Re: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

2010-04-27 Thread P. J. Alling
I didn't think I could hate you more... Then I saw this. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?album=20pos=0#nav_pic and this http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?album=20pos=1#nav_pic On 4/27/2010 3:18 PM, AlunFoto wrote:

Re: OT -- Aw Cute.

2010-04-27 Thread eckinator
2010/4/27 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: It's a seeing eye horse, and no, I'm not making that up. I believe you. That makes it a little better for me, hopefully for the horse also in that it gets more respected as a creature for its utility. They weren't bred with that in mind in the

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 01:14:40PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: Thanks Larry and Dave too! I always get Egrets and Herons confused, but this one has the green coloring at the eye. And Dave, I thought the fall leaves looked a bit more inviting with the gentleman walking in. Regards, Bob S.

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Christian, I think they are called tri-color egrets. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 01:14:40PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: Thanks Larry and Dave too! I always get Egrets and Herons confused, but

Re: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-27 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-04-27 9:58, David J Brooks wrote: Nice. Colours look very rich. Speaking of that, I had a pleasant surprise earlier this week. I finally go the Home Theater PC (HTPC) bug when I got a great deal on a motherboard and CPU. So I put one together and hooked it up to my LCD TV. When I

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-04-27 14:54, P. J. Alling wrote: FPS would probably be easier to implement than AF changes, the hardware changes there are much more straight forward and almost no software changes would be needed. If they don't do better with the AF there's no point in chasing FPS. I don't need

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread David Parsons
How hard is it for people to focus? How much does your focus change when shooting a burst? On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: On 2010-04-27 14:54, P. J. Alling wrote: FPS would probably be easier to implement than AF changes, the hardware changes

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-04-27 15:58, David Parsons wrote: How hard is it for people to focus? How much does your focus change when shooting a burst? In many cases, a /lot/ when you're shooting a car going 60, 80, 160 miles per hour on a twisty track. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread CheekyGeek
To borrow from Yogi Berra: Achieving proper focus is 90% mental and the other half is physical. Darren Addy Kearney, NE On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:58 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: How hard is it for people to focus?  How much does your focus change when shooting a burst? On

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't know, more than half my lenses are manual focus, all but one of the fast ones are. I sometimes wonder how anyone tracked and focused before with a high fps camera before AF was invented. On 4/27/2010 3:58 PM, David Parsons wrote: How hard is it for people to focus? How much does

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread CheekyGeek
Another PDML'd Yogism: I never blame myself when my images aren't in focus. I just blame the autofocus and if it keeps up, I change brands. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that my images aren't in focus, how can I get mad at myself? Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

GESO - Egypt day 2 - was Egypt day 1

2010-04-27 Thread David Parsons
Updated with day 2. These ones are from Edfu temple and Kom Ombo, both along the Nile. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/sets/72157623937952158/ On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:55 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/sets/72157623937952158/

Re: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-27 Thread Steven Desjardins
Damn, a Bugati. I thought that thing was only a GGI for Top Gear. On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:02 AM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Saturday I took advantage of a some nice weather to grab a few shots of cars belonging to an accquaintance:    

epson - paper rebate

2010-04-27 Thread Sasha Sobol
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Re: GESO - Egypt day 2 - was Egypt day 1

2010-04-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Just Wonderful, David. It is clear you are having a great time. Thanks for sharing your adventures -- and your images -- with us. Dan On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:26 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: Updated with day 2.  These ones are from Edfu temple and Kom Ombo, both along

Re: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

2010-04-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I get Enter Album Password Dan On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:18 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/thumbnails.php?album=20 Specials for me: The aurora pic was taken with a borrowed K-x at ISO 6400. The Rock-and-puddle landscapes were results of playing around

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 02:39:11PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: Thanks Christian, I think they are called tri-color egrets. Regards, Bob S. Ah, yes. Even I get confused with egrets too! -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very nice! I especially like the bucks. They are very hard to capture that well. Dan On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Here are my personal favorites for 2009. One made it to the Annual book. http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/PDML2009#

Re: OT: DSLR Video

2010-04-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: Steven Desjardins Today during my nonlinear dynamics lab, the Development Office sent two people over to get video for a capital campaign DVD. Interestingly, they used a Canon 5D. They said that, as long as they didn't need sound, the DSLRs were more than adequate. I'm just reporting not

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Dan, it was my lucky day! Wasn't that your fawn picture in the 2009 Annual. Spectacular catch and very memorable! Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Very nice!  I especially like the bucks.  They are very hard to capture that

RE: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

2010-04-27 Thread Chris Mitchell
It's asking me for a password... -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of AlunFoto Sent: 27 April 2010 20:19 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling On 4/27/2010 1:45 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Cory Waters wrote: Is it just me or is there like no buzz about any forthcoming replacement for the K-7? It just seems that there's been a new camera on the horizon about this time the last few years. They've been

RE: OT -- Aw Cute.

2010-04-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling The worlds smallest horse... http://tinyurl.com/2fhapgb Looks like it's about the size of the Eohippus (prehistoric ancestor to the horse). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/27/2010 4:57 PM, Christian Skofteland wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 02:39:11PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: Thanks Christian, I think they are called tri-color egrets. Regards, Bob S. Ah, yes. Even I get confused with egrets too! Christian, you're a wonderful photographer,

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/27/2010 5:21 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling On 4/27/2010 1:45 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Cory Waters wrote: Is it just me or is there like no buzz about any forthcoming replacement for the K-7? It just seems that there's been a new camera on the horizon about this time

Re: OT -- Aw Cute.

2010-04-27 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/27/2010 5:30 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling The worlds smallest horse... http://tinyurl.com/2fhapgb Looks like it's about the size of the Eohippus (prehistoric ancestor to the horse). Quite likely. I'll bet he only has one toe though. --

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: Christian Skofteland On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 01:14:40PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: Thanks Larry and Dave too! I always get Egrets and Herons confused, but this one has the green coloring at the eye. And Dave, I thought the fall leaves looked a bit more inviting with the gentleman

Re: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

2010-04-27 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: It's asking me for a password... Same here Dave -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of AlunFoto Sent: 27 April 2010 20:19 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Yes, that was my fawn. Fawns are easier, since they freeze unless you try to get quite close. Bucks are much more suspicious, and flee whenever they see you. The ones in my neighborhood seem terrified of any camera, and run as soon as I pull one out. Dan On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Bob

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Cory Waters wrote: Is it just me or is there like no buzz about any forthcoming replacement for the K-7?  It just seems that there's been a new camera on the horizon about this time the last few years.  They've been

Re: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

2010-04-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/4/10, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed: It's asking me for a password... Me too. I entered 'cormorant' and guess what!!! it didn't let me in :-( -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/4/10, Doug Franklin, discombobulated, unleashed: If they don't do better with the AF there's no point in chasing FPS. I don't need help taking out of focus pictures. Mark. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: OT: DSLR Video

2010-04-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/4/10, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: K-7 manual says it will record monophonic sound in camera and you can plug any commercially available stereo microphone that has a 1/8 inch stereo connector into the camera for stereo recording. Don't the Canon's record sound? Recording

Re: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/4/10, Steven Desjardins, discombobulated, unleashed: Damn, a Bugati. I thought that thing was only a GGI for Top Gear. Godfrey Generated Image? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-27 Thread John Francis
No - it's real. I've told him he needs to replace it with the roadster, and I'd exercise the hardtop for him, but he didn't seem convinced :-( So far I haven't got to drive any of them (although I have, briefly, ridden in the Bugatti and the Lamborghini). I'm still working on that. On Tue,

Re: OT: DSLR Video

2010-04-27 Thread Rob Studdert
On 28/04/2010, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Recording unbalanced audio through 3.5mm jacks is not proper audio recording. You might as well shoot the video and then show it underwater. Oh it's fine over a short distance and absolutely no problem with these pre-amplified hot shoe mounted mics.

Re: OT: DSLR Video

2010-04-27 Thread Cotty
On 28/4/10, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: Oh it's fine over a short distance and absolutely no problem with these pre-amplified hot shoe mounted mics. Balancing only reduces cable induced noise, a bad balanced mic pre-amp can sound worse than a good unbalanced system. Well, you kn ow

Re: OT: DSLR Video

2010-04-27 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 28/4/10, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: Oh it's fine over a short distance and absolutely no problem with these pre-amplified hot shoe mounted mics. Balancing only reduces cable induced noise, a bad balanced mic pre-amp

Re: OT: DSLR Video

2010-04-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/4/10, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: One advantage to only shooting video of drunken engineers is that nobody actually wants to hear them. LOL -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Woot

2010-04-27 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Sandy Harris sandyinch...@gmail.com wrote: The K-X is not far off. I just went to DP Review used their side-by-side feature to compare Pentax K-X vs Panasonic G2. Panny  124 x 84 x 74 mm (4.9 x 3.3 x 2.9 in) Pentax 123 x 92 x 68 mm (4.8 x 3.6 x 2.7 in)

RE: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread Bob W
For the most part, Egrets are white Herons that have a distinctive mating display plumage. The name comes from the name for the plumage - aigrette in French. If you blend them with a little wine you get vinaigrette. aigrette n. f. 1. Héron blanc aux plumes effilées. 2. Faisceau de

Re: Woot

2010-04-27 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 7:14 AM, m...@robertstech.com wrote: Sandy Harris sandyinch...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/27/10, SV Hovland p...@heime.org wrote:  does Pentax do anything along the lines of the micro-4/3rds? No, and I'd say they should. There is a Samsung along those lines. I got to

RE: Woot

2010-04-27 Thread Bob W
I would also like a tough little carry-everywhere ps-type camera Sure. MX, 35mm lens, film. Job done :-) I've got one of those. Not shirt-pocketable, and job not done because of all the faffing about with scanning. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: 645D for everybody

2010-04-27 Thread Bob W
I'd probably even end up with a beard. Not that there's anything wrong with that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1O715TI3Wgfeature=related -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

RE: Trying out the new FA 100mm f2.8 macros

2010-04-27 Thread Tanya Love
Ha! Hardly Steven, that was the first time I'd ever put it on my camera! Definitely loving the bokeh - I really like the effect on #26 and #27 in that gallery with the feather on the headpiece being so nice and sharp and the background being so nicely blurred - it really makes it pop which is

Burying an emperor

2010-04-27 Thread Bob W
I had a very enjoyable day today, nipped over to Oxford with an Ethiopian friend to call on a photojournalist friend who lives there and we went to a private viewing at the Pitt-Rivers museum of an exhibition by Peter Marlow, president of Magnum, of photos he took at the (re)burial of the emperor

RE: Burying an emperor

2010-04-27 Thread Bob W
There are details of the exhibition on the Magnum site, including a link to the photos: http://events.magnumphotos.com/exhibition/burial-haile-selassie Bob I had a very enjoyable day today, nipped over to Oxford with an Ethiopian friend to call on a photojournalist friend who lives there

Re: OT: DSLR Video

2010-04-27 Thread Walter Hamler
Saw a post somewhere the other day that the final episode of House for this season has been filmed using a Canon DSLR. The reason was stated as wanting to explore the limited depth of field that was available with some of the Canon lenses. ?? I have been watching the TV guide so as to record it

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread Larry Colen
On 4/27/2010 2:41 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Christian Skofteland On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 01:14:40PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: Thanks Larry and Dave too! I always get Egrets and Herons confused, but this one has the green coloring at the eye. And Dave, I thought the fall leaves looked

Re: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

2010-04-27 Thread Miserere
On 27 April 2010 18:00, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Me too. I entered 'cormorant' and guess what!!! it didn't let me in :-( penguin didn't work either! What the hell? :-D --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for

Re: Maybe my favorite image in the book

2010-04-27 Thread Walter Hamler
Very good image indeed. However, with the possible exception of mine, I think they are ALL simply great. :-) However, Christine's One The Brown Line really jumps out at me. It epitomizes the kind of photography I never could master but always wanted to. Walt On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:49 AM,

Re: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-27 Thread Larry Colen
On 4/27/2010 3:10 PM, John Francis wrote: No - it's real. I've told him he needs to replace it with the roadster, and I'd exercise the hardtop for him, but he didn't seem convinced :-( So far I haven't got to drive any of them (although I have, briefly, ridden in the Bugatti and the

Re: Maybe my favorite image in the book

2010-04-27 Thread Miserere
On 27 April 2010 19:53, Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com wrote: Very good image indeed. However, with the possible exception of mine, I think they are ALL simply great. :-) However, Christine's One The Brown Line really jumps out at me. It epitomizes the kind of photography I never could

PESO - Bridgewater Jerry

2010-04-27 Thread phil
K10D and DA 21mm Limited http://philnortheast.com/aviewfinderdarkly/general/potw/potwmaster.htm Phil Northeast Northeast Media www.northeastmedia.biz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? I don't know, more than half my lenses are manual focus, all but one of the fast ones are. I sometimes wonder how anyone tracked and focused before with a high fps camera before AF was invented. They had real

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread paul stenquist
I'm able to shoot autofocus sequences with the K7 on continuous. I can definitely nail someone walking. Would I like better autofocus, hell yes, but it's not totally incompetent. Here's a three frame sequence. Not machind gunned but repeated exposures:

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread paul stenquist
Uh, a four frame sequence. On Apr 27, 2010, at 8:50 PM, paul stenquist wrote: I'm able to shoot autofocus sequences with the K7 on continuous. I can definitely nail someone walking. Would I like better autofocus, hell yes, but it's not totally incompetent. Here's a three frame sequence. Not

PESO - Hurry Past

2010-04-27 Thread Rick Womer
The sidewalk tables outside a Philly cafe don't seem to interest this guy--or anybody else. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10945048size=lg (K10D, FA 50/1.7, ISO 400, f/6.7 @ 1/90) Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO - En Route

2010-04-27 Thread Matthew Hunt
In honor of all of you traveling to Chicago, I humbly submit my impression of the journey: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/4558780323/sizes/l/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: GESO - Egypt day 1

2010-04-27 Thread Rick Womer
There are some really nice photos here... But did I ever mention that I really hate Flickr? One gets a nice display of thumbnails accompanied by dinky little enlargements; or one clicks on a dinky enlargement to get a larger version, and gets a =slightly= larger version with the annoying

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread Miserere
On 27 April 2010 20:50, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I'm able to shoot autofocus sequences with the K7 on continuous. I can definitely nail someone walking. Would I like better autofocus, hell yes, but it's not totally incompetent. Here's a three frame sequence. Not machind

Re: GESO - Egypt day 1

2010-04-27 Thread Miserere
From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com Subject: GESO - Egypt day 1 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, April 26, 2010, 4:55 PM http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/sets/72157623937952158/ We had a great time in Egypt with several of my wife's coworkers.  The

Re: GESO - Egypt day 1

2010-04-27 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: I really hate Flickr. Perhaps you would like Cooliris? http://www.cooliris.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

Re: PESO - En Route

2010-04-27 Thread Miserere
On 27 April 2010 21:01, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: In honor of all of you traveling to Chicago, I humbly submit my impression of the journey: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/4558780323/sizes/l/ Those better be cormorants! :-D --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ --

Re: PESO - En Route

2010-04-27 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 April 2010 21:01, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: In honor of all of you traveling to Chicago, I humbly submit my impression of the journey: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/4558780323/sizes/l/ Those better

Re: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

2010-04-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Miserere wrote: On 27 April 2010 18:00, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Me too. I entered 'cormorant' and guess what!!! it didn't let me in :-( penguin didn't work either! What the hell? :-D Try puffin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Burying an emperor

2010-04-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: I had a very enjoyable day today, nipped over to Oxford with an Ethiopian friend to call on a photojournalist friend who lives there and we went to a private viewing at the Pitt-Rivers museum of an exhibition by Peter Marlow, president of Magnum, of photos he took at the (re)burial

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread Graydon
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 03:31:52PM -0400, Christian Skofteland scripsit: On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 01:14:40PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: Thanks Larry and Dave too! I always get Egrets and Herons confused, but this one has the green coloring at the eye. And Dave, I thought the fall leaves

PESO - On Baldwin Street

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
I know I haven't done much on this list lately, including looking at, enjoying and commenting on others' PESOs. I do hope to get some of that done soon, but I've been pretty busy trying to set up this new apartment (it's only been a month, after all!). Maybe this weekend... Anyway, here's one I

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread Graydon
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 08:59:10PM +0200, Ralf R. Radermacher scripsit: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I expect that's because unless Pentax goes to a ~24x36mm sensor, there's not much more except bells and whistles that can be added to the K-7... I still see room for

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Here are my personal favorites for 2009. One made it to the Annual book. http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/PDML2009# Regards,  Bob S. A wonderful set. I particularly like #10. Thanks for sharing them with us,

Re: PESO - Hurry Past

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: The sidewalk tables outside a Philly cafe don't seem to interest this guy--or anybody else. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10945048size=lg (K10D, FA 50/1.7, ISO 400, f/6.7 @ 1/90) Rick Wonderful! cheers,

Gallery notes...

2010-04-27 Thread Mark Roberts
I just received a box of 20 paperback books today. They look great and will be coming to Chicago with me. The order of image wrap books is working its way through the Blurb system. They show an expected ship date of May 3rd. Yikes! This is going to be close (they're going directly to Chicago). I

Re: GESO - Egypt day 1

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:55 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/sets/72157623937952158/ We had a great time in Egypt with several of my wife's coworkers.  The first day was in Luxor with a dawn balloon ride, followed by the Vally of the

RE: Any ideas on how to get Pentax's attention??

2010-04-27 Thread John Coyle
Hi Tanja - it all sounds like a great idea and, while it's an ambitious project, I believe you might well succeed. Here's a thought: for starters, what about trying to get in touch with William McInnes? He's local, well-known, and I think he is the kind of man who would want to take your project

Re: PESO - Bridgewater Jerry

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:07 PM, p...@philnortheast.com wrote: K10D and DA 21mm Limited http://philnortheast.com/aviewfinderdarkly/general/potw/potwmaster.htm Love the sky with the ground fog beneath it. The swooping road is a nice element, too. All in all, a lovely photo. cheers, frank

Re: Burying an emperor

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: There are details of the exhibition on the Magnum site, including a link to the photos: http://events.magnumphotos.com/exhibition/burial-haile-selassie He looked pretty good considering he'd been dead for 21 years... cheers,

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Graydon, I think you were the one to identify them by name in the first place. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Graydon gray...@marost.ca wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 03:31:52PM -0400, Christian Skofteland scripsit: On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 01:14:40PM -0500, Bob

Re: PESO - En Route

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: In honor of all of you traveling to Chicago, I humbly submit my impression of the journey: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/4558780323/sizes/l/ Har! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Frank, Hope the rest of the move goes well. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 9:07 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Here are my personal favorites for 2009. One made it to the Annual

Re: PESO - Some people have the nicest toys ...

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:02 AM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Saturday I took advantage of a some nice weather to grab a few shots of cars belonging to an accquaintance:    http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW1016 It takes some stable to relegate a Ferrari F430 to third

Re: GESO: 2009 Favorites

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Frank, Hope the rest of the move goes well. It's going. Progress is being made each week, sometimes each day. I think a major breakthrough in comfort (ie: getting boxes out of the way) will be made this

Re: Trying out the new FA 100mm f2.8 macros

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: Well, it arrived safe and sound, and I needed to get out and give her a test run!  So here are the results, as shot yesterday for a magazine cover shot competition.  Model is Molly-Rose, my little 7yo fashionista. She

Re: PESO - Glow

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: Ok, I walked right into this one...sheesh! http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto-00021.htm I think it's gorgeous. What detail! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson --

Re: PESO - Late Easter

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: I feel like I am just a little late - they seem like what would be tucked in an easter basket.  I was tipped off from someone along a walk about some ducklings hidden in the reeds. Pentax K20D, Sigma 100-300/4 EX @

Re: an AP story on our exhibit

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:23 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Wow.  I haven't been described as ardent for a very long time. I don't think I've ever been ardent (nor have I been so described). cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: PESO: One more storm shot

2010-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:41 PM, CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com wrote: This was from my first real outing with the Sigma 10-20mm on my K200D: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/4554704087/sizes/l/ Darren Addy Kearney, NE Hot damn that's a good shot! The colours are amazing! cheers,

Re: Gallery notes...

2010-04-27 Thread Miserere
On 27 April 2010 22:09, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: I just emailed Mark Cassino to tell him to drag his sorry butt over to Chicago on May 7th. I presume you shouted Mark!... --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-27 Thread Miserere
On 27 April 2010 22:05, Graydon gray...@marost.ca wrote: [snip] and the sensor won't be either Sony or Samsung. Which basically leaves us with Kodak, who only makes a CCD, not CMOS, FF sensor. While I'm sure Pentax could do a better job with high ISO than Leica has with the M9, I'd still much

Re: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

2010-04-27 Thread Miserere
On 27 April 2010 21:32, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Try puffin No, didn't work. Why did I even listen to you!!??!? :-p --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Anyone looking into doing the webcam video from Chicago?

2010-04-27 Thread Stan Halpin
I have done a little Google research on this. Note that so far I was assuming use of my Mac, have not delved into what may be available on the Windows side. 1. Skype allows conference calls but I suspect this is an expensive and cumbersome way to go. 2. There are many programs that support video

Was this discussed already?

2010-04-27 Thread CheekyGeek
I think I found this link in the thread from where Mark announced he was switching to Sony... but I hang with a bunch of Canon lovers, so I was interested in what this reviewer had to say about the 5D Mark II:

Re: The PDML Annual has Landed

2010-04-27 Thread Fernando
Hi all, I finally got my copy!!! It looks really good, I would say more finished than the first one. Hard to choose a favourite, too many good photos in so many different genres. As the one from last year, I'm enjoying it enormously -like I enjoy many good photography books that belong to my

PESO: Lichen-covered tree

2010-04-27 Thread John Poirier
Hi. Lurking has been getting boring, so here's something I did a few weeks ago. Spotmatic F, 105 Super Takumar, Ilford XP2. Comments and criticism welcome. http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnpoirier/4557771193/ John -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO -- I think not.

2010-04-27 Thread P. J. Alling
I asked her if she wanted a lift. I think not. She replied, and poof she disappeared. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20ithinknot.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 Notes: Converted to BW using Fotomatic BW Plus with the Yellow filter applied. As

Re: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

2010-04-27 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/27/2010 11:18 PM, Miserere wrote: On 27 April 2010 21:32, Mark Robertsm...@robertstech.com wrote: Try puffin No, didn't work. Why did I even listen to you!!??!? :-p --M. A question without an answer... --

Re: PESO: Lichen-covered tree

2010-04-27 Thread CheekyGeek
Good Lord, you have some nice stuff on Flickr, George. I'm very glad you are out of lurk mode! Welcome! Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- 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: GESO from a Norwegian Pentaxian Gathering

2010-04-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 27, 2010, at 6:32 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Miserere wrote: On 27 April 2010 18:00, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Me too. I entered 'cormorant' and guess what!!! it didn't let me in :-( penguin didn't work either! What the hell? :-D Try puffin Why? Does he look out of breath?

Re: PESO -- I think not.

2010-04-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 27, 2010, at 9:29 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I asked her if she wanted a lift. I think not. She replied, and poof she disappeared. It was probably the car. Dave Brooks might have had better luck, he could have but Des Carte before the horse. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent

OT - Red Wine (was: Re: The PDML Annual has Landed)

2010-04-27 Thread John Celio
went back to my exploration of red wines (any Californian you can recommend?). I absolutely love the Cabernet Sauvignon from Cellar No. 8. http://www.cellarno8.com/home.html I'm no wine connoisseur by any stretch of the definition, but it seems really good to me. John --

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