Re: Interesting option for wireless remote control

Nah. They were the models at a workshop I attended. On 23/10/2009, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > >> David Savage wrote: >> >> I've used something similar made by Phottix (?) to take this group >> shot: >> >> >> >> Worked fine and had n

RE: Interesting option for wireless remote control

> David Savage wrote: > > I've used something similar made by Phottix (?) to take this group > shot: > > > > Worked fine and had no misfires. > > DS Looks like someone pulled the old trick of telling 1 person that it was a fan

RE: A K7 video

Thanks for the kind words Christine and Bob. It's a tough profession that Anna's chosen, but she'd totally committed (and talented of course) and I'm sure she'll get a break at some point. Cheers, Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.ne

RE: A K7 video

Thanks Stan. The requirement was to use the backing track supplied by the people doing the production so we were rather stuck with that! As it had to be live, we had to compromise between Anna being able to hear the music and getting a good balance in the mix. To my ear, given the constraints, it's

Re: Interesting option for wireless remote control

But DealExtreme is OK. Have bought several times from them with no trouble at all. http://www.dealextreme.com/search.dx/search.yongnuo Stig Vidar Fra: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] på vegne av John Sessoms [jsessoms...@nc.rr.com] Sendt:

Found in a parking lot, '49 Caddy

I apologize that these shots don't do the subject justice, but it was rather a challenge to get good shots with the lighting and background. I just thought that a couple people on this list would appreciate the work done on this old Caddy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622519370

PESO: Fort Macon

Fort Macon is a "Third System" coastal defense fort on North Carolina's outer banks. The "Third System" mostly was on the east coast, but there are two "Third System" forts in California; Fort Point and Fort Alcatraz. Fort Macon was used by the U.S. before the Civil War, and was seized by th

Re: PESO Virginia's porch

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 07:03:28PM +0200, eckinator wrote: > 2009/10/17 Larry Colen : > > > > Any suggestions for improvement? > > any chance of using a wider lens and getting more into the frame? > cheers I had thought about that, but my only wider lens is my 18-250, which is a lot slower and no

Re: PESO Virginia's porch

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:07:32PM -0400, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/17/2009 12:28:03 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > l...@red4est.com writes: > > Any suggestions for improvement? > > > = > Maybe a little more detail in the houses, but I sort of like it as is.

Re: Interesting option for wireless remote control

I've used something similar made by Phottix (?) to take this group shot: Worked fine and had no misfires. DS 2009/10/23 Chris Mitchell : > Has anyone tried one of these? A wired and 100m range wireless (as distinct > from infrare

Re: Lightroom 3 first beta available (+ list of changes)

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 02:20:36PM -0400, John Francis wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:59:13AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:21 AM, John Francis wrote: > > > > > > Murphy must be on vacation. > > > > > > As soon as I upgrade Photoshop Elements (from 3 to 7!) Ado

PESO: Great Sand Dunes NP

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4032693455/ Flickr doesn't allow you to see the full size panorama. I don't know why. -- 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 follo

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

steve harley wrote: On 2009-10-22 15:34 , Joseph McAllister wrote: Before you get a bristly and try to chastise me, well, i wasn't going to get bristlly ... i think your explanation makes sense for some of the attitude toward bikes In a factory, OSHA would not allow such circumstances to e

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:07:48 +0100 "Bob W" wrote: > > > > > > > yes, it has long been a belief of mine that getting a > > driver's license should include a mandatory period of time > > operating a motorcycle on the street. Forced awareness, as it were. > > > > And a non-motorized bicycle.

Re: OT new iMac (was PC Surgery)

On Oct 22, 2009, at 11:12 PM, steve harley wrote: On 2009-10-22 18:25 , paul stenquist wrote: I had a look. Very impressive. The top of the line machine now comes with a 27-inch backlit LED monitor, a 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, an ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics processor with 512MB

Re: OT new iMac (was PC Surgery)

On 2009-10-22 18:25 , paul stenquist wrote: I had a look. Very impressive. The top of the line machine now comes with a 27-inch backlit LED monitor, a 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, an ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, and 16 megabytes RAM capacity. It s

Re: PESO - Keeping the Peace

A definite "POOPER SQUAD" Jack --- On Thu, 10/22/09, frank theriault wrote: > From: frank theriault > Subject: PESO - Keeping the Peace > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 5:14 PM > Back in the summer a spontaneous > street party erupted on Ossington > Avenue

Re: PESO - Flat Iron Building - now with link!

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 2:18 AM, David Mann wrote: > > The whole scene looks like a scale model photographed with a macro lens. >  It's a very interesting effect. Agreed. Interesting photo. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

From: Godfrey DiGiorgi On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Ken Waller wrote: > As a mechanical engineer, I've always appreciated the technical aspects of > motorcycles, but have absolutely no desire to ride one, at least on public > roads, where a motorcycle, unfortunately, becomes a target for s

RE: Interesting option for wireless remote control

From: "Chris Mitchell" Has anyone tried one of these? A wired and 100m range wireless (as distinct from infrared) remote for Pentax DSLRs. http://szyongnuo.en.alibaba.com/product/237759371-20555/Wireless_Remote_ Control_YN_126C1.html http://tinyurl.com/yz5lpe4 Available from an Ebay supp

Re: Checking out until December

> wrote: > > > >> With less than 2 weeks to go before departure for Argentina and > >> Antarctica, I'm beginning to feel the heat of both "travel > fever" and = I am going to love seeing these photos when you get back. Marnie aka Doe :-) -

Friday For Sale - GDG

I've decided to sell some of the equipment which I haven't been using much as it's consuming too much space in my office. It's all good stuff ... See http://www.gdgphoto.com/FS091021/ for this list and for photos of the gear. Items not spoken for by Monday, October 27 will be listed on Ebay

Re: Landscape Photograph of the Year

In a message dated 10/19/2009 10:29:17 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: The over-the-top "spectacular" look - they all look over photoshopped to me... but I didn't like the runners either. I did like the winner of the phone pics, quite a lot actually. ann ===

Re: PESO - Keeping the Peace

In a message dated 10/22/2009 5:14:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: Back in the summer a spontaneous street party erupted on Ossington Avenue here in Toronto on the anniversary of the Big Blackout. Fortunately, Toronto's Finest arrived to save us from having a bi

Re: K-7 firmware 1.02 out

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:10 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 01:07:09PM +0200, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: >> >> Water colour... It beggars belief...   :-/ >> >> Ralf > > But it (presumably) sells cameras. > > I might never use it, but if that's what it takes to keep > Pentax in b

RE: OT PC Surgery

David J Brooks Well, it looks like its time to do something about my 8 year old MDG P4 computer. Its been acting up again the last few weeks, not booting. It does after a number of reboots. I get a boot fail, system halted, or a full DOS screen with all my memory numbers and a few other things,

Re: OT Geso Photos from the annual Madawaska Thanksgiving weekend

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 5:45 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Hi all. > > Not a bad weekend, cool, some very brief wet flurries and windy. > > Good dinner on Saturday night and nice walks in the bush. > > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2009-madawaska/album/index.html This is my fave: http://www.caught

Re: GESO - Dolcenera

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Cotty wrote: > First class work! She's gorgeous :) *SIGH* Yeah, she ~is~ gorgeous... *SIGH* What is it about Italian women? ;-) Wonderful series, Dario! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss M

Re: Lightroom 3 first beta available (+ list of changes)

Installed, played with it some, first time using LR at all and it frees my from my WB ignorance confines... if I needed any excuse to buy and learn LR and do some post, this was it... 2009/10/22 Thibouille : > http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2009/10/lightroom_3_beta_now_available.html > >

PESO - Swinging it Brazil Style

This is the sort of subversive activity the cops on Ossington Avenue had to save us from during the street party this summer (see the PESO "Keeping the Peace"): http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/swinging-it-brazil-style.html This fellow was terrific, playing Brazilian-tinged jazz by Anto

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: OT - So, has anyone asked On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Ken Waller wrote: As a mechanical engineer, I've always appreciated the technical aspects of motorcycles, but have

OT new iMac (was PC Surgery)

On Oct 22, 2009, at 12:11 PM, steve harley wrote: On 2009-10-22 09:42 , P N Stenquist wrote: My iMac 24 works great with the Epson 2400. The calibrated monitor (Spyder II) is a perfect match. However, I wouldn't dream of trying to print from my Macbook. While I've calibrated the monitor and

PESO - Keeping the Peace

Back in the summer a spontaneous street party erupted on Ossington Avenue here in Toronto on the anniversary of the Big Blackout. Fortunately, Toronto's Finest arrived to save us from having a bit of fun: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/10/keeping-peace.html Comments always welcome. chee

Re: Geso Zoo photos from October 9, 2009

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Bob W wrote: >> > Had a charter to the Zoo last Friday, and am just getting around to >> > loading them on the web site. >> > >> > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2009-zoo-october/album/index.html >> > >> > Raining all day. The Orangutan and reptile shots are >> thro

Re: OT PC Surgery

Thanks all for the help so far. Never thought of the battery or cable. I have two USB ports that have fallen out, so they need to be fixed anyway. I'll mention the above concerns to him and go from there. Dave On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 6:10 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > If you think the HD is flak

Re: PESO - The Last Night

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:08 PM, wrote: > Nice shot. Thanks, Marnie. Glad you enjoyed... :-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from th

Re: A K7 video

Great voice! Of course you are proud! Don't know how you "mixed" in the piano, assume the tape was just playing in the background. I didn't care for the accompaniment, and wished it could at least be a bit softer. But I assume a casting director is going to look beyond such things and focus

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

On 2009-10-22 15:34 , Joseph McAllister wrote: Before you get a bristly and try to chastise me, well, i wasn't going to get bristlly ... i think your explanation makes sense for some of the attitude toward bikes In a factory, OSHA would not allow such circumstances to exist as being to dang

RE: OT - So, has anyone asked

> > as for what road denizens are most malignly neglected, that > would be > > bicycles > [...] > > In a factory, OSHA would not allow such circumstances to exist as > being to dangerous to the workers because of the unpredictable > movements caused by the blasts of air, the irregularities

Re: OT PC Surgery

If you think the HD is flaky, you should try replacing the ribbon cable first. It's come to my attention that about 1/2 of all hard drive problems, that aren't total drive meltdowns are actually cable problems. Ribbon cables often go bad on their own. David J Brooks wrote: Well, it looks li

Re: PESO - Oh Yeah?

Boris Liberman wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: Apparently you are a glutton for punishment, (somebody had to say it and I figured I'd try to beat Frank to the punch). Boris Liberman wrote: I'd rather you appeared before me in person, sir ;-). Humourful photo indeed. Please explain. Boris I th

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 8:40 AM, wrote: Basically, this was uncalled for. Eh, not a problem here. I thought it was funny and mentioned it to another Wetleatherite friend at breakfast this morning. ;-) With a name like Wetleather, you'd expect them to have

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

Ken Waller wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: OT - So, has anyone asked BTW, I have ridden Ducati and Moto Guzzi motorcycles the better part of 400,000 miles all over the USA, Japan, England, The Netherla

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > On a bike, depending on > the timing, you could get killed, either by hitting the door/glass, or if > avoiding that, by the car about to take the door off and get it out of your > way!  :-) > > I'll stick to automobiles, thank you. On t

Re: Mark Cassino's New Book

I ordered a copy from Amazon, and it arrived today. It is a wonderful book with marvelous images of snow crystals by Mark. Suitable for all ages and all sizes. I highly recommend it. Dan On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:58 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Excelent. > > I have Marks snow flake book which

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

On Oct 22, 2009, at 13:16 , steve harley wrote: On 2009-10-22 13:42 , Doug Brewer wrote: yes, it has long been a belief of mine that getting a driver's license should include a mandatory period of time operating a motorcycle on the street. Forced awareness, as it were. i think getting a d

Counting thin paper clips in the bottom of a shaving mug

Have been following Errol's very amusingly obsessive analysis of the veracity of certain Walker Evans and Arthur Rothstein photos. He's up to part 4, but here's the first part http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/the-case-of-the-inappropriate-alarm-clock-part-1/ My favourite line: " or

Re: OT PC Surgery

David, assuming your current HD is the problem, an upgrade should solve it. But not all the problems you describe can be linked to the HD without further testing, so you may end up solving some, but not all. Taking the age in the picture, I would at least test the pc completely, and probably e

Re: Interesting option for wireless remote control

Chris Mitchell wrote: Has anyone tried one of these? A wired and 100m range wireless (as distinct from infrared) remote for Pentax DSLRs. http://szyongnuo.en.alibaba.com/product/237759371-20555/Wireless_Remote_ Control_YN_126C1.html http://tinyurl.com/yz5lpe4 Available from an Ebay suppl

RE: Interesting option for wireless remote control

I have another remote control made by Yongnuo and it's good quality and a lot for the money. Stig Vidar > > Seriously though, it looks like a good thing to me. Anyone got any > experience of it? Opinions? Although it doesn't state it as compatible, > any > reason why it shouldn't work with the

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

On 2009-10-22 13:42 , Doug Brewer wrote: yes, it has long been a belief of mine that getting a driver's license should include a mandatory period of time operating a motorcycle on the street. Forced awareness, as it were. i think getting a driver's license should be more like getting a pilot's

Re: PESO 2009 - 178 - GDG

I agree, a superb photo. Paul On Oct 22, 2009, at 2:36 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: I'm late seeing this... what Cotty (and others said) ann Cotty wrote: On 20/10/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: A singleton photo taken on Sunday's "Trolley Dance" event in San Francisco: htt

RE: OT - So, has anyone asked

> > > > yes, it has long been a belief of mine that getting a > driver's license should include a mandatory period of time > operating a motorcycle on the street. Forced awareness, as it were. > And a non-motorized bicycle. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: OT PC Surgery

David J Brooks escribió: Well, it looks like its time to do something about my 8 year old MDG P4 computer. Its been acting up again the last few weeks, not booting. It does after a number of reboots. I get a boot fail, system halted, or a full DOS screen with all my memory numbers and a few ot

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Ken Waller wrote: As a mechanical engineer, I've always appreciated the technical aspects of motorcycles, but have absolutely no desire to ride one, at least on public roads, where a motorcycle, unfortunately, becomes a target for some.

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Ken Waller wrote: > As a mechanical engineer, I've always appreciated the technical aspects of > motorcycles, but have absolutely no desire to ride one, at least on public > roads, where a motorcycle, unfortunately, becomes a target for some. In all my years and

RE: Interesting option for wireless remote control

> -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Bob W > Sent: 22 October 2009 19:30 > > > Apparently it's good for subjects that are difficult to > > approach - so the paparazzi will no longer have problems with > > Kate Moss or Amy Wineho

Re: K-7 firmware 1.02 out

John Francis wrote: > But it (presumably) sells cameras. > > I might never use it, but if that's what it takes to keep > Pentax in business so be it. As always, you win some, you lose some. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.bl

Re: PESO 2009 - 178 - GDG

I'm late seeing this... what Cotty (and others said) ann Cotty wrote: On 20/10/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: A singleton photo taken on Sunday's "Trolley Dance" event in San Francisco: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/street-queen Great job Godders, that's

RE: Interesting option for wireless remote control

> Has anyone tried one of these? A wired and 100m range > wireless (as distinct from infrared) remote for Pentax DSLRs. > > http://szyongnuo.en.alibaba.com/product/237759371-20555/Wi > reless_Remote_ > Control_YN_126C1.html > > http://tinyurl.com/yz5lpe4 > > Available from an Ebay supplier

RE: Geso Zoo photos from October 9, 2009

> > Had a charter to the Zoo last Friday, and am just getting around to > > loading them on the web site. > > > > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2009-zoo-october/album/index.html > > > > Raining all day. The Orangutan and reptile shots are > through a glass > > window, so may have some reflection

Interesting option for wireless remote control

Has anyone tried one of these? A wired and 100m range wireless (as distinct from infrared) remote for Pentax DSLRs. http://szyongnuo.en.alibaba.com/product/237759371-20555/Wireless_Remote_ Control_YN_126C1.html http://tinyurl.com/yz5lpe4 Available from an Ebay supplier near you for less tha

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: OT - So, has anyone asked On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Ken Waller wrote: BTW, I have ridden Ducati and Moto Guzzi motorcycles the better part of 400,000 miles all over the

Re: Lightroom 3 first beta available (+ list of changes)

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:59:13AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:21 AM, John Francis wrote: > > > > Murphy must be on vacation. > > > > As soon as I upgrade Photoshop Elements (from 3 to 7!) Adobe come out > > with Version 8. ?And I was supposed to be upgrading Lightr

Re: PESO - Oh Yeah?

P. J. Alling wrote: Apparently you are a glutton for punishment, (somebody had to say it and I figured I'd try to beat Frank to the punch). Boris Liberman wrote: I'd rather you appeared before me in person, sir ;-). Humourful photo indeed. Please explain. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mai

Re: Lightroom 3 first beta available (+ list of changes)

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:21 AM, John Francis wrote: > > Murphy must be on vacation. > > As soon as I upgrade Photoshop Elements (from 3 to 7!) Adobe come out > with Version 8.  And I was supposed to be upgrading Lightroom on my > new machine (from V1 to V2).  In fact I had it on my "to do" list

Re: PESO 2009 - 178 - GDG

thanks again to everyone! -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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 directions.

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 8:40 AM, wrote: > Basically, this was uncalled  for. Eh, not a problem here. I thought it was funny and mentioned it to another Wetleatherite friend at breakfast this morning. ;-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Ken Waller wrote: >> BTW, I have ridden Ducati and Moto Guzzi motorcycles the better part >> of 400,000 miles all over the USA, Japan, England, The Netherlands, >> Belgium, England, Scotland and the Isle of Man ... :-) > > You're either very, very old, or that'a a

RE: K-7 firmware 1.02 out

> paul stenquist > > Subject: Re: K-7 firmware 1.02 out > > I wouldn't pass on any firmware. While some of the changes might be > insignificant to me, every new release is somewhat of an upgrade, and > I'm not sure that every tweak is mentioned in the accompanying > description. > Paul I agree -

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: OT - So, has anyone asked BTW, I have ridden Ducati and Moto Guzzi motorcycles the better part of 400,000 miles all over the USA, Japan, England, The Netherlands, Belgium, Engla

Re: Lightroom 3 first beta available (+ list of changes)

If i keep the old PC I'll have to be happy with LR2 which i am. Dave On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:21 PM, John Francis wrote: > > Murphy must be on vacation. > > As soon as I upgrade Photoshop Elements (from 3 to 7!) Adobe come out > with Version 8.  And I was supposed to be upgrading Lightroom on m

Re: Lightroom 3 first beta available (+ list of changes)

Murphy must be on vacation. As soon as I upgrade Photoshop Elements (from 3 to 7!) Adobe come out with Version 8. And I was supposed to be upgrading Lightroom on my new machine (from V1 to V2). In fact I had it on my "to do" list for this week, but never got round to it. i guess I'll be going

Re: K-7 firmware 1.02 out

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 01:07:09PM +0200, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: > > Water colour... It beggars belief... :-/ > > Ralf But it (presumably) sells cameras. I might never use it, but if that's what it takes to keep Pentax in business so be it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO 2009 - 178 - GDG

I can kinda tell the lady or moment moved you or that is at least what the image seems to transport to me - well done indeed cheers ecke 2009/10/21 Godfrey DiGiorgi : > A singleton photo taken on Sunday's "Trolley Dance" event in San Francisco: > >  http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/street-quee

Re: PESO Virginia's porch

2009/10/17 Larry Colen : > > Any suggestions for improvement? any chance of using a wider lens and getting more into the frame? cheers ecke -- 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 ab

Re: PESO Virginia's porch

2009/10/22 : > = > Maybe a little more  detail in the houses, but I sort of like it as is. > Interesting. Looks like a  stage set or a miniature. > totally - it all looks kinda plasticky with an eery sort of beauty to it... great shot -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net htt

Re: OT PC Surgery

On 2009-10-22 09:42 , P N Stenquist wrote: My iMac 24 works great with the Epson 2400. The calibrated monitor (Spyder II) is a perfect match. However, I wouldn't dream of trying to print from my Macbook. While I've calibrated the monitor and it's color accurate, brightness and contrast are too mu

Re: PESO - The Last Night

In a message dated 10/21/2009 6:46:29 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: Charlie and his partner share a quiet moment during a going away party we threw for Charlie the night before he left town for university (leaving his partner here in Toronto): http://knarfinthec

Re: PESO Virginia's porch

In a message dated 10/17/2009 12:28:03 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, l...@red4est.com writes: A friend of mine lives in SF, off of Potrero, and has an amazing view from the porch on the top room of her house. Every time I visit, it seems that I'm compelled by the view to pull out the camera and

Re: PESO: Another fire escape picture

In a message dated 10/21/2009 11:17:53 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, m...@robertstech.com writes: I don't know why I like taking photos of fire escapes... http://www.robertstech.com/temp/ Nice one, like it. Good colors, geometry, and framing. Marnie aka Doe Because they are so

Re: PESO - Local Curiosity

In a message dated 10/21/2009 5:24:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: We don't see many folks in these parts (Canada, that is) decked out in American flags and POW-MIA garb. This fellow seemed to be drawing some attention to himself: http://knarfinthecity.blogspo

Re: PESO 2009 - 178 - GDG

In a message dated 10/20/2009 6:16:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ramar...@mac.com writes: Absolutely superb shot. Marnie aka Doe :-) == A singleton photo taken on Sunday's "Trolley Dance" event in San Francisco: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/street-queen Comments

Re: OT PC Surgery

My iMac 24 works great with the Epson 2400. The calibrated monitor (Spyder II) is a perfect match. However, I wouldn't dream of trying to print from my Macbook. While I've calibrated the monitor and it's color accurate, brightness and contrast are too much dependent on the angle of the scre

Re: PESO - Factory Sale

In a message dated 10/21/2009 8:23:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, d...@alphoto.com writes: Miserere wrote: > Hey Gang, > > I'm liking this shot. Sort of, anyway... > > http://lh4.ggpht.com/_i6tc3TCyOTA/St35H3TrLDI/CuY/eIZy0QL8Zuw/s800/IMGP6168-small.jpg > > Would love to hear your

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

In a message dated 10/21/2009 3:23:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentax...@mac.com writes: Godfrey about his joining the "WetLeathers" group on FaceBook recently? Does anyone dare? -- It's not that life is too short, it's that you're dead for so long.. — Anon = Basically, thi

Re: PESO: Spooky

In a message dated 10/21/2009 11:30:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, tb...@textuality.com writes: Kind of a trick shot, but amusing I think: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/10/21/Autumn-Light -T == Definitely different. Fun grab. Marnie aka Doe :-) --

Re: I think I need a radio strobe trigger

Check out the ones from AlienBees - they'll work with the White Lightenings, too. The receivers come in both A/C and battery powered versions. http://alienbees.com/remotes.html -p Larry Colen wrote: I put a canopy over my dancefloor today using clear polythene. It turns out that it makes a

Re: Lightroom 3 first beta available (+ list of changes)

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > It's time to move on now. Over the last few months, I've moved on to the K-7, to a new car, and just yesterday I've moved on to a new monitor - yet another 500 euros. I'll have to move on to a new set of winter tyres, next month. There's only so much moving on one can

OT PC Surgery

Well, it looks like its time to do something about my 8 year old MDG P4 computer. Its been acting up again the last few weeks, not booting. It does after a number of reboots. I get a boot fail, system halted, or a full DOS screen with all my memory numbers and a few other things, and at the bottom

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

BTW, I have ridden Ducati and Moto Guzzi motorcycles the better part of 400,000 miles all over the USA, Japan, England, The Netherlands, Belgium, England, Scotland and the Isle of Man ... :-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.ne

Re: OT - So, has anyone asked

Wetleather is, as someone else mentioned, a motorcycle group in the US Pacific Northwest. Actually, it's a culinary society with a motorcycle fetish. I've been a subscriber to the Wetleather mailing list since 1992. Context: There is an annual get together called the Great Pacific Northwest Dry-si

Re: PESO: Spooky

Judging by the arch of the lamp, i was going to say 50.5 degree, but WTF eh.:-) Nice, i like it Dave On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > Kind of a trick shot, but amusing I think: > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/10/21/Autumn-Light > >  -T > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discus

Re: I think I need a radio strobe trigger

I bought some cheapies for the Pentax flashes from a place in Hing Kong, Gadgetdaddy i think it was called. Model was V2 IIRC. I tried them out, they seem to work and fire the flashes, a 360 and a Vivitar 285hv. Any now they sit. I plan to give them a work out as i'm shooting a nephews wedding n

Re: I want this

Would look great on Franks fixy Dave On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:50 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > Yeah. Kind of steep. Sigh.. > On Oct 21, 2009, at 11:37 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > >> On 22/10/2009, paul stenquist wrote: >>> >>> I used the K7D today to shoot some movies of Grace. It works well, >>>

Re: Lightroom 3 first beta available (+ list of changes)

> "You can't open Lightroom 3 Beta because it is not supported on your > plattform" Yup, the last death knell of Apple PowerPC systems has rung. Everything is Intel now and going forward. This was what I predicted when I bought my current systems at the beginning of 2006: I figured three and a ha

Re: PESO - Local Curiosity

No wonder, he can't be seen. I like how you shot this Frank Dave On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:23 AM, frank theriault wrote: > We don't see many folks in these parts (Canada, that is) decked out in > American flags and POW-MIA garb.  This fellow seemed to be drawing > some attention to himself: > >

Re: Geso Zoo photos from October 9, 2009

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 8:29 AM, frank theriault wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:21 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> Had a charter to the Zoo last Friday, and am just getting around to >> loading them on the web site. >> >> http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2009-zoo-october/album/index.html >> >> Rai

Re: PESO 2009 - 179 - GDG

thank you both. It's an unusual view, I think the only way to get this position is on the BART. I'm glad the camera was ready to shoot! :-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: PESO: Spooky

Tim Bray wrote: Kind of a trick shot, but amusing I think: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/10/21/Autumn-Light -T I like it! No tricks but engaging composition. -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

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