Re: K10 problem

2009-09-09 Thread AlunFoto
I think all (focal plane) shutters in SLRs are moving vertically these days. Jostein 2009/9/9 Graydon o...@uniserve.com: On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 10:05:21AM +1000, MikeM scripsit: I found there is still a series of 3 bad shots on the card. The first is  completely dark, the next has a sliver

RE: what (photography related) stuff you can not live without?

2009-09-09 Thread Bob W
Well, probably his discussion emerged here before, but still. If I had to choose a single piece of photo equipment it would be BlackRapid R-Strap. Are you sure you don't mean Arse-Trap? Well, ass-uming you exclude the essentials such as camera, lens, film/memory card, I'd say

Re: http://www.comcast.net/articles/entertainment/20090905/US.Annie.Leibovitz/

2009-09-09 Thread AlunFoto
Leibovitz' financial quagmire was mentioned over at The Online Photographer a while ago too. There's a link there somewhere about a NY Times article that digs very deep. From that article, it seems the good Annie doesn't really have any grip on money management. She's even worse than me... :-)

Re: a silly old photo

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Interesting - been some time since I last made prints in a darkroom; the 'bubbly' protrusions in the mask kinda have me stumped. Perhaps someone lost their marbles while trying to vignette with torn TP? ]=) Cheers Ecke 2009/9/9 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I was trying to see if I had an old

Old Tamron 28/2.8

2009-09-09 Thread Larry Colen
I'm going through gear, photographing stuff that's going up for sale. In the Minolta drawer, I found an auto tamron 28mm f/2.8 The mount doesn't say adaptall, but my adaptall II mount fits on it, and it's mount lets me put my Tamron 90 macro on my Minolta. I don't have any actual need for it,

Re: what (photography related) stuff you can not live without?

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Sure has my arse trapped - wouldn't want to go without one any more either... Cheers Ecke If I had to choose a single piece of photo equipment it would be BlackRapid R-Strap. Are you sure you don't mean Arse-Trap? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: a silly old photo (answer enclosed)

2009-09-09 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 09:34:44AM +0200, eckinator wrote: Interesting - been some time since I last made prints in a darkroom; the 'bubbly' protrusions in the mask kinda have me stumped. Perhaps someone lost their marbles while trying to vignette with torn TP? ]=) Not quite. I put a plate of

Re: K10 problem

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
They are. Less travel means quicker speeds/shorter times. My trusty old Canon AE-1p has a piece of black cloth moving sideways. In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were REAL men, women were REAL women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were REAL small furry

Re: a silly old photo (answer enclosed)

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Nice! I'd never heard of that. Was it common at some point? Thanks Ecke 2009/9/9 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 09:34:44AM +0200, eckinator wrote: Interesting - been some time since I last made prints in a darkroom; the 'bubbly' protrusions in the mask kinda have me

Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Is there such a thing as a final verdict on UV vs Skylight vs 'Protection' (whatever those are - do they block overprotective rays?) Filters? I need to buy one for my 16-50 seeing the time I spend in sandboxes with my camera these days... a blower wont do the trick for me all the time. Thanks Ecke

Re: OT: what (photography related) stuff you can not live without?

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
What good would that be without a lens and a film or memory card?? The R-Strap is much lighter to carry and its carabine hook will hold almost anything... =P Cheers Ecke 2009/9/9 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: What? Not a Camera? Sasha Sobol wrote: Well, probably his discussion

Re: a silly old photo (answer enclosed)

2009-09-09 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 09:59:54AM +0200, eckinator wrote: Nice! I'd never heard of that. Was it common at some point? In my 8th grade photography class it was very common, for about a week. Thanks Ecke 2009/9/9 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 09:34:44AM +0200,

Re: a silly old photo (answer enclosed)

2009-09-09 Thread Cotty
I put a plate of glass over the paper, and gravel on top of the glass, leaving the part I wanted exposed clear of gravel. Seems a rock-solid method. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: PESO -- Spare

2009-09-09 Thread mike wilson
Threshing wheel? Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 10:42:49PM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: Anyone who's seen The Flintstones will get the title. http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20spare.html I like the sense of surface texture quite a bit,

Re: K10 problem

2009-09-09 Thread mike wilson
eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: They are. Less travel means quicker speeds/shorter times. My trusty old Canon AE-1p has a piece of black cloth moving sideways. In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were REAL men, women were REAL women, and small furry

Re: PESO -- Spare

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Beautiful. Nice combo of textures. Right time of day for light. Quibbit top and left corner ever so slightly unresty, dunno whats outside the frame but maybe you came too close? Cheers Ecke 2009/9/9 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Anyone who's seen The Flintstones will get the title.

Re: PESO Akira in tree

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Very much do. Out in the woods of course. Metro wimp tree houses with iPod dock and white Q7 out front don't count. Cheers Ecke 2009/9/9 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Eke Bob:  Do you have dreams of living in a tree house?  I do :-)  cheers, Christine - Original Message -

Re: PESO -- Spare

2009-09-09 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/8/2009 7:46:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, webstertwenty...@gmail.com writes: Anyone who's seen The Flintstones will get the title. http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20spare.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6 As usual

Re: PESO Akira in tree

2009-09-09 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/7/2009 1:36:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, cagu...@earthlink.net writes: Dedicated to all our tree-climbing days of yester-year. Frankly, I miss'em. http://www.caguila.com/caguila/akiratree/index.html Cheers, Christine = Nice shot, good climber. You can

Re: Brian Walter's has made another update on his blog!

2009-09-09 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/8/2009 5:55:58 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, cagu...@earthlink.net writes: http://www.blognow.com.au:80/gowest/ = Not getting this. Why are you announcing updates to someone else's blog??? Marnie aka Doe - We

Re: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread Anthony Farr
AFAIK, normal glass is opaque to UV rays. You need flourite lenses to photograph in the UV spectrum, while much of what is known as UV photography is actually flourescence photography. I don't know what the transmission characteristics of ED glass is. Which means that UV filters won't

Re: Old Tamron 28/2.8

2009-09-09 Thread Thibouille
That one ? http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ensl=jau=http://www.tamron.co.jp/data/old-lens/cw28.htm On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: I'm going through gear, photographing stuff that's going up for sale. In the Minolta drawer, I found an auto tamron 28mm

Re: Old Tamron 28/2.8

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
In the light enough rice is almost complete correction of the image of the periphery. So that is how they make their lenses - rice coated elements... Cheers Ecke 2009/9/9 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com: That one ?

Re: PESO -- Spare

2009-09-09 Thread Jack Davis
or...Patent #001 Good catch! Jack --- On Tue, 9/8/09, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO -- Spare To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2009, 7:42 PM Anyone who's seen The

Re: a silly old photo (answer enclosed)

2009-09-09 Thread Bruce Walker
Cotty wrote: I put a plate of glass over the paper, and gravel on top of the glass, leaving the part I wanted exposed clear of gravel. Seems a rock-solid method. Typical stoner. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Old Tamron 28/2.8

2009-09-09 Thread Thibouille
Yeah noticed that ;) The http://www.adaptall-2.com/ website is very useful but the Adaptall '1' lenses infos are straight babelfished from Tamron japanese site so huh.. well :p On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:11 PM, eckinatoreckina...@gmail.com wrote: In the light enough rice is almost complete

Re: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread Thibouille
Anthony's answer is clear IMO although I will just add the following: Filters are nice but a bad or medium quality filter risks to get you only into constant image quality problems such as reflections you wouldn't get otherwise. I'd suggest buying good ones like Pentax SMC filters, High grade

RE: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread J.C. O'Connell
From what I recall, the Pentax SMC coatings fitlered UV considerably but old single coated or uncoated lenses passed much more UV spectrum and benefitted from using UV filters more than SMC lenses for high UV conditions. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Home Page - www.jchriso.com

Re: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread Leon Altoff
Hi Ecke, I have transparent lens caps (AKA UV Filters) on all my lenses. As with all lens caps they can be taken off when necessary to improve your picture, but are far cheaper to replace than a front element of a 60-250 or 12-24 lens, and I tend to take pictures in some really silly places at

Re: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Thanks all =) I have a Hoya Pro 1 Digital Slim UV on my 18-250 which is a huge pain to clean on the road as it tends to smear. I usually put it in my eyeglass cleaning shaker at home for OK results or stop by an optician and have them run it through their ultrasonic cleaner; most do it as a

SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Ketil Eidsaunet
I have a mint condition Dental Macro lens up for grabs. My problem is that it's difficult to find any useful price information. Suggestions, anyone? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread Mark Roberts
eckinator wrote: Is there such a thing as a final verdict on UV vs Skylight vs 'Protection' (whatever those are - do they block overprotective rays?) Filters? I need to buy one for my 16-50 seeing the time I spend in sandboxes with my camera these days... a blower wont do the trick for me all the

RE: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread Desjardins, Steve
I spray all of my lenses with Rhino Coat and then take pictures with a PS. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:10 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Front Element

Re: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Do you also use film compartment air fresheners with New Car Scent (TM)? 2009/9/9 Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu: I spray all of my lenses with Rhino Coat and then take pictures with a PS. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of

Re: http://www.comcast.net/articles/entertainment/20090905/US.Annie.Leibovitz/

2009-09-09 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jostein, From what I read, it was Real Estate problems. She chose to gut and rehab 2 NY brownstones, and ran into legal roadblocks from the neighbors as she tried to consolidate them into one property. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 2:23 AM, AlunFotoalunf...@gmail.com wrote: Leibovitz'

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Bob Sullivan
Check completed auctions on ebay. Look at the Pentax 100/4 Macros. There are any number of the pre-A lenses going for a pretty penny. And most of the old macros are in near mint condition. I don't think the Dental macro gets you anything extra on price. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at

Ode to an MX

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Loveless
About a year and half ago, I guess, I loaned my MX to my wife's cousin for a BW course. He needed a metal, mechanical, manual camera and already had a couple K-mount lenses. I didn't want to part with it, but my K1000 was the only other camera I had that met his needs and she has significant

Re: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread Jim King
eckinator wrote on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:57:25 -0700: (snip) I want to buy a good one because of IQ, but my priority is on ease of cleaning... dang, I should have said that right away. Recommendations anyone? In my experience, the B+W MRC filters are a lot easier to clean than the Hoya HMC

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Mat Maessen
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Bob Sullivanrf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think the Dental macro gets you anything extra on price. Even if it's minty fresh? -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: September PUG is up

2009-09-09 Thread Luiz Felipe
Well, we're not seeing the photo online - would be taken with her parent's permission, since she's still 2 years old... the photo being her on her brother's trike, wearing overpadded pink pajamas. My neighbors accepted the idea of the photo, but for family archives only... :-( lf P. J.

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Mat Maessen wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Bob Sullivanrf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think the Dental macro gets you anything extra on price. Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Mat Maessen
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Mark Robertsm...@robertstech.com wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Ode to an MX

2009-09-09 Thread Luiz Felipe
Reading your post made me think twice about selling the second Mx body. Too bad it's already shipped out... :-( At least I still have one. Guess I'll be taking it out tomorrow, instead of the Ds. lf Scott Loveless escreveu: About a year and half ago, I guess, I loaned my MX to my wife's

Re: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread Larry Levy
I haven't seen Pentax filters in years. With the Hoya acquisition, I doubt if I'll see them again. Hoya itself makes a full range of filters. When I was last buying them, the top of their line was Pro 1 Digital. During my research, I disccovered that these were the same as the Kenko Pro 1

Re: Ode to an MX

2009-09-09 Thread Christian
I too shed a tear for the 3 MXen I sold including the MX Date Back... sigh. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ Luiz Felipe wrote: Reading your post made me think twice about selling the second Mx body. Too bad it's already shipped out... :-( At least I still have one.

Re: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread Sasha Sobol
There is such a nice thing as Marumi protective filter. It is a piece of high quality multicoated glass. Cheaper than uv. --Sasha On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Larry Levylarryl...@sprintmail.com wrote: I haven't seen Pentax filters in years. With the Hoya acquisition, I doubt if I'll see

Re: Ode to an MX

2009-09-09 Thread Paul Stenquist
I sold my best MX, but kept a really nice one with a broken meter. Looks good on the shelf:-). Paul On Sep 9, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Christian wrote: I too shed a tear for the 3 MXen I sold including the MX Date Back... sigh. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ Luiz Felipe

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-09-09 Thread Luiz Felipe
Dario, your point about a FF system and micro 4/3 is interesting, but there is a simple solution. One that includes the use of the big FF lenses with suitable adapters in the m4/3, for some specific uses. Those would be exactly the big, expensive and fast teles, made even longer by the format

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-09-09 Thread Graydon
On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 12:58:04PM -0300, Luiz Felipe scripsit: Those would be exactly the big, expensive and fast teles, made even longer by the format diff. Not to be used everyday, but often enough. Gr. Not longer; reach is reach. Made more difficult to get the subject in the field

Re: Ode to an MX

2009-09-09 Thread Luiz Felipe
...sold the better-looking, but the best working stays. I need it... and tomorrow I'll take it for a change. I'd better get more film, just in case... lf Paul Stenquist escreveu: I sold my best MX, but kept a really nice one with a broken meter. Looks good on the shelf:-). Paul On Sep 9,

Re: Tomorrow Mike Johnston will be pleased

2009-09-09 Thread John Mullan
As if you can make a cat do what you want. Mine does what he damn well pleases, and he may just get on the internet out of spite. jm - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:19 PM

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Loveless
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Mat Maessen tomatoe...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Mark Robertsm...@robertstech.com wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. -- Scott Loveless

Re: Old Tamron 28/2.8

2009-09-09 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 02:02:04PM +0200, Thibouille wrote: That one ? http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ensl=jau=http://www.tamron.co.jp/data/old-lens/cw28.htm That looks very close, except mine has clear plastic over the focusing range marks, ubt it does have the weird rough plastic

Re: Tomorrow Mike Johnston will be pleased

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Loveless
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:36 PM, John Mullan k...@hotmail.com wrote: As if you can make a cat do what you want. Mine does what he damn well pleases, and he may just get on the internet out of spite. You should join the cat herding society. They even have a special interest group that practices

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Cotty
Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. -- 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: a silly old photo (answer enclosed)

2009-09-09 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 08:17:11AM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: Cotty wrote: I put a plate of glass over the paper, and gravel on top of the glass, leaving the part I wanted exposed clear of gravel. Seems a rock-solid method. Typical stoner. Your puns are getting boulder. -- The first

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Gonz
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Cottycotty...@mac.com wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: a silly old photo (answer enclosed)

2009-09-09 Thread Cotty
I put a plate of glass over the paper, and gravel on top of the glass, leaving the part I wanted exposed clear of gravel. Seems a rock-solid method. Typical stoner. Your puns are getting boulder. True grit! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Ode to an MX

2009-09-09 Thread Cotty
On 9/9/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: [snippage] Last month. Wife's Grandmother's birthday party. He's there. He has my camera! Sure enough, the meter doesn't work. The batteries were inserted correctly, but the LEDs just flash randomly. I brought it home and put it in the

RE: Ode to an MX

2009-09-09 Thread Desjardins, Steve
I gave my MX to the Art dept. to use in the film photography classes. At least it's getting some real use. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Scott Loveless Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10:17 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-09-09 Thread Desjardins, Steve
There's not much marketing way in harder to use . . . -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Graydon Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:02 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000 On

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Christian
Gonz wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Cottycotty...@mac.com wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good puns... --

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-09-09 Thread Dario Bonazza
Luiz Felipe wrote: Dario, your point about a FF system and micro 4/3 is interesting, but there is a simple solution. One that includes the use of the big FF lenses with suitable adapters in the m4/3, for some specific uses. Those would be exactly the big, expensive and fast teles, made even

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Loveless
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: Gonz wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Cottycotty...@mac.com wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-09-09 Thread Dario Bonazza
I wrote: Thinking about an ideal solution, starting from scratch, I think m4/3 + FF is even better. It allows even more benefit in size and weight, with little if any sacrifice on performance. That wasn't true in the past, as 4/3 equipment was not smaller than APS-C, while its quality was.

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Scott Lovelesssdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: Gonz wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Cottycotty...@mac.com wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: Gonz wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Cottycotty...@mac.com wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor

RE: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Desjardins, Steve
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Hunt Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 3:59 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Scott

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Loveless
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: Gonz wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Cottycotty...@mac.com wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: Gonz wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Cottycotty...@mac.com wrote: Even if it's minty fresh?

Re: a silly old photo (answer enclosed)

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Grit your teeth for a minty fresh Dental Macro This calls for a merger... 2009/9/9 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: I put a plate of glass over the paper, and gravel on top of the glass, leaving the part I wanted exposed clear of gravel. Seems a rock-solid method. Typical stoner. Your puns are

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Cotty
Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good puns... You could pull from the wisdom of the PDML... Bite your tongue! We canal

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Sep 9, 2009, at 5:08 PM, Cotty wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good puns... You could pull from the

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good puns... You could pull from the wisdom of the PDML... Bite your tongue! We canal

Re: K10 problem

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
So he is Kling En Vogue? Yes but will not joking make that any better? And remember, alcohol is not a solution. It is a distillate. Cheers Ecke 2009/9/9 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: eckinator wrote: Is Cotty a Vogon? There is a certain similarity.  Although he normally goes in

RE: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Its worth more than a set of x-rays, but less than a root canal. Seriously, when you don't know what to charge, AUCTION IT and just place the minimum bid where you would never want to sell for less. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Home Page - www.jchriso.com Join the Audio CD PLAYER

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f Subject: Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good puns... You could pull from the wisdom of the PDML... Bite your tongue! We canal

Re: Brian Walter's has made another update on his blog!

2009-09-09 Thread Christine Aguila
Brian Walters is unsubscribed while on his trip. Update reminders was just a neighborly gesture. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: eactiv...@aol.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 4:13 AM Subject: Re: Brian Walter's has made another update on his

Re: Construction VI

2009-09-09 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Sasha! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:46 PM Subject: Re: Construction VI Some very nice photos, Chtistine! My favorites are:

Re: PESO Akira in tree

2009-09-09 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Marnie! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: eactiv...@aol.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 4:09 AM Subject: Re: PESO Akira in tree In a message dated 9/7/2009 1:36:20 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, cagu...@earthlink.net writes: Dedicated to

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Mark Roberts
eckinator wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good puns... You could pull from the wisdom of the PDML... Bite your

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good puns... You could pull from the wisdom of the PDML... Bite your tongue! We canal

Re: Ode to an MX

2009-09-09 Thread Christine Aguila
Great story, Scott! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:16 AM Subject: Ode to an MX About a year and half ago, I guess, I loaned my MX to my wife's cousin

One Exposure

2009-09-09 Thread Larry Colen
A friend just pointed me to a rather cool photo website: http://1x.com/ Here's the shot she posted a link to: http://1x.com//photos/macro/25403/ -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen

Re: One Exposure

2009-09-09 Thread David J Brooks
I always do the one exposure thing, after deleting 50 bad ones. Dave On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: A friend just pointed me to a rather cool photo website: http://1x.com/ Here's the shot she posted a link to: http://1x.com//photos/macro/25403/ -- The

Better scanning

2009-09-09 Thread Derby Chang
You might recall I had a whinge about anti-Newton rings on Perfection 3200 scans of Noblex strips. So I did end up finding that site that makes aftermarket film holders http://www.betterscanning.com/ Good value, but I decided against staying with the 3200, and went the whole hogget with a

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - Subject: Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself.

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good puns... You could pull from the wisdom of the PDML... Bite your tongue! We canal

Re: One Exposure

2009-09-09 Thread Doug Brewer
Larry Colen wrote: A friend just pointed me to a rather cool photo website: http://1x.com/ Here's the shot she posted a link to: http://1x.com//photos/macro/25403/ thanks, Larry. Some good work there. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Doug Brewer
eckinator wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good puns... You could pull from the wisdom of the PDML... Bite your tongue!

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Scott Loveless
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: eckinator wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good

Re: Ode to an MX

2009-09-09 Thread Rick Womer
Why is it that we seem to part with the better cameras, and keep the worse ones? Years ago I bought a second Super Program (Super A)--a lovely specimen in like-new condition--to complement my existing Super Program, which looked as though it had been in a series of street fights. Guess which

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: eckinator wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread ann sanfedele
Scott Loveless wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: eckinator wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills!

Re: Dropped K200D

2009-09-09 Thread gldnbearz
Hi Larry- Thanks for the info on the Giottos LCD screen. My *istDs has a plastic LCD peel-on/peel-off protector. It's never been dropped like this (knock on wood). The K200D didn't have a protector, but the lens did have a UV filter. Hoping that did some good. - Pat On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread ann sanfedele
Mark Roberts wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: eckinator wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words...

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread paul stenquist
On Sep 9, 2009, at 9:15 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:56 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: eckinator wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking

RE: One Exposure

2009-09-09 Thread Desjardins, Steve
Really nice. I love these kind of macro shots. From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen [...@red4est.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 6:46 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: John Blevins Subject: One Exposure

Pentax sensor cleaning kit

2009-09-09 Thread paul stenquist
My Pentax sensor cleaning kit arrived today. I had a black spec on my K7D sensor that couldn't be dislodged with my ear blower. I read the instructions and dabbed away at the sensor with the Pentax tool. A subsequent test showed the sensor to be perfectly clean. The Pentax sensor cleaner

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