just is subject to freeloaders, to people whose entitlement may seem unfair, and to people we just plain don't like such as wife-beaters, but that's part of the price of trying to be a just society. One that I personally don't mind paying provided there are reasonable efforts to identify and deter the few freeloaders. I'm not criticizing it. As you might infer from above, I don't think it's a good idea for justice to be for sale to the highest bidder. I totally agree! Thanks or the true story. Good to know... keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Back in the fold
2010/12/11 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Good to see you back, Jostein. Was thinking about you when that cruise ship got pounded down in the Drake Passage. Thanks Paul! I didn't know about that accident. After a quick google I found it to be the Clelia II. It looked hauntingly familiar. Actually, we met this ship while sailing through the Neumayer Channel, a fjord close to the British base at Port Lockroy. Here's one pic of her that I took in the passing: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-281 We were, I dunno, maybe 15 or 20 people standing on deck to absorb the spectacular view. On the Clelia, there are only two people outdoors, both of them in orange clothing, probably crew. I recall us sniggering and shaking heads at the ship's customers for not making the most of the moment. The Clelia is a much bigger ship than the one we were on. :-) Damn, I'm glad we didn't meet any freak waves... 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: Back in the fold
2010/12/11 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: Oh bloody hell the Vikings have arrived. Spaam! -- 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: OT - London Student Protest in pics
[...] I think the government's policy regarding education costs are short sighted, and will cost Britain a lot more more in the years ahead than they're ever going to save with their cuts and tuition increases. This applies to U.S. education policies as well. Education should be as close to free as it's possible to make it, so that as many can take advantage of it as want to. Education is an investment in the future of the nation. Over the long term everyone benefits from low cost education, whether you are paying tuition yourself or have kids you're going to have to pay tuition for in the future. Investing in creating an educated population has a very high Return on Investment. But it has to be an investment at the level of the society. It's not something an individual, even the wealthiest individual can afford. Works the other way as well. Disinvestment in education will bring very steep increases in future costs. I completely agree. I was lucky enough to be in a generation which was paid to go into further education. I've more than repaid the costs in the taxes I've paid by earning more than I would otherwise have done, and so have most of my family and friends. [...] OTOH, the student's behavior won't garner them much sympathy. I dunno. When the French students were rioting a few weeks ago because they'd have to work to 62 (!) there were a lot of people here asking why ours weren't rioting too. Remember, their parents and grandparents did their fair share of demos and riots in the 60s and 70s. I get the impression that a lot of people, even some of the government who were student leaders in their day, are rather pleased that they're showing a bit of fight. 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: I Wish
It's my understanding (in some cases I know to be correct) that in USA civil cases, court costs and attorney's fees are included in the award. How common this is, is not known to me. Jack --- On Sat, 12/11/10, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: From: Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com Subject: Re: I Wish To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, December 11, 2010, 10:16 AM It's my understanding that, in the British system, unlike in the US, the loser of the case is responsible for the legal fees and court costs of the winner. That would tend to make their system more workable, an d would almost certainly make them more likely to foot the bill for the highest-paid law firm in Detroit, knowing they wouldn't have to pay for the other guy's representation if they lost. Of course, my understanding could be way off-base. But, it seems like I read that somewhere. -- Walt On 12/11/2010 12:03 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Bob W It's a philosophical difference, and no more indefensible than the US system of one law for the rich, one for the poor which allows those with deep enough pockets to buy their way out of just about any situation. My understanding is the British law in this case is sort of in response to an old U.S. Supreme Court decision that EVERY defendant should have access to adequate legal counsel. The U.S. decision applied only to criminal cases, but the British didn't make that distinction when Parliament passed their law. And they actually put some teeth in their law. they did make a distinction. There are different rules and entitlements applying to criminal and civil law and different organisations dealing with each branch. http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/default.asp What I meant is the British applied the concept that no one should be denied effective legal representation just because they can't afford to pay a lawyer to civil law as well as criminal cases. They did not limit it to criminal defendants the way the U.S. Supreme Court decision did. In the U.S. you can still be cheated of justice in civil matters simply because you don't have as much money to pay lawyers as the other side does. Civil litigation is expensive, and someone with enough money can screw you in court - burying you in lawyers, forcing you to choose between bankruptcy or surrender. Sometimes both. It happened to someone I know. He was a one man shop working on computer networks starting the early 80s. When the internet began to open up to commercial operations, he registered his domain name as gateway.net. Later a company in South Dakota chose the name Gateway2000. In the late 90s they realized the 2000 part of their name was getting ready to become obsolete, and changed their name to Gateway. They offered my friend $1000 for the domain name he had been using for 15 years, and when he declined to sell, they sued him for trademark infringement. Buried him in lawyers. The first thing they did was seek an injunction to prohibit him from using his domain name until the case was settled. An injunction the court granted despite his showing that he had been doing business as Gateway, using the domain name gateway.net a decade before the Gateway2000 company was incorporated, and long before they decided to change their name to simply Gateway. Gateway2000 had the money, and were able to buy the court. Their lawyers shopped around until they found a judge who would grant the injunction. Bankrupted him. Gateway used their financial muscle to buy justice; or more properly, to deny justice to my acquaintance. Which, BTW, is why I never recommend Gateway, and won't buy anything from them. And since Acer now owns Gateway, screw them too! Any human system which tries to be just is subject to freeloaders, to people whose entitlement may seem unfair, and to people we just plain don't like such as wife-beaters, but that's part of the price of trying to be a just society. One that I personally don't mind paying provided there are reasonable efforts to identify and deter the few freeloaders. I'm not criticizing it. As you might infer from above, I don't think it's a good idea for justice to be for sale to the highest bidder. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Back in the fold
Jostein, Welcome! Is all OK? Looking forward to, once again, experiencing your work. Jack --- On Sat, 12/11/10, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: From: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com Subject: Back in the fold To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, December 11, 2010, 10:41 AM Hi folks, Finally it looks like I'll have more time on my hands for a while. So what's been up lately? 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: I Wish
It varies from one state to the next, and from one jurisdiction (district or circuit level) to the next. In some cases, it's up to the judge's discretion, and in others, it's the jury's. State courts have a huge degree of autonomy, even down to the very basis of legal precedent -- in most US states, law is based on British common law, whereas, in Louisiana, it's French common law. -- Walt On 12/11/2010 1:41 PM, Jack Davis wrote: It's my understanding (in some cases I know to be correct) that in USA civil cases, court costs and attorney's fees are included in the award. How common this is, is not known to me. Jack --- On Sat, 12/11/10, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: From: Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com Subject: Re: I Wish To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, December 11, 2010, 10:16 AM It's my understanding that, in the British system, unlike in the US, the loser of the case is responsible for the legal fees and court costs of the winner. That would tend to make their system more workable, an d would almost certainly make them more likely to foot the bill for the highest-paid law firm in Detroit, knowing they wouldn't have to pay for the other guy's representation if they lost. Of course, my understanding could be way off-base. But, it seems like I read that somewhere. -- Walt On 12/11/2010 12:03 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Bob W It's a philosophical difference, and no more indefensible than the US system of one law for the rich, one for the poor which allows those with deep enough pockets to buy their way out of just about any situation. My understanding is the British law in this case is sort of in response to an old U.S. Supreme Court decision that EVERY defendant should have access to adequate legal counsel. The U.S. decision applied only to criminal cases, but the British didn't make that distinction when Parliament passed their law. And they actually put some teeth in their law. they did make a distinction. There are different rules and entitlements applying to criminal and civil law and different organisations dealing with each branch. http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/default.asp What I meant is the British applied the concept that no one should be denied effective legal representation just because they can't afford to pay a lawyer to civil law as well as criminal cases. They did not limit it to criminal defendants the way the U.S. Supreme Court decision did. In the U.S. you can still be cheated of justice in civil matters simply because you don't have as much money to pay lawyers as the other side does. Civil litigation is expensive, and someone with enough money can screw you in court - burying you in lawyers, forcing you to choose between bankruptcy or surrender. Sometimes both. It happened to someone I know. He was a one man shop working on computer networks starting the early 80s. When the internet began to open up to commercial operations, he registered his domain name as gateway.net. Later a company in South Dakota chose the name Gateway2000. In the late 90s they realized the 2000 part of their name was getting ready to become obsolete, and changed their name to Gateway. They offered my friend $1000 for the domain name he had been using for 15 years, and when he declined to sell, they sued him for trademark infringement. Buried him in lawyers. The first thing they did was seek an injunction to prohibit him from using his domain name until the case was settled. An injunction the court granted despite his showing that he had been doing business as Gateway, using the domain name gateway.net a decade before the Gateway2000 company was incorporated, and long before they decided to change their name to simply Gateway. Gateway2000 had the money, and were able to buy the court. Their lawyers shopped around until they found a judge who would grant the injunction. Bankrupted him. Gateway used their financial muscle to buy justice; or more properly, to deny justice to my acquaintance. Which, BTW, is why I never recommend Gateway, and won't buy anything from them. And since Acer now owns Gateway, screw them too! Any human system which tries to be just is subject to freeloaders, to people whose entitlement may seem unfair, and to people we just plain don't like such as wife-beaters, but that's part of the price of trying to be a just society. One that I personally don't mind paying provided there are reasonable efforts to identify and deter the few freeloaders. I'm not criticizing it. As you might infer from above, I don't think it's a good idea for justice to be for sale to the highest bidder. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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
Re: PESO 2010 - 221 - GDG
On Dec 11, 2010, at 8:20 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: A new photo blog post available for your viewing: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/wall-and-tension Thanks for looking! Comments appreciated. Classic Godfrey, both images and text. Godfrey -- Godfrey DiGiorgi Photography PO Box 60215 Sunnyvale, CA 94088-0215 USA godf...@gdgphoto.com www.gdgphoto.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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO santacon
One interesting aspect about the SantaCon photos is that they were all shot with my sigma 20/1.8. After the initial fun of playing with it, I had gotten frustrated by the focusing on that lens. At the distances I bought it for, it's very tough to focus manually. At the light levels that I bought it for, it's very tough to autofocus. Once I finally got the 16-50, I also had something wider, sharper, and reasonably fast. However, I knew that the 16-50 wasn't going to be fast enough, even on the K-x, to use in dive bars, the 31 wouldn't be wide enough, and besides I only wanted to carry one camera+lens. It's funny how things will happen, and lenses that had been pretty much ignored for months, or longer, will suddenly get a lot of use. I suspect that when I get a K-5, my 18-250 will suddenly be fast enough that it's incredible range will cause me to start using it a lot more than I have been for the past year or so. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO 2010 - 221 - GDG
Quite interesting. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: A new photo blog post available for your viewing: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/wall-and-tension Thanks for looking! Comments appreciated. Godfrey -- Godfrey DiGiorgi Photography PO Box 60215 Sunnyvale, CA 94088-0215 USA godf...@gdgphoto.com www.gdgphoto.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: Back in the fold
Welcome back Jostein, hope things aren't too hectic. Some of us are enjoying the new K-5. Shooting in the dark is possible, well maybe the twilight... The low light performance is so good that autofocus starts to look a bit weak. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:41 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, Finally it looks like I'll have more time on my hands for a while. So what's been up lately? 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: Back in the fold
On Dec 11, 2010, at 10:41 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Hi folks, Finally it looks like I'll have more time on my hands for a while. Welcome back. You aren't allowed to post any photos though, I'm having a hard enough time maintaining the fantasy that I'm a decent photographer without people showing off how it is supposed to be done. -- 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: Back in the fold
The Norseman we love to hate! Welcome back Jostein =) Ecke 2010/12/11 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On Dec 11, 2010, at 10:41 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Hi folks, Finally it looks like I'll have more time on my hands for a while. Welcome back. You aren't allowed to post any photos though, I'm having a hard enough time maintaining the fantasy that I'm a decent photographer without people showing off how it is supposed to be done. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: The time has come
Have a good trip John! China isn't it? Be prepared to be an old man in a young society. Look for high-rise buildings being built with bamboo scaffolding! Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:32 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: ... almost. I'll be headed out soon, getting down to Raleigh so I'll be in place for my flight tomorrow morning. I'll be shutting down my computer just before I leave here. I decided not to take a laptop with me. I can scrounge time on some of my fellow travelers' laptops to transfer images from my camera cards to my portable hard drive. Don't know if I'll need to, I've got a bunch of cards - 8 x 8GB, 8 x 4GB, and 8 x 2GB. I'm almost packed. I've double triple checked everything. All I still have to do is stuff clean socks into various bags pockets. And I have to pick up my shower shoes from the house in Raleigh. Got a to do list I've been checking items off to make sure I don't forget anything, and get shower shoes from home is all that's left on it. I'm down to the point that all I have left to do is tidy up my apartment a little bit and put my bags in my car. Should be back on list in about eleven days, although I'll still be looking at anything that comes through in the next few hours. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO 2010 - Passing Chair - GDG
A new diptych ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5252142455/in/photostream/lightbox/ My caption: I'm always fascinated with the capture of motion in still photographs. I made the first exposure as I was pondering the balance of light and dark, hard and soft edges in the scene in front of me. Just after I'd made the exposure, the bicyclist entered the frame and I immediately made a second. Seeing just one didn't do anything for me, but when I framed them together a different statement emerged from the combination of images. enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Firmware 1.01
Your wife fits in the kitchen sink, she must be quite petite. On 12/11/2010 8:44 AM, paul stenquist wrote: On Dec 11, 2010, at 3:22 AM, David Mann wrote: On Dec 11, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Dec 10, 2010, at 9:26 AM, paul stenquist wrote: Yes. I just tried it at Is)1600 while my wife was giving the dog a bath. I got about 15 frames continuous. I guess that you've been married a while if you're taking photos of the dog getting a bath. My impression was that the wife was in the bath too. HAR! No, she washes him in the kitchen sink. Paul Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Back in the fold
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:41 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, Finally it looks like I'll have more time on my hands for a while. So what's been up lately? Pentax has a FF camera, and some one wants AF-C lock up Dave 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Trees and Stars
On 12/11/2010 11:03 AM, frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 4:02 AM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure if this is a high concept of I;m just high on fatigue. Terrific! cheers, frank Which? -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Back in the fold
I though it was a fork, with that horned helmet and all... On 12/11/2010 1:47 PM, Cotty wrote: On 11/12/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: Finally it looks like I'll have more time on my hands for a while. So what's been up lately? Oh bloody hell the Vikings have arrived. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Back in the fold
Glad to hear you're alive. On 12/11/2010 1:41 PM, AlunFoto wrote: Hi folks, Finally it looks like I'll have more time on my hands for a while. So what's been up lately? Jostein -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: The time has come
Have a good trip John! Try to skip freedom and the Nobel peace prize when you chat with the locals, use up your Kodachrome, eat local food and generally have a good time Ecke 2010/12/11 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Have a good trip John! China isn't it? Be prepared to be an old man in a young society. Look for high-rise buildings being built with bamboo scaffolding! Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:32 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: ... almost. I'll be headed out soon, getting down to Raleigh so I'll be in place for my flight tomorrow morning. I'll be shutting down my computer just before I leave here. I decided not to take a laptop with me. I can scrounge time on some of my fellow travelers' laptops to transfer images from my camera cards to my portable hard drive. Don't know if I'll need to, I've got a bunch of cards - 8 x 8GB, 8 x 4GB, and 8 x 2GB. I'm almost packed. I've double triple checked everything. All I still have to do is stuff clean socks into various bags pockets. And I have to pick up my shower shoes from the house in Raleigh. Got a to do list I've been checking items off to make sure I don't forget anything, and get shower shoes from home is all that's left on it. I'm down to the point that all I have left to do is tidy up my apartment a little bit and put my bags in my car. Should be back on list in about eleven days, although I'll still be looking at anything that comes through in the next few hours. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Back in the fold
AlunFoto wrote: Hi folks, Finally it looks like I'll have more time on my hands for a while. So what's been up lately? Jostein Boy are you asking for it! :-) Welcome back super-shooter xo, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Firmware 1.01
On Dec 11, 2010, at 6:12 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Your wife fits in the kitchen sink, she must be quite petite. She'll be pleased that you said so:-). In truth, she doesn't fit in the kitchen sink any more. Although thirty-eight years ago when I remodeled the bathroom in our bungalow, my wife and I both showered in the kitchen sink. One at a time. There was a window in the back door, which made it a bit dicey. I don't think my wife ever got caught, but I recall standing in the sink, doing my best to get to, well, everything, when I suddenly saw my sister-in-law's face in the window, with her jaw down to, well, there. A bit of an embarrassing moment, but early seventies social etiquette made that borderline acceptable behavior. Paul On 12/11/2010 8:44 AM, paul stenquist wrote: On Dec 11, 2010, at 3:22 AM, David Mann wrote: On Dec 11, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Dec 10, 2010, at 9:26 AM, paul stenquist wrote: Yes. I just tried it at Is)1600 while my wife was giving the dog a bath. I got about 15 frames continuous. I guess that you've been married a while if you're taking photos of the dog getting a bath. My impression was that the wife was in the bath too. HAR! No, she washes him in the kitchen sink. Paul Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Stouffville Santa Claus Parade
Dave, Lots of photos and I'm beginning to recognize some folks now. Maybe I can become an unofficial resident! Memorable for me... The guy on the high wheel bike - good composition on the move. The team pulling the meat market's wagon looks classy. The Pig on the flatbed. The 18 wheeler cab with the softball cap on it. Your daughter passing out candy on the parade route. The gingerbread cookies made of gluten free flour. The chicken hanging out in front of the Schnell Lumber company's float. The Markham Fair folks. And many others I forget. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 6:23 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2010-parade/album/index.html About 130 or so, if you feel like it. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Reflecting Baltimore -- New Version
Dan, I like the 2nd better and the background is fine, but I'm looking at it a bit late. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Rick. I changed the background. Please let me know if it is better. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: The new version is a big improvement. The background, though Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 12/9/10, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: Reflecting Baltimore -- New Version To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 12:28 PM I played around some more with this image, and cropped and adjusted it a bit. I put the new version on my blog, right below the original. I would appreciate frank comments on which works best, and on the weaknesses of each. http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=20 Thanks in advance for your help. As always, Comments, Suggestions, Criticisms and Abuse are Welcome. Dan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: First photo at PPG
Ted, The size of the displayed photo and the Rube-Goldberg nature of the Pentax Gallery doesn't do justice to your fine photo. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On 10-12-09 8:06 PM, Theodore Beilby wrote: Still can't submit to the PUG for the rejected theme. One accepted and nine still waiting review. http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/home#section=ARTISTsubSection=11214861subSubSection=1141language=EN From the trip with Walter to Steel Creek. Ted The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer. Albert Maysle Great shot, Ted. The reflections are very strong with deep colour. Just curious: did you use a polarizer? I see that the PPG Flash code is just as ponderous and baroque as ever. I almost bailed before seeing your shot. But I'm glad I waited for the whole Rube-Goldbergian affair to finish. :-) -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The time has come
local food - birds on a stick:-( On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 6:06 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Have a good trip John! Try to skip freedom and the Nobel peace prize when you chat with the locals, use up your Kodachrome, eat local food and generally have a good time Ecke 2010/12/11 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Have a good trip John! China isn't it? Be prepared to be an old man in a young society. Look for high-rise buildings being built with bamboo scaffolding! Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:32 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: ... almost. I'll be headed out soon, getting down to Raleigh so I'll be in place for my flight tomorrow morning. I'll be shutting down my computer just before I leave here. I decided not to take a laptop with me. I can scrounge time on some of my fellow travelers' laptops to transfer images from my camera cards to my portable hard drive. Don't know if I'll need to, I've got a bunch of cards - 8 x 8GB, 8 x 4GB, and 8 x 2GB. I'm almost packed. I've double triple checked everything. All I still have to do is stuff clean socks into various bags pockets. And I have to pick up my shower shoes from the house in Raleigh. Got a to do list I've been checking items off to make sure I don't forget anything, and get shower shoes from home is all that's left on it. I'm down to the point that all I have left to do is tidy up my apartment a little bit and put my bags in my car. Should be back on list in about eleven days, although I'll still be looking at anything that comes through in the next few hours. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The time has come
On 11/12/10, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: local food - birds on a stick Been to a Christmas party tonight - coulda done with a bit a that!!! -- 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.
PESO: A common sight on my daily commute.
I decided to take some time on the way home from work and take some photos. Unfortunately, the sun was not in a good position for the shot I wanted. This is the best I could do. http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/display/23229099 The funny thing is that once I was finished taking my photos the police pulled up and wanted to make sure I was all right since I had pulled off the main road. So there was no hassle about taking photos, just concern for my well being - I guess this is what a community of 1000 people think about... César Lynn Haven, Florida -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Reflecting Baltimore -- New Version
Thanks. I changed the background from light green to white, in response to comments here. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dan, I like the 2nd better and the background is fine, but I'm looking at it a bit late. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Rick. I changed the background. Please let me know if it is better. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: The new version is a big improvement. The background, though Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 12/9/10, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: Reflecting Baltimore -- New Version To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 12:28 PM I played around some more with this image, and cropped and adjusted it a bit. I put the new version on my blog, right below the original. I would appreciate frank comments on which works best, and on the weaknesses of each. http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=20 Thanks in advance for your help. As always, Comments, Suggestions, Criticisms and Abuse are Welcome. Dan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
PESO: Snowbound
You can always tell the direction of the prevailing winds by which side of a car is completely covered in snow. It's been snowy here in Minneapolis today. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/IMGP1459.jpg -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Snowbound
Wow. That really conveys the feeling of the place and the storm. Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: You can always tell the direction of the prevailing winds by which side of a car is completely covered in snow. It's been snowy here in Minneapolis today. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/IMGP1459.jpg -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Which is the preferred battery charger
On Dec 11, 2010, at 6:14 AM, Eric Featherstone wrote: On 11 December 2010 11:03, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The charger that seems to work best with my AA hybrids is starting to get a bit flaky. There was a discussion a couple weeks back on the subject of chargers and I thought i saved it, but can't find it. What is the battery charger that is so highly recommended? I think it was the LaCrosse BC-900. http://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg372271.html I bought the BC-700. Sophisticated testing capabilities. And modes to fully discharge a batter before recharging it and to refresh older batteries by running them through a large number of discharge/recharge cycles, as well as simple charge mode. Charges four batteries at a time -- AAA as well as AA -- and the charging mode can be set separately for each battery. Haven't had occasion to use em, but sounds like they're eager to help, too. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Snowbound
On Dec 11, 2010, at 21:31, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Wow. That really conveys the feeling of the place and the storm. I got there by snowshoe. Fun! K10D, DA*16-50, ISO 200, 5 seconds at f/9.0. It was fun using a tripod in the 20-40mph winds. At least it wasn't cold yet - still about 15F which makes it manageable! It's been snowy here in Minneapolis today. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/IMGP1459.jpg -Charles -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Snowbound
On Dec 11, 2010, at 10:20 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: It's been snowy here in Minneapolis today. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/IMGP1459.jpg I'd say. Originally from the Midwest. Don't know if I could handle it anymore. Thirty degrees seems cold now, and we've been getting 20's -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Snowbound
On Dec 11, 2010, at 21:39, Eric Weir wrote: On Dec 11, 2010, at 10:20 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: It's been snowy here in Minneapolis today. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/IMGP1459.jpg I'd say. Originally from the Midwest. Don't know if I could handle it anymore. Thirty degrees seems cold now, and we've been getting 20's Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around -14. Wind chill values between -23 and -33. Northwest wind between 10 and 14 mph. Monday: Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 2. Wind chill values between -22 and -32. Northwest wind between 6 and 9 mph. (This is in Fahrenheit, folks) -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Coffee Shop Portraits
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 3:52 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Coffee Shop Portraits: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12072552size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12072551size=lg Both with K-5 and DA* 50-135, ISO 2000, f4. Shot the tiger fan with live view after he had caught me twice with the camera raised. I like em both. The intensity in both of them. The white space angling up from the bottom left of the Tiger fan detracts a little. Question: Do you let people know you're gonna shoot em before you do? -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
