Re: My show

2006-05-01 Thread Juan Buhler
On 4/30/06, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Glad you're okay. Best get some gloves, eh? That's what was stupid of me. I have leather gloves, and use them all the time. This time, because it was two blocks, and because I was in a hurry, I didn't wear them. Never ride if in a hurry. j

Re: PESO - Rumpled Jeans

2006-05-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hello Boris, What is blue gold? I've not decided about the K24/2.8 I want to take some more shots at a greater distance to the subject. Glad you liked the pic ... Shel Boris Wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/rumpledjeansbw.html Excellent textures. Makes one immediately think

Re: PESO - Rumpled Jeans

2006-05-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! What is blue gold? Fascinating you should ask this question. In my language/culture there seems to be a term blue gold indicating the time (and grand profit made then) when blue jeans were the most popular wear item. Since then, blue gold is used as another form of blue jeans... I

Wide lenses and close distances

2006-05-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Shel recently showed us a picture and added that he wasn't quite sure about performance of his K 24/2.8... Now, having thought about it a bit, I present you a question. Is there a focal distance at which short distance performance of a wide lens is noticeably worse than at infinity? For

Re: My show

2006-05-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Juan, I am glad you're (mostly) intact. That's what was stupid of me. I have leather gloves, and use them all the time. This time, because it was two blocks, and because I was in a hurry, I didn't wear them. I guess those short rides, runs, drives, etc are the most dangerous ones. Your

RE: Spring Trio

2006-05-01 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, Don Sanderson wrote: - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Spring Trio A little exercise in DOF and simple composition. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4397477 Hi Paul, I was wondering what lens you used for

Re: Small, Portable Ink Jet Printer - Image Storage

2006-05-01 Thread Thibouille
Oh, there's another idea -- get a free gmail account from Google, get a Palm with wireless and e-mail your images to yourself for storage whenever you hit a coffee shop or restaurant or wherever you find wireless access. It was greatly useful on our trip to Washington, where we'd stop for coffee

May PUG is open

2006-05-01 Thread AvK
Hi folks, the May PUG is open. It can be found at http://pug.komkon.org Have Fun it is small but nice. Cheers Adelheid -- GMX Produkte empfehlen und ganz einfach Geld verdienen! Satte Provisionen für GMX Partner: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/partner

Re: Small, Portable Ink Jet Printer - Image Storage

2006-05-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Totally inappropriate for her needs. She'll be shooting raw, wants her files handy so she can work on them, has a laptop but doesn't want to carry it around when out of the van, which she may be for a few days at a time. A storage device that allows lots of storage is a better solution. Shel

RE: Wide lenses and close distances

2006-05-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hello Boris ... I didn't say I was dissatisfied with close distance performance of the K24/2.8. Shel [Original Message] From: Boris Liberman Shel recently showed us a picture and added that he wasn't quite sure about performance of his K 24/2.8... Now, having thought about it a bit, I

Re: Wide lenses and close distances

2006-05-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I didn't say I was dissatisfied with close distance performance of the K24/2.8. Hmmm, guess I misinterpreted what you wrote... Anyway, what you wrote led me to some thinking which eventually produced the question I asked. I guess next time I should spend even less time writing the

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread mike wilson
From: Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/05/01 Mon AM 03:52:03 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Limited edition prints? Hi all, Someone at my opening on Friday asked if my prints were part of a limited edition. They aren't--I think that whole concept is a bit silly. It

On May PUG

2006-05-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I am terribly sorry... All those holidays and I completely forgotten about the PUG... I feel very much like Neville Longbottom with his rememberall when he cannot remember what he has actually forgotten. (- my voice is properly raised at word forgotten as British way requires ;-) ). Anyway,

Alkos (was [test] Pentax smc-k 50/1.4 vs. smc-m AF 35-70/2.8 vs. DA 18-55/3.5-5,6)

2006-05-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/5/06, alkos, discombobulated, unleashed: Go to www.pad.go.pl I'm not into the lens tests, but I had a look around your site (which was not the easiest to navigate it has to be said ;-) but there is some tremendous work there. Inspirational and absolutely first class. Amongst the bets mono

Re: May PUG is open

2006-05-01 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 1 May 2006, AvK wrote: the May PUG is open. Thanks Adelheid. Kostas

Re: Alkos (was [test] Pentax smc-k 50/1.4 vs. smc-m AF 35-70/2.8 vs. DA 18-55/3.5-5,6)

2006-05-01 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 1 May 2006, Cotty wrote: On 1/5/06, alkos, discombobulated, unleashed: Go to www.pad.go.pl Stunning stuff! Thanks for the heads up Cotty. I recall going to Alkos's site before, his photography is really inspiring. Kostas

RE: Alkos (was [test] Pentax smc-k 50/1.4 vs. smc-m AF 35-70/2.8 vs. DA 18-55/3.5-5,6)

2006-05-01 Thread Bob W
Yes, indeed. I've sampled a few and will be back for more. Very good (apart from the navigation!). -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 May 2006 09:12 To: pentax list Subject: Alkos (was [test] Pentax smc-k 50/1.4 vs. smc-m AF

RE: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread Bob W
I think you would be unnecessarily limiting future sales. I think limited edition photographs are a silly idea. You could, perhaps, do a limited edition of a certain style of print, say platinum or something similarly exotic, but you would need to make it quite clear that it was a particular set

RE: My show

2006-05-01 Thread Bob W
Glad to hear you're ok. Congratulations - you look very well hung... -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Juan Buhler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 May 2006 06:42 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: My show Since Godfrey mentioned it, here is a brief report about my

RE: PESO - Rumpled Jeans

2006-05-01 Thread Bob W
Possibly this comes from the good old Soviet days when every tourist entering Russia brought a trunk full of Levis to sell, and homo sovieticus was desperate to buy them. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 May 2006 07:28 To:

Re: PESO - Rumpled Jeans

2006-05-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Possibly this comes from the good old Soviet days when every tourist entering Russia brought a trunk full of Levis to sell, and homo sovieticus was desperate to buy them. Bob, you're probably right. Now, this did not occur to me initially. Does it mean I am ceasing to be homo sovieticus

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-05-01 Thread John Forbes
On Mon, 01 May 2006 05:37:42 +0100, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Once you put all your files into a repository as large and as fast as a hard drive based backup system, making conversions en masse is simply not an issue. - Move the data to a new archive? Plug in the new

RE: PESO - Rumpled Jeans

2006-05-01 Thread Bob W
Yes, Boris. You are now officially a running dog lackey of the capitalist bosses, and an enemy of the people. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Boris Liberman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 May 2006 10:14 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Rumpled Jeans

Re: My show

2006-05-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Congratulations on a successful opening. Sorry to hear about your mishap but glad you regrouped in time. Paul On May 1, 2006, at 1:42 AM, Juan Buhler wrote: Since Godfrey mentioned it, here is a brief report about my show opening last Friday: Everything was hanged and ready on Thursday night.

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread Bob Shell
On Apr 30, 2006, at 11:52 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: Someone at my opening on Friday asked if my prints were part of a limited edition. They aren't--I think that whole concept is a bit silly. It was silly when using negatives, it is even sillier now, printing digitally. Now, I actually haven't

Re: My show

2006-05-01 Thread cbwaters
Nice story Juan, But isn't it true that you actually got into a fight with the gallery owner and cut your hands when you threw him through the window? I mean, that's WAY more rebel artist than your story. You never hear of anybody crashing their scooter on Entertainment Tonight or in Rolling

Re: My show

2006-05-01 Thread cbwaters
Wow... Overshare. CW - Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 5:02 AM Subject: RE: My show Glad to hear you're ok. Congratulations - you look very well hung... --

Re: PESO - Rumpled Jeans

2006-05-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Yes, Boris. You are now officially a running dog lackey of the capitalist bosses, and an enemy of the people. ROTFL. -- Boris

Re: Spring Trio

2006-05-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Kostas. Thanks for looking. The light is open shade, adjusted to what I consider a pleasing color temperature during conversion. On May 1, 2006, at 2:48 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, Don Sanderson wrote: - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL

Re: Spring Trio

2006-05-01 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 1 May 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: On May 1, 2006, at 2:48 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, Don Sanderson wrote: - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Spring Trio A little exercise in DOF and simple composition.

Re: Spring Trio

2006-05-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
It was late afternoon. The tulips are in the shadow of my house and were illuminated by open north sky. Paul On May 1, 2006, at 7:30 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Mon, 1 May 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: On May 1, 2006, at 2:48 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, Don

PESO - Bad News?

2006-05-01 Thread frank theriault
Natalka has a look of concern on her face, as if she's receiving bad news: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4401945size=lg Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Small, Portable Ink Jet Printer - Image Storage

2006-05-01 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On May 1, 2006, at 2:50 AM, Thibouille wrote: It was greatly useful on our trip to Washington, where we'd stop for coffee at places where we knew there was free wireless and check all of our e-mail and news from home. I hope you didn't shoot RAW? ;) Nice idea, really, never thought about

Re: Small, Portable Ink Jet Printer - Image Storage

2006-05-01 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On May 1, 2006, at 3:27 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Totally inappropriate for her needs. She'll be shooting raw, wants her files handy so she can work on them, has a laptop but doesn't want to carry it around when out of the van, which she may be for a few days at a time. A storage device

May PUG Comments

2006-05-01 Thread collin . x . brenemuehl
Two catch my eye: a. Aspidistra -- This is what film is meant for! Great job. b. Green -- And some would rather do this on the computer! One catches my mind: a. Thinking Green -- Good documentary photo. (Though the commentary is a negative.)

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread collin . x . brenemuehl
It's a matter of pride for some people. If the artist is very good, they want the first, or one of the first, prints available. Now if one wants to play into this head game ... Collin KC8TKA

Re: waist-level viewfinder

2006-05-01 Thread collin . x . brenemuehl
graywolf Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:49:58 -0700 Another I did not see the original of... 1st choice a 5x7 Graflex (Just kidding) I don't know about waist-level with a 5x7 Speed but you can get an old RB Speed that has this monster hood for peering into the back ... Waist-level keeps people from

Re: waist-level viewfinder

2006-05-01 Thread Mat Maessen
I'm surprised that noone's mentioned a Pentax 6x7 or 67 with the prism removed. I borrowed a Kiev 60 for a few months, and shot off a couple of rolls with the prism off and the viewfinder hood on. Was a lot like shooting with my Yashica Mat, except for the blanking out of the viewfinder after

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Cory Papenfuss
On Sat, 29 Apr 2006, Don Williams wrote: Sorry, I didn't remember about Cory's disability. But every every time I start toying with the idea of re-installing Red Hat something like this happens to set me right. I love Microsoft -- I don't think. The server can run Linux via a dual boot system,

Re: Re: waist-level viewfinder

2006-05-01 Thread mike wilson
From: Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/05/01 Mon PM 01:17:25 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: waist-level viewfinder I'm surprised that noone's mentioned a Pentax 6x7 or 67 with the prism removed. Look in the archives. 8-) It would have to be medium format for

Horse passport pic's digitally. An observation

2006-05-01 Thread brooksdj
Hi all. Well horse show season is gearing up and horses that want to show and don't have a passport(thats right, horses need em to show) have been contacting me for said pictures. Did some Sunday at the farm we board at, and unlike previous years, shot them all with a Dslr as opposed to

Re: My show

2006-05-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/30/2006 10:43:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ended up not taking any pictures myself. So for illustration, here are three from the night before, after hanging the photographs: http://static.flickr.com/52/138032928_aff18d09e1_o.jpg

Re: A Busy Photo Weekend

2006-05-01 Thread Charles Robinson
On Apr 30, 2006, at 23:56, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I saw the prototype of the book he's produced ... with its lovely faux swede cover ];-) ... and admired the prints in the flesh. So much nicer than seeing them in low-rez web JPEG form. ..I'm just wondering what a faux Swede looks like.

Re: PESO - Rumpled Jeans

2006-05-01 Thread frank theriault
On 4/30/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This started out as just a test of the K24/2.8 on the istDS, but when I looked through the finder, the image looked more interesting than anticipated. So, after making some shots with the 24mm, I switched lenses to the K35/2.0 for a somewhat

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread Charles Robinson
On May 1, 2006, at 8:11, Jack Davis wrote: He finally 'forced' himself to destroy it by punching it full of holes with a check canceling punch. Said he never got over it and never considered doing it again. Ouch! That pained me just to read it! -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-05-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On May 1, 2006, at 2:45 AM, John Forbes wrote: They say that tight-rope walking over Niagara isn't that difficult - once you pass a certain threshold of resources and understanding. Tightrope walking over Niagra Falls is just as difficult as tightrope walking anywhere else. Once you have

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread Aaron Reynolds
I was going to say the same thing -- it doesn't matter how much the membership of the PDML thinks this is a silly idea. It's what buyers look for, so if you want to sell the prints, you have a limited edition. -Aaron On May 1, 2006, at 6:41 AM, Bob Shell wrote: Serious galleries and buyers

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/30/2006 8:53:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, I actually haven't printed more than 4 or 5 of any of my photographs. So making them limited editions of 50, or even 25, would be easy (and meaningless.) It seems like this would add value to my pictures

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 1 May 2006 at 9:21, Cory Papenfuss wrote: I bypassed the Winders world altogether and moved exclusively to Linux. Windows sucks so bad in ideology, performance, stability, useability, and cost that I cannot fathom why so many people still use it. Just about EVERYONE I know who

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-05-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity? It is not comparable to learning how to operate a computer and knowing what to do to move data, which simply takes storage devices, a little time with a book, and a

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread William Robb
Limiting the quantity of something raises the cachet value of it, and increases it's desirablity, providing it isn't just a one off piece of shit. If you don't limit the number of prints that you make, and make it clear to the customer that what they are buying is one of a small number of units,

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Rob Studdert Subject: Re: Life in the Raw I'm sure your report is accurate, but amongst photographers you'll find the late Windows platforms to be both utilitarian, stable and capable of running the current state of the art imaging software and colour

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Aaron Reynolds
I suspect we have returned to the which is better: hammer or screwdriver? argument. -Aaron On May 1, 2006, at 9:47 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 1 May 2006 at 9:21, Cory Papenfuss wrote: I bypassed the Winders world altogether and moved exclusively to Linux. Windows sucks so bad in

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/1/2006 6:53:41 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Limiting the quantity of something raises the cachet value of it, and increases it's desirablity, providing it isn't just a one off piece of shit. If you don't limit the number of prints that you make, and

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread graywolf
Well, XP is a fairly decent OS. Bloated as hell, mind you,but that applies to most Linux distributiions too. It hardly ever crashes. Of course if you do not know how to tame it Redmond keeps changing it with those nasty automatic updates. One a couple of months ago changed the look and feel on

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 1 May 2006 at 9:52, Aaron Reynolds wrote: I suspect we have returned to the which is better: hammer or screwdriver? argument. At least we aren't talking about hockey. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PESOs - Sea Flower/Find the Fish

2006-05-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/30/2006 6:09:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it a flower or a sea urchin? Could be an animal. Paul == I think a sea anemone is an animal. Marnie aka Doe Don't go by my title, that was for fun.

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-05-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On May 1, 2006, at 6:47 AM, William Robb wrote: The very vast majority of people are not interested in this subject. They want technology that works, is simple, and doesn't require much thought or maintenance. Up intil recently, the vadt majority of pictures were stored on a hard copy, and

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/1/2006 7:06:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, XP is a fairly decent OS. Bloated as hell, mind you,but that applies to most Linux distributiions too. It hardly ever crashes. Of course if you do not know how to tame it Redmond keeps changing it with

Re: My show

2006-05-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Dammit, Juan! How's the *scooter*??? ;-)

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread Jack Davis
Juan, The subject of your post reminds me of an Ansel Adam story related in one of his books. It, of course, was negative related and in order to guarantee the image be a limited addition, agonized greatly over destroying the negative. He finally 'forced' himself to destroy it by punching it full

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Cory Papenfuss
First off, the original capture file is the source ... How could you extract more metadata in the process of converting from PEF to DNG? I'm referring to the closed-nature of some of the metadata in the EXIF of the RAW file. Of course there's no more data (other than whatever the DNG

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-05-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/1/2006 6:49:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now that the computer industry has taken over the job of image storage, it has a defacto responsibility to the consumer to emulate the simplicity of film based image storage. This means a responsible

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread graywolf
To be a truly limited edition you have to run off that number of prints then destroy the negative, matrix, woodblock, silkscreen, etc. Any other way and someone, no matter how honest the author, can run off some more later on. Now how in the hell can you do that with a digital image? Of

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-05-01 Thread John Forbes
On Mon, 01 May 2006 14:38:45 +0100, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 1, 2006, at 2:45 AM, John Forbes wrote: They say that tight-rope walking over Niagara isn't that difficult - once you pass a certain threshold of resources and understanding. Tightrope walking over

Re: PESOs - Sea Flower/Find the Fish

2006-05-01 Thread Christian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 4/30/2006 6:09:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it a flower or a sea urchin? Could be an animal. Paul == I think a sea anemone is an animal. Animal. Phylum cnidaria: corals, jellyfish, etc. BTW, Marnie, my

Re: My show

2006-05-01 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: Dammit, Juan! How's the *scooter*??? ;-) yeah, I wondered that myself...

Re: batteries discharging quickly in *istD

2006-05-01 Thread Cory Papenfuss
La Crosse charger highly recommended. I read the La Crosse delivers a more reliable charge at 500-700ma as it can do a better job of detecting the cut off point. I was having some flaky battery problems at 200ma which vanished when I upped the charge rate. 700ma is still well below the safe

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread Jack Davis
J,Would the 'inaccuracy' detract even, the least bit, from the satisfaction of the sale? Depends on your comfort level. Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 4/30/2006 8:53:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, I actually haven't printed more than 4 or 5

Wierd list!

2006-05-01 Thread Jack Davis
Interesting how I won't ever see one of my posts, yet it will be replied to by another. Selective distribution(?) :-[ Jack __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Adam Maas
Cory Papenfuss wrote: On Sat, 29 Apr 2006, Don Williams wrote: Sorry, I didn't remember about Cory's disability. But every every time I start toying with the idea of re-installing Red Hat something like this happens to set me right. I love Microsoft -- I don't think. The server can run Linux

Re: time for a new SD reader ...

2006-05-01 Thread wendy beard
On 4/29/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Happily, the Epson P2000 with firmware v2.5.1 installed handles the 2G SD card just fine. The joy of firmware upgradeable devices! :-) Godfrey I am so glad you posted that! I just bought a 2Gb Corsair SD card and tried to download the

Re: waist-level viewfinder

2006-05-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On May 1, 2006, at 6:24 AM, mike wilson wrote: It would have to be medium format for me, as I can't critically focus with the camera at waist level with 35mm. Probably not with MF either. I don't think you can 'critically focus' any camera held at waist level without a magnifier,

Re: On May PUG

2006-05-01 Thread Joseph Tainter
The third best (is there such a thing as the third best in English?) is: Thinking Green by Joseph Tainter, although I should say that significant part of the credit should go to a person who spelled environMENTALists this way. Thank you, Boris. Yes, the good people of Heber, Arizona,

Re: My show

2006-05-01 Thread Joseph Tainter
A bittersweet evening. But glad you are okay. Joe

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On May 1, 2006, at 6:10 AM, Cory Papenfuss wrote: First off, the original capture file is the source ... How could you extract more metadata in the process of converting from PEF to DNG? I'm referring to the closed-nature of some of the metadata in the EXIF of the RAW file. Of course

List Constipation?

2006-05-01 Thread Jack Davis
I'm getting anxiety hemorrhoids waiting for my posts (an insignificant couple) to be passed..er posted. (cute..huh?) Jack __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Cory Papenfuss
On Mon, 1 May 2006, graywolf wrote: Well, XP is a fairly decent OS. Bloated as hell, mind you,but that applies to most Linux distributiions too. It hardly ever crashes. Of course if you do not know how to tame it Redmond keeps changing it with those nasty automatic updates. One a couple of

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-05-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On May 1, 2006, at 7:22 AM, John Forbes wrote: It is not comparable to learning how to operate a computer and knowing what to do to move data, which simply takes storage devices, a little time with a book, and a plan to do what is required. Nearly anyone can do it, except for the very

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Unfortunately, given the state of colour management and image editing software on Linux, it's simply not viable for anything beyond basic editing. Sadly true, but it is getting better. Cinepaint works pretty well for maintaining color-managed workflow. The lprof folks have been working on

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Cory Papenfuss
Here we go, it looks like the Crusades are starting again. William Robb Lemme see if I can stop what I started: MacOS-X: Elegant interface, solid OS, seamless applications for photography and many other things. High hardware cost. Winders: Adequate interface, stability,

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Cory Papenfuss
To convert a DNG file without the embedded original RAW format back to the original RAW format file runs counter to the purpose of creating a standard format that contains RAW file data. It could be done, I'm sure, if it were deemed important ... after all, the DNG Converter had to have the

Re: Small, Portable Ink Jet Printer - Image Storage

2006-05-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
She's not leaving the laptop at home, but when she's out of the van - sometimes for a few days at a time - she doesn't want to tote the laptop around, so some sort of storage device would be helpful, especially one with a screen. The small printers don't have to print RAW - she can convert to

Re: Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-05-01 Thread mike wilson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am a geek Mark! 8-) - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-05-01 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hey, I'm probably at the low end of the technology oriented. Not a complete dunce, but nowhere near as knowledgeable as many people on the list. However, I can burn a CD or DVD, or copy my files to a second hard drive easily enough. I may not always know the fastest way to do things, and I

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On May 1, 2006, at 9:07 AM, Cory Papenfuss wrote: To convert a DNG file without the embedded original RAW format back to the original RAW format file runs counter to the purpose of creating a standard format that contains RAW file data. It could be done, I'm sure, if it were deemed

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
LOL ... Stopping this sort of thing is much much harder than starting it. :-) I do like how your summation of operating system attributes only refers to hardware costs in one case. I didn't know that hardware was a part of the OS. ];-) Godfrey On May 1, 2006, at 8:59 AM, Cory Papenfuss

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-05-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On May 1, 2006, at 7:22 AM, John Forbes wrote: It is not comparable to learning how to operate a computer and knowing what to do to move data, which simply takes storage devices, a little time with a book, and a plan to do what is required. Nearly anyone can do it, except for the very

Re: CS and RAW files from DL2

2006-05-01 Thread P. J. Alling
IIRC the DL's write speed was closer to the D in spec. rather than the DS/DS2 still should be faster than is being reported. mike wilson wrote: From: Aaron Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/30 Sun PM 03:11:00 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: CS and RAW files from DL2

Re: Re: waist-level viewfinder

2006-05-01 Thread mike wilson
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/05/01 Mon PM 03:10:34 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: waist-level viewfinder On May 1, 2006, at 6:24 AM, mike wilson wrote: It would have to be medium format for me, as I can't critically focus with the camera at

Re: PESO - Bad News?

2006-05-01 Thread keith_w
frank theriault wrote: Natalka has a look of concern on her face, as if she's receiving bad news: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4401945size=lg Comments always welcome. cheers, frank Nah... Probably that lower lip stud got caught on her dental appliance, and you can imagine

Re: PESOs - Sea Flower/Find the Fish

2006-05-01 Thread P. J. Alling
It's a sea anemone an animal that looks like a plant... Paul Stenquist wrote: Is it a flower or a sea urchin? Could be an animal. Paul On Apr 30, 2006, at 8:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm, not sure. But it is an interesting idea. I'll try it. Thanks!, Godfrey. Marnie = Marnie,

A few pictures of Juan's reception ...

2006-05-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I only made five exposures while at Juan's reception. I posted them all here: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/jb-spr-20060428/ Hardly great art, but I like the first and the last. All were made with the Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 Fish-Eye. (Juan, I can send you the full resolution JPEG versions

Re: PAW: Buy This Calendar!!

2006-05-01 Thread P. J. Alling
I hope Ann's paying you for the advertising. frank theriault wrote: It's soft, but I like it anyway. You may or may not like it. Take a look: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4400735size=lg Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread P. J. Alling
That's what I do. All my prints are limited editions... Juan Buhler wrote: Hi all, Someone at my opening on Friday asked if my prints were part of a limited edition. They aren't--I think that whole concept is a bit silly. It was silly when using negatives, it is even sillier now, printing

Re: PESOs - Sea Flower/Find the Fish

2006-05-01 Thread Charles Robinson
On May 1, 2006, at 12:22, P. J. Alling wrote: It's a sea anemone an animal that looks like a plant... All this talk of Anemones and nobody has referenced this classic Pearls Before Swine strip yet!: http://www.randomjottings.net/images5/pearls_before_swine.gif -Charles -- Charles

Re: Small, Portable Ink Jet Printer - Image Storage

2006-05-01 Thread Adam Maas
She wants a P-2000 or P-4500. A good friend of mine, whi shoots RAW, uses his P-2000 for dive trips. It easily lasts him a week of diving and he does his conversions when he gets home. -Adam Shel Belinkoff wrote: She's not leaving the laptop at home, but when she's out of the van -

Re: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread Bob Shell
On May 1, 2006, at 8:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's a matter of pride for some people. If the artist is very good, they want the first, or one of the first, prints available. Now if one wants to play into this head game ... In the days when artists made prints from etching plates,

RE: Limited edition prints?

2006-05-01 Thread Bob W
-Original Message- From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 May 2006 14:52 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Limited edition prints? Limiting the quantity of something raises the cachet value of it, and increases it's desirablity, providing it isn't just a

Re: Life in the Raw

2006-05-01 Thread Cory Papenfuss
On Mon, 1 May 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: LOL ... Stopping this sort of thing is much much harder than starting it. :-) I do like how your summation of operating system attributes only refers to hardware costs in one case. I didn't know that hardware was a part of the OS. ];-) Godfrey

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