Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/6/2010 8:02 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: Boris, the lenses will be two years old next month. If I can get them to work with a little manual manipulation, which is free, why would I send them to CRIS to a couple of hundred apiece to have the parts replaced? Especially so in that I don't use

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 5, 2010, at 10:22 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: "P. J. Alling" >> On 10/5/2010 7:01 PM, John Francis wrote: >>> > On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 01:49:18PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: >> On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > >>> Well ... not a real car. > >>> > >>> I

Re: Special ping

2010-10-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/6/2010 8:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Boris, I only noticed multiple copies of a couple of your posts, not all of them. So sending one ping isn't definitive. I don't want to (bore and) ping PDML to its untimely demise. Also, you're the only person reported the problem. May be others did n

Re: Special ping

2010-10-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 5, 2010, at 10:12 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Hello there. > > If you receive this message more than once please reply. Otherwise, you don't > /really/ have to bother. Boris, I only noticed multiple copies of a couple of your posts, not all of them. So sending one ping isn't definiti

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Oct 5, 2010, at 02:04 , Boris Liberman wrote: On 10/5/2010 9:30 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: I think I will let this slide for now, even though it is a crappy system that makes these kinds of side-show shenanigans (worked that into a sentence) with Pentax's top of the line DA optics. Joe

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Walt, here are my few pixels. Personally, I don't do montages, collages and other digital art forms. No specific reason except that I'd like to better myself as a photographer, not as a graphic artist. I don't have any specific /system/ as to how to decide which image to save and which to di

Re: Off list for a while - and why

2010-10-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Be strong, Ann! 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: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Jerry in Arizona
A, Lucas, the Prince of Darkness I still like my RED '87 Alfa Romeo Quadrafoglio http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac164/gelewis_2010/Bisbee%20Blues%20Fest%202010/_ORI8154A1.jpg Jerry < To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: It ain't like it used to be. Message-ID: <4cabde0d.1030...@g

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: "P. J. Alling" On 10/5/2010 7:01 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 01:49:18PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: >> On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >>> Well ... not a real car. >>> >>> I'd get my MG running again, but that's not really for transportation. >> I n

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On Oct 5, 2010, at 3:10 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Problem number 2 is what's really kept it off the road. Vandals smashed the windshield and driver's side window and I can't get the broken glass out of the existing interior. I'm going to have to strip it out and completely rep

Special ping

2010-10-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Hello there. If you receive this message more than once please reply. Otherwise, you don't /really/ have to bother. Cheers. 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 a

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Ken Waller
In general I try to only keep those images that don't require an explanation for the viewer as far as technical deficiencies go. And I don't keep images that I wouldn't be proud to show others. Upon download, I make a fast & ruthless selection of keepers and trash the rest. I'll do that again

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
On 10/5/2010 8:47 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Larry Colen wrote: On Oct 5, 2010, at 4:30 PM, John Francis wrote: On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 08:57:04AM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: I know this is an opposing view to what most have posted here, but it works for me. And when I am shooting 2-3000 frames

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Just try to add an interesting background to a good foreground shot in color in a chemical darkroom. It was difficult enough to do in B&W, Photoshop's a snap. On 10/5/2010 4:59 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Thanks, P. J. Good point about storage. I guess I still think of hard drive space a

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
I should think that would be one of the best times to take pictures. Pretty shots of pretty places are easy... On 10/5/2010 6:27 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: The PAW project came about as a result of the same thing we tend to do here (talk about equipment rather than taking pictures...but I blam

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
On 10/5/2010 7:01 PM, John Francis wrote: On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 01:49:18PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Well ... not a real car. I'd get my MG running again, but that's not really for transportation. I need to get my MGBGT back on the road too.

Re: Off list for a while - and why

2010-10-05 Thread Stan Halpin
So sorry to hear this Ann. I know you had been concerned for her for some time. But expecting the worst doesn't make coping with the situation all that much easier. stan On Oct 5, 2010, at 11:06 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > My oldest (in terms of years known) and one of two of my very dearest

Re: Off list for a while - and why

2010-10-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Sad news Ann, my condolences. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > My  oldest (in terms of years known) and one of two of my very dearest > closest long term friends passed away on Friday ... so I'm off to Chicago to > her home and family One of the reasons I c

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread William Robb
-- From: "Tanya Love" Subject: RE: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros I concur. There is no point in keeping stuff just because it is cheap to do so. It may only equate to 1TB per year, but it is also a whole lot of filing, cataloguing e

RE: About Studio Lighting kinds

2010-10-05 Thread Tanya Love
John Sessoms said: I just replaced my "cheap Chinese radio-slaves", which come to think were Interfit Branded with Paul C. Buff Cybersync. Didn't go the CyberCommander route yet, but the receivers & transmitter I have will work with it if I ever get that far advanced. Yeah, I am going to go wi

RE: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Tanya Love
I concur. There is no point in keeping stuff just because it is cheap to do so. It may only equate to 1TB per year, but it is also a whole lot of filing, cataloguing etc that I don't have time to do. There is no point in me keeping stuff that is average at best. I don't ever want to be an "aver

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:47 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> By this time next year, it'll be about half that. If my time is worth any >> money at all, it's practically not worth the time to go through the bother >> of deleting them. > > Whenever I can't think of a better reason for keeping a shot t

Re: PAW39 - Sunset

2010-10-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:51 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > DagT wrote: > >> http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html >> K20D, da*16-5...@16mm, 1/90s, f/8, ISO200 > > Oh YEAH! Great shot! > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: PAW39 - Sunset

2010-10-05 Thread Mark Roberts
DagT wrote: >http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html >K20D, da*16-5...@16mm, 1/90s, f/8, ISO200 Oh YEAH! -- 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 fo

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 5, 2010, at 3:10 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Larry Colen >> On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Well ... not a real car. I'd get my MG running again, but that's not really for transportation. >> I need to get my MGBGT back on the road too. And be

Re: PAW39 - Sunset

2010-10-05 Thread eckinator
annual 2010/10/5 DagT : > Thanks Dan and Bob W! > > DagT > > > Den 3. okt. 2010 kl. 23.48 skrev Daniel J. Matyola: > >> Stunning! >> >> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 3:07 PM, DagT wrote: >>> http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html >>> K20D, da*16-5...@16mm, 1/90s, f/8, ISO200 >>> >

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: > >On Oct 5, 2010, at 4:30 PM, John Francis wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 08:57:04AM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: >>> >>> I know this is an opposing view to what most have posted here, but it works >>> for me. And when I am shooting 2-3000 frames every week, the storage spac

Re: OT - Shameless Self Promotion

2010-10-05 Thread eckinator
click =) ecke 2010/10/3 : > Just got word that 4 images of mine have been chosen to be in a group of 25, > (out of a total of 1200 images submitted) open for voting in a 'Pure > Michigan' summer photo contest. > > check out http://puremichiganphotoclub.com/seasonal-contest/vote/ to view > the 25

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:32 PM, eckinator wrote: > nice shot - that's not a fag in his mouth though or is it? I always find the combination of bicycling and smoking to be a bit of a cognitive dissonance, as out here in the boonies where bikes aren't very practical transportation they seem to be mo

Re: Photographing fall (again)...

2010-10-05 Thread eckinator
total kodachrome moment =) thanks for sharing ecke 2010/10/4 Roman Melihhov : > http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20101004134549 > ^^^ Your own photo contributions welcome. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE f

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 5, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 6 October 2010 11:03, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> That's a bit extreme, in my view (I find a lot of shots that didn't >> come out as I envisaged prove quite useful later), but I delete a lot. >> Good photographers have to be ruthless editors of

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Rob Studdert wrote: >On 6 October 2010 11:03, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> That's a bit extreme, in my view (I find a lot of shots that didn't >> come out as I envisaged prove quite useful later), but I delete a lot. >> Good photographers have to be ruthless editors of their own work. > >Editing does

Re: Sydney PDML

2010-10-05 Thread eckinator
Clear choice: Cormorantor 2 - Shagment Day 2010/10/6 Tanya Love : > I thought my ears were burning! > > Mine would be - "Great Cormorantations" > > t.x. > > > Tanya Love > Photographer > > www.lovebytes.com.au > m: 0458 006 740 > > > > > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [ma

Re: PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-05 Thread eckinator
nice shot - that's not a fag in his mouth though or is it? thanks for sharing ecke 2010/10/6 frank theriault : > So in another thread I talked a bit about Alleycat races, messenger > races through city streets through regular traffic. > > Basically you pay a couple of bucks (usually $10) and that

Re: PESO - sometimes she's still

2010-10-05 Thread eckinator
so do I thanks for sharing ecke 2010/10/6 frank theriault : > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: >> http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/sometimes-shes-still >> >> enjoy > > I hate you. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."  -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PD

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 October 2010 11:03, Mark Roberts wrote: > That's a bit extreme, in my view (I find a lot of shots that didn't > come out as I envisaged prove quite useful later), but I delete a lot. > Good photographers have to be ruthless editors of their own work. Editing does not equal deleting. -- Ro

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Jeffery Smith
It has a certain rugged blue-collar look to it. The E-5 is bigger than the E-1? [groan]. I've gotten so spoiled by the petite Pentax K-x with the smallish LE lenses, I'm neglecting the E-1 with zooms. Jeffery On Oct 5, 2010, at 7:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Think Tank Photo "Retrospecti

Re: Learning Lightroom

2010-10-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I explain my file system organization and naming in a document available from my website: http://www.gdgphoto.com/articles/ see #07. -- Godfrey   godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Shockingly, I have all the bags I need at present too ... although I have looked at adding the Think Tank Photo "Retrospective 10" when the new body gets in (the E-5 is bulkier than the E-1 and L1 and doesn't fit what I have particularly well). I had such a mess of bags I threw my hands up, saved o

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Tanya Love wrote: >A great photographer who took me under his wing years ago (see >www.chunglee.com), once said to me "the measure of a great photographer is >the size of his/her waste paper bin". Quite right. >Meaning anything that isn't as >perfect as you envisaged it should go in the bin T

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 5, 2010, at 4:30 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 08:57:04AM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: >> >> I know this is an opposing view to what most have posted here, but it works >> for me. And when I am shooting 2-3000 frames every week, the storage space >> and time it would take

Re: Off list for a while - and why

2010-10-05 Thread eckinator
Take care, Ann, and my sincere condolences. Ecke 2010/10/5 Ann Sanfedele : > My  oldest (in terms of years known) and one of two of my very dearest > closest long term friends passed away on Friday ... so I'm off to Chicago to > her home and family One of the reasons I could talk myself into the e

Re: Life Savers

2010-10-05 Thread eckinator
2010/10/5 Walter Gilbert : > >   As it happens, I live less than five miles from a uranium enrichment > plant.  I can't believe it never occurred to me to enrich myself via > uranium.  I mean, it's been right there in front of my face the whole time! >  Glowing, even! hmmm... could it be your mora

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 08:57:04AM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: > > I know this is an opposing view to what most have posted here, but it works > for me. And when I am shooting 2-3000 frames every week, the storage space > and time it would take to keep the "average" shots, would be ridiculous. 2000

Re: About Studio Lighting kinds

2010-10-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
Yes, those were his first design. I think Larry had one of those go bad and Buff did a repair on it. Not sure what the cost was. I had four of the White Lightning 1200 monolights and really liked them, but they went along with of all my Mamiya MF stuff when my ex sold them before I could ge

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 06:15:07PM -0400, David J Brooks wrote: > Walter, I keep just about everything i shoot, unless its totally OOF > then i'll delete it. I regard deleting digital images much as I would regard shredding negatives; it's an irreversible step, and one that offers no real benefits

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
I agree with you as a working professional, Tanya. Work one is doing for a client, or on spec., is certainly different than the work an artsy-fartsy photographer does (like me). With few exceptions, if it doesn't meet the clients expectations or is not special to you for your own portfolio,

RE: Sydney PDML

2010-10-05 Thread Tanya Love
I thought my ears were burning! Mine would be - "Great Cormorantations" t.x. Tanya Love Photographer www.lovebytes.com.au m: 0458 006 740 -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob Sullivan Sent: Friday, 1 October 2010 4:00 AM To:

Re: PESO; The Bench at the Winery

2010-10-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
Got the film in the carrier wrong… :-) On Oct 5, 2010, at 08:23 , John Sessoms wrote: From: Jerry in Arizona Taken at the vineyard of Callaghan Winery in Sonoita, AZ.? Pentax K20D, Pentax SMC DA 1:3.5-5.6 18-55mm w/2X telextender.? The plaque recognizes the area as a "Backyard Habitat."

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 01:49:18PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > > > Well ... not a real car. > > > > I'd get my MG running again, but that's not really for transportation. > > I need to get my MGBGT back on the road too. And being a BGT, it

RE: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Tanya Love
A great photographer who took me under his wing years ago (see www.chunglee.com), once said to me "the measure of a great photographer is the size of his/her waste paper bin". Meaning anything that isn't as perfect as you envisaged it should go in the bin. It took me a good while to get my head a

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
An excellent example, Mark! I attended college in San Francisco, and had some very respected luminaries as teachers in the craft of photography. I was told, and remember this was in the days of film, to not expect more than one or two good shots per roll of 35 mm. Do not expect to get mor

Re: PESO - sometimes she's still

2010-10-05 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/sometimes-shes-still > > enjoy I hate you. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pd

RE: Off list for a while - and why

2010-10-05 Thread Tanya Love
Thinking of you Ann, friendships like that are few and far between, and a wonderful reminder of our humanity. I am going to go and have a look at your gallery now. Thanks for being so candid and open about it, and I hope that your trip to Chicago brings you lots of happy tears as you remember the

PESO - Race Prep

2010-10-05 Thread frank theriault
So in another thread I talked a bit about Alleycat races, messenger races through city streets through regular traffic. Basically you pay a couple of bucks (usually $10) and that goes into a kitty for the winner along with donated prizes from courier-friendly businesses. There are a series of che

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Jeffery Smith
The PAW project came about as a result of the same thing we tend to do here (talk about equipment rather than taking pictures...but I blame that on Photokina). Kyle Cassity on the Leica Users Group came up (half-jokingly) that the LUG people should use their cameras rather than just talking abou

Re: All right, which one of you is responsible for this?

2010-10-05 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > I was just voting on photos for the Pentax Photo Gallery and what > should come up but a shot titled "Cormorants at Sunset"... > I'm not responsible. In any way. Just ask my wife. ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 6:15 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > Walter, I keep just about everything i shoot, unless its totally OOF > then i'll delete it. > > I have a lot of photos that i consider "just a bit OOF" but find i can > use them in the annual fair photo contest as the slight flaw does not > s

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: >  I see what you mean. > > Now, how do I learn to be GOOD?  :) Don't listen to Frank or Cotty is a good start. Dave > > > -- Walt > On 10/5/2010 1:07 PM, Bob W wrote: >> >> that's how you learn to be better. >> >> Bob >> >> > > > -- > PDML P

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: >  I see what you mean. > > Now, how do I learn to be GOOD?  :) Don't listen to > > > -- Walt > On 10/5/2010 1:07 PM, Bob W wrote: >> >> that's how you learn to be better. >> >> Bob >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.ne

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread David J Brooks
Walter, I keep just about everything i shoot, unless its totally OOF then i'll delete it. I have a lot of photos that i consider "just a bit OOF" but find i can use them in the annual fair photo contest as the slight flaw does not show up. The example you have shown woudld be a forsure keeper in

Re: PESO - Hey, Frank! I can see your house from here.

2010-10-05 Thread David J Brooks
See that gravel driveway on the right, thats my place. Dave On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:20 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > Shot a wedding near Niagara Falls this weekend.  Pre-wedding, > post-raining shot from the patio. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bUMx1Y-Gqvmre0E6_Y6NSg?feat=directlink >

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Well ... not a real car. I'd get my MG running again, but that's not really for transportation. I need to get my MGBGT back on the road too. And being a BGT, it actually makes pretty decent transportation. Mine's a MGB Toure

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Walter Gilbert
I'm not too proud to say that's the greatest thing I've seen in a long time. And here I sat thinking that the whole "cormorant" thing was just some simple, quirky idiosyncrasy of the PDML list. Little did I know! Thanks for the info and the guffaw (a word which, if I'm not mistaken, is de

Re: PESO - sometimes she's still

2010-10-05 Thread David J Brooks
Sweet Dave On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/sometimes-shes-still > > enjoy > > -- > 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 ab

FTAGH

2010-10-05 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Free To A Good Home: Falcon RC print drying rack. Just add $5 for parcel post mail. I have 2 and only need one. If that. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.ne

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 5, 2010, at 15:43, John Sessoms wrote: > From: "Bob W" I'm getting to be that way as well. I usually drive a car for at least >> 100,000 >>> > miles before even thinking about getting a new one, and that is only when >>> > keeping the old car running costs the same as a monthly payment

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Walter Gilbert wrote: > what do all of you real photographers do with images that may >be flawed, but still have some redeeming qualities to them. For >instance, a shot that's too poorly focused to rescue with sharpening >tools and so forth, but does capture a sense of action that is somewhat

Re: Off list for a while - and why

2010-10-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Oct 5, 2010, at 09:06 , Ann Sanfedele wrote: one of two of my very dearest closest long term friends passed away on Friday ... I am sorry to hear of your loss, gladdened for the wonderful friendship you've enjoyed to oh so many years. Safe journey. To you both. The gallery on my web p

Re: Learning Lightroom

2010-10-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 4, 2010, at 6:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Eric Weir >> On Oct 4, 2010, at 7:22 PM, Eric Weir wrote: >> >>> > Still not clear whether I can move image files into new files . . . . >> Probably obvious, but that shoulda been "into new folders. > > My impression is that Lightroom isn'

Re: About Studio Lighting kinds

2010-10-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Paul Sorenson John - Did you have the original Buff slaves or the newer ones? They weren't happy with the original ones and had a recall and an upgrade offer to go with the newer models. You might check that out with them. The older models were purchased off the shelf from somewhere i

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 October 2010 04:56, Bob W wrote: > we can always talk about cormorants. Or maybe we could simply rebrand: the Punsters Discuss Mail List? -- Rob Studdert (Digital  Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Dis

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
Yeah, but what about the bags . . .? On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: >> Agreed (particularly the LE models). I was thinking more like Sony and >> Olympus four-thirds. > > My FourThirds kit consists of: > > 11-22/2.8-

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > Agreed (particularly the LE models). I was thinking more like Sony and > Olympus four-thirds. My FourThirds kit consists of: 11-22/2.8-3.5 25/1.4 35/3.5 Macro 50/2 Macro 70/2.8 (50/2 + EC14) Macro 100/4 (50/2 + EC20) Macro I'd like to get t

RE: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Bob W
can't help you with that - sorry! > >I see what you mean. > > Now, how do I learn to be GOOD? :) > > > -- Walt > On 10/5/2010 1:07 PM, Bob W wrote: > > that's how you learn to be better. > > > > Bob > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailm

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Walter Gilbert
Thanks, P. J. Good point about storage. I guess I still think of hard drive space as coming at a rather high premium -- and also, there's the fact that I'm not the most well-organized person in the world. I tend to scatter copies of images in various forms hither and yon, throughout my dr

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Walter Gilbert
Thanks for the input, Jeffery. I've been curious about the PAW project, having seen references to it in subject lines on the list in the past. I just assumed it was an individual effort. Maybe a kind soul will explain it to me sometime. Now, I've at least put together the fact that PAW s

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Walter Gilbert
Thanks, John. That's just about as close to a verbatim description of my thinking as it gets. I have gone back over the past couple of days and found some shots that I wonder why I didn't do something with before. The reason, of course, is because I didn't have any idea how to make them l

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Walter Gilbert
I see what you mean. Now, how do I learn to be GOOD? :) -- Walt On 10/5/2010 1:07 PM, Bob W wrote: that's how you learn to be better. Bob -- 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 d

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread mike wilson
m...@robertstech.com wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: My perspective is simple: I'm utterly and terminally bored with new equipment discussions. "Cool new things to buy" is not why I'm interested in Photography. With one or two small exceptions, I've got all the equipment I need to do Photograp

RE: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Bob W
. 230,000 so far on the Subaru Legacy > >> > > > cars? I can't imagine that I'll ever have a car again. > > > > Yeah, but don't you live somewhere that has decent bus & train service, not > to mention being within walking or cycling distance of most everything you > need? > yes > If I coul

Re: Off list for a while - and why

2010-10-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Paul Sorenson wrote: So sorry to hear that, Ann. Was she the friend you visited in Zion? Paul, _ yes who you almost met... thank you for a sweet quote - and there will be many there who are part of the fabric... thanks everyone for your kind thoughts ann FWIW, I leave you with a qu

Re: Learning Lightroom

2010-10-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:23 AM, David Parsons wrote: > You can put the image files anywhere you want.  LR does not work well > when the catalog is stored on a network drive.  The catalog wants to > live on your local computer. Expanding on this a little, Lightroom is implemented on top of an SQLl

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > Well ... not a real car. > > I'd get my MG running again, but that's not really for transportation. I need to get my MGBGT back on the road too. And being a BGT, it actually makes pretty decent transportation. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.co

RE: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Bob W" I'm getting to be that way as well. I usually drive a car for at least 100,000 > miles before even thinking about getting a new one, and that is only when > keeping the old car running costs the same as a monthly payment on a new > car. > > > > Hell, I usually only buy a car AFT

Re: Off list for a while - and why

2010-10-05 Thread Scott Catron
Sorry for you loss, Ann. Thanks for the link to your gallery - very heartwarming to see a friendship last that long. --- Scott Catron - z...@yahoo.com --- http://www.flickr.com/photos/zaui/collections/ - Original Message From: Ann Sanfedele To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Tue,

RE: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Walter Gilbert As I hasten to stipulate at every opportunity, I'm pretty new to photography, and I have what may seem to be a stupid question. So, please indulge me. That said, what do all of you real photographers do with images that may be flawed, but still have some redeeming qualiti

Re: Off list for a while - and why

2010-10-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
So sorry to hear that, Ann. Was she the friend you visited in Zion? FWIW, I leave you with a quote which has been beneficial to me from time to time...Don't know the author... "What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." -

Re: About Studio Lighting kinds

2010-10-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
John - Did you have the original Buff slaves or the newer ones? They weren't happy with the original ones and had a recall and an upgrade offer to go with the newer models. You might check that out with them. The older models were purchased off the shelf from somewhere in the Far East. Th

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Apply some blur, some motion striping and call it art... Hell, I seldom throw anything out, (unless it's just silly, like 100 pictures of a doorknob), storage is cheap, and you never know when a great idea for combined images will strike you. Somewhere on film I have a very nice photograph

Re: monitor shopping

2010-10-05 Thread Christine Nielsen
Tanya, If you can get me the same deal, I'll take two! Thanks for chiming in on this. The U2410 was one of the "top 5" professional monitors on cnet.com - which was my first stop on the way down this rabbit hole... It's still in the running... Good to hear that you like it! -c On Tue, Oct 5, 2

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread P. J. Alling
On 10/5/2010 1:56 PM, Bob W wrote: My perspective is simple: I'm utterly and terminally bored with new equipment discussions. "Cool new things to buy" is not why I'm interested in Photography. With one or two small exceptions, I've got all the equipment I need to do Photography and am only inter

Re: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Jeffery Smith
I would post it and say "how do y'all like the bokeh in this shot?" Dealing with focus and shutter lag when trying to photograph a flying bird (not to mention my poor reflexes) have convinced me never to even try them with my current equipment. So, you'll never hear me criticizing another one's

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Jeffery Smith
While we can't talk about bodies and lenses, there is always photo bags! And Godfrey carefully sidestepped the issue of bags. As you are no doubt aware, he has gone by the name "Bagmelda Marcos" in the past. ;-) Jeffery On Oct 5, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Bob W wrote: >>> My perspective is sim

RE: Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Bob W
> As I hasten to stipulate at every opportunity, I'm pretty new to > photography, and I have what may seem to be a stupid question. So, please > indulge me. > > That said, what do all of you real photographers do with images that may be > flawed, but still have some redeeming qualities to them.

RE: Life Savers

2010-10-05 Thread Bob W
> As it happens, I live less than five miles from a uranium enrichment plant. I > can't believe it never occurred to me to enrich myself via uranium. I mean, > it's been right there in front of my face the whole time! Glowing, even! > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqwS0Ew77WE -- PDML

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Oct 5, 2010, at 10:58 , Bob W wrote: I'm getting to be that way as well. I usually drive a car for at least 100,000 miles before even thinking about getting a new one, and that is only when keeping the old car running costs the same as a monthly payment on a new car. Hell, I usuall

RE: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Bob W
> > I'm getting to be that way as well. I usually drive a car for at least 100,000 > miles before even thinking about getting a new one, and that is only when > keeping the old car running costs the same as a monthly payment on a new > car. > > > > Hell, I usually only buy a car AFTER it has 100,0

RE: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread Bob W
> > > >>My perspective is simple: I'm utterly and terminally bored with new > >>equipment discussions. "Cool new things to buy" is not why I'm > >>interested in Photography. With one or two small exceptions, I've got > >>all the equipment I need to do Photography and am only interested in > >>new t

Out of curiosity: A question for the pros

2010-10-05 Thread Walter Gilbert
As I hasten to stipulate at every opportunity, I'm pretty new to photography, and I have what may seem to be a stupid question. So, please indulge me. That said, what do all of you real photographers do with images that may be flawed, but still have some redeeming qualities to them. For in

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