Re: PESO: Paddling

2008-06-04 Thread AlunFoto
Nice shot, Drew! But where's the oar? :-) Best, Jostein 2008/6/3 drew [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all. Last week we had a short camping holiday in Devon. At a little village called Malmsmead in the area known as Doone Vally (after the book Lorna Doone) we found a ford, the kids were desperate to

Re: PESO: poppy

2008-06-04 Thread AlunFoto
Great shot, Toine. That DA 35 sure looks good. Lovely bokeh on the rear end of the stamina. Jostein 2008/6/1 Toine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A poppy from my garden. We call these flowers klaproos (exploding rose) http://www.repiuk.nl/images/PESO/klaproos.jpg K10D, DA35 Toine -- PDML

Re: poppy

2008-06-04 Thread AlunFoto
Welcome back, Don! I'm a bit curious about the stacking. In the resulting shot there are brighter fields beside some of the stamens on the RH side (towards the bottom) and just above the stigma. However they are not very prominent in your shot. Whenever I have attempted such stacks I've ended up

Re: (*istD questions) Argh. Near miss of a different sort.

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote: I went to Radio Shack to buy parts to build myself a cable release for the *istD. They had submini phone plugs, but only mono, not TRS, and it turns out that shorting ring to sleeve keeps the autofocus constantly activated (which I presume costs battery life).

Re: PESO: Paddling

2008-06-04 Thread drew
I love English. ;-) Dictionary.co.uk lists 12 definitions for Paddling, the one I meant was To dabble in water with hands or feet Thanks for your comments all, much appreciated. Cheers, Drew. Nice shot, Drew! But where's the oar? :-) Best, Jostein 2008/6/3 drew [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Re: Poppy/Stack

2008-06-04 Thread willdo-1
Hi Alun, Here's another: http://picasaweb.google.com/don.donwilliams/Stack/photo#5207921563482660690 It was made in a rush as I have to leave for the city in half an hour. I shouldn't have started this. The results are all mediocre at best. My original intention was merely an illustration of

New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Jo Lueck
Dear All, esp Bill for pointing me in the right direction here... I have a K10D - its nice, its black, I have a really nice bag with it - here my knowledge ends! To tell a lie I have used the green setting but its not good for my subjects - dogs! I find it harder to use in the home the

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/6/08, Jo Lueck, discombobulated, unleashed: Dear All, esp Bill for pointing me in the right direction here... I have a K10D - its nice, its black, I have a really nice bag with it - here my knowledge ends! To tell a lie I have used the green setting but its not good for my subjects -

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Shalom from sunny Israel. You're in for the ride of your life ;-). On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Jo Lueck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, esp Bill for pointing me in the right direction here... I have a K10D - its nice, its black, I have a really nice bag with it - here my knowledge

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Jo Lueck
Oxford Oxford - you can practically move in and teach me yourself!!! ANY help, bearing in mind I am allergic to manuals would help! On 4 Jun 2008, at 09:33, Cotty wrote: On 4/6/08, Jo Lueck, discombobulated, unleashed: Dear All, esp Bill for pointing me in the right direction here... I

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Tim Øsleby
Hei, here from Norway, I'm the mostly harmless guy, here comes the norwegian votes. I think you need to describe your photographic skills and background a bit more, before we can offer you some help. Are you familiar with the terms shutterspeed and aperture? MaritimTim 2008/6/4 Jo Lueck [EMAIL

Re: Poppy/Stack

2008-06-04 Thread AlunFoto
2008/6/4 willdo-1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Alun, hehe, I should have said Hi Willdo... :-) Here's another: http://picasaweb.google.com/don.donwilliams/Stack/photo#5207921563482660690 It was made in a rush as I have to leave for the city in half an hour. I shouldn't have started this. The

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Jo Lueck
I went from point and shoot - I know that the higher the shutter speed the more light and I now know that the SV setting allows me to set it so that it captures more light?? But really, that's it - green button, or fiddling are my friends! On 4 Jun 2008, at 11:13, Tim Øsleby wrote: Hei,

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread AlunFoto
Hi Jo! Another greeting from Norway. Like Cotty said, I too had a green setting once. :-) What went wrong with your puppy pics? Best, Jostein PS. Nice name you have. Just a little short, that's all... :-) 2008/6/4 Jo Lueck [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear All, esp Bill for pointing me in the right

Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair

2008-06-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
The uneven focus on some DA* 16-50 lenses is a manufacturing defect that plagued some early samples of this lens. I don't know if it can be fixed. You should have returned it to the store where you bought it. Hopefully, Pentax will replace it. Paul On Jun 4, 2008, at 12:13 AM, Mark Erickson

RE: usb to scsi

2008-06-04 Thread mike wilson
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/03 Tue PM 08:07:23 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: usb to scsi So I need a dongle with a 25 pin female SCSI connector on one end and the standard USB plug on the other This shouldn't be a meaningful

Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair

2008-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hate to be a buzzkill, but I sent an FA* 300mm F4.5 lens back to Colorado for repair a few years ago. It came back to me horrible mis-calibrated (blurry at all apertures), so I sent it back. The second time I got

RE: 60es style glasses ain't kool?

2008-06-04 Thread mike wilson
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/03 Tue PM 09:32:43 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: 60es style glasses ain't kool? http://roman.blakout.net/?year=2008s=0category=portraitblog =20080603145319 ^^^ I like these glasses here, kinda balance

Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair

2008-06-04 Thread Adam Maas
Manufacturing defect, yes, early samples, no. I'm seeing reports of recent lenses with the same issue over on the flickr Pentax group I moderate. -Adam On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The uneven focus on some DA* 16-50 lenses is a manufacturing defect

PESO - Throw the Book at Him!

2008-06-04 Thread frank theriault
We're not sure ~exactly~ what he did, but we're sure he did ~something~ wrong... http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SEaMtOhUGkI/CNk/n8b0e600KBY/s1600-h/June_04_08+002.jpg http://tinyurl.com/4ndl6y Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri

Re: PESO 2008 - 84 - GDG

2008-06-04 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A textural study ... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/84-water.jpg Water - Sunnyvale 2008 Panasonic L1 + Olympus 25/2.8 ISO 1600 @ f/5.6 @ 1/1600 second Comments, critique, etc. The light, of course, makes it.

Re: PESO - Throw the Book at Him!

2008-06-04 Thread Scott Loveless
frank theriault wrote: We're not sure ~exactly~ what he did, but we're sure he did ~something~ wrong... http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SEaMtOhUGkI/CNk/n8b0e600KBY/s1600-h/June_04_08+002.jpg http://tinyurl.com/4ndl6y Oh, man. That looks expensive. Excellent photo as alway,

RE: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Maxime Thériault
About flashing your puppies, try to save their eyes by using a little piece of white carton at an angle in front of your on camera flash -- this technique is called bouncing and makes the flash much less aggressive. The idea is to angle the carton such that it makes the light travel up to the

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Jo Lueck
Yes your mean ;-) I tried to read it again today and I guess what I am looking for is how to use guide for dummies, which is then even more simplified... I am never going to be advanced with it, unless I can find a course - the camera came with a how to course but I bought the camera in the

Re: One shot from GFM

2008-06-04 Thread Norm Baugher
Awesome shot Mark. Norm Mark Roberts wrote: Many things to do today but I thought I'd post one GFM photo before I set out on my errands. This is Helen the GFM staff photog (and wannabe motorcycle thief) on top of MacRae peak: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d802249a.jpg K20D,

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread AlunFoto
Take it easy, Jo. :-) It's like a nut. You just need to find the right cracker of a question. Keep asking. No questions are stupid, though some answers may be... Best, Jostein 2008/6/4 Jo Lueck [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yes your mean ;-) I tried to read it again today and I guess what I am looking

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 4:13 AM, Jo Lueck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, esp Bill for pointing me in the right direction here... snip Welcome to the list. This is a wonderful place to be, but please remember this piece of advice: Don't believe anything Cotty or Mark tell you. Do that, and

Re: PESO - Throw the Book at Him!

2008-06-04 Thread Brian Walters
Do Canadian police not mind having their photos taken? Or didn't you wait around long enough to find out? An interesting slice of life - well spotted! Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Jack Davis
You couldn't be in better hands, Jo. A wealth of experience imparted in a patient, sympathetic manner is unique to this group. As you may rightfully assume, I've taken full advantage of this mine of expertise. Jack --- On Wed, 6/4/08, Jo Lueck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Jo Lueck [EMAIL

Re: One shot from GFM

2008-06-04 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Awesome shot Mark. For once, I must agree with Norm. Great shot, Mark! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Maxime Thériault
Fair enough, the camera itself can be daunting at first, even more so if you didn't choose to have such a camera, but you can definitely make do without taking care of most of the settings on the camera -- Putting the camera on green or P, etc, can have very good results. Making the camera sort of

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
Don't encourage him, you'll become the star of an exposé Jo Lueck wrote: Oxford Oxford - you can practically move in and teach me yourself!!! ANY help, bearing in mind I am allergic to manuals would help! On 4 Jun 2008, at 09:33, Cotty wrote: On 4/6/08, Jo Lueck, discombobulated,

smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread Dario Bonazza
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0806/08060301pentax17-70sdm.asp -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread David Savage
Sorry but: Yawn. Cheers, Dave :-) 2008/6/4 Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0806/08060301pentax17-70sdm.asp -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: PESO - Throw the Book at Him!

2008-06-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I like the photo overall, but the guy with the guitar case balancing on the tip of a sheet of paper is kinda distracting. G On Jun 4, 2008, at 5:46 AM, frank theriault wrote: We're not sure ~exactly~ what he did, but we're sure he did ~something~ wrong...

Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
Yeah, please, no more OTs. Let's talk about that camping party in the old mountain instead... ;-) Jaume - Mensaje original De: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Enviado: miércoles, 4 de junio, 2008 16:05:16 Asunto: Re: smc PENTAX-DA

Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread Mishka
i think that's a fantastic news best, mishka On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:05 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry but: Yawn. Cheers, Dave :-) 2008/6/4 Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0806/08060301pentax17-70sdm.asp -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread Dario Bonazza
It's KAF3 (= SDM only). Dario - Original Message - From: Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 4:18 PM Subject: Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM i think that's a fantastic news best, mishka On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at

Re: 60es style glasses ain't kool?

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
mike wilson wrote: From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/06/03 Tue PM 09:32:43 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: 60es style glasses ain't kool? http://roman.blakout.net/?year=2008s=0category=portraitblog =20080603145319 ^^^ I like these glasses here,

Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread David Savage
:-D What I mean is it's another lens in the 16-XX range. It does nothing to excite me. That it's almost time for bed :-) Cheers, Dave 2008/6/4 Jaume Lahuerta [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yeah, please, no more OTs. Let's talk about that camping party in the old mountain instead... ;-) Jaume

Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
There's really no way of knowing when the offending lens groups were assembled, especially if they were made ahead of time and QC didn't catch them they could be salted throughout the production run. Adam Maas wrote: Manufacturing defect, yes, early samples, no. I'm seeing reports of recent

Re: Free PS book for 9 days

2008-06-04 Thread Gonz
I finally got the link also. Haven't seen any spam yet... rg On 6/3/08, Bruce Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gonz wrote: I think it must just be an email address harvesting ploy. Just wait for the spam... Well, yes and no. I downloaded this book last week. I got the d/l

Pentax software updates

2008-06-04 Thread Dario Bonazza
Not yet satisfied, here are some software updates: http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/ Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Manual flash contol on Pentax DSLRS?

2008-06-04 Thread AlunFoto
Jostein. :-) 2008/6/3 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Paul -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: One shot from GFM

2008-06-04 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Awesome shot Mark. For once, I must agree with Norm. Now *that's* one for the quotes file! Great shot, Mark! Thanks to both of you. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread Adam Maas
Well, it finally gives Pentax a replacement for mid-range normal zooms like the 28-105's, longer than the 16-50 or 18-55 but shorter and better than the 18-250. Gotta say I loved that range on the Sigma 17-70, and the fixed max aperture is a nice feature (but I'd probably still prefer the extra

Re: One shot from GFM

2008-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:38 AM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Awesome shot Mark. For once, I must agree with Norm. For once i';ll agree with Frank, agreeing with Norm. I suppose that is one of many higher

Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair

2008-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:33 AM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's really no way of knowing when the offending lens groups were assembled, especially if they were made ahead of time and QC didn't catch them they could be salted throughout the production run. They send boxes of them

Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
That said, it is a range that should be of interest to most photographers. It produces the equivalent FoV/DoF that the Leica 14-50mm f/2.8-3.5 lens I have on 4/3 provides, or 28-100mm on a Nikon F, which is the range that I've found to be most useful in my work. G On Jun 4, 2008, at 7:35

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:35 AM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 4:13 AM, Jo Lueck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, esp Bill for pointing me in the right direction here... snip Welcome to the list. This is a wonderful place to be, but please remember this

Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair

2008-06-04 Thread pnstenquist
But are they recent serial numbers or just recent purchases? I'd be surprised if the defective copies were still making it out the door at Pentax. But I guess anything is possible. Paul -- Original message -- From: Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manufacturing

Re: PESO - Throw the Book at Him!

2008-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do Canadian police not mind having their photos taken? Or didn't you wait around long enough to find out? Thats my bet. Good shot Frank. Great expressions of concern or is it confusions. Dave An interesting slice of

Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair

2008-06-04 Thread Fernando
I read, recent serial numbers... On 6/4/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But are they recent serial numbers or just recent purchases? I'd be surprised if the defective copies were still making it out the door at Pentax. But I guess anything is possible. Paul --

Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair

2008-06-04 Thread Fernando
forgot the link: http://www.flickr.com/groups/pentaxdslrusers/discuss/72157605349647317/ Quote This copy had the highest serial number of any one I have seen, yet they still don't have the QC problems on this lens fixed yet! On 6/4/08, Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read, recent serial

Re: Free PS book for 9 days

2008-06-04 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally got the link also. Haven't seen any spam yet... I got it within 5 minutes via an account which they're free to spam to their heart's content. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
First you need is a quick course on exposure values and how they effect the way your camera captures images. There used to be two parameters that could be readily controlled, aperture and shutter speed, which were adjusted to give the proper exposure. In addition higher shutter speed can

Re: One shot from GFM

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
I missed this first time around, not bad at all. (Now why do I keep thing the phrase Top of the world, ma!, and then the mountain explodes...) Norm Baugher wrote: Awesome shot Mark. Norm Mark Roberts wrote: Many things to do today but I thought I'd post one GFM photo before I set out

was RE: 60es style glasses ain't kool?

2008-06-04 Thread Roman Melihhov
It's not difficult to find middle-aged bald straight Scandinavian or western-European women here with glasses that doesn't sit well. http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x800-_TLN81540295.jpg but I'll stick with others I like or always funny kids:

Re: One shot from GFM

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Awesome shot Mark. For once, I must agree with Norm. It's the end of the world as we know it. Great shot, Mark! cheers, frank -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser

Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
SDM only according to the site. It would appeal to *ist D series owners and manual focus only will turn some off. Then again a body only lasts 5 or 6 years in the digital world so who's still using a *ist D class camera... Dario Bonazza wrote:

Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread japilado
I still use my ist D. Have thought about getting a 200 D, but after using my D in China, and seeing the results, I put that thought on the back burner. Jim A. SDM only according to the site. It would appeal to *ist D series owners and manual focus only will turn some off. Then again

Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
You didn't have to answer, it was a rhetorical/ironic question... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still use my ist D. Have thought about getting a 200 D, but after using my D in China, and seeing the results, I put that thought on the back burner. Jim A. SDM only according to the

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Joseph Tainter
I went from point and shoot - I know that the higher the shutter speed the more light and I now know that the SV setting allows me to set it so that it captures more light?? - Jo, it's just the opposite: Higher shutter speed means the shutter is open for a shorter period, letting in less

Re: Poppy/Stack

2008-06-04 Thread willdo-1
Where am I supposed to post, here, or down there where I have just posted? -- AlunFoto wrote: 2008/6/4 willdo-1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Alun, hehe, I should have said Hi Willdo... :-) Here's another: http://picasaweb.google.com/don.donwilliams/Stack/photo#5207921563482660690

Retun with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
While wondering aimlessly around I dropped into the last local healthy camera stores in my area, (if you stretch area quite a bit), and they had a box of short dated 35mm film on sale at a dollar a roll, I scored 5 rolls of 36 exp. short dated TMY 400 at a buck a piece. Now I have to dust off

Re: Retun with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
That should be wandering... (damned spell checker). P. J. Alling wrote: While wondering aimlessly around I dropped into the last local healthy camera stores in my area, (if you stretch area quite a bit), and they had a box of short dated 35mm film on sale at a dollar a roll, I scored 5

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Jo: I'm Christine from Chicago I have a K10 too--I love it!!! It's a great camera. Maybe I can help. I know you don't want to hear this, but why don't you start reading p. 138 - 145 in your manual. These pages cover Setting the Exposure, Setting the Sensitivity (in other words ISO),

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:23 AM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First you need is a quick course on exposure values and how they effect the way your camera captures images. There used to be two parameters that could be readily controlled, aperture and shutter speed, which were adjusted

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:23 AM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First you need is a quick course on exposure values and how they effect the way your camera captures images. There used to be two parameters that could be readily controlled, aperture and shutter

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: Well, that clarifies things... ;-) Heck, I didn't even get into defraction... (Jo, don't worry about it, nothing you need to care about right now or probably ever). frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 11:23 AM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First

Asahi Hospital - OT?

2008-06-04 Thread Scott Loveless
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23810400-2,00.html -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
Interesting, the lens contains not one but two composite, aspherical elements, the composite aspherical element was the achillies heel of the smcp FA 28-70mm f4.0 an otherwise exemplary little lens. Dario Bonazza wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0806/08060301pentax17-70sdm.asp --

Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread John Francis
Sure, it's another mid-range zoom. But even back in the film days Pentax offered us a choice of 28-80 and 28-105 zooms. This looks to be more desirable than the old 28-105 zooms; it's a bit wider (after allowing for sensor size), and constant aperture. But if I got one it wouldn't auto-focus

Re: Asahi Hospital - OT?

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
Asahi is the name of a river, a lot of different things are named after it, much like say Washington. Washington Mutual Insurance has noting to do with the Washington Nationals (baseball team), which has noting to do with Washington and Lee University, except for the name... Scott Loveless

Re: Retun with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear

2008-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 12:15 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That should be wandering... (damned spell checker). Ha Ha :-) Dave P. J. Alling wrote: While wondering aimlessly around I dropped into the last local healthy camera stores in my area, (if you stretch area quite a bit),

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread pnstenquist
Hey, without defraction how would we know where to cut de pie? I think you meant diffraction:-) Paul (being a wise-ass) -- Original message -- From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] frank theriault wrote: Well, that clarifies things... ;-) Heck, I didn't

Re: Asahi Hospital - OT?

2008-06-04 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 12:58 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Asahi is the name of a river, a lot of different things are named after it, much like say Washington. Washington Mutual Insurance has noting to do with the Washington Nationals (baseball team), which has noting to do with

Re: Asahi Hospital - OT?

2008-06-04 Thread Scott Loveless
P. J. Alling wrote: Washington Mutual Insurance has noting to do with the Washington Nationals (baseball team), which has noting to do with Washington and Lee University, except for the name... Wow. I never would have figured that out on my own. You're gonna tell me smoking is bad for

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
It's not in my spell checker and the suggestion was well, not appropriate... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, without defraction how would we know where to cut de pie? I think you meant diffraction:-) Paul (being a wise-ass) -- Original message -- From: P. J.

Re: Asahi Hospital - OT?

2008-06-04 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snipYou're gonna tell me smoking is bad for me next, right? WHAT?!? cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Asahi Hospital - OT?

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 12:58 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Asahi is the name of a river, a lot of different things are named after it, much like say Washington. Washington Mutual Insurance has noting to do with the Washington Nationals (baseball team),

Re: Asahi Hospital - OT?

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
Scott Loveless wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: Washington Mutual Insurance has noting to do with the Washington Nationals (baseball team), which has noting to do with Washington and Lee University, except for the name... Wow. I never would have figured that out on my own. You're

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Rebekah
welcome to the group! rg2 On 6/4/08, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not in my spell checker and the suggestion was well, not appropriate... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, without defraction how would we know where to cut de pie? I think you meant diffraction:-) Paul

Re: PESO: Paddling

2008-06-04 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 4:21 PM, drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. Last week we had a short camping holiday in Devon. At a little village called Malmsmead in the area known as Doone Vally (after the book Lorna Doone) we found a ford, the kids were desperate to have a paddle.

OT - mac osx licensing

2008-06-04 Thread Scott Loveless
Gots another questions for the Mac crowd. In the very near future I'm going to attempt to run OSX via a PowerPC emulator on a PC with Linux. Sounds fun, don't it? In an effort to not spend much money on this, because I'm not sure that I can get it to work, what are my options for buying a

Re: smc PENTAX-DA 17-70mmF4AL[IF] SDM

2008-06-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jaume, Lighten up and chill out! Grandfather Mountain is a very cheap, high quality, 3 day photo seminar. Cost was $115 this year, with no hotel costs if you camped out. Compare this to other photo seminars you see in magazines. These are the same presenters who run their own 3-5 day seminars at

Re: OT - mac osx licensing

2008-06-04 Thread Adam Maas
First off, it's not a good idea performance-wise. There isn't a PowerPC emulator with anything approaching decent performance, even on a fast PC you're going to be looking at performance similar to a PPC604e at best. You might be able to get a usable OS9 boot, but OS X is gonna suck massively on

Re: OT - mac osx licensing

2008-06-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jun 4, 2008, at 10:41 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: Gots another questions for the Mac crowd. In the very near future I'm going to attempt to run OSX via a PowerPC emulator on a PC with Linux. Sounds fun, don't it? Doesn't sound like fun to me at all. Sounds like a huge waste of time. And

Re: OT - mac osx licensing

2008-06-04 Thread Scott Loveless
Adam Maas wrote: First off, it's not a good idea performance-wise. There isn't a PowerPC emulator with anything approaching decent performance, even on a fast PC you're going to be looking at performance similar to a PPC604e at best. You might be able to get a usable OS9 boot, but OS X is

Re: PESO: out of the blurr

2008-06-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
Axel, I found a picasa album of yours. I liked the picture of feeding the ducks the best. You have some other nice ones as well. The pix of the lane divider in the pool is too blurry for me. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Axel Belinfante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: faded swimming

Re: PESO - Throw the Book at Him!

2008-06-04 Thread Ken Waller
We're not sure ~exactly~ what he did, but we're sure he did ~something~ wrong... Obvious. he/she was driving a Chevy... Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - Throw the Book at Him! We're not

Re: OT - mac osx licensing

2008-06-04 Thread Rick Womer
Scott, We have a G3 that has been unemployed since we got our G5 a few years ago. If you want it, it's yours. Rick --- Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam Maas wrote: First off, it's not a good idea performance-wise. There isn't a PowerPC emulator with anything approaching

Re: (*istD questions) Argh. Near miss of a different sort.

2008-06-04 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jun 4, 2008, at 0:44, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: But you can buy the Canon Remote Switch RS-60E3 from BH Photo for $25 that works perfectly as a replacement for the $40 Pentax CS-201, or go to Ebay and find the same thing made in China for $4. I personally wouldn't waste the time to make one.

Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair

2008-06-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Adam Maas Subject: Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair Manufacturing defect, yes, early samples, no. I'm seeing reports of recent lenses with the same issue over on the flickr Pentax group I moderate. I don't think there is any way of knowing when a lens was

Re: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Jo Lueck Subject: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon! Dear All, esp Bill for pointing me in the right direction here... I have a K10D - its nice, its black, I have a really nice bag with it - here my knowledge ends! To

RE: Asahi Hospital - OT?

2008-06-04 Thread Bob W
any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: Asahi Hospital - OT?

2008-06-04 Thread Bob W
I've always thought it means 'sunrise'. Asahi is the name of a river, a lot of different things are named after it, much like say Washington. Washington Mutual Insurance has noting to do with the Washington Nationals (baseball team), which has noting to do with Washington and Lee

RE: New to the group - you will be groaning with frustration soon!

2008-06-04 Thread Bob W
I really want to master the basics.. and then take pictures as great as Bill! that shouldn't take very long. Welcome. I recommend that you find a class locally that will teach you the basics. It will be much easier in 2 or 3 hands-on sessions than by reading through all these

Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair

2008-06-04 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 2:25 PM, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Adam Maas Subject: Re: K10D Back from Pentax Repair Manufacturing defect, yes, early samples, no. I'm seeing reports of recent lenses with the same issue over on the flickr Pentax group

Re: Asahi Hospital - OT?

2008-06-04 Thread P. J. Alling
Asahi does translate as Morning Sun but it is a river, at one time I had heard that water taken from that river could be used to develop BW film with no additional chemicals, however either that wasn't true or water quality has improved considerably since the 1950s. Bob W wrote: I've always

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