Re: PESO: Weird-shaped camera

David Mann wrote: On Oct 16, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Tim Bray wrote: http://www.tbray.org/tmp/k5s30.png I'm too lazy to look it up... what's that little knurled thing below the flash button? Tap for washing the sensor. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/ma

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

On Oct 16, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On 11-10-15 5:06 PM, Tim Bray wrote: >> The original design of Unix contains so many >> ideas that were radical, far from obvious, and turned out to be right, >> and more or less zero ideas that turned out to be wrong; > > creat(2) should have

Re: PESO: Weird-shaped camera

On Oct 16, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Tim Bray wrote: > http://www.tbray.org/tmp/k5s30.png I'm too lazy to look it up... what's that little knurled thing below the flash button? Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Tete a Tate

On Oct 16, 2011, at 9:04 AM, Bob W wrote: > Had a very enjoyable lunch and stroll around Tate Modern today with Godfrey, > David and Mary. Here are some of the snaps: > Very nice set of photos. It's interesting to see that the Thames is still the same disgustin

Re: GESO The once and future shed

On Oct 15, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > This being the summer of PDML shed renovation, the once and future shed is no > longer a zombie, and is once again usable as a shed. I realized that > finishing it in the time I had to work on it wasn't going to happen, so I > hired a friend to

Re: Music at the Farmer's Market

On Oct 15, 2011, at 3:50 PM, George Sinos wrote: > This young lady was playing here violin at the local farmer's market. > The shot is from a couple of weeks ago, taken during the Worldwide > Photowalk. The weather was perfect. > > Exc

Re: OT: Rolling Stone Cover Story on Steve Jobs

Sorry. The link got truncated somehow. Try this: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/music/news/article.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=10759125 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 11:21 PM, steve harley wrote: > on 2011-10-15 20:10 Daniel J. Matyola wrote >> >>

Re: OT: Rolling Stone Cover Story on Steve Jobs

on 2011-10-15 20:10 Daniel J. Matyola wrote http://www.nzherald.co.nz/music/news/article.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=10. perhaps this isn't the URL you intended? "Government about to sweep coal-miner's board clean" ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/

OT: Rolling Stone Cover Story on Steve Jobs

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/music/news/article.cfm?c_id=264&objectid=10. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

Thanks for heads up, Larry. On a whim, I bought myself a new Kindle, that little $79 one. I spent much of the day reading on it (we have a bit of a mid semester break now) and, of course, it's based on Linux. I wonder how long it will take our technology to lose its connection to Ritchie's work.

Re: OT: scanners; Epson 600 vs. Epson 700 vs. used film scanner

on 2011-10-15 15:47 Mark C wrote Nikon Scan is like lots of software from ~10 years ago - it is quirky and annoying to work with. The alternative - Vuescan - has an unfathomable interface, but is more stable. i know what you mean, it took me a while to get used to Vuescan; it has gotten much b

Re: Not quite your garden variety

on 2011-10-15 15:32 John Francis wrote I still need to identify these flowers, if anyone can help: http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0829&style=1&year=ALL it may be a Tulipa hybrid, but i'm not that familiar with those http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW1036&style=1&year=

PESO: Weird-shaped camera

At that Boris gig that I recently posted about, I was jammed against the stage as were some others with nontrivial cameras. In a break in the proceedings while the band was re-tuning, the woman next to me with some big zoomed Canon suddenly turned and said "What's the weird-shaped camera?" and the

Re: Not quite your garden variety

Sat Oct 15 17:32:47 EDT 2011 John Francis wrote: > I still need to identify these flowers, if anyone can help: > http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0829&style=1&year=ALL > http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW1036&style=1&year=ALL I suspect it is one of lilies, but I don't know whi

Re: Music at the Farmer's Market

The picture is perfect, too. Remarkable. -T On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 3:50 PM, George Sinos wrote: > This young lady was playing here violin at the local farmer's market. > The shot is from a couple of weeks ago, taken during the Worldwide > Photowalk.  The weather was perfect. > >

Music at the Farmer's Market

This young lady was playing here violin at the local farmer's market. The shot is from a couple of weeks ago, taken during the Worldwide Photowalk. The weather was perfect. gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georg

Re: K-5 DSLR of the decade?

On 15/10/2011 7:43 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: A decade consists of 10 years. If the first decade of the Christian Era, (screw political correctness), starts with year 1 then the last year of a decade if you wish to be consistent, ends with year 10, if you wish to be consistent. Besides when you refe

Re: OT: scanners; Epson 600 vs. Epson 700 vs. used film scanner

Thanks Mark. I'm surprised to hear that the 3200 was better than the V500, just because it was a previous model and not much more expensive. But I've gotten good results with it as well. I found a couple of 8000s on ebay for reasonable prices, but the sellers couldn't guarantee that they were ev

Re: OT: scanners; Epson 600 vs. Epson 700 vs. used film scanner

I'd go with the higher end flatbed scanner or an older film scanner. Scanning film is too much work and too time consuming to invest the effort in a system that would not produce the best results. Regarding the dedicated film scanner - Earlier this year I bought a Coolscan 8000 for around twic

Re: Not quite your garden variety

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 01:13:37AM -0600, steve harley wrote: > on 2011-10-15 00:43 John Francis wrote > >I can't help, either. Mind you, I'm pretty certain it's closely > >related to this one I asked about some four years ago: > > > > http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0727&style=1&year=A

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

On 11-10-15 5:06 PM, Tim Bray wrote: The original design of Unix contains so many ideas that were radical, far from obvious, and turned out to be right, and more or less zero ideas that turned out to be wrong; creat(2) should have been spelled with an 'e'. :-) -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

Perhaps it's because I'm an old geek and can remember when V7 Unix was new and exciting, but in my mind Ritchie and Thompson loom larger than any of those other guys. The original design of Unix contains so many ideas that were radical, far from obvious, and turned out to be right, and more or les

Re: OT: scanners; Epson 600 vs. Epson 700 vs. used film scanner

Thanks Steve, and all others who commented. That's probably what I'll do. For years, I scanned medium format on an Epson 3200 flatbed, and the results were good enough for magazine publication (which doesn't require that much in the way of definition), and they made nice prints up to 11 x 14. I

Re: Re; Lightroom, "Camera Calibration", Embedded vs Adobe Std, and the k-5...

Hi Christine - Your suspicion is correct, at least for Nikon. Where you see Adobe Std. listed. I also see Nikon Standard, landscape, vivid, portrait etc. It's camera specific. gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Chri

Tete a Tate

Had a very enjoyable lunch and stroll around Tate Modern today with Godfrey, David and Mary. Here are some of the snaps: B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit t

Re: OT: scanners; Epson 600 vs. Epson 700 vs. used film scanner

on 2011-10-15 05:10 Paul Stenquist wrote In any case, the only film scanner that would be suitable would be one that accommodates medium format, and those are very expensive. if it were me, i'd get a good flatbed and when i found an image i thought a better scan might improve, i'd have a ser

"Say Something"

In view of the recent discussions here, I thought these thoughts might be of interest to some PDMLers: http://naturography.com/say-something/ I am not sure if I agree with the claimed universality of the assertion made by the author. It is rather philosophical - and in some sense a question of

Re: Not quite your garden variety

Thanks to everybody who looked and commented! (Some individual responses are interspersed below) Sat Oct 15 03:11:36 EDT 2011 steve harley wrote: > on 2011-10-13 13:15 Igor Roshchin wrote > > > > > > But they all came from a garden in Urals. > > well, except the last one. > > > > http://4

SESO... (screenshot every so often)

Went to flickr today... this is what I saw: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/6247284012/in/photostream or: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/6247284012/in/photostream Three* Pentax and a Ricoh! Coincidence...? :) -c * I think it's three, the one on the far left I couldn't mak

Re: OT: scanners; Epson 600 vs. Epson 700 vs. used film scanner

On 15/10/2011 13:10, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Oct 15, 2011, at 5:39 AM, Toralf Lund wrote: On 10/15/11 3:40, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Get a used film scanner. No contest. I have a lot of medium format film to scan as well and even some 4x5, so

Re: G+

On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:28:40 -0400 Doug Brewer wrote: > > 2. There are a lot of really good photographers already there > > and me this was going to be my line. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Peso - Speaking of Cormorants ..

On 10/15/2011 11:39, Jack Davis wrote: Ann, believe these are the best looking "Cormys" I've seen. Would certainly include them as part of your "Feathers" collection. Beautiful exposure and composition! Jack thanks much, Jack -- they are in the calendar ann - Original Message - F

Re: PESO - Bus Stop

On Oct 12, 2011, at 11:19 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > I am reviewing my Rome 2009 images, getting back into the Blurb book I have > planned. I came across an image that intrigues me; I am curious what others > will say WRT rendering and subject matter. > > So, two images taken within a second or

Re: G+

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Tim Bray wrote: > >>I work for Google, so feel free to discount this as highly-biased raving. > > Hey, *someone* at Google has to have a few positive words for G+. It > might as well be you! ;-) > http://siliconfilter.com/google-engineer-goog

Re: G+

Tim Bray wrote: >I work for Google, so feel free to discount this as highly-biased raving. Hey, *someone* at Google has to have a few positive words for G+. It might as well be you! ;-) http://siliconfilter.com/google-engineer-google-is-a-prime-example-of-our-complete-failure-to-understand-platfo

Re: PESO - Morning Calm

An excellent photo -- but I would straighten the horizon. Paul On Oct 15, 2011, at 10:25 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Well done Frank. Just enough mist > > dAVE > > On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:22 AM, frank theriault > wrote: >> Taken Sunday morning: >> >> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011

Re: Geso Madawaska Thanksgiving photos

Nice pics. Looks like a good time. Paul On Oct 15, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > Looks like a fine outing location, Dave. Glad you enjoyed the fresh fall > weather even though, as you said, you missed peak fall colors. > Thanks for bringing us along. > > Jack > - Original Message

Re: GESO The once and future shed

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Oct 15, 2011, at 6:33 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > >> Lookin' great, Larry! >> >> Looks like you got  a lot done in a relatively short amount of time once >> things got underway. > > Yeah, I didn't start the project sooner because I didn't

Re: GESO The once and future shed

On Oct 15, 2011, at 6:33 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > Lookin' great, Larry! > > Looks like you got a lot done in a relatively short amount of time once > things got underway. Yeah, I didn't start the project sooner because I didn't have the money. When the shed fell down and I had to do it anyw

Re: Peso - Speaking of Cormorants ..

Ann, believe these are the best looking "Cormys" I've seen. Would certainly include them as part of your "Feathers" collection. Beautiful exposure and composition! Jack - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:55 AM Su

Re: Peso - Speaking of Cormorants ..

On 10/15/2011 02:17, Brian Walters wrote: On Friday, October 14, 2011 7:38 PM, "Ann Sanfedele" wrote: (aside to Tim Bray and his gushing over G+) Working on new calendar - calling it 'Feathers" finally found a cormy snap of mine from earlier this year... http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Pr

Peso Shingles part II

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14408659 >From this years Markham fair. These guys do this every year, part of the gang that does the old style horse plowing demo in July. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Regi

Re: G+

I'm still trying to figure my way around, like John. Dave On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: > On 10/14/11 5:01 PM, Tim Bray wrote: >> >> I work for Google, so feel free to discount this as highly-biased raving. >> >> Having said that, Google+ is really pretty nice for a photog

Re: PESO - Spiral

They are also on my garage from time to time. Dave On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:24 PM, frank theriault wrote: > These little fellows are all over the place down by the Lake, but > usually down lower, on the grass or close to the ground.  This guy got > about six feet up on a leaf, giving the mornin

Re: PESO: Diaphanous

Nice back lighting Dave On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been going through some of the shots I've taken over the past couple of > months and stumbled upon some that I had set aside for another day and let > them slip my mind.  I took this one way back on A

Re: G+

On 10/14/11 5:01 PM, Tim Bray wrote: I work for Google, so feel free to discount this as highly-biased raving. Having said that, Google+ is really pretty nice for a photographer: I've been pleasantly surprised. I don't get along well with Facebook, especially since they cluttered it up (more)

Re: PESO - Bus Stop

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > I like the black and white with the moving car > > ann Same here Dave > > On 10/12/2011 23:26, Philip Northeast wrote: >> >> On 13/10/11 2:19 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: >>> >>> I am reviewing my Rome 2009 images, getting back into the Blurb bo

Re: PESO - Mt. McGown Paradigm

Lovely Dave On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Tom C wrote: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14389974&size=lg > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and fo

Re: Peso - Speaking of Cormorants ..

Nice colours and pose here. Dave On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > (aside to Tim Bray and his gushing over G+) > > Working on new calendar - calling it 'Feathers" finally found a cormy snap > of mine from earlier this year... > > http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/New

Re: PESO - Morning Calm

Well done Frank. Just enough mist dAVE On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:22 AM, frank theriault wrote: > Taken Sunday morning: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/morning-calm.html > > Hope you enjoy.  Comments always welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." 

Re: PESO - two Still Lifes - GDG

Well done Dave On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:06 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Did a couple of Still Life images this morning using Paul's lovely old Leitz > Elmar 5.0cm f/3.5 lens, an uncoated lens from 1932-1934 era … > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6239756889/in/photostream/lightbox/ >

Re: PESO - two Still Lifes - GDG

What Brian said...both especially nice. I like the lower angle on #2. -p On 10/15/2011 1:11 AM, Brian Walters wrote: On Thursday, October 13, 2011 10:06 AM, "Godfrey DiGiorgi" wrote: Did a couple of Still Life images this morning using Paul's lovely old Leitz Elmar 5.0cm f/3.5 lens, an unco

Re: Geso Madawaska Thanksgiving photos

Looks like a fine outing location, Dave. Glad you enjoyed the fresh fall weather even though, as you said, you missed peak fall colors. Thanks for bringing us along. Jack - Original Message - From: David J Brooks To: Pentax Discuss ; Petch Dianne ; Rod Pipher ; Barbara Brooks ; n...@on

Re: Do You Remember When?

On 10/14/2011 6:31 PM, Tom C wrote: From: William Robb On 14/10/2011 1:00 PM, Tom C wrote: But I must ask, despite your over emotional reaction, why do you have, how many DSLR's is it? When's the last time you've spent a substantial amount of time in a wet darkroom vs. frying your eyeballs out

Re: K-5 DSLR of the decade?

A decade consists of 10 years. If the first decade of the Christian Era, (screw political correctness), starts with year 1 then the last year of a decade if you wish to be consistent, ends with year 10, if you wish to be consistent. Besides when you refer to a decade such as the sixties you r

Re: GESO The once and future shed

Lookin' great, Larry! Looks like you got a lot done in a relatively short amount of time once things got underway. -- Walt On 10/15/2011 2:24 AM, Larry Colen wrote: This being the summer of PDML shed renovation, the once and future shed is no longer a zombie, and is once again usable as a

Geso Madawaska Thanksgiving photos

Hey all. Not a great year for colour, missed it by a week and 1 wind storm, but great weather and company. http://d-brooks.jalbum.net/madawaska-2011/ Trying out j-albums storage for this gallery. Dave Brooks -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountr

Re: PESO - Morning Calm

This is just stunning, Frank. Somehow I need to get a signed print of this one from you... On 10/11/2011 16:22, frank theriault wrote: Taken Sunday morning: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/morning-calm.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax

Re: OT printf("goodbye world\n");

On 10/14/2011 10:15, Larry Colen wrote: Wednesday evening, on another mailing list I was pointed to a saddening post on Tim Bray's blog. Last week, Dennis Ritchie passed away. This news will almost certainly cause one of two reactions: "Who?" or Dismay that we have lost someone who has arguably

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

On Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:08 AM, "John Sessoms" wrote: > > However long your exposure is you have an equal length duplicate while > the camera makes the dark frame exposure with the shutter closed. A 5 > minute exposure followed by a 5 minute dark frame. > > Meanwhile the stars have move

Re: Not quite your garden variety

From: John Francis On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 05:21:47PM +1100, Brian Walters wrote: On Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:15 PM, "Igor Roshchin" wrote: But they all came from a garden in Urals. well, except the last one. http://42graphy.org/galleries/garden-2011/ I am not overly happy with 2-3

Re: GESO The once and future shed

Well done. I'm thinking of trying to get an electrical plug out to mine, but i want my electrician friend to have a look and do it right. My window is on hold till spring, until i figure out what i want. Hopefully its not a 5 year plan like the shed.:-) Dave On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Larry

RE: G+

From: Tim Bray I work for Google, so feel free to discount this as highly-biased raving. Having said that, Google+ is really pretty nice for a photographer: 1. The presentation of the photos is pretty good compared to anything else with "social" in the name 2. There are a lot of really good pho

Re: OT: scanners; Epson 600 vs. Epson 700 vs. used film scanner

On Oct 15, 2011, at 5:39 AM, Toralf Lund wrote: > On 10/15/11 3:40, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >>> Get a used film scanner. No contest. >> I have a lot of medium format film to scan as well and even some 4x5, so a >> film scanner is pretty much

Re: OT Night Photography: free eBook

From: Bruce Walker On 11-10-14 4:33 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: David J Brooks Thanks Dave On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Just a heads-up for anyone interested in trying night photography. Here's a free introductory 24 page eBook (PDF) on the subject ... http://avail

Re: OT: scanners; Epson 600 vs. Epson 700 vs. used film scanner

On 10/15/11 3:40, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Oct 14, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Get a used film scanner. No contest. I have a lot of medium format film to scan as well and even some 4x5, so a film scanner is pretty much out of the question. In any case, the Epson 700 with a d-max of

Re: Not quite your garden variety

On 13/10/2011 21:15, Igor Roshchin wrote: But they all came from a garden in Urals. well, except the last one. http://42graphy.org/galleries/garden-2011/ I am not overly happy with 2-3 of them, but I kept them in this gallery nevertheless. Your comments, criticism, and suggestions are w

Re: OT: scanners; Epson 600 vs. Epson 700 vs. used film scanner

on 2011-10-14 19:40 Paul Stenquist wrote I have a lot of medium format film to scan as well and even some 4x5, so a film scanner is pretty much out of the question. In any case, the Epson 700 with a d-max of 4.0 and 4800 dpi native resolution appears to be very close in performance to some fil

GESO The once and future shed

This being the summer of PDML shed renovation, the once and future shed is no longer a zombie, and is once again usable as a shed. I realized that finishing it in the time I had to work on it wasn't going to happen, so I hired a friend to install the roofing, and do the wiring. That was finish

Re: GESO: Wata of Boris

Well done. And a very interesting read. Paul On Oct 15, 2011, at 1:16 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > Boris is a Japanese experimental-guitar-noise band that I really like; > I saw them Tuesday and took some pix of guitarist/singer/keyboardist, > Wata. If you're interested in reading about seriously challe

Re: Not quite your garden variety

on 2011-10-15 00:43 John Francis wrote I can't help, either. Mind you, I'm pretty certain it's closely related to this one I asked about some four years ago: http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0727&style=1&year=ALL that's a Gaillardia cultivar too -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List P

Re: Not quite your garden variety

on 2011-10-13 13:15 Igor Roshchin wrote But they all came from a garden in Urals. well, except the last one. http://42graphy.org/galleries/garden-2011/ I am not overly happy with 2-3 of them, but I kept them in this gallery nevertheless. i enjoy looking at how people look at gardens; t