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2010/2/25 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com:
 On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:39 AM,  m...@robertstech.com wrote:
 I just wanted to say that Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich
 would be a *great* name for a band!

 Then and there and ever since, that's become ~my~ name for a band:
 Trucks to Warsaw.  Now I just have to learn to play an instrument
 and/or sing and/or write songs...

don't know any of that either - my only claim to fame is that I gave
the title to the song the silence of the fish but I can't even
remember the name of the band; it was too long ago in 1991
cheers
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Re: On FF and other must have features

2010/2/25 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com:

 Meh. Find a justfiable luxury then. One you can enjoy without being
 annoyed. Life contains too small a number of 1/125s slices as it is.
 :-)

Naaah I don't wanna spend my life being annoyed - I just go out and do
stuff and enjoy it the best I can. If I find something unjustifiable I
don't do/buy it and move on happily. Money not spent on cheaper Pentax
gear is after all money I can do other things with. PDML is a nice
group and why change what works for me. It is jus ta concern that
Pentax may move things to a point where I can't keep not wondering if
Canikony wouldn't suit my NEEDS better. My gripes are so few, someone
will have to address them sooner or later.

Cheers
Ecke
PS: the L Bracket is a great enhancement, thanks Jostein!

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Re: On FF and other must have features

2010/2/25 Tom C caka...@gmail.com:
 Words typically reveal the person. How would you suggest that I
 separate YOU from what you SAY?

 And how is you're referring to legitimate opinions and complaints as
 bitching and suggesting that list members that post such just go away,
 find another camera maker, any less person-focused than my remark?

I can't see go away anywhere. I can only see find... We have other
canikony shooters here. on that note, Dave, Cotty, Mark and whoever
you are: GO AWAY!

cheers
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Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010/2/26 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com:
 Well, I suppose 53 is better.  Maybe we could annex and make it Greater Maine.
 Regards, Bob S.

 On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
 Shouldn't it be a prime number? You know, one nation under God, indivisible?


 Are there people who live up there?
 Ok 54th state, the flag would look better with 54 stars.
 Regards,  Bob S.

 On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:57 PM, frank theriault
 knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
  On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Bob Sullivan
 rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
  What the hell Ken.  Be generous.  Give them 3 states, 51st for the
  Frenchies, 52nd for Ontario, and 53rd for the west.
  Regards,  Bob S.
 
  You'll want the east coast, too.  You can never have too
 many Maines...

you sure? always a huge mess when a maine breaks or separates...

and ugly things come to mind... we need a flame... keep on baiting!!!
how about putting a fence around NWT and calling it Can'danamo? Much
too cold for amnesty treehuggers anyway... ]=) Next call part of it
North Central Los Angeles and haul up all the gangs. Saves another
star.

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Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010/2/26 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com:

 First of all, they'd have to be satisfied to start at #52, 'cause Puerto
 Rico's got dibs on #51.

that's only 'cos of Ricky Martin - offer him citizenship instead =)

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Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010/2/26 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com:

 {chuckles} but note that Puerto Ricans are US Citizens; they just don't get
 a vote in the US Congress

GIVE RICKY A VOTE IN CONGRESS!!!

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Re: On FF and other must have features

cherry support once told me off record that when they get them back
for cleaning they just put them in the dishwasher - they do have a
special detergent with less acids but he said any mild soap for doing
dishes by hand would do the trick just fine - did it and it work.
caveat, that was early 90s, no idea how it would work nowadays
cheers
ecke

2010/2/26 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com:
 On 26/02/2010, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote:
 On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:54:03AM -0500, P. J. Alling scripsit:
  Won't do any good, can't find a decent Keyboard for love nor money any
  more.  (I keep searching for and recycling oldies with decent tactile
  feel).

 These are oldies, but they seem to have a warehouse of them somewhere:
 http://www.clickykeyboards.com/

 I run the IBM model M13 black (Trackpoint II) on my main machine the
 only problem is the silk screening on the keys, I now have no A or S
 key labels. I have a whole lot of earlier ones too, they are damned
 hard to get apart though. So when I last spilt a full glass of red
 wine in one I hung it over the clothes line, gave it a good hose and
 let it dry for a few days, it's been perfect since. They are very
 robust (but noisy)

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Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010/2/26 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com:

 Never work, in America we only have the right to arm bears.

yeah... seeing that the right to USE them is probably not written down
in the constitution why not amend it to say non-functional arms? ]=)

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Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010/2/26 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com:

 (God isn't dead; she is on an extended vacation in Andromeda.)

 It was for tax reasons, wasn't it?

no in fact there are big firm litigators out looking to red tape Her
for climate being no longer in accordance with the terms of the lease

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Re: On FF and other must have features

2010/2/26 Graydon o...@uniserve.com:

 Had (well, I still have it, but it's dead) Unicomp Endurapro; it might
 have recovered from the water but not from me trying to get it apart to
 dry it.

hmm sounds like they put it together for a reason ;)

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Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010/2/26 John Francis jo...@panix.com:

 The DA* 16-50 is [...] quite
 good fairly close up, too - in fact it's easier to fill the frame with a
 subject using the 16-50 than it is with the 50-135, because quite often
 the minimum focussing distance of the 50-135 can be the limiting factor.

if you want to shoot kids up close with the 16-50 better have a smear
cleanable filter on - lens to subject at closest distance on mine is
so short a big dog could almost lick the front element... and kids'
arms are longer than big dogs' tongues... ]=)

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Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010/2/26 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net:

 Another solution I've employed is shooting two vertical frames with the DA* 
 16-50/2.8 at 16mm and marrying them in PhotoShop or PT Gui. This gives you a 
 very wide angle view and minimal distortion. I usually shoot those at f13 for 
 interiors. Off a tripod of course. Here's a link to one shot done that way:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9074706size=lg

there is a neat and moderately cheap tool for that by PT4Pano IIRC, if
you're interested, I can look it up. It is an angled piece of metal
that you put on your tripod with holes drilled specifically for your
camera and a couple of nodal points for lenses that you specify. It
eliminates all the time consuming fiddling and you can start shooting
single line, single row panos within seconds or minutes depending
whether or not you want to level your kit (which I strongly suggest)

Here's the link: http://pt4pano.com/en
The product family I am referring to is the KISS
There is also now a Q mount adaptor, Novoflex's implementation of the
Arca mount. Q is just a tad bit bigger for patent reasons but - given
generous tolerances on the receiving end - Q plates fit most Arca
compatible QR systems just fine. There are tables on the web what fits
and what doesn't. Kirk, Markins and RRS all fit into Q bases, I can
confirm that much.

Cheers
Ecke

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Re: PESO - Bikespotting in Kensington Market

2010/2/26 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com:

 A foot fetish have we Ann ?

fetish to buttons shift you must. when 900 years you are old fit so
well high heels will not...

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Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010/2/26 John Francis jo...@panix.com:

 If I want to shoot kids up close I find that a .22 is a better choice ...

Oh please be merciful, use something with a little more muzzle velocity...

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Re: Peso's The Sigma 300 F4 and natural light

positively lucy - sweet profile
thanks 4 sharing
ecke

2010/2/26 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com:
 Had the Sigma 300 F4 APO on the K10D the other day trying to get a
 cardinal shot.

 He flew away.

 So, what better subjects than Lucy and Boo:

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10737294

 K10D 300 f4, F 4.0, 1/20 (Lucy)

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10737293

 K10D 300 f 4, F4.0, 1/60(Boo)

 SR on.

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Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-27 Thread eckinator

2010/2/27 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com:
 
  If I want to shoot kids up close I find that a .22 is a better choice

 Oh please be merciful, use something with a little more muzzle velocity...

 Too much and it just punches right through and out the other side.

yeah there you go... either use something sensible like a pellet gun
or at least don''t make them suffer... I've never bothered about
details for lack of access, ambition, need or opportunity... ]=)

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Re: 3 PESOS - In the 'hood today

2010-02-27 Thread eckinator

Love the look in the bunny's face :]
Thanks Ann
Ecke

2010/2/28 Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com:
 Very nice set; the whimsy of the first and the artistry of the third I 
 particularly enjoyed.

 Rick

 http://photo.net/photos/RickW


 --- On Fri, 2/26/10, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

 From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com
 Subject: 3 PESOS - In the 'hood today
 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
 Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 8:54 PM
 stayed hunkered down with sniffles
 yesterday but had to get out today...
 all three of these were taken with Pentax 28mm f 2.8 SMC
 (about 35 years old) on the Canon digital rebel (about 3
 years old)
 If Frank doesn't like these I'll be disappointed :-)

 http://tinyurl.com/y8ozmr9
 http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-New-York/2564371_i3HHm/1/797779778_Wj5yf/Medium

 http://tinyurl.com/y9qr5lk
 http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-New-York/2564371_i3HHm/1/797782577_PrW64/Medium

 http://tinyurl.com/ybjp2jw
 http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-New-York/2564371_i3HHm/1/797782719_eto9Z/Medium

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Re: Question about D700 metering

2010/2/28 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com:

 What I'm wondering is how much of this
 is due to superior metering, and how much is due to the D700 having more
 dynamic range, giving a bit more latitude in the metering.

My understanding of dynamic range is that it is the number of EV that
the brightest and the darkest areas may be apart at any given ISO
settings for the sensor to be able to record the subject correctly
without drowned out areas in the image. Are you perhaps referring to a
superior recording range of the sensor sort of around the given
exposure settings? You could easily find out by bracketing or
deliverately over- and underexposing by the same amount the same shot
in RAW on a D300 and a D700 and looking at the results in RAW and
seeing how many stops of correction you can coerce out of each
identical pair of RAWs. Other than that, I can't think of if and where
such information would be buried in a spec sheet.
happy hunting!
cheers
ecke
btw hardly get a chance to look at all images sent around here but i
do notice your good and consistently high output - nice going larry =)

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Re: DA 18-250 Working Again

2010/2/28 Tom C caka...@gmail.com:

 What's up do you think? Just stuck?

Just sucked. Then thought again and changed its mind =)
No, seriously, probably just stuck but you know the good physician's
rule: don't diagnose through pants or phone ]=)
Cheers
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Re: Fantail

sweet shots and nice looking birds!
well done
ecke

2010/2/28 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com:
 Great captures all.

 Kenneth Waller
 http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f

 - Original Message - From: David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz
 Subject: GESO: Fantail


 My partner was out in the back yard doing some gardening when this little
 fellow turned up to help.  After a few minutes his (or her, I can't tell)
 friend joined us as well.  I think they're both quite young.

 http://www.multi.net.nz/fantail/

 Fantails are very cute but they're hard to photograph because they never
 sit still.  I've always wanted to get some decent pics of one.  I like
 watching them as they eat insects on the wing - they look like they're
 completely bonkers as they keep changing direction in mid-air.

 They're also quite curious.  They kept coming within about two feet of me
 to check me out.  They quite often follow people as we tend to disturb the
 insects around us.  They're not really an urban bird (a bit susceptible to
 cats) but we have a river at the back of our property.

 Size-wise they're a little bigger than a sparrow.

 It's not really shown in these photos but their tail looks just like a fan
 when they expand it out, hence the name.  This helps them with their aerial
 acrobatics.  Here's a pic I found that shows it...
 http://www.whiteherontours.co.nz/piwakawaka.html

 One day I might actually get one in mid-flight.

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 One day I might actually get one in mid-flight.

you mean you're going canikony?
cheers
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Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010/2/28 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com:
 I hadn't looked at this thread in a while.  Clearly the Pentax FF
 issue is far more complicated than I realized.

had to be there MARK!!!

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Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010/3/1 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com:
 Haven't seen this thread before.
 Glad to hear that to you found out what it is.
 I hope you are feeling better now.

Actually I was just pondering whether or not to post an update yet -
there was finally news today that are hopefully worth their weight in
something... so you just pushed me over the edge and I'll post. =)

EEG and all other tests done on me were 100% OK today. The
inflammation appears to be in remission so the worst is over. There is
minor damage visible at this point but of a kind that can go or be
trained away. More may or may not come but odds are in my favor. Lab
results are still pending but the last set was 95% OK. All in all they
say it went very mildly and could have been much worse so I've decided
to consider myself lucky. For now, they recommend lots of RR, sports,
no stress, a healthy nutrition and lifestyle and so on - I can tell
you, I SO need that...

Oh and guess what:

I am actually neurologically left handed. I've lived right handed for
almost 40 years... They call mine a concealed left handedness. Could
also mean someone or in fact even I myself by manner of imitation
trained me into adopted right handedness. The latter would mean I
could retrain to left if I decided to but I am unsure of the drawbacks
or benefits so I'll take my time on the whole thing, the former means
there is some potential yet untapped to make me more versatile.
Whatever it is, the prospect of finding out is very exciting to me...

Cheers
Ecke

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Re: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

That looks quite sharp to me indeed =)
Cheers
Ecke

2010/3/1 J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net:

 Got my A400/5.6 lens about a month ago,
 took it out today and gave it a try.
 It requires extreme care in focussing
 but it is sharp lens when you do that.

 Sample image at:

 http://www.jchriso.com/temp/BIRD02.jpg

 this is my backyard, gonna take it to the
 beach next week if I get the time

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Re: OT - Tea

2010/3/1 John Celio n...@neovenator.com:

 2) A way to order the tea from Germany. This may be too expensive for
 me, but I'd like to find out for sure.

I'm in Germany; I'll see what I can do for you
Please let me know all you found out offlist
Cheers
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Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010/3/1 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com:

 Not bad for a 120#
 overweight computer nerd who is sitting at his computer when the sun is
 shining and his new K-7 is screaming for exercise.

DANG BUDDY what are you DOING??? Get OUT THERE!!! ]=)

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Re: OT - Tea

2010/3/1 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com:

 2) A way to order the tea from Germany. This may be too expensive for
 me, but I'd like to find out for sure.

OK found the shop that makes and sells it. Have a relative in that
town, too. Postage goes by weight and whether or not you want insured
or registered shipment on top. So let me know how much you want (price
should be around $7-8 for 100 grs.) and I'll give them a call tomorrow
to figure out the options.

Cheers
Ecke

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Re: OT - Tea

also read this:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090222144538AANpafR
that answer is somewhat correct - cheap crapola tea tends to be little
bits and pieces of leftover/broken so it has higher density and weighs
more to the teaspoon, the more expensive it gets the less weight per
teaspoon but compensated by higher yield from the superior quality...
you can figure a span from 50 cups to 100 mugs per 100 grs, it is a
broad scale depending on how strong you like it, how cheap you are ]=)
and how good your particular tea is in taste and yield.
cheers
ecke

2010/3/2 Bob W p...@web-options.com:
 [...]

 I'm asking my friend what size package it was that she had,
 because I've never actually bought loose tea before and have
 no idea how much I should get.  [...]

 One teaspoon (theres a clue in the name!) per person, and one for the pot.
 Multiply by the number of pots of tea you want to make. Tea keeps for a long
 time as long as you have a decent caddy.

 http://www.bettysbypost.com/Tea,4.aspx

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Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010/3/1 P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net:

 Good to hear you're on the mend.
 I think the Yankees are looking for a switch hitter:-).
 Paul

ROFL... good one! I'm too old but it sure sounds tempting...
Cheers
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Re: OT/2: back from repair


 Remember, left-handed people are in their right minds.

that is where it all took place... and the correlations brought it to
light. well it explains how well i handled my small axe cutting
branches also with my left arm when my right arm was exhausted and a
bunch of other stuff such as eating left handed that I always sort of
ignored knowing I live 90% RH'd.

 They call mine a concealed left handedness. Could
 also mean someone or in fact even I myself by manner of imitation
 trained me into adopted right handedness.

add: she also said I could be ambidextrous but it wasn't as probable

 When I started school back in the dark ages, my parents told my grade
 one teacher that I was left handed and they did not want her to
 train me to become right-handed.  Apparently it wasn't uncommon for
 teachers to do things like tie kids' left hands behind their backs so
 they couldn't use them to write, or to actually punish children for
 holding pens and pencils in their left hand.  My teacher told my
 parents she believed in letting children write with their preferred
 hand.

that is good! I think you were really lucky in that respect and also
with your choice of parents =)

reading up a bit I found a number of websites emerging around the
retraining I mentioned that say there are indications that inverted
lefties often tend to ADHS like issues, anxiety disorders, inability
to make anything of extraordinary gifts and so forth because the brain
is still a leftie and has to turn everything around and sort of work
within a foreign functional habitat... of course some of this is a
sales spin and I can't judge these things but I can imagine at least
part of it is true.

 I can't imagine the torment that poor lefties went through being
 forced to write with their right hand.  And later consequences?  Who
 knows?

there are reports about the changes in their lives from those
retrained to left. I could reread and tell you the gist of what they
say??

 The latter would mean I
 could retrain to left if I decided to but I am unsure of the drawbacks
 or benefits so I'll take my time on the whole thing, the former means
 there is some potential yet untapped to make me more versatile.
 Whatever it is, the prospect of finding out is very exciting to me...

 Certainly are interesting times for you - and some interesting
 decisions to be made!

yes, indeed. of course best of both worlds ideas come to mind but I
think this would boil down to a conscious choice

cheers!
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Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010/3/2 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com:
 In other news, we also received submissions from someone who *isn't*
 on the PDML and, as far as Doug can tell, never has been! He gets
 several points for ambitiousness, but loses a lot more for treachery
 ;-) I suppose we should consider it a compliment that publication in
 our little project is now so desirable that people are trying to sneak
 in...

 So much for secret societies.;-) I have a name in mind, lets guess.

mail-archive.com ... talk about secrecy...

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Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010/3/2 Miserere miser...@gmail.com:
 On a more serious note, having just spent a whole weekend moving my
 blog/website to its new theme, I have even more respect for the the
 work Mark is putting in to this whole affair. Not only did he
 implement the upload form, but he's also going to deal with all the
 software pains of getting our pictures up to snuff, and then making
 the book.

 I think now I know why Mark is losing his hair...

 Thanks, Mark!

I couldn't thank Mark more seeing how much he went out of his way to
accommodate my crapola and lack of calibrated display etc...
THANK YOU SPECK!! you're the man =)

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Re: Wind Rows

2010/3/2 John Graves jh.gra...@verizon.net:
 When things get interesting, it helps to get a camera out.

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhg2/sets/72157623535053242/

Holy Mackerel...
Glad to read farther down the thread that you're all safe  sound
Looks like a nice backyard, too =)
Cheers
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Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

 I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Melatonin...

enter Germany with it in your luggage - they're unlikely to catch you
but if they do you are importing illegal medicines which is not a narc
offense but still a crime subject to official prosecution so whoever
catches you or gets your case on their table has no option to let you
off the hook... keep that in mind
cheers
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Re: OT: The ultimate photographic accessory

dang... one of the few moments I actually miss having money to burn...

2010/3/3 Malcolm Smith malcolmsmi...@btinternet.com:
 Beats a tripod and a long lens to get close to your subject!


 http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Boats-marine/Motorboats/auction-274
 622678.htm

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Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010/3/3 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com:

 Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency

 Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and
 an almost fanatical devotion to Pentax

 Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons Amongst our
 weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise

in true advertising lingo it would read

Our more than one weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency

Our far more than two weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless
efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to Pentax

Our far exceeding three...no... *Amongst* our plentiful weaponry
no...  A a small part of our fearsome massive arsenal of sophisticated
weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency,
wu tang metering and shaolin shutter skills and the devotion to follow
Pentax into an early grave...

and our spokesperson will be Axis Asahi aka Comical Ali ]=)

Cheers
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Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010/3/2 Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com:
 eckinator, thanks.
 I did not know that melatonin was illegal in Germany

yeah, 'fraid so.
first offence, you'll get off w/o time but it will cost a couple
hundred. gotta make up your mind if taking the small risk is worth
that to you. to me it isn't.
cheers
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Re: PESO - Spadina Cars

2010/3/1 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com:
 Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted today).

 http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2010/02/spadina-cars.html

Frank, I was holding that back but I genuinely hate you sometimes for
constantly bringing back up in me how much I want to to go back to
Toronto with those unignorable shots of yours. I was so happy there
and yet too young and foolish to grab that opportunity and stay =(

I guess you'll have to find me a job there to repair that damage...
Cheers
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Re: Developing Chemical Disposal

2010/3/4 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com:

  Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote:
 Color chemistry can be all over the map with regards toxicity and
 environmental impact ... but why anyone in their right mind would do a
 home color chemical darkroom today is a mystery to me.

 Think of it as like climbing Everest for the sedentary urban class.

I like to think in terms of being in one's right mind or getting there
open-mindedness should come before such adventurism

cheers
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Re: Developing Chemical Disposal

2010/3/4 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com:

[.. Digital capture, image processing and printing does far better than
 the corner drugstore...]
 I'm in it for the photographs, not the journey of processing! ;-)

speck =)

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Re: Developing Chemical Disposal

2010/3/4 John Graves jh.gra...@verizon.net:

 I understand your simile regarding being in one's right
 mind...but I am left handed. so I must be in my right mind.

I just learned my mind is either right but concealed or all over the
place or perhaps was turned around some time so I'm sort of in the
United States of Mind... does that make Barack my president? There is
Hope for Change after all!!! =)
Cheers
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Re: PESO - Spadina Cars

2010/3/4 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com:

 I could probably get you a job as a bike messenger...
 ;-)

Careful, I used to do that!
(kidding, now is not the right time but perhaps in a few years)

Cheers
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Re: Zeiss on Pentax

2010-03-05 Thread eckinator

 On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote:
 I have hard that most modern Zeiss lenses are made by Voigtlander now.
 Voigtlander have their own lenses (all manual focus because Zeiss
 wants af for himself).

So you mean they have factory built-in limited lifetime?
Hey, Zeiss has Limited lenses, too... w00t!!
cheers,
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Re: PESO Enablement: Mattis Bendix and the DFA 100

2009-09-05 Thread eckinator

Thanks Christine Bob
Added a crop that isn't all square but has a little more room on the
right; closer to what Igor suggested.
Square would take a thin slice off the ear. Not sure if I should go
closer and ignore the strand of hair I took as the limit.
Cheers
Ecke

2009/9/6 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com:
Ecke,
Lovely and a beautiful child.
I would consider a square crop, removing the right side.
Regards, Bob S.

On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Eckehard Wegnereckina...@gmail.com wrote:
Picked up an eBayed DFA 100 today, new, 25% beneath lowest internet
price, hopefully there won't be too much warranty registration
trouble; it is left over stock from a reseller gone belly up. First
impression: lens renders crisply and nicely, shaft AF is quite fast
despite long travel, my K10D tends to hunt very little but always
seems to run off in the wrong direction, slam into the limiter so
noisily (I wonder how long the lens will withstand that) and then go
back. The hood is great to protect the front element from curious baby
fingers. Took some shots of our son Mattis Bendix and being the proud
dad I am, I just knew I had to post a pic of him eventually, so I
might as well now seeing I have such a sweet excuse to go brag about
him. Same picasa link as last time:

http://picasaweb.google.de/lh/sredir?uname=eckinatortarget=PHOTOid=5378115921443436098aid=5374043372372891137authkey=Gv1sRgCNqL6t_Yvcy8eQfeat=email

Love the expression, wonder if I should crop or edit the background.
Comments, criticism and suggestions always welcome.

Cheers
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Re: PESO Enablement: Mattis Bendix and the DFA 100

2009-09-05 Thread eckinator

You're right. Two sand beige walls. Chose daylight setting over AWB
which tends to go bluishgreenish in there. Another reason to learn
Lightroom I guess.
Cheers
Ecke

2009/9/6 Christine  Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net:
 White balance shows up a bit yellow on my monitor, but YMMV

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OT: Privacy / mail-archive.com

2009-09-06 Thread eckinator

I google myself now and then to see what data is availble about me on
the iNet (answered research questions about my work relationship with
a past supervisor once and what I said was published under my real
name without my permission or even a word to me so I guess I've gotten
a bit cautious) and found that all communication on PDML can be
readily accessed through www.mail-archive.com so that has me wondering
if there is any way to opt out of that to protect my privacy. By way
of example, I use private Picasa web album links for a reason and if
they are on mail-archive.com, they are not really private any more. Am
I just being paranoid or is this a concern for anyone else, too?
Cheers
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Re: PESO Enablement: Mattis Bendix and the DFA 100

2009-09-06 Thread eckinator

Thank you Larry, appreciate the feedback =)
Will try b/w as you suggest but WB needs work first; conversion looks
oversaturated.
Couldn't agree more about the DFA100, have the 50 too and think it
will be FS soon...
Extra DOF doesn't justify keeping it for handheld and I have a bellows
for tripod shots.
Cheers
Ecke


2009/9/6 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com:

 I'm envious, the DFA 100 has been on my wishlist for a while. For a
 lot of things the 50 is just too short and you need to get in too
 close. Closer than physically possible in the case of shooting in an
 aquarium.

 Nice shot. I'd crop it at the intersection of his sleeve and the chair
 in the background.

 If you were to do it in black and white it would almost look like one
 of those headshots of business executives.

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Re: PESO: out of bath

Like it a lot!
Cheers
Ecke
Slide duplicator FS - anyone? ]=)

2009/9/7 Luka Knezevic-Strika lukastr...@gmail.com:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamoneki/3894371076/

 yashicamat 124 g, ilford pan 400, microphen, fake-scan by
 photographing an enlargement

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Re: Interesting K7 review

LOL... [quote from memory] To all you iPhone owners, don't act like
you invented it, you only bought the bloody thing!
Cheers
Ecke

2009/9/7 Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu:

 Let's modernize our debate and go to iPhone vs. Blackberry.


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Re: GESO - Couple of Street Photos

Sweet! Especially the first one. Nice capture. Is that a tree shadow
or a mural in the background?
Cheers
Ecke (fondly remembering his year in T'ron'o)

2009/9/7 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com:
 Gotta Quarter?

 http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/09/gotta-quarter_06.html

 Markie Wheels.

 http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/09/markie-wheels.html

 Cheap and nasty processing using a freebie programme downloaded from
 the 'net, so be charitable wrt the conversion, etc.

 Comments always welcome!

 cheers,
 frank

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Re: PESO Akira in tree

Go geocaching - it took me back to climbing trees =)
Cheers
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2009/9/7 Christine  Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net:
 Dedicated to all our tree-climbing days of yester-year.  Frankly, I miss'em.

 http://www.caguila.com/caguila/akiratree/index.html


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Re: PESO: out of bath

I have five and at least four need to go:
Bowens Copytran, looks great but no box
Novoflex Castel-Cop Digi for their adjustment rails and family
bellows, like new in box, some warranty left
Novoflex Balpent-AS auto bellows with Auto Noflexar 4/60 and Balson-AK
copier, 49 and 52 mm M Rings, fully functional, minor paint chips on
Balpent
Novoflex Macro Stand with all three glass plates, opaque for slide
copy, great condition in box
Novoflex slide copier insert for Macro/Repro Stand, no box, looks great
(Castel-K rails also need to go, one new in box, one slightly used)
Please let me know if you would be interested in anything and I will
figure out a price
Cheers
Ecke

2009/9/7 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com:
 eckinator wrote:
 Slide duplicator FS - anyone? ]=)

 Which one?

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Re: K10 problem