OT: The new product range from Apple...

On 25/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >http://www.electric-chicken.co.uk/ ROTFL! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads http://www.macads.co.uk

Re: OT: The new product range from Apple...

On 25/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >Hi, > >should have been called the i-Cac. > >-- >Cheers, > Bob That's even funnier than the ad ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps _

Re: Asterisks (WAS Re: PAW - My Grandaughter)

I don't care what you guys say. I thought Spotmatic sounded cool back in the "60's, and I think it sounds cool now. And nothing anyone says is going to change my opinion. Ever. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J.

Re: London PubDML (was Re: Whisky)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Clark) wrote: > I know a quaint little pub where they mainly sell Peter's Ales. I'm keen; prefer a weekend. --- John Dallman, [EMAIL PROTECTED], HTML mail is treated as probable spam.

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars

On 25/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >>Mine was Mach 2.2 in a Phantom II fighter. > >Shoot! Any astronauts on the list? > >As George Kennedy said to a hapless Global Aiways pilot trying to taxi a >stuck 707 from the snow when he protested that he had clocked up half a >million miles in the air

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars

On 25/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >>>Mine was Mach 2.2 in a Phantom II fighter. >> >>Shoot! Any astronauts on the list? > >Oh yeah, I've done quite a bit of space exploration, but that was back >in college. >Perhaps we're not talking about the same thing, though... You're a wise-acre, Robe

Re: Too Much PAW

On 25/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: >> On 24/2/04, TAN THE FONDLER disgorged: >> >> >hehe, the challenge is on! >> > >> >tan. (who "fondles" AS she photographs) >> > >> >ps no wise arse comments about "fondling", ok Cotty? hehe. >> >> I'll let someone else have a go :-) >> >> Cue Lasse...

RE: Too Much PAW

On 25/2/04, TANJA THE SWEET disgorged: >OMG - no wonder my poor hubby worries about me and "that bloody photography >list". I spend half of my life convincing him that hanging out with you lot >is "safe"! He is petrified at the possibility of me going to GFM and >meeting with a bunch of "interne

Re: OT - Photoshop question

- Original Message - From: "Cotty" Subject: OT - Photoshop question > Any suggestions as to how I can print a 'contact-sheet' page of pics > straight from the File Browser in Photoshop - without using Contact Sheet > II ?? On a Windows machine, you could do a snapshot of the screen and

Re: Bulk Film Loader Ques

- Original Message - From: "Shel Belinkoff" Subject: Bulk Film Loader Ques > Been thinking about getting a bulk film loader. Is anyone > still using these things. Which brands are considered > better? I'd want a very good quality loader and don't mind > paying a little extra for it.

Re: Not exactly PAW: Sunny California

Usually not quite as bad ... poor weather slows the commute down quite a bit. I LOVE watching the commuters from my window while enjoying a fresh brioche and a nice cuppa cawfee. I grab a shot from the window whenever there's interesting weather or something else that catches my eye. They're not

Re: Not exactly PAW: Sunny California

- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: RE: Not exactly PAW: Sunny California > Is the expressway that crowded every morning? > > I'm so glad I don't have to commute! Where I live, it's 15 minutes from > downtown by bike, the same by car, and about 20 by subway. > I'm so

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars

Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 25/2/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: > Mine was Mach 2.2 in a Phantom II fighter. >>> >>>Shoot! Any astronauts on the list? >> >>Oh yeah, I've done quite a bit of space exploration, but that was back >>in college. >>Perhaps we're not talking about the same

RE: Too Much PAW

Tanya, Call hubby over to the computer right now. Show him this: http://www.nrg666.com/pdml/portraits/pages/FrankTheriault.htm It will calm any concerns he might have about the quality of people you'll meet at GFM. cheers, frank PS: I couldn't help thinking, when I read your husband's commen

Re: Not exactly PAW: Sunny California

Sounds like when I used to live in Kitchener/Waterloo. I used to joke that a KW "traffic jam" was 6 cars at a stop light. No one laughed, but I always thought it was funny... cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Ro

Re: OT - Photoshop question

whic version of PS? the CS version allows Contact Sheet II direct from File Browser and you have your choice of all images or only selected images. PS 7 doesn't allow it and you have to use File|Automate. Herb - Original Message - From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" <[

Re: Not exactly PAW: Sunny California

In a message dated 2/25/2004 3:43:37 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: PDML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Not exactly PAW: Sunny California >Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:55:02 -0800 > >http://home.earthlink.

RE: GFM

ops, i've been discovered... Ok, so I couldn't keep my mouth shut could i? Well, here's the deal... I am pre-registered for GFM I am NOT bothering with my sister and her whole wedding fiasco, I basically told her and my mum to "go jump"... I have kept the dates free in my diary

Re: Not exactly PAW: Sunny California

When I moved from Missouri/Kansas to California I had to redefine some of my thinking. In the midwest, "no cars on the road" meant NO cars on the road. In California, "no cars on the road" means that you can go the speed limit or faster. There are always cars on the road! Bruce Wednesday, Feb

RE: OT: The new product range from Apple...

OMG!! How funny...! This one is the best... http://www.electric-chicken.co.uk/oldoryoung.html tan. -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 26 February 2004 9:53 AM To: pentax list Subject: Re: OT: The new product range from Apple... On 25/2/04, [EMAIL

RE: Not exactly PAW: Sunny California

That is a cool shot Shel... You know what I don't think there is even that many cars in my entire town! lol tan. -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 26 February 2004 10:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Not exactly PAW: Sunny Californ

Re: Not exactly PAW: Sunny California

Bruce Dayton wrote: > > When I moved from Missouri/Kansas to California I had to redefine some > of my thinking. > > In the midwest, "no cars on the road" meant NO cars on the road. > In California, "no cars on the road" means that you can go the speed > limit or faster. Well, not necessaril

Photographer a Week

Here is Bill Schwab's website. He's a Detroit native, has a style much like the better known Michael Kenna. For the darkroom aficiando's, check out his "darkroom cam." http://www.billschwab.com/ Has anyone thought about incorporating Shel's idea into their website, as a list of links?

Re: GFM

In this country it would be a deductible business expense. You would recoup most of the cost in tax savings. And think how you can jack up your prices once you can say 'I studied with tv in North Carolina, that is in the States you know, and so of course my rates will be higher than the others

Very enjoyable evening

I got a call today from our local Pentax rep letting me know he was in town and invited the wife and I to dinner. We had a wonderful time, and even ran into a mutual friend at the restaurant which made it even more enjoyable. He also loaned me his 18-35 to try on my ist* D. All and all a great eve

RE: in da streets

Yaaay, come and visit me!! tan. -Original Message- From: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 26 February 2004 12:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: in da streets > -Original Message- > From: Cesar Matamoros II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > tv, > > Maybe we ca

RE: Very enjoyable evening

What did you eat? > -Original Message- > From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:09 PM > To: PDML > Subject: Very enjoyable evening > > I got a call today from our local Pentax rep letting me know > he was in town and invited the wife and I to

Re: PK-fit Elmar's head (Was: PK mount lenses)

At 04:00 26/02/04, you wrote: I have an Elmar 135 f4 (M). Can I unscrew the head? Yes! >>I can only unscrew a little aluminum ring under the aperture ring. It uncovers some screws. Should I go on?<< Yes, I think so. >>If it unscrews, I could maybe adapt the head to a Pentax zoom tube.<< The pa

Re: WAY OT - Top speed- Cars

1959 for me - but I got lucky once when I had a busted speedo on the Mini. Cop pulled me over and said "Would you continue to do less than 30, please sir?" (the limit in urban areas in those days was 30 mph). I, of course, said yes, praying he wouldn't notice that the speedo was reading 85 mph! J

Re: Zooms, was Re: 24-50s

At 20:45 25/02/04, you wrote: Anyone ever used the Tamron 28-105 f/2.8? I've heard diametrically opposing opinions of it. I have one. I use it for my Minolta. I found it to be quite nice, not too sharp, but certainly not soft. It's great for weddings because it does not render overly fine details

Re: Mz-S RTF Flash Problem

Mark, have you checked p131 of the manual? There are a couple of situations mentioned there, including, of course, low batteries! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:21 A

RE: I did a bad thing

Eleanor, Come on now. I did not say it would be snake skinned, now did I? I seem to recall your not having too much of a problem sitting beside me and close to the LX for our group shot in San Antonio. See you at GFMtn, Cesar Panama City, Florida -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: WAY OT - English Sport Cars

Ahhh yes, my first trip to GFMtn. Talk about an interesting experience. 'We don't do that around here', paraphrasing the cop, Cesar Panama City, Florida -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 7:51 AM "Cesar Matamoros II" <[EM

RE: The Local Pentax SLR Conundrum

That is what I am seeing, they are selling well. My local store, unbeknownst to me has sold 6 *ist Ds, and at least 6 Optio Ss, along with just about every other Pentax p&s, and apparently not doing too shabby with the SLRs. I have not looked lately, but they may still have an MZ-S, Cesar Panama

Re: Zooms, was Re: 24-50s

Anyone ever used the Tamron 28-105 f/2.8? I've heard diametrically opposing opinions of it. Tamron was making some laughable "SP" lenses in recent history, and the SP35-105/2.8 & SP28-105/2.8 are the most expensive junk thus far (I had the 35-105/2.8). Fortunately, they learnt from their huge mis

Re: GFM

- Original Message - From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" Subject: RE: GFM >, so convince > me guys, how can I truly justify the expense? And don't just say because of > how much fun it'll be, I already know that! lol... 1) You will be visiting a foreign land, which is always educational.

Re: The Local Pentax SLR Conundrum

- Original Message - From: "Cesar Matamoros II" Subject: RE: The Local Pentax SLR Conundrum > That is what I am seeing, they are selling well. My local store, > unbeknownst to me has sold 6 *ist Ds, and at least 6 Optio Ss, along with > just about every other Pentax p&s, and apparently

Re: PAW (4 pictures street photography)

These shots do not do a great deal for me. They are like many which I have taken when I have traveled - they remind me of a time/place, but they have little impact for anyone else. Of the four, I like the broad view of City Hall the best. The others, I am not sure what you are seeing. For examp

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars

Well, most people don't drive around at night in 30 degree temperatures with the top down on their convertibles 8-) Bill > Ahhh yes, my first trip to GFMtn. Talk about an interesting experience. > > 'We don't do that around here', paraphrasing the cop, > > Cesar > Panama City, Florida

RE: Too Much PAW

Yeah, somehow, judging by the looks of Frank's bunny ears, I think I'll be pretty safe. Unless that is, Cotty squashes me in the back of tv's car on the drive to GFM! hehe... tan. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 26 February 2004 12:45

Soft focus (was Re: PAW - My first)

Any suggestions that would mimic a soft focus lens reasonably well? Diffusers are not at all the same type of animal. Zeiss softar filters are supposed to be good but very expensive. With the *ist-D I think I would just use gaussian blur in PS, duplicate the background layer first, then apply, the

Re: Asterisks (WAS Re: PAW - My Grandaughter)

I don't even want to think about it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: I dunno. "Spotmatic" was a pretty cool name, IMHO. and Peter Alling commented: Well, you had 30 years for it to grow on you who knows *ist may seem to be a cool name in 30 years. Yeah -- who

Re: Too Much PAW

And a shotgun? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tanja said: OMG - no wonder my poor hubby worries about me and "that bloody photography list". I spend half of my life convincing him that hanging out with you lot is "safe"! He is petrified at the possibility of me going to GFM and meeting with a bun

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars

On 24/2/04, DAN 'ZIPPY' MAYTOLA disgorged: >Mine was Mach 2.2 in a Phantom II fighter. So you flew Phantoms. I was a jet engine mechanic in the USAF and used to work on J79-15 engines for the RF4-C recon version Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Herman

Re: WAY OT - Top speed- Cars

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 14:25:02 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Cory > Hasn't been over a hundred since that day. Cory, you _have_ to do a track day with us! TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: WAY OT - English Sport Cars

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:38:58 -0500, Mark Roberts wrote: > Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Shoot! Any astronauts on the list? > > Oh yeah, I've done quite a bit of space exploration, but that > was back in college. I'm guessing that was _inner_ space, if your college years were anything like

Re: Zooms, was Re: 24-50s

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:39:03 -0500, you wrote: >Nikon's 24-120 is reportedly a big seller (and very popular with the >wedding shooters). There are a couple of options in the 24-135 range, >too (Sigma, Tamron). >And the Pentax 24-90 is in the ballpark, too :) The Tamron 24-135 handles well, is fa

Re: Too Much PAW

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 23:02:54 +0200, Lasse Karlsson wrote: > Lasse (who fondless ass she photographss) You're a _bad_, _bad, boy Lasse. But it's the comment I would have made, had I been so bold, so I guess that makes me one, too. :-) TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: Photoshop CS RAW Converter

> >Yeah - the "digital is free" mantra sounds a bit hollow as you punch in you > >charge card numbers into the Adobe site - but it's worth it! > > I just bought my second 1 gig card today. Thats over a hundred rolls of film, bought, processed and printed just on memory alone. Anyone who thinks d

Re: in da streets

Hey guy's watch it, you woke up Frank. frank theriault wrote: Beer? Women? Huh? -frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Albano Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> come here guys, we have great beer an

Re: PAW - Happy Daze (just for Wendy)

Nice detail but he/she doesn't look happy... Stan Halpin wrote: OK - I'll play the game and give people a chance to fire back at me... http://home.kc.rr.com/smhalpin/HappyDaze.jpg This is absolutely untouched except for resizing and compressing. No sharpening, no color or levels work, no nothi

Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner

There has been some discussion here about finding a slide duplicator for the istd. Well, I was looking at some slides on the light box earlier, and decided to try out the little Sony's macro setup to copy a slide. I did a few, and seem to have gotten a little better at it. So, FWIW, here's a sli

RE: in da streets

>From: Albano Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >come here guys, we have great beer and you now what >hey say about our women ;-) Yes, I know. I even dated one, years ago. Almost killed me, she did. :-) Now I just have to scrape together some cash. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

RE: I did a bad thing

Cesar said: > Come on now. I did not say it would be snake skinned, now did I? > > I seem to recall your not having too much of a problem sitting beside me and > close to the LX for our group shot in San Antonio. I seem to recall that someone was always closer to the snaky LX than I was. Also,

Re: Mz-S RTF Flash Problem

At 11:26 AM 2/26/2004 +1000, John Coyle wrote: Mark, have you checked p131 of the manual? There are a couple of situations mentioned there, including, of course, low batteries! Thanks - tried new batteries, ran down the checklist in the manual. Still no flash. On the bright side - I did learn ab

Re: The Local Pentax SLR Conundrum

> From: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Cord tells me that the reason they're not stocking the istD > > (or any other Pentax SLR) is because Pentax is not able to > > deliver the quantities they need for building volume sales > > and the large customer base that a retailer needs to

Re: PAW - Happy Daze (just for Wendy)

That is an angry looking Wookey. Watch out or you will wind up with your arm torn off. (grin) -- Stan Halpin wrote: OK - I'll play the game and give people a chance to fire back at me... http://home.kc.rr.com/smhalpin/HappyDaze.jpg This is absolutely untouched except for resizing and compressi

RE: Digicam Slide Duplicator / Scanner

Shel, It looks pretty good to me. I was thinking about doing the same thing a while ago with my Oly 5050 but never got around to do it... (cause I'm lazy). I'll give it a try this weekend if the weather is bad... Andy -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sen

Re: Too Much PAW

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Tanja said: > > > > > >>OMG - no wonder my poor hubby worries about me and "that bloody photography > >>list". I spend half of my life convincing him that hanging out with you lot > >>is "safe"! He is petrified at the possibility of me going to GFM and > >>meet

Re: Zooms, was Re: 24-50s

John Mustarde: > The Tamron 24-135 handles well, is fairly sharp at all f-stops, and > the magnification factor is handy, but it's not well suited for > outdoor pics on a sunny day even with its tulip hood. > > Flares badly, to say the least. > > http://www.photolin.com/misc/flare.jpg > > Oh w

Re: PAW - Happy Daze (just for Wendy)

That dog is a wimp. I don't think she bites her food without asking it first if it is ok. I just met her Saturday, but we had one like her. Stan graywolf wrote: That is an angry looking Wookey. Watch out or you will wind up with your arm torn off. (grin) -- Stan Halpin wrote: OK - I'll pla

Re: PAW - Happy Daze (just for Wendy)

Shi-Tzu's are virtually always happy. Or dazed. When God was allocating brains among dogs, Shi-Tzu's were off playing. Stan Peter J. Alling wrote: Nice detail but he/she doesn't look happy... Stan Halpin wrote: OK - I'll play the game and give people a chance to fire back at me... http://hom

Re: Photoshop CS RAW Converter

On 25 Feb 2004 at 21:28, William Robb wrote: > I just bought my second 1 gig card today. > Thats over a hundred rolls of film, bought, processed and printed > just on memory alone. > Anyone who thinks digital is even remotely inexpensive was shooting a > hell of a lot of pictures on film. Lucky s

Re: PK-fit Elmar's head (Was: PK mount lenses)

I did unscrew the Elmar head (with elastic band and following instruction gathered on google). It has a thread about 39.5mm and very fine. Unusable. The Tele-Elmar's head has a LTM 39mm thread. It is also 50% more expensive than the Elmar. But it is said to have more saturated color. I'll

Re: Too much mail

I thought I should add my support to the PAW concept in its current incarnation. I'll personally try to average one photo a week (or fewer), I guess. I disagree with the suggestion of limiting the photos to those taken with Pentax equipment - there's already the PUG for that, and besides, I f

OT- A fairygirl "funny"

Just something to make you all smile... Again, my dad sent this to me... Very clever and some of them take a bit to work out, but hilarious! I love #7 and #16! hehe. tan. PS no offence to any Chinese PDML'ers, just a bit of fun! Subject: FW: Chinese for dummies For all you fast learners.

RE: GFM

Hi guys - yep, it will constitute a tax deduction but will make little difference to me this year. I will already be making a "loss" due to purchases such as *istD, studio lights, new PC, laptop etc which already add up to well over $12k. Of course, I am not REALLY making a loss, but being my fir

Re: PAW - Hat and Beard

*Nice* beard. S Cotty wrote: Okay, in an effort to steer away from car threads and abstain from beer threads, here's some dude with a hat: Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.

PAW: Lake Michigan wetlands

Never thought I had anything good enough for PUG postings, but PAW got me out of *lurker* mode. Constructive criticism appreciated. http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/washingt.htm Paul

RE: Whisky (was Re: PAW: A good breakfast)

-Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 6:17 PM On 24/2/04, CESAR AND HIS AMAZING SNAKESKINS disgorged: >>-Original Message- >>From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 4:00 AM >> >>On 23/2/04, [EMA

RE: in da streets

tv, I have plenty of vacation. It is just that I have invitations to Budapest, London, Beirut, Spain (not sure where), and my usual suspects - Honduras, Mexico, Belize... I plan each international trip to be at least two weeks, or why bother... Speaking of running water... I recall using outho

RE: Too Much PAW

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:45 PM Tanja said: > OMG - no wonder my poor hubby worries about me and "that bloody photography > list". I spend half of my life convincing him that hanging out with you lot > is "saf

RE: in da streets

With apologies to the list... Digame Albano. Que dicen de las mujeres Argentinas? En realidad pensando una visita, Cesar Panama City, Florida -Original Message- From: Albano Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:49 PM come here guys, we have great beer

RE: in da streets

Tanja, Visiting Honduras as often as I have, not to mention other Central American countries, I am used to not having electricity :-) Though it would be fun to shoot them working the pedals... I used to bike quite a bit, I volunteer to pedal for a while to send messages to the PDML. Need to get

RE: in da streets

Interesting. I have always wanted to tour the Americas before going abroad. But all these opportunities keep coming up. If you stay there long enough I may take you up on it. How many free pages are left on my passport? Cesar Panama City, Florida -Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Ph

RE: WAY OT - English Sport Cars

Bill, Bill, Bill, It was not 30 degrees out. It was not night time, it was pre-dawn. I could not be driving out and about that cold with the top down. It was only probably in the 50s. One of the good things about an 8-cylinder is the amount of heat it produces. Crank up the heat and all is we

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