PESO- roof top wind turbines

2010-07-21 Thread phil
The latest addition to Hobart's skyline is causing controversy - some say the turbines are unsightly. http://philnortheast.com/aviewfinderdarkly/general/potw/rooftopturbines.htm K10D - 21mm Limited f7.1 @ 1/400 There has been some correction in Bibble5 for optical characteristics of the

Re: A new tradition

2010-07-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
wendy beard wrote: 24 years ago, I took my daughter's first photograph with a Pentax. Last Monday, I took my daughter's daughter's first photograph with a Pentax. To make it a true tradition, I suppose I should have used the same Pentax :-) But anyway, here she is: Serina Josephine Groen

Re: A new tradition

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
Congrats, Granny ;-). I might as well look forward to taking the respective picture in years to come ;-). Wonderful photo a the sweetest little girl. Boris On 7/21/2010 2:36 AM, wendy beard wrote: 24 years ago, I took my daughter's first photograph with a Pentax. Last Monday, I took my

Re: PESO - voice

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/20/2010 6:57 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Doug, Where did you find those foreign letters on the sign? It doesn't look like Kentucky any more, But the boy is wearing Swim Team in english letters? Regards, Bob S. I might as well argue, Bob, that these letter are not /entirely/ foreign. Some

Re: PESO: Monaco II

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
As always - thumbs up! On 7/19/2010 10:23 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012 As always... :-) Ralf -- 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: PESO- roof top wind turbines

2010-07-21 Thread Bruce Dayton
The picture is nice. There is no controversy, the turbines are ugly. Nice work you have done. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. p...@philnortheast.com wrote: The latest addition to Hobart's skyline is causing controversy - some say the turbines are unsightly.

Re: PESO - In Another World

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
Yeah, right, my immediate thought was that you photographed a plastic human ;-). But then I looked closer and realized I was wrong. Well done, sir! Boris On 7/17/2010 2:31 PM, frank theriault wrote: Yet another coffee shop shot. Not on purpose; I was just looking through some older photos

Re: OT Main stream radio

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
I have to say that on my last so far business trip to US of A, the rented car had a sat radio. I was impressed and also entertained. Local radio stations (I mean good olde ones) are crap. Except one that plays classic music which I kind of like. But having sat radio in a car would be so much

Re: Eneloops again and again

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
Joseph, could you please tell how do you measure the power level of the batteries. I've a pack of eneloops and a pack of recyko's that I use in my flash. They never gave me any headache except when I almost used them up and forgot to recharge them. But I'd like to look at these measures that

Re: HCB at the Art Institute Chicago

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/19/2010 4:30 PM, William Robb wrote: We mistimed the PDML show. William Robb Apparently not, because you came and appeared in person. :-) 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

Re: LR3 change

2010-07-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 20, 2010, at 6:27 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Tue Jul 20 18:40:53 CDT 2010 Doug Brewer wrote: Larry Colen wrote: In LR2, I would set up a filter on a directory, i.e. all files =4 stars. If I left that directory and came back, that's what would be displayed. In LR3, I can set up

RE: A new tradition

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
24 years ago, I took my daughter's first photograph with a Pentax. Last Monday, I took my daughter's daughter's first photograph with a Pentax. To make it a true tradition, I suppose I should have used the same Pentax :-) But anyway, here she is: Serina Josephine Groen

RE: PESO - voice

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
On 7/21/2010 1:01 AM, Bob W wrote: glaz nye goloss One of the most interesting things in linguistics IMO is how to write a word in one tongue so that it will be properly pronounced in another. Case to point - my GPS program is all English based, so that Gan Rave Interchange (Rave should

RE: PESO- roof top wind turbines

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
The latest addition to Hobart's skyline is causing controversy - some say the turbines are unsightly. http://philnortheast.com/aviewfinderdarkly/general/potw/rooftopturbines. htm that's like complaining about a wart hog's spots. The building itself is bloody ugly - putting some turbines

RE: LR3 change

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
FM for you, sir: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2885022 I've another problem, which is not a problem really, but just an annoyance. About every second time I run the sucker it crashes. I re-run it and it comes up like a charm. It used to be this way with 2.7 but it was like every

Re: PESO - voice

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/21/2010 11:37 AM, Bob W wrote: that's what IPA is for. In one instance it is a type of beer which, given a large enough dose, makes anyone seem fluent in any language. In the other instance it is the International Phonetic Alphabet, which is a way of representing the sounds of different

RE: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
I'm trying to persuade my wife to move up to something better than her old Casio Exilim. I'm tempted by the Micro 4/3 systems, and the Olympus E-PL1 seems to have the ease of use and simplicity that my wife is looking for (without being so large that she would refuse to carry it around) at a

RE: PESO - voice

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
In the other instance it is the International Phonetic Alphabet, which is a way of representing the sounds of different languages. I had to learn and use it when I was a student. It's very useful, although it doesn't necessarily help one reproduce the sounds. Being able to write down the

Re: LR3 change

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/21/2010 11:48 AM, Bob W wrote: it's possible that the new version has acquired enough extra bloat to make your machine too weak to run it. I had similar problems with a version of 2.x for a while, although they may have been exacerbated by possible hardware issues on the computer I was

Re: SoFoBoMo (and GESO) - Macquarie's Towns

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
Most impressive body of work. You sure took full advantage of the light... 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 the directions.

Re: PESO - Al G at 92

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
Paul, very well done. I am thinking that passing regards to Marcia with note that she has certain resemblance to her father would be in order here... Boris On 7/7/2010 2:51 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Had a family gathering a couple weeks ago to celebrate Marcia's father's 92nd birthday.

Re: HCB at the Art Institute Chicago

2010-07-21 Thread P. J. Alling
On 7/21/2010 3:21 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 7/19/2010 4:30 PM, William Robb wrote: We mistimed the PDML show. William Robb Apparently not, because you came and appeared in person. :-) Boris are you sure the opposite isn't true? --

Re: PESO - Kensington Porches

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
Rick, is it /supposed/ to lean to the left? On 7/10/2010 4:49 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Another from my photo walk in London in early May. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11206013 (K10D, DA 16-45, ISO 560, f/8 @ 1/45) A bit trite, perhaps, but I love patterns like this and can't resist.

Re: HCB at the Art Institute Chicago

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/21/2010 2:19 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 7/21/2010 3:21 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 7/19/2010 4:30 PM, William Robb wrote: We mistimed the PDML show. William Robb Apparently not, because you came and appeared in person. :-) Boris are you sure the opposite isn't true? I am

Re: PESO - Kensington Porches

2010-07-21 Thread Rick Womer
It doesn't. The horizontals are horizontal, and the verticals converge because the camera wasn't horizontal. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Wed, 7/21/10, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Rick, is it /supposed/ to lean to the left? On 7/10/2010 4:49 AM, Rick Womer

Re: PESO - In Another World

2010-07-21 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:06 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, right, my immediate thought was that you photographed a plastic human ;-). But then I looked closer and realized I was wrong. Well done, sir! Thanks, Boris, and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented.

Re: PESO - A Tasty Morsel

2010-07-21 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:29 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:  I like beavers but I've never seen a real one up close ;-) Mark! (I worked very hard to not phrase my response to look anything like this...) Yes, I'm quite proud of myself for ~not~ using juvenile tltles for

Re: HCB at the Art Institute Chicago

2010-07-21 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:47 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: FYI:  July 25  - Oct 3.  Should be good-nearly 300 photographs.  Cheers, Christine http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/exhibition/cartierbressonmodern Drool... He's only my all-time photographic hero. Hope

Re: peso - hot diggitty dog

2010-07-21 Thread wendy beard
perfect timing! On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 9:14 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11289671size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Today is Belgium's national holiday. On Juli 21, 1831, King Leopold I was introduced and Belgium was, so to speak, officially opened. There wil be the usual parade in Brussels this afternoon, with King Albert II, the armed forces, and the popuation, and there'll be la drache nationale, the

Re: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
Happy Birthday, Belgium! On 7/21/2010 2:44 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Today is Belgium's national holiday. On Juli 21, 1831, King Leopold I was introduced and Belgium was, so to speak, officially opened. There wil be the usual parade in Brussels this afternoon, with King Albert II, the

Re: Manually focusing on the wrong sharp edge?

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/19/2010 10:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I'm curious if other people have this problem when manually focusing, and what they do to fix it. Larry, unlike others in this thread, I use Katz Eye screen with focusing aids (split screen, etc). If opportunity presents itself I might try the KE

RE: LR3 change

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
it's possible that the new version has acquired enough extra bloat to make your machine too weak to run it. I had similar problems with a version of 2.x for a while, although they may have been exacerbated by possible hardware issues on the computer I was using. I've since bought another

RE: PESO - A Tasty Morsel

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
 I like beavers but I've never seen a real one up close ;-) Mark! (I worked very hard to not phrase my response to look anything like this...) Yes, I'm quite proud of myself for ~not~ using juvenile tltles for these. So far so good. You have to BEA VERy very careful to avoid

Re: PESO - Al G at 92

2010-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
Lovely portrait shot. Needs a frame and wall Dave On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: Had a family gathering a couple weeks ago to celebrate Marcia's father's 92nd birthday. http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/quickpage/quickpage2.htm Cropped

Re: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-21 Thread Walter Hamler
I have had mine for over a year now and couldn't be happier. The image quality is astounding and it is very easy to use. I would recommend the new model that has the built in flash and the available electronic viewfinder. You might also consider the newer Panasonic G2 I believe. A little bigger

Re: SoFoBoMo (and GESO) - Macquarie's Towns

2010-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
Great gallery. I like this one, http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/MacquariesTowns/slides/_IGP7682j.html but there are a many more to.:-) Dave On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day all Well, I had another go at SoFoBoMo* this year.  I chose a topic

Re: PESO - Kensington Porches

2010-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
I like the flow to this Dave On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Another from my photo walk in London in early May. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11206013 (K10D, DA 16-45, ISO 560, f/8 @ 1/45) A bit trite, perhaps, but I love patterns like this

RE: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
Good old Leopold! If it hadn't been for him we would never have seen Apocalypse Now! There were Belgae living in Britain even before Caesar came here. They were friends with the Parisii. Caesar said the Belgae were the bravest of all the Galic tribes because they were complete strangers to

Re: LR3 change

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/21/2010 3:02 PM, Bob W wrote: I seem to recall some time ago you were investigating the possibility of access to the LR database outside of LR. Did you ever achieve that? If so could you have, erm, invalidated the warranty somehow? B Two reasons why you are wrong this time, Bob: 1. LR3

Re: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/21/2010 3:18 PM, Bob W wrote: Good old Leopold! If it hadn't been for him we would never have seen Apocalypse Now! There were Belgae living in Britain even before Caesar came here. They were friends with the Parisii. Caesar said the Belgae were the bravest of all the Galic tribes because

Re: VOT: Roots

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
GATTACA the movie... It seems big brother even don't have to watch ;-). Boris On 7/7/2010 11:08 AM, Bob W wrote: Here's quite an interesting story which could turn into something useful for people such as Americans, Canadians and so on whose families came from Europe many generations ago:

Re: OT - Kitchen remodel

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
Judging from the exposure info, your (kitchen) life became brighter... :-) Boris On 6/19/2010 8:53 AM, John Francis wrote: As regular readers of this list might know, I've been living in the middle of a kitchen remodel for the last month or so. It's now nearing completion (after only losing

Re: PESO - voice

2010-07-21 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-07-21 5:13, Bob W wrote: you have to learn about things like labiodental fricatives first. Just watch out for the bilabial fricatives. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Sun-drenched shutters

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/4/2010 12:51 AM, Cotty wrote: Bob there were half a dozen in that excellent gallery that exceeded all expectation - simply superb. You know what's nice about this list, you know people for many years but when you see their work get better and better all the time, it's very inspiring - we

Re: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: And where would we be without lambic, gueuze, Jacques Brel and Poirot? Not to forget Tintin, Lucky Luke, Toots Thielemans, the Brothers Dardenne, and surrealism. A whole lot of great things and people for a rather small country. :-) Ralf -- Ralf R.

Re: Eneloops again and again

2010-07-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Like Merlin, I am backwards in Time. On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Paul Dunderdale dund...@mcb.net wrote: ... and a Tardis? On 20 Jul 2010, at 19:35, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I bought a package deal of 12 Eneloop 2000mah AA, 4 LaCrosse 2600mah AA and 4 LaCross 1000mah AAA batteries with

Re: PESO cropping advice sought - Kuantan Mosque detail

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
Ecke, I am voting, although late, for Gentle Crop version, but perhaps you ought to reshoot, 'cause your original frame is too busy... Boris On 6/29/2010 9:21 PM, eckinator wrote: http://tinyurl.com/EckeThump3 http://preview.tinyurl.com/EckeThump3 Your input is very much appreciated as I am

Re: PESO - Al G at 92

2010-07-21 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks, Boris. I'll pass that along to Marcia... -p On 7/21/2010 6:11 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Paul, very well done. I am thinking that passing regards to Marcia with note that she has certain resemblance to her father would be in order here... Boris On 7/7/2010 2:51 AM, Paul Sorenson

Re: PESO - Al G at 92

2010-07-21 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks, Dave. I matted and framed it and offered it to Marcia for her home office. She agreed it was a good pix of her Dad, but declined, saying she didn't want her father staring down at her all the time. Guess I'll have to put it up on the wall in my own office. :-) -p On 7/21/2010 7:09

Re: Help ... advice on m42 extension tubes

2010-07-21 Thread Sam L
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:17 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: These will only work properly with M42 screw mount lenses.  Pentax stopped making lenses in this mount in the mid 1970s.  To use them on any K mount camera either film or digital you will have to get a Pentax M42

Re: PESO Langdale pano

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
I don't care about the join, but I marvel at how peaceful is the scene. Boris On 6/26/2010 2:33 PM, mike wilson wrote: Took some snaps at a friend's wedding last weekend. At the end of the day, the view from our hotel room was... http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/temp/langdalepanocopy.jpg

Re: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Richard D Bush
Love listening to Toots Thielemans and I'm a woodwind player. RB On Jul 21, 2010, at 7:10 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: And where would we be without lambic, gueuze, Jacques Brel and Poirot? Not to forget Tintin, Lucky Luke, Toots Thielemans, the Brothers

Re: GESO cloudy day seascapes

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
That shot with the green ball is pretty neat, Christine. On 6/18/2010 6:14 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: we were at a dog beach on a cloudy day. I've always loved cloudy, windy, and cool days at the beach. http://www.caguila.com/caguila/sea/ comments welcome. cheers, christine -- PDML

Re: Peso - Metro-North

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
Ann, it looks good in color. The idea of b/w conversion does not occur to me as I look at it! Boris On 6/18/2010 6:43 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Took the Pentax lens with me on an overnight to visit friends a couple of hours north of NYC... and got this on the way from the train window.

Re: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The E-PL1 is a pretty darn good camera. The Olympus optional EVF is a nicer viewfinder than the Panasonic optional EVF for the GF1. To me that makes the difference between them, although there are some aspects of the GF1 controls and layout I find more to my liking. However, between these two, the

Re: A new tradition

2010-07-21 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jul 20, 2010, at 18:36, wendy beard wrote: 24 years ago, I took my daughter's first photograph with a Pentax. Last Monday, I took my daughter's daughter's first photograph with a Pentax. To make it a true tradition, I suppose I should have used the same Pentax :-) But anyway, here she is:

Re: PESO - Porch

2010-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
Nice shadow detiail Dave On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: This is the porch of the bookstore that was OPEN per my previous PESO. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11294974size=lg (K7, DA 16-45) Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
And where would we be without lambic, gueuze, Jacques Brel and Poirot? Not to forget Tintin, Lucky Luke, Toots Thielemans, the Brothers Dardenne, and surrealism. A whole lot of great things and people for a rather small country. :-) Ralf Belgium is like a branch office of Hungary.

RE: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
And where would we be without lambic, gueuze, Jacques Brel and Poirot? B You're forgetting Belgian Fries :-). English invention! -- 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: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-21 Thread Dario Bonazza
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The E-PL1 is a pretty darn good camera. The Olympus optional EVF is a nicer viewfinder than the Panasonic optional EVF for the GF1. To me that makes the difference between them, although there are some aspects of the GF1 controls and layout I find more to my liking.

Re: A new tradition

2010-07-21 Thread John Graves
On 7/20/2010 6:36 PM, wendy beard wrote: 24 years ago, I took my daughter's first photograph with a Pentax. Last Monday, I took my daughter's daughter's first photograph with a Pentax. To make it a true tradition, I suppose I should have used the same Pentax :-) But anyway, here she is:

Re: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Belgium is like a branch office of Hungary. I'd always take Thielemans and surrealism over Czardas and a ballpoint pen. ;-) Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :

Re: PESO Noisy Miner

2010-07-21 Thread Bob Sullivan
Rob, The feather detail is spectacular. Nice of him to pose for you! Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: A very good capture! Lighting, focus and exposure appear spot on. Love the captured feather detail. The grate its on and the cutoff

Re: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-21 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 08:09:48AM -0400, Walter Hamler wrote: I have had mine for over a year now and couldn't be happier. The image quality is astounding and it is very easy to use. I would recommend the new model that has the built in flash and the available electronic viewfinder. I

Re: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-21 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:03:35AM +0100, Bob W wrote: I'm trying to persuade my wife to move up to something better than her old Casio Exilim. I'm tempted by the Micro 4/3 systems, and the Olympus E-PL1 seems to have the ease of use and simplicity that my wife is looking for (without

Re: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-21 Thread John Francis
That's good information Godfrey. Nice to know that it passes your sniff test - that makes me fairly confident it will do everything that I expect from it. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 07:27:28AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The E-PL1 is a pretty darn good camera. The Olympus optional EVF is a

Re: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-21 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 09:46:24PM -0700, gldnbearz wrote: I got mine approx 2 weeks ago. Still getting used to it, but the size is definitely in its favor. I like being able to zoom manually instead of electronically. There are days when I reached for a zoom/tele button like a digi PS b/c

Takumar vs Super Takumar ??

2010-07-21 Thread Jerry in Arizona
I am thinking of acquiring some older M42 prime lenses to use on my K20D.  I seem to remember that the Super Takumars were considered a step back in quality and optics from the Takumars.  Can anyone confirm or deny this?  Have not decided which lengths to focus on, prob just on what is

Re: Eneloops again and again

2010-07-21 Thread mike wilson
Joseph McAllister wrote: The 3 year old new uncharged eneloops I installed in my Mighty Mouse gave it up after 5 days yesterday. They started out at 50% power level. Just recharged pair I put in the mouse yesterday show 61% power today (didn't look yesterday after installation). My

Re: Takumar vs Super Takumar ??

2010-07-21 Thread CheekyGeek
Frankly, I would not worry much about the slight differences between them. They are all superb fun. If you find one reasonably priced BUY IT. Take for example the 50mm f1.4. I learned on this list just a few days ago that there are two versions of the Super Takumar, an earlier 8 element design

PESOs Wedding party

2010-07-21 Thread mike wilson
Two weeks ago I snapped a wedding for a couple. Last weekend, I did the same for the wedding party, which they held after coming back from honeymoon. There was another photographer at the party and I surreptitiously took some pics of her. Compose and focus:

Re: Takumar vs Super Takumar ??

2010-07-21 Thread P. J. Alling
Often Super Taks were identical optical formulas to the SMC Taks that replaced them. The SMC Taks only having improved coatings with improved flare resistance. On 7/21/2010 12:16 PM, Jerry in Arizona wrote: I am thinking of acquiring some older M42 prime lenses to use on my K20D. I seem to

Re: Takumar vs Super Takumar ??

2010-07-21 Thread Adam Maas
The Super Takumars are generally a step up in quality over the older Takumars and Auto Takumars, and the SMC Takumars are generally either the same as the Supers with better coatings or another step up. That said, anything older than a Super Takumar is going to be relatively rare. -Adam On Wed,

Re: Manually focusing on the wrong sharp edge?

2010-07-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 21, 2010, at 4:54 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 7/19/2010 10:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I'm curious if other people have this problem when manually focusing, and what they do to fix it. Larry, unlike others in this thread, I use Katz Eye screen with focusing aids (split screen,

RE: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-21 Thread Chris Mitchell
Walter Hamler wrote Sent: 21 July 2010 13:10 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1? I have had mine for over a year now and couldn't be happier. The image quality is astounding and it is very easy to use. I would recommend the new

RE: On pun and fun

2010-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Boris Liberman There is an English word - fun. And then there is a word _fun_ny. Now, there is another English word - pun. Am I right that _pun_ny is not a legal word? Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary lists it; constituting or involving a pun Inflected forms are punnier and punniest

Peso: NYC mailbox

2010-07-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
If you live in the USA you'll get the problem here. That's a USPS drop box on the right. alternate caption Maybe not so funny sorry about no Tinyurl... my tiny url button seems to have disappeared... hmm and just after I updated Firefox last nite..

Re: PESO- roof top wind turbines

2010-07-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 20, 2010, at 11:32 PM, p...@philnortheast.com wrote: The latest addition to Hobart's skyline is causing controversy - some say the turbines are unsightly. http://philnortheast.com/aviewfinderdarkly/general/potw/rooftopturbines.htm It would be hard to make that building much uglier

Re: PESO Noisy Miner

2010-07-21 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 01:12:14AM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, I haven't posted a bird pic for years but this one amused me, it's a rather agitated native Noisy Miner. They are ferociously territorial and I obviously stepped over the line, I was being dive bombed and generally

Re: PESO- roof top wind turbines

2010-07-21 Thread CheekyGeek
Wind turbines unsightly? Depends upon what you are comparing it to: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/An_oil_rig_offshore_Vungtau.jpg Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Feed Us Your Photoblog

2010-07-21 Thread wendy beard
I don't update as much as I should, but I usually post the best shots from events. I'm pretty pleased with the latest set of dockdogs images http://www.muddypawz.net/blog personal site http://www.beard-redfern.com Wendy On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 3:32 PM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote:

Re: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-21 Thread gldnbearz
Hi Walt- I think maybe you are talking about the EP1 (which has been out a year or so) and John is looking at the EPL1 (which came out w/in the last few months). The EPL1 comes with the built-in flash, but neither the EP1 nor EP2 has it. As for the EVF, both the EP2 and EPL1 can use it. Pat On

Re: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-21 Thread gldnbearz
Yes, I noted early on that the way the zoom ring turns on the EPL1 is opposite that on the Pentax. I keep zooming in when I mean to zoom out vice versa. If you've never gotten used to how a zoom ring works, this might not be a bother. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Dario Bonazza

Re: Peso: NYC mailbox

2010-07-21 Thread P. J. Alling
Interesting. I think it's a viral advertisement for the blog spray painted on the mailbox. The alternate title would fit better, I just visited the blog, and Funny? Not so much. Maybe if I were doing drugs. On 7/21/2010 1:48 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: If you live in the USA you'll get the

Re: A new tradition

2010-07-21 Thread Ken Waller
Ah, the innocence... Great capture. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Subject: RE: A new tradition 24 years ago, I took my daughter's first photograph with a Pentax. Last Monday, I took my

Re: HCB at the Art Institute Chicago

2010-07-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: No, I think we should blame it on Christine for not arranging the HCB show to coincide with the PDML show! (Or maybe she tried, and the Art Institute thought the PDML would give them too much competition...) Seriously, I think we would have had more list members make the

Re: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Today is Belgium's national holiday. On Juli 21, 1831, King Leopold I was introduced and Belgium was, so to speak, officially opened. The pub across the road from me specializes in Belgian beers and they're having a celebration in which everyone who buys a Duvel gets

Where is Lightroom hiding?

2010-07-21 Thread Eric Weir
I'm running Lightroom 3 on a MacBook. I can find the application anywhere in the Application folder. Adobe Reader, Adobe Bridge, Adobe Elements are there, but not Lightroom. There is a Light room folder in my Pictures folder, but the only thing in it are two files, one called Lightroom 3

Moving folders that have been imported into Lightroom

2010-07-21 Thread Eric Weir
Elementary question that probably should be addressed by getting a book and doing an online course on managing files and photos in Lightroom, which I will do soon; but for now: I've decided I'd like to keep my Lightroom managed files on a USB hardrive. I've imported only two not very

Re: Manually focusing on the wrong sharp edge?

2010-07-21 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-07-21 13:13, Larry Colen wrote: Unfortunately the Pentax autofocus system seems to be optimized for manual focus. MARK! :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: ... [G2] ... - built in EVF (higher resolution than the addon ones) ... Just for accuracy: The G1, GH1 and G2 all have the same built-in EVF module with the same specs. The GF1 is capable of using a Panasonic EVF

Re: OT - Anyone got opinions on the Olympus Pen E-PL1?

2010-07-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Having used the 5D MkII + EF 24-70mm f/2.8 USM L zoom lens for a while, I find the reverse operation of the Canon zoom rings rather odd: when you try opening the scene by turning counterclockwise, you end up

Re: Where is Lightroom hiding?

2010-07-21 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 21, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Eric Weir wrote: Anybody know where the Lightroom folder/app is on my machine? Following up on this, the Adobe Updater just asked if I wanted to update Adobe Camera Raw 4.6. I said yes. Then the Updater said it was unable to locate the product to be updated. I

Re: Where is Lightroom hiding?

2010-07-21 Thread Doug Brewer
Eric Weir wrote: On Jul 21, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Eric Weir wrote: Anybody know where the Lightroom folder/app is on my machine? Following up on this, the Adobe Updater just asked if I wanted to update Adobe Camera Raw 4.6. I said yes. Then the Updater said it was unable to locate the product to

RE: Takumar vs Super Takumar ??

2010-07-21 Thread J.C. O'Connell
takumars are single coated manual aperture lenses for the most part. Super takumars were single coated with automatic apertures. the final smc takumars were smc coated. Those are the most desireable especially on lenses with a lot of elements like zooms or wide angles. J.C. O'Connell

Re: Moving folders that have been imported into Lightroom

2010-07-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
There's nothing wrong with deleting and then reimporting them after you've moved them ... but of course, you'll lose all the editing history and information you might have added by working with the files in Lightroom already. The way to move the files, for modest batches of files like this, is to

Re: LR3 change

2010-07-21 Thread steve harley
On 2010-07-21 04:15 , Boris Liberman wrote: My computer is not particularly powerful, but it seems to be above the limits of minimal spec, and not below them. I agree that this can be a reason but I would expect that in such a case the sucker would simply take longer to load. yeah machine too

Re: Where is Lightroom hiding?

2010-07-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Jul 21, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Eric Weir wrote: Anybody know where the Lightroom folder/app is on my machine? Following up on this, the Adobe Updater just asked if I wanted to update Adobe Camera Raw 4.6. I said yes. Then

Re: PESOs Wedding party

2010-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
Cute, and well documented Dave On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 12:54 PM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Two weeks ago I snapped a wedding for a couple.  Last weekend, I did the same for the wedding party, which they held after coming back from honeymoon. There was another photographer

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