Re: OT - bus fire

2012-05-14 Thread Mark C
On 5/14/2012 12:30 PM, Cotty wrote: Not every day you come across a bus on fire! Made me late for my next job ;-) http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/story/2012-05-14/firefighters-tackle- blaze-on-bus/ Wow - that burned fast. Amazing... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO - Spring Insect Macros

2012-05-14 Thread Mark C
On 5/14/2012 4:19 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Very nice as usual Mark. A nit for me is the shadow on several of the images due to the flash. Your images are making me try my A* 200 macro with a ring flash on some of my backyard critters Thanks, Ken - the flash is a little hot in some

Re: Calibrating light meters and digital cameras

2012-05-14 Thread Bruce Walker
Bob and Darren have actually said all that needs to be said in defense of using a meter, and nothing more needs to be said, so here I go ... You're in the studio. There's seamless setup, the model has come out of makeup and hair and is raring to go. The studio costs $50 an hour. So does the

Re: Buying LX

2012-05-14 Thread Dmitry Gromov
Hi! On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Been years since I dealt with KEH, but when I did they were fine. As you may already know, there were two versions of the LX - one with ISO 6 - 1600 and a later one supporting ISO 6-3200 and some other differences.  I

PESO: Sisters

2012-05-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
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Re: PESO: Sisters

2012-05-14 Thread Bruce Walker
Oooow, you better hope that woman never finds you! :-) Great shot. On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15719704 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT - bus fire

2012-05-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Well done. It was nice of the fire truck driver to pull clear of your frame. Paul On May 14, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Cotty wrote: Not every day you come across a bus on fire! Made me late for my next job ;-) http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/story/2012-05-14/firefighters-tackle- blaze-on-bus/

RE: PESO - Motorcycle Mama's Day

2012-05-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W Or just living the greatest country western song ever written. Which is . . .??? Since they took my momma off to prison Things down on the farm ain't been the same Yesterday she broke out of the jailhouse An' drove the goddam truck into a train or something like that by Jasper

RE: OT: Stupid Microsoft!

2012-05-14 Thread John Sessoms
This computer I use for email goofing off on the web is stuck in the Microsoft Update KB2686509 trap. Not really a big problem, more of a stupid annoyance. In case anyone actually gives a shit, I finally managed to fix it. It was a problem with a bunch of invalid registry entries for keyboard

Re: Pentax Repair East Coast US

2012-05-14 Thread Rick Womer
I suspect they'll pronounce it dead, but good luck. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 5:23 PM Subject: Re: Pentax Repair East Coast US

Re: OT: Stupid Microsoft!

2012-05-14 Thread Jeffery Smith
At the risk of sounding elitist, Windows Vista was the straw that broke it for me and sent me to Mac. I know that Mac has the reputation of being the computer for people who are too stupid to use Windows, but I've been using computers since 1969. Windows 2000 was the last stable version of

RE: OT: Stupid Microsoft!

2012-05-14 Thread J.C. O'Connell
My six year old pc motherboard died and I had to upgrade from xp to win7. Ive been using win7 for about 4 months and only had a few programs hang up and nothing than couldnt be corrected with the windows task manager. Its not that bad, certainly better than XP or win98 or win95 which I used much

Re: Processing overexposure on film

2012-05-14 Thread William Robb
On 14/05/2012 7:07 AM, Kenton Brede wrote: I'm just getting started with film. One of the things I've read is, unlike digital, it's better to expose for shadow detail. I've read that a lot of detail can be pulled back from the overexposed areas on film. My question is, can that detail be pulled

Re: Buying LX

2012-05-14 Thread Mark C
On 5/14/2012 8:07 PM, Dmitry Gromov wrote: Yeah, I know about early and late models and the differences, wanted to get newer one, hope it more common, but there is no way to know it from KEH's description :( Thanks! Dmitry You might want to email KEH and ask about the sensitivity range. My

Re: Calibrating light meters and digital cameras

2012-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: Bob and Darren have actually said all that needs to be said in defense of using a meter, and nothing more needs to be said, so here I go ... You're in the studio. There's seamless setup, the model has come out of makeup and hair and is raring to go. The studio costs $50 an

Re: OT: Stupid Microsoft!

2012-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Jeffery Smith wrote: At the risk of sounding elitist, Windows Vista was the straw that broke it for me and sent me to Mac. I know that Mac has the reputation of being the computer for people who are too stupid to use Windows, but I've been using computers since 1969. Windows 2000 was the last

Re: OT: Stupid Microsoft!

2012-05-14 Thread Jeffery Smith
I guess it was the fact that Vista even made it out of beta that sickened me. If they had rebadged Windows XT as Windows Vista, it would have won PC Magazine's OS of the year. I had 4 gb of memory, more than all of my previous computers combined. And resize to 600 pixels wide locked it up long

PESO: Red

2012-05-14 Thread Tim Bray
I mean *really* red: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/05/13/-big/RUNE5040.jpg.html Some interesting discussion about metering techniques broke out over on G+: https://plus.google.com/107606703558161507946/posts/iHyyKB4wscK -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Buying LX

2012-05-14 Thread Dmitry Gromov
Hi! On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: On 5/14/2012 8:07 PM, Dmitry Gromov wrote: Yeah, I know about early and late models and the differences, wanted to get newer one, hope it more common, but there is no way to know it from KEH's description :( Thanks!

Re: Buying LX

2012-05-14 Thread Dmitry Gromov
Hi! Ok, thanks for the reminder about pentaxs.com - I remember this place was mentioned on the list before, should have searched better :) Going to ask Eric about current prices... So, if anyone else cares (or interested) - I emailed Eric and got a reply. LX CLA now costs $160, shipping is

Re: Calibrating light meters and digital cameras

2012-05-14 Thread Bruce Walker
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bruce Walker wrote: Bob and Darren have actually said all that needs to be said in defense of using a meter, and nothing more needs to be said, so here I go ... You're in the studio. There's seamless setup,

Re: PESO: Red

2012-05-14 Thread Bruce Walker
That's nicely done, Tim. That's a look I know and love, having one in my backyard. They make lovely backdrops for doing portraits too. On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I mean *really* red:

Re: Calibrating light meters and digital cameras

2012-05-14 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-05-14 17:43, Bob W wrote: You can't bracket a once-in-a-lifetime shot. If your subject is moving and your timing is critical bracketing is not a viable option. I don't remember Larry invoking bracketing as a solution, I'm just using this quotation as an entree' to reply. :-) When

Re: Calibrating light meters and digital cameras

2012-05-14 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-05-14 22:44, Bruce Walker wrote: Anyways, this is one of those you get it or you don't issues, and Well, it's partly that, and it's partly a what you shoot issue. When you're shooting action, especially outdoors, you're going to take one in the forehead every so often, no matter

Re: PESO - Motorcycle Mama's Day

2012-05-14 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks, Steve. And thanks to everyone else who commented. Glad you all enjoyed it. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Sent: May 14, 2012 5/14/12 To:

Re: PESO - Solidarity, Brother

2012-05-14 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I haven't heard one union say anything of the sort. Right now they're just trying to avoid losing their hard-fought gains made over the years. In most cases governments aren't actually rolling back wages, they're being sneaky about it: Hiring part time workers (to which the collective

RE: PESO - Solidarity, Brother

2012-05-14 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
To me those banners are the weak point of this photo. These guys are obviously labourers (electrical workers IIRC) but the only signs to be seen are for teachers. Looks confusing and somewhat non-sensical. If those placards behind them would have been for one of the labourers' unions the photo

Re: PESO Bluebird

2012-05-14 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Cool! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Sent: May 14, 2012 5/14/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO Bluebird Apparently

RE: PESO: Red

2012-05-14 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Love it! Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com Sent: May 14, 2012 5/14/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Red I mean *really* red:

Re: Calibrating light meters and digital cameras

2012-05-14 Thread Larry Colen
I was asking a serious question here. I grew up using the meter in my camera, or occasionally the luna pro, or some other meter. Once I learned about the histogram I was blown away by how much more information it gave me. It's the difference between a scalar and a vector, the light meter

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