RE: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Malcolm Smith
Lots of photo opportunities. Malcolm

Re: Seasonal Greetings

2004-12-25 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Mike that was wonderful fun - I , who never forward anything, forwarded it to a a dozen of my closest non-pentaxian friends. My pleasure. Hope everyone takes it in the intended spirit 8-) Off to the outlaws now and then a 200 mile drive to my parents. For a second

Re: PAW: Some people like big cats...

2004-12-25 Thread mike wilson
John Francis wrote: On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 05:05:58PM +, Bob W wrote: Hi, Friday, December 24, 2004, 2:17:02 PM, Steve wrote: I have a colleague whose wife breeds cats that are a mix of chervil and domestic cats. They can hit about 30 lbs. I'm not sure I trust cats that large ;-) I didn't

Re: PAW: Some people like big cats...

2004-12-25 Thread David Mann
On Dec 25, 2004, at 9:41 AM, frank theriault wrote: frank (owns one cat, four cats total in the house) You mean owned by one cat, right? - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

Re: Paw:Merry Christmas and check out our new ornaments

2004-12-25 Thread David Mann
On Dec 25, 2004, at 1:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First year in a while for putting up a Christmas tree,and first Christmas for our newest kitten,Boo. The pic contains a cat therefore it's fine art ;) Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

Re: Firmware update for *istD on the end of january

2004-12-25 Thread Sam Jost
Hi Peter, The writing speed loss came with the update from 1.00 to 1.10, so going back from 1.11 to 1.10 won't help. Anyway, since it should be fixed in a month I wouldn't bother downdating your firmware. I didn't even check the CDs coming with my *istD to see if there is a 1.00 firmware somewhere

Re: Seasonal Greetings

2004-12-25 Thread Jostein
- Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] OR Hah! Bumhug! Plenty of hugs back, Mike. But preferrably in the other end...:-) Merry christmas Jostein

Re: Firmware update for *istD on the end of january

2004-12-25 Thread RĂ¼diger Neumann
Same Info came from also from Pentax Germany. At that time the Pentax Browser 2.0 and Lab 2.0 will be made available for the *istD users. At that time the update for the *istD will also be avaible. I do not know if the update will make more than the compability for the *istD to the new Browser and

Re: Merry Christmas to me!

2004-12-25 Thread Bernd Scheffler
No snow at all in your pic ... I plan to acquire a Ds in january. But I am still mulling over getting the kit lens or not. Like to see the some pics with the Tamron 17-35 2.8-4 (Mark, did I miss your first results?). Have joy. And some nice time to all. Bernd ---original message---

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Cotty
On 24/12/04, Collin R Brendemuehl, discombobulated, unleashed: I got a circular saw. No lenses. No cameras. Nothing photographic. (so far) Special DVD set of Sergio Leone's 'Once Upon A Time In The West' (BRILLIANT) Roger's Profanisauraus (HILARIOUS) http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Cotty
On 24/12/04, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: I get lots of love and good feelings. I have four children and a grandchild, so my role is primarily that of a gift giver. I like it that way. Here here! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
At 02:21 2004.12.25 -0500, you wrote: Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 21:45:05 -0500 From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I get lots of love and good

Re: HH, MC, HNY, SG etc :)

2004-12-25 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
Maybe FN as well. HH = Sometimes it would be HC SG ? It's escaping me at the moment. At 02:21 2004.12.25 -0500, you wrote: Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 07:46:32 +0200 From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PDML pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: HH, MC, HNY, SG etc :) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

The Face of Christmas...

2004-12-25 Thread Cotty
...belongs to the children, eh? ;-) http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/face.html Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: The Face of Christmas...

2004-12-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
Great! Thanks for sharing your Christmas morning. Everyone is still sleeping here, but I probably won't take out a camera. My wife and kids are all camera shy. I'll definitely be in trouble if I start snapping away. Of course I have hundreds of Christmas pics from when my kids were much

Argg. Me and the D,not meant to be.Looks like

2004-12-25 Thread brooksdj
Crap Christmas day is cold but nice and sunny. Took the card that i had in the istD last night and went to insert it into the card slot to get some snow shots aroind the neighbourhood, and quess what. It will not go in. It

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread brooksdj
On 24/12/04, Collin R Brendemuehl, discombobulated, unleashed: I got a circular saw. No lenses. No cameras. Nothing photographic. (so far) A clock radio for my office New set of frying pans New track pants and work socks(love new socks):-)

RE: Argg. Me and the D,not meant to be.Looks like

2004-12-25 Thread Don Sanderson
Hey Dave, where in the compartmment is this 'clip' that is in the way? There is very little in there, maybe by comparing to mine the fix will be real simple. The only things that resemble 'clips' to me are just little tension springs on the sides. Sounds like one got bent the wrong way. Don

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Herb Chong
on the material front: sweat pants shirt FA 31/1.8 Limited Singh-Ray Variable ND filter Herb...

RE: Paw:Merry Christmas and check out our new ornaments

2004-12-25 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I love it! Shel [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: 12/24/2004 4:34:02 PM Subject: Paw:Merry Christmas and check out our new ornaments

Re: OT Fitting your CCD to a format, interesting tech

2004-12-25 Thread Peter J. Alling
and a Camera body twice the size from Nikon or Canon... Herb Chong wrote: sorry, 6 megapixels and interchangeable lenses minimum. 16 megapixels and long bursts of 4 frames/s preferred. i canlive with 10 megapixels and long 3 frames/s bursts. Herb - Original Message - From: Paul

Season's greetings

2004-12-25 Thread Butch Black
Just wanting to wish all of my friends on the PDML a happy holiday season. Butch

Re: It Really is XMAS!Pentax 16-45 DA + EF500 DG Super

2004-12-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Ron Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well..it really is xmas! Pentax 16-45 DA Sigma EF-500 DG Super PA-PTTL Damn! Where did the Sigma flash come from? I can't find it anywhere (it's backordered every place I've tried). I've been griping for over a year about how Pentax has failed to come up

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Mark Roberts
A Best of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 DVD! Woo hoo! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: The Face of Christmas...

2004-12-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/face.html That Disgusting Dictionary looks like something that might be worth investigating... ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re[2]: HH, MC, HNY, SG etc :)

2004-12-25 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Happy Holidays Merry Christmas Happy New Year Seasonal Greetings CRB Maybe FN as well. CRB HH = Sometimes it would be HC CRB SG ? It's escaping me at the moment. I am reading the DaVinci Code, so bear with me... Boris mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re[2]: HH, MC, HNY, SG etc :)

2004-12-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Dec 25, 2004, at 12:20 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: I am reading the DaVinci Code, so bear with me... Good read. I enjoyed it immensely. When you've finished the book (but not before then), go here: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1546140size=lg

Re: Re[2]: HH, MC, HNY, SG etc :)

2004-12-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am reading the DaVinci Code My sympathies... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/12/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: Bobble had Snowman Bobble is very naughty. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: The Face of Christmas...

2004-12-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/12/04, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: That Disgusting Dictionary looks like something that might be worth investigating... It's great for about 12 and up, a bit tame. For those not faint of heart, the Roger's Profanisaurus is *very* funny...and accurate!

Re: OT Fitting your CCD to a format, interesting tech

2004-12-25 Thread Herb Chong
that might be true today, but it won't be true forever. i don't like large cameras, but that doesn't mean i won't use one if it is the only one that does what i need. Herb... - Original Message - From: Peter J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, December

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Joseph Tainter
During the course of the year I have obtained: DA 16-45 FA 77 DA 14 FA 20 There are always things I want (FA 600 f4, Cotty's autograph), but nothing at the moment that I really need. My wife and son are doing well this Christmas, with some nice surprises, and that gives me a lot of pleasure.

Peso: Tree Ornament

2004-12-25 Thread William Robb
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/peso/ornament1.html A couple of our friends had a cottage industry creating porcelain ornaments. This is one of them. Shot with the Optio 750, 1/125sec at f4.6, using the built in flash. William Robb

Re: Peso: Tree Ornament

2004-12-25 Thread pnstenquist
Nice ornament. Nice shot. Merry Christmas, Bill. Paul http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/peso/ornament1.html A couple of our friends had a cottage industry creating porcelain ornaments. This is one of them. Shot with the Optio 750, 1/125sec at f4.6, using the built in flash. William

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Eactivist
An HP IPAQ (Pocket PC). No camera, no lenses. Doe aka Marnie

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Eactivist
Actually, I bought the IPAQ for myself. So not sure it counts. :-) This year my Mom and I bought presents for the kids in Juvenile Hall, through the local Juvenile Hall Auxiliary Xmas drive. That and some other things, gave me Xmas cheer more than getting presents. Good thing too, since I

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread pnstenquist
Good for you. Nothing feels better than giving. But that thing you bought for yourself sounds kind of cool. Merry Christmas. Paul Actually, I bought the IPAQ for myself. So not sure it counts. :-) This year my Mom and I bought presents for the kids in Juvenile Hall, through the local

Re: Argg. Me and the D,not meant to be.Looks like

2004-12-25 Thread Joseph Tainter
Dave, I assume that you are putting the CF card in face toward you. (Please excuse me if the question is insulting. It's meant to be helpful.) Your dealer can certainly order a replacement camera if need be, or you can send it to Pentax for repair. If you like the camera other than this

Re: The Face of Christmas...

2004-12-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Cotty wrote: ...belongs to the children, eh? ;-) My fave is the one Frank took :) (that oughta make people check it out, right? ) annsan http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/face.html Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Graywolf
Well my readers know I got a bargain on a lens/shutter for the Graphic, and an M35/2.0 all the way from Merry Olde England. Needed but considered Xmassy anyway were a Steel to keep my Kitchen Knives sharp (the one thing that was planned), some warm socks that were on sale, and a new cel-phone*.

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread John Whittingham
The usual selection: socks edibles etc. I'm never that concerned about receiving anything, I enjoy the atmosphere and a break from work in a busy IT role. However this year I treated myself to a lens at an unmissable price on eBay (Sigma 135-400 f4.5/5.6 APO) and it arrived a few days ago,

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread pnstenquist
Merry Christms to you, Tom. And may you find a family to share it with. Happy Holidays, Paul Well my readers know I got a bargain on a lens/shutter for the Graphic, and an M35/2.0 all the way from Merry Olde England. Needed but considered Xmassy anyway were a Steel to keep my Kitchen

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Good for you! Shel aka Shel [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This year my Mom and I bought presents for the kids in Juvenile Hall, through the local Juvenile Hall Auxiliary Xmas drive. Doe aka Marnie

Re: PESO: Christmas Eve Luminaries

2004-12-25 Thread Ryan Lee
Nice shot Paul- very atmospheric! I like the idea of putting out candles in white paper bags. It sure seems to extend the welcome. This might sound a bit silly to ask, but how did they light the foot of the house sure seems like a lot of bulbs.. Cheers Merry Xmas! Ryan - Original Message

Re[2]: HH, MC, HNY, SG etc :)

2004-12-25 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
At 16:30 2004.12.25 -0500, you wrote: Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:20:13 +0200 From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Collin R Brendemuehl pentax-discuss@pdml.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi! Happy Holidays Merry

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/25/2004 1:53:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Merry Christms to you, Tom. And may you find a family to share it with. Happy Holidays, Paul He's got us. :-) Now all I have to do is heat up the Safeway Xmas dinner. I am sure glad they

Re: The Face of Christmas...

2004-12-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/12/04, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: My fave is the one Frank took :) (that oughta make people check it out, right? ) annsan http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/face.html Har! I know what you mean ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People,

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Graywolf
Well, it is an actual fact that many folks on this list have been more of a family to me than the one I was born into. But then, not to belittle what I just wrote about the list, strangers on the street have also. Merry Christmas, Marnie. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof ==

Re: Re[2]: HH, MC, HNY, SG etc :)

2004-12-25 Thread pnstenquist
Angels and Demons is just okay. It's much better if you've already finished The DaVinci Code, because it expands on the mythology. But it doesn't compare in terms of being a good page turner. Paul At 16:30 2004.12.25 -0500, you wrote: Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:20:13 +0200 From: Boris

Dead Pixel Test on th Ds?

2004-12-25 Thread Powell Hargrave
How best to run Dead Pixel Test on the Ds since it has no Tif format? I tried making a Tif from a PEF raw file through PhotoShop Camera Raw but it fixes hot pixels. This great but not for the test. I can not find a way to shut the bad pixel cleansing off. That Tif gave a result of 0 hot

Re: Dead Pixel Test on th Ds?

2004-12-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Powell Hargrave Subject: Dead Pixel Test on th Ds? How best to run Dead Pixel Test on the Ds since it has no Tif format? I tried making a Tif from a PEF raw file through PhotoShop Camera Raw but it fixes hot pixels. This great but not for the test. I can

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Bill Owens
A Citizen Eco-Drive watch. A Brookstone Gift card, and the final installment of Stephen King's Dark Tower series. After I read this, I hope to go back to the beginning and read all 7 books again. Bill

Re: PAW: Some people like big cats...

2004-12-25 Thread Steve Desjardins
As spell checker goofs go, I like that one. I probably typed in cherval , however. Serval cats. Some nice pics at http://www.hdw-inc.com/wildcatsphotos17.htm Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL

RE: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Paul Ewins
An auto-darkening welding helmet and welding gloves. In return I gave an Epson R210 and a variety of paper plus lots of books. The only camera stuff was the self-bought presents: some MX screens from Joe Wilensky and 20 half plate glass negatives I got on eBay. I'm still waiting on three old

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Bill Owens
With my manager's permission, I was able to give some of our regular customers discounted prices on their photo processing. Hope to be able to do the same tomorrow. Bill - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 2:23 PM

Re: Dead Pixel Test on th Ds?

2004-12-25 Thread Powell Hargrave
At 03:51 PM 25/12/2004 , William Robb wrote: I think I would shoot a best quality jpeg and convert it to tiff in photoshop. That way you can avoid the raw conversion. The program works fine with the Jpeg, but the comparison results from istD tests are from Tif and the program instructions

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Mishka
A bottle of vodka (dutch -- sheesh...). A bottle of sake. And a sake set. Which I am using for vodka now. Merry Xmas! Mishka

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Butch Black
Graywolf wrote: All in all this has been a good holiday, lacking only a family to share it with. Maybe next year I can adopt one... I know how it feels. This was the first holiday season that I have been back in Mass. I have a group of friends that have become a large functional family to me

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks for the inspirational words, Butch. A very merry Christmas to you. And may we always have the list to keep us warm. Paul Graywolf wrote: All in all this has been a good holiday, lacking only a family to share it with. Maybe next year I can adopt one... I know how it feels.

What is chimping?

2004-12-25 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Have seen the term used here recently ... what does it mea? Shel

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread johnf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mused: In a message dated 12/25/2004 1:53:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Merry Christms to you, Tom. And may you find a family to share it with. Happy Holidays, Paul He's got us. :-) Now all I have to do is heat up the Safeway

Re: Dead Pixel Test on th Ds?

2004-12-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Powell Hargrave Subject: Re: Dead Pixel Test on th Ds? At 03:51 PM 25/12/2004 , William Robb wrote: I think I would shoot a best quality jpeg and convert it to tiff in photoshop. That way you can avoid the raw conversion. The program works fine with the Jpeg,

Re: What is chimping?

2004-12-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: What is chimping? Have seen the term used here recently ... what does it mea? Digital camera term. Best summed up by: http://www.chimping.com/ William Robb

Re: Dr. Strangelove...

2004-12-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Jason Randolph Subject: Re: Dr. Strangelove... Thank you to all who have replied... Does anyone have an explanation regarding the term High Definition on camera film? In this case, it's a marketing term. William Robb

Re: What is chimping?

2004-12-25 Thread Peter J. Alling
Holding a digital camera in the peculiar manner required to review the image on the rear display or consult the histogram. It looks a lot like a chimp holding something to examine it. http://www.chimping.com/ I was able to find a bunch of photographers chimping...

Re: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Graywolf
Glad to hear that, Butch. It must be great to have that. It is kind of sad that sometimes family = enemy. Unfortunately it is not an uncommon situation. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Butch Black wrote: Graywolf wrote: All in

PESO:piss off(ten)

2004-12-25 Thread Markus Maurer
Late in this summer, I visited one of the alternative centers of culture, the rote (red) Fabrik at lake Zurich. I had to be careful not to be misunderstood when I took this photo, so you will not see action on it :-) Warning - not for the very sensible - real men only ;-) Pentax SFXn, Tokina

RE: OT: What did you get for Christmas?

2004-12-25 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Cotty some years ago I got the french film poster of Il etait und fois dans l'ouest in a red frame on a flee market ., Film posters are quite hard to get here. The DVD must be great, are there any Extras or cutted scenes of the film on it? lovely Claudia Cardinale ;-) greetings Markus