Got me, too. I reread it twice Chris and still didn't catch it when all
along it was right there in front of us in the address.
I didn't get to read the pdml yesterday, so I'm sitting here in the office
waiting to get right down to work, when I think, "Yeah. I am a little
tired of 100 posts per
Hi,
My lot for this months gallery were images
from:
Jens Bladt - Painting Beauty
Derek Zukowski - Heavy
Cotty - Waitress, London, 1980
Jens Bladt - Painting
Beauty
I really like the mix of colours and
textures. I like the fact that there is forground interest with the masks
as we
Hi,
My lot for this months gallery were images
from:
Jens Bladt - Painting Beauty
Derek Zukowski - Heavy
Cotty - Waitress, London, 1980
Jens Bladt - Painting
Beauty
I really like the mix of colours and
textures. I like the fact that there is forground interest with the masks
as we
Hi,
My lot for this months gallery were images
from:
Jens Bladt - Painting Beauty
Derek Zukowski - Heavy
Cotty - Waitress, London, 1980
Jens Bladt - Painting
Beauty
I really like the mix of colours and
textures. I like the fact that there is forground interest with the masks
as we
In a message dated 3/31/01 1:34:32 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<< Hi,
I recently purchased a Hoya HMC Skylite filter for my 28-70 F4 AL. Today i
accidently touched the filter and left a finger print... and now the finger
print wont come off i tried cleaning it with a Microfibre lense clo
William Robb wrote:
> That would be his entire collection of autofocus lens, I think.
You're forgetting my collection of leica auto focus lenses, Bill.
--
Shel Belinkoff
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There are no good photographs, there
are only rules for good photographs.
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I've been in several times and made bids but anyone noticed this:
Ever since we changed the clock to summertime the search results are 1 hour
out. i.e. an item showing 5 minutes left on the search results screen has
actually got 1 hour and 5 minutes to run when you go to the auction page.
(maybe
Got ya!
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That's too bad, Collin. Perhaps next time you'll learn to lock your
car, or at least keep your gear out of sight.
chris
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Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
>
> Got ya!
>
> === Original ---
> That's too bad, Collin. Perhaps next time you'll learn to lock your
> car, or at least keep your gear out of sight.
>
> chris
Not really
--
Shel Belinkoff
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There are no rules for good photographs,
the
According to Ebay's announcement board, they are having problems from a
bug in Microsoft's Visual C++. Apparently no one at Microsoft thought to
program the language to recognize the switch to daylight savings time.
It may be the attempt to fix this that is causing the access problems.
I'll bet a
Chris Brogden wrote:
> I agree. You should be ashamed of yourself, Bill.
*snicker*
-Aaron
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You only have ONE more for the week before the net-mom pulls your plug!!!
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From: "Doug Brewer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 11:45 PM
Subject: just testing
> hello
> --
> Douglas Forrest Brewer
> Ashwood Lake Photography
>
From my assignment - which would have been done earlier, but my dog
ate it!
1. "Sunrise Mist" - by Collin Brendemuehl, Ohio, USA
To be honest, my first impression was one of no impression. It just
seemed so flat. Once I really looked at it and positioned my monitor more
favora
Hi guys,
I just got an e-mail from Dave. According to him the
grip would be avalailable in 8 weeks or so. It has a
vertical release, have a look
http://wdcamengineering.com/pentax.htm
It looks good. I just think that a vertical release
should have a better grip where you could hold on to
it more f
All the Pentax AF bodies released in North America (anyone correct me if I'm
wrong) have always had provision for the Cable Switch-F! It was never a
consideration to not have that.
...And just think, the new MZ-S will give four (4) possibilities for remote
release;#1) Standard Elenctronic C
Car magazines are much more aggressive about getting information out about
future models than photo magazines. They also seemed less tied to car
companys than photo magazines are to camera companys and thus are more
critical of the car products they test. It is not unusual at all for them
to
Jeez, Bill. April Fool's day is OVER...lay off, already!
Cheers,
Mike
Vancouver, Canada
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William Robb
Sent: April 1, 2001 7:35 PM
To: Pentax Discuss
Subject: PUGMeisters choice award
Now, on to the su
Hi,
I've just bought an AF280T (without any booklets), so
I have some questions:
In general:
- What are the H and L modes for? What do they exactly do?
- Is there a way to limit the power in manual mode?
On my LX:
- How to do fill-in flash with it?
- Which acceroies do I need for off-camera T
Hi all,
Recently, my friends and I are making video movie. I'm in
charge of the camera, to my regret the video is not
Pentax, and in order to sum up our image, I took some
photos for my directing friend.
I have been taking photos of mainly landscape and trains,
but the movie project taught me t
Hi,
When I accepted Chris' idea, I imagined myself talking
about the great pictures that I always see and like in
the PUG... but this time I have also some objections,
and justify why is maybe more difficult. I'll try to
explain it
good luck understanding my English, by the
way :-)
Mike Smith'
I didnt say that, Alin did!
And by the way the F65 he was referrering to is a N***n!
I just dont know why the shutter button doesnt have a thread to allow a
mechnical release to push the button in addition to use of cable switch
F. In the UK this is a damned expensive cable release and many ama
That is one exciting (and nice-looking) piece of equipment. Does he know how
long the batteries last?
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Sent: April 2, 2001 7:24 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PZ1 grip
Hi guys,
I just g
> Take Ueda's Rain:
> Positive: I like the idea of showing the contrast
> between mud and metal, especially with this dark
> color. I don't identify the brand and type of the car,
> but it seems very rounded and 'photogenic'.
> Negative: mainly the point of view. Personally, I
> would have centere
Anyone got a firm idea on Price yet?
Thanks,
T.
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A scroll of mail from Cameron Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 01 Apr
2001 13:19:41 -0700
Read it? y
>I didn't mean to impune the dignity of the 80-200 2.8. It is gorgeous; it's
>also really expensive and very heavy. An f4 would make more sense.
Personally, I think a non Power Zoom version would
Does it block the availability of the cable release, without unscrewing and
removing the grip? It looks like this in the photos...
Dosk
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 10:24 AM
Subject: PZ1 grip
> Hi
Thanks Bill - Glad you enjoyed. it
Tom C.
>
> Now, on to the subject line. After careful consideration,
> and saving at least 8 different images to wallpaper, I have
> concluded that my first impression was the right one.
> Michael Bromm's "Abstraction" is my favourite horizontal image
> th
Hi Steve,
I remember in the 70's (maybe before that) when the star Aldeberan was one
of the first stars suspected if having planets because of it's wobble effect
across the sky. My choice of the word observation in my earlier post was
probably a poor one...
It is this wobble method of detection
I have to admit. I had been on the list for months and thought Shel was a
female before I got to know her better.
Tom C.
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From: "Cy Galley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: Shel's a he, not a she.
> Which
Dr. Robb is correct - the dishwashing liquid and distilled water works for
me too. This was shown to me by an optician for my coated eyeglasses.
Dawn dishwashing detergent is my favorite for filters I take of sunrises;
Joy for newborn baby pictures;
Lux for lowlight;
Ivory for weddings;
Me
Thanks for the kind words...
Tom C.
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From: "Ken Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 4:45 PM
Subject: April Gallery
> This month's selections are extremely good from top to bottom. Since art
is in
> the eye of the beholde
Thanks, Ken, for including me in such esteemed company!
Paul M. Provencher
(ppro)
http://whitemetal.com/pentax/index.htm
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The following comes from today's "Independent" newspaper (London):
"Meat seized in Moldova was human flesh, tests yesterday have shown. Two
women were selling the meat outside a butcher's shop in the capital,
Chisinau. They said they had acquired it from a state cancer clinic."
Bon appetit!
Bob
I worked in a test equipment repair shop for several years. We used
dishwashing liquid as an antistatic cleaner for glass & plastic analog meter
face plates, to prevent static from affecting the meter needle. The secret
was to rinse it in warm water, cold water quickly removed all the soap,
whil
Tom Van Veen - One Way
What caught my eye the first time i saw this picture? The One Way
signboard. Next the clouds. And the black thick line.
Still unable to figure out what the black thick line is(rooftop?).
I am surprise the sky isn't that dark since a red filter was used.
However it did
It looks like to me that it ingeniously uses the remote release as a way of
implementing the vertical shutter release. That being the case, yes it
blocks the availability. This is not usually a problem because of the 2
second prefire. The only time I use the remote release is on timed
exposures
Comments on "Heir Bourn" by David Brooks
Catchy title. First I wish that this image was just a little larger. It is
more difficult to discern detail at half size. The scan looks like it could
use a little sharpening. That said, let's look a little closer.
The timing of the shot is great. Th
I tried a 80-200mm f/:2.8 ED IF FA, and it is a marvellous lens, even in its
price...
I hope a non Power zoom version will appear, at last, you can buy a Sigma
70-200mm f/:2.8 EX (EX version, not the old one)
The quality is not very far but the built is much less cheaper !
_
Re; New PZ1 battery pack
Fr: Bruce Dayton---
> "Perhaps a better question is how fast can it be removed and put back
on"
I agree.
And also could it be usable as only an AA battery pack? Maybe one could
remove the new vertical release wire and its plug, or at least tuck it back
insi
On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Jaume Lahuerta wrote:
> Juan Buhler's No Park:
> I have to confess that it took a lot to me to understand Juan's
> submission. Since I ran into the picture without reading the
> title, I didn't even realize that there was something written. The
> contrast settings of my monit
Hi all,
These are my comments to the pictures assigned to me from this month's PUG.
(I'd like to once again send a note of appreciation to Chris B. for gettting this
comment practice going.)
As for my comments: I am usually very hesitant of giving critical comments unless
explicitely asked to d
I have 747 units complete in 19040 hours of CPU time. The latest version
3.03 about doubled the processing time on my 2 lowly P233/MMX machines
compared to previous versions (seti has a problem with being too popular to
handle giving new work units to all clients whenever they ask - so they
slowe
Assignment:
"Yin Yang" by Frank Theriault---
I saw this photo just after my partner got herself a book on the paintings
of Vermeer, and I was immediately struck by the similarities of this double
animal portrait to Vermeer's style. (All rich and dark browns and blacks and
whites.) The subjects a
Indeed, K-mount enthusiasts wishing for a 100/2 have had but one choice:
the old Soligor CD. Introduced in 1979, it used a 58mm filter. I tried
ordering one from a British store, for 60 pounds sterling, but it had just
been sold. A couple months later, the same store had another specimen, same
pri
Cool. We only started doing it recently and have processed less than 20
units. And speaking of the search for life more intelligent than ourselves
(after all, that IS what we're doing), I'm in the process of acquiring press
passes to one of our more interesting annual events, the Ozark UFO
Confere
Don't give up on Aurora photos. This was just delivered to me.
Tom C.
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 4:25 PM
Subject: ALERT: Major Solar Flare Alert - Class X17.1 Solar Flare Observed
>
OK -- that's nasty.
According to Bob Walkden:
> The following comes from today's "Independent" newspaper (London):
>
> "Meat seized in Moldova was human flesh, tests yesterday have shown. Two
> women were selling the meat outside a butcher's shop in the capital,
> Chisinau. They said they had
Different iterations of the LX have different sounding shutters. It
seems that the new ones are quieter. Mirror lockup quiets things
down even more.
Matti Etelapera wrote:
> How would you rate the noise of this camera against the LX for example?
> Are there any really silent Pentaxes?
--
She
Anytime you introduce a zoom that meets a difficult challenge on two
fronts--a challenging range AND a large constant aperture--you guarantee
that it will be bought only by pros and the well-heeled. Moreover, such a
lens is nearly always hefty and would require huge filters. Nikon made the
right c
A Bill Visser (from "somewhere in Western Canada") came on this list to sell
things. Checked him out with some of the long-timers here; they'd not heard
of him before, or ever recall him posting anything here before.
H.
He sent me pictures of what looked like a brand spanking new SF1n, the
Hm, burger, anyone? I'll have mine medium-rare thanksnot!
8-O
Tanya.
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Hey guys,
Ok, I know what boz's page on the FA-1 FA-1W finders for the LX say
(I went there), but I'm having a bit of trouble TRANSLATING that into
something I can understand. Can anyone hazard to attempt to explain the
difference to me?
Oh, and while you're at it, if you have a favorite
dosk wrote:
>
> A Bill Visser (from "somewhere in Western Canada") came on this list to sell
> things. Checked him out with some of the long-timers here; they'd not heard
> of him before, or ever recall him posting anything here before.
> H.
Well that certainly means he's suspect if we'v
Hi Eduardo,
I presented an idea like this several months ago.
The intent was to create a super-gallery. The idea evolved into a
'photographer's choice' where each photographer would choose what they
considered to be their best work of PUG images already submitted. I
still like the idea
On 2 Apr 2001, at 19:03, William Kane wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
>Ok, I know what boz's page on the FA-1 FA-1W finders for the LX say
> (I went there), but I'm having a bit of trouble TRANSLATING that into
> something I can understand. Can anyone hazard to attempt to explain the
> difference to m
No good deed shall go unpunished.
On Mon, 02 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> dosk wrote:
> >
> > A Bill Visser (from "somewhere in Western Canada") came on this list to sell
> > things. Checked him out with some of the long-timers here; they'd not heard
> > of him before, or ever recall him posting anyth
I agree. I think the original post was a fair heads-up to the rest of us.
Any reasonably wary person would be a little suspicious of such behavior.
Well done to warn us.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Archer
Sent: April 2, 2001 4:53
Rapture wrote:
> Steve Larson - Yum!
> Great idea and creativity. Those chocolates are so inviting, both to the
> tummy and to the theme. I would even have stop for
> a second look and admire how they were made and how different each can
> be. I see that your focus was sharp in the
> center, p
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From: "William Kane"
Subject: LX Finders? FA-1 FA-1W
> Hey guys,
>
>Ok, I know what boz's page on the FA-1 FA-1W finders for
the LX say
> (I went there), but I'm having a bit of trouble TRANSLATING
that into
> something I can understand. Can anyone hazard to at
- Original Message -
From: "aimcompute"
Subject: Other PUG Comments
> " Navaho " by William Robb - Very nice Bill. Makes me want
to run out and
> get one of those P&S. I know I have been by there as well but
I think it
> was close to dusk and the contrast in the zig-zags was far
less
I think if you're going to impugn someone's reputation *publicly* you
should produce some evidence when you do so.
tv
Bucky wrote:
>
> I agree. I think the original post was a fair heads-up to the rest of us.
> Any reasonably wary person would be a little suspicious of such behavior.
> Well do
NNNOO.
Sorry
Bill
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Sent: April 2, 2001 1:01 PM
Subject: PUG idea
Hi everyone,
Although I tend to read more than write when the PDML is
concerned, I must not miss the o
Anyone interested? Seen on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1225504935
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Tom C. wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I remember in the 70's (maybe before that) when the star Aldeberan was one
> of the first stars suspected if having planets because of it's wobble
effect
> across the sky. My choice of the word observation in my earlier post was
> probably a poor one...
>
> It is th
Comments interspersed:
>>>My thanks to the organizers for the chance to comment. I had 3 terrific
pictures to look at, in which big and beautiful RED was the feature.
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My thanks, too. I thought that putting the other two "red shots" with mine made mine
look better than it
Thank you, Ken.
Bill Sawyer
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: April Gallery
This month's selections are extremely good from top to bottom. Since
Here goes:
H and L modes are outputs on manual. H is high, and L is low. M is for
manual settings. MS is for manual settings but the flash will mate with the
LX and set the flash shutter speed at 1/75th second.
For off the camera TTL, get the hotshoe grip. I use the 4P Sync Cord B
cable. One
I've got 90 units here as well, with 91 processing its little guts out as we speak.
But, I've noticed my processor time seem much longer, almost 5400 hours for 90 units.
But then again, I don't always send my work unit immediately after it has finished, so
I'm wondering if the software is actu
Illinois Bill asks:
> Ok, I know what boz's page on the FA-1 FA-1W finders for the
LX say
>(I went there), but I'm having a bit of trouble TRANSLATING
that into
>something I can understand. Can anyone hazard to attempt to
explain the
>difference to me?
Adding to the comments so far, the FA-1
To recount facts is not to impugn a reputation, and furthermore, the
evidence *was* given. What conclusion you draw from it is up to you.
I think it is fair to say that the original poster was suspicious of the
course of dealings, and that anyone who had experienced such a course of
dealings wou
There is nothing wrong or illegal about sharing your business experiences
and leaving it up to the reader to draw his own conclusions. The illegal
comes when you start to slander the individual/business by injecting your
own opinions without supporting evidence.
Gerry
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Hey Tom, if you want I'll give you this guy's email address. Yes?
Maybe there wasn't really anything wrong with this guy's deal. (I did leave
that option open, didn't I? You know, that option you ridiculed with your
self righteousness?)
But maybe you could get a better deal from him.
I mean afte
Take a look here:
http://wdcamengineering.com/PENTAX_GRIP_7web.jpg
It appears that the arm that comes up can be easily removed, and then you
can just pull the wire out of the cable release socket and use your cable
release with the AA pack still on. Of course no verticle release if you do
that,
Hi, Skip,
Thanks for your comments. To answer your questions:
1. It was shot using available light coming in through a large window. Those
cats are light sleepers, and and any sort of artificial lighting (especially a
flash) would have only given me one chance at a shot. As it was, they were
You know, I also have these coated eyeglasses and in my opinion they're a
bally pest. The glass is fine but the coating seems to sooner or later get
dinged no matter how you try to prevent it, even not wearing them (which
defeats the purpose surely?).
I ruined a pair recently by trying to poli
Oh no please don't
This list (and another I subscribe to) is absolutely charming in a manner no
other has ever been, due mainly to the characters of its members which
makes it worth reading day after day. Sometimes it's dreary I admit, other
times one might even find something of real value bu
I gotta agree with Tom on this one. Skip, the way I read it, lost out to a local buyer
and decided to scald Bill here in public for it. That's a poor method for solving a
problem.
I would, however, now that's it's out here, like to hear Bill's side of the story.
Doug
speaking as a list member
Does anyone have word on when the black limited lenses will be available in
North America?
thanks,
-Paul
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I don't know now. Maybe I was wrong in reporting my transactions with that
seller the way I did.
It's true, the deal just didn't feel right to me... But I thought I tried to
present what happened in a non-slanderous manner. I was (and am now) not
wanting to hurt anyones reputation. I was trying to
The general laws of motion for heavenly bodies was developed by Kepler
(1571-1630). Newton's (1642-1727) law says that for every action there is an
equal and opposite reaction, further he developed the law of gravity,
acceleration as a function of combined mass and distance. This mathematics,
alon
> Other PUG comments for April...
>
> " Long Way From Home " by Ed Dombek, USA - Winter
> is one of my favorite seasons, right up there with
> Spring, Summer, And Fall. I like the obvious
> cold and alone feeling in this, but the orangeness
> of the lights has a warming effect at the same
> time
Maybe not strong on "pattern" but a nice shot, Cotty.
I liked others as well... but the gal with the
cigarette gripped me.
Lon Williamson
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dosk wrote:
>
> Hey Tom, if you want I'll give you this guy's email address. Yes?
I'm not that interested, but I'd be curious to see your correspondence
with him.
>
> But maybe you could get a better deal from him.
> I mean after all, a brand new SF1n for $115 and a Carl Zeiss-Jena 28-80mm
> z
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