Re: NOT HAPPY!

[Mat Maessen]

On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 1:02 AM, John  wrote:

>
> I had to dig out my last spare, brand new in the box, Genuine IBM  Model M
> keyboard to replace it.
>

You can wash a genuine IBM Type M in a dishwasher. Just make sure you don't
use a heated drying cycle.

Let it air-dry for several days before trying to use it again.

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Re: mac 32 or 64

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 7:33 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:

> I plan on upgrading to El 15 soon. Spec's say it needs 64 bit to run I
> have looked at mid 2010 iMacs 21.5" and ine site said it runs 32/64. I
> looked at my " about this mac" and i dont see anything about 32 or 64.
> Does any one know which it is. If its only 32 i assume EL 15 will not
> run or run poorly


Your mac is 64 bit.

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Re: Johnson Publishing Co.

[Mat Maessen]

On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Richard Klein 
wrote:
>
> https://books.google.com/books?id=rd0DMBAJ&lpg=
> PA84&dq=beanstalks&as_pt=MAGAZINES&pg=PA133#v=onepage&q=beanstalks&f=false


Hang on, you're on this list too??

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Re: Memory lane

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 7:34 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:

> Looking to up my 4 gig ram to atleast 8. My iMac 21.5" is mid 2010
> core i3 model 11,2 running 10.11.6, 3.06 GHz. My about mac info says i
> have 2 2 gig rams 1333mhz-DDR3-SDRAM, i have looked at the OWC site
> and clicked on my model and the ram model is 1333MHz DDR3 SO-DIMM
> PC10600 204 Pin as you can see the model numbers differ at the end.
>

That should work fine, Dave. But it looks like the specs for your machine
would support 16GB with 4x4GB DIMMs, so I would highly recommend making the
jump all the way up to that if you can swing it. If you can't justify it
financially, getting yourself to 8GB is a good step in the right direction.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201191 is the official source of the
information.

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Re: OT

[Mat Maessen]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Eric Featherstone <
eric.featherst...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 22 November 2016 at 15:52, David J Brooks  wrote:
> > My mouse scrolling is backwards from what it was in 10.6.8.
> That's a setting in the control panel - your choice which way it scrolls.
>

That was the first thing I changed when I upgraded my mac a while back.

G

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Re: Spyder Pro 3

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Mark Roberts 
wrote:
>
> You're probably going to need a Mac expert to get this fixed but I'm
> pretty sure you should be using either an ICC profile OR ColorSync but
> not both.


Not sure about 10.6.x, but in the newer OSX versions, ColorSync _is_ ICC...

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Re: PESO - The eating of a hat

[Mat Maessen]

On Saturday, August 6, 2016, Jostein  wrote:
>
> Photo by Mike Wilson:
> http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/eat-yer-hat/
>

This needs to be on the cover of this year's PDML photo annual. :-)

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Re: I was a bad boy

[Mat Maessen]

On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Larry Colen (On Droid4est)
 wrote:
> It seemed like a good deal, but with just my phone it's hard to research.  I 
> tried calling
> John, but he was out.  I've got no idea what the lens is worth.

I remember paying quite a bit more for the one I have when I bought it
a few years back...

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Re: Don't mean nothin'

[Mat Maessen]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:04 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> Anyway, today they had a Pentax K-r with an 18-55 ($399) along with a 50-200
> ($299). First time I've seen a Pentax camera in a pawn shop in many a year.

I'd buy that, the K-r at least. I've already got a 50-200.

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Re: GFM Update

[Mat Maessen]

On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Mark Roberts  wrote:
>... Tomorrow brings the Doug & Mark
> show...

Don't forget the green laser pointer!

Sad to be missing it this year...

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Re: Left out again in third party lenses

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:33 PM, P. J. Alling
 wrote:
> Holga now offers pinhole lenses for DSLRs, only Canon and Nikon mount,
> however.  I'm not sure how to feel about being dissed by Holga.

I made my own a few years back with a Pentax body cover, drill, soda
can, black paint, and a pin. I wonder what I did with it...

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Re: OT on Lr 4 being unusably slow

[Mat Maessen]

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> Yes, I'm using an older machine: a 2008 iMac, 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo. But
> it has 6 Gig RAM, and I was running Lr with no other apps up (not even
> a browser), and I was watching the Activity monitor. There was plenty
> of RAM, the disks weren't all that busy, my catalog is on the local
> drive while the image files are on an external 2TB 800 MHz Firewire
> drive.

What OS revision are you running? 10.6 can be slow for 64-bit apps,
since the kernel (and any system calls) are still only 32 bits. I've
run into that even running Firefox on my Mac Mini. Need to get my
hands on a copy of Lion and upgrade one of these days...

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Re: Cheap lens score of the day

[Mat Maessen]

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Charles Robinson  wrote:
> Found today (and purchased) on Craigslist: 18-55 kit and 50-200 kit lens for 
> a total of: $75.
...
> I'm not much of a telephoto person, I'd rather shoot wide.  So the 50-200 is 
> perfect for those
> rare occasions.  And it's tiny/lightweight.  My son gets my Tamron 28-200 
> which I've never
> really loved.

The 50-200 is tiny, lightweight, and surprisingly sharp.

There are two pictures in the PDML photo annual from a couple of years
ago, that I took with that lens. :-)

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Re: OT: Sometimes computers just make me crazy.

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Collin Brendemuehl
 wrote:
> SAN is so much better than NAS.

If you have the budget to afford a real SAN for your home network, I
want your source of income. :-P

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Re: Peso - they'll never find me here

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Morris Galloway
 wrote:
> I'd be running in circles singing Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-de-ay at the scene if I got
> that shot.

MARK!

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Re: Peso: Watching My Carb

[Mat Maessen]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Steven Desjardins  wrote:
> Yes, Debbie is my wife.  I don't have a shot of her bike, which is now
> partially disassembled, but here's a web pic:
>
> http://www.suzuki-bikes.com/suzuki-savage/
>
> It's a small bike, which is why she likes it.

A little thumper.

I've got 5 bikes in the garage. Four of them are single-cylinder bikes.

No suggestions about the photo, but for the screws on the carb, a
dremel tool can cut a slot for a flatblade screwdriver if you strip
the screw heads. Once you get them out, replace them with allen-head
stainless steel screws.

You can use a single strand from a piece of stranded copper wire to
clean out the clogged jets in the carburetor.

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Re: PS macro for fluorescent interference

[Mat Maessen]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> If he's shooting at slower than flash sync speed, it shouldn't be an issue. 
> should it?

In the US, any shutter speed 1/120th or faster is going to be an
issue. It's the flicker of the lights, not the shutter, that matter.

1/100th of a second in Europe.

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Re: Just a note to say it's cool

[Mat Maessen]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Cory Waters  wrote:
> http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech
>
> Somebody finally picked these items up for me this Christmas.
> Consequently, I'm enjoying some hot coco and the interwebz this Sunday
> morning sporting both items and enjoying Zoe Keeting's cello work.

I was thinking I needed another coffee cup or two. But I don't see the
PDML mug available there anymore. :-(

I am still using my Photoshop Hints mousepad. :-)

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Re: PESO 2012 - Manx GP - GDG

[Mat Maessen]

On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 2:53 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
>  http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6651471499/lightbox/

Hmmm, that looks like a mostly-stock Honda cbr600f3. Would have been
at least a couple of years old at that point. Privateer?

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Re: OT: Converting 3F (.fff) images to other RAW formats

[Mat Maessen]

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Jens  wrote:
> My qustion is: Does anyone know of an image converter that will convert 3F 
> files to other "normal" RAW formats, so that I can go on working with them i 
> Capture One, please?

Just a thought, maybe Adobe Camera Raw?

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Re: Well, wasn't that a nice surprise?

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 1:45 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> SMC Pentax-F, 80-200 f/4.7-5.6 !!

I've got the A version of that. It's not a bad little lens. Until I
got the DA 50-200, it was in my standard "small" carry kit with the
DS2.

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Re: Seek and ye shall find Takumars

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:28 AM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> I don't use the lens, so I really haven't tried to correct it. I've heard of 
> the UV light fix for fungus. Don't know if it will cure the yellowing.

It certainly worked for both of the 50/1.4 Super Taks that I have. I
put them on the windowsill of a south-facing window with the aperture
wide open and some tinfoil around the bottom of the lens. 3-4 weeks of
that and they were clear. If your window is one of the new-fangled
ones that blocks UV, you might have to make other arrangements,
though.

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Re: For those who still enjoy film/darkroom

[Mat Maessen]

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Matthew Hunt  wrote:
> If anyone ever adds a "Utilitarian-Whimsy" axis to the Myers Briggs
> personality test, we can use you as a reference standard.

MARK!

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Re: Mini PDML Boston

[Mat Maessen]

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> Matt Maessen just stopped by to take away my Epson 2200 printer. We
> passed a pleasant hour or so over a late lunch and beer discussing
> photography and talking about all the rest of you behind your backs.
>
> Just like Grandfather Mountain only without the sound of Dave Brooks'
> snoring in the background.

...and without the pitter-patter of rain on the roof of PDML west. :-)

Thank you for the beer and conversation, Mark! Printer is working
nicely here now.

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Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Toralf Lund  wrote:
> Hmmm... Perhaps the "ae" is pronounced almost like the "e", but leaning
> somewhat toward the Norwegian "æ"... (That would be the same "e" as in
> Sessoms, I guess.) Oh, and perhaps you swallow that "e" at least partly.

That's about as close to correct as you can get without actually saying it.

Kind of a "swallowed a", like when you're at the doctor's office, and
he tells you to say "A" while he pushes your tongue down with a
depressor. :-)

The Dutch have this odd obsession with double vowels... :-)

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Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:22 AM, John Sessoms  wrote:
>>> My sen? ?[My rhymes with "high"]?
>>> Dan Matyola
>> Nope.
> Mason ... rhymes with the jar you drink moonshine out of.

Nope. Though since enough people pronounce it that way, I don't bother
to correct them.

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Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> My sen?  [My rhymes with "high"]?
> Dan Matyola

Nope.

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Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

[Mat Maessen]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> We've got people from a wide range of cultures on this list, and there are a 
> lot of folks with names
> that I can only guess at the pronunciation.  Names which may be common in one 
> culture are pretty
> rare in Central California.

You get extra points if you can pronounce my last name properly, and
you're not from Holland, Belgium, or Germany. :-)

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Re: OT: best all-in-one PC?

[Mat Maessen]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Stan Halpin
 wrote:
> Just a thought - it is often feasible, and morally and legally correct, to 
> move software from an old
> computer to a new one. Second thought - much software comes packaged for 
> either a Windows or > Mac. So, mighten she have the option of an iMac and 
> then moving her software over? Alternatively, > she could use all of her old 
> Windows software on the iMac in emulation mode, gradually shift to
> Mac versions when it is time for upgrades.

Nothing says she can't boot Windows on the iMac. In fact, it's
supported from Apple. If you use Parallels, you can be running Windows
apps and Mac apps at the same time. Just don't be skimpy on the
memory.

And of the "all-in-one" computers out there, the only one I'd trust is the iMac.

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Re: Back on line

[Mat Maessen]

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Boris Liberman  wrote:
> How can this, Mark? I mean - you got Internet but no phone service? Isn't it
> the same company?

In the US, not necessarily so. And even when it is the same company,
the left hand doesn't always talk to the right hand...

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Re: OT: Stupid Google Maps

[Mat Maessen]

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:52 AM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> What I'm trying to do is plan the trip so I leave home, drive up to Front
> Royal & down Skyline Drive to one of the camping areas on the first day.
>
> From there I want to proceed south along Skyline drive to the Blue Ridge
> Parkway all the way down to the southern end, camping along the way.
>
> I want to select distances that only have me "driving" for 5-6 hours. That
> will leave plenty of time for stopping and dawdling along the way. But I
> also want to select distances that will put me in the vicinity of another
> NPS campground along the Parkway when I'm done driving for the day.
>
> And I'm trying to figure out how many days total to allow for the drive
> doing it in 5-6 hour increments. I want to use the drive time feature in
> Google to do all that for me instead of having to calculate it myself.

What I've done on my trips down (and I've done several so far), is to
keep a list of the campgrounds along the Blue Ridge Parkway. There is
a list somewhere on the web (Google again) with all of them, and their
milepost markings. I even printed it out in small print and put it in
the map pocket on my motorcycle.

>From there, it's simply a matter of figuring how many miles you're
doing in a day, and back-figure from there. From my recollection,
doing 8 hours or so a day of travel, I was able to get from
Harrisburg, PA to the Peaks of Otter (milepost 86) on the BRP in one
day. From there to GFM (milepost 305 off of the BRP) was about 5-6
hours or so without rushing. And from there to the end of the BRP was
about another 4-5 hours, again without rushing.

Speed limit on Skyline Drive is lower than the BRP, and they do patrol
it more. You're also more likely to get behind a slow-moving convoy of
large RVs, so plan accordingly. Also, if you can bypass the town of
Front Royal, you'll save a decent chunk of time. There's always a lot
of traffic going through the town, and it's stop-and-go with traffic
lights.

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Re: Arrived in NC

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:24 PM,   wrote:
> Chris, this is North Carolina: If I'd been driving with a camera in
> one hand and a gun in the other it probably would have been legal.

Maybe not North Carolina, but South Carolina would let you do that,
while driving through the drive-in window at the liquor store. :-)

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Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r & 645D

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:35 AM, William Robb
 wrote:
> Apparently, if you have an iPhone, it it almost constantly recording it's
> whereabouts (and generally it's owner's whereabouts) on an almost continuous
> basis.

Every smartphone that has a GPS in it does this. It's how the
applications on the phone know where you are.

> My understanding is that it also sends this information back to Apple
> periodically.

Incorrect.

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Re: Essential Kit

[Mat Maessen]

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> So I dont fret about it at all. Why waste the time and energy? Go make 
> pictures.

MARK!

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Re: Peso: Otter Lake

[Mat Maessen]

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Steven Desjardins  wrote:
> We have those hairpins everywhere near me.  The hardest part of the
> BRP is getting to to it.  I'm more worry about trying to get the bike
> to a campsite.  As I remember, it's all dirt once you pull off the
> main road.

The access road to the picnic area, where we camp, is gravel. Not
difficult at all, and I had no trouble at all pulling through and
finding a parking spot for a 600cc sportbike.

I think it was AnnSan who took a picture of my bike at GFM a couple of
years back?

-Mat

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Re: Peso: Otter Lake

[Mat Maessen]

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Steven Desjardins  wrote:
> My (rather obvious) thought is some year to ride the bike down to GFM
> entirely on the Parkway.  I'm trying to remember how hard it would be
> to wrestle that 750 lb Harley to a campsite on the Mountain.

Not too hard. Hardest part is the hairpin turns on the road going up
the mountain. Practice low-speed parking lot turns. :-)

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Re: Peso: Otter Lake

[Mat Maessen]

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 1:36 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> If memory serves Otter Lake is found in Virginia's section of the Blue Ridge
> Parkway.

Yes it is.

My usual stop-for-the-night point on the BRP on my way to Grandfather
Mountain is a little ways south of there, at the Peaks of Otter. Not
as spectacular as some of the North Carolina sections of the BRP, but
that stretch of road is very nice nonetheless.

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Re: GFM: I'm not going again

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:29 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
>> Who's going to constitute PDML Central now?
> Matt's bike.??

Nope, I'm missing it this year too. :-(

Funny thing, I'm going to Canada the weekend before instead...

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Re: Traveling time

[Mat Maessen]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> Today is the last leg into Mississippi. I'm booked on a train to
> Chicago, then NY, starting Thursday. It's been *quite* the journey.
> Louise put up yesterday in a blog post ...

Lake Shore Limited?

Give a wave as you travel the tracks between Schenectady and Albany. I
live about a quarter mile from them. :-)

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Re: A graphic demonstration...

[Mat Maessen]

On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> When your car and your motorcycle both have roughly the same
> horsepower, getting on the bike for the first time in several months
> makes for a profound demonstration of the concept of "power-to-weight
> ratio".

It's been a long winter. :-)

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Re: GFM 2011

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Theodore Beilby  wrote:
> OK, so I got my registration in for this years GFM Nature Photography Weekend.
> Who else? Hope somebody is going to come.

Not in the cards this year. :-(

Sad to be missing it.

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Re: OT: PhotoShop and memory recognition on a Mac

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> I upgraded the memory on my iMac 27 to 12 gigs. I did it mainly to get more 
> memory for
> PhotoShop for things like noise reduction, which can be poky, due (I think) 
> to scratch disk
> involvement. The computer reports 12 meg of memory and says its okay, but 
> PhotoShop still
> sees only 4 megs -- what I had before. Do I have to reinstall PhotoShop to 
> get it to see the
> new memory? I've tried restarting both computer and PhotoShop to no avail.

If the version of Photoshop you're running is 32-bit (CS3 and older),
4 gigs of RAM is all it can use.

Also, if you're still running CS2 or CS1, it's running those in
emulation mode (Rosetta), which is another source of slowness.

The solution to both problems? Throw money at an upgrade...

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Re: FS: A lenses

[Mat Maessen]

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Eric Weir  wrote:
> Same here. I've kinda got my mind set on the 1.4 A50, otherwise I would be 
> tempted by the
> 1.7.

I have both, and honestly the 1.4 isn't better enough than the 1.7 to
really justify the price difference. They both work very well on my
DS2, and I'm sure they'd work well on something newer too.

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Re: K-R arrived this afternoon

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Jeffery Johnson
 wrote:
> On a different note how do I post correctly to the mail list. If I attempt
> to send a message directly it never gets posted but if I reply to a message
> it will post to the list. Basically the only way I have been able to send an
> original message is to reply to a message, edit the subject line and then
> add my message.

Make sure you are not trying to send HTML email. Text only to the list.

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Re: Question about Metz 45CL4 (analog one, not the recent digital version) and SCA adapters

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Thibouille  wrote:
> The question is: would there be a significant difference when using it
> with SCA adaters between 372 and 3702 adapters?
> AFAIK current Pentax DSLRs still support the old analog signaling
> although plain TTL isn't supported anymore.
> In that case, IMO, 3702 would add exactly nothing. But I'm not sure so...

The SCA 3000 series adapter that you slide the 3702 into will give you
a focusing light (LED) for low-light autofocusing. SFAIK, the SCA 300
series adapters don't have that.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong about that.

I've got a 45CT4, a 3000 series adapter, and a 3701 module to go into
it. It was a little bit flaky on my DS2. Hopefully the 3702 fixed
that.

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Re: OT Screen brightness or print problem

[Mat Maessen]

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> You should be able to get a free upgrade to the latest software for
> the Spyder I. Check the ColorVision web site.

As a data point, I have a Spyder I, and the software does work on my
dual G5 running OS 10.5. It does a decent job of calibrating my
screen. Maybe something newer would work better, but I'd rather not
throw money at that problem for a while. A new computer is a much
bigger priority.

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Re: Hockey photography

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Elizabeth Masoner
 wrote:
> Living in the deep south of the US (Alabama) I rarely get to photograph
> hockey games.  Anyone have any tips for shooting location around the rink?
> It's a small arena and general admission so I'll be able to move around a
> bit.

A couple of the ice rinks I've been to have small "portholes" in the
glass near the ends of the ice, off on the side. Gives a clear shot at
the goal. Often there are pro photographers monopolizing those
portholes. Otherwise, your best bet is probably a long zoom up in the
stands. At smaller arenas, they may allow photographers to stand up
along the rails at the base of the seating area, but that really
depends on the individual arena.

White balance can be an issue in the arena, what with a
not-quite-white ice under mercury vapor lighting. The few times I've
done it, I've shot raw, and white-balanced off of the white in the
uniform of the team. Luckily the colors of the team I watch most often
are "cherry and snow."

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Re: Top Gear - GFM ?

[Mat Maessen]

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Cory Waters  wrote:
> That Merc sounds positively evil in a way that makes me want to take up a
> life of crime to get one.

Just don't try to find a set of rear tires for it in rural North Carolina... :-)

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Re: OT: Firewire 400/800 compatibility

[Mat Maessen]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Paul Stenquist
 wrote:
> My iMac 27 has only a firewire 800 port, and I still have some firewire 400 
> devices. Can they be
> plugged into the firewire 800 port? If so, I would guess that cables that 
> accomplish this are
>  available? Any info on this is most appreciated.

Yes, your FW400 devices will work off of a FW800 port.

See http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10301
for examples of cables. What you want is a 9 pin to 6 pin or a 9 pin
to 4 pin cable, depending on what type of device you're connecting.

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Re: laptop recommendation

[Mat Maessen]

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Kenton Brede  wrote:
> I would like to purchase a mac since it's unix based, but I need a
> more compelling reason than that to justify spending the extra money.

Time Machine.

Easiest way to back up/restore files that I've come across.

Not having to run an antivirus/spyware program.

If you're familiar with unix-like OSes, the security model and the
underlying workings of the OS will be familiar. And you can open up a
shell prompt if you want/need to.

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Re: Anyone been to the Isle of Man?

[Mat Maessen]

On 11/25/10, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> Lisa and I are doing a trip to Ireland with some friends next summer
> and we have a few extra days to ourselves. We've decided we're
> interested in visiting the Isle of Man (early June: not TT week!)
>
> Anyone got any suggestions/comments/recommendations?

Put me in your suitcase? I can fold up pretty small...

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Re: What's the advantage of DNG?

[Mat Maessen]

On 11/24/10, P. J. Alling  wrote:
> You should invest in a good set of rechargeable NiHMs or buy disposable
> Lithiums,  .

I've been using the Energizer Lithiums in my DS2 for a couple of years
now. They last a long time, work better at cold temps than
rechargeables or alkalines, and a set of four is significantly lighter
than NiMH or alkalines, making the camera itself lighter in my hand.

Only downside is that the battery indicator will go from "full" to
"flat" very quickly. I always keep a spare set in my camera bag
because of this.

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Re: What's the advantage of DNG?

[Mat Maessen]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Eric Weir  wrote:
> How many raw-formatted images on a 4Gb memory card?

On my DS2, I get 188 raw images per 2GB card.

So I'll go out on a limb, and say 376 images on a 4GB.

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Re: Darn techno advancements

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:45 PM, paul stenquist  wrote:
> To keep the cinema display as a second monitor you'll have to buy the adapter 
> from Apple. I think it was about
> $100. It's not just a cable. it's a box that has to be connected to a 110 
> outlet.

You sure? My monitor already has an AC adapter, and it's a standard
DVI connector. I should just be able to use a DVI adapter, no?

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Re: Darn techno advancements

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> The performance and increase in functionality/capability across the
> board, for Lightroom 3 and everything else, is definitely worth the
> price of upgrading to new hardware.

This much I know. I've got a C2D iMac (second generation) on my desk at work.

At home, I've been trying to milk as much life as I can out of my
dual-G5 tower. The tipping point is rapidly being approached. On the
plus side, I can keep my 23" cinema display as a second monitor.

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Re: Darn techno advancements

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:53 PM, David J Brooks  wrote:
> Staples has the Office dot mac for sale at $128 for the student and
> home version.
>
> Needs an intel processor and OS 10.5

Lightroom 3 requires those things too. I've been putting off an
upgrade because of that.

I suppose eventually I'll have to spend the money on it.

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Re: Film for landscape and for portraits

[Mat Maessen]

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Jens  wrote:
> I have just ordered 10 roll og slidefilm for my "new" 67.
> I've read that Fuji Astia is specially good for skin tones.
> Will it do well for landscapes as well?

Back when I was shooting slide film, I liked Provia 100F for
non-portrait shots. Decent color saturation and contrast, and it scans
well.

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Re: The K-5 vs K-x vs K-7

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Jeffery Smith  wrote:
> My Mac seems to struggle (run very slowly) with Lightroom and Aperture, so 
> I've sort of avoided them until a
> get a screamer of a new computer. I give Topaz a run for the money this 
> weekend when I edit 400-some
> shots.

How much memory do you have in it?

That may be all you need to make it run quite a bit faster. Cheaper
than a new computer.

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Re: DXO and light loss with fast lenses

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:55 AM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> First you want honesty in advertising? What next? Honesty in politics? 
> Politeness on mailing lists? A Pentax
> with decent autofocus?

MARK!

-Mat

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Re: Playing with the 645D and How i didn't get a K5

[Mat Maessen]

On 10/22/10, Steven Desjardins  wrote:
> Don't laugh.  I didn't realize it was a typo until I read this email.
>
>
> " Mark! This is taking lens buying lust to a new extreme.
>
>> On Oct 22, 2010, at 8:36 AM, William Robb wrote:
>>
>>> I got to lay with the new 55mm AF lens . . ."
>
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Re: PESO - Caption Contest 2 !

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11585868&size=lg

Fashion Faux Pas.

Or, "Why did I wear the black and white dress today?"

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Re: I'm out

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Doug Brewer  wrote:
> Off to GFM, kids.
>
> If I survive, I'll see you later.

Did you remember your cleft sticks?

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Re: Old lens back in use

[Mat Maessen]

On 8/2/10, John Francis  wrote:
>  Oh, I know.  In those days I was working in Reading, on the top floors of
>  the Butts centre.  That's right underneath the flight path from Heathrow
>  if, as was customary, take-off was to the west.  So we used to hear the
>  Concorde with the engines set on full after-take-off climb.  There was no
>  mistaking it for anything else.  After a while it was so ingrained in our
>  consciousness that we noticed it more if it didn't happen.

My grandparents lived in Reading at the time of the Concord as well.

My grandmother would reflexively go to her china cabinet whenever the
Concord flew over, and check on her plates and spoons. Guaranteed at
least one of them would be shifted just from the noise and vibration.

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Re: Interesting observation deleting files from CF cards

[Mat Maessen]

On 7/31/10, David J Brooks  wrote:
>  The other day i transferred some photos from the iBook and dragged the
>  files on the CF card to the trash. When i loaded the card at Shoppers,
>  those old files were still on the card along with my new files for
>  printing.

Did you eject the card from the mac, or did you just pop it out of the
reader? It's possible it didn't write the changes to the card if you
just popped it out, especially if you hadn't emptied the trash.

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Re: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX

[Mat Maessen]

On 7/9/10, Paul Ewins  wrote:
> Christine,
> I used some of the C41 B&W film way back and found that when 
> it was printed
> on regular colour paper the contrast was way too high. I could take the same 
> neg and
> print it myself on B&W paper and it would be just fine. In the end I just 
> regarded the prints
> from the processor as fist run proofs for weeding out the obvious mistakes.


ISTR Kodak produces (produced?) two different varieties of C41 B&W film.

One variety was designed to be printed on standard B&W paper. So the
negatives had the correct tonal range for that.

The other variety was designed to be printed using a standard color
printer. So the negatives had the correct (compressed) tonal range for
that.

Maybe that accounts for the differences?

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Re: OT New York border like 4.5 miles ?

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> Zab was driving back to her mom's on I287 N through New Jersey today and saw 
> what she thought was
> a sign that said "New York Border like 4.5 miles".  Is there anyone from the 
>area that could confirm, or
> explain what she saw?

I grew up 2 blocks from I287, in Parsippany.

I don't remember that exact wording, but there are a couple of signs
along that stretch of road with distance to the NY border marked.

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Re: FS Friday - simple no-name ball head

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Mat Maessen  wrote:
>> $25 including shipping within the U.S. Contact me off-list if interested
>
> Stan,

Sorry about that folks. Replying off-list...

-Mat

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Re: FS Friday - simple no-name ball head

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Stan Halpin
 wrote:
> Long story short - I had ordered a ball head from Hong Kong via eBay for use 
> on my monopod. Communication problems and shipping delays
> meant that it didn't get here before my trip to Costa Rica. I bought this one 
> as an alternative. I have since received the original which has a
> Arca-mount on the top, more suitable for my use. So this one goes . . .
>
...
> $25 including shipping within the U.S. Contact me off-list if interested

Stan,

I'll take it. How do you want to arrange payment?

-Mat

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Re: OT: GFM - who is attending this year

[Mat Maessen]

On 5/27/10, Bob Sullivan  wrote:
>  Anybody else get tickets and planning to attend?

I'll be there. Different motorcycle this time around. Same old camera.

-Mat

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Re: Totally OT Z

[Mat Maessen]

On 4/18/10, David J Brooks  wrote:
> I did not want to say anything, in case i failed the test.but i did
>  not, so , i now have my Z endorsement, and now have a leverage in case
>  the new" company" does not come through.

I'm sure Z will be happy to hear that. :-)

-Mat (who has an M endorsement, but no Z)

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Re: OT, for the audiophiles

[Mat Maessen]

On 4/2/10, John Sessoms  wrote:
>  Doesn't go to 11.

Actually it does. Complete with spinal-tap taper pots.

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Re: OT, for the audiophiles

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> Right up there with the circular sensor:
> The Rane Psuedoacoustic Infector
> http://www.rane.com/pi14.html

Wow, this is an old one.

They included this in their old paper catalogs back in the early-90's.

"Independent Power and Glory switches."

-Mat (who could use a full-function ecstasy generator)

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Re: The advantages of employment

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> Or SX-70's. Good /gawd/, man! You just let that opportunity slip away.

Not too late.

I have two SX-70's.
I'd trade them for a D700. :-)

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Re: OT: PESO Sami in Karate class and a few other Things that probably interest no one in the world but me...

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Sandra Hermann
 wrote:
> Not Nearly what I had before my ex pawned them for sex/drugs and didn't 
> bother to tell me so I could get them back.   I
> have a 20mm 2.8 I believe.  my 100 mmm macro which is 2.8 also.  Two 50mm 
> lens. One of which is a newer one that
> is 2.82 I believe and the other one says 1.7 on it.   and the 100-300 4.5 
> (the camera store lady actually laughed at that
> lens the other day said it wasn't a Pentax lens it was to big.) and the lens 
> that came on my pz70 when I bought it.  I am
> sure it is nothing special.

The 50/1.7 you mentioned will do nicely.

And the lens you have is less expensive than the lens you don't have. :-)

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Re: Manual Focus 28

[Mat Maessen]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Bob Sullivan  wrote:
> The M28/2.8 is soft and prone to sticky aperture blades.  I have no

There are actually two versions of the M28/2.8.

I suspect you're referring to the "old" version.
The "new" version is mechanically and optically identical to the
A28/2.8. Only difference is the focus ring and the presence/absence of
contacts on the lens mount.

There was also a "Takumar Bayonet 28/2.8" which is the same as the
later M/A referenced above but without contacts or SMC coating on the
glass. I have one, and it's a decent lens, but flare-prone. I also
have an A28/2.8 which is very nice on the DS2.

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Re: PESO: Wild Oats

[Mat Maessen]

On 3/17/10, paul stenquist  wrote:
>  Do you have a name? We generally have names here -- most of us have nothing 
> to
> hide. And those of us who do have something to hide, like Cotty and Frank, 
> have
> already been exposed:-). Of course a name is optional. But somehow a real 
> honest to
> gosh name seems to make it all a bit more friendly.

I've known Z for 17 years now, and I can assure you he is a real
person. And everyone really does call him Z. It's easier than trying
to spell his last name. :-)

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Re: OT - Congrats, Tim!

[Mat Maessen]

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=6043&tag=nl.e539

Congratulations Tim!

Interestingly, my older brother is making exactly the same corporate
jump, from Sun Labs to Google. I'm pretty sure he's not going to be
working on the Android though.

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Re: Has anybody used MacCloud?

[Mat Maessen]

On 3/10/10, Christine  Aguila  wrote:
> > Subject: Has anybody used MacCloud?
>  No, but I saw him on his horse galloping down some street in New York a
> while back.  :-)  Cheers, Christine

Did you lose your head over him?

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Re: OT: L'internet '69

[Mat Maessen]

On 3/4/10, Bob W  wrote:
> I've seen the future, and it was in French:
>
>  

Apparently it also has a soundtrack written by Pink Floyd...

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Re: Boston PDML Thursday?

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Sam Longley  wrote:
> Matt, what've you got for a camera setup?

I've got a dozen or so Pentax film bodies lurking in a cabinet. For
digital I have an *istDS2, but with my tax refund, that K-x is looking
pretty tempting...

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Re: Boston PDML Thursday?

[Mat Maessen]

On 3/3/10, Larry Colen  wrote:
>  Wow! DoD is still around?

Would you like the FAQ? ;-)

-Mat

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Re: Boston PDML Thursday?

[Mat Maessen]

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Sam Longley  wrote:
> *de-lurks*
...
> I'm a brand new K-x guy (shot with a K1000 20 years ago).  Just
> getting back into the obsession, er I mean, hobby.

Holy cross-mojination, batman!

Sam, be sure to bring up NeDoD with Mark. He's biker scum too. :-)

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Re: Congratulations!

[Mat Maessen]

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Steven Desjardins  wrote:
> I wonder when this will appear on Speed.  I'm not a big fan of
> motocross and that's all we have now.

It was on Speed last night. My Tivo recorded both races.

I'm sure they'll be rebroadcast later in the week.

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Re: Testing

[Mat Maessen]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:42 PM,   wrote:
>>D, E, F, 10.
> 10001, 10010, 10011

15, 16, 17, 20, 21...

-Mat

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Re: lightroom configuration for costco prints

[Mat Maessen]

On 2/9/10, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
> My experience with Epson printers is that I can get excellent results
>  with as low as ~180 ppi for large prints, and that resolution
>  improvement stops at 360 ppi. Other printers ... may be different.
>
>  Size the file such that the output sizing you want falls between 180
>  and 360 ppi, if you want to fix a resolution. 300 ppi is a good
>  target, but if it falls within this range without resampling, I'd just
>  hand them a full resolution file and let them do the sizing for you.

I'd recommend sticking with either 180 or 360 ppi if printing to an
Epson printer. Every time I've tried a resolution that wasn't a
multiple of 180, I've gotten jagged artifacts in the output from the
resampling. The "native" resolution of the Epson inkjets is the factor
here. Photoshop/Lightroom seem to do a much better job with the
resampling/resizing than the Epson print drivers do.

The photo-based professional printers seem to have native resolutions
of either 300 or 400 DPI, depending on the exact model. I'm sure
someone else can shed more light on the process for them.

-Mat

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Re: OT A ??? for the bike crowd

[Mat Maessen]

On 1/24/10, Drew  wrote:
>  In that case you could always try the old technique...   use two or three
> table spoon handles (the old rounded style) as tyre levers.  My mum used to
> half kill me when I 'borrowed' her spoons to change the tyres on my Grifter.

I used to steal allen wrenches from my father's toolbox when I did tire changes.

My mother used to have a similar-vintage 3-speed Raleigh when I was
growing up. I wonder what happened to that bike...

-Mat

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Re: SRGB - profiles for the book

[Mat Maessen]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:15 PM, David J Brooks  wrote:
> My work flow was, to adjust the photo, crop etc in Adobe 98 space,
> then when i was done that, go to the edit menu(i think that's it) and
> convert the colour space to srgb. It was noticeable right away.,

At the "convert colour space to sRGB" step, there are options as to
how it gets done. I don't have Photoshop in front of me right now
unfortunately, to tell you exactly what/how. :-(

-Mat

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Re: SRGB - profiles for the book

[Mat Maessen]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 10:16 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
> Before i bought LR if i did the srgb conversion in PS2 at the end it
> seemed to make the image flat and dull.
> I set srgb right off the bat in PS, but in LR it is saved as srgb when
> i export and it looks fine.

When you do the sRGB conversion in Photoshop, you have several options
as to how it does the conversion. It pays to do a preview with each
one and see which one affects the image the least offensively.

I'm not sure what algorithm Lightroom uses for the conversion, but it
should match one of the ones that Photoshop uses.

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Re: Wide angle for K-X?

[Mat Maessen]

On 1/1/10, Sandy Harris  wrote:
>  price. The Pentax 21/3.2 Limited and Sigma 24/1.8 are obvious
>  possibilities; either might suit but I'm not sure either is ideal for
>  me.

Price aside, the 21/3.2 limited is a very nice little lens. It's on my
list, once some money is freed up in the budget.

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Re: Naming a HD with the mac

[Mat Maessen]

On 12/27/09, William Robb  wrote:
>  Yes, but you have to name it "iDrive"

Only if you buy a BMW at the same time.

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Re: OT: Need recommendation for computer video card

[Mat Maessen]

On 12/25/09, Cotty  wrote:
> BTW Matt, did you see the shot of you in this video?
>
>  Yes that's you stood photographing the tonal gradation of the ridges,
>  penultimate shot.
>
>  

I missed that the first time around, but excellent video!

-Mat

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Re: Christian let you all down but I won't!

[Mat Maessen]

On 12/25/09, Mark Roberts  wrote:
>  Or at least a damn good shag.

I'm fresh out of carpet pictures this Christmas.

But a merry one, nonetheless!

-Mat

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Re: OT: Need recommendation for computer video card

[Mat Maessen]

On 12/25/09, Cotty  wrote:
> I have *just* upgraded from 10.4.11 to 10.5.8. When did Leopard come out?

My laptop is upgraded, haven't done the desktop yet.

The older I get, the more I value stability in my computers.

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Re: OT: Need recommendation for computer video card

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Stan Halpin
 wrote:
> And many other examples from across the printer universe.
> Some aspect(s) of the change to a 64-bit system apparently blew many/most
> existing print drivers away. And for companies like Epson, Canon, and HP
> with a huge long list of printer models, a one year advance notice from
> Apple apparently wasn't enough time. Or they didn't care.

I had an Epson printer driver for Windows XP that hosed my system to
the point that I needed to reinstall to get printing to work at all. I
still haven't seen anything that bad in the OS X world.

-Mat

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Re: OT: Need recommendation for computer video card

[Mat Maessen]

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 4:05 PM, William Robb  wrote:
> You probably won't either. One of the few advantages of Mac's is that the
> virus writers mostly leave you guys alone.

This whole thread reminded me of one of the other advantages of Macs.

I have never had to deal with a malfunctioning device driver. No pain,
it just works.

-Mat

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Re: OT: Need recommendation for computer video card

[Mat Maessen]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Mark Roberts  wrote:
>>Tiger Direct.
> I dealt with them once. They spammed me for months. They'll never see
> another penny of my money.

NewEgg.

-Mat

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Re: OT: Need recommendation for computer video card

[Mat Maessen]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> I want to set my computer up for dual monitors so it's time to upgrade
> my video card. I'm looking for one with dual DVI outputs and that can
> support two decent-sized monitors (a 24" widescreen and a 21"
> widescreen).

Almost anything at this point will do that. You may need a breakout
cable to get the dual-DVI out of a single port on the card.

The big decision is ATI or NVidia for the chipset. There are people
who are religious about that war...

-Mat

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Re: Cat photo :(

[Mat Maessen]

On 12/2/09, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/

So sorry, Mark. :-(

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Re: Anyone want a really old ZIP drive for free?

[Mat Maessen]

On 12/2/09, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> The Zip drive is now spoken for. It want very quickly, as befits its
>  name (if not its performance).

My condolences to the new owner. :-)

-Mat

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Re: OT PC Surgery

[Mat Maessen]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 4:41 PM, P N Stenquist  wrote:
> The mouse on my iMac is actually a four button version with a scroll ball.
> My macbook has a "smart" finger pad that enables things like zoom simply by
> manipulating the pad. However, I still prefer a one-button mouse and usually
> turn everything else off. I'm no expert, but I think some of what requires a
> right click and menu choice on a PC can be done with a drag and drop on a
> Mac.

On top of that, any USB mouse that works on a PC will work on a mac.

I've got a Logitech Cordless on mine at home, and an old Dell on the
mac here at work.

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