Re: I Hate Valentines Day

2006-02-16 Thread Sandra Hermann
Well I am a lady and ladies generally stop aging at a certain age.I don't know how we do it we just do. ;) I think maybe I might have found a new reason to like valentines day though. I posted a new picture. http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/698154 From: mike wilson [EMAIL

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 12:04:30AM -0600, William Robb wrote: We might go to Best Buy on the weekend so that I can grace his salesman with my most charming and best behaved self. I really despair of salesmen. I'm in the process of beginning to shop for a new car. One option is a BMW Z4, but

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Jay Taylor
Ok, I'll put my newbie DSLR two cents in on this one. I could care less about a new body announcement at PMA. Actually, I hope there isn't one because number 1)I don't have the funds to get one right now, 2) I'm still trying to figure out how to fully utilize the DS and DL bodies capabilities

Re: OT getting stuff made

2006-02-16 Thread Cotty
On 15/2/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Uh oh, sounds bad. Will we see in the next installation of the Greystones Dairy? Well, I was kinda busy hurling pots and pans out from under a kitchen cupboard trying to get to the stop-cock (mains water control), which I did. Three nails

Re: Re: OT getting stuff made

2006-02-16 Thread mike wilson
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/02/16 Thu AM 12:03:17 GMT To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT getting stuff made On 15/2/06, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed: But God alone knows what Cotty will get up to. I'm hitting nails through water pipes

Re: OT getting stuff made

2006-02-16 Thread Cotty
On 15/2/06, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: I cut a water pipe with a reciprocating saw one time. That was fun. The dogs give you a hand? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Delkin pop-up shade for *ist D

2006-02-16 Thread David Mann
On Feb 16, 2006, at 6:17 PM, John Celio wrote: http://www.neovenator.com/special/hood1.jpg XATNEP? Never heard of it... - Dave http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/ http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

Re: Another stacked set

2006-02-16 Thread David Mann
On Feb 16, 2006, at 8:12 PM, Don Williams wrote: But should I start injecting microscopy into this group? Yes you should :) I enjoy seeing the world at that scale. My local camera shop's secondhand page says they have a Pentax microscope adaptor in stock... if I had a microscope I'd buy

Re: D FA 50 F2.8

2006-02-16 Thread Leon Altoff
Joseph, I have the D FA 50 and while the build is not as good as the FA - let's face it, nothing short of a tank would be built as well (I have the FA100) - I am very happy with the quality of the images. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon Joseph Tainter

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread David Savage
On 2/16/06, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are good pentax lenses this scarce? That one is Dave http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7588234932ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT http://tinyurl.com/cqrge

Re: Re: PESO: around the corner

2006-02-16 Thread mike wilson
From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/02/16 Thu AM 04:49:36 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: around the corner Hi! What exactly blizzard are us means? Say, we have a shop in Israel called Toys-R-Us... I guess it has the same origin. Yet I don't

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread mike wilson
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/02/16 Thu AM 06:04:30 GMT To: Pentax Discuss pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Interesting marketing We have a box retailer in Canada called Bset Buy. We have another called Future Shop. I believe Best Buy owns Future Shop. One sells

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread David Mann
On Feb 16, 2006, at 7:04 PM, William Robb wrote: We have a box retailer in Canada called Bset Buy. We have another called Future Shop. I believe Best Buy owns Future Shop. We have a couple of box-stores that are owned by the same parent company. They typically have their stores

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Gonz wrote on 16.02.06 7:06: Are good pentax lenses this scarce? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=7588234932ssPageName= STRK:MEWA:IT http://tinyurl.com/cqrge Much more expensive than new Nikkor AF-S VR 70-200/2,8 :-))) Now that's a nonsense! -- Balance is the

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread John Whittingham
We might go to Best Buy on the weekend so that I can grace his salesman with my most charming and best behaved self. Give'm hell! Regards, John John Whittingham Technician you can't be optimistic with a misty optic -- Original Message --- From: William Robb [EMAIL

RE: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread Malcolm Smith
John Francis wrote: I'm going to pay another visit to the dealership, and let the sales manager know: 1) How much I appreciate their low-pressure showroom staff 2) Just how much I dislike having some arrogant little twit telling me I don't know what I want, and to instead

Re: D FA 50 F2.8

2006-02-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Leon Altoff wrote on 16.02.06 10:30: I have the D FA 50 and while the build is not as good as the FA - let's face it, nothing short of a tank would be built as well (I have the FA100) - I am very happy with the quality of the images. Is it as wobbly as say cheap amateur FA zooms like 28-70/4?

Re: Another stacked set

2006-02-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Don Williams wrote: But should I start injecting microscopy into this group? Yes please. Anyway here goes: http://www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/HOLD/401-452.jpg This is really impressive. The skeleton really has volume. I notice two things: the bigger, white, round objects

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, William Robb wrote: We might go to Best Buy on the weekend so that I can grace his salesman with my most charming and best behaved self. Can your mate carry a camcorder, please? Kostas

RE: Another stacked set

2006-02-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Very interesting software. Can I use it for stacking something like portraits - a face changing expressions etc. - as long as the pix are the same dimentions pixel X pixel? That ought to be fun! Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Kostas Kavoussanakis

RE: Another stacked set

2006-02-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Why sont the onion stack run on my computer, please? Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 16. februar 2006 03:58 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne: Re: Another stacked set On 14 Feb 2006 at 9:33, Don Williams

Re: Another stacked set

2006-02-16 Thread Don Williams
The depth of the preparation (from the slide to the cover slip) might be about 200 micrometres. Some things you see will not be sharp. The round white objects are amoeba spores. The small black sausage shaped and blobby ones are bacterial cells. There is one very small amoeboid organism in

Re: Another stacked set

2006-02-16 Thread Don Williams
You can try. But the program will attempt to align each picture to the next and the result will be very peculiar artifacts. Don Jens Bladt wrote: Very interesting software. Can I use it for stacking something like portraits - a face changing expressions etc. - as long as the pix are the same

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
As Godfrey said, they're sticking to the timeline that was announced: A new DSLR at Photokina. Why should their adherence to the previously announced schedule cause a lack of confidence? It's more chicken little from the list. Paul On Feb 15, 2006, at 10:41 PM, Perry Pellechia wrote: That's

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
If BH says, notify when in stock, then the camera has not been discontinued. They're probably the number one seller of cameras in the world, and if they say they're getting more stock, you can be sure that Pentax has assured them that they're getting more stock. I'm not surprised that the

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Bob Shell
Everyone who is bemoaning the fact that this announcement only mentions point and shoot should remember two things. First PMA is for dealers. Dealers make their bread and butter from point and shoot, so to them this is very interesting news. Second, this is a photokina year. Camera

Re: OT - So you think your details are secure.... :-)

2006-02-16 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 15, 2006, at 7:56 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: ROTFL Even the producer and director, as well as others close to the production, said it was never intended as a religious allegory. It was a lot simpler than that ... but both Wise and Blaustein said that if you read such things into

Re: Another stacked set

2006-02-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent. Beautifully sharp and defined. Please share more of your work. Paul On Feb 16, 2006, at 5:03 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Don Williams wrote: But should I start injecting microscopy into this group? Yes please. Anyway here goes:

Re: D FA 50 F2.8

2006-02-16 Thread Leon Altoff
Sylwester, I had to go looking for my 28-70 f4 just for comparison. There is a bit of wobble on the D FA 50, but it's nothing compared to the 28-70 (which I think is a good lens for the price). I haven't me an autofocus lens that has no wobble at all. If we are looking only of barrel

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread Leon Altoff
John Francis wrote: I'm in the process of beginning to shop for a new car. One option is a BMW Z4, but they get pretty expensive. So I registered with I'm going to pay another visit to the dealership, and let the sales manager know: 1) How much I appreciate their low-pressure showroom

Re: D FA 50 F2.8

2006-02-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Leon Altoff wrote on 16.02.06 12:32: I had to go looking for my 28-70 f4 just for comparison. There is a bit of wobble on the D FA 50, but it's nothing compared to the 28-70 (which I think is a good lens for the price). I haven't me an autofocus lens that has no wobble at all. Thanks. So it

Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE

2006-02-16 Thread frank theriault
On 2/16/06, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You really think that the left is more zealous than, say the Evangelical Religious Right, especially in the US? Sometimes they are. Look at the red paint spraying anti-fur people. Or the whole Michael Moore thing (Farenheight 911). That's an

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread Peter McIntosh
Leon Altoff wrote: John Francis wrote: Someone I know had a different experience. He was driving along and though he might like to buy a convertible (he does this). He stopped at a Honda dealership and asked to test drive their convertible. He was dressed very casually at the time -

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have a box retailer in Canada called Bset Buy. We have another called Future Shop. I believe Best Buy owns Future Shop. One sells Pentax DSLRs, the other sells Nikon. A friend of mine just shoed up with his new D70. He preferred the Pentax offering, and it

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread brooksdj
We have a box retailer in Canada called Bset Buy. We have another called Future Shop. I believe Best Buy owns Future Shop. You are correct. One sells Pentax DSLRs, the other sells Nikon. A friend of mine just shoed up with his new D70. He preferred

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread brooksdj
Which is why i have decided to give Nikon one more chance and have ordered a D200. Looking at April arivall. Keepin all my Pentax gear of course. You know Nikon's track record with moi.vbg Dave Not a good sign. Three new PS's, No word on a new DSLR

Re: OT: I spy with my bw eye

2006-02-16 Thread brooksdj
D, but it still looks flat. Needs something Dave Anyone that knows bw and have some spare time to help me... I'm playing around here with some old scans that I have from a trip to Thailand, and found this photo that I like but didn't quite get good

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread brooksdj
Have someone come along with a camcorder... -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com What about one of those mp3 type of voice recorders that look like a jump drive.??Never know what hit them. I bet if the salesman/manager

Re: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-16 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
At 10:48 PM 2/15/2006, you wrote: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:24:08 -0800 From: Gautam Sarup [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy On 2/15/06, Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in fact, religious intolerance has always been limited to

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Long ago I learned never to judge people by their appearance or how they present themselves. I had a small ranch for sale in Northern California in 1974, and received an inquiry written on a torn off piece of grocery bag. I dismissed the matter. A few weeks later I received a phone call from

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Adam Maas
John, The DS2 is/was available in North America, it's Europe that didn't get it. I've held the DS2 in my hands, from an Authorized Pentax dealer, who gets their stock direct from Pentax Canada. Nice little body. Shel, I'll duck into Henry's today and see if they have any DS2's. They're

Re: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-16 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
At 09:22 PM 2/15/2006, you wrote: Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:41:44 -0500 From: Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net snip in fact, religious intolerance has always been limited to western christians and islami which is exactly what we have right now. best, mishka And let's

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread Adam Maas
Best Buy is the US chain that bought Future Shop a while back. Guess the sales guy hasn't seen the spec on the D200 (CCD sensor) -Adam William Robb wrote: We have a box retailer in Canada called Bset Buy. We have another called Future Shop. I believe Best Buy owns Future Shop. One sells

Rebates make me curious

2006-02-16 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
I wonder why they'd be offering rebates on lenses not part of the consumer mainstream. The Limited line, that is. http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/scms_docs//GearUpCashBack_Coupon_111505.pdf He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose

Re: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-16 Thread dagt
fra: Collin R Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip in fact, religious intolerance has always been limited to western christians and islami which is exactly what we have right now. best, mishka And let's not forget the secular intolerance of the Left in defining a religion as a

Re: OT - So you think your details are secure.... :-)

2006-02-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
The writer of the original story died in 1981, the screenwriter died in 1990, Blaustein, the producer, has been dead for more than ten years, and Bob Wise, the director, has been dead for about a year. AFAIK, there was only one documentary made about TDTESS in which Bob Wise appeared, and it was

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread brooksdj
I was in Henrys last weekend, buying a Sigma 10-20, and i saw one on the rear display shelf. Also saw one at the Thornhill location when i was buying BW paper a few weeks ago. I would imagine they are still there. They push Canon and Nikon a lot harder. Dave

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi, Please don't check Henry's on my account. I no longer do business with them having had two bad transactions with them. Thanks for the offer to help out, though. Much appreciated. Shel [Original Message] From: Adam Maas Shel, I'll duck into Henry's today and see if they have any

Re: PESO: around the corner

2006-02-16 Thread brooksdj
... on 1st ave and st marks place today blizzard are us http://users.rcn.com/annsan/blizzardpaw.jpg ann Sorry for the late reply Ann. I like this shot. Looks like our area last week and today.:-) I'd like to see it in BW, could be very

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote: The raggedy looking woman was Grace Slick, the lead singer for the very !!! What an acquaintance! Kostas

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Adam Maas wrote: I'll duck into Henry's today and see if they have any DS2's. They're Canada's equivalent to BH and they're showing stock on the DS2 for $818USD on their site. Check them out at http://www.henrys.ca they do ship to the US (Half their site is set up to sell

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Please don't check Henry's on my account. I no longer do business with them having had two bad transactions with them. Oops! Kostas

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Don Williams
Talking about stock. The local Pentax distributor owes me a camera. When the *ist D arrived here last year the flash didn't work. I posted about this. They promised to replace it immediately but found they had no stock. On Monday I phoned and was told they'd just got some cameras from Spain

Re: Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread mike wilson
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] In 1968 a few of us were bopping down Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco, and were along Auto Row. One of the group, a raggedy looking hippy chick, spied a car that caught her eye, walked into the showroom, and said she wanted to buy it. The salesman

Re: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-16 Thread Don Williams
You don't say! Allah has a hell of a lot to answer for right now. Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: fra: Collin R Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip in fact, religious intolerance has always been limited to western christians and islami which is exactly what we have right now. best, mishka And

Re: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-16 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
dagt Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:02:50 -0800 fra: Collin R Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip in fact, religious intolerance has always been limited to western christians and islami which is exactly what we have right now. best, mishka And let's not forget the secular intolerance of the Left in

Sigma APO 1.4x on digital

2006-02-16 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
The APO version was rather popular with film and cost usually 2x the standard 1.4x. Now the APO is going for a little less on e*. Anyone using it with Digital? How do you like the results? Collin He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks for the reminder carrot, Bob. =) Jack --- Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Everyone who is bemoaning the fact that this announcement only mentions point and shoot should remember two things. First PMA is for dealers. Dealers make their bread and butter from point and shoot,

Re: OT: HCB with a Minolta CLE

2006-02-16 Thread Christian
William Robb wrote: He (Nader) later tried to do so with GM pickups, but had to give up when his people got caught faking the exploding gas tanks. I'm pretty sure it wasn't Nader behind this particular episode. I thought that was 60 Minutes or some such as that. I think 60 mins ruined

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Jack Davis
Rather than being criticized, I think the brotherhood should be complimented for having shown incredible patience. Jack --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not understand this gotta have new more better faster more now attitude. The rumors and supposedly informed folks have

Phot related.Digital IRcamera conversion site

2006-02-16 Thread brooksdj
Hey troops. A member on the Nikon BB i go to posted this the other day. Discussing digital IR the last few days. http://www.lifepixel.com No conversion for Pentax Dslr's, yet, but the samples look very nice. Might look fo a cheap used D100 or Rebel to send in for

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Adam Maas
Sorry to hear that. Henry's is by no means my favourite local store (they're local for me, the flagship store is about 2 minutes walk from work), but I've not had any bad transactions with them. They even gave me a free CLA on my MX because I bought the $20 extended warranty. -Adam Shel

Higher Spec DSLR and Divine Intervention

2006-02-16 Thread Steve Desjardins
Delurking for a moment. LOL. I can't believe you folks have started a religion thread. My theory is that when Pentax announced am higher spec DSLR most of us assumed that supernatural forces/divine intervention was involved. BTW, I think Pentax's strategy (such as it is) is easy to

Re: Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I never knew her very well ... we were all just a bunch of hippies hangin' out at the time. Everyone just happened to be living in the same neighborhood. I just knew her from the neighborhood, and like neighbors do, sometimes we'd do things together. After the Airplane moved to 2400 Fulton

Re: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-16 Thread Bob Shell
On Feb 16, 2006, at 9:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: t shows that peoples really don\t need religion to behave well in a society, and I tend to be sceptical toward those who only behave because their god has told them so. What happens if the god tells them otherwise?

FS the first item

2006-02-16 Thread Collin R Brendemuehl
Tenba backpack. User condition. Generally good shape but some writing on the outside. Pics on request. $60 includes shipping in the US. Collin He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott

Re: Rebates make me curious

2006-02-16 Thread Christian
Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: I wonder why they'd be offering rebates on lenses not part of the consumer mainstream. The Limited line, that is. http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/scms_docs//GearUpCashBack_Coupon_111505.pdf Canon typically offers rebates on their high-end stuff too so I

Re: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-16 Thread Mishka
Hitler was authoritarian-right. Stalin and Mao were authoritarian-left. The key is authoritarian, and right or left is irrelevant. best, mishka On 2/16/06, Collin R Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And let's not forget the secular intolerance of the Left in defining a religion as a tool

OT: Focal Length Factors

2006-02-16 Thread Jens Bladt
For those who may be interested I made a JPG-file showing the apr. focal length factors realative to the APS and 24x36mm formats. Comments are welcome: http://www.jensbladt.dk/Images/Focal-length-factor-web.jpg Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -- No virus found in this outgoing message.

Re: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-16 Thread Lewis Matthew
From: Collin R Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] The point I was making had to do with the broader systems -- that the appearance of organized intolerance by the various groups is not limited to religion but also to the secular (religion-free) world. You were speaking of individuals, not of a

Re: Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread mike wilson
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/02/16 Thu PM 02:42:58 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: Interesting marketing I never knew her very well ... we were all just a bunch of hippies hangin' out at the time. Everyone just happened to be living in the same

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Are good pentax lenses this scarce? I don't know. All I do know is that I put 11 Pentax lenses on Ebay (the M and A series ones that I find I don't use since I bought FA series replacements) and 7 out of 11 were sold within 48 hours at sensible BIN pricing. Whatever Pentax relevance or

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Tom C
If I hold my breath for an *ist D upgrade, my next probably won't be until 2007. Tom C. From: Perry Pellechia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment. Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:43:38 -0500 I would be more

Re: D FA 50 F2.8

2006-02-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 16, 2006, at 4:04 AM, Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: Thanks. So it seems first impression of DFA is rather bad because it is small and made mainly from plastic? The outer casings are likely polycarbonate, rather than plastic. Plastic sounds like a child's toy; polycarbonate is a very

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Tom C
And your point is... ??? :-) Tom C. From: Perry Pellechia [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's funny, I do not see where anyone in this tread was saying gotta have new more better faster more now. The point I think we all were trying to make is that Pentax has really not done much to keep our

Re: Rebates make me curious

2006-02-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
To provide a buyer incentive... and make some more money ... ? I've had rebates on other high-end equipment than just lenses. It's a good deal for the distributor/dealer ... they get to use my money for 2-6 months interest free, and I get a lower price on goods. I just received $140 worth

Re: Sigma APO 1.4x on digital

2006-02-16 Thread brooksdj
I recently picked up the 1.4, for the Sigma 300 f 4 i have. I used it on a film body this past (PZ-1)weekend and the sharpness in the finder was very good. I have not developed the roll yet.Next week in class, if CUPE does not strike. I will, hopefully, be trying it out this weeknd. I want to

Re: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-16 Thread Tom C
You can't call all groups Christian just because they call themselves that. Tom C. From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you think that is the case, I suggest you pay more attention. You can't paint an entire group of people with the same brush. Well, I suppose thats not fair, you can do

RE: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Jens Bladt
I just bought 2 Optio WPi's - for the Meter Maids in our small town. They are becomming scarce too - the are very popular - people use them for skiing and swimming etc. since they are water proof. A great success, I believe. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig

RE: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Jens Bladt
Wow! I'm glad I paid less than half for mine. Allthough prices in Scandinavia is usually higher. But then again mine had flaw :-/ I guess it's not really that bad if you need it. These lenses may have started becoming collectors items to some extend. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk

Re: D FA 50 F2.8

2006-02-16 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 16.02.06 17:18: The outer casings are likely polycarbonate, rather than plastic. Plastic sounds like a child's toy; polycarbonate is a very good construction material and is generally as good or better in terms of dimensional stability than metal, and it can take

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 16, 2006, at 7:01 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Rather than being criticized, I think the brotherhood should be complimented for having shown incredible patience. Patience would be evidenced by a lot less bitching and moaning. Godfrey

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Tom C
You can't sell cameras if they aren't available to sell. A potential buyer will be easily swayed to another brand if the product is not available. That bodes ill, not well, as with less than 10% of the DSLR market, Pentax really can't afford to lose sales. If Pentax can see a camera is

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread mike wilson
Tom C wrote: You can't sell cameras if they aren't available to sell. A potential buyer will be easily swayed to another brand if the product is not available. That bodes ill, not well, as with less than 10% of the DSLR market, Pentax really can't afford to lose sales. If Pentax can see a

Re: Sigma APO 1.4x on digital

2006-02-16 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Collin, This entire gallery was shot with the Sigma 100-300/4 EX along with the Sigma APO 1.4x borrowed from John Francis - who got it from Christian when he moved over to Canon. I had been using a Kenko SHQ 1.5x that I wasn't happy with. The results were good enough with the Sigma that I

RE: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-16 Thread Jens Bladt
In the Middle Ages (700 years ago) the people of the church were the people in (political) power. At least in Europe and some other places. So, religious intolerance was then comparable to today's relations between political opponents. Today - in Western Europe - religious belief is the personal

Re: Sigma APO 1.4x on digital

2006-02-16 Thread Christian
Bruce Dayton wrote: This entire gallery was shot with the Sigma 100-300/4 EX along with the Sigma APO 1.4x borrowed from John Francis - who got it from Christian snip the part where Bruce mentions my defection to Canon Absolute proof and reason why I love this list. all the good stuff just

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Agreed ... I've looked at the inventories of close to twenty five shops all over the US and in Canada seeking an istDS2, and could only find one shop in the US that had one listed in it's inventory. They all had the DL, though ... it bothers me that, if I want a camera that's in production,

RE: Religoon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-16 Thread Jens Bladt
A small correction: It is not for the government to decide how or when to use the legislation. The governmnet makes the law. But the judicial system use it. So what meant was this: Perhaps the Danish judicial system should consider using the old blasphemy legislation again - from time to time.

D FA 50 F2.8 Macro Update (a bit long)

2006-02-16 Thread Joseph Tainter
I played with it some last night. My reaction to it just gets worse. I tried it on my *ist D. In indoor light, it does not autofocus correctly. Going from distance to macro, or vice versa, often it simply could not find focus. Other times it would, but would take a very long time. Sometimes

Re: Interesting marketing

2006-02-16 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] However, Bark is available on CD ... Japanese release. I bet you could find it on eBay or any number of venues. Excellent news. Time to start gurgling. Thanks. Want me to have a look around Pittsburgh's record

Re: Sigma APO 1.4x on digital

2006-02-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Collin R Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The APO version was rather popular with film and cost usually 2x the standard 1.4x. Now the APO is going for a little less on e*. Anyone using it with Digital? How do you like the results? I've used it on my ist-D for motorsports photography using

Re: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens?

2006-02-16 Thread Peter Jordan
Ow! One went in the UK last year for GBP 575 which seemed anbout right. Peter - Original Message - From: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:06 AM Subject: Ebay nonsense - New record price for this lens? Are good pentax lenses this

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread brooksdj
If Canada can keep the DS2 in stock, why not Pentax USA? I'm sure there's an explanation that makes sense ... it would be nice to know what it is. Shel Salesmen flogging the other products first, no doubt. Dave [Original Message] From:

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Rick Womer
I believe I saw a new DS2 from a Canadian dealer on Ebay, if that's any help. --- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Agreed ... I've looked at the inventories of close to twenty five shops all over the US and in Canada seeking an istDS2, and could only find one shop in the US that had

RE: D FA 50 F2.8 Macro Update (a bit long)

2006-02-16 Thread Tom C
From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: D FA 50 F2.8 Macro Update (a bit long) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:29:26 -0700 I played with it some last night. My reaction to it just gets worse. I tried it on my *ist D. In indoor

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Jack Davis
I'm referring to their continued allegiance to Pentax. Bitching and moaning simply demonstrate our loyal intent. Jack --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 16, 2006, at 7:01 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Rather than being criticized, I think the brotherhood should be

Re: I Hate Valentines Day

2006-02-16 Thread Lasse Karlsson
From: Sandra Hermann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:07 AM Subject: Re: I Hate Valentines Day Well I am a lady and ladies generally stop aging at a certain age.I don't know how we do it we just do. ;) I think maybe I might have found a

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-16 Thread Tom C
Some of us might just like to B Moan... Tom C. From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment. Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:42:21 -0800 (PST) I'm referring to their continued allegiance to Pentax.

OT? Web Question. Looking into folders

2006-02-16 Thread brooksdj
Hi All. I have a sub folder called Paw, on my www dot caughtinmotion dot com site. These photos are not on a web page with index,but just a collection in the folder. Is there any way i can see the files from a browser if i want to remember what i called a photo. I seem to

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