Vabadussõja Monument Tallinnas

2009-07-05 Thread Roman Melihhov
http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20090623122925 ^^^ a monument to memorize Estonian War of Independence 1918-1920 has been opened. Some might have remembered my photos from construction site, caterpillars and excavators. They all gone now but I don't quite visually relate to this monument and it show

Re: Re: Re: K 7 D FFN and GPS

2009-07-05 Thread Jens
Thibouille True. I recently nougt a Columbus V900, which has voice recording and a micri SD card as well. You may have a look at my first attempts to geotag my pix: http://www.locr.com/api/slideshow/?album_id=9553&RedirectUrl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.locr.com%252Falbum-k%2525C3%2525B8retur-til-gre

Re: HELP! Are old Tamron lenses incompatible with digital?

2009-07-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
I spoke to Tamron a month or two ago about the possible future repairs of my lens, and they told me it would not be a problem as long as it did not involve the Pentax Mount or the tele-converters. I imagine that anything that may be wrong with your copy can be rectified by Pentax USA, as th

RE: PESO Rocket Man

2009-07-05 Thread Bob W
> > I was at two parties today. The high life is killing me. > However, at > the first I managed to capture this: > http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/webgalleryIV/pages/IMGP7310.htm > You should change your name to Paris Wilson. This one's really nice: http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/webgalleryIV/

Re: Re: Re: K 7 D FFN and GPS

2009-07-05 Thread Thibouille
Interesting Jens, thank you :) On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Jens wrote: > Thibouille > True. I recently nougt a Columbus V900, which has voice recording and a micri > SD card as well. > > You may have a look at my first attempts to geotag my pix: > > http://www.locr.com/api/slideshow/?album_id

Re: 78 rules of photography

2009-07-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > On 7/3/09, Paul Ewins wrote: >> >> >>  I'll feel a lot more confident now that I am aware of the rules of sausage >> photography (no. 36) > > January 2010 PUG - Sausage! I'm German, bring it on.;-) Dave > > -- > Scott Loveless > Cigarette-f

Geso Recent bird photos

2009-07-05 Thread David J Brooks
Hi all. Set up the K10D, Sigma 300 F4 APO and Sigma tele 1.4 in the yard Friday. Managed a few decent bird shots. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=920735 Manual focused as the tele and 300 don't always AF well together. Some say the combo should, others say it should only work in manual

Re: PESO: Just a Tongue Away

2009-07-05 Thread David J Brooks
Very nice. Well exposed and you have frozen the water nicely. So, i have to ask, how many photo albums do you have of Grace.:-) Happy 4th. Dave On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 11:59 AM, paul stenquist wrote: > The park's fountain continues to provide photo ops: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=

Re: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon

2009-07-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 8:31 PM, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Adam Maas" Subject: Re: Another Aussie > jumps on the bandwagon > > > >> Which makes me wonder why Canon's dual-scale readouts from the >> 1-series, 3 and T90 bodies haven't been copied. They're a brilliant

Re: PESO Rocket Man

2009-07-05 Thread Boris Liberman
LOL. On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 5:18 AM, mike wilson wrote: > I was at two parties today.  The high life is killing me.  However, at the > first I managed to capture this: > http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/webgalleryIV/pages/IMGP7310.htm > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdm

Re: PESO Rocket Man

2009-07-05 Thread David J Brooks
Very nice Mike. Any pictures of the take off. Dave On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 10:18 PM, mike wilson wrote: > I was at two parties today.  The high life is killing me.  However, at the > first I managed to capture this: > http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/webgalleryIV/pages/IMGP7310.htm > > -- > PDML Penta

Re: PESO - White-faced Heron

2009-07-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:13 -0500, "Bob Sullivan" wrote: > Brian, > That is a wonderful heron photo. > It looks quite sharp and the colors match so well. > It's a very subtle color picture which makes it more artistic, > focusing us on composition, shapes, and textures. > Well done. > Regards, Bob S

Re: Auto re-sizing of photo gallery - opinions?

2009-07-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:56 -0700, "gldnbearz" wrote: > Bear in mind that I work off of a 17-inch LCD. I've been playing with > Jalbum and noticed that there is a function to fit images to the > viewer's browser. For *me* this works so I don't have to use the > scroll bars to view the entire image

Re: Way OT @ $#*woman throws in towel on writing code*#$@

2009-07-05 Thread Brian Walters
G'day Steve Thanks for the feedback on the ANPSA website. I've taken a quick look though some of the links you've included. Yes, the plants do seem distinctly different although the ones illustrated on my organisation's site represent a very small fraction of the total. There are probably more

Re: Geso Recent bird photos

2009-07-05 Thread paul stenquist
Love the Jay and peanut. Well done! Paul On Jul 5, 2009, at 6:07 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Hi all. Set up the K10D, Sigma 300 F4 APO and Sigma tele 1.4 in the yard Friday. Managed a few decent bird shots. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=920735 Manual focused as the tele and 300 don'

Re: Re: Re: K 7 D FFN and GPS

2009-07-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jens, Enjoyed the pictures with the map. It's almost as god as being there! Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 2:13 AM, Jens wrote: > Thibouille > True. I recently nougt a Columbus V900, which has voice recording and a micri > SD card as well. > > You may have a look at my first attempts to

Re: GESO: Brass Monkey Race #2

2009-07-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, I think you're right, the waders helped you in this photoshoot a lot. The photos catch the people in the race(?) much better. I can see faces and expressions now. And it does look cold. Not knowing the group, my favorite is the dogs in the water at the end. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jul 5

Re: 78 rules of photography

2009-07-05 Thread Rebekah
>I'm German, bring it on.;-) >Dave I'm in Germany, bring it on. rg2 On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 11:56 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: >> On 7/3/09, Paul Ewins wrote: >>> >>> >>>  I'll feel a lot more confident now that I am aware of the rules of sau

Re: ot: more e-p1 foto fun

2009-07-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You're a very funny bunch. -- Godfrey www.gdgphoto.com www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto www.twitter.com/godfreydigiorgi -- 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

Re: more e-p1 foto fun

2009-07-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
>> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/OlyE-P1_ZD35Macro.jpg >> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/OlyE-P1_PenEE.jpg On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Desjardins, Steve wrote: > Hey, Godfrey, why is the optical finder on the camera with the zoom? I > thought it only worked with the 17. This is really a

Re: more e-p1 foto fun

2009-07-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 2:09 AM, Bob W wrote: > It's a lovely camera. I just wish they'd put a proper viewfinder on it. I suspect a model with an EVF is coming in the near future, and more lenses for micro-FourThirds mount. I find the camera quite compelling as is, but would also like an EVF with c

Re: Auto re-sizing of photo gallery - opinions?

2009-07-05 Thread AlunFoto
Pat, First of all make sure that it doesn't stretch the image to fit large monitors, only squeeze them to fit smaller ones. Then keep in mind that no matter what resolution the image is viewed at, your audience will have to download the same pic. If you put a lot of pics out there to fit my monitor

Re: more e-p1 foto fun

2009-07-05 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 2:09 AM, Bob W wrote: >> It's a lovely camera. I just wish they'd put a proper viewfinder on it. > > I suspect a model with an EVF is coming in the near future, and more > lenses for micro-FourThirds mount. I find the

Re: HELP! Are old Tamron lenses incompatible with digital?

2009-07-05 Thread Jim King
Francis wrote on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:26:38 -0700: Hi Pentaxians Do you know if Tamron's SP 300mm f2.8 (60B) is compatible with Pentax DSLRs or not? I bought one of these lenses this spring to use for wildlife photography on my Pentax K20D and when it arrived (looking almost new) it seemed t

Re: Geso - rainbow shots..

2009-07-05 Thread P. J. Alling
ann sanfedele wrote: David J Brooks wrote: On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:58 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: Or you get to learn how to photoshop it out of every sky shot. -Charles alas - it is what I feared and I understand from what you said why it didn't matter so much in a couple of

Re: For once I'm a late adopter

2009-07-05 Thread P. J. Alling
You won't be able to shoot movies... (yes I am being a bit sarcastic). I doing the same thing, well sort of. A job has come up that needs higher resolution than my *ist-D and Ds are capable of. The studio I'm working with has increased the fee so that I can upgrade to a K20D and still show a

Re: Geso - rainbow shots..

2009-07-05 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm sure that someone has answered this already, but assuming you're still using the Canon Rebel when you take the lens off, it's behind the mirror. Buried somewhere in the menu system is a sensor cleaning mode which you'll have to set to get to the sensor, (all it does is lock up the mirror a

Re: Took 10 minutes

2009-07-05 Thread P. J. Alling
27...@comcast.net wrote: Is the list going to crash again. I sent a email to the list and it took ten minutes to show up. Has anyone else noticed this ? Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit t

Re: Took 10 minutes

2009-07-05 Thread Thomas Bohn
On Jul 5, 2009, at 5:16 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Tern whole minutes? There was a time when it could take hours for an e-mail to make it's way across the county, Kids... Even days, if you were on those via UUCP connected mailboxes. Thomas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:

Re: For once I'm a late adopter

2009-07-05 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
P. J. Alling wrote: > You won't be able to shoot movies... Who in his right mind would want to look at 30 photographs each second? Guess I'll have to admit that I'm an acomplished TV hater. I call it "le Grand Guignol électrique". No idea how to translate this. The "electric Punch and Judy show

Re: 78 rules of photography

2009-07-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Rebekah" Subject: Re: 78 rules of photography >I'm German, bring it on.;-) Dave I'm in Germany, bring it on. In a nutshell, this is what is wrong with Canada, and what is right with the USA. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@p

Re: I love my pusher

2009-07-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Doug Brewer" Subject: Re: I love my pusher exactly. I've been shooting with a pre-production sample and haven't received the new firmware yet. Been following the embargo rules; nothing posted over 640x480, nothing over 1600 speed, etc, while apparently,

Re: I love my pusher

2009-07-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Malcolm Smith" Subject: RE: I love my pusher What I really want to know Doug, is if this new camera is really the nearest to the thing I want; a digital LX? Any Pentax DSLR I buy will be a step up from my camera, but does it have that extra something els

Re: OT - Picasa Web Album, JAlbum, or Zenfolio?

2009-07-05 Thread gldnbearz
Chris- Thanks for the suggestion. This works for me. -Pat On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: > You can also drag them around in the thumbnail window into any order you > like. > > Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdm

Re: Auto re-sizing of photo gallery - opinions?

2009-07-05 Thread gldnbearz
Hi Brian- I looked in the setting dialog you referred to. My default image bounds seems to be 800x600, all of the other choices seemed to imply square formats 720x720, 640x640, 512x512, etc. I didn't realize you could freely type your own dimensions. The auto-fit is actually under the Chameleon

Re: Geso Recent bird photos

2009-07-05 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks Paul. I had the Slick 700 out for this one, a bit close but what the heck. I pre focused on the peanuts and when he landed, just fired away.:-) Dave On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 7:46 AM, paul stenquist wrote: > Love the Jay and peanut. Well done! > Paul > On Jul 5, 2009, at 6:07 AM, David J Br

Re: Geso - rainbow shots..

2009-07-05 Thread ann sanfedele
P.J. Yup I found the manual, followed the mode to "clean" , tried several times to blow the dust off no luck took it to Photo Tech (my standby since PRo Camera Repair closed years ago) ... they said they would basically do it within an hour's time for $40... so when I get my SS check

Re: Geso - rainbow shots..

2009-07-05 Thread Graydon
On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 12:20:18PM -0400, ann sanfedele scripsit: > In other OT news... my frigg'n R220 won't feed paper... Epson on line > help scratches its virtual head. If it's making noises like it's trying to feed paper, generally that means it's got glazed rollers (the coating of the fe

Re: I love my pusher

2009-07-05 Thread Graydon
On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 09:53:26AM -0600, William Robb scripsit: > For myself, knowing that you had a pre release firmware camera, I just > decided to wait until it was released. The sample K-7s are also in some cases pre-release *hardware*, which implies to me that it's possible that they've got

Re: I love my pusher

2009-07-05 Thread Subash
On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:20:04 -0400 Doug Brewer wrote: > It kinda makes sense, though. I've thought it odd that since I've had > this camera, and have mentioned a number of times that I have it, and > given that the K-7 is really a step up for Pentax, I would have > thought there would be some l

RE: I love my pusher

2009-07-05 Thread Malcolm Smith
> William Robb wrote: > Yes. A very expensive three letter reply. This puts the camera in a short list of one. Malcolm -- 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

Monopod advice

2009-07-05 Thread Graydon
I figure it's best, as far as possible, to benefit from the learning experiences of others rather than repeating them. So, the stuff I think is relevant: - I'm 190cm/6'3" tall - unlikely to be trying this with a lens over about 2.5 kg - stability/strength over lightness, though I'd rat

Re: Monopod advice

2009-07-05 Thread Adam Maas
I'm your height and I use a moderately cheap Velbon unit with the Manfrotto Monopod head which has an RC-2 QR built-in. Does pretty well up to 2-3kg. -Adam On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Graydon wrote: > I figure it's best, as far as possible, to benefit from the learning > experiences of others

RE: Auto re-sizing of photo gallery - opinions?

2009-07-05 Thread Chris Mitchell
Jalbum automatically resizes your images to whatever you put into the image bounds on the images tab; so put 750x765 there. Make sure you've got the "Link to scaled down images only" or the "link to originals via scaled down images" button on the Pages tab set. I use the Chameleon skin, but like B

RE: Auto re-sizing of photo gallery - opinions?

2009-07-05 Thread Chris Mitchell
Ooops - meant 750x465 of course... CM > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Chris Mitchell > Sent: 05 July 2009 19:28 > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: Auto re-sizing of photo gallery - opinions? > > Jalbum automatic

Re: I love my pusher

2009-07-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 11:53 AM, William Robb wrote: > Doug, the PDML has morphed away from being an equipment list to being a > photo appreciation list over the past few years. I expect it is because it > is so much easier to put an image on the net now than it was when it > involved scanning a n

Re: 78 rules of photography

2009-07-05 Thread Thomas Bohn
On Jul 5, 2009, at 5:28 PM, William Robb wrote: In a nutshell, this is what is wrong with Canada, and what is right with the USA. No, there is always something wrong with Germany. Thomas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSC

Re: Geso - rainbow shots..

2009-07-05 Thread ann sanfedele
Graydon -- that makes good sense to me... because looking at it it looks like it isn't grabbing properly. I hope I can get it fixed... can't afford a new printer right now.. thanks! ann Graydon wrote: On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 12:20:18PM -0400, ann sanfedele scripsit: In other OT news... m

Re: Geso - rainbow shots..

2009-07-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
Two things happen on most printers to feed paper. The first is that the paper stack or the rollers (usually the paper) are moved a millimeter or so towards the rollers. Then a set of feed rollers located on the top side of the paper turn (usually one revolution) to start the top sheet movin

Ten-T Error

2009-07-05 Thread D. Glenn Arthur Jr.
*grumble* In a hurry, tired, worried about carrying stuff up a ladder ... but still, I knew better ... Shooting at night with a 400mm lens, find the damned cable release first. Error ID 10-T: "ID10T at the controls." Got a few good fireworks shots despite that, mostly after I realized my mista

Re: 78 rules of photography

2009-07-05 Thread Mark Roberts
On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:51:13 -0400, you wrote: >On 7/3/09, Paul Ewins wrote: >> >> I'll feel a lot more confident now that I am aware of the rules of sausage >> photography (no. 36) > >January 2010 PUG - Sausage! Sounds like a wiener to me. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertst

Re: I love my pusher

2009-07-05 Thread paul stenquist
That's kind of where I came out on this. I knew Doug had a camera, but also knew it was pre-release firmware. And since the things that interest me most -- such as autofocus performance with SDM lenses and exposure exactitude-- might be firmware dependent, I thought it best to wait until th

Re: I love my pusher

2009-07-05 Thread paul stenquist
Hey Bill, Did your dealer have the battery pack? Based on your earlier comments, it sounds like you have one. B&H isn't listing it yet, but I want one from the get go if possible. BTW, have you had a chance to try autofocus with SDM lenses. Looking forward to your evaluation. Paul On Jul

Re: I love my pusher

2009-07-05 Thread Rick Womer
Bill makes good points. I remember the time surrounding the release of the istD and K10D -- there was such a frenzy of wish lists, guessing, and anticipation that a PESO of the authentic Face of God probably would have attracted no comments at all. At this point, most of us have cameras we ar

Re: Auto re-sizing of photo gallery - opinions?

2009-07-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:03 -0700, "gldnbearz" wrote: > Hi Brian- > > I looked in the setting dialog you referred to. My default image > bounds seems to be 800x600, all of the other choices seemed to imply > square formats 720x720, 640x640, 512x512, etc. I didn't realize you > could freely type y

RE: Auto re-sizing of photo gallery - opinions?

2009-07-05 Thread Chris Mitchell
Just a thought (and , of course, we're always willing to be helpful here) there's a really good help forum on the Jalbum site and it might be more appropriate to go there for any more in-depth Jalbum help before we bore the non-Jalbum users here. Chris > -Original Message- > From: pdml-bo

RE: Auto re-sizing of photo gallery - opinions?

2009-07-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:38 +0100, "Chris Mitchell" wrote: > Just a thought (and , of course, we're always willing to be helpful here) > there's a really good help forum on the Jalbum site and it might be more > appropriate to go there for any more in-depth Jalbum help before we bore > the > non-Jal

Re: I love my pusher

2009-07-05 Thread Scott Loveless
On 7/4/09, Doug Brewer wrote: > It kinda makes sense, though. I've thought it odd that since I've had this > camera, and have mentioned a number of times that I have it, and given that > the K-7 is really a step up for Pentax, I would have thought there would be > some level of interest, that I w

Dark Gallery Images...

2009-07-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
I have had my iMac monitor calibrated by my Spyder 2 as I received it from Apple. And have always had to fight the "Dark Print" phenom with all three of my printers. Reading a Shutterbug article yesterday about this, I realized my LCD was still set to full brightness. It was recommended tha

My ebay auctions

2009-07-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
I have a number of items on ebay, including my K10D, which has seen relatively light use and was serviced by Pentax to optimize autofocus with SDM lenses. I had planned on listing all these items here on Friday, but work got the best of me. Didn't want to miss the Sunday night ebay fest, s

Re: My ebay auctions

2009-07-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, Yes, reasonable buy-it-now prices on these. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I have a number of items on ebay, including my K10D, which has seen > relatively light use and was serviced by Pentax to optimize autofocus with > SDM lenses. I had planned on

Re: Dark Gallery Images...

2009-07-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 06/07/2009, Joseph McAllister wrote: > I have had my iMac monitor calibrated by my Spyder 2 as I received it from > Apple. And have always had to fight the "Dark Print" phenom with all three > of my printers. > > Reading a Shutterbug article yesterday about this, I realized my LCD was > still s

Re: My ebay auctions

2009-07-05 Thread paul stenquist
The SMC Pentax 24/3.5 price was higher than I had intended. I reduced it. Paul On Jul 5, 2009, at 9:19 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Paul, Yes, reasonable buy-it-now prices on these. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I have a number of items on ebay, including

Re: Auto re-sizing of photo gallery - opinions?

2009-07-05 Thread gldnbearz
Thanks Chris & Brian for your help. That's the really nice thing about this group of folks - a wide range of knowledge. I meant for the thread to gather general opinions, but as it turns out, I got great feed back. -Pat On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > On Sun, 05 Jul 2009

Re: I love my pusher

2009-07-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "paul stenquist" Subject: Re: I love my pusher Hey Bill, Did your dealer have the battery pack? Based on your earlier comments, it sounds like you have one. B&H isn't listing it yet, but I want one from the get go if possible. BTW, have you had a chan

Re: I love my pusher

2009-07-05 Thread Bruce Dayton
That was my impression as well. Had I known you were working with one, then I might have asked some questions. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, July 4, 2009, 8:32:05 AM, you wrote: DJB> On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: >> >> >> exactly. I've been shooting with a pre-product

Re: Way OT @ $#*woman throws in towel on writing code*#$@

2009-07-05 Thread steve harley
they whom i call Brian Walters wrote: G'day Steve Thanks for the feedback on the ANPSA website. I've taken a quick look though some of the links you've included. Yes, the plants do seem distinctly different although the ones illustrated on my organisation's site represent a very small fraction