Re: Quick survey

[Doug Brewer]

What Larry said.

On 6/23/24 12:24 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote:

I shoot them as dng. No difference in quality, but dng seems to be a more 
common standard

On June 23, 2024 8:46:40 AM PDT, Paul Sorenson  
wrote:

Do you shoot your RAW files as DNGs or PEFs?  Have you found one gives you 
better results or is a better choice than the other?

-p

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Re: PDML UK 2024

[Doug Brewer]

It was a thrill hearing your voice, Mike. Keep in mind that felonies are 
out of my range.


On 5/22/24 2:43 AM, mike wilson wrote:

On 21/05/2024 20:49 BST Mark Roberts  wrote:

  
Dr Lisa and I just had a great evening out with Mike and Kathy Wilson in Carlisle. (No photos to post but I'll have some from the Lake District soon.) The evening of food, drink and merriment concluded with a phone call to Doug Brewer. Much merriment occurred.

It was indeed a great pleasure to both meet the merry adventurers and hear the 
velvet tones of Doug after all these years.  Apparently, he's good for bail 
money.
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Re: Affinity

[Doug Brewer]

Been a couple years or so since the move, John.

On 5/19/24 2:13 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:

Did I miss the post that said we were moving to the Affinity server?\
Suddenly realised I hadn’t seen any posts from the PDML for some time!

John  (still in Brisbane)
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Re: A semi-gallery of recent photos

[Doug Brewer]

Some cool stuff there, John. I'm partial to the Thomas Wolfe angel.

On 5/15/24 1:22 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
I don't quite remember which of my photos I've shared here recently, 
but I know I hadn't yet shared photos from my eclipse trip.


Plus, I spent Mother's Day at Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Eclipse Photos:

https://flic.kr/p/2pRmz2q
https://flic.kr/p/2pRoPmh
https://flic.kr/p/2pRoPmc
https://flic.kr/p/2pRmA7G

Cattle Egrets:

https://flic.kr/p/2pRh4bT
https://flic.kr/p/2pRoU7Q

Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
Mother's Day at Cades Cove:

https://flic.kr/p/2pRoXQb
https://flic.kr/p/2pRnRef
https://flic.kr/p/2pRmJFk
https://flic.kr/p/2pRnRdd
https://flic.kr/p/2pRmJFR
https://flic.kr/p/2pRnRdt

Look Homeward Angel:

https://flic.kr/p/2pRhe9i

The rest of my Photostream.
I don't remember which ones of these I've shared ... eagles & beaver 
pond. Scroll right until you get to stuff you've already seen:


https://flic.kr/p/2pGs9X6


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Re: OT Mac help

[Doug Brewer]

You may wish to check your energy savings settings on your new iMac, to 
see if you have the external drives set to sleep when not in use. It 
could be, depending on the drive, that they go to sleep and vanish from 
the sidebar.


As always, if you change a setting, restarting the computer is the next 
step.


On 5/15/24 9:50 AM, David J Brooks wrote:

Hi gang

So my new iMac 24" is working reasonably well, and am happy with it so far,
M3 chip.

However I have two older external HDs that are about 6 or 7 years old and a
new external HD that is my new Time machine. My back us are labeled 7 and
7a, for the most part 7 does not show up at all anymore but 7a and time
machine do, but, when i let the machine g to sleep for a while and wake it
up, 7a does not appear and sometime Time machine does not appear in the
side bar.

I have to restart the machine.

OIm using a usb hub to usbC device and have tried directly connecting hd7a
and 7 but with little luck, after waking up 7a does not appear.
I also bought a new cable for the hD'ds.

Any thoughts, is my time machine drive showing up as more stable cause its
new??

Dave


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Re: Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)

[Doug Brewer]

Sure.

On 3/4/24 11:30 AM, Rick Womer wrote:

How about a phone call about 3?

On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 8:10 PM Doug Brewer  wrote:


I should be free mid afternoon. Fire when ready.


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Re: Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)

[Doug Brewer]

I should be free mid afternoon. Fire when ready.

On 3/3/24 6:08 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

Thanks, Doug.  I’d love to “pick your brain”!

Church and a memorial service ate up today. Tomorrow is pretty clear;
mid-to-late morning or after 2 in the afternoon would be best for me.




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Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

[Doug Brewer]

Grain is indeed part of the allure.

On 3/3/24 10:51 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

Am 03.03.24 um 16:16 schrieb Bob W PDML:
Yes. You’re not part of the target market. It’s aimed at young people 
who are using it for fun.


If shooting grainy photos is fun then let them have it. :-)

Ralf


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Re: Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)

[Doug Brewer]

Rick, I'm home working on some edits. Drop me an email if you like and 
I'd be glad to offer what guidance I can.


On 3/3/24 11:00 AM, Rick Womer wrote:

I have been using Lightroom since 2005, and it has worked well. There are
over 50,000 photos in my library. Last week I upgraded the Mac OS to Sonoma
14.1.2, and upgraded LrC to 13.1.

All hell broke loose. Since the upgrades LrC simply doesn't work: opening a
library opens only a fraction of the photos it contains, and those cannot
be edited. When I try to import new photos from an SD card, LrC re-imports
existing photos from the catalog along with some of the new ones; and once
they're "imported" neither I nor the Finder can't find them.

I removed LrC 13.1 and re-installed it, but the problem persists. Disk
Utility finds no problems, and my other apps are running without problems.

Advice that leads to restoring a usable LrC will be greatly appreciated.

Rick
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Re: Lightroom Classic 13.1 trouble

[Doug Brewer]

I wouldn't recommend it. But, if you're determined, and you have a 
recent Time Machine or Windows equivalent save from before you upgraded, 
you might be able to revert to that.


I'd caution against it, though. Too many potential consequences, and to 
be fair, it would likely take less time to adjust to whatever you don't 
like about 13.1 than it would to reinstall the earlier stuff.


Gotta admit to a morbid sense of curiosity regarding why 13.1 is UGH.

On 2/12/24 8:50 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

For some reason, I updated Lightroom Classic to the latest version.

Ugh.

I have a lot to do for a photo class tomorrow, so details will have to wait, 
but:

Can I delete 13.1 and reinstall its predecessor without unleashing cyber-havoc?

Rick
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Re: Lightroom troubles are an unsupported GPU

[Doug Brewer]

Yeah I finally had to bite the bullet and replace my cheesegrater Mac 
Pro when I could no longer keep it current enough to handle the OS 
updates. Don't recall having the artifact issue, though.


On 2/5/24 2:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/p-colored-quot-pixel-quot-artifacts-subdued-blacks-in-shadow-areas-older-macs-also-visible-on-cr/m-p/14401612/page/15#M355481

It turns out that the GPU in my trashcan mac is no longer supported, and GPU 
acceleration causes weird artifacts to happen in develop mode.  If anyone else 
runs into this problem try turning off GPU acceleration.

Meanwhile, I guess it's time to start a casual search for a good used Apple 
Silicon machine.

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l...@red4est.com  sent from ret13est



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Re: Weather

[Doug Brewer]

Guess it depends on the 35mm-class equipment you mean. I've done a 
number of shoots in raging thunderstorms with nary a hiccup. Both my K3 
and K1 have powered through.


On 1/6/24 9:56 AM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote:

Back in the day

I was less concerned for my LF equipment out in the cold and snow than I am for 
this 35mm-class equipment.
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Re: Fwd: Help! I've been unsubscribed.

[Doug Brewer]

Working on it. Thanks, Brian.

On 12/26/23 11:37 PM, Brian Walters wrote:

Hi all

Just forwarding this message from Ralf.  Doug - can you assist?


Cheers

Brian

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Re: System damage from surge--still struggling

[Doug Brewer]

No solid suggestions regarding whom to approach, I'm afraid, but I am 
curious about what happens when LR attempts to open the catalog.


On 12/20/23 12:59 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

Well, I have the Mac OS working again, and Lightroom Classic opens… but I can’t 
get it to open my catalog.

I have spent =many= hours struggling with this, and I need professional help 
(much more of this stuff and I’ll need psychiatric help as well as cyber help).

How does one search for a cyber-professional familiar with Macs and Adobe apps? 
A Google search yields dozens of consultants for Apple and Adobe products in 
greater Philly, but they’re all oriented toward business systems and big 
projects.

Any suggestions?

Rick
(=very= eager to get back to taking pictures)
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Re: Headphone query (waaaay off-topic, I know)

[Doug Brewer]

Some possibilities: 
https://www.igeeksblog.com/best-equalizer-apps-for-iphone-ipad/



On 12/12/23 12:05 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

One of my non-photographic passions is listening to classical music.

I have a pair of Sennheiser PXC 550 II headphones that I like a lot, usually 
playing recordings stored on my iPhone.

I learned that Sennheiser had "upgraded" its software from the 
venerable-but-versatile Captune to Smart Control. I installed Smart Control on my phone.

Big mistake. With all but the latest headphones, Smart Control is stupid 
compared to Captune, able to do nothing but select a recording, start, stop, 
and change the volume. Most annoying is the absence of a graphic equalizer, 
which I used a lot with Smart Control.

I emailed Sennheiser customer support, and their response was basically “Suck 
it up, sucker!”

Sooo…

Can anyone recommend an iPhone music player app with a graphic equalizer, 
compatible with my headphones?

Rick

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Re: Happy Birthday, Ann!

[Doug Brewer]

Indeed. Hope it's worthy of a visit from the authorities, Annsan.

On 12/10/23 10:42 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

Happy birthday to the First Lady of the list! Hope you have a wonderful day!!
Paul
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Re: Let's test the list!

[Doug Brewer]

Rick, have you spoken to your power provider? I mean, we're aware of 
your history with electronic equipment and some software packages, but 
this kind of event is not normal.



On 12/7/23 5:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

I don't know about the server gods, but some gods somewhere weren't happy
with my photo computer .

On the night of November 13 it seems that our house had a massive power
surge. The victims were (1) my photo computer setup, consisting of a Mac
Mini and two on-line OWC hard drives. A few days later we learned that the
control circuit board and some of the wiring for our house's minisplit
AC/heating system were partially melted (we are now using our hot water
heating system).

We're waiting for a new circuit board and valves for the minisplit system,
and I've been chipping away at the computer problems. The OS on the Mac
needs replacing, and both external drives have media and file system errors
on Disk Utility which are making them flaky.

So, in the midst of other activities, I've been chipping away at the
problem. I'm shifting files from two other external hard drives (which
aren't in daily use) so that I can shift my files off the damaged drives
and reformat them.

Then I'll be able to transfer a bunch of files, reformat the external
drives they were on, transfer files back, and hope that Lightroom
cooperates in getting everything accessible.

Stay tuned.

Rick

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Re: change in mail address

[Doug Brewer]

gmail has always provided its own set of challenges and mysteries for 
pdml traffic.


On 12/7/23 12:48 PM, Henk Terhell wrote:

Many posts from pdml such as those from Brian still do not arrive in my gmail 
box.
Having office 365 I have decided to switch to outlook as a trial.

Henk

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Re: Let's test the list!

[Doug Brewer]

In all the many years I've had this list, I've only ever blocked one 
person, and it wasn't you, Otis.



On 12/6/23 3:21 PM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:
The last time I "tested" the list I was banned for over a year. I'm 
reluctant to go down that road again...


Otis Wright

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Re: Let's test the list!

[Doug Brewer]

I almost said something.

On 12/6/23 5:21 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

By the way, I'd like to apologise for the errant apostrophe in "Server
God's". I don't know what got into me.

Mark Roberts wrote:


Are the Server God's happy?
  

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Re: back again (I assume)

[Doug Brewer]

Hi Henk,

for some reason, gmail was bouncing messages from the PDML, and it was 
enough to pass the unsub threshold. Nothing personal.


Glad you found your way back.

On 12/1/23 5:30 AM, Henk Terhell wrote:

Yesterday I was dumped from the list with a message:
  "suppose we'll survive without you, but it will be difficult.  Fare
thee well."

Henk
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Re: Whatever became of this lens?

[Doug Brewer]

I have had one since it was first announced and guard it zealously. I'd 
imagine other owners are just as protective. Looking at my current 
catalog, I see it is eclipsed only by the FA50 1.4 in number of photos 
produced.


I'm not certain how many were produced but I'm damn glad I got one.

On 6/15/23 12:59 PM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote:

https://us.ricoh-imaging.com/product/smc-pentax-fa-35mm-f2-0-al-refurbished/

Never saw one anywhere other than the website. No used ones for sale that I can 
see. The old Boz site doesn’t list it.

I’m even wondering why it ever existed.
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Re: PDML-UK Part 2

[Doug Brewer]

much better

On 5/22/23 4:35 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

Doug Brewer wrote:


wait a sec. I'm reasonably certain my parents were married when they
found me.

Sorry. I'm still on Lindisfarne so I suppose you should be a "Scurvy
Dog" then? I can never keep these things straight.
  

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Re: PDML-UK Part 2

[Doug Brewer]

wait a sec. I'm reasonably certain my parents were married when they 
found me.


On 5/20/23 8:43 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:

We met up with Mike Wilson and Cath this morning for a walk around
Lindisfarne. Great to catch up and to talk about everyone else on the
PDML behind their backs. Especially that bastard Doug Brewer ;-)
I still haven't had time to really go through any of the photos I've
taken so far. I'll try to post some soon but despite the best of
intentions it may not happen till we get back to the States.
Then I'll have to act fast because the Grandfather Mountain Nature
Photography Weekend is coming up fast...


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Re: RIP Dan Matyola

[Doug Brewer]

Well, this is certainly sad news. Dan was a genuinely good guy, an 
unfailingly positive presence here on The List, and a joy to interact 
with off list. The moderator request queue will never be the same.


I can't think of many photographers who had Dan's gift of keeping his 
photos in their own proper context, neither aspirational nor burdened 
with anything other than existing, and I admired him for it.


Rest in peace, Dan. We'll all miss you.


On 5/10/23 7:27 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:

Facebook alerted me today of messages about the passing of Dan
Matyola, May 2, 2023, at 81 years of age.

I'm only a "FB friend" but we've chatted a bunch since I joined the
list and I know he was a very long time PDML member. His last reply to
the list was also May 2, amazingly.

I located a link to his obit:
https://www.cusickfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Daniel-Matyola?obId=27875827

His FB profiles -- which his cousin has been adding updates to -- is here:
https://www.facebook.com/daniel.j.matyola
https://www.facebook.com/dan.matyola

I liked Dan and I know he was a steadfast PDML contributor. He'll be missed.


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Re: OT Laptops and photo editing

[Doug Brewer]

Just as a comment, I have a relatively heavy photo load when I'm busy, 
and I push my devices pretty hard. Much of my decision path was colored 
by that, and I went with what I thought could handle it. I do not know 
your needs, and it is entirely possible that what I have would be 
overkill for you. It's your call.


For email, I just use Mail on my phone and haven't decided if I will do 
that with the iPad yet. Probably not, but we'll see. Browser would work 
fine, too.


There appears to be a Firefox app for iOS, yes.

Same for Gmail.

Not sure what you need on the folders question, although I do hope you 
have your photos backed up to at least a couple of external drives in 
case your desktop goes toes up. That said, there's a ton of options for 
storing and manipulating photos on an iPad. I think Godders uses a 
combination of apps along with the Apple Photos software, for example. I 
have Lightroom Mobile and the Pshop for iPad app, so I can sync up with 
my desktop easily. Seems like you mentioned wanting to use more up to 
date versions of both Lr and Ps, so the mobile versions might be the way 
to go.


Maybe not the clarity you hoped for.

On 3/7/23 12:02 PM, David J Brooks wrote:

Thanks Doug

If i decide to go the less expensive route, just to have a back up for
email and banking until I get a newer computer, should this desktop fail, i
may go iPad pro,

I've google a few of thee questions but i'm a bit confused with the answers

- what's the best way to go about getting mail for:

dave @ caughtinmotion dot com
and
brooksdj @ ca dot inter dot net.

??

would i set up MAIL to do it or just go through a browser like i'm doing.
- will the ipad support firefox
- i have Gmail on my iphone so ill assume its supported on an iPaD, with a
Gmail app

-what about making folders like on a Mac desktop, i have my photos stored
im=n specific year, like 2023, then subfolders like 3-3-23-Kings trail
walk, is this possible on an ipad,, google has me confused about this.

Dave




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Re: OT Laptops and photo editing

[Doug Brewer]

I recently ran into the same set of decisions, having decided that my 
2012 MBP was too decrepit to handle things as well as it used to, and I 
needed something for travel and location work that could handle some 
culling and light editing until I could get the files back home to my 
workhorse computer.


Guess I should point out that I have never particularly liked editing 
photos on a laptop, unless it was at home and hooked up to decent 
monitors, so I dragged my feet for quite some time on the decision 
because the home setup was already sorted, my venerable 2009 Cheese 
Grater Mac Pro moved to a support role for an M1 Max Mac Studio, running 
two color matched 24" monitors for the heavy lifting and a third display 
for email, browsing, etc.


So last week I grabbed up an M2 iPad Pro for the road work. It has 
enough screen space for such, and I can get some of the stuff done with 
the Apple Pencil before I get back home to my tablet and pen and more 
serious work.


to your questions:

like Godders said, RAM is handled differently on the new rigs, so the 
answer isn't always more like it used to be, but still more than 8GB 
would be better.


M2 over M1 is "it depends."

I never do serious photo work without calibrated monitors, and though 
laptop screens have gotten better regarding color and holding a 
calibration, I still have a prejudice against them, so I'd look into 
interfacing whatever you get with either your iMac screen or finding 
another monitor to hook up. And yes, a Spyder or other tool.


Figure out which ports you need.

See above regarding monitors.

I haven't used a mouse in ages, since I got a Wacom tablet. My ancient 
Apple Wireless keyboard still works.


On 3/6/23 9:13 AM, David J Brooks wrote:

Good day all

It looks like i;ll be getting some goven=rnmetn money soon and am thinking
of upgrading, but keeping, my 2010 iMac 21,5" desktop. It works well enough
but because i cant upgrade the OS to stay current and also can't upgrade
some programs i use and like, like PS and Lightroom,  i'm considering
making a move to a macbook pro, either the 13
" or the 14" M1 or M2 chip

Just looking for comments good or bad from those that are using said
machine(s) for LR and PS. -Is the screen big enough, 13" or 14"
-is 8gig ram enough
-is M2 better over M1 chip
-screen colour ie do you need a spyder wset up
-battery life
-amount of ports and a sd card slot
-could my imac be used as an extended monitor?
-can i use my keyboard and magic mouse, i don't like track pads

If i think of anything else i;; add it.

We have a company not far that sells and services nothing but Macs so i'll
probably deal with them

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Re: PESO: Portrait

[Doug Brewer]

Very nice, Bill. Great subjects. I'm certain they're thrilled. Or at 
least the Mom. Baby probably doesn't care.


On 2/19/23 9:12 PM, Bill wrote:
One of my planned shoots did go ahead today. My other subject came 
down with a case of Norovirus, which put a real crimp on his day. 
Maybe next weekend, we'll see.


Anyway, this was shot with the X-T5 using north window light in an 
room almost perfect for available light photography.
Not my usual style of gig, but the subjects were cooperative and 
things worked out well.


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52698760067_e581853a1a_o.jpg

Technical stuff:

X-T5, 56mm f1.2 lens @ f/1.2, 1/80 sec, ISO 250.

Enjoy

bill
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Re: What Pentax gear is on your shopping (or wish) list?

[Doug Brewer]

I shoot 100 percent of my studio work, and about 99 percent of location 
work, with Pentax. It's mostly the K1, with occasional K3 sightings, the 
bulk of the shots with either the FA50 1/4 or the old 77 Ltd. Other 
lenses like the FA35/2 and the FA20-35/4 ride along for use when 
circumstances demand, and I'm satisfied with the results.


That said, and given the question, I wouldn't mind finding the new issue 
43 1/9, as I sold off my old one when times were tight and I miss it.


I also miss the FA80-200/2.8, but I don't know if I'd go out of my way 
to get one. It might be best to leave that one in the fond memories drawer.



On 1/14/23 11:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

It was recently observed that there is almost no discussion of Pentax gear, or 
even gear for your Pentax, on this list lately.

Let's get this kick started:  What gear is on your shopping list, or at least 
your wish list? Why do you want it?  Why haven't you bought it yet?

The two major pieces of kit on my "want" list, are the DFA 24-70/2.8, and the 
K-3 III.

Over the past couple of weeks, I've kind of wanted a weather sealed, "fast", 
daily driver lens.  I already have a Tamron 28-70/2.8 and the DFA 28-105/3.5-5.6 which is 
WR.  So I do have weather sealed in that range, and I do have a f/2.8 lens in that range. 
 I also have the 16-50/2.8 which works just fine on my K-3.  So, I already have the 
lenses that pretty much surround that specific bit of functionality.

As to the K-3 III, what I really want would be a K-1 III, a K-1 with all of the 
nifty features they've added to the K-3 III (though I don't really need the 
fancy pentaprism for the larger field of view, because it's already bigger), 
plus a modern sensor.  The K-3 was released almost 7 years ago, I mostly use 
mine these days when I either want a wide angle of view, with a fast lens, or 
when I need the best sensor performance available to me in challenging light.  
I would not be surprised if when you compared the final images, the K-3 III 
sensor outperformed the K-1.

Since a K-1 III isn't available, or even announced, there are a lot of things 
the K-3 III does better than my K-1, but I have barely had a chance to take any 
photos at all the past year, and I haven't really had any chance to photograph 
in conditions where I'm up against the performance limits of either of my 
Pentax camera bodies.  I have very little reason not to hold off on buying a 
K-3 III until either the price drops, or they sell a major upgrade to the K-1.

The 85/1.4 is also kind of on my wish list, but the pricing is such that it 
barely qualifies as an idle fantasy.


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Re: How large is too large...

[Doug Brewer]

My current catalog shows a shade over 140K with nary a hiccup, so I 
think you're good.


On 1/11/23 5:50 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

…for a Lightroom catalog?

Mine has 54,590 images on it today. It seems to work fine (knocking wood); the 
only problem is that the list of folders along the left side is getting rather 
long (one folder per year, since 2005). It is backed up to external drives and 
the cloud.

Am I tempting fate in some way, or should I just roll along happily?

Rick

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Re: Donations to the cause

[Doug Brewer]

came through fine, Rick. Thanks.

On 1/8/23 5:44 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

Doug, I sent a contribution via PayPal an hour or so ago.

The site was acting weird, so let me know if you don’t get it.

Cheers,

Rick

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Donations to the cause

[Doug Brewer]

Gang,

if you wish to help with keeping the hamsters who power the pdml in fine 
fettle, you can shoot a few bucks to my email at paypal. I also have a 
venmo account, (at DFBrewer) if you swing that way.


Other options entertained if you contact me.

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Re: OT Mail list restrictions

[Doug Brewer]

Hi, Larry.

Sorry for the slow response. I have been migrating to a new computer and 
have just today gotten my email client set up, with all that entails.


Loosening the size restrictions might be possible, but not if there is a 
significant cost increase. We ran out of money in the pdml account many 
months ago, and since I haven't identified a method for donation that 
works for more than a few people I have given up begging and just been 
eating the bill. I don't know that I'm willing to subsidize more than I 
have, and allowing larger message sizes/photos on the list would require 
more storage space that has to be paid for.


I am, however, willing to listen to reasonable suggestions, as always.

yr humble svt

On 1/6/23 9:35 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

Doug,

Would it be possible to loosen up the length restrictions a bit?

It seems odd that even with wordy bastards like Bill and I it was bouncing 
messages about three long.

Bill,
You could send it to me directly:  l...@red4est.com

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Re: Apple iCloud -- Arrgh

[Doug Brewer]

Rick, look for the iCloud settings under your Apple ID. You can turn it 
off there.


On 1/7/23 4:30 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

For some reason, my two Macs (one for work, the other for photos) have decided 
that everything that I want to save should be saved to iCloud.

I don’t want anything on iCloud. I have loads of space on both computers and on 
external hard drives.

I can’t find anything in the Control Panel to turn off the iCloud.

You would think that Apple would provide a folder or similar desktop icon for 
iCloud, so that one could choose where to put one’s files, but I can’t find one 
on either computer.

With thanks for letting me vent, does anyone have a solution to suggest?

Rick
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Re: PDML - PDFG ?

[Doug Brewer]

I've given up on FB. If y'all had rather have someone else in charge, 
please let me know.



On 1/6/23 7:30 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

Just as a matter of interest, is there any interest in a Pentax Discussion 
Facebook Group?

I admin a FB group with over 800 members, it’s quite fun. Photos are posted 
daily and response is swift. Sure, you battle with the evil that is Meta, but 
if one is selective about viewing habits, it becomes a tool, just like camera 
gear…

Best

Cotty
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Re: Happy, happy, Doug

[Doug Brewer]

Thank you, Paul! Thanks also to Godders, Mike, Chainsaw, and Annsan!

Very chill day with an overdose of pizza. Worse things could happen to me.



On 11/20/22 9:41 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

Happy birthday to our guru and list protector, Doug Brewer!

Paul
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Re: LR slideshow

[Doug Brewer]

You're going to want to import them into LR and make a collection. It's 
pretty straightforward after that.




On 5/17/22 9:37 AM, David J Brooks wrote:

I may need to make a slideshow for our photo exhibit at the Scugog shores
Pioneer museum. One member made one in power director but i can t get it to
open in quicktime. I can always use the ol standby Vueprint and load it
with files on a stick but I thought I'd try LR too.

One google search said to make a new collection. Do I load the photos from
my disk to this collection or do I import the files then make a collection
and add them that way.

Using standalone ver 6

Any assistance is appreciated and a little something extra will be in your
next pay packet.:--)


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Re: While we're discussing Mac LR Classic and drives...

[Doug Brewer]

Please tell me you have it backed up to another drive. Or two. Or three.

If not, I'd be worried about that alone, but specific to your query, I'd 
be concerned.


On 2/16/22 11:52 AM, Rick Womer wrote:

I have my photos on an 8TB external drive, in a folder named Photos
(imagine!), and organized by year/month/subject.

The 8TB drive started to act a bit flaky. Running Disk Utility on the
drive (OWC Toshiba MG0s...) gets me the message "First Aid process has
failed."

Running it on the OWC 8TB file it contains (USB External Physical
Volume - Mac OS Extended Journaled) reveals no problems.

Should I be worried or can I relax?

Rick
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Re: Worthwhile feature found in new lightroom

[Doug Brewer]

The new masking abilities in LR are in many ways superior to those in 
PS, from an efficiency standpoint, but still deeper in PS. I'm happy to 
see them since I do a fair amount of area adjustment.


Now, if they'd put the spot healing tool from PS into LR, I'd be a happy 
camper.


On 2/13/22 2:45 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

:stuff:
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Re: Kitty time, kids

[Doug Brewer]

pretty sure the hosting company doesn't accept stamps.

But yeah, that's an alternate idea.

On 1/30/22 3:26 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

Am 30.01.22 um 20:57 schrieb Doug Brewer:


I am open to alternate ideas.


https://www.upu.int/en/Universal-Postal-Union/Activities/Philately-IRCs/International-Reply-Coupons-(IRCs) 



Ralf


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Re: Kitty time, kids

[Doug Brewer]

That was just a link to my paypal account. Apparently paypal has changed 
things and now requires an account. That's why I also included my venmo 
info, although I don't know how common venmo is across the pond.


I am open to alternate ideas.


On 1/30/22 10:36 AM, mike wilson wrote:

What happened to the PDML.net page that had a link where you could donate 
without a paypal account?  I can't do anything without something like that.

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Kitty time, kids

[Doug Brewer]

Hi everyone,

The PDML cupboard is looking pretty anemic. Anything you can do to 
replenish is greatly appreciated.


You can send donations to paypal.me/pdmldb

If you have venmo, I am @DFBrewer

Thanks very much and carry on.

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Re: Some messages do not make it to mail-archive online archive

[Doug Brewer]

Y'all, I have little insight into how fast messages appear, or even if 
they appear, on the mail-archive servers. They are an archiving service, 
as you might guess, but other than that, it's basically just another 
subscriber. There could be any number of reasons for when or whether the 
messages get archived there.


Regarding Mr. Sawyer and the bounces, yes, the cox address appears to be 
dead and his msn account was forwarding there. Since there has been no 
response from his end, I've disabled the msn account.


Thanks,

Doug

On 1/19/22 5:32 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:


I've just discovered that some messages do not appear on the 
mail-archive online archive ( https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/ )


Usually, I use this archive to read some messages while lurking (which 
is often sporadic). Previously, I've seen some occasional messages not 
appearing there. But now, I see that, e.g. none of Mark C's messages 
show there.
I don't know how long this has been going for, and if I had missed 
someone's message addressed to me because of that. So, if I did - my 
sincere apologies!



I am not sure if Doug can do anything about that, as I don't know what's 
the culprit.



Cheers,

Igor

PS. I've just read a few of of Mark's recent messages.
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Re: Undeliverable

[Doug Brewer]

Hi! Admin here. That address is not subscribed to the list, so I can't 
remove it. Guessing it's a redirect issue that might throw a bounce.




On 12/29/21 1:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote:




On Dec 29, 2021, at 9:33 AM, John Sessoms  wrote:

Why am I getting bounce messages from PDML telling me messages are 
Undeliverable because:


I asked about this a while ago.  Bill, or at least his account, is no longer 
with us and until an admin deletes his address from the list, we’ll continue to 
get bounces.




Diagnostic information for administrators:

Generating server: BYAPR15MB2581.namprd15.prod.outlook.com

Remote Server returned '550 5.1.1   Recipient address 
rejected: User does not exist.'



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Season's Greetings

[Doug Brewer]

Best of the season from PDML World Headquarters here in beautiful 
downtown Gainesville, Georgia.

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Re: Admin question

[Doug Brewer]

I have not received anything from you, Ann. That could go a long way 
toward explaining why I didn't respond.


I can check on Bill's address.


On 12/19/21 8:19 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:

It's happened to me too .. but it stopped recently I wrote Doug
I remember Bill Sawyer so wondered if he was ok

ann

On 12/19/2021 12:06 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

every time I post, I get a bounce message for wdsawy...@cox.net

Is there someone with admin privileges that can bump the address from 
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Happy Birthday, Annsan!

[Doug Brewer]

and remember it's not a real party unless the SWAT Team shows up.
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Re: Live view, arrggh

[Doug Brewer]

Friendly critique: You have the camera set too low. It's pointing at 
your chest, so the viewer gets a good look up your nose and an 
uncomfortable feeling that you're leaning back. I think I understand 
you're trying to avoid the double chin look, but that can be done other 
ways.


There could be a little too much paying attention to what the camera is 
doing and too little concentration on being the subject. Set up the 
frame, then get in it and go. Let the camera do its thing.


1. Put something in there to focus on, like the previously mentioned 
mop. Focus on it, then turn off the AF and remove the object. Might want 
to mark the floor.

2. Set the timer.
3. Hit your mark.
4. Check result.
5. Rinse and repeat.

One frame at a time. Shoot loose with enough DOF to get in focus if you 
miss your spot a little. Crop to satisfaction.


None of this requires live view.



On 12/2/21 1:35 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

I think I learned some things from my last shoot and am giving it another try 
tonight.

Oddly, things seem to be mostly working just fine with live view. I can see 
enough on the display to frame myself where I want to be, I can see the preview 
screen and get an idea how things turned out, and using my wired remote trigger 
I can take photos when I want.


On Dec 1, 2021, at 9:16 AM, Doug Brewer  wrote:

Isn't there a timer on the camera?


Yeah, that’s how I took the last set:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157720168248521

Warning for the faint of heart, there are a few shirtless ones at the end.

Ann also explained how I could do the self portraits using a film era camera.  
I even have some self portraits I took years ago by sticking a mop in a bucket, 
manually focusing on that, and trying to stand in the same place using the self 
timer.

The point of my complaint was that there are a lot of advantages to being able 
to see what is in the frame.  I don’t know about you folks, but when I’m taking 
photos I don’t aim the camera and shut my eyes before pressing the shutter.  At 
least not often.

However, like I said things were working great tonight, until I realized that 
if I put the camera in single frame mode, I wouldn’t get a bunch of second 
frames with uncharged strobes, and the K-1 turned the flash off.  Long story 
short, in live view, if you put it in “motordrive” mode, whatever they call it, 
they turn off the electronic shutter.  Also, something that isn’t well 
documented, if the camera is in electronic shutter mode, it won’t fire a flash. 
  I had to disable electronic shutter to use live view with a flash.

Whoever wrote the K-1 manuals should be soundly beat about the head and 
shoulders with a tiltall tripod.  It should simply say what the effects of 
being in different modes are.  sigh.  They spent too much time trying to make 
the manuals so they don’t scare off morons who would be better off just using 
their phone cameras and don’t tell the people who know photography what they 
need.  But that is a rant for another day.

For folks who are curious, I’ll put proofs from tonight here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157720194746983

I am incapable of critiquing photos of myself, so I post proofs and beg friends 
to tell me which ones suck the least.





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Re: Live view, arrggh

[Doug Brewer]

Isn't there a timer on the camera?

On 12/1/21 12:03 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

I need some recent portraits, and have made some attempts at selfies.  It’s 
extra challenging when you can’t see what the camera does.

I had the clever idea that I can plug an external monitor into the HDMI and use 
that for framing etc.

It *almost* works.  Unfortunately, if I set the camera’s exposure to use 
strobes the live view is so dark it won’t auto focus.  Even when I put it on 
manual focus, it often refuses to fire the shutter.

Also the screen is so dark, it’s damn near useless for live view.

And there is no way at all to change things so that you can use live view with 
a flash.

Sigh.

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Re: Travel tripod

[Doug Brewer]

Gorillapod.

Sorry about your HD issues.

On 9/19/21 9:11 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

I seem to have lost my Velbon Maxi343-E tripod (the model Herbert Keppler 
recommended a few decades ago).

It is no longer made. What lightweight travel tripod would people recommend in 
the (say) $150 range?

Meanwhile, I have been dealting with a massive hard drive failure, and learing 
the shortcomings of what I had thought was a good backup system. It wasn’t.

Cheers,

Rick
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Re: OT - tale of woe and techy question for you who are especially electronics/web savvy

[Doug Brewer]

I understand the how. It's the authorization I don't get. Somewhere 
along the line, the company has to ask to take the funds. Proximity 
isn't permission.



On 9/9/21 3:38 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:

Doug -
It is the placement of the machine on the bus that allows for 
contactless payment of bus fare that is the problem.. and it is likely 
to have swiped $2.75 from
more people who wear their cards on a lanyard or have them in a pocket 
or purse that is at the same level as the fare taker on the bus. It 
doesn't affect
people paying full fares that want to use any credit card to pay and so 
swish on purpose..  although there have been cases reported of someone 
being charged twice..
for those of us who have discounted metro cards the contactless payment 
on public transportation is not an option.. we still have to dip or 
swipe our senior or disabled citizen cards .  by 2025, we are told, all 
busses and train stations will be equipped with OMNI machines and using 
them will be the only option.. by then they are supposed to have figured 
out how to recognize that one is supposed to get a discount. BTW - the 
OMNI reads your phone if your phone has the correct stuff in it, or your 
apple watch, etc.


anyway, I"m getting an new little purse

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[Doug Brewer]

to trim your messages.

This email brought to you by the lengthy queue of moderation requests in 
my inbox.


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Re: OT - tale of woe and techy question for you who are especially electronics/web savvy

[Doug Brewer]

Coming to this pretty late, but companies have to have authorization to 
charge your account, otherwise this OMNI reader thing can just suck 
money out of every touchless card that wanders by. I can't imagine 
that's legal.


Perhaps telling your bank/credit card company that OMNI is not 
authorized to charge you would be a better path.




On 9/7/21 9:46 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:

Intro:
we are now issued credit and debit cards with a little "speaker" symbol 
on them so that one can be totally contactless when using a card.. just 
swish your card on the vicinity of/ over the designated reader and  it 
takes your money.  IN NY we have these things called an OMNI reader on 
busses and subways.  since I am a senior I have my own card which one 
still has to swipe because the Omni machine is reading your regular 
credit crds and doesn't know you are old. HOwever  that does not keep 
the OMNI machine which is often located right next to the metrocard 
slot, from reading a credit card that gets close to it.  bottom line.. 
MY debit card is in a lanyard that hangs on my neck
and at a level that , when I leaned forward to dip my metrocard got too 
close to the OMNI reader and releaved me of $2.75 ..


NOw I have to pay especially close attention to my money so I found what 
happened and eventually got my money back and was told I should keep my 
credit cards in those protective sleeves they make for passport cards. I 
also can't get another card without the chip in it that lets you swish 
instead of insert a card ...


anyone know how I can disable that feature without disabling my regular 
chip or swipe strip?  IT is at the opposite end of the card from the 
regular chip and not near the

swipe strip.

Thanks
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Re: Help! LR face detection has hijacked my computer!

[Doug Brewer]

You can disable face indexing in Catalog Settings. Do the following:

(Mac) Select Lightroom Classic > Catalog Settings.
(Windows) Select Edit > Catalog Settings.
On the Metadata tab, deselect Automatically Detect All Faces In All Photos.
Close the Catalog Settings dialog box

On 7/5/21 11:55 AM, Rick Womer wrote:

I don’t know what I accidentally hit to turn it on, and I can’t get out of it!

There is a “filmstrip” full of faces filling my screen, and above it the 
headings People, Named People, and Unnamed People.’

When I try to open anything else, it starts looking for people in the folder I 
open.

Aargh!

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Re: I need to change my email address

[Doug Brewer]

*if you wish.

On 7/1/21 1:31 PM, Doug Brewer wrote:

Hi Eric,

That's certainly not the PDML site. Might want to clear your browser 
cache, scan for viruses, and restart your comeputer.


If you'd like, I can change your email address. Send it to me offline of 
you wish.


Thanks

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Re: I need to change my email address

[Doug Brewer]

Hi Eric,

That's certainly not the PDML site. Might want to clear your browser 
cache, scan for viruses, and restart your comeputer.


If you'd like, I can change your email address. Send it to me offline of 
you wish.


Thanks

Doug

On 7/1/21 12:15 PM, Eric Weir wrote:

As the subject line says. But I find no way to do so. When I go to pdml.net I 
get a webpage from an unrelated website. This is what's displayed:
Welcome to nginx!

If you see this page, the nginx web server is successfully installed and 
working. Further configuration is required.

For online documentation and support please refer to nginx.org.

Commercial support is available at nginx.com.
Help would be appreciated.

Thanks- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA 
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Advice for Selling Gear

[Doug Franklin]

Howdy, folks,

It's been several years since I was active in the group, but I've been 
superficially keeping up.  My inactivity is mainly because I haven't 
been doing as much shooting as I used to.  And that's why I'm posting 
today.  I have some gear I'd like to sell, and I'm seeking the advice of 
the group as to the best processes to use.  Most of the stuff I want to 
sell is older gear, that used to have collector value, but might not, 
anymore.  For example, I have an original SMCP 400/5.6 
auto-meter-but-nothing-else with case, and an LX with prisms. 
Definitely not mint. :)


Thanks for your help!
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Re: It's about that time, kids

[Doug Brewer]

Yeah, on the old splash page, but it was just a link to my paypal account.

On 5/2/21 2:31 AM, John wrote:

On 4/30/2021 18:04:40, Doug Brewer wrote:
Been covering the PDML bill for a few months and would appreciate any 
aid in the effort.


paypal d...@alphoto.com

Thanks ever so much
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to donate?


I don't have a paypal account and that's what I used before.



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Re: It's about that time, kids

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Thanks, Jan

On 5/1/21 12:39 PM, pen...@dfsee.com wrote:

Done!


On 1 May 2021, at 00:04, Doug Brewer  wrote:

Been covering the PDML bill for a few months and would appreciate any aid in 
the effort.

paypal d...@alphoto.com <mailto:d...@alphoto.com>

Thanks ever so much


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Re: It's about that time, kids

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Thank you, Ralf

On 5/1/21 9:26 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

Am 01.05.21 um 00:04 schrieb Doug Brewer:


paypal d...@alphoto.com


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Re: It's about that time, kids

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Thanks, Dave

On 5/1/21 9:02 AM, David J Brooks wrote:

just waiting for some fund to get to my paypal account then i'll fire some
off Doug

Dave

https://youtu.be/_IAtNO0mv3E






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It's about that time, kids

[Doug Brewer]

Been covering the PDML bill for a few months and would appreciate any 
aid in the effort.


paypal d...@alphoto.com

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Re: for discussion

[Doug Brewer]

The proper answer is "it depends."



On 3/23/21 10:20 AM, David J Brooks wrote:

My philosophical question of the year, do we go and look for a photo or
does the photo look for us.??

Dave the confused camera guy


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Re: LINK TO ARCHIVES

[Doug Brewer]

:cough:

On 2/12/21 3:01 PM, John wrote:

On 2/12/2021 11:56:20, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 12/2/21, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed:


I am working on a State of The List message


Surely a State of The List Address - you need some PDML fags behind 
you, livestreamed from your Pentax of of course!





"Fans" or "Flags" maybe?

Is anyone on the list still a smoker?



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Re: LINK TO ARCHIVES

[Doug Brewer]

I am working on a State of The List message for everyone, in which, once 
I understand it myself, I will attempt to explain how the new interface 
works.


In the meantime, you can access the archives via the following link:

https://pdml.net/empathy/list/pdml.pdml.net

Have fun,

Doug

On 2/11/21 12:36 PM, Alan C wrote:

What happened to the link to thePDML archives?

Alan C
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Re: Filtering

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Yes, we moved to the latest version of the list software over the 
weekend, which is why it was down for a bit.


I don't know why it would affect your client's filters. I use 
Thunderbird myself and have not seen this issue. Everything still goes 
where it's supposed to go.


Have you made recent adjustments to your filters?



On 2/9/21 2:29 PM, John wrote:
My list filter stopped working. Thunderbird no longer moves the PDML 
messages to the PDML folder.


Did something change with the list software?



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Re: LR6

[Doug Brewer]

I recognize all those words, but the way you have strung them together 
mystifies me.


On 1/23/21 10:44 AM, David J Brooks wrote:

I found a fairly good way, and mby that i mean i can do it, in PS to flip a
lens ball.

Is there a way to do it in LR

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sort of.

During the Christmas season of 2000, while I worked on a museum project 
for a local university, I got a call from Don Nelson, a friend and 
Pentax sales guy some of you will remember from GFM. He told me that 
Pentax USA, which carried the PAML and PDML on its website, was looking 
to get out of the email list game because of potential liability issues 
arising from unsanctioned and borderline dangerously irresponsible 
technical and repair advice getting posted to the PDML.


Don then asked if I knew anyone who could take it over. I thought about 
a few members I knew at the time, even reached out to one or two, who 
pretty much laughed, and I reported back to Don that there didn't seem 
to be much interest. He said ok.


A couple days later, a nice woman from the marketing department at 
Pentax called to tell me she had heard from Don that I would like to be 
considered for the role of List Guy. After a long pause, followed by 
some muttering and me repeating "wait, what?" a few times, the nice 
woman in marketing assured me that Don said I was very interested.


That was Don, as those of you who knew him would agree.

I told the nice woman that I was not a list guy by any stretch of the 
imagination. I wasn't a software guy, didn't know anything about how to 
run an email list, was in all things comprehensively incompetent and 
liked it that way, and so on.


The nice woman in marketing was unimpressed, so it was decided. I 
begrudgingly agreed that I would download some list software packages 
and see if I could make any sense of them. After that, I said, I'd get 
back to her in a week or so with my decision. The nice woman in 
marketing rang off.


That afternoon I found and downloaded some software, installed it, and 
poked around for a few minutes until I had to do something with my 
actual job. The only thing I had really discerned from my brief time 
with the software was that I was out of my depth and needed some serious 
hours with it before I could even begin to think about whether or not I 
would take over the PDML.


Some time that night the PDML broke.

The next day, the nice woman in marketing called to tell me that the guy 
who worked at the advertising agency that handled the Pentax USA website 
and was the only one there who knew the list software and how it 
interfaced with the website was off on Christmas vacation and the server 
was down and hey, she would email me a list of everyone who was 
subscribed to the PDML. Good luck and godspeed, it was now my baby.


I still can't tell you how I got it going, but here we are, and I'm 
grateful for it.


Happy New Year, kids.

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Re: What happened to instagram?

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Instagram is centered around using your phone, so if you want to post 
pics to it, getting the pics to your phone is your best bet.


I sync selected photos from my desktop to my phone with Lightroom, add 
to my phone photo folder, and there they are.


On 11/17/20 1:58 PM, Henk Terhell wrote:

Bob, are you able to upload a pic from the camera through your PC storage?
I used to upload from a onedrive map but that no longer works, whereas 
looking in the browser on the PC the + widget is missing.
Along with the new buttons for adds and tiktok type videos, instagram 
wants to get rid of serious photographers (like me:)).


Henk



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Re: broken or just lsit fatigue?

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I have a good friend who is also a huge Jets fan. He recently completed 
construction of a full bar in his backyard. I understand why.


On 10/27/20 11:13 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

I watch the Jets because I am a masochist.

Dan Matyola
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Re: OT Instagram

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On 10/11/20 5:28 PM, Bob Pdml wrote:

I use Instagram. I post from my iPhone or iPad. When I shoot stuff on a proper 
camera I import into Lightroom on one of the devices, edit it a bit and save to 
the camera roll on the device, then I post from there into Instagram. Never 
tried it from a ‘proper’ computer.


This is what I do, minus the "edit it a bit."

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Re: I am safe at friends

[Doug Brewer]

Glad to know you're safe, Larry, and hoping your home escapes.

On 8/20/20 1:38 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

We bugged out last night. We are safe at the home of friends in Santa Cruz.

https://www.latimes.com/wildfires-map/?fire=czu-august-lightning-complex

seems to be the most detailed fire map

If you zoom in between Felton and Ben Lomond, my house is near Brackney, close 
to where the river crosses hwy 9 twice.

As of about 8am we are now under mandatory evacuation
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f0121f7f2f0941afb3ed70529b2cee75?

I had hoped that we'd be able to go back and retrieve a couple things we had 
forgotten last night,  Oh well

another fire map
https://firms2.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:2020-08-19..2020-08-20;l:street;@-122.1,37.1,13z



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Re: Processing upgrade

[Doug Brewer]

Have you looked into upgrading the processors/RAM/GPU?

I bought a 2009 that had the firmware update to 5,1, and am slowly 
putting newer, faster stuff in it. So far I've done a little faster RAM, 
and more of it, and upgraded the GPU. It's not state of the art, but it 
runs circles around 2012 MB Pro now, and didn't cost me a kidney for the 
faster hardware. The largest expense was the unit itself, and you 
already have that.


On 8/17/20 6:09 PM, Larry Colen wrote:




On Aug 17, 2020, at 2:49 PM, Doug Brewer  wrote:

What year is your Mac Pro?


It’s an early 2009 that I did a firmware upgrade on.







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Re: Processing upgrade

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What year is your Mac Pro?

On 8/17/20 5:34 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

A question for fiscally limited gear heads on the list about boosting image 
processing performance.  I’d love to move on from LR6, but haven’t found 
anything that isn’t ransomeware that works better.

I have been toying with upgrading my image processing capabilities.  I could 
throw money at my mac pro, but there are significant limitations on how much 
further I could push it.

One possibility would be to upgrade the processor and GPU in my linux box and 
set up a windows boot on it.  The question being what would be the most cost 
effective way of going about this.


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Re: Max

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what a cutie!

On 8/8/20 11:30 PM, Bill wrote:

Oops. Try this link instead.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/11819824@N03/50204078268/in/dateposted-public/ 



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Re: QUESTION

[Doug Brewer]

This is not strictly true. Though yes, the PDML settings favor Plain 
Text, there have been adjustments made to allow some MIME 
stripping/conversion in the process, as long as there is also a Plain 
Text version available.


Sending from the subscribed address is important, and message size also 
plays a role, in order to save bandwidth. And of course the intertubes 
sometimes just lose things.


I am not aware of any issues with subject lines causing rejection, but 
that's not to say it's impossible. There have been some syntax errors 
that caused rejection with certain software in the past. I wouldn't mind 
having some examples of suspected subject line-related problems to look 
at if anyone wants to send them to me.


Thanks.

On 8/2/20 2:12 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

The PDML listserver is fussy and will reject emails that have *any* deviation 
at all from plain text, sent from the authorized address. It sends no warning 
or error notification, your email just goes into a black hole. For this reason, 
if I send a post and see nothing back within a reasonable amount of time, I 
just send it again being scrupulously careful to make sure it is a plain text 
post from the correct email address.

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Re: Time to feed the kitty, gang.

[Doug Brewer]

thanks, Ralf, and thanks as well to others who have contributed. We're 
good for a couple more months.




On 8/3/20 12:19 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

Am 03.08.20 um 17:05 schrieb Doug Brewer:

Throw some coins in, please.


Done.

Ralf



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Re: Time to feed the kitty, gang.

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Thanks, Paul. Glad to do it.

On 8/3/20 11:14 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

Done. Thanks for keeping the ship afloat!
Paul



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Time to feed the kitty, gang.

[Doug Brewer]

Throw some coins in, please.

Link is on the splash page, www.pdml.net

Thank you.

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Re: PESO - more elaborate in isolation - DougB

[Doug Brewer]

I can relate to this. I'm pretty much the poster boy for Non-Essential, 
which the current state of the universe has only emphasized.


Of course, if I'm not shooting, I'm not getting paid, but there have 
been enough shifts in Dougworld lately to fill my time with stuff that 
needs to be done, which has given me plenty of opportunities to sit and 
stare.


So it goes, indeed.

On 5/16/20 4:04 AM, Bob Pdml wrote:



On 16 May 2020, at 02:51, "d...@dougbrewerphoto.com"  
wrote:

Thank you, Godfrey. Sorry I drifted your thread. It was just meant as a 
response.

Sent  from my phone, which I’m staring at instead of doing actual work.


I’ve come to the conclusion over the last seven weeks of working at home that 
that’s what I’m paid to do.

Staring at the things I’m supposed to be doing rather than actually doing them 
seems to make no difference to the state of the world...

So now I spend a lot of time putting off doing things I shouldn’t be doing 
instead of staring at the things I should be doing. And that doesn’t seem to 
make much difference to the world either.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. would have loved all this.

So it goes.


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Re: PESO Pixel abuse

[Doug Brewer]

it's good to be king.

On 5/15/20 8:19 PM, mike wilson wrote:



On 15 May 2020 at 22:27 Doug Brewer  wrote:


Thank you, Larry. You may be seeing the result of it being transferred
to my phone, uploaded to tumblr, which did whatever to it, and then to
your screen. It hasn't been uprezzed.


It's only because you are the listmeister that you can get away with such abuse 
of poor, innocent pixels.



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Re: PESO 2020 - 108-113 - GDG

[Doug Brewer]

Gotta work with what you have on hand, man.

That blanket has appeared in a number of shoots, and performed admirably.

On 5/15/20 4:20 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 15/5/20, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed:


Nice work, Godders. I went a touch more elaborate in isolation:

https://dougbrewer.tumblr.com/post/614035716592254976/isolation-still-life

You Americans love your red velvet don't you ;-)






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Re: PESO 2020 - 108-113 - GDG

[Doug Brewer]

thank you, Dan.

On 5/15/20 3:45 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

That is strikingly lovely and well-executed!

Dan Matyola
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On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 1:52 PM Doug Brewer 
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Nice work, Godders. I went a touch more elaborate in isolation:

https://dougbrewer.tumblr.com/post/614035716592254976/isolation-still-life


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Re: PESO 2020 - 108-113 - GDG

[Doug Brewer]

Thank you, Larry. You may be seeing the result of it being transferred 
to my phone, uploaded to tumblr, which did whatever to it, and then to 
your screen. It hasn't been uprezzed.


On 5/15/20 3:06 PM, Larry Colen wrote:



On May 15, 2020, at 10:51 AM, Doug Brewer  wrote:

Nice work, Godders. I went a touch more elaborate in isolation:

https://dougbrewer.tumblr.com/post/614035716592254976/isolation-still-life

Very nice, I quite like that.  I don’t know why though, it just doesn’t seem 
very sharp on my monitor, almost as if it was uprezzed  for the screen.  I love 
the lighting and color.


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Re: PESO 2020 - 108-113 - GDG

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Thank you, Paul.

On 5/15/20 2:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

Excellent, Doug


On May 15, 2020, at 1:51 PM, Doug Brewer  wrote:

Nice work, Godders. I went a touch more elaborate in isolation:

https://dougbrewer.tumblr.com/post/614035716592254976/isolation-still-life



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Re: PESO 2020 - 108-113 - GDG

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Nice work, Godders. I went a touch more elaborate in isolation:

https://dougbrewer.tumblr.com/post/614035716592254976/isolation-still-life

On 5/14/20 10:23 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

As much time as I'm spending at home these days, it's inevitable that a bunch 
of my photographs are stuff around the condo I'm playing with as still life 
while I explore the new equipment that showed up just before lockdown 
happened...

https://flic.kr/p/2j29KDq
Pineapple

https://flic.kr/p/2j28axk
Bialetti

https://flic.kr/p/2j29KDA
Tomatoes, Pineapple, Reflection

https://flic.kr/p/2j28ayc
Bicycle with Tire Pump

https://flic.kr/p/2j28ayx
Chair And Table

https://flic.kr/p/2j28azz
Bear on the Table by the Window

Fun fun fun ... enjoy!

G
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Re: Former PDML member hits the headlines

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Good for Tim! Always liked that guy.

On 5/4/20 5:34 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

Some of you will remember Tim Bray from when he was on the PDML a few
years back and some of us even met him at the PDML Photo Annual
exhibit in Chicago in 2010. He was working at Google at the time
(heading the Android OS program, I believe) but apparently had moved
on to become a big shot at Amazon - until Friday. He just resigned in
protest over the way Amazon has fired the whistleblowers complaining
about their treatment in warehouses in regard to Covid-19. Type "Tim
Bray" into your favorite news search engine and he's all over it.

And good for him for having a sense of ethics. Very rare in big
business these days.



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Re: LR 6.14 Library module flaky

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How often do you back up your catalog, Rick? Perhaps returning to a 
recent save or rebuilding it is the answer.




On 5/3/20 8:59 AM, Rick Womer wrote:

Nope.

Checking to see if there was a focus problem, I did a LR search for photos
taken with my 40/2.8. It searched for maybe 20 seconds and froze. I quit LR
via the Actvity Monitor, re-started, and tings were screwed up.

On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 08:15 David J Brooks  wrote:


Rick

Did yu move any files on your HD??

Dave

On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 1:25 PM Rick Womer  wrote:


Yesterday afternoon, I was going through photos in Lightroom, looking for
candidates for future PUGs.

Strange things began to happen: Photos being replaced by blank squares in
Grid view, whole years of pix disappearing  in the Library column, and
things changing from one minute to the next.

So I quit LR, re-started it, and the images came back in the grid, but
most of the folders in the Library were screwed up. I have a folder for
each year (since 2005), with subfolders for months and sub-sub-folders

for

shoots within that month. All of the years say zero photos; some of the
months seem accurate; but some have completely wrong numbers (e.g.

2010-11

says 8 photos; but there are actually 1182 in 3 shoots).

I’ve run Disk Utility on everything, and shut everything down and
re-started twice. Things are still flaky.

Thoughts?

Rick
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Pinging Jack Davis

[Doug Brewer]

It occurs to me that I haven't seen anything from our friend Jack in a 
while. Anyone heard from him?



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Re: New[ish] K-3 has arrived.

[Doug Brewer]

My K3 served me well for several years and a grand shitload of shoots, 
Peter. It has been replaced in the work force by a K1, but will ride in 
my bag as a backup for the foreseeable future.


I bought it to replace my K7, and the UI was different enough to cause a 
few perplexities. Once I got accustomed to it, though, it seemed quite 
natural, enough so that I still have to think about things when using 
the K1.


Here's hoping you enjoy using your new camera. I think you'll be pleased 
with its product.


On 4/16/20 7:06 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I just picked up my new to me K-3, and I'm, well not miffed exactly, I 
did order the Bargain copy.  It all works but isn't as pretty as the 
K-5II I got from KEH about a year and a half ago. It would be called 
brassed if the body shell were made out of brass.


Functionally it's fine though, and I like the handling but the UI is 
going to take a bit of getting used to.  Enough like the K-5II to make 
somethings very simple to do, enough different to be maddeningly 
annoying when attempting others.


One thing I find annoying is the mode dial lock, the removal of the 
metering pattern function to make the lock select-able seems utterly 
unnecessary.  I've gotten used to just pressing the center lock button 
to change mode on the K-5II, it never seemed particularly onerous to do 
that to change the shutter speeds on the ZX-5n.  So I don't see the 
actual point.


Aside from the control differences which I'll have to get used to, the 
camera seems to handle well.  The weight difference seems 
inconsequential when moving from the K-5II.  The K-3 doesn't start up 
quite as fast as the K-5II, and takes a noticeably, (to me anyway), 
longer time to wake up from sleep mode, but I haven't actually been out 
doing any serious shooting except to test out some of the settings so I 
don't know how annoying these small delays will be yet.


When some people raved about the grip I put that off to differences in 
hand size, but it really is an improvement.  I can really tell the 
difference switching between the cameras.


All in all I'm pretty happy so far.  The only fly in the ointment being 
the more evident wear on the K-3 than there was on the K-5II when I got 
it, but I guess you can't luck out all the time.




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Re: Pentax Announces New Lens

[Doug Brewer]

Not heresy at all, Bill, because it depends on what you're looking for 
in a lens. I find that good lenses designed for film, including of 
course the 77, have qualities that modulate the ever sharper, ever more 
detailed efforts of digital sensors available today.


If I were more heavily involved with photography requiring absolute 
resolution, I would likely carry more interest in the current lens 
array, including the newly announced 85, but since the majority of my 
current work calls for a subtler approach to fidelity, the 77 delivers 
what I want.


I haven't run across much fringing, but I mostly use the lens in 
controlled conditions unlikely to introduce it.


Yes, the AF is slow/clunky, which is sometimes an issue, and that it has 
a somewhat unfortunate minimum focusing distance is a niggle. God gave 
me feet for a reason, I guess.


My probably more important point, which got lost, is that the new 85 is 
just too close in length to the 77 to justify its addition to my bag 
despite the speed increase, when the 77 does the job for me.


The cost is also a consideration, especially in the current climate, 
when what I do, which is up and down at the best of times, is now 
virtually dead.


Do report back what you think of the new lens when it reaches you. I'm 
not terribly active on the list but I do keep up somewhat, and obviously 
the announcement of new product caught my attention.


Doug

On 3/26/20 4:55 PM, Bill wrote:

On 3/25/2020 8:42 PM, d...@dougbrewerphoto.com wrote:

Has it been 21 years? Holy smoke. Still, when you get it right...


Heresy alert: Don't read past this if you are faint of heart our have 
other underlying conditions.


The 77 is a good lens, on film with the AF that we had at the time it 
was a very good lens, maybe even a great lens, but that was then, this 
is now.
Today, the 77 is a dated design with slow AF gearing that is prone to 
all sorts of fringing.
Yeah, it's under corrected spherical aberration gives it nice bokeh and 
a great deal of three dimensional effect, but to just toss off "when you 
get it right" says a lot more than the lens delivers.
It's not all hat, no cattle, but it's herd is not as big as people make 
it out to be.


bill



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Re: Pentax Announces New Lens

[Doug Brewer]

Nope. Too close to the 77 in length, when the 77 is already 
comprehensively magical.


On 3/25/20 8:43 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

For all you hunky K1 users, there's a stinking new D-FA* 85mm f1.4 lens coming 
out.



I think I just wee'd in my pants.






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Re: Almost current, and a question

[Doug Brewer]

I see. Thanks, Larry.

On 2/29/20 12:55 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote:

I remember that things worked but not so smoothly that it was compelling to use 
the app.

On February 29, 2020 9:47:18 AM PST, Doug Brewer  
wrote:

Thanks. Define "small values."



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Re: Almost current, and a question

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Thanks. Define "small values."

On 2/28/20 10:55 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

I’ve tried it.

It works, for small values of works.

I’d be happy to just be able to send the preview images to a tablet for 
reviewing during a shoot, but when I asked a couple of weeks ago about it, it 
was just crickets.



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Almost current, and a question

[Doug Brewer]

Hi, troops.

So I ordered a K-1 to allow my rapidly aging and shamefully abused K-3 a 
peaceful transition to back-up status. This, I believe, will bring me to 
a place on the almost current list, or as close as I've been since the 
K-7 came out. Huzzah and all that.


Along with the move into nearly contemporary, I have had disturbing 
thoughts of a tethering nature, for shame, in order to streamline my 
studio workflow. It's not that I don't enjoy the shoot/go home/feed to 
computer/import to 
lightroom/cull/correct/export/dropbox/feedback/edit/export/dropbox 
process immensely, but it is lengthy and really cuts into my sitting 
around and staring at the wall time.


Thus my question: Have any of you lot ever tried to tether with a K-1? I 
would be using Lightroom, so any related pointers would be appreciated.


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Re: Therapeutic OT peso's for me

[Doug Brewer]

Not really a rant, Dave. Cancer is a bitch and I'm sorry to read this 
about Liz. I hope she gets through it soon.


On 1/5/20 11:45 AM, David J Brooks wrote:

Sorry for the online rant, but i felt the need to share this story and
these two photos taken by my daughters iPhone 11 something

Back in Nov our doctors found a tumour in Liz's lung and neck. She under
went a biopsy and fell ill from surgery complication shortly there after
and has been in the hospital for about 2.5 weeks so far getting over
pneumonia a UTI and C-Diff caught in the hospital. She has been in lock
down for over a week and on the mend but my grand daughter Gwen wanted to
hand deliver a home made get well card. We still have to wear a gown and
gloves but the nurses said she could visit.

She has had starting radiation at the hospital and will under go a "
radiation knife" on a spot in her brain this week at a another cancer
hospital in Toronto, one of the worlds best.

The visit and card cheered her up and so was I.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/49334441332/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/4933456/

Again sorry for the rant

Dave




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Re: 2019 PDML Quotations List

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it is my sincere hope that one day I will be remembered for something 
other than self-loathing and intruding waterfowl.


On 12/31/19 4:48 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

The annual tradition: https://www.robertstech.com/quote.htm

  



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Re: If you're into this sort of thing...

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On 12/25/19 12:43 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

Doug Brewer wrote:


Merry Christmas from PDML World Headquarters.


How do we know that this is from the *real* PDML World Headquarters
and not some shady imitation?
  


because I admitted it.

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If you're into this sort of thing...

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Merry Christmas from PDML World Headquarters.

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Re: Happy Ann day

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Hope you enjoyed your day, Annsan

On 12/10/19 9:55 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:

Thanks all of you for your good wishes

  - Larry you are sneaky!

Paul, from the looks of the posters I seem also to be the "only" :-)

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