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Hi Troops... I appear to be back on the road to recovery from the sinus infection that tried to kill my Grandfather Mountain trip, so I thought I'd drop in a few thoughts. It's overwhelmingly positive, so those of you who only have time for whining and bitching should move along to your next Chicken Little rant. Two of the three... I've added the 43/1.9 to my lens collection and am totally stoked about it. I've shot with it before and was impressed with what I saw, so I can now look forward to more in-depth exploration of its qualities. I will pair it with my 77/1.8 for a new self-assignment for some real fun. The 31/1.8 remains elusive, but in the meantime I'm happy with the 35/2 I've had for a while, and since I'm not much of a wide-angle guy, it will be fine. Speaking of Grandfather Mountain... I had another great time, fever and inability to breath aside. It was great seeing Mark Roberts, Ed Tyler, and the Owenses, as well as some other PDML lurkers who identified themselves to me. (Your secret is safe, y'all...) A couple of the programs were a little more evangelistic than we've had before, which was fun, and having Mark's help with the contest (and the computer support from Ed Tyler) was invaluable, not to mention hysterically funny. Those of you who missed the trip this time really missed a special weekend. Nyah nyah nyah. And, tv, the lovely bellydancer was in attendance... I'd really like to thank Pentax for its official presence at GFM, and for providing access to a tremendous amount of equipment. In past years I've afforded myself the opportunity to test out some of the gear and enjoyed myself. This year I wasn't really up to it, but I truly appreciate the chance, and next year I plan to jump in and put some 645 stuff to the test. Gee, remember when it was okay on the list to enjoy using your Pentax gear? I know it's not the popular view, but I like my Pentax stuff. I don't spend my time worrying about what might or might not happen in the future. That won't help my photos one little bit. What does help is burning a little film. Try it. You might like it. Doug
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Doug Brewer wrote: Gee, remember when it was okay on the list to enjoy using your Pentax gear? I know it's not the popular view, but I like my Pentax stuff. It's the digital hysteria. I also enjoy my Pentax stuff. Quite old, but very very nice. Unfortunately it's the last of its kind. cheers, caveman
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-Original Message- From: Doug Brewer Sent: 09 June 2003 16:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Various and sundry SNIP Gee, remember when it was okay on the list to enjoy using your Pentax gear? I know it's not the popular view, but I like my Pentax stuff. I don't spend my time worrying about what might or might not happen in the future. That won't help my photos one little bit. What does help is burning a little film. Try it. You might like it. Doug Well said. Whatever will be, will be.. So get out there and fire off a few rolls of film Ziggy
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Amen, amen, amen. Well said Doug. Now if I can just find some time to burn the film.. Vic In a message dated 6/9/03 10:54:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Gee, remember when it was okay on the list to enjoy using your Pentax gear? > >I know it's not the popular view, but I like my Pentax stuff. I don't spend > >my time worrying about what might or might not happen in the future. That > >won't help my photos one little bit. What does help is burning a little > >film. Try it. You might like it. > >Doug
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Doug wrote: > Two of the three... I've added the 43/1.9 to my lens collection and am > totally stoked about it. I've shot with it before and was impressed with > what I saw, so I can now look forward to more in-depth exploration of its > qualities. Qualities? What qualities? Everyone who has never seen the lens, handled it, let alone used it, says it sucks! :o) Pål
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Qualities? What qualities? Everyone who has never seen the lens, handled it, let alone used it, says it sucks! :o) Okay okay, I can c u r angry. I didn't say it sucked, just doesn't have the best bokeh on earth. :-) regards, Alan Chan _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
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> -Original Message- > From: Doug Brewer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > And, tv, the lovely bellydancer was in attendance... Dang. tv
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Caveman wrote: > > Doug Brewer wrote: > > > Gee, remember when it was okay on the list to enjoy using your Pentax > > gear? I know it's not the popular view, but I like my Pentax stuff. > > It's the digital hysteria. I also enjoy my Pentax stuff. Quite old, but > very very nice. Unfortunately it's the last of its kind. Does seem to be, Doug. I'm not to be considered a guru ever, but I have owned and used a lot of manual cameras in the past, some of which have been held in very high regard, such as Leica (a IIIc I think it was,) a lovely, whisper quiet Contax (also III something - maybe a "c") even a Leica C1 (yeah, I know, it's not a Leica), lots of Pentaxii manual bodies and a few kilos of those lovely old SMC lenses, several Olympus OMs, early types with all _their_ great classic lenses, Retinas of all manner, from the early Type I folder thru the IIIs and the Instamatics, and the Retina Reflexes, the Retinettes, ZI Contaflex, the list goes on and on... It's just that the old manuals had _such_ honest character, and if you took the time to learn them and use them, there is hardly an equal today... So I firmly believe. > cheers, > caveman keith whaley dinosaur in the making...
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- Original Message - From: Caveman Subject: Re: Various and sundry > Doug Brewer wrote: > > > Gee, remember when it was okay on the list to enjoy using your Pentax > > gear? I know it's not the popular view, but I like my Pentax stuff. > > It's the digital hysteria. I also enjoy my Pentax stuff. Quite old, but > very very nice. Unfortunately it's the last of its kind. Film hysteria too Val. William Robb
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We cannot afford to let Cotty into the states. Folks might start thinking 1776 was a mistake. -Lon Cotty wrote: Hi Troops... [snip] Gee, remember when it was okay on the list to enjoy using your Pentax gear? I know it's not the popular view, but I like my Pentax stuff. I don't spend my time worrying about what might or might not happen in the future. That won't help my photos one little bit. What does help is burning a little film. Try it. You might like it. Doug Best post I've read in fe-fe-fe-fe-flipping ages. Thanks Doug. I'll be there in '04 to try yer 645 ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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>We cannot afford to let Cotty into the states. >Folks might start thinking 1776 was a mistake Trying to figure out whether that's a compliment or an insult... I'll have another drink instead. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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Hey, Cotty, Screw the Yanks. C'mon to Canada for a visit. I wanna see you, Caveman and Wheatfield sitting at the same table!! cheers, frank Cotty wrote: > >We cannot afford to let Cotty into the states. > >Folks might start thinking 1776 was a mistake > > Trying to figure out whether that's a compliment or an insult... > > I'll have another drink instead. > > Cheers, > Cotty > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps > _ > Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Now that would be a sight I'd like to see on Grandfather Mountain, a bloke and 2 canucks ! Bill - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 6:37 PM Subject: Re: Various and sundry > Hey, Cotty, > > Screw the Yanks. C'mon to Canada for a visit. I wanna see you, Caveman > and Wheatfield sitting at the same table!! > > cheers, > frank > > Cotty wrote: > > > >We cannot afford to let Cotty into the states. > > >Folks might start thinking 1776 was a mistake > > > > Trying to figure out whether that's a compliment or an insult... > > > > I'll have another drink instead. > > > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > > > ___/\__ > > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > > ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps > > _ > > Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > >
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- Original Message - From: Lon Williamson Subject: Re: Various and sundry > We cannot afford to let Cotty into the states. > Folks might start thinking 1776 was a mistake. You mean it wasn't? WW
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>Screw the Yanks. C'mon to Canada for a visit. I wanna see you, Caveman >and Wheatfield sitting at the same table!! > >cheers, >frank Har! That would be a picture, wouldn't it ? Only if you wear some bunny ears, and bring some bunny girls ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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>Now that would be a sight I'd like to see on Grandfather Mountain, a bloke >and 2 canucks ! Seeing as this is a decent off topic thread and hopefully only those sad sacks like me and you dip in to have a look, I'll tell you about the security guard in our Gloucester office, colloquially known as Some Bloke. Why? Because the journalists will tell you that when they trudge back from the town centre after downing some coffee and sandwiches, they pile back in and Some Bloke pokes his head through from reception and says (deep west country accent: oooh-aaarh oooh-aaarh etc) 'You 'aaad a telephone call while you wuz out'. To which the question is posed: 'Oh really, who was it?' And the inevitable answer: 'Dunno, some bloke'. Door shuts. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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>Sounds good, beware, we may really do it ;-) I'll bring the maple syrup, >to feed Cotty with some ;-) > >William Robb wrote: >> >> The three of you are invited to my house for supper one weekend next >> summer. I am pretty easy about which weekend, you guys choose and get >> back to me. >> We will eat red meat cooked rare and drink fermented fruit juices. >> WW I'm cutting back on infarction-inducing fatty foods and increasing my intake of lipids inhibitors. Hence, I'll just have the red wine thanks. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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I'll make it a point to brew some stout for you and Mark, and lagers and/or ales for the rest of us. Bill - Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 9:09 AM Subject: Re: Various and sundry > >We will eat red meat cooked rare and drink fermented fruit juices. > >WW > > Fish n chips and a stout for me mate. > > BB > > (British Bloke) > > > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps > _ > Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk >
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WHAT! Owens brewed stout, lagers, and ales (Oh my) Better than lions, tigers, and bears? (oh my) I wanna be there! I need, I need. Folks tell me I'm a good whiner. grin. Bill Owens wrote: I'll make it a point to brew some stout for you and Mark, and lagers and/or ales for the rest of us. Bill - Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 9:09 AM Subject: Re: Various and sundry We will eat red meat cooked rare and drink fermented fruit juices. WW Fish n chips and a stout for me mate. BB (British Bloke) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Various and sundry > I'm cutting back on infarction-inducing fatty foods and increasing my > intake of lipids inhibitors. Hence, I'll just have the red wine thanks. Well if I must cool for a parmy bloke, how about blackened catfish? I make a great Tandoori chicken. My jerked pork or chicken is to die for (or of if you don't like burning hot spicy). Be aware, there aren't a lot of photo opportunities in the flatlands of Saskatchewan, but there is a whole lot of nothing for you Islanders... William Robb
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>My jerked pork or chicken is to die for Blimey - can't remember the last time I had my pork jerked. BB ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk
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Now, now, boys this is a family list or so they tell me. At 06:54 PM 6/12/03 +0100, you wrote: >My jerked pork or chicken is to die for Blimey - can't remember the last time I had my pork jerked. BB ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk To grasp the true meaning of socialism, imagine a world where everything is designed by the post office, even the sleaze. O'Rourke, P.J.
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Cotty wrote: > > >We will eat red meat cooked rare and drink fermented fruit juices. > >WW > > Fish n chips and a stout for me mate. Oh? Ooo's yer mate, then? And yer having nothin'? keith > BB > > (British Bloke) > > Cheers, > Cotty
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Bet you can keith Cotty wrote: > > >My jerked pork or chicken is to die for > > Blimey - can't remember the last time I had my pork jerked. > > BB