Re: Pentax 1Q news FY-05

I doubt if the margin is anywhere near that high. I think Pentax got hurt very badly by having to drop the price of the *ist-D by so much, so fast after introduction (the release price was $1695). Just three months later the price had dropped $450. There went the margins! > Its hard to belie

WORd Wars showing on TV AUgust 19th

The TV debut is August 19th a 8pm (8 to 10 pm) Eastern tome but it also said all time zones - so,as it is a film, I Think it is on at 8 Pacific and 8 Central, too. - dont know if you can get it "up north" Further, Fox news will have three of the "stars" chatting tomorrow at roughly 4:45 pm east

Re: PAW - The Red Chair

Shel Belinkoff wrote on 8/13/2004, 11:47 PM: > > http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/redchair.html wow! the color, the red-on-black, the lighting... it all works here. nicely done. -- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PESO from the Blue Ridge

>Stone Mountain overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. Hah! I've been there a few times. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

RE: OT: 24-48mm *The Hard Way!*

I have one of these lenses in very nice condition except for an annoying wobble near the mount. The mount itself and aperture ring stay firmly fixed to the camera, but from ahead of the aperture ring forward the whole thing wobbles a bit. What would it take to fix this?

Re: PESO - Instead of the Perseids

Jostein wrote: > > ... I got this last night. > > http://www.oksne.net/paw/IMGP3618Lightning.html > > Any and all comments welcome. > > Jostein Wow! Gorgeous and um intimedating -- There must have been a lot of flashes - fascinating shot - not only is it beautiful but a lesson in lighning p

PAW - The Red Chair

I was at a friend's house yesterday. They have a red chair placed under a sky light. I'd been looking at it every time I visited them Finally the light seemed right and I saw this photograph. Comments welcome http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/redchair.html Shel

Re: PESO - Eyes

David Nelson wrote on 8/13/2004, 9:45 PM: > G'day all, > More of a 'technical' PAW than enything else, but an interesting image > (IMO) captured with a rather different technique. > > http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/eyes.jpg That's a pretty cool shot from a technical standpoint and interest

Re: PESO from the Blue Ridge

> Cool shot. Whereabouts on the blue ridge was this? :) > Stone Mountain overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. ERN

RE: Pentax 1Q news FY-05

Canon and Nikon have the > DSLR market > wrapped up and are pulling away rapidly from all of the competition. they > are meeting their marketing goals. > > Herb http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=59 65070 According to this Canon is suffering some too,

Re: Pentax 1Q news FY-05

Its hard to believe they would only have sold 25K units. That wouldnt pay but just a few engineer's salaries + overhead. Assuming a margin of a couple hundred bucks. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P&S digital cameras sales grew at a high rate. prices dropped even faster. plus a supply foulup with

Re: First wow

Hey, I lived in that area, probably between 1981 and 1983, on Sciarrappa st. When were you there? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Paul: Brings back memories. I lived for many years in the Claredon Hill area of Somerville, on Woodstock street. I see that Harvard Square hasn't changed. Butch

Re: Digest question

Well, I just read a reply to a message I was about to send. this thing is really messed up. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Butch Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All; I just checked my e-mail and got digests # 57, 60, 62, and 63 timed 8/12 8:34, 8/12 10:00, 8/13 2:40, and 8/13 4:48. it is

Re: OT: 24-48mm *The Hard Way!*

"Don Sanderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Well after 9 months, and almost tossing it out 50 times, I decided it was >time to sink or swim. >Totally dis-assemble, grind the helix flat spots out, clean everything, make >new screws and bushings out of old lense parts, relube, re-assemble, adjust >

Re: Pentax 1Q news FY-05

Pentax's fiscal year is from May to May. i forget which exact day in May. Aug 12 was the end of the quarter report, so i expect May 12. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pdml" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 8:52 PM Subject: Re:

PESO - Eyes

G'day all, More of a 'technical' PAW than enything else, but an interesting image (IMO) captured with a rather different technique. http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/eyes.jpg What you're looking at is an image of a stick insect's eye(s), rather magnified. It was more of a test of what I could do th

RE: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

ROTFLMAO! Don > -Original Message- > From: graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 8:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy? > > > Well! "The 50mm lens on the Super Duper New Digital is the > equalent of a 200mm > lens o

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

Well! "The 50mm lens on the Super Duper New Digital is the equalent of a 200mm lens on a 35mm camera" makes perfect sense. "My 50mm lens becomes 200mm lens" is just BS pure and simple. The first statement says something is like something else. The second statement says something is something els

RE: OT: 24-48mm *The Hard Way!*

Thanks Peter, it's amazing how much abuse some of these can take and live to tell about it. As beat up as it is there's no wobble or play, focus and zoom are still smooth. Pretty impressive after a drop hard enough to damage the helix, surprised it didn't shatter the glass! Don > -Original Me

Re: OT: 24-48mm *The Hard Way!*

Nice to hear someone cares enough to save these classic lenses. Don Sanderson wrote: As I have no friends who are into photography I just had to brag about this to somebody! ;-) About 9 months ago I bought a Vivitar Series 1 24-48mm F:3.8 VMC on eBay in "needs repair" condition. They didn't lie! It

Re: Pentax 1Q news FY-05

Q1 in Japan would be April to June? I think Pentax might have made more money if they had roused themselves to produce enough DA 16-45 lenses to meet demand. Pentax are shooting themselves in their feet. In the U.S. the *ist D and DA 16-45 are offered as a kit with a $200 rebate. If I was in th

OT: 24-48mm *The Hard Way!*

As I have no friends who are into photography I just had to brag about this to somebody! ;-) About 9 months ago I bought a Vivitar Series 1 24-48mm F:3.8 VMC on eBay in "needs repair" condition. They didn't lie! It had 4 flat spots in the helix from being dropped, all the helix and focus screws and

Re: AF-assist of the Pentax *ist D AF

Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >To be completely fait, I should point out that lots of "Rebel-class" I think I meant to type "To be completely fair", but I suppose it could have been some kind of French Freudian slip... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: MZ-S; no Program mode?

> > > Hello, > > I checked Boz's site and saw that the -S does not have a Program mode > (though I am not sure I understand the Hypermanual setting). I guess > the shutter-speed dial has an A position, as the camera supports Av; > what happens if both that and the lens are set in A? Boz has it

Re: First wow

Hi Paul: Brings back memories. I lived for many years in the Claredon Hill area of Somerville, on Woodstock street. I see that Harvard Square hasn't changed. Butch

Re: Pentax 1Q news FY-05

P&S digital cameras sales grew at a high rate. prices dropped even faster. plus a supply foulup with very few cameras being shipped for a short time made the difference. the digital camera division might have made money in the quarter otherwise. the telling factor is the *istD sales. if the numbers

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Re: OT: History That Will Interest No One-was: OT: Ottawa trip

the A-11/12, YF-12, and the SR-71 were relatively small variants on the same plane, although there weren't a lot of parts interchangeable as you might think given their similar shape. Herb... - Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Fr

Re: Digest question

Are you getting hot and cold running meteors in those showers? frank theriault wrote: --- Butch Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All; I just checked my e-mail and got digests # 57, 60, 62, and 63 timed 8/12 8:34, 8/12 10:00, 8/13 2:40, and 8/13 4:48. it is 8/13 6:40 local time. Is anyone els

Re: FINALLY... superbike racing photos on line

"John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I really like the tight shot of #98. Was that taken from the tower at >the top of the hill (turn 5 or 6, IIRC)? I believe that's what they call turn 7 (part of the "esses"). It's the left-hander that's at the crest of a small hill, as you can see in th

Re: First wow

If you look at the detail page, rather than the summary, it does mention program. John On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:33:47 -0400 (EDT), frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- Lasse Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Paul, and (a late) welcome to the list from Scandinavia. Hope my comme

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

Frank, You're a perfect example of what I meant when I referred to the old days of two formats (mainly) with very little overlap (with due deference to all those on this list who use 35mm and MF and Speed Graphics, and perhaps now digital). You only ever use 35mm, so focal length works fine

Re: AF-assist of the Pentax *ist D AF

"Steve Desjardins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >There is a funny commercial for some battery that has a stadium full of >people at night and the flashes are all going off. Eventually, there is >only one flash going off and this indicates the superiority of the >batter. Of course, all of these fla

Re: Digest question

Butch wrote: "I just checked my e-mail and got digests # 57, 60, 62, and 63 timed 8/12 8:34, 8/12 10:00, 8/13 2:40, and 8/13 4:48. it is 8/13 6:40 local time. Is anyone else having this problem? (missing digests 58, 59, and 61)" The digest system problems are often caused by a virus. Rolaids.exe

Re: OT: History That Will Interest No One-was: OT: Ottawa trip

mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So, what was the TSR2? > >Pretty much the same as the Avro; 25 years ahead of its time, double >supersonic, nuclear capable jet fighter which apparently scared the >Soviets silly. Not to mention our allies. > >Cancelled by a rabid socialist Chancell

Re: Digest question

--- Butch Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All; > > I just checked my e-mail and got digests # 57, 60, > 62, and 63 timed 8/12 > 8:34, 8/12 10:00, 8/13 2:40, and 8/13 4:48. it is > 8/13 6:40 local time. Is > anyone else having this problem? (missing digests > 58, 59, and 61) > > Butch >

RE: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL

Man, O Man, O Man. Makes me want to dump all my Bayonet stuff. Mark Gosdin I think I'm gonna' cry...

Digest question

Hi All; I just checked my e-mail and got digests # 57, 60, 62, and 63 timed 8/12 8:34, 8/12 10:00, 8/13 2:40, and 8/13 4:48. it is 8/13 6:40 local time. Is anyone else having this problem? (missing digests 58, 59, and 61) Butch

Re: PAW - Macro

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardins/ > > > > > > I really liked the reflections on the wet asphalt, > but I didn't have my > > tripod and obviously didn't mange to get the shell > in focus. Do you > > think it kills the sh

SV: PAW - Macro

Poor little snail in the tarmac dessert! Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 13. august 2004 18:14 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: PAW - Macro

Re: PAW - Macro

> > http://home.wlu.edu/~desjardins/ > > > I really liked the reflections on the wet asphalt, but I didn't have my > tripod and obviously didn't mange to get the shell in focus. Do you > think it kills the shot? No Steve,it adds "motion blur" lol Seriou

Re: First wow

From: "Paul McEvoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 6:52 PM Subject: First wow > I'm not sure if I know the rules of the WOW, but please give comments or > suggestions on this album. > > http://public.fotki.com/paulmac/critiqueable/first_wow/ Hi Paul, a

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

Very few people (some on this list excepted) actually know what a "focal length" is, and frankly, it's supremely unimportant. What IS important is angle of view. When 99% of all the pictures in the world were taken with either a 35mm camera or a 6X6, and never the twain met (most of the time

Re: The Clifford Ross photo - Yeah, but is it art?

I like the photo, especially the detail of the fence in the foreground and the textures of the mountain and the grass, but I hate the title. Jens Bladt wrote: Hi Annsan I think it's an amazing shot. Almost 3D - the mountain pops out compared to the sky! Not an ordinary postcard. Maybe it really i

Re: OT: History That Will Interest No One-was: OT: Ottawa trip

Thats cool, I've seen the SR-71 at that museum, but not the YF-12, which is apparently in an annex. Didn't have time to see the whole place that day. But a fighter with those parameters would have been almost useless, since it was optimized for flight way above normal fighter operating range.

Re: WAS: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL -- S3 w/ hung 2nd shutter curtain

--- johnbailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > JCO, et al., > > I just got an S3. Most of the time the 2nd > shutter curtain doesn't close all the way (1/16th > inch out) and leave the mirror up. When I gently > nudge the curtain to close the morror releases. > Is this repairable? Secondly, the

RE: The Clifford Ross photo - Yeah, but is it art?

Hi Annsan I think it's an amazing shot. Almost 3D - the mountain pops out compared to the sky! Not an ordinary postcard. Maybe it really is art! Jens mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Ann Sanfedele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 12. augu

Re: PESO - Instead of the Perseids

> > Friday, August 13, 2004, 10:44:03 AM, a Norwegian wrote: > > J> ... I got this last night. > > J> http://www.oksne.net/paw/IMGP3618Lightning.html > > J> Any and all comments welcome. > > J> Jostein > > Really dramatic, Jostein!! Terrific shot. cheers, frank = "The optimist think

Re: PESO - Instead of the Perseids

Bernd, The ISO was set at 200. I don't use the *istD on automatic ISO. When working with a tripod it doesn't make sense either:-) The reason you see noise is that the noise reduction was turned off. Normally I have it turned on, but after loosing quite a lot of nice bolts of lightning during t

Re: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... its a few mm > short of practical. H... That's what my last girlfriend said about my... Oops. Never mind! -frank = "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer ___

Soyuz Rocket Reentry - Look for Fireball!

Actually between 2:50 and 3:05 PDT... I just logged on and www.spaceweather.com has an alert for a Soyuz rocket body reentry very shortly... over the Pacific Northwest of North America. A fireball is possible. Go to the above link for more info... or http://www.reentrynews.com/28400.html fo

Soyuz Rocket Reentry - Look for Fireball!

I just logged on and www.spaceweather.com has an alert for a Soyuz rocket body reentry very shortly... 1:50 - 2:50 PM over the Pacific Northwest of North America. A fireball is possible. Go to the above link for more info... or http://www.reentrynews.com/28400.html for the reentry info. Get y

Re: PESO - Instead of the Perseids

Wonderful shot, and quite dramatic. You definitely captured the critical moment. Jostein wrote: ... I got this last night. http://www.oksne.net/paw/IMGP3618Lightning.html Any and all comments welcome.

RE: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL

sync cord only. One of the reason the camera looks so nice is no ugly flash shoe on top. JCO -Original Message- From: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 2:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL Very nice John. Does the flash

Re: PESO - Instead of the Perseids

Very cool indeed! I am always fascinated by lightning shots. As usual, you have done well. Thanks for sharing with us. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, August 13, 2004, 10:44:03 AM, you wrote: J> ... I got this last night. J> http://www.oksne.net/paw/IMGP3618Lightning.html J> Any and all co

Re: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL

Frank said:> > Yes. PC cords only, no hot shoe. In fact no shoe at > all, except for that clip-on cold shoe that pre SPII > Spotmatics used, the one that actually clipped onto > the metal eyepiece, and sat on top of the prism. I have the bracket for the SP

Re: PESO - Instead of the Perseids

So we have some times more often a thunderstorm in northern germany than in Oslo. Nice view. Seems to be some noise in the dark parts of the pic - what ISO does the *ist-D chose at long time exposure? Best, Bernd ---original message a.. From: Jostein b.. Subjec

Re: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL

--- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes. PC cords only, no hot shoe. In fact no shoe > at > all, except for that clip-on cold shoe that pre SPII > Spotmatics used, the one that actually clipped onto > the metal eyepiece, and sat on top of the prism. > > Not that one would ever

Re: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL

--- Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very nice John. Does the flash have to get > connected thru a sync chord, > I did not see a hot shoe? > > rg > Yes. PC cords only, no hot shoe. In fact no shoe at all, except for that clip-on cold shoe that pre SPII Spotmatics used, the one that actual

RE: PESO - Chinese Take-away

Hi Steve I think the dog could be so happy because the Chinese take-away possibly makes the spring rolls with dog tin food "Chappi". That was the case some 20 years ago here in Switzerland in a Chinese restaurant called "gelber Schnabel" = "yellow beak". It's reputation (and food) was very good. So

Re: OT: History That Will Interest No One-was: OT: Ottawa trip

--- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank's view of history is a little narrow. > There is much more to the Arrow story than the brief > synopsis that > was posted. > My view of history is a bit broader than this forum will allow. Besides, I was editing for humour... cheers, fra

Re: OT: History That Will Interest No One-was: OT: Ottawa trip

The parallels between the TSR.2 and the Arrow are remarkable. I seem to recall stories about Israel and Japan also developing leading-edge fighter aircraft, but being pressured to buy American, so that the Western-bloc countries would have "compatible" equipment. In the cases of Canada and Britai

Re: FINALLY... superbike racing photos on line

> > "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Based on my experience, the *ist-D is every bit as good for motorsports > >as the MZ-S. In brightly-lit conditions the *ist-D focus circuitry is > >as fast as that in the MZ-S (especially if you manually select the auto- > >focus sensor to use;

Re: Perspective, DOF, AOV, COC, IC, ABC, XYZ, ETC, ETC.

Someone gave these books a really bad review on Amazon.com, it seemed so out of place with the other glowing reviews that it seemed like it was more of a plug for another book than an honest review of Langford's book. rg graywolf wrote: I do not think it is. Michael Langford's books "Basic Phot

RE: PAW (first)- "Jib Up"

Hi John I surely liked the shoot of the Regina Maris. I would be very happy if I had some photos from my journeys with the MS "Caribia" in 1977, but I was not interested in photography then I was 3 times around Central America then, but never in Jamaica... thanks for showing Markus > >> was

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

- Original Message - From: "Nenad Djurdjevic" Subject: Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy? > > Well put. The focal length of a wide angle lens for medium format is not > going to be a wide focal length for 35mm and a wide 35mm lens is not wide > for an APS sized sensor. The corollary

Re: OT: History That Will Interest No One-was: OT: Ottawa trip

- Original Message - From: "Peter J. Alling" < Subject: Re: OT: History That Will Interest No One-was: OT: Ottawa trip > Well that must annoy WW so he couldn't have been all bad :-) Frank's view of history is a little narrow. There is much more to the Arrow story than the brief synop

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

- Original Message - From: "Steve Jolly" Subject: Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy? > > It's easy to explain. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, you select a > lens with a particular focal length for a particular photo because it > provides the angle of view you want for that shot.

WAS: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL -- S3 w/ hung 2nd shutter curtain

JCO, et al., I just got an S3. Most of the time the 2nd shutter curtain doesn't close all the way (1/16th inch out) and leave the mirror up. When I gently nudge the curtain to close the morror releases. Is this repairable? Secondly, the film advance lever doesn't spring back. Should it? Thank

Re: PESO - Instead of the Perseids

On 13/8/04, Jostein, discombobulated, offered: >... I got this last night. > >http://www.oksne.net/paw/IMGP3618Lightning.html > >Any and all comments welcome. > >Jostein Gosh, I know that view! Cracking shot mate, if you'll forgive the pun. Well done! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: PESO - Chinese Take-away

On 13/8/04, Steve Desjardins, discombobulated, offered: >Nice shot. Not very good restaurant, however, if you have to bring your >own dog. 8^O Thanks Steve. We ate somewhere else and had mules mariniere :-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|www

PESO - Instead of the Perseids

... I got this last night. http://www.oksne.net/paw/IMGP3618Lightning.html Any and all comments welcome. Jostein

RE: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL

I forget to mention, the Camera only was $150, I paid $50 for the like-new 50mm F1.4 Super-Takumar lens on ebay a few years ago. I forgot how to tell if it is 7 or 8 element version! Probaby 8 as I used to know. Old age must be getting to me! JCO -Original Message- From: Jens Bladt [mailt

Re: PAW: Rafel

--- Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I concurs. Frank, I dig that neighborhood -- take > me there > when I come visit later this monght, will ya? > > ann > Thanks for the comment, Ann. And, yeah, I'll take you there. Queen West is one of my favourite places in Toronto for taking

Re: PAW: Rafel

Mark Roberts wrote: > > frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Not much of a picture, really, but it's part of my > >"People and their Bikes" thing that I'm trying to put > >together: > > > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2597403&size=lg > > I don't know why you say it's no

RE: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL

This is simply awesome! Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 13. august 2004 17:01 Til: Club M42; pentax discuss; SLR Manual Mailing list; Spotmatic discuss Emne: Finally Score

Re: FINALLY... superbike racing photos on line

For the longest time I couldn't reach it either. There's probably a server problem somewhere along the path. I don't know exactly what you can do about it. Keith Whaley wrote: Don't know what's going on, Rod, but for a point of reference, I opened www.robertstech.com from the link in your tex

RE: Pentax 1Q news FY-05

Ugh...and if I'm reading it right, their market share dropped 100 yen, which is their daily limit, or about 18 % just today. Do you suppose all the companies will experience similar problems due to the market becoming somewhat saturated already? They all must be having problems selling since it i

Re: FINALLY... superbike racing photos on line

Don't know what's going on, Rod, but for a point of reference, I opened www.robertstech.com from the link in your text below. I have a PowerMac G4, with Netscape 7.1 and OS 10.2.8 and use a static address DSL. keith whaley Rob Studdert wrote: [...] I still can't connect to www.robertstech.com

Re: FINALLY... superbike racing photos on line

On 12 Aug 2004 at 15:19, Mark Roberts wrote: > http://www.robertstech.com/mid02004.htm > A select dozen from my gig at Mid-Ohio a couple of weeks ago. I still can't connect to www.robertstech.com and this is on my new DSL ISP Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 H

Re: The welcome back frank thread

Give me a minute and i'll think of something to.:-) Dave > Frank you know I'm not gonna let this slide that > easily now! > > --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Antonio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, after all the goodbyes

Re: The welcome back frank thread

Frank you know I'm not gonna let this slide that easily now! --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Antonio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, after all the goodbyes its nice to see you > > back Frank. > > > > Antonio > > > > Thanks Antonio. Now, with the greatest of respec

First wow

I'm not sure if I know the rules of the WOW, but please give comments or suggestions on this album. http://public.fotki.com/paulmac/critiqueable/first_wow/ Thanks Paul

RE: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL

Subject: RE: Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL Yes we have no light meter. The SL, which is NOT a spotmatic is the same as a spotmatic except there is no internal light meter. The side effect is you get a very nice PLAIN viewfinder with no distractions. NO meter switch, ASA Dial, or battery compar

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

Kostas wrote: >Come on Nenad, you answered (suitably and well, in my opinion) the >points that concern photography; move on with the rest, is my suggestion. Good point Kostas. Sorry - sometimes I get carried away. I'll move on now ;-)

Finally Scored a BLACK Pentax SL

After 15 yrs of collecting I finally obtained a BLACK Pentax SL via ebay and a U.K. Seller. This is one of my favorite M42 camera models and very hard to find in black. Check it out: http://jcoconnell.com/temp/sl01.jpg http://jcoconnell.com/temp/sl02.jpg http://jcoconnell.com/temp/sl03.jpg I am

[Fwd: OT: History That Will Interest No One-was: OT: Ottawa trip]

The guy was a bleedin' idiot! keith whaley Original Message Subject: OT: History That Will Interest No One-was: OT: Ottawa trip Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:51:47 -0400 Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:51:46 -0400 (EDT) From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PRO

Re: PESO - Chinese Take-away

Nice shot. Not very good restaurant, however, if you have to bring your own dog. 8^O

Re: PESO - Chinese Take-away

Hey, maybe there should be a PUG theme one month on people carrying dogs like this. Wouldn't that be funny! Start hunting now folks! rg Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Cotty wrote on 12.08.04 23:17: Excellent! The dog seems to be more inte

Re: Fw: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Nenad Djurdjevic wrote: > You can disagree with someone and be a pedant to the point of annoyance but > there is no need to be insulting. Come on Nenad, you answered (suitably and well, in my opinion) the points that concern photography; move on with the rest, is my suggestio

Fw: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

Graywolf wrote: > People must have just been smarter in the old days. Nowadays, suckers > believe > anything the advertising guys say. I wrote: > > The last two sentences are a bit mean mate. Peter J. Alling wrote: > I think he intended them to be. Doesn't anyone understand sarcasm. I don't th

Pentax 1Q news FY-05

Pentax's 1Q results for the new fiscal year are in and it's bad news almost all the way around. profits are way down because of steeper than expected declines in prices. the digital camera product division sold about 490,000 units but lost money. there is evidence to suggest that Pentax sold only 3

Re: OT: History That Will Interest No One-was: OT: Ottawa trip

Well that must annoy WW so he couldn't have been all bad :-) frank theriault wrote: --- Fred Widall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On the plus side We did visit the 'Diefenbunker'. A four story, 100,000 square feet, underground bunker constructed during the height of the cold war to protect the P

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

Angle of View is often confused with Angle of Coverage? "Coverage" (film plane) determines which format a lens is suitable for. "View" is often used for either film plane Coverage or subject Coverage. Sincerely, C. Brendemuehl - "Every individual is continua

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

Admit it's the list that's making your brain leak out of your ear. If I were you I'd get a set of matched stoppers... William Robb wrote: I was going to comment on this, but I commented on it last month when it came up. Maybe when it comes up next month it can be my turn? Anyway, I have a 6x7 ad

Re: Goin' Mobile^H^H^H^H^H^HNomail

I hope it's not the actual middle ages, just the middle ages as they should have been. In any case have fun. D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: Getting ready to head back to the Middle Ages, so (assuming I did the command correctly) I've just set myself "nomail" on the list for the next little-over-a-w

Re: DA14mm - why so large and heavy?

I think he intended them to be. Doesn't anyone understand sarcasm. Nenad Djurdjevic wrote: "graywolf" wrote: That is kind of silly, you could just crop an APS size section of the FF image and get the same effect. Or you could take your 35mm put an aps size mask in it and say a

Re: PESO - Chinese Take-away

Cotty wrote: On 12/8/04, Joseph Tainter, discombobulated, offered: Okay, I'll bite. What's a "Mutley snigger"? Joe These might help and to hear the famous snigger (snicker in USA): HTH Th

Re: OT: History That Will Interest No One-was: OT: Ottawa trip

Hi, frank theriault wrote: --- mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Frank, and welcome back... At least I now know where the wolf in "Due South" got its name from. Rather like our TSR2, whose printed circuit boards ended up made into minidresses in Carnaby Street. mike Hi, Mike, Glad t

Re: History That Will Interest No One-was: OT: Ottawa trip

- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (snip) > > Other than having the Diefenbaker constructed, he's > best known for scrapping the Avro Arrow, an all > Canadian supersonic fighter aircraft that would have > been the most advanced military aircraft of its day.

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