Re: OT: I Was Gone, Now I'm Back (too)

frank theriault wrote: > > Hi, Y'all, > > I'm sure no one noticed (except perhaps to breath a > sigh of relief), but I haven't been around for about a > week. And, an eventful week it was, too! (more on > that later) > >[snip,snip,snip] annsan replies: Well I sure didn't notice cause I was al

Re: JPEG Compression Limits

Tom C wrote: > > Thanks Bill. I had already cropped the original to my desired composition, > but a great suggestion. > Anyhould, I've chosen a different submission. :-( > > Just an idea for the PUG... there are a number of other sites with a more > generous max file size. Any chance that sever

Re: Followup to autofocus Super Takumar

Michel Carrère-Gée <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Cotty a écrit : > >>On 20/7/04, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, offered: >> >>>It's an autofocus MX! >>>http://perso.wanadoo.fr/krg/trucs/trucs.htm >>> >> >>WHOA! Col. >> >It was manufactured in the famous "Photoshop Factory", where another >Penta

Re: A problem you will never have with digital

> > Tom said and i snipped a bunch: > Then in broad daylight, and with the lights on, I picked up the beaker of fix > which was there at my right hand, and poured it into the developing tank. > > > > However, this is, I think, the stupidest thing I have ev

RE: Homemade Bottle Cap Tripod

That's funny, I always carry one of those cheesy little "spider" flex tripods in my pocket. The other day to get it a little taller I folded the legs and slipped the the whole thing down into the neck of a soda bottle. Worked great! Don > -Original Message- > From: Derby Chang [mailto:[EM

Re: OT: I Was Gone, Now I'm Back

Hi Frank. Sorry to hear about all the bad fortune.That explains why we have not seen any responces to the ongoing TOPDML personal thread.I have sent directions this morning. Hope you can make it out for a bit this Saturday,get your mind off things Oh,no beer at these things i'm afraid.:-) Just

Re: Digital vs Film

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Oh that Film vs Digital thread was so much fun, why don't we start it > again, but this time do digital vs film. Well Bob, I don't think it really is a digital vs film thread. At least I personally am not saying that one is better than the other! I

Re: LX Talk.

The super program does this, too. You can over-ride its decision with the exposure compensation dial. Does the LX permit this over-ride? William Robb wrote: snip.. One of the LX wonks that I don't like is it's refusal to fire a flash at all if it decides that there is enough ambient light to

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, ned wrote: > It seems to me that the path is more like mobile phones. Yes! I think this is pretty likely. Here in the UK mobile phones went through a huge expansion as everyone had to get one. Shares went up, people got rich. Somehow it came as a huge shock to the phone comp

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Rob Studdert wrote: > Chris have you had a good look at the Ilford catalogue of late? They > aren't stupid, they are diversifying into all sorts of digital products > and using their good name in film and paper to great advantage. I'm not aguing with you on this, how boring

Re: New Sigma lens

on 21.07.04 2:33, Joseph Tainter at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd sure want to see a lens test on this before I bought one. I'll bet > it won't perform as well as the DA 16-45. So far Sigmas from DC series got quite favourable reviews and so far they were only cheapo versions (18-55/3.5-5.6 is 4x

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, William Robb wrote: > For fucks sake, how many morons are there on this list who can't > think? There's one more than you believe there to be :-) > "And by being lucky enough to not have much competition world wide." > translate into my saying "no competition". > If you are

Re: A problem you will never have with digital

Hi, TomR wrote: However, this is, I think, the stupidest thing I have ever done in a darkroom. When I was at school, two of us used a strobe in the school darkroom to shoot "pucks" as they collided on a sheet of plate glass. The pucks were painted white on top, so the long exposures under the st

Re: Apology for............

On 20/7/04, Doug Franklin, discombobulated, offered: >> If I run across a "good deal" on eBay that I can't use, I'll share >> it with the group because I know someone out there can use it. > >Please don't. The list has discussed this at least annually since I >came on board in 1998. Each time th

Re: Comment and Question (WAS: RE: Apology for............)

On 20/7/04, Don Sanderson, discombobulated, offered: >Now the question: >Nowhere can I find any guidelines covering this (eBay Listings), or for FS >items, or what's allowed for OT subjects, or for that matter what "AW" >stands for! Yeah, like Doug, get with it man :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\

Re: Digital vs Film

On 21/7/04, Tanya Mayer Photography, discombobulated, offered: >omigosh! that is so freakin' funny! I have dibs on "Strumpet", she is so >ME!! > >hehe. > >tan. Yeah, that's you. But with two major exceptions ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

On 21/7/04, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, offered: >How many will get sick of the film game? Having to make sure there are enough >rolls of film in your kit ahead of time > >Making sure batteries are charged on a digi-cam is analogous to ensuring that >you have films with you a spare meter

Jobo question

Hey folks, I found a Jobo CPE-2 sitting in a cupboard today. It seems to be working fine, and has all four bottles and measuring cylinders and a 4541 tank. What else do I need to get for it before I can develop 35mm C41? Some kind of spiral reel? A smaller tank? ;-) S

Re: Comment and Question (WAS: RE: Apology for............)

Bob, I meant the same figuratively not literally. Norm Bob W wrote: Hi, Nice post Lasse. AW means "AntWort" in German, same as RE: . well, not quite. 're' is Latin for 'about' and is a complete word in its own right. It is not short for 'reply', as some people think. Placing 're' in the su

PAW: Cruising on a Vespa

Now that the scanner card's been properly installed, I can actually scan photos. Not well, but I can scan... This is just a fun grab I got in the Yorkville area of Toronto. Yorkville is the upscale snooty shopping district (I was there taking photos, not shopping ): http://www.photo.net/photodb

Re: *ist D and Power sources

You are obviously not as careless or clumbsy as I am! Cotty wrote: On 20/7/04, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, offered: Batteries sometimes get lost; chargers can be lost or damaged. It is great to have a camera like the *ist d that can utilize AA batteries from the corner convenien

Re: PDML Mini FAQ (was Re-- Comment and Question (WAS: RE-- Apology for............)

I'll agree with your "consensus rules," graywolf, except the one about cat pictures. Let's have not more pictures of cats, only nice dog pictures!!! graywolf wrote: Not rules, Don, just general consensus. For Sale (and Want To Buy): Pentax stuff anytime. Although many only want to have to look

Re: PAW: Cruising on a Vespa

Cool shot Frank! Make a good promo shot for Vespa. BTW: Do you print and scan the print, or scan the neg? Don -Original message- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:56:42 -0500 To: pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PAW: Cruising on a Vespa > Now that the sca

Re: Missing a LOT of posts!

I also missed a lot a posts a while back. Turned out it was caused by a miscommunication between me and my ISP, not the fault of the list or its server at all. Derby Chang wrote: It might not be anything to do with the mailing list server. My ISP has apologised for lots of delayed mail because

Re: PDML Mini FAQ (was Re-- Comment and Question (WAS: RE-- Apology for............)

Hey now. How would you like to have to work with this model? The cat's a lot easier! http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/Beau_CroppedS.jpg Don -Original message- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:21:21 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PDML Mini FA

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

OK, I think too much like a small town person. ;-) The only film I do still shoot is 120, and my only option is to use mailers. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: PAW: Cruising on a Vespa

--- Don Sanderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cool shot Frank! > Make a good promo shot for Vespa. > > BTW: Do you print and scan the print, or scan the > neg? > Thanks, Don, Glad you liked it. I don't have a neg scanner, so I have to scan from prints. For PAWs I almost always scan from an 8

Re: PDML Mini FAQ (was Re-- Comment and Question (WAS: RE-- Apology for............)

No, I like Cats, especially like these: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=121734 Warning: All cats in this photo has been manipulated in a computer... :-) DagT > Fra: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'll agree with your "consensus rules," graywolf, except the one

RE: why I haven't switched to canon

I agree, at least in context (what's a Garrard?) In the digital world, it does not appear that Nikon can really keep up with Canon on the high end. I do like the D70 much more than the D-Reb, however. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/21/04 02:35AM >>> If I was going to switch brands... and I'm not... st

Developing E6. Was: Jobo question

After hearing how easy it is to do C41 at home, I would like to query the list's experience of processing E6. How practical is it? Is there a developing outfit like the Jobo CPE2 that would be good to do the same job? I've seen E6 chemical kits for sale and a friend of mine once bought one and ha

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

Yep, processing film is almost as simple as "rocket science (stuff a tube full of something burnable and light it)". B&W is even simpler. I am always amazed at the absolute carefulness these hyper-technical guys are at processing film and prints. For a hundred years they managed "by guess and by

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

Let me guess. JPEG's from customers digital media that was erased after downloading to your machines? Sort of like pouring in the fixer first, heh? -- William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying? Well the proce

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

I couldn't agree more Norm graywolf wrote: However, watching an image come up in the developing tray is still magic to me after all these years. There is something soothing about darkroom work that I have never experienced with digital images on the computer.

Re: LX Talk and Super Program TTL flash override

The super program does this, too. Yes, it does -- I was surprised when I took photos at a coworker's wedding recently. There was a really nice sunset visible from the deck. I tried using TTL as fill flash while properly exposing the background, but the flash wouldn't go off (Super Program, SMC-M

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

Hey, Rob, since you are now so firmly into this digital stuff, just send me the Mamiyas. I promise they will get used until the day I die. GRIN! -- Rob Studdert wrote: On 20 Jul 2004 at 23:24, Tom C wrote: Exactly... and depending on the circumstances you still have to be able to download/delete

RE: why I haven't switched to canon

--- Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree, at least in context (what's a Garrard?) In > the digital world, > it does not appear that Nikon can really keep up > with Canon on the high > end. I do like the D70 much more than the D-Reb, > however. > Steve, Gerrard was (I can't ima

Re: Developing E6. Was: Jobo question

--- Chris Stoddart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > list's experience of processing E6. How practical is > it? Chris, It's not too hard at home using a film tank and 3 metal containers for the chems. The hardest part for me was keeping the bath temp up and keeping from tipping over the metal con

Re: LX Talk and Super Program TTL flash override

I've got the SP, not the LX. A trick I've used on backlit subjects is to get the background right and dial in 1,1.5,2 overexposure. It fires then. Joe Wilensky wrote: The super program does this, too. Yes, it does -- I was surprised when I took photos at a coworker's wedding recently. There was a

Re: Apology for............

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, William Robb wrote: > Tell you what John, why don't you just tell us your eBay ID, and then > we can watch for items that you are bidding on and broadcast that > information to the list. Easy on John please William, he was the one who apologised. It's someone else who claims

Re: Apology for............

- Original Message - From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" Subject: Re: Apology for > On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, William Robb wrote: > > > Tell you what John, why don't you just tell us your eBay ID, and then > > we can watch for items that you are bidding on and broadcast that > > informa

Re: LX Talk and Super Program TTL flash override

The best way I have found to do this kind of thing is manual exposure using a ratio controlled flash so you can balance the flash exposure to just exactly where you want it. I always find it easier to do these kinds of things myself than to figure out how to program the camera and flash to do it

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

Shocking! Norm Gonz wrote: Here is a fresh-off-the-press article that supports this: http://tinyurl.com/6s4su Kodak is seeing a large increase in digital products/services, and a moderate drop-off in film and chemistry related services/products.

EK Conference Call Comments

Nothing really new. EK expects worldwide film sales to fall 10%-12% this year, previous view was decline from 7%-9% EK expects US film sales to fall 18%-20% this year EK will not provide detailed quarterly forecast for 2H (company already boosted its yearly earnings forecast to range of $2.39-$

Re: PDML Mini FAQ (was Re-- Comment and Question (WAS: RE-- Apology for............)

OK, how about "no photos of pets, kids, flowers, or sunsets". Adelheid needed a vacation anyway. No-- just joking, I am not going to put that in the FAQ. Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I'll agree with your "consensus rules," graywolf, except the one about cat pictures. Let's have not more pictures of

Re: PDML Mini FAQ (was Re-- Comment and Question (WAS: RE-- Apology for............)

Well, you could do a "British" tranlation. -- Chris Stoddart wrote: Don Sanderson wrote: One note the FAQ might have is: "Remember that the people here are from all over the world. Customs, languages, beliefs, religions, values and most of all their SENSE OF HUMOR may vary!" And some of us might s

Re: PDML Mini FAQ (was Re-- Comment and Question (WAS: RE-- Apology for............)

Now that is a tale (err... tail). [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I like Cats, especially like these: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=121734 Warning: All cats in this photo has been manipulated in a computer... :-) DagT Fra: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'll agree wit

Re: why I haven't switched to canon

> > Gerrard was (I can't imagine they're still around) an > English turntable company. They were pretty big in > the 50's and early 60's. They basically made the best > LP changer around . . . They also made the turntable equivalent of the K1000 - the Garrard SP25. Generations of college stu

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, William Robb wrote: > Ilford has been producing film since well before it became a niche > market. Agreed. But their plant is all modern so they have spent money to continue development as it became a niche market would you agree? > You are saying that some hitherto unknown

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

Herb Chong wrote: > in Japan, digital cameras have approached saturation and either this > year or next, most digital camera sales will be replacing an older > digital camera. This I can well believe simply from eyeing up the Japanese tourists in London. So out of interest and in a spirit of blo

Re: JPEG Compression Limits

Are you embedding the colour profile? Avoiding this will shave off at least 30 Kb. Just a thought. JOstein - Original Message - From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:47 AM Subject: JPEG Compression Limits > I've been trying to get my

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

But not surprising. Bill - Original Message - From: "Norm Baugher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:37 AM Subject: Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying? > Shocking! > Norm > > Gonz wrote: > > > Here is a fresh-off-the-press articl

RE: why I haven't switched to canon

Amazing... Garrard history and all... I had a Garrard turntable I bought around 1980... must have been a Brazilian model, and I found it to be low quality. Based on Garrard's reputation I had expected differently. I was using Garrard as an example of a company that lives on it's past reputati

Re: PAW: Cruising on a Vespa

Cute shot, a blurred shot of a two wheeled vehicle, yet with no sense of motion... Not what I usually expect from you. Still it's a cute shot. frank theriault wrote: Now that the scanner card's been properly installed, I can actually scan photos. Not well, but I can scan... This is just a fun g

Re: LX Talk and Super Program TTL flash override

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, graywolf wrote: > The best way I have found to do this kind of thing is manual exposure using a > ratio controlled flash so you can balance the flash exposure to just exactly > where you want it. I always find it easier to do these kinds of things myself > than to figure out h

Re: why I haven't switched to canon

Turntable, (vinyl recording media, used to be called records). Steve Desjardins wrote: I agree, at least in context (what's a Garrard?) In the digital world, it does not appear that Nikon can really keep up with Canon on the high end. I do like the D70 much more than the D-Reb, however. [EMAIL

Re: Apology for............

Like I said I apologise for the mistake, just trying to help one particular person. John John Whittingham Technician -- Original Message --- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:11:49 -0600 Subject: Re: Apology for..

Re: LX Talk and Super Program TTL flash override

sth? Set your exposure for the sunset at the sync speed of your camera (the advantage of leaf shutters here is obvious). Calculate the normal flash exposure for the subject from the dial on the flash. Dial down the power of the flash as needed to match the f-stop already set for the sunset expos

Re: PDML Mini-FAQ

--Original Message- > > From: graywolf > EBAY-- It is all right to mention things "YOU" have up for sale. Do not mention > other until it is over (common courtesy). An exception is obviously funny > and BS > stuff like the 11 million dollar Canon 1Ds digitals, or non-

Re: JPEG Compression Limits

I actually tried both and only saw about 2k difference, which wasn't enough to help me. Thanks. Tom C. From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: JPEG Compression Limits Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:56:25 +0200 Are you using "save for Web" or just

Re: JPEG Compression Limits

The image was taken with *istD. High quality JPEG and then resized, sharpened per usual. Tom C. From: Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: JPEG Compression Limits Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:38:52 -0400 Tom C wrote: > > Thanks Bill. I

Re: PDML Mini-FAQ

Excellent. Thanks for posting the link! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --Original Message- From: graywolf EBAY-- It is all right to mention things "YOU" have up for sale. Do not mention other until it is over (common courtesy). An exception is obviously funny

Re: JPEG Compression Limits

A Tom C. From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: JPEG Compression Limits Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:56:25 +0200 Are you using "save for Web" or just "save as...". My experience is that "save for web" makes smaller files. From what I've heard t

Re: PAW: Cruising on a Vespa

--- "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cute shot, a blurred shot of a two wheeled vehicle, > yet with no sense of > motion... > > Not what I usually expect from you. Still it's a > cute shot. > Peter, Agreed. I'd have liked a bit more motion blur in the background, but it was a b

Re: JPEG Compression Limits

Actually I take back what I said... I must have been too tired last night. Using Save for Web does allow me to save the file at 75K or less and get acceptable quality. Adelheid also suggested Irfanview may produce a smaller file (which it does... without hiding things in so many menus and drop

Re: PDML Mini-FAQ

And that is the end of that relationship (grin). and this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3828942962 -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

Re: PDML Mini-FAQ

--- "Daniel J. Matyola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Excellent. Thanks for posting the link! >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3828942962 > > rotfmao! Great one! And, idiots bid on it, too. What camera's he got around his neck? Can anyone tell? cheers, frank = "The

RE: PDML Mini-FAQ

Anybody got the guts to do an "Ask seller a question" and ask 80 more days to what? "Squishy Face" would drive me to eBay too. LOVE the 14 bids! Don > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: PDML Mini-FAQ

Well that is funny, and a bit sad. (Does this guy belong to this list) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --Original Message- From: graywolf EBAY-- It is all right to mention things "YOU" have up for sale. Do not mention other until it is over (common courtes

RE: PDML Mini-FAQ

Just noticed the answers at the bottom. Wedding in 80 days? Uuu.maybe! Don > -Original Message- > From: Don Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: PDML Mini-FAQ > > > Anybody got the guts to do an "Ask s

Re: JPEG Compression Limits

Have you tried Flavio's hints at : http://pug.komkon.org/image_prep/PUG_Image_Prepration.html He recommends the following compression software: 9. Compression Any Imaging software will save your file in JPEG format but most of those will give you little control over the amount of compressio

Pentax in Jaws

(You've got to make the Shark Music from Jaws as you read this - you know: DUH-duh-Duh-duh DUH-duh-Duh-duh [repeat over and over]) The other night I watched about 5 minutes of Jaws (yes, the movie about the shark). It was fairly early on, when the local fishermen caught a shark, but it turned ou

Re: Jobo question

Hi, Steve Jolly wrote: Hey folks, I found a Jobo CPE-2 sitting in a cupboard today. It seems to be working fine, and has all four bottles and measuring cylinders and a 4541 tank. What else do I need to get for it before I can develop 35mm C41? Some kind of spiral reel? A smaller tank? ;-) Onc

Re: PAW: Horse-fly - Beware!

--- Hans Imglueck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2539583 > > Taken with the Canon 3.5/20 mm Macrophoto on tripod. > About > 15 shots are stiched together to get that DOF. The > image > isn't cropped! Comments are welcome! > > Regards, Hans. That's a p

Re: LX Talk and Super Program TTL flash override

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, graywolf wrote: > sth? SomeTHing :-) Many thanks for this. Quite intuitive to remember too. > As you can tell, you either need to be able to set a high shutter speed, or have I just need to think a bit about that; it will come to me, I am sure :-) Kostas

Re: PAW OOC DOF

--- Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well I thought it was about time for me particularly > after the recent threads. > Back to practicality, note the extensive out of > control depth of field in my > PAW image produced using the *ist D and A50/2.8 > Macro at f8: > > http://www.photo.ne

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

--- Chris Stoddart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes! I think this is pretty likely. Here in the UK > mobile phones went > through a huge expansion as everyone had to get one. > Shares went up, > people got rich. Somehow it came as a huge shock to > the phone companies > when saturation was re

Re: why I haven't switched to canon

Rob Brigham wrote: http://www.garrard501.com/garrard501.html Never were as good as http://www.transcriptors.co.uk/ - at least in looks. Got to have a Hydraulic Reference to play jazz on, Frank. You can pretend to be Alex and his droogs, too. mike

Re: LX Talk and Super Program TTL flash override

Hi, graywolf wrote: sth? Someone who wrote the teaching materials for one of the better-known English courses for non-native speakers seems to have a sense of humour. Sth for something, sbdy for somebody and various other permutations litter the course as "well known" abbreviations in written E

PAW: The bay

This scene was taken on the island of Maui, just before getting on the Road to Hana. The day was a bit hazy, but it was beautiful and relaxing to stand out there and look across the bay at the volcano and feel the sea breeze on my face. Comments are welcome: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/0434-2

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

--- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Interesting analogy! What are phones doing to keep > people buying? Becoming impossibly small, and > overladen with useless features. But, I guess if > you're 16, and everyone else in school has a postage > stamp sized phone that has a video ca

Re: why I haven't switched to canon

--- mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Rob Brigham wrote: > > > http://www.garrard501.com/garrard501.html > > Never were as good as > http://www.transcriptors.co.uk/ - at least in > looks. Got to have a Hydraulic Reference to play > jazz on, Frank. You > can pretend to be Alex an

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

frank theriault wrote: Focus, Shutter Speed and Aperture. That's all you need to adjust to get a photo, right? You have to adjust things to get a photo? How cute! My camera does it all for me. I wouldn't want a camera that didn't do it all for me. Press the button, get a perfect picture. Tha

Re: why I haven't switched to canon

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, frank theriault wrote: > --- mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > looks. Got to have a Hydraulic Reference to play > > jazz on, Frank. You > > can pretend to be Alex and his droogs, too. > BTW, who's Alex, and what are droogs? This is a "Clockwork Orange" referen

OT - TESL - was: LX Talk and Super Program TTL flash override

--- mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Someone who wrote the teaching materials for one of > the better-known > English courses for non-native speakers seems to > have a sense of humour. > Sth for something, sbdy for somebody and various > other permutations > litter the course

Re: why I haven't switched to canon

Hi, frank theriault wrote: --- mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rob Brigham wrote: http://www.garrard501.com/garrard501.html Never were as good as http://www.transcriptors.co.uk/ - at least in looks. Got to have a Hydraulic Reference to play jazz on, Frank. You can pretend to be Ale

Re: PAW

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A strange ship landed on the Chicago lakefront > yesterday. > I'm sending a photo as there is a TOTAL news > blackout on the subject. > > http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/ship1.jpg > > They are letting people walk right up to the thing > and touch it. > > http://memb

Re: OT: I Was Gone, Now I'm Back

--- Jostein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good to hear about the show, Frank! Sounds like cool > stuff. > Hope you find a new job that's both lucrative and > suitable. Fingers > crossed. > Thanks, Jostein, On both counts. cheers, frank = "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible

Re: JPEG Compression Limits

If you're using Mac OS X, I recommend SmallImage by Fabien Conus. It is free and seems to work well, but doesn't have the regional compression feature of JPEG Optimizer: t On 7/21/04 10:50, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Have you tried Flavio'

Re: LX Talk and Super Program TTL flash override

Wouldn't the background be overexposed then? Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan I've got the SP, not the LX. A trick I've used on backlit subjects is to get the background right and dial in 1,1.5,2 overexposure. It fires then. _ Ta

Re: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying?

Hmmm what? What did you expect? What did you find? What does it mean. Or, are we just putting out text these days? Otis Wright Chris Stoddart wrote: Herb Chong wrote: in Japan, digital cameras have approached saturation and either this year or next, most digital camera sales will be rep

Re: LX Talk and Super Program TTL flash override

Before I had the Z-1p which does a good job on outdoor fill-flash, I preferred to use auto or manual instead of TTL flash which I do not have precise control. With auto, I just set the aperture and shutter speed on the camera to expose the background properly, then set the auto flash 2 f-stop l

Re: OT: Dan's wife - was: PAW: The bay

Thanks, Frank frank theriault wrote: --- "Daniel J. Matyola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I hope your wife is feeling better and recovering from her surgery. Please pass on my best wishes for her speedy recovery.

Re: PAW: The bay

Frank, Thanks for the compliment. Wish I was there now. Hope things go well for you through this change. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, July 21, 2004, 12:09:52 PM, you wrote: ft> Hi, Bruce, ft> Love the clouds. Love the beautiful blue sea in the ft> foreground, with the whitecaps. Mou

Re: PAW: The bay

Dan, I'm sorry that you couldn't be there today, but am envious that you will get there soon. Hope your wife recovers quickly. Thanks for providing the names of the scenery - I couldn't remember (obviously I need to go back!). Bruce Wednesday, July 21, 2004, 12:09:12 PM, you wrote: DJM> Bruc

Re: PAW: The bay

No ka oi indeed! We'll be down south, around the Kamaole Beach Parks and Keawekapu, for part of next week and all of the following week. Perhaps we'll meet on the road to Hana or in Lahaina. Keith Whaley wrote: I'll think of you two, when we head up to Napili Bay for a week or so... Maui no

Slooshy these wise slovos, oh my brothers (was Re: why I haven't switched to canon

Hi, > BTW, who's Alex, and what are droogs? "A Clockwork Orange". I'm surprised you haven't read the book, Frank! It has a lot to say about crime, punishment and justice. Droogs are friends. Alex and his friends live in the future. Anthony Burgess, the author, wrote the book in the early 1960s

Re: Pentax DA 14 on Adorma

No idea when it will be available, but the Adorama listing is here: t On 7/16/04 20:02, Charles Wilson wrote: > I'm interested in purchasing the DA 14 overseas. I have seen people say its > available or at least listed on Adorma but when I check on line

RE: The bay

Beautiful shot Bruce, the original print must be stunning! Don > -Original Message- > From: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 1:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: PAW: The bay > > > This scene was taken on the island of Maui, just before getti

PDML FAQ is up

http://graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

Re: LX Talk and Super Program TTL flash override

S? Your point is? -- frank theriault wrote: --- graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Why not just teach them Basic I bet "lingua franca" wouldn't be found anywhere in those 850 words... -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

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