OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

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Re: Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete

a definiteimprovement in my opinion! Alastair On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Alastair Robertson wrote: > >> beautiful images - the lighting and composition are great for most of >> them.  I would be tempted to boost the exposure a little in the >> Hollyhocks image - seem

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 9/22/2010 7:04 AM, Miserere wrote: Here you go, Cotty, because you asked nicely :-) http://enticingthelight.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Fuji-X100-size-comparison-2.jpg Miserere, sir, I suggest you produce another such comparison image, showing these cameras from the top... I think it w

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 20 September 2010 02:26, Cotty wrote: > On 19/9/10, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Woah! I did not see this coming at all: >> >>http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10091910fujifilmx100.asp > > Only .5x mag in the viewfinder - I'd need to look through it. Otherwise, > I would buy one un

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 9/21/2010 5:54 PM, Cotty wrote: On 21/9/10, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm excited, and for the first time ever a camera has made me wet my pants. If it had PENTAX written on it, I would have shit mine. Now, gentlemen, you really make me concerned... /big evil grin/ Boris -

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 9/21/2010 11:11 PM, Michael Beacom wrote: On Sep 21, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Cotty wrote: On 21/9/10, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm excited, and for the first time ever a camera has made me wet my pants. If it had PENTAX written on it, I would have shit mine. And if it was fu

Re: What brand is this?

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Re: What brand is this?

Prakticard? regards, Anthony    "Of what use is lens and light     to those who lack in mind and sight"                                                (Anon) On 22 September 2010 08:32, Brian Walters wrote: > On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:20 +0200, "Frits Wüthrich" > wrote: >>   http://www.froot.nl

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

-- From: "Michael Beacom" Subject: Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish) On Sep 21, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Cotty wrote: If it had PENTAX written on it, I would have shit mine. And if it was full frame? He'd

Re: PESO: CO145

I have to agree with Boris on this one. Looks quite UNnatural to my eyes. Perhaps it depends somewhat on the monitor. I'll have to look again from work tomorrow. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSC

Re: PESO: CO145

Compelling photo. Well done. Paul On Sep 21, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Sometimes you have to have been there to truly appreciate the colors. > > I've shot images, especially in canyon country, where upon reviewing later at > home thought the colors were somewhat outrageous. > > Ke

Re: CO145

Christine Aguila wrote: Love it, John. Dramatic lines, nice composition, and beautiful color. Excellent picture. Cheers, Christine Lay ann says - what she said :-) ann - Original Message - From: "John Sessoms" To: Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 7:49 PM Subject: PESO: CO145

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On Sep 21, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Cotty wrote: On 21/9/10, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm excited, and for the first time ever a camera has made me wet my pants. If it had PENTAX written on it, I would have shit mine. And if it was full frame? Cheers Mike -- PDML Pentax-Discus

Re: PESO: CO145

On 2010-09-17 18:49 , John Sessoms wrote: Messing with Photoshop again. Found a tutorial on luminosity masking adjustment layers and thought I'd play around with it to see if I can do anything with it. First effort is a photo I took along side the highway just south of Telluride, CO back in 2007

Re: What brand is this?

Kardak EZ-Tear On 9/21/2010 3:20 PM, Frits Wüthrich wrote: http://www.froot.nl/posttype/froot/article/kartonnen-cameras/ I just wondered. Frits Wüthrich -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please vi

Re: What brand is this?

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Re: What brand is this?

Doorstop? On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:09 PM, John Mullan wrote: > Weyerhauser , or maybe Masonite? > > -- > From: "Frits Wüthrich" > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 4:20 PM > To: > Subject: What brand is this? > >>  http://www.froot.nl/posttype/f

Re: What brand is this?

Weyerhauser , or maybe Masonite? -- From: "Frits Wüthrich" Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 4:20 PM To: Subject: What brand is this? http://www.froot.nl/posttype/froot/article/kartonnen-cameras/ I just wondered. Frits Wüthrich -- PDML Pent

Re: Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete

Alastair Robertson wrote: beautiful images - the lighting and composition are great for most of them. I would be tempted to boost the exposure a little in the Hollyhocks image - seems a bit dull Alastair I punched it up just a bit - I think you were right... I just increased the contrast

Re: What brand is this?

On 21 September 2010 16:20, Frits Wüthrich wrote: >  http://www.froot.nl/posttype/froot/article/kartonnen-cameras/ > > I just wondered. > > Frits Wüthrich No idea, but they look like paperweights to me. --M. --     \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com     http://EnticingTheLight.com  

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 21 September 2010 14:35, Cotty wrote: > > Thanks. You're obviously a fanatic. I like that :) Just a concerned citizen. --M. --     \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com     http://EnticingTheLight.com     A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pd

Re: Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete (NEW LINK)

Alastair Robertson wrote: beautiful images - the lighting and composition are great for most of them. I would be tempted to boost the exposure a little in the Hollyhocks image - seems a bit dull Alastair thanks ! - it does look a bit so on smugmug... but cafepress sometimes prints things too

Re: Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete

On 2010-09-21 10:04 , Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Flora-for-Calendar/13821296_i9dWt#1012572838_sVBSa these are enjoyable shots with a more flavor and realism than the typical calendar shots; the only image which bothers me (despite my own p

Re: Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete

Very nice, Ann. Dan On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Flora-for-Calendar/13821296_i9dWt#1012572838_sVBSa > > > I am pretty sure I'm just going to use the Red lilies for the cover shot - > instead of doing the  styl

Re: OT: Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer

On 2010-09-21 13:38 , Ken Waller wrote: From: "steve harley" but he's still a very sharp and in-the-moment speaker Especially when he's on the teleprompter. i don't know about that, i was thinking of when he isn't on the teleprompter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://p

Re: Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete

beautiful images - the lighting and composition are great for most of them. I would be tempted to boost the exposure a little in the Hollyhocks image - seems a bit dull Alastair On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:15 AM, wrote: > It's an excellent calendar, Ann. Well done! > Paul > - "Ann Sanfedele"

Re: What becomes of the broken-hearted?

On Sep 21, 2010, at 7:36 PM, William Robb wrote: > > -- > From: "Bob W" Subject: RE: What becomes of the broken-hearted? > > >> we don't like to get over-excited in case it triggers an apoplectic >> infarction. > > My insurance covers that >

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

Great. Now I have Goodgulf, Frito, and Dildo running through my head. And things weren't going all that well in there to begin with. On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > "Hey Moxie, the jerk on the sheep looks like a fork!", said Pepsi. > >  - Bored of the Rings, Harvard L

Re: What becomes of the broken-hearted?

-- From: "Bob W" Subject: RE: What becomes of the broken-hearted? we don't like to get over-excited in case it triggers an apoplectic infarction. My insurance covers that William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net ht

film project

I got the shop to get in a couple rolls of PanF Plus. they usually have it but were out so i can make it sound like much more of a trial. New battery for the Spotmatic. looking forward to making these images though i have no clue what they will be. Bran -- "Love" is that condition in which t

Re: OT: A camera a Borg could love...

Every feature counts. >   I can see myself beating someone with that. > > Steve Desjardins -- 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: What brand is this?

On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:20 +0200, "Frits Wüthrich" wrote: > http://www.froot.nl/posttype/froot/article/kartonnen-cameras/ > > I just wondered. > Card-ikon? Nikard? Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianw

Re: OT: A camera a Borg could love...

I can see myself beating someone with that. On 9/21/2010 3:46 PM, CheekyGeek wrote: I agree. Has a bit of a Klingon look to it. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 3:36 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Not commenting on it's capabilities, just it's looks. http://theonlinepho

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

And then my college roommate ripped the book from my hands and tore it in half... On 9/21/2010 5:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: "Hey Moxie, the jerk on the sheep looks like a fork!", said Pepsi. - Bored of the Rings, Harvard Lampoon On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Cotty wrote: On 21/9

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

"Hey Moxie, the jerk on the sheep looks like a fork!", said Pepsi. - Bored of the Rings, Harvard Lampoon On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Cotty wrote: > On 21/9/10, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>I see you have your Old Fogey hat on tight today. Is it a Tilly? >>Mine fits s

Re: OT: Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer

I have plenty of problems with GWB. However history shows that he wasn't even close to the main culprit here. On 9/21/2010 4:14 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: "P. J. Alling" You got to get your head out of your Ideological ass. I will if you will. -- "His lack of education is more than

Re: OT: A camera a Borg could love...

I agree. Has a bit of a Klingon look to it. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 3:36 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >  Not commenting on it's capabilities, just it's looks. > > http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/.a/6a00df351e888f88340134878c8e0f970c-800wi > > After looking at Ca

OT: A camera a Borg could love...

Not commenting on it's capabilities, just it's looks. http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/.a/6a00df351e888f88340134878c8e0f970c-800wi After looking at Canon Nikon and Pentax, this seems to from the brutal school of design. -- "His lack of education is more than compensated for by his ke

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

The VF-2 EVF is supposed to be very nice but it is $250. On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 3:41 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 07:56:40PM +0100, Cotty wrote: >> I hope that Pentax are watching this one. Something like this is just >> the sort of thing that could create a niche market. Le

What brand is this?

http://www.froot.nl/posttype/froot/article/kartonnen-cameras/ I just wondered. Frits Wüthrich -- 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: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

I'm excited, and for the first time ever a camera has made me wet my pants. Oh MARK ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Miserere" Subject: Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish) Fuji just anno

Re: K-7 and astrophotography

At 10:11 PM +0200 9/19/10, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Thibouille wrote: Well some manufacturers allow disabling the DFS. In the K7 anything more than 30s will have DFS (whatever your NR settings). K10D was 1 or 2 minutes I think. Ralf? I'm sure he knows. K10D: completely defeatable K20D

Re: Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete

It's an excellent calendar, Ann. Well done! Paul - "Ann Sanfedele" wrote: > Jack Davis wrote: > > >All highly professional shots extremely well presented, Ann. > >"2011 in Bloom" > > > > > >Jack > > > > > > > > > oooh, Thanks Jack ! > > my frisky side thinks of "Just another bloomin' ca

Re: OT: Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer

From: "P. J. Alling" You got to get your head out of your Ideological ass. I will if you will. -- 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: Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete

Jack Davis wrote: All highly professional shots extremely well presented, Ann. "2011 in Bloom" Jack oooh, Thanks Jack ! my frisky side thinks of "Just another bloomin' calendar" ann --- On Tue, 9/21/10, Ann Sanfedele wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele Subject: Geso: Flower Calendar

RE: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

> >> I'm excited, and for the first time ever a camera has made me wet my > pants. > > If it had PENTAX written on it, I would have shit mine. > > Mark! I think on this occasion it should be Skidmark! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens, rangefinder(ish)

From: Miserere Fuji just announce the price: US$1,000. I'll say that again: One Thousand US Dollars. Expected to start shipping in March 2011. http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/21/fujifilms-finepix-x100-ships-march-2011-for-1-000-we-go-hands/ I'm excited, and for the first time ever a camera ha

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 21/9/10, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >I see you have your Old Fogey hat on tight today. Is it a Tilly? >Mine fits snugly too. ];-) Bah humbug!!! ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

Re: OT: Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer

Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "steve harley" Subject: Re: OT: Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer On 2010-09-20 18:12 , William Robb wrote: -- From: "steve harl

Re: PESO: CO145

Sometimes you have to have been there to truly appreciate the colors. I've shot images, especially in canyon country, where upon reviewing later at home thought the colors were somewhat outrageous. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - Fr

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 07:56:40PM +0100, Cotty wrote: > I hope that Pentax are watching this one. Something like this is just > the sort of thing that could create a niche market. Leica is just too > expensive. Not everyone wants to compose using a LCD. Like a bit of > quality but without an extor

Re: PESO - Tame Tully Yawl Steel

Thanks, Frank! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 9/20/10, frank theriault wrote: > From: frank theriault > Subject: Re: PESO - Tame Tully Yawl Steel > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, September 20, 2010, 10:46 PM > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Rick > Womer >

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 9/21/2010 11:54 AM, Cotty wrote: On 21/9/10, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm excited, and for the first time ever a camera has made me wet my pants. If it had PENTAX written on it, I would have shit mine. Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pa

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 9/21/2010 11:38 AM, Miserere wrote: Fuji just announce the price: US$1,000. I'll say that again: One Thousand US Dollars. Expected to start shipping in March 2011. http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/21/fujifilms-finepix-x100-ships-march-2011-for-1-000-we-go-hands/ I'm excited, and for the fi

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On Sep 21, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: As a recall, over 10 years ago Pentax submitted a patent on a rangefinder design but never proceeded on it. I was hoping that Cosina would eventually come out with a fixed lens digital rangefinder based on a Bessa-R sized body, but they don

Re: OT: Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer

On 9/21/2010 11:21 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: "William Robb" From: "steve harley" > > the point is that Clinton's economic policies were bad enough that i gag > when someone writes "he's the best president you've had ..." > You should try living somewhere other than where you are for a wh

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

As a recall, over 10 years ago Pentax submitted a patent on a rangefinder design but never proceeded on it. I was hoping that Cosina would eventually come out with a fixed lens digital rangefinder based on a Bessa-R sized body, but they don't seem interested in doing so. Jeffery On Sep 21,

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

Cotty, I see you have your Old Fogey hat on tight today. Is it a Tilly? Mine fits snugly too. ];-) On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Cotty wrote: > I hope that Pentax are watching this one. Something like this is just > the sort of thing that could create a niche market. Leica is just too > expe

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

I hope that Pentax are watching this one. Something like this is just the sort of thing that could create a niche market. Leica is just too expensive. Not everyone wants to compose using a LCD. Like a bit of quality but without an extortionate price tag. A decent name and pedigree - this is somethi

Re: What becomes of the broken-hearted?

If you had fine light, did you take a picture? On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > I had a traffic infarction once, but got off with a relatively light fine. > > stan > > On Sep 21, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Bob W wrote: > >>> One of the big problems with health care in this country is

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 21/9/10, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >Responsiveness becomes the bottom line. And that viewfinder. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 21/9/10, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >it's a lot of money to spend on self gratification Why Paul, welcome to the club ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDM

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 21/9/10, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: >If anybody wants some cameraporn, I've compiled a bunch of videos >about the X100 here: > >http://enticingthelight.com/2010/09/19/fujifilm-finepix-x100-where-the- >hell-did-this-come-from/#videos Thanks. You're obviously a fanatic. I like that :)

Re: What becomes of the broken-hearted?

I had a traffic infarction once, but got off with a relatively light fine. stan On Sep 21, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Bob W wrote: >> One of the big problems with health care in this country is that people > don't >> take responsibility for their own health. They eat lousy food. Or should I > say >> "ove

RE: What becomes of the broken-hearted?

> One of the big problems with health care in this country is that people don't > take responsibility for their own health. They eat lousy food. Or should I say > "over eat"? In the process they consume excessive amounts of fat and sugar. > They get no exercise. They become diabetic. Their arterie

RE: Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete

> http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Flora-for- > Calendar/13821296_i9dWt#1012572838_sVBSa > > > I am pretty sure I'm just going to use the Red lilies for the cover shot > - instead of doing the style with all 12 I've done with others. > any opinions on that are welcome.

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

Noiseless output at higher ISO will cinch it for me. Jeffery On Sep 21, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Miserere wrote: >> Fuji just announce the price: US$1,000. >> I'll say that again: One Thousand US Dollars. >> Expected to start shipping in Mar

Re: Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete

All highly professional shots extremely well presented, Ann. "2011 in Bloom" Jack --- On Tue, 9/21/10, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > From: Ann Sanfedele > Subject: Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 9:04 AM > http://annsan.smu

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Miserere wrote: > Fuji just announce the price: US$1,000. > I'll say that again: One Thousand US Dollars. > Expected to start shipping in March 2011. > > http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/21/fujifilms-finepix-x100-ships-march-2011-for-1-000-we-go-hands/ > > I'm excit

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On Sep 21, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:53 AM, frank theriault > wrote: >> Lovely dream it is, though! > > It is a touch pricey, and a low priority for my shooting needs. But if > it has the responsiveness I'm after, I'll put aside money for it as > the

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

Don't most cameras retail for the same price, but in Pounds? So 1000 pounds instead of 640? On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Cotty wrote: > On 21/9/10, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Fuji just announce the price: US$1,000. > > Which equates to 640 quid which means it will retail for

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 19 September 2010 18:44, Miserere wrote: > Woah! I did not see this coming at all: > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10091910fujifilmx100.asp > > Clearly firing across the Leica X1's bow. No idea what the expected > price will be (or even if it will be marketed in the US). > > Main Specs: >

Geso: Flower Calendar Pix complete

http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Flora-for-Calendar/13821296_i9dWt#1012572838_sVBSa I am pretty sure I'm just going to use the Red lilies for the cover shot - instead of doing the style with all 12 I've done with others. any opinions on that are welcome... (insert th

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 21/9/10, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: >Fuji just announce the price: US$1,000. Which equates to 640 quid which means it will retail for 799 here. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 21/9/10, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: >I'm excited, and for the first time ever a camera has made me wet my pants. If it had PENTAX written on it, I would have shit mine. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

I just saw this and was coming here to post it. If I had that kind of scratch (and a job), I'd buy one right away. I could see using something like this for street and vacation happy-snaps. It's such a sexy looking camera. On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Miserere wrote: > Fuji just announce

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

Fuji just announce the price: US$1,000. I'll say that again: One Thousand US Dollars. Expected to start shipping in March 2011. http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/21/fujifilms-finepix-x100-ships-march-2011-for-1-000-we-go-hands/ I'm excited, and for the first time ever a camera has made me wet my

Re: OT: Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer

From: Doug Brewer Has anyone brought Hitler into this thread yet? Let me know, so we can get on to whining about the K-5. Whining about the K-5 already has its own thread, and besides would be off topic for an OT thread. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:53 AM, frank theriault wrote: > Lovely dream it is, though! It is a touch pricey, and a low priority for my shooting needs. But if it has the responsiveness I'm after, I'll put aside money for it as the design and form factor is so useful for so many things. The open LCD

Re: OT: Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer

From: "William Robb" From: "steve harley" > > the point is that Clinton's economic policies were bad enough that i gag > when someone writes "he's the best president you've had ..." > You should try living somewhere other than where you are for a while. You will find that often an outsider's pe

Re: OT: Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer

From: steve harley On 2010-09-20 18:12 , William Robb wrote: A lot of the recession was caused by people who just didn't think things > through when they were taking out those subprime mortgages. leaving aside the sociodynamics of mortgage hucksterism, and the financial education that almost

Re: OT: Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer

Just an FYI: Ken Waller was a Ford engineer and served as an expert witness in many of those cases. Paul On Sep 21, 2010, at 11:00 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: "Ken Waller" >> From: "Jeffery Smith" >> >>> > At least it has been since the Ford Pinto was discontinued. ;-) >> >> And the Pinto

Re: OT: Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer

From: "Ken Waller" From: "Jeffery Smith" > At least it has been since the Ford Pinto was discontinued. ;-) And the Pinto is hit from the rear without the gas cap on Didn't matter whether the cap was on or off. The design of how the filler neck connected to the gas tank was vulnerable

Re: OT: Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer

From: "William Robb" Not to mention that selling off your industrial might to China was probably not the smartest thing to do in the long haul, though I'm certain that the short term gains were nice for your corporate masters. Not something you can entirely blame on Bush the younger for all his

Re: What becomes of the broken-hearted?

On 9/21/2010 4:04 PM, Eric Weir wrote: One of the big problems with health care in this country is that people don't take responsibility for their own health. They eat lousy food. Or should I say "over eat"? In the process they consume excessive amounts of fat and sugar. They get no exercise. The

Re: What becomes of the broken-hearted?

On Sep 21, 2010, at 12:05 AM, frank theriault wrote: > I'm not saying that the government can or should do anything about it. > I guess at the very least proper labeling is a start, but even then, > for the same reasons that some people smoke or over-indulge in alcohol > or narcotics when they kn

Re: What becomes of the broken-hearted?

On Sep 20, 2010, at 11:33 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > (Think smoking or unsafe sex as extreme examples) > > You want people to change what their tastes are, their physical TASTE. > It's like trying to get folks to stop using butter when cooking. Or getting them to stop smoking, which we've done p

Re: K-7 and astrophotography

On Sep 21, 2010, at 4:27, Alastair Robertson wrote: > 2010/9/20 Ralf R. Radermacher : >> Thibouille wrote: >> >>> Well some manufacturers allow disabling the DFS. >>> In the K7 anything more than 30s will have DFS (whatever your NR settings). >>> K10D was 1 or 2 minutes I think. >>> >>> Ralf? I

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > The first thing I thought when I heard about this new Fuji was "That's > a digital version of the Leica CL". Yeah. However, my money situation (chronically bad as it is) prevents me from doing anything but dreaming about it. Lovely dream

Re: OT: Civil Rights Photographer Unmasked as Informer

On 2010-09-21 2:38, Bob W wrote: Most people don't seem to remember the Graham-Leach- Bliley Act Really? Yeah, really. It was a /big/ deal when the US Congress debated it, then passed it, in 1999. It seems, however, to have passed from the minds of the so-called experts. I guess ten year

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

frank theriault wrote: >On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Miserere wrote: >> Woah! I did not see this coming at all: >> >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10091910fujifilmx100.asp >> >> Clearly firing across the Leica X1's bow. No idea what the expected >> price will be (or even if it will be ma

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Miserere wrote: > Woah! I did not see this coming at all: > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10091910fujifilmx100.asp > > Clearly firing across the Leica X1's bow. No idea what the expected > price will be (or even if it will be marketed in the US). My initial

Re: GESO - More Monarchs

You've a right to be very pleased with this collection. The setting is fortunate as well. Nicely done. Jack --- On Mon, 9/20/10, frank theriault wrote: > From: frank theriault > Subject: GESO - More Monarchs > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, September 20, 2010, 6:47 PM > I thi

Re: K-7 and astrophotography

Alastair Robertson wrote: > • Extended-exposure NR (Noise Reduction) function, with a choice of > Auto, On and Off modes" Remains to be seen if OFF really means... errr... OFF. The K-7 says OFF and still applies DFS beyond 30 secs. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germ

Re: K-7 and astrophotography

2010/9/20 Ralf R. Radermacher : > Thibouille wrote: > >> Well some manufacturers allow disabling the DFS. >> In the K7 anything more than 30s will have DFS (whatever your NR settings). >> K10D was 1 or 2 minutes I think. >> >> Ralf? I'm sure he knows. > > K10D: completely defeatable > K20D: everyt

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

On 9/21/2010 8:48 AM, Cotty wrote: Well, indeed it is. But many cameras are beautiful - actually the Pentax K7/5 amongst them. I am more interested in size/weight versus ability/ quality. I want not-too-big, fixed focal length with auto or manual focus, fairly rugged (the big open-faced LCD on th