Re: PESO: Poppy Rocks

2010-03-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
I do like the pattern. I like to shoot poppies. One thing I've noticed is they are highly reflective and it is easy to blow them out. You have done a good job here with exposure. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, March 27, 2010, 8:05:46 AM, you wrote: JD Elected to post this due to the arc

Re: PESO: Lupin Meadow

2010-03-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
M...makes me want to be there - very pleasant. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, March 27, 2010, 9:35:07 AM, you wrote: JD Across the road from Spring Cabin. JD Again, comments welcome! JD Jack JD D10(back-up), DA55~300, hand held. JD

Re: PESO: Corporate Threesome, corrected URL

2010-03-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
Nicely lit and wonderfully crisp - except the back girl. Overall quite striking. The back girl is the weakest link. She is just soft enough for me to notice. Probably because the front two are so sharp. Nice work, as usual! -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, March 27, 2010, 11:34:50 AM, you

Re: PESO Willow flowers

2010-03-28 Thread Bruce Dayton
Well, I find the first one a little more striking with the background contrast. Nicely done. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, March 27, 2010, 3:18:38 PM, you wrote: T Spring arrived last week and the willows started flowering. T

Re: PESO A400 Sparrow

2010-03-28 Thread Toine
Rick, I checked some other old glass and my conclusion is the same as yours. Thanks. Toine On 28 March 2010 03:29, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Toine, A little late, but... On my (P)Z-1(p) cameras, it was normal for the aperture set on the camera and the aperture set on the (A and

OT: The results are in

2010-03-28 Thread Bob W
And it's a good year for the non-Euclidean needlework lobby: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8589455.stm -- 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

SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Any recommendations for an SD memory card for a K7, largest capacity at best price? Thanks, Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Bob W
Any recommendations for an SD memory card for a K7, largest capacity at best price? I don't know about largest capacity at best price - I wonder if those are the best criteria for a memory card. I use Sandisk Extreme III cards, the largest available for whatever camera I'm using. The lowest

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Richard D Bush
I just bought SDHD memory cards made by ADATA in the 16GB capacity. These cards are rated as being a class 10 card. So far, they seem to be doing a good job and they weren't too expensive. I think I paid slightly more than $28 per card and I bought three. There was also an $8 + S/H charge.

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Richard D Bush
I was way off on the price. I paid $39.99 per 16GB card and S/H was $8.32. The total price was $128.28. I bought them from: ord...@mydigitaldiscount.com I'm not sure if this was the best possible price out there, but it seemed reasonable to me. Hope this helps. RB On Mar 28, 2010, at

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bob W wrote: I don't know about largest capacity at best price - I wonder if those are the best criteria for a memory card. I use Sandisk Extreme III cards, the largest available for whatever camera I'm using. The lowest prices appear to be from Amazon and 7dayshop.com, both of which

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Richard D Bush wrote: I just bought SDHD memory cards made by ADATA in the 16GB capacity. These cards are rated as being a class 10 card. So far, they seem to be doing a good job and they weren't too expensive. I think I paid slightly more than $28 per card and I bought three. There was also

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Richard D Bush wrote: I was way off on the price. I paid $39.99 per 16GB card and S/H was $8.32. The total price was $128.28. I bought them from: ord...@mydigitaldiscount.com I'm not sure if this was the best possible price out there, but it seemed reasonable to me. Hope this helps.

Re: PESO: Spring Cabin (final version?)

2010-03-28 Thread Jack Davis
Appreciate your input and positive comments. Jack --- On Sat, 3/27/10, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com Subject: Re: PESO: Spring Cabin (final version?) To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 8:14 PM

Re: PESO: Poppy Rocks

2010-03-28 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Bruce! I usually to spot meter on a blossom, but in this case I just poked the camera through a barbwire fence and took a few blind shots straight down. Always shoot in RAW, also. Jack --- On Sat, 3/27/10, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: From: Bruce Dayton

Re: PESO: Lupin Meadow

2010-03-28 Thread Jack Davis
Wouldn't be too much of a trip for you, Bruce. It's just above Oroville off HWY 70. I don't know the name of the road, however, so giving directions, problematic. I'll certainly try if you would like or I'll take you to it. Let me know. It's about 40 miles from Yuba City..I think. Jack --- On

Re: PESO - YAS

2010-03-28 Thread Jack Davis
This is, also, a beautiful catch! Sharp lens. Jack --- On Sat, 3/27/10, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com Subject: PESO - YAS To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 10:54 PM Yet Another Seagull. 

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread eckinator
2010/3/28 Malcolm Smith malcolmsmi...@btinternet.com: The question I also should have asked is has the K7 a limit to the size of card it will support? the SDHC standard has a ceiling of 32 or 64 GB. afaik K-7 fully supports SDHC Pentax recommends SanDisk Extreme III (it is in the manual and

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
eckinator wrote: the SDHC standard has a ceiling of 32 or 64 GB. afaik K-7 fully supports SDHC Pentax recommends SanDisk Extreme III (it is in the manual and also on their web page) and my experience with SanDisk since 2003 is only positive so far. I buy my cards at amazon and best value

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread eckinator
2010/3/28 Malcolm Smith malcolmsmi...@btinternet.com: The question I also should have asked is has the K7 a limit to the size of card it will support? the SDHC standard has a ceiling of 32 or 64 GB it is 32, I just checked ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-28 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Parsons Subject: Re: question for the brits American to English translation That has been my experience in NYC, very nice people and willing to give directions if you ask, even the Subway attendants. If you want to visit a rude city, apparently

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread eckinator
oh one more thing, a piece of advice from personal experience, card reader chipsets make a tremendous difference, too - I just picked up a digisol unit (you may not get that make in the US, they are assembeld in Germany so it is kinda endemic) and it has a UT335 chipset which is just awesome; I

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread eckinator
oh and there is also the UT330 sorry about all the little bits of info 2010/3/28 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: oh one more thing, a piece of advice from personal experience, card reader chipsets make a tremendous difference, too - I just picked up a digisol unit (you may not get that make in

March PUG is up

2010-03-28 Thread Scott Loveless
PUG's up. http://pug.komkon.org/ We could use a few more for April. http://pdmlpug.org/?page_id=48 -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: March PUG is up

2010-03-28 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks again for doing this Scott. Just had a quick look, and i love every one. Scott's photo is a hoot. Dave On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: PUG's up.  http://pug.komkon.org/ We could use a few more for April.  http://pdmlpug.org/?page_id=48 --

Re: PESO - YAS

2010-03-28 Thread David J Brooks
Great shot. Nice and crisp. Thats a sharp lens. Dave On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: Yet Another Seagull.  Same little outing as last posting. Pentax K-x, Sigma 100-300/4 EX, AF-C ISO 400, 1/2500 sec @ f/5.6, Handheld

Re: March PUG is up

2010-03-28 Thread P N Stenquist
Nice gallery. My favorites are Mark's Forbes Avenue Fantasy, Scott's Crutch, and Rick's Long Wait? Many other excellent pics here. Paul On Mar 28, 2010, at 9:21 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: PUG's up. http://pug.komkon.org/ We could use a few more for April. http://pdmlpug.org/?page_id=48

Re: PESO: Lupin Meadow

2010-03-28 Thread David J Brooks
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore Very nice, i like the tree placement. BTW this shot loaded quite fast today. Dave On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Across the road from Spring Cabin. Again, comments welcome! Jack D10(back-up), DA55~300, hand

Re: PESO: Poppy Rocks

2010-03-28 Thread David J Brooks
Seems you did a pretty good job anyway.;-) I like the shot, pleasant enough back ground and the flowers are nice and clear. Dave On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Elected to post this due to the arc line-up of the these few poppies. This is the only descent

Re: PESO: Spring Cabin (final version?)

2010-03-28 Thread David J Brooks
Agree with Paul here. Good shot Dave On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:56 AM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I like it. I think that's about as good as it's going to get without reshooting. The only other possibility might be a crop that takes some off the top and bottom. However,

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread P N Stenquist
Sandisk Extreme III have proven the most reliable in my heavy use. I have several in 8 gig size. The only Sandisk card failure I experienced was due to physical damage. I've tried Transcend cards as well. They're top of the line card isn't as fast as the Extreme III, and I bought one that

Re: PESO Willow flowers

2010-03-28 Thread David J Brooks
I like the first one. Much nicer back ground and arrangement Dave On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: Spring arrived last week and the willows started flowering. http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/123-wilgekatjes K20D, FA*200/2.8. The second one has a

Re: PESO: Corporate Threesome, corrected URL

2010-03-28 Thread David J Brooks
I think thats a very good photo of them. Well lit and the DOF is good. Dave On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 2:34 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10852379size=lg I rarely post photos from jobs, but I kind of like the way this one worked out.

Re: PESO - To Fly

2010-03-28 Thread David J Brooks
Caught a great moment there Bruce. Dave On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: I spent a bit of time this morning in the city of Benicia, which is right on the waterfront of the SF Bay/Delta.  I was waiting on my son's trumpet lesson, so decided to see

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
eckinator wrote: oh and there is also the UT330 sorry about all the little bits of info All useful, thanks again. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Hi Paul, Sandisk Extreme III have proven the most reliable in my heavy use. I have several in 8 gig size. The only Sandisk card failure I experienced was due to physical damage. I've tried Transcend cards as well. They're top of the line card isn't as fast as the Extreme III, and I bought

Re: Help with crushed SD card

2010-03-28 Thread mike wilson
eckinator wrote: your wallet holds the answer Mark. -- 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.

Enablement on its way.

2010-03-28 Thread David J Brooks
Even though my wedding subjects said not to go through any extra expense and trouble of buying light equipment,. i went ahead anyway.:-) Ordered, from Link-delight dot com the radio triggers that are good for both flash systems i have, and two umbrella adaptor's to fit over a light stand. They

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread eckinator
2010/3/28 Malcolm Smith malcolmsmi...@btinternet.com: All useful, thanks again. good. in that case, I'll go on: 3rd in the list is the GL826 - measurebators rate it higher for SDHC and lower for CF but digisol uses it in less products so there may be a reason... I played safe and got the UT335

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread eckinator
2010/3/28 Malcolm Smith malcolmsmi...@btinternet.com: Then that's it. The consensus is the Sandisk and I will order a couple later tonight. just make sure you buy them from a reputable source rather than the cheapest - according to sandisk germany (i asked) approx 90% of sandisk cards sold on

Camera Solutions (UK)

2010-03-28 Thread mike wilson
http://www.camerasolutions.co.uk/ Not only the guff on the page but also extremely competitive deals that make it difficult to pass by. Highly recommended. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: PESO: Lupin Meadow

2010-03-28 Thread Jack Davis
Good! Sorry about the tedium yesterday! Appreciated comments! Jack --- On Sun, 3/28/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Lupin Meadow To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 6:29 AM Dennis

Re: PESO: Poppy Rocks

2010-03-28 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks for being gentle with this one. ;) Jack --- On Sun, 3/28/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Poppy Rocks To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 6:30 AM Seems you did a pretty good

Re: Enablement on its way.

2010-03-28 Thread David Savage
On the subject of triggers, last week I took delivery of a set of Youngnuo RF-602 triggers receivers. Hands down the best eBay triggers I've used. Compared to the Cactus V2 V4's they have awesome range and as yet not 1 miss fire. Also they can be used as a remote release for the camera.

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ecke wrote: just make sure you buy them from a reputable source rather than the cheapest - according to sandisk germany (i asked) approx 90% of sandisk cards sold on ebay germany are fakes good luck ecke 7dayshop for this order I think. Used them before some time ago then completely forgot

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ecke wrote: good. in that case, I'll go on: 3rd in the list is the GL826 - measurebators rate it higher for SDHC and lower for CF but digisol uses it in less products so there may be a reason... I played safe and got the UT335 which is youngest of the trio and getting rave reviews and forum

Re: PESO: Spring Cabin (final version?)

2010-03-28 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Dave! The shooting situation was hellish. I won't go into it again here, but I'd like to back up a ways and compress the cabin and poppies. My guess is that they are 250 or 300 yds apart. To help my memory with the layout, I pulled up the area on Google Earth. As I guessed, it appears

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Boris Liberman
Malcolm, I buy SanDisk cards, the fastest variety and from the merchant that I am sure won't try to push me a fake. Since this is rather expensive, I usually buy not the largest capacity card, but one or two steps lower. Say, approximately a year ago I bought 8 GB Ultra III card for my K-7.

Re: Help with crushed SD card

2010-03-28 Thread Boris Liberman
Jaume, accidentally I removed the read-only lock slider from one of my cards. It is mere piece of material that occupies specific 3d location (for lack of better words). My cameras and reader had hard time working with this card. When I attached a little piece of scotch tape in place where

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread eckinator
2010/3/28 Malcolm Smith malcolmsmi...@btinternet.com: http://www.digisol- online.com/epages/61690334.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61690334/Categor ies/Products/CardReader/Multi-Cardreader These I will have to have a good look at; my card reader was 99 pence from Hong Kong. Not wonderful but

Re: Enablement on its way.

2010-03-28 Thread David J Brooks
Dave, i bought these. http://www.linkdelight.com/index.php/Studio-Lighting-Systems/Wireless-Hot-Shoe-Flash-Trigger-with-Umbrella-Holder-for-Canon-N/Detailed-product-flyer.html Works with SB800's and the AF360's. Reviews were good. Dave On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 9:57 AM, David Savage

Re: Chicago Exhibit and PDML Meetup

2010-03-28 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/26/2010 2:29 PM, Miserere wrote: So who's organising the nametags? There's no way I'm going if I have to learn all y'all's faces+names off by heart! :D --M. You will hear it in my accent when I talk... ;-) Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Just turned 100 !

2010-03-28 Thread Boris Liberman
Congratulations... On 3/18/2010 11:59 PM, Ken Waller wrote: No not my age, but the number of images accepted by the Pentax Gallery. That makes 5 in the collection and 95 in the rest of the gallery. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: March PUG is up

2010-03-28 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: Thanks again for doing this Scott. Just had a quick look, and i love every one. Scott's photo is a hoot. Indeed. Scott, you should send that shot over to http://thereifixedit.com/ I immediately gravitated to Dag Thrane's shot (I could have guessed it was one of his

Boris PESO #16

2010-03-28 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/03/peso-2010-16.html Please be brutal and honest as always. Thanks. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: Interesting device for those looking into external HD storage

2010-03-28 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/21/2010 6:32 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: http://news.cnet.com/2300-1041_3-10002863-7.html I might have to get one of these things. Mark, we have a number of such devices in our company. They work, but my impression (potentially wrong) that they are not extremely reliable. That of course,

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-03-28 8:53, eckinator wrote: The question I also should have asked is has the K7 a limit to the size of card it will support? the SDHC standard has a ceiling of 32 or 64 GB it is 32, I just checked It might do to check the rest of your gear, too, though. I just discovered that

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-03-28 8:05, Malcolm Smith wrote: Richard D Bush wrote: I was way off on the price. I paid $39.99 per 16GB card and S/H was $8.32. The total price was $128.28. I've used SanDisk, Panasonic, Patriot, and A-Data, among others. No troubles with any of them, yet. Got most of them long

RE: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-28 Thread Bob W
That has been my experience in NYC, very nice people and willing to give directions if you ask, even the Subway attendants. If you want to visit a rude city, apparently Toronto is a good pick. You should visit Phuc Hu sometime... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: March PUG is up

2010-03-28 Thread DagT
Den 28. mars 2010 kl. 16.42 skrev Mark Roberts: David J Brooks wrote: Thanks again for doing this Scott. Just had a quick look, and i love every one. Scott's photo is a hoot. Indeed. Scott, you should send that shot over to http://thereifixedit.com/ I immediately gravitated to

OT Today's Catharsis.

2010-03-28 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm not sure I agree with the title, and you might not like the soundtrack but you can always turn it down. Take six minutes and enjoy. I know I did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JePHZcGAd3Ifeature=player_embedded -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0

PAW12 - Spring

2010-03-28 Thread DagT
http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D; DA*50-135mm, 1/125s, f/11, ISO200, 135mm. DagT http://www.thrane.name -- 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: Help with crushed SD card

2010-03-28 Thread P. J. Alling
That's the solution I used with the *ist-Ds the K20d however has tighter tolerances and won;t accept a card with tape on it. Also the tape is eventually unable to hold out to the pressure from the sensor and needs to be replaced. I wouldn't trust it in a critical situation. I never know

DONE! Done, done, done, done, done! :-)

2010-03-28 Thread Mark Roberts
I've finished all the printing for the Chicago PDML exhibit! All of it. 28 12x18-inch prints, 5 12x15, 3 12x16, 2 10x15 and one each of 9x12, 12x12 and 12x17. Did I mention I've finished all of it? Miserere and I met yesterday at Bromfield Camera, a small, old-fashioned camera shop in downtown

Re: Boris PESO #16

2010-03-28 Thread P. J. Alling
Clever. On 3/28/2010 10:08 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/03/peso-2010-16.html Please be brutal and honest as always. Thanks. Boris -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Courier New;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Hi Boris, I buy SanDisk cards, the fastest variety and from the merchant that I am sure won't try to push me a fake. Since this is rather expensive, I usually buy not the largest capacity card, but one or two steps lower. Say, approximately a year ago I bought 8 GB Ultra III card for my K-7.

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Ecke wrote: OK in this case I will translate what I found in the meantime (the chips are gneeric btw as I dunno where digisol ships and at what cost) UT330 - they call it the vw beetle twin turbo - very fast incl CF UDMA, no known compatibility issues UT335 - same as UT330 but with external

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Doug Franklin wrote: It might do to check the rest of your gear, too, though. I just discovered that all my gear is compatible with 8GB SDHC cards, except my stupid card reader. :-( I can say with some certainty that nearly everything else I own will be hopelessly out of date. Upgrades

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/28/2010 7:03 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote: Bob W wrote: I don't know about largest capacity at best price - I wonder if those are the best criteria for a memory card. I use Sandisk Extreme III cards, the largest available for whatever camera I'm using. The lowest prices appear to be

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/28/2010 8:44 AM, eckinator wrote: 2010/3/28 Malcolm Smithmalcolmsmi...@btinternet.com: All useful, thanks again. good. in that case, I'll go on: 3rd in the list is the GL826 - measurebators rate it higher for SDHC and lower for CF but digisol uses it in less products so there

RE: OT Today's Catharsis.

2010-03-28 Thread Bob W
I'm not sure I agree with the title, and you might not like the soundtrack but you can always turn it down. Take six minutes and enjoy. I know I did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JePHZcGAd3Ifeature=player_embedded The word catharsis is derived from the Greek for vomiting, so

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread eckinator
2010/3/28 Malcolm Smith malcolmsmi...@btinternet.com: I can see my 99 pence budget for the last card reader won't cut it. This will all have to be looked at in more detail with the predictable sharp intake of breath. naah, they start at EUR 3.99 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/28/2010 9:20 AM, eckinator wrote: 2010/3/28 Malcolm Smithmalcolmsmi...@btinternet.com: http://www.digisol- online.com/epages/61690334.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61690334/Categor ies/Products/CardReader/Multi-Cardreader These I will have to have a good look at; my card reader

RE: March PUG is up

2010-03-28 Thread Bob W
PUG's up. http://pug.komkon.org/ We could use a few more for April. http://pdmlpug.org/?page_id=48 Some great stuff there. In the spirit of always grabbing the low-hanging fruit, may I just say that I particularly like Scott's crutch? Dave Brooks's gorilla is also one of my faves. He

Re: Help with crushed SD card

2010-03-28 Thread Boris Liberman
I agree with you, Peter. But in order to recover the files on the card, this could be sufficient. On 3/28/2010 7:38 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: That's the solution I used with the *ist-Ds the K20d however has tighter tolerances and won;t accept a card with tape on it. Also the tape is eventually

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/28/2010 10:42 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote: Ecke wrote: OK in this case I will translate what I found in the meantime (the chips are gneeric btw as I dunno where digisol ships and at what cost) UT330 - they call it the vw beetle twin turbo - very fast incl CF UDMA, no known compatibility

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/28/2010 6:42 PM, Malcolm Smith wrote: Hi Boris, Expensive is NOT a word I like to see in e-mails Boris, as it frightens the life out of me. I will buy a couple a bit later and try my best not to look at the total amount. Malcolm Malcolm, I had no intention to frighten you. However let

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Malcolm - There's a pretty good discussion of transfer (read/write) speed and class of SD cards here: http://shutterbug.com/equipmentreviews/accessories/0210memory/ I don't know what the read/write/class parameters are for the K7 but they should be in the manual and this should help you

PESO: Lunch!

2010-03-28 Thread P N Stenquist
After playing in the park, Grace and I usually stop at a coffee shop for hot chocolate or a smoothy. Yesterday, she got a good workout and was really hungry. So as we were walking to the coffee shop she said Papa, I want pizza! So pizza it was. K7, DA* 60-250/4, f4, 1/250th, a bit of flash

Re: PESO: Lunch!

2010-03-28 Thread Jack Davis
Good Papa! Grace is sure a safe subject. ;) Delightful shot. Paul, what's your opinion of the 60~250 IQ at 250mm? Jack --- On Sun, 3/28/10, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO: Lunch! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
naah, they start at EUR 3.99 From my 0.99, that's a huge percentage increase! Still, I hear what you say and it doesn't look so bad at that level. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Paul Sorenson wrote: There's a pretty good discussion of transfer (read/write) speed and class of SD cards here: http://shutterbug.com/equipmentreviews/accessories/0210memory/ I don't know what the read/write/class parameters are for the K7 but they should be in the manual and this

RE: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread Malcolm Smith
Boris, Malcolm, I had no intention to frighten you. However let me translate one of the sayings I learned here: We're not rich enough to buy cheap things... That I can't argue with. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: DONE! Done, done, done, done, done! :-)

2010-03-28 Thread ann sanfedele
So does that me you are finished??? Hey, fantastic! Well done, super , spectacular ... now you can work on the book lol ann - s looking forward to Chicago. Mark Roberts wrote: I've finished all the printing for the Chicago PDML exhibit! All of it. 28 12x18-inch prints, 5 12x15, 3

Re: PAW12 - Spring

2010-03-28 Thread Toine
Great abstract picture which I didn't link to spring. Or maybe I should because it's back to rain here also. Toine On 28 March 2010 16:27, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D; DA*50-135mm, 1/125s, f/11, ISO200, 135mm. DagT

Re: March PUG is up

2010-03-28 Thread ann sanfedele
Rick wins :-) - hillarious shot -- wish I'd taken it - and very bewildering, indeed. Dag - spot on for the theme , I have no clue what that is and the lines are nice I love Dan's skyline but don't find it bewildering, just beautiful And Scott's isn't bewildering, either,(to me) but fun

Re: PESO: Lunch!

2010-03-28 Thread paul stenquist
On Mar 28, 2010, at 1:11 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Good Papa! Grace is sure a safe subject. ;) Delightful shot. Paul, what's your opinion of the 60~250 IQ at 250mm? Excellent. I find it very good throughout the zoom range. Have yet to notice a flaw. Paul Jack --- On Sun, 3/28/10, P N

Re: SD memory card for K7.

2010-03-28 Thread eckinator
2010/3/28 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Chimp labor? Could be. But anyway, I am in touch with them and they do all kinds of stuff, we could, e.g., have a PDML edition with the logo and a cormorant printed on it. Anyone? Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PAW12 - Spring

2010-03-28 Thread paul stenquist
Excellent photo. The white and black background is repeated in the drops of water. Love that. Very well done. Paul On Mar 28, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Toine wrote: Great abstract picture which I didn't link to spring. Or maybe I should because it's back to rain here also. Toine On 28 March 2010

Oops....

2010-03-28 Thread mike wilson
http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/oops.jpg Sorry, this is 1.7meg. KX files do not seem to be openable in CS2 and I had to use the Pentax software - this is the smallest file (and it's cropped) it does. Why are the new pef files different? Luckily, all that was needed was the undoing of all the

Re: Oops....

2010-03-28 Thread Bruce Walker
mike wilson wrote: http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/oops.jpg Sorry, this is 1.7meg. KX files do not seem to be openable in CS2 and I had to use the Pentax software - this is the smallest file (and it's cropped) it does. Why are the new pef files different? Mike, get an up-to-date copy of the

bookless

2010-03-28 Thread mike wilson
Thought folks might like to see the ones on my shortlist that did not make submission to the annual. These are the rough conversions from RAW before any cropping or other fiddling. Some of the numbers above individual image pages will lead to dead ends. Better to return to the index page.

Re: Oops....

2010-03-28 Thread mike wilson
Bruce Walker wrote: mike wilson wrote: http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/oops.jpg Sorry, this is 1.7meg. KX files do not seem to be openable in CS2 and I had to use the Pentax software - this is the smallest file (and it's cropped) it does. Why are the new pef files different? Mike, get an

Re: question for the brits American to English translation

2010-03-28 Thread Keith Whaley
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: David Parsons Subject: Re: question for the brits American to English translation That has been my experience in NYC, very nice people and willing to give directions if you ask, even the Subway attendants. If you want to visit a rude

Re: Oops....

2010-03-28 Thread paul stenquist
Shoot DNG RAW and you can convert in PSCS2. Paul On Mar 28, 2010, at 2:42 PM, mike wilson wrote: Bruce Walker wrote: mike wilson wrote: http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/oops.jpg Sorry, this is 1.7meg. KX files do not seem to be openable in CS2 and I had to use the Pentax software - this is

Re: DONE! Done, done, done, done, done! :-)

2010-03-28 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: I've finished all the printing for the Chicago PDML exhibit! you da man -- 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: Oops....

2010-03-28 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: Oops Mike, get an up-to-date copy of the standalone Adobe Raw Converter. Pentax changed an identification string in PEF back around the time of the K100D Super which broke ACR recognition of PEF. Adobe updated the ACR in

Re: DONE! Done, done, done, done, done! :-)

2010-03-28 Thread paul stenquist
Congratulations! And thanks for all your hard work. Paul On Mar 28, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: I've finished all the printing for the Chicago PDML exhibit! you da man -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: bookless

2010-03-28 Thread Bob W
Thought folks might like to see the ones on my shortlist that did not make submission to the annual. These are the rough conversions from RAW before any cropping or other fiddling. Some of the numbers above individual image pages will lead to dead ends. Better to return to the index

Re: PESO - To Fly

2010-03-28 Thread Ken Waller
Very nice, what's not to like? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com Subject: PESO - To Fly I spent a bit of time this morning in the city of Benicia, which is right on the waterfront of the

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