Re: FS Friday: Minolta film scanner

[David Mann]

On Jan 20, 2018, at 2:18 PM, Mark Roberts  wrote:

> Also, all software & drivers... which unfortunately won't work with
> modern operating systems (at least in the Microsoft world - don't know
> about Mac). I've been using it with VueScan with great results.

IIRC Minolta got out of the scanner business before Apple went to Intel.

As it's USB you should be able to use it with an old OS in a virtual machine on 
modern hardware.  My experience with USB devices on Virtualbox is that it was a 
bit fiddly to set up but it worked very well.

Your other choices are Vuescan, or an old machine (PPC Mac or Windows).  I had 
to keep old hardware as my scanner is Firewire.

Cheers,
Dave


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Re: PESO: Spider Family

[Igor PDML-StR]

John,

Daddy Google helped confirming that it's a myth.
See, e.g. here a very nice discussion:
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html

Cheers,

Igor


 John Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:01:57 -0800 wrote:

I read somewhere that they have the most potent venom of any spiders in 
the world, but pose no danger to humans because their mouth parts are so 
small they can't bite large mammals.



On 1/18/2018 11:57, ann sanfedele wrote:

Always called them "Daddy Long Legs" and didn't know, as a child, that
they were spiders.. but they are harmless
to humans and I always found them cute...
I like the photo a lot, it looks like some sort of minimalist painting..
and they dont look at all creepy.


I'm not bothered by spiders in the wild or in a garden.. and I've even
petted a tarantula.. but I confess
I kill any I find in my apartment as brown recluse spiders do live in
the city... but I'd be inclined to trap and
release a Daddy Long Legs if one appeared.

ann

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FS Friday: Minolta film scanner

[Mark Roberts]

It's a Minolta Scan Dual IV in excellent condition with box & packing.
3200dpi, USB connection
Includes carriers for 35mm slides and negatives
Also, all software & drivers... which unfortunately won't work with
modern operating systems (at least in the Microsoft world - don't know
about Mac). I've been using it with VueScan with great results.

Anyway, it's $99.00 plus shipping.
 
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Re: Pong (was) Re: Ping

[John]

And having written that, my post from Yahoo hasn't showed up in my 
Earthlink inbox. I'm seeing the replies, but not the original post.


Not seeing the original post in Yahoo either.

Go figure.

On 1/19/2018 17:49, John wrote:

Yeah. That's why I sent it from my Yahoo account. If it didn't show up
in my Earthlink inbox, I'd know the problem was somewhere on my end.

If it did show up in my Earthlink inbox I'd know it wasn't just me.


On 1/19/2018 11:03, P. J. Alling wrote:

Now, there's activity, of a sort.


On 1/18/2018 11:25 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

No activity since 17 Jan 2018, so I thought I'd just check in.









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Re: PESO: Spider Family

[John]

I read somewhere that they have the most potent venom of any spiders in 
the world, but pose no danger to humans because their mouth parts are so 
small they can't bite large mammals.


On 1/18/2018 11:57, ann sanfedele wrote:

Always called them "Daddy Long Legs" and didn't know, as a child, that
they were spiders.. but they are harmless
to humans and I always found them cute...
I like the photo a lot, it looks like some sort of minimalist painting..
and they dont look at all creepy.

I'm not bothered by spiders in the wild or in a garden.. and I've even
petted a tarantula.. but I confess
I kill any I find in my apartment as brown recluse spiders do live in
the city... but I'd be inclined to trap and
release a Daddy Long Legs if one appeared.

ann

On 1/18/2018 11:10 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

Am 18.01.18 um 16:08 schrieb Igor PDML-StR:


Wow, I've never seen anything like that!
So many spiders, and especially little ones!

Personally, I don't like this type of spiders. In my childhood we
didn't even considered them as spiders.
(In the US they are called "Daddy longlegs", and I saw a reference
but have never heard from anybody personally, "harvestmen/harvesters".

In this part of Germany, they're called weavers ("Weberknecht"). They
have to be spiders as I hate them just as passionately as all the rest
of them

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Re: Pong (was) Re: Ping

[John]

Yeah. That's why I sent it from my Yahoo account. If it didn't show up 
in my Earthlink inbox, I'd know the problem was somewhere on my end.


If it did show up in my Earthlink inbox I'd know it wasn't just me.


On 1/19/2018 11:03, P. J. Alling wrote:

Now, there's activity, of a sort.


On 1/18/2018 11:25 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

No activity since 17 Jan 2018, so I thought I'd just check in.






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Re: Ping

[John]

Cold, wet snow. Good weather for sitting in front of the wood-stove & 
reading a book.


On 1/19/2018 09:30, ann sanfedele wrote:

hasn't been much - but I have gotten stuff from the 18th and see you
hows the weather down there now, John?

ann

On 1/18/2018 11:25 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

No activity since 17 Jan 2018, so I thought I'd just check in.







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Re: Ping

[John]

We got about 4" of snow on Wednesday. Started as flurries at about 10:30 
am and was coming down in BIG, WET flakes by the time I had to go out 
around 12:30pm, tapering off after midnight. Overnight temperatures in 
the low 20s.


Almost everything shut down, but fortunately not the VA clinic where I 
had a doctor's appointment on Wednesday afternoon.


I had a notice from the library that a book I asked for was waiting for 
me to pick up. The library was closed by the time I got there after my 
doctor's appointment. I think it was probably closed all day.


After that, I just stayed home. Went out and walked around the block 
after midnight and took a few photos, mostly the Baptist Church around 
the corner. Don't know that I like any of them very much. I'd have had 
to get out in the car to get anywhere that I'd have subjects that 
interested me.


We had pretty good melting on Thursday, but all the government offices 
(including the library) were still closed. What didn't melt off the 
roads on Thursday appears to have mostly melted today.


The library was finally open again, so I went and got my book.

On 1/19/2018 08:18, Igor PDML-StR wrote:


Half of the US was frozen.
We are just thawing after almost-40-year
record hard freeze, 16 F/ -9 C. And in some areas around it went to
single-digit F.
You must be also affected, aren't you?

I don't know what's on the West Coast.. And HI must be still recovering
after the stress.

Igor


John Sessoms Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:26:43 -0800 wrote:

No activity since 17 Jan 2018, so I thought I'd just check in.






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Re: Pentax K-1000 sighting on Brit TV rerun

[mike wilson]

> On 19 January 2018 at 14:40 Chris Mitchell  wrote:
> 
> 
> On 17 January 2018 at 17:40, Bob W-PDML  wrote:
> Mostly everything's fine. It's just, well, it's just that, sometimes Chris
> M's barbecues can be a bit, shall we say, special...
> >
> >
> > https://youtu.be/4M3FrHsiSfE
> >
> >
> > The next UK PDML will have to be in Royston Vasey then. I's sure we can
> make it a special occasion - so long as we don't go into the local shop for
> local people.

In this locality, I'm as local as local gets.

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Re: PESO: Spider Family

[Igor PDML-StR]

Tarantula is one of the fascinating creatures that I don't like much to be 
close to. I haven't seen them in the wild, while we do get a few scorpions 
here occasionally. (About half an year ago I found a tiny one dead on the 
floor in the utility room. And long time before, I saw one or two in the 
drive way.)


Thanks for the reference to brown recluse. I didn't know about them being 
venomous. I had to look at how to distinguish them. It turns out that one 
of the most reliable ways is by (literally!) looking in his/her eyes!

(well, maybe not in, but at...)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_recluse_spider#Description
Apparently, these species have only 6 eyes, unlike most others that have 
8.



 David Mann Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:55:54 -0800 wrote:

The only things I kill without mercy are female mosquitoes, any other 
unwelcome guests I capture and take outside.



Dave,

I hear you. I do similarly, but I kill all mosquitoes and flies.

How do you distinguish female mosquitoes? By the sexy sparkles in the 
eyes? ;-)

I know that only female ones buzz and bite, but I treat all mosquitoes
equally. :-)


Most of the time, I also kill what I call "two-tails" (as my parents 
called them in my childhood). There are two types of species
that fall under that category: One is usually called earwig 
("ear-twister" in Russian), or formally Dermaptera. 
The second one is the actual species with the "two-tails" name (in 
Russian), which is Diplura, sometimes called in English "two-pronged 
bristletails",


Apparently, there are some myths about those (like they target your ears, 
etc.) I don't know for sure, but it sounds like they do bite. Often, they 
can survive being flooded and sent down the drain in the bath tub, where 
they are frequent. So, I usually flush them in the toilet (but 
occasionally they stay afloat.


I relocate lizards, and most of the spiders to the outside.

Igor




ann sanfedele Thu, 18 Jan 2018 08:58:30 -0800 wrote:

I'm not bothered by spiders in the wild or in a garden.. and I've even 
petted a tarantula.. but I confess I kill any I find in my apartment as 
brown recluse spiders do live in the city... but I'd be inclined to trap 
and release a Daddy Long Legs if one appeared.


ann

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PESO: Rose Window

[Daniel J. Matyola]

The North Rose Window in the Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris:

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2018/1/19/rose-window

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
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Re: Video cameras

[Bob W-PDML]

It's the set up I've bought. I have a DJI Osmo Mobile and H2 (?) microphone. 
All pretty good.

> On 19 Jan 2018, at 18:30, David J Brooks  wrote:
> 
> Something to consider Bob
> 
>> On Jan 19, 2018 1:21 PM, "Bob W-PDML"  wrote:
>> 
>> iPhone + Filmic Pro + gimbal + mike
>> 
>> https://nofilmschool.com/2015/07/tangerine-sundance-iphone-
>> 5s-sean-baker-radium-cheung-interview
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 19 Jan 2018, at 17:41, David J Brooks > ntko...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Just looking for recommendations on small handheld video camera's. I not
>> happy how my K5 does video's and am planning a trip to Canada's east coast
>> this summer. Anyone have any comments on the smaller RCA or Canon cameras.
>> 
>> Dave
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Re: A break in the weather

[lrc]

Yeah, I blew it off after I saw these

On January 19, 2018 8:34:37 AM PST, "P. J. Alling"  
wrote:
>Larry, clean your sensor.
>
>
>On 1/7/2018 4:15 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>> Today was a short break in the chilly wet weather and I got a few 
>> shots down in Santa Cruz this afternoon
>> A kid and his father (?) on a run/walk down the beach:
>>
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/39522457772/in/album-72157689148828412/
>
>>
>>
>> A seagull finally had enough of being pestered by a lass
>>
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/24684492297/in/album-72157689148828412/
>
>>
>>
>> A couple of phone calls due to a moment of human drama
>>
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/2777509/in/album-72157689148828412/
>
>>
>>
>> I also got silly and posted a full resolution panorama
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/24684644697/sizes/o
>>
>>
>> Full set at:
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157689148828412
>>
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Re: Video cameras

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Something to consider Bob

On Jan 19, 2018 1:21 PM, "Bob W-PDML"  wrote:

> iPhone + Filmic Pro + gimbal + mike
>
> https://nofilmschool.com/2015/07/tangerine-sundance-iphone-
> 5s-sean-baker-radium-cheung-interview
>
>
>
> On 19 Jan 2018, at 17:41, David J Brooks  ntko...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Just looking for recommendations on small handheld video camera's. I not
> happy how my K5 does video's and am planning a trip to Canada's east coast
> this summer. Anyone have any comments on the smaller RCA or Canon cameras.
>
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Re: Video cameras

[Bob W-PDML]

iPhone + Filmic Pro + gimbal + mike

https://nofilmschool.com/2015/07/tangerine-sundance-iphone-5s-sean-baker-radium-cheung-interview



On 19 Jan 2018, at 17:41, David J Brooks 
> wrote:

Just looking for recommendations on small handheld video camera's. I not
happy how my K5 does video's and am planning a trip to Canada's east coast
this summer. Anyone have any comments on the smaller RCA or Canon cameras.

Dave
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Video cameras

[David J Brooks]

Just looking for recommendations on small handheld video camera's. I not
happy how my K5 does video's and am planning a trip to Canada's east coast
this summer. Anyone have any comments on the smaller RCA or Canon cameras.

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Re: A break in the weather

[P. J. Alling]

Larry, clean your sensor.


On 1/7/2018 4:15 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
Today was a short break in the chilly wet weather and I got a few 
shots down in Santa Cruz this afternoon

A kid and his father (?) on a run/walk down the beach:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/39522457772/in/album-72157689148828412/ 



A seagull finally had enough of being pestered by a lass
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/24684492297/in/album-72157689148828412/ 



A couple of phone calls due to a moment of human drama
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/2777509/in/album-72157689148828412/ 



I also got silly and posted a full resolution panorama
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/24684644697/sizes/o


Full set at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157689148828412



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Pong (was) Re: Ping

[P. J. Alling]

Now, there's activity, of a sort.


On 1/18/2018 11:25 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

No activity since 17 Jan 2018, so I thought I'd just check in.



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Re: Pentax K-1000 sighting on Brit TV rerun

[Chris Mitchell]

On 17 January 2018 at 17:40, Bob W-PDML  wrote:
Mostly everything's fine. It's just, well, it's just that, sometimes Chris
M's barbecues can be a bit, shall we say, special...
>
>
> https://youtu.be/4M3FrHsiSfE
>
>
> The next UK PDML will have to be in Royston Vasey then. I's sure we can
make it a special occasion - so long as we don't go into the local shop for
local people.

CM
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Re: Ping

[ann sanfedele]

hasn't been much - but I have gotten stuff from the 18th and see you
hows the weather down there now, John?

ann

On 1/18/2018 11:25 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

No activity since 17 Jan 2018, so I thought I'd just check in.




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Re: PESO 2018 - 001 - GDG

[Igor PDML-StR]

And I am watching you watching Ann watching them watching you watching 
them.

5th degree voyeurism.

:-)

Igor


Godfrey DiGiorgi Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:18:04 -0800 wrote:

Thanks! No, just folks watching me watching them. :-)

G



On Jan 15, 2018, at 6:32 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:

nice slice -- are the people who are looking right at you in the shot anyone
you know?

ann

On 1/15/2018 1:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

Bus going by at night on the street in Cork:

  https://flic.kr/p/23qZES3



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Re: Ping

[Igor PDML-StR]

Half of the US was frozen.
We are just thawing after almost-40-year 
record hard freeze, 16 F/ -9 C. And in some areas around it went to 
single-digit F.

You must be also affected, aren't you?

I don't know what's on the West Coast.. And HI must be still recovering 
after the stress.


Igor


John Sessoms Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:26:43 -0800 wrote:

No activity since 17 Jan 2018, so I thought I'd just check in.



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