RE: PESO - a couple of "our" favorite birdies

> > If ya have to ask, ya don't know... > > http://tinyurl.com/yctvg4l > > > ye olde photo taken with 400mm pentax lens on my trusty LX > back in .. 1984 > > Think I have the nature calendar set... > > commerants ...mmm I mean... comments, welcome > > > ann > http://annsan.smugmug.com >

RE: PESO - Protesters

> > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/12/protesters.html > > >>> > >>> love the leather shoes :-) (duck, cover, > flame-retardant suit: > >>> ON!) > >> > >> Yes well, activism is only romantic until your personal comfort is > >> compromised. > >> PETA is the biggest bunc

RE: PESO - Protesters

> > > > What species are PETA advocating the extinction of? I > looked at their > > website and didn't see anything about that. > > Link: > http://www.petakillsanimals.com/index.cfm > > William Robb As usual it is always useful to look at who is disseminating this kind of information. In this

RE: Photographer arrested at mall

> > >Ouch... > > > >http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200912090794 > > > > > wow thats creepy > > ann > People are getting stupidly paranoid -- 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 directl

Re: Back on faculty

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 08:48:20AM +0200, Boris Liberman wrote: > > Congratulations, Mark, on your new job. Boston is a cool city :-) If not downright cold (especially at this time of year ...) I miss New England in the fall. Winter, though, you can keep. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: Back on faculty

On Dec 15, 2009, at 17:51 , Mark Roberts wrote: OK, after moving to Boston and spending several months looking for a job... I finally got one. I'll be teaching at Laselle College in Newton (6 miles from where we now live) starting next semester. When we first moved here, everyone said that ther

Re: PESO - Protesters

On Dec 15, 2009, at 15:23 , frank theriault wrote: Seriously, when I went vegan, a vegan acquaintance of mine asked, "So when are you having your leather-disposal party?" She got quite upset when I told her that I wasn't having one. My attitude is that having already bought leather products, i

Re: Back on faculty

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:35 PM, frank theriault wrote: > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> OK, after moving to Boston and spending several months looking for a >> job... I finally got one. I'll be teaching at Laselle College in >> Newton (6 miles from where we now live) st

Re: Photographer arrested at mall

Igor Roshchin wrote: Ouch... http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200912090794 wow thats creepy ann -- 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: Back on faculty

:-) On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 6:35 AM, frank theriault wrote: > Syllabi?  Syllabuses? > > Spellcheck likes the latter, but I'm with you.  Syllabi sounds ever so > much more educated. > > ;-) I thought that syllabi were supposed to be sang, not prepared... Congratulations, Mark, on your new job. B

Re: PESO - Protesters

On Dec 16, 2009, at 5:49 PM, frank theriault wrote: > If true [...] It's on the internet, it must be true. Dave -- 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 direct

Photographer arrested at mall

Ouch... http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200912090794 -- 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.

double-sided inkjet media recommendations?

Hi All, Can anybody recommend some good double-sided media that comes in a 16" or 17" roll, for use with my Epson 4880? I normally love Epson's PLPP260 and I'm not a fan of matte papers normally, so any luster/semi media recommendations would be particularly welcome, but I'm not sure any exist, s

Re: PESO - Protesters

frank theriault wrote: On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:43 PM, William Robb wrote: Link: http://www.petakillsanimals.com/index.cfm I did not know that. If true, that would make PETA hypocritical scumbags, wouldn't it? Thanks for the info, Bill. I really appreciate it. cheers, frank

Re: OT: Know when to get out of the way... (cool pictures)

frank theriault wrote: On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: ...although he ended up with some great shots, he could also just as easily ended up dead. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1234929/Cheating-death-The-moment-British-photographer-narrowly-escapes-crushed-

Re: GESO - Dancing

Rick Womer wrote: My daughter has developed an interest in competitive ballroom dancing. This is interesting: my complete klutziness is clearly a recessive trait. Speaking of genetics, judging by your daughter your wife must be stunningly beautiful. The studio she and her dance partner

Re: GESO - Dancing

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > My daughter has developed an interest in competitive ballroom dancing.  This > is interesting: my complete klutziness is clearly a recessive trait. > > The studio she and her dance partner have been using put on a show Sunday.   > Shooting dan

GESO - Dancing

My daughter has developed an interest in competitive ballroom dancing. This is interesting: my complete klutziness is clearly a recessive trait. The studio she and her dance partner have been using put on a show Sunday. Shooting dancing is hard! The light isn't too good, motion is fast and

Re: PESO - Protesters

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:57 PM, William Robb wrote: > I like to believe it's true because I happen to like eating a nice steak, > and sharing the fatty bits with my pet dog, and anyone who gets in the way > of that is the enemy. Whether PETA are a bunch of hypocritical scumbags has nothing to

Re: PESO - Protesters

- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: PESO - Protesters Link: http://www.petakillsanimals.com/index.cfm I did not know that. If true, that would make PETA hypocritical scumbags, wouldn't it? I think it would, but this is not to imply that I (or you) are call

Re: PESO - a couple of "our" favorite birdies

Very well seen & captured. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "ann sanfedele" Subject: Re: PESO - a couple of "our" favorite birdies Dont know why - but my tiny url picked up that whole gallery suddenly... hmmm.. maybe because I moved pics arou

Re: From: John Francis

If you're adjusting the finder lens (diopter), don't use an image through the lens on the camera. Use instead the lines on the focusing screen. There may be a considerable difference. Modern focusing screens transmit more light directly than the ground-glass screens of yore, for the sake of a

Re: OT: Know when to get out of the way... (cool pictures)

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > ...although he ended up with some great shots, he could also just as easily > ended up dead. > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1234929/Cheating-death-The-moment-British-photographer-narrowly-escapes-crushed-runaway-drag-race-car

Re: PESO - Protesters

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:43 PM, William Robb wrote: > Link: > http://www.petakillsanimals.com/index.cfm I did not know that. If true, that would make PETA hypocritical scumbags, wouldn't it? Thanks for the info, Bill. I really appreciate it. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois c

Re: GESO 2009 - 199-206 - GDG

frank theriault wrote: On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I capture what I try to see, sometimes it captures me. Slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157623009332080/show/ Set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157623009332080/ comments

Re: PESO - Protesters

- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: PESO - Protesters What species are PETA advocating the extinction of? I looked at their website and didn't see anything about that. Link: http://www.petakillsanimals.com/index.cfm William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Ma

Re: PESO - Protesters

- Original Message - From: "frank theriault" Subject: Re: PESO - Protesters On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:56 PM, William Robb wrote: Consider that they are, as a group, both advocating treating animals "ethically" (whatever that means), but at the same time are advocating the exti

Re: GESO 2009 - 199-206 - GDG

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I capture what I try to see, > sometimes it captures me. > > Slideshow: >  http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157623009332080/show/ > > Set: >  http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157623009332080/ > > comments and critiq

Re: PESO - a couple of "our" favorite birdies

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > I absolutely agree with Paul.. VERY nice work! I agree with Jack and Paul. That's one beautiful calendar! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://p

Re: PESO: Grossmünster-2

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Subash wrote: > On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:17:55 -0800 (PST) > Jack Davis wrote: > >> While clean and simple, it feels sort of empty. I'd crop the sky >> quite a bit and the water some. Should allow the elements to present >> themselves a little more effectively. Love

Re: Back on faculty

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > OK, after moving to Boston and spending several months looking for a > job... I finally got one. I'll be teaching at Laselle College in > Newton (6 miles from where we now live) starting next semester. > > When we first moved here, everyone sa

Re: PESO: self-propelled

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:22 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > DA* 16-50/2.8, k7D, f4, 1/15th, ISO 800, 50mm. A bit of motion blur here, but > I like the pic: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10356032 Reminds me of Beany of the Beany and Cecil Show. Anyone here remember that? When I was li

PESO - Precious Cargo

PETT (People for the Ethical Treatment of Trees) are going to be all over my ass for this one, but I like it anyway. You know, for its artistic value, not for it's glorification of tree murderers: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/12/precious-cargo.html ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness i

Re: PESO - Protesters

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:56 PM, William Robb wrote: > > Consider that they are, as a group, both advocating treating animals > "ethically" (whatever that means), but at the same time are advocating the > extinction of many, many species of animals. > This is not the most stable of temperments.

Re: PESO - a couple of "our" favorite birdies

I absolutely agree with Paul.. VERY nice work! Jack --- On Tue, 12/15/09, paul stenquist wrote: > From: paul stenquist > Subject: Re: PESO - a couple of "our" favorite birdies > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 4:47 PM > Excellent shot. > Paul > On Dec 15, 2

Re: PESO - Protesters

- Original Message - From: "Doug Franklin" Subject: Re: PESO - Protesters I've found many of the PETA people to be among the wackiest I've ever met, in /any/ environment, for or against /any/ cause. Consider that they are, as a group, both advocating treating animals "ethically"

Re: Back on faculty

Mark Roberts wrote: OK, after moving to Boston and spending several months looking for a job... I finally got one. I'll be teaching at Laselle College in Newton (6 miles from where we now live) starting next semester. When we first moved here, everyone said that there are so many colleges in Bos

Re: PESO - Protesters

On 2009-12-15 19:08, Mark Roberts wrote: Doug Franklin wrote: You won't last long in any community of fanatics doing crazy stuff like trying to apply common sense and reasoning to the matter closest to their hearts. :-) Are you talking about vegans or photographers? ;-) Either. Both. Amon

Re: PESO - Protesters

On Dec 15, 2009, at 10:27 PM, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: PESO - > Protesters > > >> >> There's a place in the world for all of God's creatures, right next to the >> mashed potatoes. > > Except cat. > Correct. The cat goes next to

Re: PESO - Protesters

- Original Message - From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: PESO - Protesters There's a place in the world for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes. Except cat. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pd

PESO: self-propelled

DA* 16-50/2.8, k7D, f4, 1/15th, ISO 800, 50mm. A bit of motion blur here, but I like the pic: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10356032 -- 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

Re: PESO - a couple of "our" favorite birdies

Dont know why - but my tiny url picked up that whole gallery suddenly... hmmm.. maybe because I moved pics around... here is the one to Just the Cormies and Herons http://tinyurl.com/ydggz99 (i hope) well here is the long link

Re: Back on faculty

Good start Mark. You have some unique talents and they should lead to some unique opportunities. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > OK, after moving to Boston and spending several months looking for a > job... I finally got one. I'll be teaching at Laselle Co

Re: PESO - Protesters

P N Stenquist wrote: On Dec 15, 2009, at 9:53 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Christian" Subject: Re: PESO - Protesters frank theriault wrote: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/12/protesters.html love the leather shoes :-) (duck, cover, flame-ret

Re: Film Réalité

What? No Zipper? Walter Hamler wrote: Paul, here's one just for you! The surgeon will be happy :-) Walt http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Other/ByPass/10656889_xitJf#741624618_VGWZd-L-LB -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSC

Re: Back on faculty

Congratulations! Sounds like fun. Paul On Dec 15, 2009, at 8:51 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > OK, after moving to Boston and spending several months looking for a > job... I finally got one. I'll be teaching at Laselle College in > Newton (6 miles from where we now live) starting next semester. > > W

Back on faculty

OK, after moving to Boston and spending several months looking for a job... I finally got one. I'll be teaching at Laselle College in Newton (6 miles from where we now live) starting next semester. When we first moved here, everyone said that there are so many colleges in Boston that I'd have an e

Re: Grossmünster-2

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:08:14 -0500 "Ken Waller" wrote: > Much improved. Ken, Paul and Dave, thanks for looking. appreciate it.. regards, subash -- 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 dire

Re: PESO: Grossmünster-2

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:03:41 -0800 Larry Colen wrote: > > On Dec 15, 2009, at 6:47 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > I do like this better. My crop suggestion was vague, but I was > > thinking of considerably less crop to the bottom. Doing so would > > allow more wake to show and restore it to a

Re: PESO - Protesters

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Are you talking about vegans or photographers? I figured he was talking about vegan photographers... ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:

GESO 2009 - 199-206 - GDG

I capture what I try to see, sometimes it captures me. Slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157623009332080/show/ Set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157623009332080/ comments and critique always appreciated. thanks for looking! Godfrey -- a photo blog: ht

Re: PESO - a couple of "our" favorite birdies

Excellent shot. Paul On Dec 15, 2009, at 6:59 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > If ya have to ask, ya don't know... > > http://tinyurl.com/yctvg4l > > > ye olde photo taken with 400mm pentax lens on my trusty LX back in .. 1984 > > Think I have the nature calendar set... > commerants ...mmm I mean

Re: PESO - a couple of "our" favorite birdies

ann sanfedele wrote: >If ya have to ask, ya don't know... > >http://tinyurl.com/yctvg4l > > >ye olde photo taken with 400mm pentax lens on my trusty LX back in .. 1984 > >Think I have the nature calendar set... > >commerants ...mmm I mean... comments, welcome Cormorant WIN! -- PDML Pentax-Di

Re: PESO - Protesters

Doug Franklin wrote: >On 2009-12-15 18:23, frank theriault wrote: > >> I think that's responsible [...] > >You won't last long in any community of fanatics doing crazy stuff like >trying to apply common sense and reasoning to the matter closest to >their hearts. :-) Are you talking about vegans

Re: Testing the sigma 20/1.8 a few galleries of test snapshots

On Dec 15, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: On 12/15/09 4:29 PM, Carlos R wrote: you must be sure you disengage AF by using both the camera AF/MF switch and also by pushing the focusing ring on the lens towards the camera body, as, unfortunately, these Sigma lenses can't deactivate th

Re: Testing the sigma 20/1.8 a few galleries of test snapshots

On 12/15/09 4:29 PM, Carlos R wrote: you must be sure you disengage AF by using both the camera AF/MF switch and also by pushing the focusing ring on the lens towards the camera body, as, unfortunately, these Sigma lenses can't deactivate the AF motor in the camera body only by using the lens cl

PESO - a couple of "our" favorite birdies

If ya have to ask, ya don't know... http://tinyurl.com/yctvg4l ye olde photo taken with 400mm pentax lens on my trusty LX back in .. 1984 Think I have the nature calendar set... commerants ...mmm I mean... comments, welcome ann http://annsan.smugmug.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Lis

Santa Cruz photo outing Sunday 27 December

A friend is visiting between boxing day and new years eve. She wants to do some group photo outings. The first one planned will be Sunday 27 December, we'll meet at my house and head out from there. I'm not sure of all of the details, like what time we'll start or where, specifically we'll

Re: OT: TechnoJeep

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: > >From the same source as the balancing cat. Specially for Sandra... > > http://www.wimp.com/technojeep/ I think we just located Paul's stolen Jeep. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.com/fivet

Re: PESO - Protesters

On 2009-12-15 18:23, frank theriault wrote: I think that's responsible [...] You won't last long in any community of fanatics doing crazy stuff like trying to apply common sense and reasoning to the matter closest to their hearts. :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO - Protesters

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:23 PM, frank theriault wrote: > > My attitude is that having already bought leather products, it would > be wasteful to dispose of them before they're worn out, to buy > replacement items derived from non-animal sources.  As my leather > items wear out, their replacements

Re: PESO - Protesters

On 2009-12-15 11:44, John Sessoms wrote: PETA is the biggest bunch of hypocritical wankers the world has seen. They're not the BIGGEST. In the US, it'd have to be the government that gets credit as the "biggest bunch of hypocritical wankers the world has seen". At least until the next el

Re: PESO - awwwwww

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > Cute and clever! Agreed! What's a KKL? 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 the PDML

RE: Know when to get out of the way... (cool pictures)

Very cool photog! Way back in the 1960's, then Daily Express photographer and 'Amateur Photographer' columnist Vic Blackman was in the same situation at a Mini rally, but did actually get hit by an out-of-control car which came at him from behind. Fortunately he was not seriously hurt and lived t

Re: Film Réalité

2009/12/15 Walter Hamler : > Paul, here's one just for you!  The surgeon will be happy :-) > > Walt > > http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Other/ByPass/10656889_xitJf#741624618_VGWZd-L-LB With an Oly, Walt? Tsk, tsk... (yes, I know, hypocritical coming from Leica-boy) ;-) Seriously, that's one majo

Re: PESO - Protesters

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 1:29 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Is that bacon i see in that box.:-) > > Nice shot Frank, did they pose for you. I asked them if I could take their pic and they agreed. I don't know if they "posed"; the way they're standing in the pic is the way they were standing when I

Re: PESO - Protesters

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Christian wrote: > frank theriault wrote: > >> >> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/12/protesters.html >> > > love the leather shoes :-) (duck, cover, flame-retardant suit: ON!) Maybe they're "pleather"? Seriously, when I went vegan, a vegan acquaintanc

Re: OT - Human Cat Perch

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:14 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Cats are evil. Yes, yes they are, We have 3;-) dave > > Cotty wrote: >> >> LOL >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Cheers, >>  Cotty >> >> >> ___/\__ >> ||   (O)  |     People, Places, Pastiche >> --      http://w

Re: OT - Human Cat Perch

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 2:10 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:55 +, "Cotty" wrote: >> LOL >> >> >> > > > > Don't all cats do that? One out of three in our house do something like that. Lucy, the three year old, pretty much lives on my shoulde

Re: Film Réalité

On Dec 15, 2009, at 5:44 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Were you Reverend Jim on Taxi.?? Probably. Can't recall. Paul Dave On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:15 PM, P N Stenquist > wrote: Reality is frightening: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10349812 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdm

Re: PESO: Grossmünster-2

I think i prefer the orientation of the first shot, with a bit less sky, as previously mentioned. Love the rich blues i see Dave On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Subash wrote: > On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:17:55 -0800 (PST) > Jack Davis wrote: > >> While clean and simple, it feels sort of empty. I'd

Re: Film Réalité

Were you Reverend Jim on Taxi.?? Dave On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:15 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: > Reality is frightening: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10349812 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from t

Re: Testing the sigma 20/1.8 a few galleries of test snapshots

Larry Colen escribió: Because the manual focus on it feels horrible. It's "lumpy" getting stiff with every rotation of the auto focus drive screw, then loose on the other half. This also sort of makes it tough to focus accurately if the focus point is where it doesn't want to turn. If th

Re: Grossmünster-2

What Ken said. Huge improvement. Paul On Dec 15, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Much improved. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Subash" Subject: PESO: Grossmünster-2 On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:17:55 -0800 (PST) Jack Davis wrote: While cl

Re: Grossmünster-2

Much improved. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Subash" Subject: PESO: Grossmünster-2 On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:17:55 -0800 (PST) Jack Davis wrote: While clean and simple, it feels sort of empty. I'd crop the sky quite a bit and the water so

Re: PESO: Grossmünster

Looks like nice subject matter but. Too dark, too much water, too much blank sky for my taste. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Bob W" Subject: RE: PESO: Grossmünster hi, a Peso from the visit to zurich last month. a view from the limm

OT: TechnoJeep

>From the same source as the balancing cat. Specially for Sandra... http://www.wimp.com/technojeep/ Chris -- 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: Film Réalité

Much appreciated, Bob! :-) I am down 32 lbs now. Other than the bladder issue I do feel great however. I can honestly say that the heart surgery was an absolute success and not as big a deal as I expected. The technology is greatly improved, no question! Walt 2009/12/15 Bob Sullivan : > Walt, >

Re: From: John Francis

On Dec 15, 2009, at 1:11 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:19:24AM -0500, John Sessoms wrote: May not have anything to do with it, but are you sure the diopter is set > correctly? >> >>> >>> That's not how the diopter correction works. >>> >>> There's nothing you

Re: Film Réalité

Thanks, Paul. Actually, you and I probably have a lot in common, interest wise. I love cars, especially the 50's to 70's. I even raced some NHRA stock classes back in the early to mid 60's. Not much to talk about but did have fun! My dad grew up in MI after WWI before moving on to Chicago. He liked

Re: From: John Francis

On 12/15/2009 8:11 PM, John Francis wrote: Well, in the world where the laws of physics and optics apply, that is nothing to do with the diopter. If there is a sharp image on the focussing screen, but not at the same point as on the film/sensor plane, that's caused by a problem with the placemen

Re: PESO - Protesters

Is that bacon i see in that box.:-) Nice shot Frank, did they pose for you. Dave On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 9:00 PM, frank theriault wrote: > The Hudson's Bay Company is Canada's oldest company, having started as > a fur trading company in the late 17th Century.  Today it's a chain of > stores.  I

Re: Guy and Jack's excellent S2 adventure

Jack and Guy both took my new writing classes. Dave On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:52 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > The link below will take you to a review of the Leica S2 that attempts to > compare it to the Phase One P40 MF camera. it's from Guy Mancuso and Jack > Flesher. They're excellent photog

Re: PESO - Protesters

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:53 AM, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Christian" > Subject: Re: PESO - Protesters > > >> frank theriault wrote: >> >>> >>> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/12/protesters.html >>> >> >> love the leather shoes :-) (duck, cover, flame

Re: From: John Francis

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:19:24AM -0500, John Sessoms wrote: >>> May not have anything to do with it, but are you sure the diopter is >>> set > correctly? > >> >> That's not how the diopter correction works. >> >> There's nothing you can do with the adjustment to make an out-of-focus >> image on

OT: Know when to get out of the way... (cool pictures)

...although he ended up with some great shots, he could also just as easily ended up dead. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1234929/Cheating-death-The-moment-British-photographer-narrowly-escapes-crushed-runaway-drag-race-car.html -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneap

OT a very cool collection of vintage race photos

This came from another mailing list for "wheel to wheel racing". Begin forwarded message: Jim Bauder obtain permission from Al Clemens for me to create a Gallery on the DCTRA site for an incredible archive of over 1,200 Vintage Racing, AutoX and Field event photos from the early through

RE: Golden archaeology

> > Greenwich is a palimpsest. You only have to scratch the surface a > > little to reveal forgotten histories and to prove that > there really is > > nothing new under the sun. A Vietnamese restaurant which > has been here > > since before my time recently closed. Building work has revealed a

Re: Golden archaeology

On Dec 15, 2009, at 7:49 AM, Bob W wrote: Greenwich is a palimpsest. You only have to scratch the surface a little to reveal forgotten histories and to prove that there really is nothing new under the sun. A Vietnamese restaurant which has been here since before my time recently closed. Bu

Re: PESO: Grossmünster-2

On Dec 15, 2009, at 6:47 AM, Jack Davis wrote: I do like this better. My crop suggestion was vague, but I was thinking of considerably less crop to the bottom. Doing so would allow more wake to show and restore it to a vertical frame. Also, while I'm sure it would be of no consequence to m

Re: Testing the sigma 20/1.8 a few galleries of test snapshots

On Dec 15, 2009, at 5:19 AM, Miserere wrote: Larry, I see nothing wrong with your test pics. Why is it exactly that you want to return the lens or send it to Sigma? Because the manual focus on it feels horrible. It's "lumpy" getting stiff with every rotation of the auto focus drive screw,

Re: Guy and Jack's excellent S2 adventure

Wonder what they used for the side by side comparison shots? Bokeh was kinda harsh. ... and get rid of those pink shoes. -- 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 t

Re: PESO - GFM sunset

Thanks Brian! (and Bill, Christine, Frank, Paul, and Dave who was there :-) ) for your input. I rejected it in the first cut back in 2005 in favor of one I now consider too pedestrian, less interesting to my eye than this one. best, ann Brian Walters wrote: Really nice, Ann Has a subt

Re: PESO - Protesters

From: "William Robb" From: "Christian" > frank theriault wrote: > >> >> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/12/protesters.html >> > > love the leather shoes :-) (duck, cover, flame-retardant suit: ON!) Yes well, activism is only romantic until your personal comfort is compromise

Re: Film R?alit?

I know..and at that time my hair was no better.. Jack --- On Tue, 12/15/09, John Sessoms wrote: > From: John Sessoms > Subject: Re: Film R?alit? > To: pdml@pdml.net > Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 8:21 AM > From: Jack Davis > > You look a little like you frightened yourself. Don't > worry

Re: Golden archaeology

Ei, ei..o. J --- On Tue, 12/15/09, Mark Roberts wrote: > From: Mark Roberts > Subject: Re: Golden archaeology > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 8:01 AM > P N Stenquist wrote: > > >On Dec 15, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Bob W wrote: > > > >> Greenwich is a palimp

Subject: Re: Film R?alit?

From: "Brian Walters" On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:12 -0500, "paul stenquist" wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2009, at 7:58 PM, William Robb wrote: > > > > > - Original Message - From: "P N Stenquist" > > Subject: Film R?alit? > > > > > >> Reality is frightening: > >> http://photo.net/photodb/pho

Re: Film R?alit?

From: Jack Davis You look a little like you frightened yourself. Don't worry about it, I often have hair like that first thing on the AM. ;) Jack Date/Time stamp of the message is from the PM. ;-D --- On Mon, 12/14/09, P N Stenquist wrote: > From: P N Stenquist > Subject: Film R?al

From: John Francis

May not have anything to do with it, but are you sure the diopter is set > correctly? That's not how the diopter correction works. There's nothing you can do with the adjustment to make an out-of-focus image on the focussing screen appear sharp. My understanding of how he described the pr

Re: PESO - Protesters

Amen! On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:53 AM, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Christian" > Subject: Re: PESO - Protesters > > >> frank theriault wrote: >> >>> >>> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/12/protesters.html >>> >> >> love the leather shoes :-) (duck, cover,

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