RE: PESO - A Plateful of Lamingtons

2011-01-28 Thread Bob W
from the aboriginal American point of view you never did. Be like us Americans, and celebrate the day you got rid of the Brits. G Dan On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:00 AM, Brian Walters Actually, Australia Day is a bit divisive here falling as it does on 26th January. Many aboriginal

Re: PESO - A Plateful of Lamingtons

2011-01-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Whatever the Native American may think of the white Americans, at least most of us are not Brits. Dan On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:16 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: from the aboriginal American point of view you never did. Be like us Americans, and celebrate the day you got rid of the

PESO: Downtown

2011-01-28 Thread Tim Bray
In Manhattan, downtown has a specific meaning: http://goo.gl/CYEFz - but this is just a bunch of pretty lights. Not that I'm claiming to have captured whatever-it-is downtown means. -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread AlunFoto
http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/01/whooper-swans.html The Eurasian counterpart to the North American Trumpeter Swan. It winters in Southern Norway if it can find places where there is open freshwater throughout the winter. There's one such place about an hour's drive from my home. Jostein --

Re: PESO - Boiler

2011-01-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-01-25 5:07 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all An exercise in grime and texture http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1250peso.html Comments, of course, most welcome. I like it, Brian. The composition is great! -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Downtown

2011-01-28 Thread Rob Studdert
On 28 January 2011 19:54, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: In Manhattan, downtown has a specific meaning: http://goo.gl/CYEFz - but this is just a bunch of pretty lights. Good stuff, I love my little s90 for city shots like this (just ask Igor ;-) I have exposure comp on the rear wheel with

PESO - Cyclocommute

2011-01-28 Thread frank theriault
Just a quick snap taken earlier in the week: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/cyclocommute.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Downtown

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Well done! The ship in the foreground makes it an intriguing composition. Paul On Jan 28, 2011, at 3:54 AM, Tim Bray wrote: In Manhattan, downtown has a specific meaning: http://goo.gl/CYEFz - but this is just a bunch of pretty lights. Not that I'm claiming to have captured whatever-it-is

Re: PESO - Cyclocommute

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice pan! And a bike that has apparently seen much service. Paul On Jan 28, 2011, at 7:03 AM, frank theriault wrote: Just a quick snap taken earlier in the week: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/cyclocommute.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank --

Re: PESO - Cyclocommute

2011-01-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
Now there's real Canadian bike! Kolor works well here. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:03 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Just a quick snap taken earlier in the week: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/cyclocommute.html Hope you enjoy.  Comments always welcome.

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
Very nice. Great composition and the vapor off the water really enhances the emotional content. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 4:32 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/01/whooper-swans.html The Eurasian counterpart to the North American Trumpeter Swan. It

Re: PESO - A Plateful of Lamingtons

2011-01-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
OK, but what about the Flamingos? ;-) On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:34 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: Sorry no such thing :( We have Waitangi Day coming up which commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.  But because it falls on a weekend (AGAIN, damn it!) we don't get

Re: peso - trees and pond

2011-01-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
I like busy, Sasha, as long as it's the point of the shot. I like the contrast of the detail of the tree with the wall. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:39 -0800, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: More from fa77 + k5 combo.

RE: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Chris Mitchell
AlunFoto wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/01/whooper-swans.html The Eurasian counterpart to the North American Trumpeter Swan. It winters in Southern Norway if it can find places where there is open freshwater throughout the winter. There's one such place about an hour's drive

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
The 40 MP version would be so much nicer. (Picture me laughing uncontrollably.) On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: AlunFoto wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/01/whooper-swans.html The Eurasian counterpart to the North American Trumpeter

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Elizabeth Masoner
Beautiful! Certainly worth the drive. ~Liz On 1/28/11 3:32 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/01/whooper-swans.html The Eurasian counterpart to the North American Trumpeter Swan. It winters in Southern Norway if it can find places where there is

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Love the tonality and the mist. Wonderfully moody photo. Paul On Jan 28, 2011, at 4:32 AM, AlunFoto wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/01/whooper-swans.html The Eurasian counterpart to the North American Trumpeter Swan. It winters in Southern Norway if it can find places where there

Re: PESO - Cyclocommute

2011-01-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-01-28 7:03 AM, frank theriault wrote: Just a quick snap taken earlier in the week: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/cyclocommute.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank Very nice one, Frank; everything in this works for me. I agree that retaining the

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-01-28 4:32 AM, AlunFoto wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/01/whooper-swans.html The Eurasian counterpart to the North American Trumpeter Swan. It winters in Southern Norway if it can find places where there is open freshwater throughout the winter. There's one such place about an

Re: PESO - Cyclocommute

2011-01-28 Thread Jack Davis
WOW, crisply done, Frank. Now, if you'll just work on sharpening up those wheel spokes in the future... ;) Jack --- On Fri, 1/28/11, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Cyclocommute To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Cyclocommute

2011-01-28 Thread Madame RD
Le 28/01/11 13:03, frank theriault a écrit : Just a quick snap taken earlier in the week: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/cyclocommute.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank I always enjoy your blog photos Frank and this one makes not exception .

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jostein, Wonderful picture, I'm jealous! The water vapour and the backlighting on the tree limbs add a lot. I'd think about cropping the left side tree branch out. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:32 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote:

Planning a 28mm comparison series...

2011-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
28mm lenses are plentiful so there are a lot of choices out there for the Pentax shooter. On an APS-C camera, as we all know, the 28mm give the (35mm) equiv. of a 42mm lens, making it a nice slightly-wider-than-normal lens. Most do not offer the speed and corresponding low-light capabilities of

Re: Planning a 28mm comparison series...

2011-01-28 Thread David Parsons
I look forward to it. 28mm is my current favorite prime length. Wide enough for indoors, and a good length for walking around outside. Faster than 2.8 would be nice, but it's not that much of a problem. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: 28mm lenses are

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
A wonderful photo! Love the tone and the atmospherics. One quibble that I feel improves it: The photo itself has a 7.3 to 11 aspect ratio. If you set your selection tool to that aspect ratio and crop out the little bramble on the left and a bit of the top (leaving the entire bottom and left of the

Re: Planning a 28mm comparison series...

2011-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:10 AM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: Faster than 2.8 would be nice, but it's not that much of a problem. If you think about it in terms of film, we are in the best shape in HISTORY. When the Pentax-A series of lenses was available, 800 was probably the

Re: Planning a 28mm comparison series...

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
If the SMC tak 28/3.5 is optically the same as the SMC Pentax version, I think you'll find it the best of the bunch. The K-mount version is a superb lens. Paul On Jan 28, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Darren Addy wrote: 28mm lenses are plentiful so there are a lot of choices out there for the Pentax

Re: Planning a 28mm comparison series...

2011-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
Yes, I remember the image of the sleeping baby shot with that lens that was just spectacular. Unfortunately, they are not the same optical design. The S-M-C 28mm f3.5 is 7 elements in 7 groups, while the SMC K version is 8 elements in 7 groups. I guess that accounts for the superiority of the SMC

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread AlunFoto
Yes, and if I had remembered to switch the K-7 back from JPG to DNG it would have looked better too. Had a Homer moment when I loaded the shots into the PC. :-( Jostein 2011/1/28 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: The 40 MP version would be so much nicer. (Picture me laughing

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Toine
Wow very nice. the steam and colours create a dreamy scenery On 28 January 2011 10:32, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/01/whooper-swans.html The Eurasian counterpart to the North American Trumpeter Swan. It winters in Southern Norway if it can find places

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks Darren, I think you're looking at the aspect ratio with the matting included. That's why you get the odd numbers. I'm a bit fascinated that you bothered doing them, actually... :-) Notice the shadow diagonal on the left side. If you crop out more of the bramble, that line will look odder

Oh the joys of getting everything I wanted in 1977...

2011-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
Well, maybe not EVERYTHING. But I got interested in photography in about 1975, as a sophomore in High School. Got involved in the yearbook staff and learned BW darkroom. Also got to take the department's Spotmatic out to shoot a few events. That got me started. Used to read Petersen's Photographic

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread AlunFoto
2011/1/28 Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net: See you got the smoke machine out. Very nice. The smoke machine was already there when I arrived. :-) Thermometer in car said -17 °C. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:46 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Darren, I think you're looking at the aspect ratio with the matting included. That's why you get the odd numbers. No, first I cropped out the matting. My aspect ratio is correct. I'm a bit fascinated that you bothered

Re: synchronizing disks

2011-01-28 Thread Eric Weir
On Jan 27, 2011, at 1:36 PM, steve harley wrote: I'm rarely hardware connected to the other drive. I backup to it manually via Wi-Fi. That's almost prohibitively slow already, and will be soon. My thought is to do a hardware-connected backup of images after doing the initial delete of

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread AlunFoto
2011/1/28 Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:46 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Darren, I think you're looking at the aspect ratio with the matting included. That's why you get the odd numbers. No, first I cropped out the matting. My aspect ratio is

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread AlunFoto
2011/1/28 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: 2011/1/28 Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:46 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Darren, I think you're looking at the aspect ratio with the matting included. That's why you get the odd numbers. No, first I

Re: New Pentax 18-135: any experiences?

2011-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Oh - totally uninformed banter also most welcome... :-) Good, because I'm FULL of totally uninformed banter - just ask my wife. No personal experience, but in my opinion lenses like this are designed for people who are

Re: PESO - A Plateful of Lamingtons

2011-01-28 Thread P. J. Alling
As someone who can trace my ancestry to a specific American Indian tribe, I can say we were happy to join the white man they kept the Pequots from killing us. On 1/28/2011 3:16 AM, Bob W wrote: from the aboriginal American point of view you never did. Be like us Americans, and celebrate

Re: PESO - A Plateful of Lamingtons

2011-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
Sadly, I was unaware of these traditional treats or I would have sampled them when in Australia with my oldest daughter a few years ago. However, your photo looks yummy enough to eat so I have emailed her the following recipe: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/lamingtons/Detail.aspx (highly rated,

RE: Planning a 28mm comparison series...

2011-01-28 Thread J.C. O'Connell
while good, the smc tak 28/3.5 is not the same formula as the smck version. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From:

Re: Planning a 28mm comparison series...

2011-01-28 Thread P. J. Alling
Actually it's the /true/ normal lens on an APS-C sized sensor or film for that matter, the diagonal of the sensor is 28.8mm, (assuming the perfect measurements, which every manufacture fudges, of 16x24mm). Barnack picked ~50mm lenses as normal for his camera design using 35mm film for either

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Jack Davis
Love the serenity, Jostein! I'm in an especially nitty mood I guess, but one of the tiny twigs seems to intrude into the left swan's space. I'd nip it back by about i/3 to 1/2. I think the darker lower right corner area does enough to contain the swans and the floating debris would not be

PESO - budding artist

2011-01-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
I was sitting in the family room watching TV, while Grace was drawing in the kitchen. Having just repeated my sensor tests, following Pentax's repair offer (still perfectly clear), I had my camera on hand, with the DA*60-250 mounted. I cranked the ISO up to 6400 and shot grace as she worked in

RE: Planning a 28mm comparison series...

2011-01-28 Thread J.C. O'Connell
FWIW, I had a tamron 28mm f2,5 that was very unimpressive on flare/contrast. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From:

Re: Planning a 28mm comparison series...

2011-01-28 Thread David Parsons
This is true, but I try not to go above 800 on my K100DS if I want to avoid massive noise in lowlight shots. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:10 AM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: Faster than 2.8 would be nice,

Re: PESO - budding artist

2011-01-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, Great stuff. I love the K-5 with the DA60-250/4. Grace looks charming...one of life's simple pleasures! Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I was sitting in the family room watching TV, while Grace was drawing in the kitchen.

Re: Oh the joys of getting everything I wanted in 1977...

2011-01-28 Thread Richard D Bush
Darren, I guess I'm also reliving my childhood. Actually, I was a young adulthood when I bought a Spotmatic to take pictures of my two year old baby boy back in 1968. I'm currently shooting with a K10D and have a K5 on order. I made the decision to stay with Pentax when I bought my K10D

Re: Pentax price curves

2011-01-28 Thread Toine
Here are some charts. All in dutch and in euros but charts are charts: http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/240294/pentax-k-7.html http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/172728/pentax-k20d.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

OT: But you can't take it apart.

2011-01-28 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm sighned up for Adorama's email news letter, which I pretty much ignore. However every once in a while I'll get bored and click on a link... http://www.adorama.com/DBLDCCB.html -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. --

Re: PESO - A Plateful of Lamingtons

2011-01-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling As someone who can trace my ancestry to a specific American Indian tribe, I can say we were happy to join the white man they kept the Pequots from killing us. On 1/28/2011 3:16 AM, Bob W wrote: from the aboriginal American point of view you never did. Be like us

Re: PESO - budding artist

2011-01-28 Thread Jack Davis
These are impressive sensitivity examples. I'll have me one of those sooner rather than later..I hope! Jack --- On Fri, 1/28/11, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO - budding artist To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Boiler

2011-01-28 Thread Ken Waller
What Bruce said. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO - Boiler On 11-01-25 5:07 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all An exercise in grime and texture

PESO: Ring-Billed Gull

2011-01-28 Thread Jack Davis
Was at a local northern California lake with the intention of practicing my photo panning. Quite a few Sea Gulls frequent said lake, but only in the winter. Must be the storms at sea that encourages them to move inland. This lake is surrounded with french fry munching folks, who bring their

Re: PESO: Downtown

2011-01-28 Thread Ken Waller
Nice capture! The boat illumination really adds IMO. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: PESO: Downtown Well done! The ship in the foreground makes it an intriguing

Re: peso - trees and pond

2011-01-28 Thread Ken Waller
Nice capture. If it were mine I'd crop out some of the RH side to put the edge of the pond closer to the RH edge. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: peso - trees and pond I like

Re: Planning a 28mm comparison series...

2011-01-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 28, 2011, at 8:39 AM, David Parsons wrote: This is true, but I try not to go above 800 on my K100DS if I want to avoid massive noise in lowlight shots. I was told by marc Sabatella and Gordon Goode, that Gordon had done some tests, and that after ISO 800 on the K100, they weren't

Re: Oh the joys of getting everything I wanted in 1977...

2011-01-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 28, 2011, at 7:47 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Well, maybe not EVERYTHING. But I got interested in photography in about 1975, as a sophomore in High School. Are you another nifty 50? I've lost track. This mailing list seems to be the first time in years that I've been in a social group

Re: PESO: Ring-Billed Gull

2011-01-28 Thread AlunFoto
Very nice and clean species portrait, Jack. Jostein 2011/1/28 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: Was at a local northern California lake with the intention of practicing my photo panning. Quite a few Sea Gulls frequent said lake, but only in the winter. Must be the storms at sea that encourages

Re: Oh the joys of getting everything I wanted in 1977...

2011-01-28 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/28/2011 1:17 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jan 28, 2011, at 7:47 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Well, maybe not EVERYTHING. But I got interested in photography in about 1975, as a sophomore in High School. Are you another nifty 50? I've lost track. This mailing list seems to be the first time in

Re: New Pentax 18-135: any experiences?

2011-01-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
Here's an example. I want a nice zoom at Disneyworld because my primary goal is not to take pictures but I don't want to miss good shots by walking around with a prime that is just too long./short. Also, it's sometimes hard to change lenses in a crowd, as I discovered last year when I dropped my

Re: Pentax price curves

2011-01-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 28, 2011, at 9:26 AM, Toine wrote: Here are some charts. All in dutch and in euros but charts are charts: http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/240294/pentax-k-7.html http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/172728/pentax-k20d.html Thanks, It looks like typically 5-6 months for the price to start

Re: PESO: Ring-Billed Gull

2011-01-28 Thread Jack Davis
Meaningful remarks, Jostein. Thanks! Jack --- On Fri, 1/28/11, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: From: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Ring-Billed Gull To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 10:18 AM Very nice and clean species portrait,

Re: New Pentax 18-135: any experiences?

2011-01-28 Thread Larry Colen
Unless you need the weather sealing, you could also look for a Tamron 18-250. When I was putting my kit together I got one so that I'd always have a lens of the focal lengths I most needed available. It was the lens that lived on my camera body, so that if something came up, I could get the

Re: PESO: Ring-Billed Gull

2011-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
Cool lighting. Almost looks like a studio softbox shot. -- 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: One eneloop battery can be charged 1000 times ...

2011-01-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo t...@hamartun.priv.no wrote: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org writes: One eneloop battery can be charged 1000 times Here comes the question: How many times can FOUR eneloop battteries be charged? No, the question is: *which* eneloop battery

Re: Oh the joys of getting everything I wanted in 1977...

2011-01-28 Thread Cotty
On 28/1/11, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: Are you another nifty 50? I've lost track. This mailing list seems to be the first time in years that I've been in a social group with a bunch of people my age. I'm 12. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Cotty
On 28/1/11, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/01/whooper-swans.html The Eurasian counterpart to the North American Trumpeter Swan. It winters in Southern Norway if it can find places where there is open freshwater throughout the winter. There's one such

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Cotty
On 28/1/11, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: Had a Homer moment LOL! Love it. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: But you can't take it apart.

2011-01-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-01-28 12:27 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I'm sighned up for Adorama's email news letter, which I pretty much ignore. However every once in a while I'll get bored and click on a link... http://www.adorama.com/DBLDCCB.html I believe these may have been shot with that camera ...

Standards, They Exist for a Reason

2011-01-28 Thread Robert Blakely
I'm currently pissed at PEXTAX corp. After a hiatus due to severe injury, I decided to go out with my buddies to (outside) Anza, CA to image the stars. I really don't have the many Benjamins to spend on an astro camera so do this with my K20D and I use the PENTAX Remote Assistant to do this.

Re: PESO - budding artist

2011-01-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-01-28 11:35 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I was sitting in the family room watching TV, while Grace was drawing in the kitchen. Having just repeated my sensor tests, following Pentax's repair offer (still perfectly clear), I had my camera on hand, with the DA*60-250 mounted. I cranked the

Re: PESO - budding artist

2011-01-28 Thread Tim Bray
That's totally lovely. -T On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I was sitting in the family room watching TV, while Grace was drawing in the kitchen. Having just repeated my sensor tests, following Pentax's repair offer (still perfectly clear), I had

Re: PESO: Ring-Billed Gull

2011-01-28 Thread Tim Bray
Weird thing... It's a great capture, but the bird's eyes look bored-and-cynical. Which is a ridiculous thing to say about a bird or a picture of a bird. -T On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Was at a local northern California lake with the intention of

OT: Don't look now, but your SX70 is useful again...

2011-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
Frankly, I doubted this would ever get off the ground, but it's flying high at the moment. Get your film while the gettin' is good. http://shop.the-impossible-project.com/allabout/colorshade/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO: Downtown

2011-01-28 Thread Tim Bray
Yeah, I have the Franiec grip, and what Rob said: It really helps. The camera is still not as smooth in the hand as a DSLR, but then it fits in any imaginable pocket and weighs nothing. -Tim On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 28 January 2011 19:54,

Redux: You know you're old when

2011-01-28 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
When you remember every Friday watching for the FS posts and jumping on 'em like a duck on a June bug. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Standards, They Exist for a Reason

2011-01-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-01-28 2:58 PM, Robert Blakely wrote: I'm currently pissed at PEXTAX corp. After a hiatus due to severe injury, I decided to go out with my buddies to (outside) Anza, CA to image the stars. I really don't have the many Benjamins to spend on an astro camera so do this with my K20D and I use

Re: Standards, They Exist for a Reason

2011-01-28 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:31 -0500, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On 11-01-28 2:58 PM, Robert Blakely wrote: I'm currently pissed at PEXTAX corp. After a hiatus due to severe injury, I decided to go out with my buddies to (outside) Anza, CA to image the stars. I really don't

Re: OT: Don't look now, but your SX70 is useful again...

2011-01-28 Thread P. J. Alling
Looking at the site it seems that the film isn't really ready for prime time, but they're attempting to make a virtue out of it's limitations. Personally I'd have been happier if they were releasing an experimental peal apart film. The joy of SX-70 photography was it's existential

Re: Standards, They Exist for a Reason

2011-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
Just to add to what has already been said, this thread may be helpful: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/68492-help-pentax-k20d-remote-assistant-3-a.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Standards, They Exist for a Reason

2011-01-28 Thread P. J. Alling
I feel your pain, but in the other direction. I've been using Win2K on my desktop it seems like forever. It's stable, does pretty much what I need, and I have no wish to upgrade. However the latest version of Pentax Digital Photo Utility, while it installs on Win2K wouldn't run. I was able

Re: OT: Don't look now, but your SX70 is useful again...

2011-01-28 Thread P. J. Alling
Peel apart... I really should proofread these. On 1/28/2011 3:43 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Looking at the site it seems that the film isn't really ready for prime time, but they're attempting to make a virtue out of it's limitations. Personally I'd have been happier if they were releasing an

Re: Oh the joys of getting everything I wanted in 1977...

2011-01-28 Thread Scott Loveless
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 28/1/11, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: Are you another nifty 50?  I've lost track.  This mailing list seems to be the first time in years that I've been in a social group with a bunch of people my age. I'm 12. For

Re: PESO: Ring-Billed Gull

2011-01-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
A good catch and very sharp. It's neat how parts of the bird disappear into the background. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Was at a local northern California lake with the intention of practicing my photo panning. Quite a few Sea Gulls frequent said

Re: FS: 'Telephoto Lens Viewer'

2011-01-28 Thread eckinator
is it full frame or aps-c eyes only? 2011/1/28 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Re: FS: 'Telephoto Lens Viewer' On Jan 27, 2011, at 1:14 PM,

Re: New Pentax 18-135: any experiences?

2011-01-28 Thread Peter McIntosh
On 29 January 2011 05:54, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Unless you need the weather sealing, you could also look for a Tamron 18-250.  When I was putting my kit together I got one so that I'd always have a lens of the focal lengths I most needed available.  It was the lens that lived on

Re: Standards, They Exist for a Reason

2011-01-28 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 28, 2011, at 13:58, Robert Blakely wrote: I'm currently pissed at PEXTAX corp. After a hiatus due to severe injury, I decided to go out with my buddies to (outside) Anza, CA to image the stars. I really don't have the many Benjamins to spend on an astro camera so do this with my K20D

Re: OT: But you can't take it apart.

2011-01-28 Thread Richard D Bush
It says they were shot with a Nikon D200. On Jan 28, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On 11-01-28 12:27 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I'm sighned up for Adorama's email news letter, which I pretty much ignore. However every once in a while I'll get bored and click on a link...

Re: OT: But you can't take it apart.

2011-01-28 Thread P. J. Alling
Brooksey will be happy. On 1/28/2011 4:35 PM, Richard D Bush wrote: It says they were shot with a Nikon D200. On Jan 28, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On 11-01-28 12:27 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I'm sighned up for Adorama's email news letter, which I pretty much ignore. However every

Re: OT: But you can't take it apart.

2011-01-28 Thread Adam Montoya
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:27 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sighned up for Adorama's email news letter, which I pretty much ignore.  However every once in a while I'll get bored and click on a link... http://www.adorama.com/DBLDCCB.html So a bit like this one except

Re: Standards, They Exist for a Reason

2011-01-28 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 January 2011 07:47, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Just to add  to what has already been said, this thread may be helpful: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/68492-help-pentax-k20d-remote-assistant-3-a.html Yep, I expect this would be the easiest solution

re: Subject: PESO: Ring-Billed Gull

2011-01-28 Thread Don Guthrie
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:04:50 -0800 (PST) From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Ring-Billed Gull Message-ID: 476296.85044...@web130122.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Was at a local northern California lake

Re: PESO - Whooper swans

2011-01-28 Thread Rob Studdert
On 28 January 2011 20:32, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/01/whooper-swans.html The Eurasian counterpart to the North American Trumpeter Swan. It winters in Southern Norway if it can find places where there is open freshwater throughout the winter.

RE: Standards, They Exist for a Reason

2011-01-28 Thread Robert Blakely
Did that. No go. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 12:48 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Standards, They Exist for a Reason Just to add to what has already been said, this

RE: Standards, They Exist for a Reason

2011-01-28 Thread Robert Blakely
Been there. Tried that. No go. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Charles Robinson Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 1:32 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Standards, They Exist for a Reason On Jan 28, 2011, at 13:58, Robert

Re: Standards, They Exist for a Reason

2011-01-28 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 January 2011 09:15, Robert Blakely b...@blakely.com wrote: Did that. No go. It's a lot more screwing about but have you tried VirtualBox http://www.virtualbox.org/ and an old windows installation on top of W7? -- Rob Studdert (Digital  Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours

Re: Oh the joys of getting everything I wanted in 1977...

2011-01-28 Thread Cotty
On 28/1/11, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: For the 38th time? When one is so young, it is easy to go on and on about a thing -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ --

Re: PESO - A Plateful of Lamingtons

2011-01-28 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:16 -0600, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Sadly, I was unaware of these traditional treats or I would have sampled them when in Australia with my oldest daughter a few years ago. However, your photo looks yummy enough to eat so I have emailed her the following

Re: PESO - Boiler

2011-01-28 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:21 -0500, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On 11-01-25 5:07 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all An exercise in grime and texture http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1250peso.html Comments, of course, most welcome. I like it,

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