PESO: Ginger and Apples

2011-10-24 Thread Walt Gilbert
Hi all, Here's a shot I grabbed this weekend with Larry's K100Ds and my K 50/1.4 -- taken at a Halloween party and hayride put on for the kids by my local Fraternal Order of Eagles. This young lady had just finished bobbing for apples and was drying her hair off (and messing with me by

Re: PAW--Week 42--Man at Work

2011-10-24 Thread Tim Bray
I love white brick buildings and pictures of white brick buildings. Mmmm -T On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Not the best example of this subject material, but I'll do better next time.   Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ --

Re: PAW94 - Waterfall

2011-10-24 Thread Tim Bray
One thing I particularly like is that it doesn't resort to that fakey long-exposure thing that makes the waterfull look like etheral white silk, when in fact real water is full of sharp edges and wide variation in reflected light. Nice! -T On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 11:10 AM, DagT

Re: PESO: Ginger and Apples

2011-10-24 Thread Tim Bray
Wow, striking. Got a color version? -T On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Here's a shot I grabbed this weekend with Larry's K100Ds and my K 50/1.4 -- taken at a Halloween party and hayride put on for the kids by my local Fraternal Order of

Re: PAW--Week 42--Man at Work

2011-10-24 Thread DagT
Funny :-) Den 24. okt. 2011 kl. 03:46 skrev Christine Aguila: Not the best example of this subject material, but I'll do better next time. Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Ginger and Apples

2011-10-24 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thank you, Tim! Here's a lower res color version that I just did some quick n' dirty editing on for Facebook purposes. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6275816816/ I liked it, too. But the monochrome really seemed to make it pop. -- Walt On 10/24/2011 1:26 AM, Tim Bray wrote:

Re: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread Dario Bonazza
Sort of Kappa-chinkue in Italian, where the final e is pronounced like in met. Ciao, Dario - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 2:15 AM Subject: Language Question I was wondering how K-5 is

Re: PESO - Nothing...

2011-10-24 Thread Bulent Celasun
Sorry! I did not realize that! Here it is again: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14466292size=lg Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: PESOs: Lake District trip

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 18 October 2011 20:29, Chris Mitchell wrote: We've just returned from a trip to the English Lake District. We stayed in Cockermouth (no sniggering at the back please!) and spent a happy few days wandering around the NW end of the National Park. A few shots taken with K7, 16-50 and 50-135

Re: PESO - Nothing...

2011-10-24 Thread Bulent Celasun
My mistake; forgot about their policy. Here it is again: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14466292size=lg Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: PESO: No Rocket Launching

2011-10-24 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 21 October 2011 18:16, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for looking, Chris. Did you get a photo of that church sign? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola Sadly not. Mobile phone disaster lost it. I do have another swallow related one from

Re: PESO: Ginger and Apples

2011-10-24 Thread Tim Bray
Yep. BW wins this round. -T On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Tim! Here's a lower res color version that I just did some quick n' dirty editing on for Facebook purposes. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6275816816/ I liked it,

Re: PESO - Wishes

2011-10-24 Thread Brian Walters
On Saturday, October 22, 2011 8:26 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure what he's wishing for, but somehow I don't think it's cupcakes: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/10/wishes.html I like it - nice timing. The mural on the column is interesting too.

Re: GESO: Wildwood/Cape May 2011

2011-10-24 Thread Brian Walters
On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 6:16 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: I've put up this year's gallery from our annual vacation to Cape May Wildwood, New Jersey. It was not the most photographically productive year for the trip, but I do like these: Palm Warbler: http://stdw.us/pCLiKC

RE: PESO: No Rocket Launching

2011-10-24 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Chris Mitchell Did you get a photo of that church sign? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola Sadly not. Mobile phone disaster lost it. I do have another swallow related one from Banburgh

Re: PESO: Leap for Joy

2011-10-24 Thread Brian Walters
On Saturday, October 22, 2011 8:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=153 As others have said - nicely timed. The photo almost has a 3D effect, especially in the larger version. The only distraction is

Re: PESO: Two 'Lips

2011-10-24 Thread Brian Walters
On Friday, October 21, 2011 11:48 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: Apologies for the blown-out highlights... http://www.multi.net.nz/two-lips/ Attractive composition. The highlights aren't objectionably blown. I like it. Cheers Brian ++

RE: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread Bob W
I was wondering how K-5 is pronounced in other languages. In English it's Kay-five. Japanese, I'm guessing is Kay-go because it's Romanji on it. In Hebrew is it Kay-chamesh? French: Car Sank Spanish: Car Thinko Italian: Car Chink Way Rumanian: Car Chinch Latin: no letter K, maybe Kappa

Re: Challenge: Photos of your bikes

2011-10-24 Thread Cotty
On 23/10/11, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: And even, it looks like, cottered cranks. Oi! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Very silly Geso, Jupiter's moons

2011-10-24 Thread Larry Colen
The only point of these photos is seeing if they could be done. They are pictures of Jupiter's moons taken using the astrotracer with my tamron 300/2.8 plus both the 2x and the 1.4x teleconverters, the sigma 50-500 and the FA77. I blew my math and said that the focal length of the tammy was

Re: Mini PDML Boston

2011-10-24 Thread Cotty
On 23/10/11, Ken Waller, discombobulated, unleashed: I've got 3 Epsons, one is 14 old years - has experienced heavy, heavy usage - and none of them has ever failed me. Head clogs? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Pumpkin

2011-10-24 Thread Cotty
On 23/10/11, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14464333 This is the only pumpkin that grew from the 12 plants i planted this spring. Small but perfectly formed :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread Bulent Celasun
Turkish: Car (or, Keh) - behsh Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun 2011/10/24 Bob W p...@web-options.com: I was

Re: Spectral Photography?

2011-10-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Mark, I think a light leak that tight and tidy is unlikely. it would probably be more diffuse. I'd bet on something going wrong with the chemistry, perhaps a few grains of undissolved developer that stuck to the film but were eventually washed off. Paul On Oct 23, 2011, at 10:40 PM, Mark C

Re: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread Dario Bonazza
Bob W wrote: Italian: Car Chink Way Kappa, not Car. Dario -- 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.

PESO 2011 - journey's end - GDG

2011-10-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The rain in Dublin is unrelenting. I'm tired and have not been out and about much in this weather. I tried going to Howth yesterday for the Sunday market. It poured, I returned to my hotel. Rather watch a movie than come down with pneumonia. Snapped a few photos on the train and at the

Re: Mini PDML Boston

2011-10-24 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com Subject: Re: Mini PDML Boston On 23/10/11, Ken Waller, discombobulated, unleashed: I've got 3 Epsons, one is 14 old years - has experienced heavy, heavy usage - and

Re: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread Fernando
If you want Latinamerican Spanish is more like: ka-sinko as oppposed to Spanish from Spain (closer to what Bob wrote): ka-thinko On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I was wondering how K-5 is pronounced in other languages.  In English it's Kay-five. Japanese, I'm

Re: GESO - Godders in England

2011-10-24 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Well, here's something I haven't done in a LONG time. Quick and dirty gallery of shots from White Horse Hill, Uffington, Oxfordshire recently as Godders visits... http://www.cottysnaps.com/godders.html Borrowed Stef's 4MP 1D

Re: Mini PDML Boston

2011-10-24 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 7:59 PM, John Mullan k...@hotmail.com wrote: I'll be glad to provide a soundtrack which will probably be a reasonable substitute.  I've been told to move to a different campground, not just a different campsite. john mullan I was banished to the far corner in 2007, my

Re: PESO 2011 - journey's end - GDG

2011-10-24 Thread David J Brooks
Number three is very well done Dave On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: The rain in Dublin is unrelenting. I'm tired and have not been out and about much in this weather. I tried going to Howth yesterday for the Sunday market. It poured, I returned to

Re: PAW--Week 42--Man at Work

2011-10-24 Thread David J Brooks
Well seen Dave On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Not the best example of this subject material, but I'll do better next time.   Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:58 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Another thing I've noticed is that any photos that were 'pending' before are now missing in action (or at least mine are).  Looks like those ones will need to be uploaded again (then again, if this is general for all

Re: PESO: Ginger and Apples

2011-10-24 Thread David J Brooks
Great shot Dave On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Here's a shot I grabbed this weekend with Larry's K100Ds and my K 50/1.4 -- taken at a Halloween party and hayride put on for the kids by my local Fraternal Order of Eagles.  This young lady had

PESO: Get Your Own

2011-10-24 Thread Walt Gilbert
Hi all, Here's another shot I took at the Halloween party and hayride. This one is of a covetous little boy who managed to purloin one of the apples for which children were expected to have bobbed. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6275875330/ K100Ds, K-50/1.4, ISO 400, 1/400,

Re: PESO: Ginger and Apples

2011-10-24 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 10/24/2011 9:45 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Great shot Dave Thank you, Dave! I think it's among my favorites of all the photos I've taken so far. -- Walt On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Walt Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Here's a shot I grabbed this weekend with Larry's

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Same with my gallery. All 67 approved images are there, but my pending list and my declined list are both blank. I wish I had made a note of the image I submitted that were still pending review when they shut down the old system. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

Re: PESO: Leap for Joy

2011-10-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Brian. Yes, I think you are right about the distractions. The striped object is a whirly gig or little windmill that is placed next to a seedling to scare away the deer. The white object is a marker for the Invisible fence that marks the boundaries of the yard for the dog. Bog probably

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread steve harley
on 2011-10-23 21:31 Bong Manayon wrote Looks different; I haven't found the artist page though... http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com i'm pleased to see that it isn't flash-based like the old one; this means i can stop avoiding visits -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Leap for Joy

2011-10-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Practice for breaking the neck of small prey. My Cocker used to do that. That's how I noticed he was chewing up one of the CF cards for my *ist-D. On 10/24/2011 11:43 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Brian. Yes, I think you are right about the distractions. The striped object is a

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 10/24/2011 00:50, Igor Roshchin wrote: I logged in... thanks for the link... that worked fine this morning.. It took me a while to find the tiny arrow to go to next frame after opening the first... and I think the format of the slide show is very distracting when the photo that is there

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread Sam L
I like the site. It seems to load about 100 times faster than the old one. I was able to click artists at the top, select an artist, and view their gallery. No drama. Faster. Easier. Like --- Sam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread P. J. Alling
The equipment navigation is too cute for words, and a PITA since you /must/.use the sliders to select cameras and lenses. They use that metaphor everywhere it's just a /joy/ to navigate. Sheesh didn't they learn much of anything? On 10/23/2011 11:31 PM, Bong Manayon wrote: Looks different;

Re: Veso Shed from A-Z

2011-10-24 Thread P. J. Alling
On 10/23/2011 12:54 PM, Bob W wrote: In the contested space between the domestic and the untamed it deconstructs a symbol of masculinity [...] Holy crap, Bob, do you write that drivel for a living? You're frightfully good at it. :-) I'm a Fellow of the Royal College of Utter Bollocks, and

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 10/24/2011 01:58, Brian Walters wrote: Another thing I've noticed is that any photos that were 'pending' before are now missing in action (or at least mine are). Looks like those ones will need to be uploaded again (then again, if this is general for all users, where do the 'voting' images

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: Subash On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:30:19 -0400 Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I found that.. what I'm saying is as a visitor to the site I cant get my gallery to come up Or anyone elses, ann, one can. it's just that they have changed the url:

Re: Pumpkin

2011-10-24 Thread P. J. Alling
Cute. As an aside, I have noticed that using XP as an OS with the latest version of Firefox 3 I get an annoying advertisement on Photo.net. Using Win2K I don't get that annoying advertisement. The settings for the browser are the same, so it must be the OS. There's something to be said

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread Stan Halpin
On Oct 24, 2011, at 12:15 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Subash On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:30:19 -0400 Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I found that.. what I'm saying is as a visitor to the site I cant get my gallery to come up Or anyone elses, ann, one can. it's just that they have

Derrick Story on the K-5

2011-10-24 Thread George Sinos
I'm not sure how many PDML folks follow Derrick Story's blog or podcasts. Over the years he's mainly been a Canon guy, although not dogmatic about it. In this post he talks about the foul weather capabilities of the K-5 and says he'll be writing more about it in the future.

Re: PESO - Nothing...

2011-10-24 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bulent, The photo's colors are marvelous, almost shades of pastels. I wouldn't think you could make this minimalist photo so interesting. My eyes keep moving from the tan grass to the blue sky and back again. The vehicle tracks help lead my eye from foreground to background. This photo captures a

Re: Spectral Photography?

2011-10-24 Thread Mark C
Thanks, Paul - In the case of HC-110 that would have to be a drop of liquid concentrate, but that does sound like a likely explanation. Mark On 10/24/2011 7:12 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Hi Mark, I think a light leak that tight and tidy is unlikely. it would probably be more diffuse. I'd bet

Re: Get Your Own

2011-10-24 Thread Ken Waller
Oh, so he got it without working for it. Sounds familar. : - ) Cute capture. The cut off feet are a little awkward - either include all of the feet or do a more delibrate cut off. Appears a touch dark on my monitor. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -

Re: Get Your Own

2011-10-24 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 10/24/2011 12:07 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Oh, so he got it without working for it. Sounds familar. : - ) He was fortunate enough to be surrounded by a lot of sympathetic participants. Plus, he probably got one that already had teeth marks in it. Cute capture. The cut off feet are a little

More notes on the astrotracer

2011-10-24 Thread Larry Colen
Once I've fully figured things out, I should probably right a complete review of it. But, here are a few more items that I've noticed: 1) The blue LED on the back is way too bright, and shines in your eye when you're trying to find the viewfinder at night. Stupid, stupid stupid, they should

Re: PESO: Get Your Own

2011-10-24 Thread David J Brooks
I think he is thinking, and how long have you been farming.:-) Dave On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Here's another shot I took at the Halloween party and hayride.  This one is of a covetous little boy who managed to purloin one of the apples

Re: Spectral Photography?

2011-10-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
Mark, I hope you also noticed the light beam coming from the bottom, and diverging toward those lights? There may be also bright spot at the bottom edge (or it might be coming from a bright part of the ground?). It might be consistent with Paul's hypothesis. I think it you've managed to

Re: Spectral Photography?

2011-10-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
It could also have been a piece of dirt that prevented that part of the image from being fixed. After rinsing, when exposed to the light, it would have continued to develop. In some thirty years of darkroom work, I encountered a number of weird effects that were undoubtedly the results of bad

RE: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread Bob W
Bob W wrote: Italian: Car Chink Way Kappa, not Car. Dario I guessed them all! B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

RE: PESO: Get Your Own

2011-10-24 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt Gilbert Here's another shot I took at the Halloween party and hayride. This one is of a covetous little boy who managed to purloin one of the apples for which children were expected to have bobbed. future

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Stan Halpin wrote: FWIW, I have tried all of the various general and Ann-specific links y'all have provided. Every single one produces a horribly misformatted page which is definitely not ready for prime time. Using Safari on my Mac. At least it loaded fast! I just tried it in Safari (on

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread Tim Bray
That web site is, to use a technical term, b0rked. Various flavors of breakage in various browsers. Given the huge number of competent Web design/staging shops everywhere in the world, it puzzles me how it's possible to produce such a bad result. -T On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Mark Roberts

Re: PESO: Get Your Own

2011-10-24 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 10/24/2011 12:32 PM, David J Brooks wrote: I think he is thinking, and how long have you been farming.:-) Dave Ha! And I'd have to answer, Not as long as you have. -- Walt On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Walt Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Here's another shot I took at

Re: PESO: Get Your Own

2011-10-24 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 10/24/2011 1:17 PM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt Gilbert Here's another shot I took at the Halloween party and hayride. This one is of a covetous little boy who managed to purloin one of the apples for which children were expected

RE: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tim Bray That web site is, to use a technical term, b0rked. Various flavors of breakage in various browsers. Given the huge number of competent Web design/staging shops everywhere in the world, it puzzles me how it's

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:29:30AM -0700, Tim Bray wrote: That web site is, to use a technical term, b0rked. Various flavors of breakage in various browsers. Given the huge number of competent Web design/staging shops everywhere in the world, it puzzles me how it's possible to produce such a

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread Larry Colen
On 10/24/2011 11:42 AM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tim Bray That web site is, to use a technical term, b0rked. Various flavors of breakage in various browsers. Given the huge number of competent Web design/staging shops everywhere in

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread Jack Davis
I am in a back-and-forth with a Pentax type trying to work out why my Microsoft Explorer is acting dumb. Have learned that I see pages in a different format than the Pentax version and that they provide limited access. (??) Jack - Original Message - From: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com

PESO 2011 - Connolly Station - GDG

2011-10-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
One last photo for the road ... Went out for a coffee and short walk late this afternoon. Goodbye to a very wet Connolly Station: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6276946018/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6276946018/ Next stop: USA. Godfrey -- All great journeys

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread steve harley
on 2011-10-24 10:33 Stan Halpin wrote On Oct 24, 2011, at 12:15 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Subash http://pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/artist_gallery/annsanfedele it just looks a little different. not necessarily better Try this URL:

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread Mark Roberts
steve harley wrote: i have now twice seen it in good order, and between those two times i've twice seen it messed up; when it's messed up all the elements there, but it seems as if the JavaScript or CSS didn't load to assemble the elements into a coherent design; back end trouble, or

Re: Language Question

2011-10-24 Thread DagT
Norwegian: Kå fem :-) DagT Den 24. okt. 2011 kl. 02:15 skrev Larry Colen: I was wondering how K-5 is pronounced in other languages. In English it's Kay-five. Japanese, I'm guessing is Kay-go because it's Romanji on it. In Hebrew is it Kay-chamesh? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Query for the cyclists

2011-10-24 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 21, 2011, at 21:02, Scott Loveless wrote: As for fit, saddle height is pretty damn important. Start here: http://sheldonbrown.com/saddles.html When you're finished with that page, spend the next two weeks reading the rest of his site. Good old Sheldon. The bike world is a dimmer

Re: OT: Query for the cyclists

2011-10-24 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 22, 2011, at 3:03, Bob W wrote: think about getting a saddle bag rather than a rack panniers. Saddle bags are well out of fashion but they are far more practical than a rack panniers, and much better than using a backpack. Awful tricky to stuff a laptop into a saddlebag, though. I

Re: More notes on the astrotracer

2011-10-24 Thread Toine
I should receive my copy tomorrow, your posts made the 5 week wait for the postman unbearable. Forecast is cloudy and rainy for the next week... My biggest tripod should point the contraption rock solid to the (cloudy) sky... Toine On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread steve harley
on 2011-10-24 13:40 Mark Roberts wrote that makes sense. I've tried it on several browsers and it worked perfectly on every one. I was probably lucky to hit the server(s) at the right time. i bet it depends on Google's backend: http://downrightnow.com/gmail

Re: More notes on the astrotracer

2011-10-24 Thread Dario Bonazza
Larry Colen wrote: 3) It works well, but not perfectly. I don't know whether it is from not matching the focal length perfectly, or the sensor only operating linearly and not rotating. I also have the feeling that the K-5 does not rotate the sensor. I don't own the O-GPS1 and never tried

Re: More notes on the astrotracer

2011-10-24 Thread Larry Colen
On 10/24/2011 1:47 PM, Toine wrote: I should receive my copy tomorrow, your posts made the 5 week wait for the postman unbearable. You're welcome. Forecast is cloudy and rainy for the next week... I got mine just before the full moon, and it was a couple of weeks before I had clear and

Cheap remotes...

2011-10-24 Thread mike wilson
for ists, later film models and Ks up to K10. Wireless: http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=111941 Wired: http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=111932 Go slightly more than 3/4 down this page for models for other makes:

Re: Cheap remotes...

2011-10-24 Thread Larry Colen
K-5 uses the same remote as K-100 and K20. On 10/24/2011 1:26 PM, mike wilson wrote: for ists, later film models and Ks up to K10. Wireless: http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=111941 Wired: http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=111932 Go

Re: OT -- A question for the collective wisdom of the list.

2011-10-24 Thread Joseph McAllister
In Apples MAIL software is a selection in the Message part of the menu bar that is Forward as Attachment. Type s...@uce.gov in the To: field and it will swoop off to .gov computers that parse and present. It is the easiest thing to do, recommended by Apple after their spam servers were

Re: PESO: Get Your Own

2011-10-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
lol! that's very sweet , Walt ... ann On 10/24/2011 11:10, Walt Gilbert wrote: Hi all, Here's another shot I took at the Halloween party and hayride. This one is of a covetous little boy who managed to purloin one of the apples for which children were expected to have bobbed.

Re: PESO: Leap for Joy

2011-10-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 10/22/2011 21:33, frank theriault wrote: On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=153 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola Great job of freezing the

PESO - Cauldron

2011-10-24 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all Another one from my short break on the central coast of New South Wales. I wanted to do some long exposure shots around dusk so I took quite a number of shots similar to this. The long exposure was achieved by a combination of small aperture (f22), low ISO (100) and stacked ND

November PUG - Time running short

2011-10-24 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all So far we have five themed submissions. Theme: Underfoot Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html The main requirements are: * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 10/24/2011 11:37, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Same with my gallery. All 67 approved images are there, but my pending list and my declined list are both blank. I wish I had made a note of the image I submitted that were still pending review when they shut down the old system. Dan Dan Matyola

Re: Pumpkin

2011-10-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 10/24/2011 04:47, Cotty wrote: On 23/10/11, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14464333 This is the only pumpkin that grew from the 12 plants i planted this spring. Small but perfectly formed :) -- Cheers, Cotty Cotty, You just

Re: Very silly Geso, Jupiter's moons

2011-10-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 10/24/2011 04:44, Larry Colen wrote: The only point of these photos is seeing if they could be done. They are pictures of Jupiter's moons taken using the astrotracer with my tamron 300/2.8 plus both the 2x and the 1.4x teleconverters, the sigma 50-500 and the FA77. I blew my math and

Re: PESO 2011 - journey's end - GDG

2011-10-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 10/24/2011 09:10, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The rain in Dublin is unrelenting. I'm tired and have not been out and about much in this weather. I tried going to Howth yesterday for the Sunday market. It poured, I returned to my hotel. Rather watch a movie than come down with pneumonia.

Re: PESO - Nothing...

2011-10-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
I like this - the colors, and as Bob S said, the track leading us over the knoll. I can't help wondering how it would look if the horizon weren't quite so centered, but I think it would take re-shooting from another point of view to accomplish that without losing some of the really positive

Re: Help Fill the Gap: 12-24mm and 77mm

2011-10-24 Thread Michael Beacom
Done- I found one on ebay for the princely sum of $25, including shipping. Considerably cheeper than other auctions. Hope it works... Not out much either way. The Pentax Forum review of the FA 50mm 1.7 looks pretty interesting, any opinions? On Oct 22, 2011, at 9:02 PM, Darren Addy wrote

Re: Very silly Geso, Jupiter's moons

2011-10-24 Thread Larry Colen
On 10/24/2011 4:14 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Needs a lot of spotting An astronomical amount, enough to leave me seeing stars. Do you know the difference between photographing stars and photographing galaxies? Galaxies are messier. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est)

Re: Help Fill the Gap: 12-24mm and 77mm

2011-10-24 Thread Larry Colen
On 10/24/2011 4:31 PM, Michael Beacom wrote: Done- I found one on ebay for the princely sum of $25, including shipping. Considerably cheeper than other auctions. Hope it works... Not out much either way. The Pentax Forum review of the FA 50mm 1.7 looks pretty interesting, any opinions?

Re: PESO - Cauldron

2011-10-24 Thread Ken Waller
Well captured. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: PESO - Cauldron G'day all Another one from my short break on the central coast of New South Wales. I wanted to do some long

Re: PESO - Cauldron

2011-10-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent. A great mood pic. Paul On Oct 24, 2011, at 7:43 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Well captured. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: PESO - Cauldron G'day all Another one

Re: PESO: Get Your Own

2011-10-24 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thanks, Ann! Glad you liked it. -- Walt On 10/24/2011 5:54 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: lol! that's very sweet , Walt ... ann On 10/24/2011 11:10, Walt Gilbert wrote: Hi all, Here's another shot I took at the Halloween party and hayride. This one is of a covetous little boy who managed to

Re: Pumpkin

2011-10-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
Splendid specimen. On Oct 24, 2011, at 7:12 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 10/24/2011 04:47, Cotty wrote: On 23/10/11, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14464333 This is the only pumpkin that grew from the 12 plants i planted this

Re: Challenge: Photos of your bikes

2011-10-24 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-10-23 10:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Oct 23, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: So here it is: a 1973 vintage Dawes Galaxy. I bought it new for $219 from Bloor Cycle in Toronto. It's a touring bike with 27 road tires on aluminum rims, center-pull brakes, Reynolds 531 double butted

Re: PESO - Kalenderdamer 2012 Outtake #4963

2011-10-24 Thread mike wilson
On 21/10/2011 21:41, Tim Øsleby wrote: 2011/10/21 mike wilsonm.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: On 19/10/2011 18:03, Tim Øsleby wrote: Some of you may remember me talking about a collective Calender girls project. The calender came real yesterday. We have already sold 200 copies. I beleave we have

Re: PPG relaunched...

2011-10-24 Thread mike wilson
On 24/10/2011 20:29, Tim Bray wrote: That web site is, to use a technical term, b0rked. Various flavors of breakage in various browsers. Given the huge number of competent Web design/staging shops everywhere in the world, it puzzles me how it's possible to produce such a bad result. -T They

Re: Cheap remotes...

2011-10-24 Thread mike wilson
On 24/10/2011 23:29, Larry Colen wrote: K-5 uses the same remote as K-100 and K20. On 10/24/2011 1:26 PM, mike wilson wrote: for ists, later film models and Ks up to K10. Wireless: http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=111941 Wired:

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