Re: Flooding in England

2007-07-25 Thread mike wilson
> > From: AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/07/25 Wed AM 06:22:00 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Subject: Re: Flooding in England > > LOL > > I figured BTDT, but had to google YFB. > Found the acronym on the second link, but the first one put > "constantly damp" in a slightly d

OK1000 Pentax Blog: Split Image Focus Screens

2007-07-25 Thread Roman
http://ok1000.blogspot.com/2007/07/split-image-focus-screens.html It includes links to all known split-screen manufacturers/retailers, starting with Katz-Eye <<< RJ Camera Accessories , Katz Eye

Re: OT - BBC iPlayer, Mac/Linuxheads

2007-07-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/7/07, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: >Does that mean us Yanks won't be able to use the iWhatsits application >even if we *are* running WindozeXP? AFAIK, anyone with suitable hardware/software will be able to download certain TV programmes for viewing at a later date, although so

Advice sought PTlens v PS CS3

2007-07-25 Thread John Whittingham
Is there any advantage to using PTlens as a plugin to PS CS3 as opposed to the CS3 lens correction filter? TIA John The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is

Re: Update from Colorado

2007-07-25 Thread Cotty
On 24/7/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >But we're having a great time and I'm getting in a few good shots. >Here's one for Cotty: >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/notoncrack.jpg He looks a little rough even for me dear ! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Pl

Re: PESO When all goes quiet..

2007-07-25 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 16/07/07, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hopefully, MANY, many more ... although right now, you've still got the > "terrible twos" to look forward to. Thanks for reminding me ;-) And thanks to everyone who added a comment. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110

Re: Update from Colorado

2007-07-25 Thread Jack Davis
A really nice trophy! BTW, I envy your oxygen processing capability. Am planning to do Colorado again this late Sept.. Still a few stretches of highway not driven. Jack --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We're having great "tourist" weather (bright sun, clear skies) but > lousy photo

PESO Not a K10D macro

2007-07-25 Thread Digital Image Studio
I have plenty of time so I might as well preface the pic with a story: I was mucking about in the back-yard today shooting my little captive model and I noticed an interesting little flower in the lawn (yes it's a flower shot so stop reading now if you suffer from anthophobia ;-). So I thought, I

Re: PESO When all goes quiet..

2007-07-25 Thread frank theriault
On 7/13/07, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ..it pays to check why earlier than later: > > http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/Thomas/photo?authkey=pzmnlsD2ZJI#5086598110863323682 > > Not a particularly good shot but the light was shocking and I used > what gear was on hand at th

Re: Advice sought PTlens v PS CS3

2007-07-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "John Whittingham" Subject: Advice sought PTlens v PS CS3 > Is there any advantage to using PTlens as a plugin to PS CS3 as opposed to > the CS3 lens correction filter? > I believe PTlens can correct for spherical projection (fisheye). William Robb -- PD

Re: PESO Not a K10D macro

2007-07-25 Thread Jack Davis
Rob, I don't doubt that this final rendering is a substantial improvement over the original choices. Even though considerable PS ability was applied, it's too bad all peddles aren't in sharp focus. Also, believe I'd clone out or at least dim the light spot in the right center. Jack --- Digital Ima

Re: PESO Not a K10D macro

2007-07-25 Thread pnstenquist
Nice work. The result is seamless and quite attractive. I think your flower is what we call a violet up here in Michigan. They have broad heart shaped leaves and frequently pop up in the lawn. Paul -- Original message -- From: "Digital Image Studio" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Update from Colorado

2007-07-25 Thread pnstenquist
Nice shot. I remember trying to run uphill at 9000 feet. Fuhgetaboutit. I have enough trouble getting up to joggin speed at sea level:-). Paul -- Original message -- From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A really nice trophy! BTW, I envy your oxygen processing cap

Re: PESO Not a K10D macro

2007-07-25 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 25/07/07, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rob, I don't doubt that this final rendering is a substantial > improvement over the original choices. Even though considerable PS > ability was applied, it's too bad all peddles aren't in sharp focus. > Also, believe I'd clone out or at least di

Re: Advice sought PTlens v PS CS3

2007-07-25 Thread John Whittingham
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:25:34 -0600, William Robb wrote > - Original Message - > From: "John Whittingham" > Subject: Advice sought PTlens v PS CS3 > > > Is there any advantage to using PTlens as a plugin to PS CS3 as opposed to > > the CS3 lens correction filter? > > > > I believe PTlens

Zeiss lenses now in K mount

2007-07-25 Thread Bob Shell
"Carl Zeiss SLR Lenses Now Available for K Bayonet Good news for 35 mm SLR (Single Lens Reflex) enthusiasts. The successful SLR line of lenses is continuing to grow. Different camera mounts are making the prized optics attractive for an increasing number of SLR photographers. These premium lenses w

Re: Flooding in England

2007-07-25 Thread AlunFoto
It was just a google-search. The first hit was the airport, the second was "Acronym finder": http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=YFB&String=exact&p=ol Did I miss something again? :-) Jostein 2007/7/25, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > From: AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Zeiss lenses now in K mount

2007-07-25 Thread Gonz
I wonder how good the T* 2.8 25 is, sounds like a nice focal length to have as a walking arounder. On 7/25/07, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Carl Zeiss SLR Lenses Now Available for K Bayonet > Good news for 35 mm SLR (Single Lens Reflex) > enthusiasts. The successful SLR line of lenses

Re: Flooding in England

2007-07-25 Thread David Savage
YFB = You Fat [EMAIL PROTECTED] :-) Cheers, Dave On 7/25/07, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It was just a google-search. The first hit was the airport, the second > was "Acronym finder": > > http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=YFB&String=exact&p=ol > > Did I miss something

Re: Zeiss lenses now in K mount

2007-07-25 Thread David Savage
On 7/25/07, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Carl Zeiss SLR Lenses Now Available for K Bayonet Is that you Roman? Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO Not a K10D macro

2007-07-25 Thread Jack Davis
Certainly agree. :) Jack --- Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 25/07/07, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rob, I don't doubt that this final rendering is a substantial > > improvement over the original choices. Even though considerable PS > > ability was applied, it's

Re: Zeiss lenses now in K mount

2007-07-25 Thread Adam Maas
It's getting rave reviews in Nikon-land (unlike the 85 and the 50, which Nikon-guys were unimpressed with and mildly impressed with respectively). -Adam Gonz wrote: > I wonder how good the T* 2.8 25 is, sounds like a nice focal length to > have as a walking arounder. > > > > On 7/25/07, Bob S

Re: Zeiss lenses now in K mount

2007-07-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Indeed. 24-28mm is a wonderful focal length for the 16x24 format. I keep wishing that Pentax would announce a DA28/2 Limited! Godfrey On Jul 25, 2007, at 8:38 AM, Gonz wrote: > I wonder how good the T* 2.8 25 is, sounds like a nice focal length to > have as a walking arounder. > > > > On 7/25/

Re: Trip to Brighton

2007-07-25 Thread drew
William Robb wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "drew" > Subject: GESO: Trip to Brighton > > > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157600985249378/ >> >> Appreciate any thoughts... > > Sucky presentation. I was gone before the first picture came up. > > William

Power converters and transformers

2007-07-25 Thread Barry Rice
Hey Folks, A trip to Australia approaches. My K10D battery charger works for the 120V, 60 hz power here. Australia uses (I believe) 240V, 50 hz. Does anyone have a recommended source for whatever I need to use my USA charger in Australia? Barry Barry A. Rice, Ph.D. Invasive Species Speci

SD memory cards for *istDs, K10D

2007-07-25 Thread Barry Rice
Hey Godfrey Thanks for your help on the SD memory cards. I updated my wife's firmware from 2.0 to 2.02, so it should be able to read the bigger cards. Barry Barry A. Rice, Ph.D. Invasive Species Specialist Global Invasive Species Initiative The Nature Conservancy V: 530-754-8891 http://tncwe

Re: PESO Not a K10D macro

2007-07-25 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 26/07/07, Norm Baugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's a lot of work for a picture of a flower... ;) The child does sleep you know Norm ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.s

Chasseur d'Images and Reponses Photo about SDM/K110D Super

2007-07-25 Thread Thibouille
In a test and little overview both magazines do say a bit about those DA* we are all waiting for. Chasseur d'Images says thay couldn't test them but they should provide to Pentax users the same thing AF-S brought to Nikon users which is speed and silence. Nothing more but their review of the K100D

Re: Flooding in England

2007-07-25 Thread mike wilson
David Savage wrote: > YFB = You Fat [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > :-) > > Cheers, > > Dave On the nail. All spoken in jest, of course. > > On 7/25/07, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>It was just a google-search. The first hit was the airport, the second >>was "Acronym finder": >> >>http://

PESO 2007 - 32c - GDG

2007-07-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Someone is watching ... http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/32c.htm Comments, critique, etc always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey www.gdgphoto.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Update from Colorado

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: >A really nice trophy! BTW, I envy your oxygen processing capability. >Am planning to do Colorado again this late Sept.. Still a few stretches >of highway not driven. I don't know why but my oxygen processing ability seems to be adapting much quicker this trip than it ever has

RE: Power converters and transformers

2007-07-25 Thread Paul Ewins
If it is only the battery charger that you need to run then you could probably just get the cord as it looks like a standard shaver/laptop style cord. If you have multiple appliances to run then you should bring along a US power board and plug that into an Australian plug adapter. Check the applia

Re: Flooding in England

2007-07-25 Thread AlunFoto
ops. well,... :-) TY Jostein 2007/7/25, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > David Savage wrote: > > > YFB = You Fat [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > :-) > > > > Cheers, > > > > Dave > > On the nail. All spoken in jest, of course. > > > > > On 7/25/07, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>It was

Re: Power converters and transformers

2007-07-25 Thread David Savage
At 05:30 AM 26/07/2007, John Francis wrote: >On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 02:08:08PM -0700, Barry Rice wrote: > > > > Hey Folks, > > > > A trip to Australia approaches. > > > > My K10D battery charger works for the 120V, 60 hz power here. Australia > uses > > (I believe) 240V, 50 hz. Does anyone have a

Re: Update from Colorado

2007-07-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/7/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >GESO now on line here: >http://www.robertstech.com/temp/colorado/ Wow - big sky country eh. Some wonderful stuff in there Mark. Well done sir. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.c

RE: Power converters and transformers

2007-07-25 Thread David Mann
John Francis wrote: > All you need is an adapter to enable you to plug a US plug into > an Australian socket. The K10D charger is quite happy to work > with 240V 50Hz. In fact most electronics (notebook computers, > cell phones, etc.) come with universal chargers nowadays. On a loosely related

Re: PESO Not a K10D macro

2007-07-25 Thread Norm Baugher
That's a lot of work for a picture of a flower... ;) Norm Digital Image Studio wrote: > I have plenty of time so I might as well preface the pic with a story: > > I was mucking about in the back-yard today shooting my little captive > model and I noticed an interesting little flower in the lawn (y

Re: SD memory cards for *istDs, K10D

2007-07-25 Thread Bob Sullivan
Well Cotty, you've got an older model and they need more updating. Trust me, I know this from experience! Regards, Bob S. On 7/25/07, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 25/7/07, Barry Rice, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > I updated my wife's firmware > >from 2.0 to 2.02 > > Holy moly.

Re: Power converters and transformers

2007-07-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jul 25, 2007, at 2:30 PM, John Francis wrote: >> A trip to Australia approaches. >> >> My K10D battery charger works for the 120V, 60 hz power here. >> Australia uses >> (I believe) 240V, 50 hz. Does anyone have a recommended source for >> whatever >> I need to use my USA charger in Austral

Re: Update from Colorado

2007-07-25 Thread P. J. Alling
Those are beautiful, I hate you even more, if that's possible. Mark Roberts wrote: > Jack Davis wrote: > > >> A really nice trophy! BTW, I envy your oxygen processing capability. >> Am planning to do Colorado again this late Sept.. Still a few stretches >> of highway not driven. >> > > I

Re: PESO 2007 - 32c - GDG

2007-07-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
This one doesn't work for me. Not enough interest in the principal figures, and the burned out background is distracting. Paul On Jul 25, 2007, at 5:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Someone is watching ... > >http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/32c.htm > > Comments, critique, etc alw

Re: SD memory cards for *istDs, K10D

2007-07-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jul 25, 2007, at 5:49 PM, Cotty wrote: >> I updated my wife's firmware >> from 2.0 to 2.02 > > Holy moly. My wife is running on firmware 8.4.7 and I'm still not > satisfied! I hear you've moved from Oxford to Stepford. Less damp there? Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.n

Re: Update from Colorado

2007-07-25 Thread Bob Sullivan
Great pictures Mark. I wonder if I can find any Sherpas to carry the gear. Maybe carry me! or at least O2... Regards, Bob S. On 7/25/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jack Davis wrote: > > >A really nice trophy! BTW, I envy your oxygen processing capability. > >Am planning to do Colora

Re: PESO Not a K10D macro

2007-07-25 Thread Joseph Tainter
Re: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~aglcnews/temp/IMGP21389-IMGP21392.jpg Beautiful, Rob. Nicely done. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Power converters and transformers

2007-07-25 Thread Bob Sullivan
Fry's. $5 for an AU plug adapter. / \ prongs instead of | | prongs in the US plug. Regards, Bob S. On 7/25/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 25, 2007, at 2:30 PM, John Francis wrote: > >> A trip to Australia approaches. > >> > >> My K10D battery charger works for the 12

Re: SD memory cards for *istDs, K10D

2007-07-25 Thread John Graves
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Jul 25, 2007, at 5:49 PM, Cotty wrote: > > >>> I updated my wife's firmware >>> from 2.0 to 2.02 >>> >> Holy moly. My wife is running on firmware 8.4.7 and I'm still not >> satisfied! >> > > I hear you've moved from Oxford to Stepford. Less damp there?

GESO -- Stony Creek

2007-07-25 Thread P. J. Alling
I've been putting off organizing my PESOs and other on line images, (and at the moment I have a lot of spare time on my hands), so I put together a HTML only Gallery prototype. There's nothing there that I haven't posted as a PESO before, but I've collected the Stony Creek images into a small

PESO - Communication

2007-07-25 Thread Marco Alpert
http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo07/peso3.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Power converters and transformers

2007-07-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jul 25, 2007, at 5:39 PM, David Mann wrote: > John Francis wrote: > >> All you need is an adapter to enable you to plug a US plug into >> an Australian socket. The K10D charger is quite happy to work >> with 240V 50Hz. In fact most electronics (notebook computers, >> cell phones, etc.) come

Re: Trip to Brighton

2007-07-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/7/07, drew, discombobulated, unleashed: >Sorry you couldn't view them, I'll be sure to take it up with Flickr, Better to take it up with Bill's therapist -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com ___

Re: SD memory cards for *istDs, K10D

2007-07-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/7/07, Barry Rice, discombobulated, unleashed: > I updated my wife's firmware >from 2.0 to 2.02 Holy moly. My wife is running on firmware 8.4.7 and I'm still not satisfied! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com __

Re: PESO Not a K10D macro

2007-07-25 Thread P. J. Alling
I wish I'd said that... Norm Baugher wrote: > That's a lot of work for a picture of a flower... ;) > Norm > > Digital Image Studio wrote: > >> I have plenty of time so I might as well preface the pic with a story: >> >> I was mucking about in the back-yard today shooting my little captive >> mo

Re: PESO 2007 - 32c - GDG

2007-07-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/7/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >Someone is watching ... > > http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/32c.htm > >Comments, critique, etc always appreciated. That is a superb shot Godfrey. Brilliant. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, P

Re: SD memory cards for *istDs, K10D

2007-07-25 Thread David Savage
At 08:49 AM 26/07/2007, Cotty wrote: >On 25/7/07, Barry Rice, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > I updated my wife's firmware > >from 2.0 to 2.02 > >Holy moly. My wife is running on firmware 8.4.7 and I'm still not satisfied! Have you considered that maybe it's your firmware that's the cause for y

Re: A Snowflake Book (At Last)...

2007-07-25 Thread Mark Cassino
Tom C wrote: > That's just fantastic Mark, both the photos of course and the fact you're > publishing them this way. > > > Tom C. Thanks, Tom. Not to rush off willy nilly, but after doing this once, I'm suddenly lumping photos together and thinking of what could work together as a book. Th

Re: Power converters and transformers

2007-07-25 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 02:08:08PM -0700, Barry Rice wrote: > > Hey Folks, > > A trip to Australia approaches. > > My K10D battery charger works for the 120V, 60 hz power here. Australia uses > (I believe) 240V, 50 hz. Does anyone have a recommended source for whatever > I need to use my USA

OT: Harbinger of doom

2007-07-25 Thread David Savage
This proves to me that cats are evil. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: GESO -- Stony Creek

2007-07-25 Thread Bob W
you might want to run your spelling checker over the text at the bottom. Also, the heading text is rather jaggy on my machine. -- Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of P. J. Alling > Sent: 26 July 2007 02:04 > To: Pentax-Discuss Ma

Re: OT: Harbinger of doom

2007-07-25 Thread Brian Walters
Hmmm - that's a worry. My cat routinely curls up on my chest while I'm watching TV - perhaps I'd better drink all of my wine while I still have the chance Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/

Re: Power converters and transformers

2007-07-25 Thread P. J. Alling
Hum selling two almost identical devices that probably have roughly the same profit margin thus doubling profits. I wonder what motive there might be for doing that... David Mann wrote: > John Francis wrote: > > >> All you need is an adapter to enable you to plug a US plug into >> an Austral

Re: for sale: a few Pentax lenses

2007-07-25 Thread Tim Øsleby
I may be very interested in the 20-35, but my guess is that it's already gone Tim Typo Mostly Harmless - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML List" ; "SeePhoto Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "DUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 6:46 A

Re: Power converters and transformers

2007-07-25 Thread David Savage
Actually: / \ I (Even though the charger doesn't have the third prong) And I found it amusing that the plugs in China at the hotel where I stayed were: I \ / We really are the land down under. :-) Cheers, Dave At 09:36 AM 26/07/2007, Bob Sullivan wrote: >Fry's. >$5 for an AU p