RE: PESO: Venice

[SV Hovland]

Thanks to you and all the others. I have of course read all messages :-)

Stig Vidar Hovland


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Subject: Re: PESO: Venice

On 27 February 2013 22:26, SV Hovland  wrote:
> Here is my photos from the Venice trip in January.
>
> https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=2D01AE85E70E90E2!142135&authkey=
> !ALa-uImR0dOO_Kc
>
>
>
> Stig Vidar Hovland
>
Excellent gallery Stig Vidar. You must have got up very early in the mornings 
to have so few people around, The absence of other PDMLers is noted...

For my galleries I use JAlbum and web space from my ISP. I've got a routine 
where I export images from LR using a preset and dump them into a JAlbum 
gallery and then use its internal ftp for uploading.
With minimal tweaking I can do it in half an hour. JAlbum is free, but there's 
a one-off licence fee (around 30 Euros I think) if you want to remove ads.

Chris

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Did some exploring yesterday....

[Zos Xavius]

I went and saw some neat abandoned places yesterday  with my local
urbex group. Of course I took some pictures. There are a few I already
want to try to fix or just take down already, but what the heckI
must say the ability of the k-5 to pull highlights and push shadows
continues to astound me coming from the k-7

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.418741948214225.1073741825.108166875938402

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PESO: Hipster Dog at the Beach

[Daniel J. Matyola]

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16998926

Comments, criticisms and suggestions are invited.
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Re: Writing is hard

[Joseph McAllister]

On Mar 3, 2013, at 19:37 , Stan Halpin wrote:

> 
> On Mar 3, 2013, at 10:29 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Mar 2, 2013, at 23:46 , Chris Mitchell wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2 March 2013 18:24, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
 On 1/3/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
 
> it's obviously a matter of opinion, so there is no need to state that. 
> This
> is a mailing list, not a courtroom.
 
 I move for a recess.
 
>>> I object.
>> 
>> 
>> Point of order!!!
> 
> Shut up and sit down. Let's have some decorum here.

Objection!  Facts not in evidence!!


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Re: Writing is hard

[Stan Halpin]

On Mar 3, 2013, at 10:29 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:

> 
> On Mar 2, 2013, at 23:46 , Chris Mitchell wrote:
> 
>> On 2 March 2013 18:24, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
>>> On 1/3/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>> 
 it's obviously a matter of opinion, so there is no need to state that. This
 is a mailing list, not a courtroom.
>>> 
>>> I move for a recess.
>>> 
>> I object.
> 
> 
> Point of order!!!

Shut up and sit down. Let's have some decorum here.


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PESO: St. Thomas - U.S. Virgin Islands

[Stan Halpin]

I am very slowly working my way through images captured on my recent 
trip/cruise. Rating, selecting, keywording . . .
This image is the only one(s) I have spent much time on so far, a pano stitched 
together from several images, cropped top and bottom to correct for my handheld 
inconsistencies in placement of the horizon. To follow up on a recent 
discussion of travel kit, this was with the DA35/2.8

stan

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paw week 9 being broke

[Christine Aguila]

cheers, christine
http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP5591_large.html

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Re: Writing is hard

[Joseph McAllister]

On Mar 2, 2013, at 23:46 , Chris Mitchell wrote:

> On 2 March 2013 18:24, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
>> On 1/3/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
>> 
>>> it's obviously a matter of opinion, so there is no need to state that. This
>>> is a mailing list, not a courtroom.
>> 
>> I move for a recess.
>> 
> I object.


Point of order!!!
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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

[John Francis]

On Sun, Mar 03, 2013 at 06:11:07AM -0800, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> 
> Similarly, if you're only allowing US addresses, you don't need the state
> if you're getting the ZIP codes (ZIP codes cross every single legal
> boundary in the US except states AFAIK).  But the cross-check is still
> useful.

I believe you don't K quite F enough; back when I was more involved with
this stuff I think there was one instance (or possibly two) where a zipcode
straddled a state line. But the question would only need to be asked in the
rather unlikely case that such a zipcode was entered.

The situation was mostly caused by local geography; the zipcode I remember 
covered a long valley in a very mountainous area; the state boundary ran
roughly down the center of the mountain range, but the extreme end of the
valley crossed into the next state. The only roads to that area, though,
ran up the valley, so it made sense to have the postal delivery area be
based somewhere where there were actual roads leading to the addresses.

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Re: PESO - Shave and a Haircut

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Nice.  I really like the angle of view and the converging lines.
Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> I shot a roll of Tri-X in the Leica iiif yesterday, with the Summicron 
> 50/2.0. I figured I ought to shoot some real BW film, rather than converting 
> color. Of course that meant I had to dig out my developing tank and 10 year 
> old chemicals. Thank goodness for the Hewes reels, which are still easy to 
> load even without any practice. Chemicals looked fine. They were in tightly 
> stopped impervious jugs. I like the fine yet somewhat sharp grain of the 
> current version of Tri-X. Not a bad film at all. Here's one pic:
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16998192&size=lg
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Re: PESO - Shave and a Haircut

[Paul Stenquist]

On Mar 3, 2013, at 8:10 PM, Darren Addy  wrote:

> That's lovely tonality, Paul. Your exposure looks, spot on - as one
> would expect. I long to smell the darkroom chemicals again. My
> downstairs darkroom is getting closer to a reality.

Thanks Darren. Even after showering and washing my hands multiple times, I can 
still smell the fixer. Just like old times:-). Since I'm just developing film, 
I need only a dark room, as opposed to a darkroom, and a sink. I have no 
interest in going back to pruning optically. Too old for that!

Paul
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Re: PESO - Shave and a Haircut

[Darren Addy]

That's lovely tonality, Paul. Your exposure looks, spot on - as one
would expect. I long to smell the darkroom chemicals again. My
downstairs darkroom is getting closer to a reality.

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PESO - Shave and a Haircut

[Paul Stenquist]

I shot a roll of Tri-X in the Leica iiif yesterday, with the Summicron 50/2.0. 
I figured I ought to shoot some real BW film, rather than converting color. Of 
course that meant I had to dig out my developing tank and 10 year old 
chemicals. Thank goodness for the Hewes reels, which are still easy to load 
even without any practice. Chemicals looked fine. They were in tightly stopped 
impervious jugs. I like the fine yet somewhat sharp grain of the current 
version of Tri-X. Not a bad film at all. Here's one pic:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16998192&size=lg
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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

[Daniel J. Matyola]

That's contradiction.
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On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 6:22 PM, mike wilson  wrote:
>> Sorry, this is arguments.
>
> No, it isn't.

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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

[mike wilson]

On 03/03/2013 10:06, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 2/3/13, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed:


I have complaints about two things that are unrelated except that
there's nowhere useful to complain about them, so I'll unload here.


Sorry, this is arguments.



No, it isn't.

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Re: Pentax open box sale in Denver

[mike wilson]

On 01/03/2013 21:10, p...@paper-ape.com wrote:

just back from 



A Denver-based camera manufacturer?

Live and learn.


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Re: PESO - Two Stones, or A Thought

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Very interesting.  The contrast between the two stones is striking.
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On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Bulent Celasun  wrote:
> A monochrome.
>
> Abstraction intended!
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16997233&size=lg
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Re: PAW165 - Step

[Daniel J. Matyola]

I like the geometry and the subdued color of that image, Dsg
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On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 4:18 PM, DagT  wrote:
> http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
> Pentax K-5, DA35mm macro, f/2.8, 1/60s, ISO100.
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Re: PESO: Approaching LAX

[Igor Roshchin]

Sun Mar 3 13:30:06 EST 2013
Aahz Maruch wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 03, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> > On Mar 3, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  > gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16996116
> >
> > Nice shot. Is that the 10 Freeway? Looks like you're coming in from
> > the east. Reminds me of going to work, back in the day.
> 
> Looks more like the 405, going south toward LAX (with the 105 stretching
> east).  If that's final approach, the plane would have to be going west,
> making that the 105 in the foreground with the 405 stretching south (and
> the height of the plane makes this more likely -- I thought the first
> option was more likely because I couldn't see the 405 stretching north
> and because it's been 3.5 decades since I lived there, before the 105
> existed).

It looks like the plane is going west along (and just north of) 105.
http://goo.gl/maps/PfuK9
The reason it is hard to see the northbound 405 is because it is at the
ground level, and thus in the shadow of the 105. But you can clearly see
the interchange from S-bound 405 (from the north) into the westbound
105.

Dan,
I always try to get the window seat while flying. Very few cities
offer interesting photo opportunities on the approach or take-off.

Cheers,

Igor



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PESO - Two Stones, or A Thought

[Bulent Celasun]

A monochrome.

Abstraction intended!

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Finally after 6 years...

[Mark Roberts]

It looks like Focus Magic is *finally* getting around to releasing a
64-bit version of their Photoshop plug-in. (I bought the 32-bit
version in 2007.) The beta is out now and seems to work very well in
my limited testing so far. Far better than the lame Topax InFocus I've
been using for the past couple of years.

 
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PAW165 - Step

[DagT]

http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
Pentax K-5, DA35mm macro, f/2.8, 1/60s, ISO100.

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Re: PESO: Approaching LAX

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Paul.  This was taken with my K-01 and the f40mm lens.  A nice
combination for carrying around, for street photography and taking
images in airplanes, trains, airports, stations, restaurants and the
like.

I will let you and Aahz debate which freeway that is out the window.
I haven't been to LA for a while (other than changing planes in LAX),
and on my last visit, I spent far more time on the 5 than I had
dreamed possible.

Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> Nice shot. Is that the 10 Freeway? Looks like you're coming in from the east. 
> Reminds me of going to work, back in the day.
>
> Paul
> On Mar 3, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16996116
>>
>> Comments, criticisms and suggestions are invited.
>> Dan Matyola
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Re: PESO: Approaching LAX

[Aahz Maruch]

On Sun, Mar 03, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote:
> On Mar 3, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
>> 
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16996116
>
> Nice shot. Is that the 10 Freeway? Looks like you're coming in from
> the east. Reminds me of going to work, back in the day.

Looks more like the 405, going south toward LAX (with the 105 stretching
east).  If that's final approach, the plane would have to be going west,
making that the 105 in the foreground with the 405 stretching south (and
the height of the plane makes this more likely -- I thought the first
option was more likely because I couldn't see the 405 stretching north
and because it's been 3.5 decades since I lived there, before the 105
existed).
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RE: OT - two unrelated complaints

[Bob W]

> 
> How about when they ask you what type of credit card you are using when
> in actuality, the first digit of the number denotes the card type?
> Norm
> 

redundancy is an important aspect of verifying user input. Something can be
valid but still wrong, so an element of redundancy helps to detect this.
It's particularly important in secure applications. A check digit is a form
of redundancy designed with this in mind, but there's a 1 in 10 chance that
you can get the right one accidentally.

B


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Re: PESO: Approaching LAX

[Paul Stenquist]

Nice shot. Is that the 10 Freeway? Looks like you're coming in from the east. 
Reminds me of going to work, back in the day.

Paul
On Mar 3, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:

> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16996116
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> Comments, criticisms and suggestions are invited.
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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

[Paul Sorenson]

True - it's a pain if you have to scroll far enough to get to a state 
that begins with a letter toward the end of the alphabet.  OTOH, most 
lists will get you in the ballpark by hitting the first letter of the 
state you want.  I can get to Wisconsin usually with three taps of the "W".


-p

On 3/3/2013 6:56 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:



Well as long as we're complaining...

Another *very* common mistake is making the user select their state
from a long drop-down list instead of just typing in the two-letter
abbreviation. Jakob Nielsen pointed out this was bad web design over
TWELVE YEARS AGO and still only a few get it right.
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/drop-down-menus-use-sparingly/

Also http://www.nngroup.com/articles/does-user-annoyance-matter/





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Re: Pentax open box sale in Denver

[John Sessoms]

From: Larry Colen


The good news is that I am now working and collecting a paycheck
again.

The not so good news is that the house project I started in October
that should have taken a week or two is still going strong, and keeps
growing.  I tried to stop the leaking into the downstairs through one
wall, and ended up rebuilding about eight feet of wall from the
ground up.  Once that was done, there were two other leaks, and in
order to solve them we need to do some major digging out under the
house so that the dirt under the house is not piled up higher than
the concrete wall that is supposed to keep groundwater out.

Since I'm working now, I had to hire a contractor to do that.  In
order to dig it out, he had to take out the upper half of one of the
walls in the apartment under the house.  Once he (or rather Martin,
his rent-a-mexican) got a substantial amount of the dirt dug out, Ray
discovered that the posts on piers that were (in theory) holding up
the house, were in reality just hanging from the joists.  He is now
putting in beams to support the joists, and posts on real pillars,
sunk into the dirt, so that the house stays up for reasons other than
force of habit.

This project is taking distressingly large bites out of my lens
budget.  I'm rather hoping that I can continue putting off the
expense of the project of pouring an actual foundation under one end
of the house. There is a reason I call it the temple of deferred
maintenance.


Save a couple of dollars to rent the DVD

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091541/

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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

[Aahz Maruch]

On Sun, Mar 03, 2013, Norman Baugher wrote:
>
> How about when they ask you what type of credit card you are using
> when in actuality, the first digit of the number denotes the card
> type?

Although you're right in this particular case, I'm somewhat sympathetic
to the desire for "check digits" in user input (i.e. if user enters
card number different from type you can flash an error -- but that's
really not necessary for credit cards because you're supposed to use
online validation direct to the credit card company).  On the gripping
hand, you can do the cross-check locally without pinging the credit card
company which speeds up user response to the error condition.

Similarly, if you're only allowing US addresses, you don't need the state
if you're getting the ZIP codes (ZIP codes cross every single legal
boundary in the US except states AFAIK).  But the cross-check is still
useful.

The relevance of this mentality to photography is left as an exercise
for the reader.  ;-)
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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

[Norman Baugher]

How about when they ask you what type of credit card you are using when in 
actuality, the first digit of the number denotes the card type?
Norm

On Mar 2, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:

> I have complaints about two things that are unrelated except that
> there's nowhere useful to complain about them, so I'll unload here.
> 
> 1. Why do forms that expect a credit card number reject spaces?
> When you enter a credit card number in an online ordering form, it
> would make sense to enter the groups of digits with spaces between so
> you can easily see if you got them right. But no! As soon as you hit
> Next, the form clears and you get an error message about an invalid
> card number. Developers: how fucking hard is it to ignore the spaces!!
> Assholes.
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Re: Fw: PESO: Breaching Whale

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Jack and Frank.

Yes, it was taken with continuous shutter, high speed.  If you look at
the PESO I posted with 7 images showing the sequence of the breach,
you can see that this image is one of the 7.
http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1049619

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On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Jack Davis  wrote:
>
>
>
> - Forwarded Message -
> From: Jack Davis 
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
> Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2013 10:51 AM
> Subject: Re: PESO: Breaching Whale
>
>
> Continuous shutter?
>
> Jack ;-))
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "knarftheria...@gmail.com" 
> To: ""Pentax-Discuss Mail List"" 
> Cc:
> Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2013 9:58 AM
> Subject: Re: PESO: Breaching Whale
>
> What is this, 1995?
>
> ;-)
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
> From: Jack Davis 
> Sent: March 2, 2013 3/2/13
> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 
> Subject: Re: PESO: Breaching Whale
>
> Enjoyed the sequence, Dan.
> Good use of motor drive.
>
> Jack
>
>
> 
> From: Daniel J. Matyola 
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 9:33 PM
> Subject: PESO: Breaching Whale
>
> This is an experiment.  I tried to put together a series of
> images I
> took on one particular whale breach in sequence to show the grace of
> the entire maneuver:
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16990113
>
> Keep in time that this is a 45 ton creature doing those acrobatics.
>
> Comments, Criticisms and suggestions are invited.
>
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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Re: PESO: Breaching Whale

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks for your comments, Aahz, Jack and Bob.  The shutter speed was
1/320, and the aperture f7.  Because when never knows where the whale
will rise, a bit of DoF is needed, but the speed has to be enough to
stop blur from moving the camera quickly and from the motion of the
whale.

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On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Bob Sullivan  wrote:
> Dan,
> Yes, I like the album presentation better.
> It's a great series.
> Regards,  Bob S.
>
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:38 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  
> wrote:
>> I probably should have given the link to the album, rather that to the
>> first image in the series:
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1049619
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 12:33 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  
>> wrote:
>>> This is an experiment.  I tried to put together a series of images I
>>> took on one particular whale breach in sequence to show the grace of
>>> the entire maneuver:
>>>
>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16990113
>>>
>>> Keep in time that this is a 45 ton creature doing those acrobatics.
>>>
>>> Comments, Criticisms and suggestions are invited.
>>>
>>> Dan Matyola
>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
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Re: PESO: Wedding on the Beach

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Mark and Chris.  Yes, I took other images of the wedding, but
this is the one I chose, because of the juxtaposition of the wedding
party and the folks lolling on the beach nearby.

Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 2:33 AM, Chris Mitchell  wrote:
> On 1 March 2013 14:59, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
>> Continuing  my series on Beach Photography:
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16985193
>>
>> Comments, Criticisms and Suggestions are invited.
>>
>> Dan Matyola
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>>
> Well observed Dan. The sunbathers in the foreground make it for me. Very funny
>
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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

[Mark Roberts]

David Mann wrote:

>On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:41 AM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
>
>> 1. Why do forms that expect a credit card number reject spaces?
>> When you enter a credit card number in an online ordering form, it
>> would make sense to enter the groups of digits with spaces between so
>> you can easily see if you got them right. But no! As soon as you hit
>> Next, the form clears and you get an error message about an invalid
>> card number. Developers: how fucking hard is it to ignore the spaces!!
>> Assholes.
>
>It's trivial and it's exactly what I'd do.  I also dislike forms that 
>split the CC number into four separate inputs, then when you type your 
>fourth digit it automatically shifts focus to the next field.  All very 
>good until you make a mistake and need to backspace.

Well as long as we're complaining...

Another *very* common mistake is making the user select their state
from a long drop-down list instead of just typing in the two-letter
abbreviation. Jakob Nielsen pointed out this was bad web design over
TWELVE YEARS AGO and still only a few get it right.
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/drop-down-menus-use-sparingly/

Also http://www.nngroup.com/articles/does-user-annoyance-matter/

 
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Re: Pentax open box sale in Denver

[Larry Colen]

On Mar 2, 2013, at 8:06 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:

> 
> On Mar 2, 2013, at 7:38 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I don't know whether it is a good thing, or a bad thing, that I didn't know 
>> about this until it was too late for me to do anything.
>> 
>> There are several lenses that are high on my wish list, that now that I'm 
>> employed I could even pretend that I can afford, especially at an event like 
>> this.  Specifically the DA35 macro, which would be nearly a perfect lens for 
>> photo walks in the woods with my K-5.  Alternatively, if I wait until Cotty 
>> makes hat soup, my DFA50 macro would fulfill the same niche, albeit with 
>> slightly less depth of field.
>> 
>> How is that for rationalization? If I buy a full frame camera, I can save a 
>> bunch of money on lenses.
>> 
> Larry, FWIW, on my recent trip/cruise I carried mostly prime lenses. Of the 
> roughly 3800 shots with a K-5II, about 1800 of them were with the DA35/2.8 
> macro. (About 700 @ 77mm, 450 @ 21mm, 350 @ 55/1.4, 250 @ PK-A 200/4, the 
> remainder @ 40/2.8, 15/4 or 12-24/4.) 

The good news is that I am now working and collecting a paycheck again.  

The not so good news is that the house project I started in October that should 
have taken a week or two is still going strong, and keeps growing.  I tried to 
stop the leaking into the downstairs through one wall, and ended up rebuilding 
about eight feet of wall from the ground up.  Once that was done, there were 
two other leaks, and in order to solve them we need to do some major digging 
out under the house so that the dirt under the house is not piled up higher 
than the concrete wall that is supposed to keep groundwater out.  

Since I'm working now, I had to hire a contractor to do that.  In order to dig 
it out, he had to take out the upper half of one of the walls in the apartment 
under the house.  Once he (or rather Martin, his rent-a-mexican) got a 
substantial amount of the dirt dug out, Ray discovered that the posts on piers 
that were (in theory) holding up the house, were in reality just hanging from 
the joists.  He is now putting in beams to support the joists, and posts on 
real pillars, sunk into the dirt, so that the house stays up for reasons other 
than force of habit.  

This project is taking distressingly large bites out of my lens budget.  I'm 
rather hoping that I can continue putting off the expense of the project of 
pouring an actual foundation under one end of the house. There is a reason I 
call it the temple of deferred maintenance.  

> I was pleasantly surprised by the (new to me) 35mm and agree with you that it 
> would make a great walk-in-the-woods lens. Of course YMMV depending on 
> location, subject, etc.

Between my 31/1.8, my 50/2.8 and 90/2.8 macros and my 20/1.8 semi macro I've 
pretty much got the functionality of the 35 macro covered, even without putting 
on the 16-50.  On a related note, I have lamented on more than one occasion the 
time that I passed up a 43/1.9 limited because it was too big compared with my 
40/2.8.  

> I had expected that the 21mm, 55mm, and 77mm in that order would get the most 
> use, and had the 35mm along mostly for its macro capability. But it quickly 
> became my default lens. Get yourself one now; you can always sell it later if 
> need be to buy a full frame body . . . 

At $700, they are about twice pain threshold especially when they don't get me 
any functionality that I don't already have in other lenses.
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Re: Surprise

[Bruce Walker]

On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Bob W  wrote:
>> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms
>> >
>> > We have both on the same level of our mall, not far apart.  The Apple
>> > Store is always the most crowded store in the mall.  Te MS store is
>> > usually empty, except for one or two employees.
>> >
>> > Dan Matyola
>>
>> Just out of curiosity, what all do they sell at the Microsoft store?
>>
>
> entomological sundries
>
> 

Crickets, more likely.

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RE: Surprise

[Bob W]

> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms
> >
> > We have both on the same level of our mall, not far apart.  The Apple
> > Store is always the most crowded store in the mall.  Te MS store is
> > usually empty, except for one or two employees.
> >
> > Dan Matyola
> 
> Just out of curiosity, what all do they sell at the Microsoft store?
> 

entomological sundries



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Re: Q 06 Telephoto Zoom

[Toine]

Yes a regular 40.5 to 43 step up ring.

The first four in this set are from the 15-45 and the raynox. Wide
open it's already ok. I'll try to get some proper macro shots in the
field today.

http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/new-mainmenu-81

My M50 macro is sharper on Q. I would like to test the DA35 macro on
the Q. I need the official Pentax Q adapter.

On 3 March 2013 06:24, Mark C  wrote:
> Toine - the Raynox sounds like a worthy addition for macro work. I had been
> toy with the idea of just using a 50mm macro plus adapter, but the 15-45
> zoom has me re-thinking that. I see that the Raynox is configured to work
> with 52 - 67mm lens objectives. How do you mount the Raynox onto the 40.5 mm
> Q lenses? Does a 40.5 to 52mm step up ring do it or do you need some sort of
> adapter?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On 3/2/2013 5:03 AM, Toine wrote:
>>
>> My 15-45 arrived this morning. First test shots amazed me. Very sharp
>> and very little CA. My Q kit is now complete (01 02 03 06 and a raynox
>> 250 for macro). The raynox 250 on the 15-45 @45 looks like a winner.
>>
>> Toine
>>
>> On 2 March 2013 00:08, Mark C  wrote:
>>>
>>> I ordered the 06 Telephoto zoom last week, and it arrived last night.
>>> This
>>> is just another marvelous little Q lens - it retracts to be not much
>>> larger
>>> than the normal zoom, but to use it you have to turn the zoom ring to
>>> extend
>>> the front element a bit, so while in use it is maybe an inch longer than
>>> the
>>> standard zoom. The 15 to 45mm zoom range is equivalent to about 85 - 250
>>> on
>>> a full frame 35mm body. The two zooms, normal prime and fish eye make for
>>> a
>>> nice little (very little) kit. And at f2.8 you can even get some bokeh
>>> with
>>> this lens.
>>>
>>> A quick test shot -
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/2013/03/01/pentax-q-06-telephoto-zoom?blog=9
>>>
>>> Looking forward to using it!
>>>
>>> Mark
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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

[David Mann]

On Mar 3, 2013, at 5:08 PM, Aahz Maruch  wrote:

> As a programmer myself, agreed except for that very last point.  I mean,
> the form as a whole shouldn't clear, but it's arguable (though not an
> argument I'm going to have on this list ;-) that clearing the credit card
> number is a requirement for proper security.

It's arguable based on the exact technical approach in use (eg javascript 
validation or use of SSL could mitigate the risks) but I do take your point.  
The same line of thinking applies to passwords as well.

Banks are becoming quite strict on credit card details and have been insisting 
on compliance with the PCI Data Security Standard.  When we found out about 
this a couple of years ago we did some reading and decided it was better to 
hand everything over to a specialist online payment processor.  As such we no 
longer had to add inputs for the CC details on our systems.

Don't get me started about some of the legacy systems I had to support... :)

Cheers,
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Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

[Steve Cottrell]

On 2/3/13, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I have complaints about two things that are unrelated except that
>there's nowhere useful to complain about them, so I'll unload here.

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Re: PESO: Venice

[Chris Mitchell]

On 27 February 2013 22:26, SV Hovland  wrote:
> Here is my photos from the Venice trip in January.
>
> https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=2D01AE85E70E90E2!142135&authkey=!ALa-uImR0dOO_Kc
>
>
>
> Stig Vidar Hovland
>
Excellent gallery Stig Vidar. You must have got up very early in the
mornings to have so few people around, The absence of other PDMLers is
noted...

For my galleries I use JAlbum and web space from my ISP. I've got a
routine where I export images from LR using a preset and dump them
into a JAlbum gallery and then use its internal ftp for uploading.
With minimal tweaking I can do it in half an hour. JAlbum is free, but
there's a one-off licence fee (around 30 Euros I think) if you want to
remove ads.

Chris

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