Re: OT USA warranty outside of US

Go to the Nikon USA website and look for warranty information regarding US distributor Nikon products outside the USA. Same for Pentax. The Nikon 18-200 VR lens hasn't been on the market all that long to have reliable statistics available on its durability. If it's like most Nikon lenses, i

OT USA warranty outside of US

Hello All, (Europeans primarily) Does anybody know how does the warranty work in Europe for the lens with the USA warranty. To be more specific, I am talking about Nikon USA 5 year warranty. Can a lens be fixed under that warranty in any of European Nikon repair shops? Another question, - if you

Re: PESO 2007 - 34a - GDG

Presumably a survey marker - brings back memories Simple but effective. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a...

I see a 'lil MacGyver in the making. Packing that mouse & peg he could possibly solve any problem he comes across. All he needs is Swiss army knife (but he's a bit young. Maybe a spoon?) and a roll of duct tape). Cheers, Dave On 8/13/07, D

Re: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax

On 8/13/07, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "syb vis" > Subject: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax > > > >I really love the 300mm (actually 450mm) focus distance on a dslr. > > > > > > A

Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

Thanks Dave. I shot a few more tonight. Lots of fun. Paul On Aug 12, 2007, at 6:29 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Thats great Paul. > > I really enjoy your car work. > > Dave > > On 8/11/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in >>

Re: PESO: Monhegen Flowers

Bruce, I know what you mean. This is cropped from a larger picture just for that reason. This is one of those times when I really wanted that 1.4 lens. John G. Bruce Dayton wrote: > This is close to being really nice. I think the issue for me is that > there are enough flowers to perhaps loo

Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

Thanks Ken. If I don't see you have a great trip. Perhaps the fire will drive some critters your way. Paul On Aug 12, 2007, at 7:16 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: > Good luck Paul. I hope you get at least enough sales to offset the > cost. > I'm going to try to get there to view it, but I'm leaving

Re: PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a...

- Original Message - From: "Joseph Tainter" Subject: PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a... > Not that I have much to talk about. I'm sitting here with an IV tube > stuck in my hand. > > Nothing serious we all hope. > Another damned wasp sting, another 2 days of forced nothing whi

PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a...

Not that I have much to talk about. I'm sitting here with an IV tube stuck in my hand. William Robb - Shutter-release-finger syndrome? Nothing serious we all hope. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

> Me (previously): > The FA* 600 F4 and the FA* 300 F2.8 are both made to order. Presumably > this means that Pentax Japan has the components stockpiled, and > assembles them into a lens when a customer orders one. I assume these > lenses will be available as long as the stock of components la

Re: PESO: Monhegen Flowers

This is close to being really nice. I think the issue for me is that there are enough flowers to perhaps look for some order or pattern, but I couldn't find it - just seemed a little jumbled. There are not quite enough flowers to make it look like a field. I hope I am making sense - just a few l

Re: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax

I really love the 300mm (actually 450mm) focus distance on a dslr. But which one is better value for money? The 300mm F2.8 Autofocus by Sigma or by Pentax? - No, 300 mm is 300 mm. The angle of view is different. Which lens do you think is likely to be better? Only you can judge value relat

Re: PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a...

- Original Message - From: "Digital Image Studio" Subject: PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a... > I'm photographically challenged at the moment. > yup. Not that I have much to talk about. I'm sitting here with an IV tube stuck in my hand. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discus

Re: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax

On 8/12/07, syb vis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or can i stick to my smc tak 300/4 m42-mount with m42-pk-adaptall? (I > have already bought that one, so that will not be very expensive any > more...) A Tamron Adaptall mount will bugger up the threads of an M42 lens if you try and thread it on. Yo

Re: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax

- Original Message - From: "syb vis" Subject: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax >I really love the 300mm (actually 450mm) focus distance on a dslr. > > AA

Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

On 13/08/07, Paul Ewins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The kangaroos have moved to the suburbs, where the tourists won't annoy > them... Not quite, I think the suburbs have moved to where the Roos are, annoying them ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [E

Re: OT Lost 5 gig somewere

no the iFairies would have exchanged the space with something else. must be iGremlins. Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 13/08/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Every so often the hard disk fairies come and take a few gigabytes to >> feed to their young. >> > > iFairies?

RE: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

The kangaroos have moved to the suburbs, where the tourists won't annoy them... Paul Ewins Melbourne, Australia -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of syb vis Uhm, what? No kangaroos in Sydney's main streets? Darn, i'll have to cancel my vacatio

any PDMLers in Madrid or Seville?

Nate and I will be in Madrid and Seville the 2nd week of October. Does anyone on the list live in either of those cities? Amita -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT Lost 5 gig somewere

On 13/08/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Every so often the hard disk fairies come and take a few gigabytes to > feed to their young. iFairies? -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO h

Re: OT Lost 5 gig somewere

David J Brooks wrote: >Funny thing happened on the way to the forum.:-) > >Used my Mac on Friday and Saturday to check email and post 1 Peso. All >the while the finder window was showing 11.06 Gig. > >This morning i had trouble logging into the net, but the finder window >shows 6.10 Gig of space r

Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

Good luck Paul. I hope you get at least enough sales to offset the cost. I'm going to try to get there to view it, but I'm leaving Thursday morning for some shooting in the Upper Peninsula (right near where the fire is). Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From

PESO It's a mouse, it's a peg no it's a...

...plane: http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/Thomas/photo?authkey=pzmnlsD2ZJI#5097217036762596226 I'm photographically challenged at the moment. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO htt

RE: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

How very inconsiderate of the Dutch to put them where the wind is so strong. -- Bob > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of syb vis > Sent: 12 August 2007 23:23 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF > > For your

Re: OT Lost 5 gig somewere

At 6:25 PM -0400 8/12/07, David J Brooks wrote: >Funny thing happened on the way to the forum.:-) > >Used my Mac on Friday and Saturday to check email and post 1 Peso. All >the while the finder window was showing 11.06 Gig. > >This morning i had trouble logging into the net, but the finder window >

Re: 300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax

syb vis wrote: >I really love the 300mm (actually 450mm) focus distance on a dslr. > >But which one is better value for money? The 300mm F2.8 Autofocus by >Sigma or by Pentax? WHich is a *better* value for money is your call, but I have the Sigma EX300/2.8 and it's certainly an amazing value for

Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

Thats great Paul. I really enjoy your car work. Dave On 8/11/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in > Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in > reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'

Re: Peso This is a cheese shop

Thanks Paul and everyone else. I get lucky sometimes.:-) Dave On 8/11/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good one. The orderly arrangement of the cheeses juxtaposed against > the reflections make for a very interesting image. Nice work. > Paul > On Aug 11, 2007, at 11:05 AM, David J

Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

For your own safety: Better not! Check 4th paragraph on http://syarifbudhiman.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/kinderdijk/ Uhm, what? No kangaroos in Sydney's main streets? Darn, i'll have to cancel my vacation then... Syb 2007/8/13, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 13/08/07, syb vis <[EM

OT Lost 5 gig somewere

Funny thing happened on the way to the forum.:-) Used my Mac on Friday and Saturday to check email and post 1 Peso. All the while the finder window was showing 11.06 Gig. This morning i had trouble logging into the net, but the finder window shows 6.10 Gig of space remaining. I have not download

300mm 2.8 AF: Sigma vs Pentax

I really love the 300mm (actually 450mm) focus distance on a dslr. But which one is better value for money? The 300mm F2.8 Autofocus by Sigma or by Pentax? Or can i stick to my smc tak 300/4 m42-mount with m42-pk-adaptall? (I have already bought that one, so that will not be very expensive any mor

Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

On 13/08/07, syb vis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You know, this is the Netherlands. We cannot look far enough to > motivate the purchase of a 600mm lens. A 300mm, on the other hand...? Climb up a windmill ;-) And no there aren't kangaroos hopping though the main streets of Sydney ;-0 -- Rob S

Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

whh... not too fast. I am starting to think that i could better replace my smc tak300/4.0 by a sigma 300/2.8Autofocus. You know, this is the Netherlands. We cannot look far enough to motivate the purchase of a 600mm lens. A 300mm, on the other hand...? Syb 2007/8/12, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL P

Re: Peddling Inspiration

Cool, it's started ... I'll have to go buy a copy now... ];-) G On Aug 12, 2007, at 1:51 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > Received my September Popular Photography & Imaging yesterday. Pentax > bought the back cover to advertise the Pentax Photo Gallery. Small > print > says "Photos featured abov

PESO: Monhegen Flowers

Here is the first of a series I photographed the past few days. Comments are solicited but may be ignored..Wellmaybe http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhg2/ John G. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

OT: Bored? This wil wake up your artistic fantasy!

Take a minute and look at these nicely photoshopped images... http://www.glumbert.com/media/graphicartists -- Syb Vis, The Netherlands. "Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper?"

John Yates?

I'm trying to get in touch with John Yates. I believe he may be a PDML subscriber. John, if you're reading this, please contact me off list. Thanks! Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Peddling Inspiration

Received my September Popular Photography & Imaging yesterday. Pentax bought the back cover to advertise the Pentax Photo Gallery. Small print says "Photos featured above courtesy of Mark Dimalanta, Godfrey DiGiorgi, Kerrick James and Julie Smith." Inside there's a full page ad for "Pentaxian"

Anyone looking for 6x7 gear? Cheap Craigslist in Minneapolis

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/pho/393919136.html "pentax 6x7 body with penta prism and mirror lockup. $250 pentax 6x7 body with eye level view finder $200 55 mm f4 lens $150 75 mm F4.5 lens $150 105 mm f2.4 $150 155 mm f2.8 $150 cash only, make me an offer, call 651-500-1606" I know film is

Day 2 with Pentax K100D Super

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Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

Indeed. I'd like to see the show, but real life intervenes ... On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 11:01:16AM -0700, Bruce Dayton wrote: > Hope it goes well, Paul. Sounds very cool. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Saturday, August 11, 2007, 7:55:42 PM, you wrote: > > PS> My dream cruise gallery s

Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

"Did anyone of you ever have it mounted on your camera? What kind of images did you produce?" I have the F* version. Same optics. It's a wonderful lens, produces marvelous images. Buy it and join our 600 Club. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

Strange... In the description it says: "This item is manufactured at the time of order. Winning item will be shipped as soon as the lens is manufactured. The delivery time is 2 ~ 3 weeks." Which is more likely; the seller not being entirely truthful, or that Pentax still makes this lens to Specia

Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF

- Original Message - From: "Joseph Tainter" Subject: Re: FA-SMCP 600/4 IF > > The FA* 600 F4 and the FA* 300 F2.8 are both made to order. Presumably > this means that Pentax Japan has the components stockpiled, and > assembles them into a lens when a customer orders one. I assume these

Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

Thanks Ann. The Dream Cruise is the world's largest one-day automotive event -- 50,000 cars and more than a million spectators. I hung a variety of shots that hopefully suggest the flavor of the event. However, they cost a lot more than t-shirts, and the cruise crowd doesn't include a lot o

Re: DA* 50-135 arrived yesterday

I got mine on Thursday. I am going to go get some shots and test it out today and in the morning. I'll post my impressions as well. Bryan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO 2007 - 34a - GDG

So far, this may be best in a little gallery - stand alone, seems there needs to be something more. I could see a gallery of this type of thing being quite interesting, however. -- Bruce Sunday, August 12, 2007, 10:09:56 AM, you wrote: GD> another set, another set of ideas ... latest in progr

Re: DA* 50-135 arrived yesterday

Hello Jan, Good information. I just checked B&H and they seem to be in stock, so I ordered mine. -- Bruce Sunday, August 12, 2007, 2:20:16 AM, you wrote: JvW> Got a nice parcel yesterday with the DA 50-135. JvW> Have taken just a few dozen shots with it sofar, and the JvW> results look prom

Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

Hope it goes well, Paul. Sounds very cool. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, August 11, 2007, 7:55:42 PM, you wrote: PS> My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in PS> Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in PS> reserve. Two are on easels in the

Re: PESO 2007 - 34a - GDG

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > another set, another set of ideas ... latest in progress ... > > http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/34a.htm > > Comments, critique always appreciated. No road rash please. > > enjoy > Godfrey >www.gdgphoto.com > Which Guadalupe River WAS that, Godfrey

Re: PESO: Desmoquattro

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:55:59 -0700, keith_w wrote > John Whittingham wrote: > > Just a quick shot with the Sigma 10-20, lazy Sunday afternoon here in the UK. > > Can't stop playing with this lens, had it over a week now. > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6300183&size=lg > > > > Jo

PESO 2007 - 34a - GDG

another set, another set of ideas ... latest in progress ... http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/34a.htm Comments, critique always appreciated. No road rash please. enjoy Godfrey www.gdgphoto.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdm

Re: Broken door on my ist-DS - resolved

On Jul 30, 2007, at 12:23, Charles Robinson wrote: > On Jul 30, 2007, at 11:45, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> It's unlikely that the spring has broken. More likely the spring >> itself >> rests on a couple of plastic lips, and has slipped off, either >> because >> one of the lips was originally malf

Re: PESO: Desmoquattro

John Whittingham wrote: > Just a quick shot with the Sigma 10-20, lazy Sunday afternoon here in the UK. > Can't stop playing with this lens, had it over a week now. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6300183&size=lg > > John Utterly fascinating bike, John! Makes me wish I was still r

PESO: Desmoquattro

Just a quick shot with the Sigma 10-20, lazy Sunday afternoon here in the UK. Can't stop playing with this lens, had it over a week now. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6300183&size=lg John ---

Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

In a message dated 8/11/2007 7:56:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather pleas

Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

ann sanfedele wrote: >Paul Stenquist wrote: > >>My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in >>Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in >>reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather >>pleased. I'll be there next Friday — the day b

Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

Paul Stenquist wrote: >My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in >Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in >reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather >pleased. I'll be there next Friday — the day before the dream cruise >—

Re: PESO - Accidental

In a message dated 8/9/2007 6:50:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I found this guy in my backyard http://tinyurl.com/36h4fp Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) native to Australia, photographed in Germantown, Maryland, USA He looked really tired! pixelpeepi

Re: A few unusual signs

In a message dated 8/10/2007 10:16:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nothing to compare with Ann's fine collection of signs, but here are a few interesting signs I discovered on my recent trip to Eastern Canada and Quebec. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6295546

Re: PESO -- Three Egrets

In a message dated 8/12/2007 6:44:35 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I decided to drag my Vivitar solid cat out for some big bird shots. Unfortunately the big birds weren't cooperating. The only ones I saw were a couple of Cormorants, (not all that big and this group

Re: PESO - On the Beach #4

In a message dated 8/12/2007 6:24:56 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marnie, I'm way behind on reading here, but like this shot a lot. The patterns around the feather have me thinking... How did the waves make this all happen? Was the water sculpting out a divot behind th

Re: PAW 2007 - 31 - GDG

In a message dated 7/18/2007 2:07:28 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's exactly enough of each item in the frame to convey the story about the place, and that's great. I wish I could see that kind of pics the way you do, Godfrey. But I think the sunlight is a bit too

Re: Peso This is a cheese shop

Is there anything the rest of us DOES know about? Except for the smell, of course... Syb 2007/8/12, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is there something about cheese shops that the rest of us should know about? > > John Francis wrote: > > > > That's not a cheese shop! > > *This* is a cheese sh

Re: Peso This is a cheese shop

Is there something about cheese shops that the rest of us should know about? John Francis wrote: > > That's not a cheese shop! > *This* is a cheese shop ... > http://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/CheeseShop.jpg > > > An excellent cheesemongers in Galway. After we had ordered > our cheese (I pic

PESO -- Three Egrets

I decided to drag my Vivitar solid cat out for some big bird shots. Unfortunately the big birds weren't cooperating. The only ones I saw were a couple of Cormorants, (not all that big and this group of Egrets). They took off just after this and flew into full sunlight. In those exposures th

Re: PESO - On the Beach #4

Marnie, I'm way behind on reading here, but like this shot a lot. The patterns around the feather have me thinking... How did the waves make this all happen? Was the water sculpting out a divot behind the feather? Look how the wave action on the sand moves into harmony on the left, after the disrup

Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

Has to be satisfying. Congratulations! My feeling is that your work will be a hit. Jack --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in > Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in > reserve. Two are on ea

Re: Dream Cruise Gallery Show

On 11/8/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >My dream cruise gallery show opened tonight at Zoom Gallery in >Birmingham, Michigan. We hung seven 12 x 18 prints and have one in >reserve. Two are on easels in the front window, so I'm rather >pleased. I'll be there next Friday -- th

Re: PESO: BigBugHug

> Porn! ;-) Thanks... So now the visitor rate for this image is to explode... 2007/8/12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In a message dated 8/10/2007 4:35:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > http://fotodag.fotopic.net/p43965037.html > > It's not the bugs tha

Re: CS3 vs. CS2

Yup, the IT group know. But the users didn't. They extended their desktops, ticked the box for "remember windows locations", and forgot what they'd done next time abroad. We had some pretty amusing phonecalls... Jostein 2007/8/10, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If you guys are having problems wi

Re: PESO: YACCP...

I think you've nailed him, Rob. :-) Jostein 2007/8/10, Digital Image Studio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 10/08/07, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay so I got a cancelled meeting @ work and allowed 15 minutes for a > > search. > > > > The very first mention of "PESO" in the archives is fr

DA* 50-135 arrived yesterday

Got a nice parcel yesterday with the DA 50-135. Have taken just a few dozen shots with it sofar, and the results look promising. Sharpness is good, but I had quite harsh midday lighting so can't say too much yet ... The feel of the lens is nice, it is heavy for its size, but much less than the S