Unfortunately, they were closed in June. Gone for good. :-(
regards,
Alan Chan
There's a Pentax Canada service centre near the Burrard St. Bridge. I
think that it's on 2nd or 3rd avenue, just east of Burrard. I'm not
sure if they'll work on old cameras though. I had a good experience
when I br
There's a Pentax Canada service centre near the Burrard St. Bridge. I
think that it's on 2nd or 3rd avenue, just east of Burrard. I'm not
sure if they'll work on old cameras though. I had a good experience
when I brought my F 80-200 4.7-5.6 in for a loose lens element.
-Scott
On Thu, 2003-07-
Hi!
WR> With all due respect, is it really appropriate to call someone who disagrees
WR> with your opinion either an asshole of a fucker?
WR> History, or perhaps a world court, will, at some point, determine whether
WR> the war on Iraq was needed, ethical, necessary or legal.
WR> I don't think we
Hi!
You make a perfect sense to me, Frank. Well, not you, but you said,
that is . Indeed, I was looking out of the window with the
camera in hand and then I saw these two women walking. And then I saw
the umbrella. Then I saw to which direction they were walking and
almost immediately afterwards I
Any folks in Milwaukee? I'll have a couple of hours to hang out
tomorrow night if interested.
Not sure if I'll be able to check email so call me on my cell at
301-758-3085.
tv
My MX cannot focus at infinity with the FA*24/2 so it is time for CLA. Any
good service centre in Vancouver area or BC? Thx!
regards,
Alan Chan
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You have been very well behaved and tolerant considering your son's hardships.
Yeah! What he said
--
Later,
Gary
Bob,
The point of view Miska continues to demonstrate is deplorable.
If he can't adapt his beliefs and attitudes to this country,
perhaps he should return to a government and political system
he is more comfortable with. We won't miss him here...
You have been very well behaved and tolerant con
Yes, that's the photographer to whom I referred. I remember a great B&W
shot from a radio tower looking down on a plaza with umbrellas and
striking shadows.
Albano Garcia wrote:
Lazlo Moholy Nagy, maybe?
Regards
Albano
--- Dan Matyola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nice shot, Boris. I reminds m
This is not about the war. It's about my son. It all started as about my
son. That's all it's about. I don't have a lot of folks to talk to about
this and many folks on the PDML have been my friends for about five years.
My son is going through a personal hell right now and because I'm his dad, I
a
If I might interject on this thread, in case anyone is curious about the
area, here are some photos of Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle from my
humble days as a student and P&S photographer...
http://www.beyondthepath.com/photos/scotland_93/inverness.html
> > Cotty, did you by any chance visit Urquh
Cotty, is that the same Bob Harris who used to host 'The Old Grey Whistle
Test' on BBC TV? Fond memories of staying up late to watch that when I
lived in England! He used to be in the vanguard of rock music DJ's (or more
correctly, VJ's): the only problem was he had a slight whistle himself when
Also B&H and ebay have them.
Tele is 135, wide is 24.
Regards, Bob S.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> I believe Adorama ( http://www.adoramacamera.com ) sells a Pentax AFT-1
Tele
> Adapter ($22.50) for AF-200S/200SA, 280T Flashes (gives greater
> concentration of the flash beam with telephoto
Lazlo Moholy Nagy, maybe?
Regards
Albano
--- Dan Matyola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nice shot, Boris. I reminds me of the work of a
> famous Hungarian (I
> think) photographer, but I'm having a "senior
> moment" right now and
> can't remember thename.
>
>
=
Albano Garcia
"El Pibe A
> The visitor's center is basically a café and souvenir shop. There is
> also a theater showing a 8 minute film on the history of the castle.
Ah, thanks for satisfying my curiosity. :) There is some nutcase online
who thinks that the visitor's center is an eyesore, and that Historic
Scotland want
Awhile back there was some argument about the thickness of this item. I said
2mm, another list member said 3mm.
I now have in front of me, one each, genuine, new, Pentax Mirror Shock
Absorber, for the MX. The foam is somewhat denser than the stuff I get from
Micro Tools, but much softer than mouse
Dan, Graywolf,
Douglas Adams, whose works both Cotty and I very much enjoy, wrote of
a drink called the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster. Which has the effect
on people like baving you brains slapped out by a slice of lemon
wrapped around a large, gold brick.
I'm pretty sure Cotty can provide me wi
I wasn't referring as to whether or not he disagrees with my opinion.I could
care less about others either agreeing or disagreeing with me. I was
referring to the fact that he seemed to basically blaming Aaron himself for
his injuries and more or less saying he thinks he got what he deserved.
I've
On 31 Jul 2003 at 10:09, Steve Desjardins wrote:
> Congratulations. We need at least one PUG shot of the wedding from
> Jostein.
>
Thanks, Steve!
I'll see what I can do. :-)
Cheers,
Jostein
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Thanks, Steve!
There will be more coming.
Cheers,
Jostein
On 31 Jul 2003 at 4:38, Steve Larson wrote:
> Congratulations Cotty! Great news to cap a perfect birthday! I`ll never
> forget your anniversary ;) Nice pic Jostein.
> Steve Larson
> Redondo Beach, California
>
>
> - Original Message
Hi, Gianfranco!
Good to hear you returned home safely.
And thanks again for dropping by in Boat of Garten.
It was a memorable night.
Cheers,
Jostein
On 31 Jul 2003 at 14:49, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote:
> Hi Cotty and Alma,
>
> I came back home yesterday night (plane was a bit late) and
> didn't
With all due respect, is it really appropriate to call someone who disagrees
with your opinion either an asshole of a fucker?
History, or perhaps a world court, will, at some point, determine whether
the war on Iraq was needed, ethical, necessary or legal.
I don't think we will determine it here th
(resent after the original disappeared into cyberspace)
Hey, Cotty, congratulations! I hope you and Alma continue to be as happy as
you must have been to take this step.
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
(now approaching 9 blissful wedded years)
- Original Message -
From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PR
Well, since I posted the link. I take that as a grave insult. Cotty, if that
guy is still hanging around, reach over and slap him for me, then have a
drink with him for me too
Actually, I posted the first link that came up in google, figuring anyone
who wanted more accurate information could do t
A hectic day, but an interesting one. A letter delivered a couple of days
previously kindly informed us that the electrical supply would be
interrupted due to 'essential substation maintenance' at around 9 am this
morning. In fact it was 08.58 am, and my toast had literally just popped
up :-)
Alma
I wasn't implying that you were bragging or wrong about the depths of
Norwegian lakes. I was just pointing out that tourist bureaus, chambers
of commerce and similar organizations somtimes spread claims that have
not been properly documented, out of a sense on local pride and a lack
of fact-ch
Hi, Jostein,
Well, no matter how rusty your memory, your figures were a damn sight more
accurate than Wheatfield and his Whatever Arrow Lake in B.C. Canada!
cheers,
frank
Jostein wrote:
> However, I don't think my memory is that rusty, since I apparently
>
> got the figures for both Baikal and
Nice shot, Boris. I reminds me of the work of a famous Hungarian (I
think) photographer, but I'm having a "senior moment" right now and
can't remember thename.
Dag T wrote:
Also, people get hurt when they go to war. It´s not the movies,
heros get hurt too. They sacrifices something for some cause. I
feel sorry for their families.
Then behave as if you do feelsorry for then.
Yes, it explains quite a bit, actually.
U+B Scheffler wrote:
I hope I could explain my point of view a little bit.
On 28 Jul 2003 at 19:10, Amita Guha wrote:
> Cotty, did you by any chance visit Urquhart Castle? Because I understand
> there's a new visitor's center there.
We were there today, Vera and I. The boys wanted to scale the walls
too, while Elin went with Steve and Alma back to the house.
The vis
On 31 Jul 2003 at 9:36, Raimo Korhonen wrote:
> Well - the most common cause of divorces is marriage.
> All the best!
> Raimo
> Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
[whistling:]
Always look on the bright...
Jostein
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On 30 Jul 2003 at 17:58, Dan Matyola wrote:
> I think that all over the world, figure like this get exaggerated by
> folks promoting the local wonders.
>
Sorry, I didn't mean to go bragging about the virtues of Norwegian
freshwater supplies. My point was merely to give some support to my
stat
I like it a lot.
I don't really think of it as "street photography" (and I say that not as
a criticism, just an observation). It's more "architectural" insofar as
the subject of the shot is the plaza, and it's geometrical lines. The two
people, and the umbrella are integral parts of the photo to
Hi Cotty and Alma,
I came back home yesterday night (plane was a bit late) and
didn't have the time to write anything, so...
AUGURI
(pronounced like ah-oo-goo-ree for you driving on the left side
of the street... :-))
Ciao,
Gianfranco
=
__
Do you
Well, Lon,
Yesterday, I was going to offer Cotty my congrats, and his lovely bride my
condolences. But, I thought it might be bad taste on their Wedding Day.
However, this is the day after (when she's undoubtedly awoken to the harsh
light of reality anyway), and since you've gone and opened this
Can´t you all just stop and accept that there are heros and sacrifices
made on both sides of any war, regardless of the cause and sanity of
the leaders.
Norway was occupied by Germans for 5 years, but even then many
recognized that many solders where just ordinary family men, good sons
and
Hi folks -
I just put up a new update to my website. There's a handful more warbler
photos and the conclusion to the essay about shooting them. Plus ~125 more
photos, mostly from recent months.
Stop on by if you a chance - and as always comments, feedback, and mention
of glaring HTML errors a
There are tests confirming such things, but people tend to forget that
scientific methods also demands that the tests are reproducible. This
means that an independent group should get the same results following
the same procedures. A theory is accepted when a number of such tests
confirm the
I find it an interesting image. The combination of the geometric pattern,
umbrella, and deep shadows is pleasing to me.
Paiul
Boris Liberman wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I know it is one of the most criticized approaches, but on the other
> hand no faces are shown, so I suppose I will force my conscience to
Welcome Paul,
Always nice to have someone familiar with SunpaK flash for TTL.
I never figured out if they would work with my Super Program...
Regards, Bob S.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I just joined the list and would like to introduce myself, and throw my 2
> cents in on this thread. My name is
Hello all,
Is there anyone out there with a spare 11 or 12 mm extension tube which
they would be willing to sell?
If so then please contact me off list.
Leon
http://www.bluering.org.au
http://www.bluering.org.au/leon
I like it, Boris.
Specifically, I like the repeated circular form of the umbrella and
it's shadow. I think I like the second person in the photo because it
repeats the form (vertical line) of the first person.
>>>Does it work? I wonder whether the umbrella is popping out enough?
Not quite. But,
Could someone in Germany who might be willing to do me a favor shoot
me an email?
Thanks,
Tom
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www.bigdayphoto.com
301-758-3085
Hi!
I know it is one of the most criticized approaches, but on the other
hand no faces are shown, so I suppose I will force my conscience to be
silent.
Anyway, here for your enjoyment one of my better shots from the last
film I processed. Though heavy this Soligor zoom performs quite
decently...
I read some time ago that there were made emperical tests with groups that
were compared. One group of patients got the prayers of a group of people,
the other not. All that for a certain time. And the result was that the
recovery was better in the first group.
Sure there are statistic problems an
Yes, Bob, another narrow minded asshole that can only see things the way he
wants to see them and cannot fathom someone having a different opinion than
his.
Bill
> Damn. Another PDML fucker.
>
> Bob...
> - Original Message -
> From: Mike Ignatiev
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Th
Congratulation Cotty!
I shall have second anniversary of my wedding next Tuesday and I must say
that it is very, very nice day.
Maybe I buy my great wife any lens
Cheers
Alek
- Original Message -
From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Wow. I guess I wasn't reading the posts carefully enough, as I didn't
see this coming.
Congratulations. We need at least one PUG shot of the wedding from
Jostein.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
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Rumours has it that Cotty followed the new procedure, where he digitally
signed the electronic version of the registry. This quite explains why
the whole party nedeed their laptops.
cheers,
caveman
Humph.Worst July ever.
I have a rather heafty truck repair bill coming up next week,so after a long think i'll
have to sell
some spare equipment that is not getting much use.
SF-1 with SMC A 35-70 macro
Sigma 100-300 DL AF zoom
My new to me smc m 28mm
Possibly a K1000 with smc a 3
Many congrats, Cotty! That's wonderful news.
So what did you bribe her with to get her to marry you? ;)
Amita
The woman is DAFT! vbg.
Congratulations!!!1
-Lon
Jostein wrote:
Gang,
Cotty got himself married today.
The first official image can be found at:
http://www.oksne.net
Click the Scotland link, and you're there.
The image is taken with a Optio S.
There will be more official pics later, but they
Ditto!
Looking forward to a "Married an proud of it!" thread
Best,
Mishka
I think you've run into an inverse-square law problem, something that
applies to all light sources. Things will work more consistently this
way: Get your subjects as close to the background as possible and use
a longish lens to minimize the difference in intensity of light falling
on subject and
You need a flash with Pentax analogue TTL to take advantage
of the SuperProgram. I think the best compromise flash for
it is the AF280T, the most powerful Pentax flash that will mount on
the hot shoe. Tilt, swivel, thyristor settings (2), full
manual, and 1/32 manual are available in addition to
> AF200T or AF280T are what you need. ($20 or
$50 are good prices)
> Either one works with the Super Program to give TTL flash, ie
> flash is measured IN the camera by a sensor not in the flash.
> It gives great flash photography as you change lenses.
I sec
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
> There appear to be 2 versions of this lens, and they are different
> optically, the earlier being noticeably better.
>
> http://home.att.net/~alnem/html/pentax_zooms.html#80-200
>
> Is there a way to tell them apart?
Thanks to Boz's site, I found
Congrats, dude!
- MCC
At 11:19 PM 7/30/2003 +0200, you wrote:
Gang,
Cotty got himself married today.
The first official image can be found at:
http://www.oksne.net
Click the Scotland link, and you're there.
The image is taken with a Optio S.
There will be more official pics later, but they have t
Congratulations Cotty! Great news to cap a perfect birthday! I`ll never
forget your anniversary ;) Nice pic Jostein.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
- Original Message -
From: "Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 2:19 PM
Subject: Con
This stuff prompted me to ask Hugh Burnett to remind me about George King.
Hugh writes:
'An ex-taxi driver was doing the washing up in his flat in London when a
naked Fakir materialised in the room, who told him to go to a hill in Devon.
So he went, noticed two shadows on the hedge as he walked in
AF200T or AF280T are what you need. ($20 or $50 are good prices)
Either one works with the Super Program to give TTL flash, ie
flash is measured IN the camera by a sensor not in the flash.
It gives great flash photography as you change lenses.
The AF280T is really nice, tilt, swivel, & bright.
The
Congratulations, Cotty & Alma ! ! !
Also Metz with SCA 372 would be very good choice, IMHO
Alek
- Original Message -
From: "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 5:09 AM
Subject: Re: flash for Super Program
> > I just got my new Super Program in the mail. It appears to
> > function
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, U+B Scheffler wrote:
> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:01:22 +0200
> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l_Jensen?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Newbie Questions
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Thank you!
Alek
- Original Message -
From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 7:04 PM
Subject: Re: News from DPReview
> My largest so far is 24X30 on Portra 800. Looked very nice. I find
> that from 4X5 on up, the 67
Hi Joe,
When you test the lens please drop me a line about its performance.
Cheers
Alek
- Original Message -
From: "Joe Wilensky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 3:05 PM
Subject: Question on SMC-FA 35mm f/2 lens and hood ...
> I just received an
Should have said this!
-Forwarded Message-
From: Clive evans, 101335,1564
To: INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED], INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 31/07/2003 11:19 PM
RE: Cotty
Cotty
Many congratulations..
The lovely Teresa a
Well done!
H; _still_ no mention of it on the BBC news site. Is that because
you work for Carlton?
mike
Bout bloody time mate!
I found it hard to think of you as anything other than husband & wife
last year because you seemed so together.
Serious congrats are in order and you better start planning the next
p***up, sorry PDML get together so that I can toast the pair of you.
Maybe I will send you a
Sure. Either by exaggerating the actual depth or, when you can't get away with this
because the numbers are established and known, by "forgetting" facts that most people
will not miss.
:-)
DagT
> Fra: Dan Matyola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I think that all over the world, figure like this get e
Cotty
Many congratulations..
The lovely Teresa two years ago last September [rode from Antibes to back
on my Harley with ten days touring beautiful
Scotland..great!]
Then Barcelona for your first anniversary would be an excellent
idea...
Not questioning your seriousity here, Bernd, but...when you write
"scientifically proved", then what *exactly* do you mean?
Inquiring scientist wanting to know.
--thomas
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:39:14 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (U+B Scheffler) wrote:
> It is scientifically proved that the prayer of
Congratulations to the Cotty Clan on their recent wedding, may the
happiness continue for years to come.
My admiration to the photographer who was still able to remain upright
and operate a camera after all the 'wee drams' that must have been
consumed during the celebrations!
Cheers - Harry
--
on 30.07.03 21:24, Boris Liberman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi!
>
> The owner of closing photo shop in my area proposed to me to buy his 2
> month old Canon Scan FS 2710 film scanner for $450.
>
> Any of you using it? Is it worth it?
Very expensive. I would rather look for lightly used Nikon
Uh,er,ah, as a matter of fact yes. I even thought of you this past Sunday
when I started brewing the brown and red ales.
Bill
- Original Message -
From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:49 AM
Subject: Re: Letter from Scotl
>Could we send them to the bear habitat and let them play with the bears? :-)
LOL. And I suppose the beer habitat is PDML Central?
Cheers,
Cotty
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> Cotty got himself married today.
Well Cotty, congratulations! I must say, you took me by suprise - I
thought with all those stag hints you were going shooting bloody Red Deer!
Was it a spur-of-the-moment thing or did you have it in mind before you
headed up there?
Chris
Hi,
Boris wrote:
> The owner of closing photo shop in my area proposed to me to buy his 2
> month old Canon Scan FS 2710 film scanner for $450.
>
> Any of you using it? Is it worth it?
I have the 2700. Not impressed. It does a competent job for what it is
but I find that saturation and sharpn
> have you compared this A28/2.8 with any other 28mm from
Pentax?
Hi Alek,
No i have not but i found some informations at
http://home.att.net/~alnem/html/pentax_primes.html
It confirms the poor quality of the A28/2.8 and suggests
that the best 28mm is the old K28/3.5 despite the size and
weight.
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