Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-09 Thread mike wilson
_Much_ better than the previously posted stuff.  Now I'm intrigued.
 
 From: Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: 2006/11/09 Thu AM 06:42:39 GMT
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 Ryan Brooks wrote:
  Just picked up the M8.  First impressions (pictures will have to wait 
  until tomorrow):

 First test pics here:
 
 www.hack.net/m8
 
 
 
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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-09 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Here are some samples that my friend made lately during test for  
Fotopolis photo portal. ISO 2500 looks pretty bad, worse than iso1600  
in K10D. And last but not least - you have to change ISO and WB via  
menu a'la Pentax - can't be, Leica is PRO camera ;-) And sorry, but  
sample images are in Polish :-)

On 08.11.2006, at 02:08 , Shel Belinkoff wrote:

 Tina Manley put up a dozen or so pics she made with an M8,  
 including a bug
 close-up made with a 90mm lens.  Many of the pics were @ 2500 ISO  
 and they
 looked pretty good.  Unfortunately, I don't have the URL's for them  
 here
 ... but I believe you can find her messages and the URL's here:
 http://www.freelists.org/archives/leica/11-2006/

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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-09 Thread mike wilson
The URL looks to be in Invisible, rather than Polish.
 
 From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: 2006/11/09 Thu PM 12:57:11 GMT
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 Subject: Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled
 
 Here are some samples that my friend made lately during test for  
 Fotopolis photo portal. ISO 2500 looks pretty bad, worse than iso1600  
 in K10D. And last but not least - you have to change ISO and WB via  
 menu a'la Pentax - can't be, Leica is PRO camera ;-) And sorry, but  
 sample images are in Polish :-)
 
 On 08.11.2006, at 02:08 , Shel Belinkoff wrote:
 
  Tina Manley put up a dozen or so pics she made with an M8,  
  including a bug
  close-up made with a 90mm lens.  Many of the pics were @ 2500 ISO  
  and they
  looked pretty good.  Unfortunately, I don't have the URL's for them  
  here
  ... but I believe you can find her messages and the URL's here:
  http://www.freelists.org/archives/leica/11-2006/
 
 Cheers,
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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-09 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
That's typical for Polish - be invisible ;-) Thanks Mike, here is the  
link:
http://www.fotopolis.pl/index.php?n=5059

On 09.11.2006, at 14:34 , mike wilson wrote:

 The URL looks to be in Invisible, rather than Polish.

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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-08 Thread mike wilson

 
 From: Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: 2006/11/08 Wed AM 06:15:25 GMT
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 I'm subscribed to the Laica list, so I've seen those already. Pretty
 good noise-wise, the conversions looked like she doesn't have too much
 experience with.
 
 j

I thought it was just the grotty work monitor (or maybe me) but I agree 
about the presentation.  I'm not entirely sure it's due to the conversion, 
though.  The first shot seems not to be focused on anything.  Funny patterns in 
the t-shirt.  Nothing in the boat shot seems to be in focus.  Interesting 
effect from the highlight in the scary family pic.  I'm not impressed.

 
 On 11/7/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Tina Manley put up a dozen or so pics she made with an M8, including a bug
  close-up made with a 90mm lens.  Many of the pics were @ 2500 ISO and they
  looked pretty good.  Unfortunately, I don't have the URL's for them here
  ... but I believe you can find her messages and the URL's here:
  http://www.freelists.org/archives/leica/11-2006/
 
  Shel
 
 
 
   [Original Message]
   From: Juan Buhler
 
 
   Look forward to seeing some pictures from your M8!
 
 
 
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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-08 Thread Ryan Brooks
Ryan Brooks wrote:
 Just picked up the M8.  First impressions (pictures will have to wait 
 until tomorrow):
   
First test pics here:

www.hack.net/m8



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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Ryan Brooks
Just picked up the M8.  First impressions (pictures will have to wait 
until tomorrow):

- Really solid.

- Very nice user interface (mechanical and software)... especially the 
menus.  Super easy to navigate and work with; everything is very obvious.

- Lowest ISO is 160 (1/8000th top shutter speed)

- Highest ISO is 2500.

- It's built very, very well- but you can tell that the soul has 
changed.  When you take the bottom off, it's a digi-cam- no doubt about it.

- Even the LCD has a very high quality anti-reflective coating- looks 
like the front of a multicoated lens


Things to get used to:

- Shutter button feels weird to me.  It's just different from the M7...  
there are three steps now.

- The top of the camera looks empty without the cocking lever.

- The Self-timer/C/S/OFF selection switch is too easy to turn IMHO.  And 
they should have put single shot all the way on one end instead of the 
middle of the stroke.  (if you just slide it all the way on w/o looking, 
you get self-timer... you should get single shot IMHO).

- With the 1.33x crop, the framelines are different and my brain doesn't 
recognize them.  Maybe this is because I'm used to the .8x finder.

- Seems slightly fatter and heavier than the M7.

- Motor whirring sound after the shot.


-Ryan

Gonz wrote:
 Its real, or so it would seem, since its now up on DPreview.

 rg


 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
 On 9/14/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 
 while we're having a love fest on the K10D
 another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation)

   http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html

 I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few moments ago ... ;-)

   
 I'll drool anyway.

 Even if it's real, I could never afford it, so ontological verity is
 somewhat moot.  g

 -frank

 

   


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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Paul Stenquist

On Nov 7, 2006, at 6:16 PM, Ryan Brooks wrote:

 Just picked up the M8.  First impressions (pictures will have to wait
 until tomorrow):


 - It's built very, very well- but you can tell that the soul has
 changed.  When you take the bottom off, it's a digi-cam- no doubt  
 about it.

I would hope so. If I took off the bottom plate, and it was a film  
camera, I would want my money back.


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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Juan Buhler
Yes, but, how fast is the AF?  :)

Good for you Ryan. I've decided to start an M8 fund, so now all the
money coming from print or book sales will go towards an M8 and (used)
35mm Summicron. Hopefully, I'll get one before the M9 comes out.

Look forward to seeing some pictures from your M8!

j


On 11/7/06, Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Just picked up the M8.  First impressions (pictures will have to wait
 until tomorrow):

 - Really solid.

 - Very nice user interface (mechanical and software)... especially the
 menus.  Super easy to navigate and work with; everything is very obvious.

 - Lowest ISO is 160 (1/8000th top shutter speed)

 - Highest ISO is 2500.

 - It's built very, very well- but you can tell that the soul has
 changed.  When you take the bottom off, it's a digi-cam- no doubt about it.

 - Even the LCD has a very high quality anti-reflective coating- looks
 like the front of a multicoated lens


 Things to get used to:

 - Shutter button feels weird to me.  It's just different from the M7...
 there are three steps now.

 - The top of the camera looks empty without the cocking lever.

 - The Self-timer/C/S/OFF selection switch is too easy to turn IMHO.  And
 they should have put single shot all the way on one end instead of the
 middle of the stroke.  (if you just slide it all the way on w/o looking,
 you get self-timer... you should get single shot IMHO).

 - With the 1.33x crop, the framelines are different and my brain doesn't
 recognize them.  Maybe this is because I'm used to the .8x finder.

 - Seems slightly fatter and heavier than the M7.

 - Motor whirring sound after the shot.


 -Ryan

 Gonz wrote:
  Its real, or so it would seem, since its now up on DPreview.
 
  rg
 
 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  On 9/14/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
  while we're having a love fest on the K10D
  another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation)
 
http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html
 
  I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few moments ago ... ;-)
 
 
  I'll drool anyway.
 
  Even if it's real, I could never afford it, so ontological verity is
  somewhat moot.  g
 
  -frank
 
 
 
 


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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
Seriously, I would like to have one myself. It could be in the  
future. I'd love to see what kind of images my Summicron 50/2  
produces on a digital sensor. An interesting thought.
Paul
On Nov 7, 2006, at 6:43 PM, Juan Buhler wrote:

 Yes, but, how fast is the AF?  :)

 Good for you Ryan. I've decided to start an M8 fund, so now all the
 money coming from print or book sales will go towards an M8 and (used)
 35mm Summicron. Hopefully, I'll get one before the M9 comes out.

 Look forward to seeing some pictures from your M8!

 j


 On 11/7/06, Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Just picked up the M8.  First impressions (pictures will have to wait
 until tomorrow):

 - Really solid.

 - Very nice user interface (mechanical and software)... especially  
 the
 menus.  Super easy to navigate and work with; everything is very  
 obvious.

 - Lowest ISO is 160 (1/8000th top shutter speed)

 - Highest ISO is 2500.

 - It's built very, very well- but you can tell that the soul has
 changed.  When you take the bottom off, it's a digi-cam- no doubt  
 about it.

 - Even the LCD has a very high quality anti-reflective coating- looks
 like the front of a multicoated lens


 Things to get used to:

 - Shutter button feels weird to me.  It's just different from the  
 M7...
 there are three steps now.

 - The top of the camera looks empty without the cocking lever.

 - The Self-timer/C/S/OFF selection switch is too easy to turn  
 IMHO.  And
 they should have put single shot all the way on one end instead of  
 the
 middle of the stroke.  (if you just slide it all the way on w/o  
 looking,
 you get self-timer... you should get single shot IMHO).

 - With the 1.33x crop, the framelines are different and my brain  
 doesn't
 recognize them.  Maybe this is because I'm used to the .8x finder.

 - Seems slightly fatter and heavier than the M7.

 - Motor whirring sound after the shot.


 -Ryan

 Gonz wrote:
 Its real, or so it would seem, since its now up on DPreview.

 rg


 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On 9/14/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 while we're having a love fest on the K10D
 another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation)

   http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html

 I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few moments  
 ago ... ;-)


 I'll drool anyway.

 Even if it's real, I could never afford it, so ontological  
 verity is
 somewhat moot.  g

 -frank






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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Tina Manley put up a dozen or so pics she made with an M8, including a bug
close-up made with a 90mm lens.  Many of the pics were @ 2500 ISO and they
looked pretty good.  Unfortunately, I don't have the URL's for them here
... but I believe you can find her messages and the URL's here: 
http://www.freelists.org/archives/leica/11-2006/

Shel



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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Amita Guha
This is a leak? This camera is no secret - I saw one on Saturday, as
I'd planned to in advance. :)

Amita

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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Yes, I'd love to have one too. But since I no longer own any Leica M  
lenses, and the body is sooo expensive, I'll just wait for a 645D to  
appear. I'm more inclined to spend that kind of dosh on a BIG sensor,  
not them little piddly things that Canon calls full frame.

]'-)

Godfrey

On Nov 7, 2006, at 4:03 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

 Seriously, I would like to have one myself. It could be in the
 future. I'd love to see what kind of images my Summicron 50/2
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Re: Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Juan Buhler
I'm subscribed to the Laica list, so I've seen those already. Pretty
good noise-wise, the conversions looked like she doesn't have too much
experience with.

j

On 11/7/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Tina Manley put up a dozen or so pics she made with an M8, including a bug
 close-up made with a 90mm lens.  Many of the pics were @ 2500 ISO and they
 looked pretty good.  Unfortunately, I don't have the URL's for them here
 ... but I believe you can find her messages and the URL's here:
 http://www.freelists.org/archives/leica/11-2006/

 Shel



  [Original Message]
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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-11-07 Thread Cotty
On 7/11/06, Ryan Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed:

- Even the LCD has a very high quality anti-reflective coating- looks 
like the front of a multicoated lens

The exposed screen would be a show-stopper for me. Some way of covering
it up with a solid panel would seem mandatory IMO. A reversible affair
would be okay, like the Canon G series, and Pentax 750

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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-15 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 15/09/06, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Its real, or so it would seem, since its now up on DPreview.

Spec page is interesting:

• 27 x 18 mm CCD sensor (by Kodak)
• 10.3 million effective pixels
• 6.8 x 6.8 µm pixel pitch
• RGB Color Filter Array
• Offset microlenses near frame corners
• No anti-alias filter (low pass filter)
• 1.33x FOV crop

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/leicam8/page2.asp

So I guess the sensor microlenses have been offset in a compromise
between the very acute angles of incidence experienced using
symmetrical WA lenses vs the short teles. It will be interesting to
see how it fares against the Epson RD-1 using the same lenses given
the larger frame size.

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OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
while we're having a love fest on the K10D
another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation)

   http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html

I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few moments ago ... ;-)

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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-14 Thread Brendan MacRae


--- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 while we're having a love fest on the K10D
 another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good
 translation)
 
   

http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html
 
 I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few
 moments ago ... ;-)
 
 Godfrey
 

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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-14 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 14/09/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 while we're having a love fest on the K10D
 another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation)

http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html

 I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few moments ago ... ;-)

More info:

http://www.nemeng.com/leica/004f.shtml

It's a bit of a little piggy compared to a regular M.

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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-14 Thread P. J. Alling
Ooh expensive, but then it's a Leica.

Digital Image Studio wrote:

On 14/09/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  

while we're having a love fest on the K10D
another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation)

   http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html

I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few moments ago ... ;-)



More info:

http://www.nemeng.com/leica/004f.shtml

It's a bit of a little piggy compared to a regular M.

  



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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-14 Thread frank theriault
On 9/14/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 while we're having a love fest on the K10D
 another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation)

http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html

 I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few moments ago ... ;-)


I'll drool anyway.

Even if it's real, I could never afford it, so ontological verity is
somewhat moot.  g

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Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled

2006-09-14 Thread Gonz
Its real, or so it would seem, since its now up on DPreview.

rg


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On 9/14/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
while we're having a love fest on the K10D
another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation)

   http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html

I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few moments ago ... ;-)

 
 
 I'll drool anyway.
 
 Even if it's real, I could never afford it, so ontological verity is
 somewhat moot.  g
 
 -frank
 

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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-29 Thread Bob Shell
I have confirmed this morning from an inside source that these photos  
are genuine.

Bob

On Aug 28, 2006, at 9:34 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

 On Aug 27, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Bob Shell wrote:

 http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg

 Whether simulation or not, it's in keeping with what Leica Ms are
 like. Hate the neckstrap eyelets. And it looks even bulkier than my
 M6 TTL was. Nice cameras, nice lenses however.


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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-28 Thread P. J. Alling
Which, Vacuum or Pneumatic?

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On 8/27/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  

It's just propagation of the outgoing messages from the list server,
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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-28 Thread Scott Loveless
On 8/28/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Which, Vacuum or Pneumatic?

Good question.  I'm sure it comes down to whether the internet sucks
or blows.  Let's ask Ted Stevens.  Maybe he knows.


 Scott Loveless wrote:

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 passing through the swirls and eddies of the Internet on their way to
 you...
 
 
 
 
 Maybe the tubes are clogged.
 


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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-28 Thread Bob Shell

On Aug 28, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:

 Good question.  I'm sure it comes down to whether the internet sucks
 or blows.  Let's ask Ted Stevens.  Maybe he knows.

Ask Al Gore, since he invented it.

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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-28 Thread P. J. Alling
I think Al left that up to his former buddy Bill.

Bob Shell wrote:

On Aug 28, 2006, at 1:06 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:

  

Good question.  I'm sure it comes down to whether the internet sucks
or blows.  Let's ask Ted Stevens.  Maybe he knows.



Ask Al Gore, since he invented it.

Bob

  



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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi

On Aug 27, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Bob Shell wrote:

 http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg

Whether simulation or not, it's in keeping with what Leica Ms are  
like. Hate the neckstrap eyelets. And it looks even bulkier than my  
M6 TTL was. Nice cameras, nice lenses however.

I used Leica RF cameras alongside Nikon SLR cameras for 30 years and  
a bit. Sold them off in 2002 when I stopped shooting film. I don't  
have any more Leica M-bayonet lenses, so an M-bayonet digital body is  
not of pressing interest to me at this time.

My favorite M was the M4-P. I bought two very very nice ones for less  
than $700 each, san lens, in the past decade and liked them more than  
the M6 TTL and the previous M bodies.

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M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell
Weird how this list works.  I downloaded the supposed M8 Digital  
image, tweaked it to have some shadow detail, and posted it on my web  
site in my PESO file at:

http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg

I sent a note saying so.  That note has not shown up on the list, but  
another that I answered well after that has shown up already.

Anyone know why the server can't keep posts in order?

If this list was on Yahoo, I'd take stuff like this for granted, but  
we're not yahoos here.

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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Shell wrote:

Weird how this list works.  I downloaded the supposed M8 Digital  
image, tweaked it to have some shadow detail, and posted it on my web  
site in my PESO file at:

http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg

I sent a note saying so.  That note has not shown up on the list, but  
another that I answered well after that has shown up already.

Anyone know why the server can't keep posts in order?

I just checked the timestamps in the headers and it seems the list
server *does* keep them in order (indeed, I received them in order -
this second post came well after your first one).

It's just propagation of the outgoing messages from the list server,
passing through the swirls and eddies of the Internet on their way to
you...
 
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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Scott Loveless
On 8/27/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 It's just propagation of the outgoing messages from the list server,
 passing through the swirls and eddies of the Internet on their way to
 you...


Maybe the tubes are clogged.

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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Mat Maessen
On 8/27/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 It's just propagation of the outgoing messages from the list server,
 passing through the swirls and eddies of the Internet on their way  to you...

Swirls and eddies? Those are class 5 rapids out there. With rabid
alligators in the water. :-)

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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread graywolf
Internet paths are a drunkard's walk. One email may go directly from a 
to b, another may go from a to z to h to g to y to k to e to r to b. 
Obviously the first message would arrive sooner than the second. It 
works amazingly well unless some server along the way accepts the 
message and then crashes before sending it on. To prevent that from 
causing a problem mail-servers send it out along several paths, and 
after it arrives the final mail-server says I already have that message, 
you may delete it. I have seen messages that have gone all the way 
around the world to get to a point a few miles away. That it normally 
only takes a few minutes is mind boggling.

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Bob Shell wrote:
 Weird how this list works.  I downloaded the supposed M8 Digital  
 image, tweaked it to have some shadow detail, and posted it on my web  
 site in my PESO file at:
 
 http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg
 
 I sent a note saying so.  That note has not shown up on the list, but  
 another that I answered well after that has shown up already.
 
 Anyone know why the server can't keep posts in order?
 
 If this list was on Yahoo, I'd take stuff like this for granted, but  
 we're not yahoos here.
 
 Bob
 

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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Bob Shell

On Aug 27, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

 I just checked the timestamps in the headers and it seems the list
 server *does* keep them in order (indeed, I received them in order -
 this second post came well after your first one).

 It's just propagation of the outgoing messages from the list server,
 passing through the swirls and eddies of the Internet on their way to
 you...

Why, then, does this only happen on this list and not on the others I  
am on?

Bob

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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Ryan Brooks
graywolf wrote:
 Internet paths are a drunkard's walk. One email may go directly from a 
 to b, another may go from a to z to h to g to y to k to e to r to b. 
 Obviously the first message would arrive sooner than the second. It 
 works amazingly well unless some server along the way accepts the 
 message and then crashes before sending it on. To prevent that from 
 causing a problem mail-servers send it out along several paths, and 
 after it arrives the final mail-server says I already have that message, 
   
That is absolutely NOT how email delivery works.

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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread graywolf
Read the path lists from a large bunch of emails and get back to me on 
that.

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Ryan Brooks wrote:
 graywolf wrote:
 Internet paths are a drunkard's walk. One email may go directly from a 
 to b, another may go from a to z to h to g to y to k to e to r to b. 
 Obviously the first message would arrive sooner than the second. It 
 works amazingly well unless some server along the way accepts the 
 message and then crashes before sending it on. To prevent that from 
 causing a problem mail-servers send it out along several paths, and 
 after it arrives the final mail-server says I already have that message, 
   
 That is absolutely NOT how email delivery works.
 

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Re: M8 Digital

2006-08-27 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 28/08/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Weird how this list works.  I downloaded the supposed M8 Digital
 image, tweaked it to have some shadow detail, and posted it on my web
 site in my PESO file at:

 http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg

Mmmm, I want one of those, I do believe it's nothing more than a PS
fabrication though. I don't expect that it would be possible to fit
both a sensor then a LCD in the depth of a regular M body (assuming
that this beast is the same dimensions)

 I sent a note saying so.  That note has not shown up on the list, but
 another that I answered well after that has shown up already.

It's been happening to me also.

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