Re: A Pentax Q set for you (not mine)

2012-08-28 Thread steve harley
on 2012-08-27 19:46 Mark C wrote You know - I looked at a listing on Amazon form Wolfe camera and the title says Q with prime and zoom, but everywhere else in the listing it references only the Q plus prime. If it does have both lenses it is a great deal, but I'm not sure that is the package -

Re: Time Management - Actual Photography vs Reading PDML Mail

2012-08-28 Thread Peter McIntosh
Time managerment is a personal thing: it's up to you to mange how much time you spend on PDML (or anything else, for that matter). Stop abrogating your responsibility for your own time and how you use it by trying to blame another party. Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne. Now, where did I spit that

Re: Sydney photo exhibition

2012-08-28 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 27 August 2012 11:46, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 26/8/12, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Yes, but not for a very long time. I haven't seen Parade yet, but I have a copy so I'll get round to it soon. My favourite is Mon Oncle. The man was a genius. Playtime is fun also,

Re: Time Management - Actual Photography vs Reading PDML Mail

2012-08-28 Thread lrc
You in san mateo? Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote: I have a very enthusiastic photographer friend who wished to form another Pentax Mail In Forum called iPentax. I wrote back telling him that there is already a very interesting one called PDML. He agreed, but said that he was once a member

Re: Time Management - Actual Photography vs Reading PDML Mail

2012-08-28 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Subash Jeyan pdml.l...@gmail.com: On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:19:12 -0700 Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote: I have a very enthusiastic photographer friend who wished to form another Pentax Mail In Forum called iPentax. I wrote back telling him that there is already a very interesting

RE: Sydney photo exhibition

2012-08-28 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Chris Mitchell Yes, but not for a very long time. I haven't seen Parade yet, but I have a copy so I'll get round to it soon. My favourite is Mon Oncle. The man was a genius. Playtime is fun also, perhaps a bit long.

Re: Time Management - Actual Photography vs Reading PDML Mail

2012-08-28 Thread Subash
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Subash Jeyan pdml.l...@gmail.com: what *is* bothering me is, i can't for the life of me figure out why this guy called steve cottrell is trying to convince us that he is actually cotty... Steve Cottrell

Re: OT: gmail on iPad

2012-08-28 Thread David Mann
On Aug 27, 2012, at 11:35 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: Check your spam folder. Sometimes it may decide that the list mail is spam and randomly move it. I've had that happen with a handful of messages recently but I'm not sure if it's Gmail or Apple's Mail program sending

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread DagT
Den 28. aug. 2012 kl. 09:33 skrev Bob W p...@web-options.com: And this is because before the iPhone, every single cellphone out there was an utter piece of junk. Terrible UI's; hard to sync to address books; this is simply not true. I had a couple of smartphones for years before the

Re: PESO - Lance's New Gig

2012-08-28 Thread David Mann
On Aug 28, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I don't understand how the US doping agency think they can strip him of his TdF titles, which have got fuck all to do with them. As far as I understand it he has never failed a dope test and should be treated as innocent until

Lightroom won't import photos to the specified subdir

2012-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
I've pretty much always had lightroom setup to import photos into specified subdirectories. I'll have the target directory be, for example, /Volumes/ezdoc2tb_01/photo/pictures2011b. Then each time I do a shoot I'll save it to a subdirectory, for example 120827_cruz_blues. A couple days ago,

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 27, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: And this is because before the iPhone, every single cellphone out there was an utter piece of junk. This is completely untrue. Terrible UI's; hard to sync to address books; dozens of models from each manufacturer, all different in pointless

Re: Sydney photo exhibition

2012-08-28 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 28 August 2012 08:47, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Chris Mitchell Yes, but not for a very long time. I haven't seen Parade yet, but I have a copy so I'll get round to it soon. My favourite is Mon Oncle. The man

Re: PAW138 - Pink

2012-08-28 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting DagT li...@thrane.name: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*50-135@90mm, 1/125s, f/8, ISO100. Super! And just a little bizarre -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

Re: OT - Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquility

2012-08-28 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Tom C caka...@gmail.com: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/19jul_seaoftranquillity/ Short entertaining story of the first manned lunar landing. I remember watching it live when I was 8 years old. My Dad telling the kids to sit down and be quiet because this was

Re: Sydney photo exhibition

2012-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steve Cottrell On 26/8/12, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm going to Paris next week for a few days. The current plan is to cycle there and back

Re: OT: Eyes on Haiti

2012-08-28 Thread Walter Hamler
Thanks for posting. Some very strong images there. My only nit is the strong use of HDR, or whatever he did for the look. I find it so overused and overdone that it has become a turnoff. These still got the message across, however. Walt On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Daniel J. Matyola

Re: My Review of the Oly E-M5 (and I'm trying to be back)

2012-08-28 Thread Miserere
On 27 August 2012 16:20, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: BTW, that's a nice set of shots but that BW cat photo is wonderful. Words I hoped I would never hear... :-/ —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic

Re: Q

2012-08-28 Thread Darren Addy
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:40 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: Imagewise, the Q gives theK20 a run. First of all, note that Willam said gives it a run. He didn't say is equal to or beats it. Regardless of what a pixel-peeper look at side-by-side images between the two shows, I

Re: OT - Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquility

2012-08-28 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 27, 2012, at 6:59 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2012-08-27 11:10 Tom C wrote http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/19jul_seaoftranquillity/ Short entertaining story of the first manned lunar landing. I remember watching it live when I was 8 years old. My Dad telling

Re: OT - Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquility

2012-08-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I had recently finished my first year of law school, and was working for the NJ Criminal Law Revision Commission. My grandparents were visiting from Florida, and it was the first time they had been to the home we purchased the previous summer, We watched the whole thing together on a black and

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 28, 2012, at 5:13 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I will agree that the goatse zoom is a clever idea, but being software should not be patentable. …but being software, should not be patentable? Did you really just say that? -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN

PESO: Red Hibiscus

2012-08-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16368638 Comments are always appreciated. 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

Re: PESOs - More walking around

2012-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Apropos of BW conversions and pop: I spent a while playing around with the Nik filter Silver Efex pro 2 yesterday and I could right away see that this software is Good Stuff. Easy to add midtone contrast, improve micro contrast using the Structure slider, and just generally do a great job of

Re: PAW138 - Pink

2012-08-28 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 28, 2012, at 6:51 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting DagT li...@thrane.name: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*50-135@90mm, 1/125s, f/8, ISO100. Super! And just a little bizarre…. I missed the original post… This is great! -Charles --

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
If they were so good, why did they abandon those designs and begin to imitate the iPhone? I also like diversity. We can have it, if companies develop their ideas and dare to be different. The problem is that, once the iPhone came out, the competition found it easier and safer to follow what

Re: OT: Eyes on Haiti

2012-08-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I agree with you totally. He has an excellent eye, and composes some riveting images. Often, however, he seems to go overboard on the HDR or the contrast or something. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Walter Hamler

Re: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where still photography is going...

2012-08-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Yes and No. Where photography is going ... and Where my photography is going ... are indeed two very different things. I could care less about scanning high rez video frames to find a good exposure ... I'll never do that, and I don't have any motivation to try. I see no value in it. The precepts

Re: Q

2012-08-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
I think it's indicative that the Q has suddenly garnered interest when the price dropped below $400. It's a very nice small camera alternative to a full sized DSLR. If it was just as good as a traditional DSLR like a K5 then the DSLR would be in big trouble. Realistically, it's mission is to be

Re: PESO: Red Hibiscus

2012-08-28 Thread Jack Davis
Beautiful color tones, Dan. Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday,

Re: GESO for the MGB owners

2012-08-28 Thread Christine Nielsen
Well, add me to the carmarant contingent! We have a '78 MGB, blue. For years it was my husband's daily driver, first in Boston in graduate school, then later at Wright-Patt AFB... When our family grew to four, it went to live at my in-law's house in Michigan. It was kind of sad to see it go,

13. Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Tom C
From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com If they were so good, why did they abandon those designs and begin to imitate the iPhone? I also like diversity. We can have it, if companies develop their ideas and dare to be different. The problem is that, once the iPhone came out, the

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 6:13 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I'm sorry but for me the iPhone user interface is an unusable piece of crap [...] When the iPad Touch came out, I really wanted to like it. [...] Unfortunately the user interface was completely unusable. I played with

Re: Peso Beaver Mark I

2012-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Awesome! I so remember these things: cycling up to the plaza, dropping in coins and twisting the handle, cracking the prize out from the little plastic ball, trying to figure out what it was supposed to be ... I never expected to see such a fine Beaver shot on the PDML. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at

Re: Peso Beaver Mark I

2012-08-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Cool! A great nostalgia piece. Paul On Aug 28, 2012, at 8:41 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Back in 1972 or 1973, the neighbour across the street from my parents house brought home about 30 repo'd Beaver Mark I gum machines. I thought it would be cool to have one at the house so i bought one for

PESO: Dr. Zero

2012-08-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-QWg37SR/0/XL/zero-XL.jpg -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: Dr. Zero

2012-08-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Quite interesting. Where did you find this building? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-QWg37SR/0/XL/zero-XL.jpg -- Steve Desjardins --

Re: 13. Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
If you look at windows 8, it follows the interface that was on the Zune. It's a collection of panels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_8_start_screen.png Each panel has aspects of an icon and a small window. It's big advantage may be that's it's different from iOs. Even before this

Re: PESO: Dr. Zero

2012-08-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
I'm still mining the Philadelphia pictures. I did see a number of painted windows like this, however, especially in the older buildings. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Quite interesting. Where did you find this building? Dan Matyola

Re: OT: Eyes on Haiti

2012-08-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
It's a very powerful set of images. The HDR stuff is trendy. I suspect it's because so many folks are using small sensor cameras (like cell phones) and HDR really fixes those images. That style of image then becomes common and popular. Just a guess, of course. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:25

Re: My Review of the Oly E-M5 (and I'm trying to be back)

2012-08-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
We all succumb to the cat photos eventually. All of us. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 August 2012 16:20, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: BTW, that's a nice set of shots but that BW cat photo is wonderful. Words I hoped I would never

Re: GESO - X2 Ideas - GDG

2012-08-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
It's a nice set. It's also very much your style, Godfrey. On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 9:55 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I feel that way about my CL as well. With my old MX in second place. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without

Re: Time Management - Actual Photography vs Reading PDML Mail

2012-08-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
Of course, subject lines mean little when the thread flies off into uncharted territory. Not all that time consuming to figure that out, however. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:

Re: PESO: Red Hibiscus

2012-08-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dan, Your shots of these flowers have been very attractive and well done. This one comes to me a bit purple looking, not so red, but still very nice. It also has some parts that are bordering on 'too red for the sensor'. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Daniel J. Matyola

Nifty Fifty comparison over at the forums

2012-08-28 Thread John Celio
PentaxForums.com posted this interesting comparison of the three current 50mm Pentax lenses: FA 50 1.4, D-FA 50 2.8 macro and DA 50 1.8. http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/pentax-50mm-fa-da-dfa-lens-comparison/introduction.html It would have been interesting to see how the DA* 55 1.4 compared

Re: GESO for the MGB owners

2012-08-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
Oh my, an MGB and a 17 year old in Boston... Long ago, I caught a ride home to Chicago from Boston in a classmates MGA. We discovered we were toasted (sunburned) somewhere in Ohio. He continued on to his home in Seattle. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Christine Nielsen

Re: Time Management - Actual Photography vs Reading PDML Mail

2012-08-28 Thread steve harley
on 2012-08-27 22:19 Bipin Gupta wrote I have a very enthusiastic photographer friend who wished to form another Pentax Mail In Forum called iPentax. I wrote back telling him that there is already a very interesting one called PDML. He agreed, but said that he was once a member of PDML but spent

Re: Nifty Fifty comparison over at the forums

2012-08-28 Thread David J Brooks
My D FA 50 f2.8 gets a clean bill of health which i can attest to. Dave On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:21 PM, John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com wrote: PentaxForums.com posted this interesting comparison of the three current 50mm Pentax lenses: FA 50 1.4, D-FA 50 2.8 macro and DA 50 1.8.

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 76, Issue 241

2012-08-28 Thread Tom C
From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com If you look at windows 8, it follows the interface that was on the Zune. It's a collection of panels: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_8_start_screen.png Each panel has aspects of an icon and a small window. It's big advantage may be

Re: OT - Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquility

2012-08-28 Thread P. J. Alling
I doubt it was built in, as I believe it was left on the moon as excess weight. On 8/27/2012 3:28 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Tom C wrote: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/19jul_seaoftranquillity/ Short entertaining story of the first manned lunar landing. I remember

RE: Nifty Fifty comparison over at the forums

2012-08-28 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Id like to see a further comparison including smck, smca, smcf 50 1.4 and all the 55mm lenses too. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: Tuesday,

Re: 13. Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 28, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Tom C wrote: There's only so many ways to make a hand-held computer/telephone that makes sense. Shape-wise, size-wise, all the ergonomics. Why don't you sit down and try to think of the way you would do it if you were dreaming it up from scratch? If you look

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 28, 2012, at 7:17 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Aug 28, 2012, at 5:13 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I will agree that the goatse zoom is a clever idea, but being software should not be patentable. …but being software, should not be patentable? Did you really just say that? Yes I

Re: GESO for the MGB owners

2012-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 28, 2012, at 9:25 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Oh my, an MGB and a 17 year old in Boston... Long ago, I caught a ride home to Chicago from Boston in a classmates MGA. Long ago my mom went on her first date with my dad, because she liked his MGA. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 76, Issue 241

2012-08-28 Thread Tom C
Well no single UI, or any technology really, is going to suit _everyone_. There is some evidence though, that you are in the vanishingly small minority on this one, Larry. :-) My parents are technopeasants. Their VCR blinked 12:00 for decades. The entire personal computer revolution swirled

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 76, Issue 243

2012-08-28 Thread Tom C
On Aug 28, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Tom C wrote: There's only so many ways to make a hand-held computer/telephone that makes sense. Shape-wise, size-wise, all the ergonomics. Why don't you sit down and try to think of the way you would do it if you were dreaming it up from scratch? If you look

RE: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Tom C
Oh yeah I forgot Windows Mobile. But still is sleek and glass patentable? Tom C. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 28, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Tom C wrote: There's only so many ways to make a hand-held computer/telephone that makes sense. Shape-wise,

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 76, Issue 241

2012-08-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
The look and feel is different. Apple makers a big deal of that. I'm not saying it's better; just harder to base a lawsuit on. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com If you look at windows 8, it follows the interface that

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Tom C
Oh yeah I forgot Palm. Frankly the Windows phone slightly tempted me. Palm never did. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: Oh yeah I forgot Windows Mobile. But still is sleek and glass patentable? Tom C. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Tom C

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 76, Issue 243

2012-08-28 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: Your comparing Apples to Oranges. Aside from Blackerry/RIM was there a smartphone before the iPhone? Plenty of Windows Mobile and Symbian devices. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PAW138 - Pink

2012-08-28 Thread David J Brooks
Superb Dave On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:44 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*50-135@90mm, 1/125s, f/8, ISO100. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquility

2012-08-28 Thread Tom C
From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org I must be the only person on the planet who missed it. I was in basic training having been called up for National Service. We spent the day doing drill or something equally banal. The platoon sergeant told us at the end of the day that they

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 76, Issue 241

2012-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I have no issue per se with the iPhone or iPad interfaces. I would have been an iPhone early adopter and Apple would have me locked in, probably with both phone and tablet, but for the fact that there was no way I was doing

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread P. J. Alling
On 8/27/2012 10:47 PM, William Robb wrote: On 27/08/2012 6:55 PM, Tom C wrote: What I'm against is a world where we only have Fords, Apple iPads, Apple smart phones, Samsung TV's, Frigidaire refrigerators,,, you get my drift, to choose from, and from what I can see that's the kind of world

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread DagT
No. Never trust what forum people claim to be patented. Usually them haven't even seen the patent :-) DagT The Evil European Patent Attorney Sendt fra min iPad Den 28. aug. 2012 kl. 19:32 skrev Tom C caka...@gmail.com: Oh yeah I forgot Windows Mobile. But still is sleek and glass

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 76, Issue 241

2012-08-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
Smart phones are pretty neat, but I'm still resisting. My son never leaves work anymore. On call 24/7... :-( Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I have no issue per se

Re: Q

2012-08-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's indicative that the Q has suddenly garnered interest when the price dropped below $400. It's a very nice small camera alternative to a full sized DSLR. Nikon is in the same game with the Nikon 1 line.

Re: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where, still photography is going...

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tom C Reviewing one's past life is simply not exciting as living it in the present. Especially as you seldom look as good in the video as you do in your memories. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

RE: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Tom C
The look and feel is different. Apple makers a big deal of that. I'm not saying it's better; just harder to base a lawsuit on. Point noted. I knew that's what you were saying. :) It's only superficially different, is my minor point. And how is the iPhone interface that much different

RE: GESO: The Chemical Hertitage Museum

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
I remember having one of those chemistry sets when I was a child. Can't remember how I came to have it, because I know my parents wouldn't buy it for me. My first college room-mate was a chemistry major. He was weird too. 8-D From: Steven Desjardins While at the American Chemical Society

RE: 13. Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tom C There's only so many ways to make a hand-held computer/telephone that makes sense. Shape-wise, size-wise, all the ergonomics. Why don't you sit down and try to think of the way you would do it if you were

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread DagT
Den 28. aug. 2012 kl. 19:04 skrev Larry Colen: On Aug 28, 2012, at 7:17 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Aug 28, 2012, at 5:13 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I will agree that the goatse zoom is a clever idea, but being software should not be patentable. …but being software, should not be

Re: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where, still photography is going...

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb On 27/08/2012 8:58 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I rarely watch videos. They take too long fro the payoff. The still mode will endure simply because there's no real reason to remove it, just as many cameras now clearly aimed at still photographers have video. It's just too

Re: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where, still photography is going...

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb So much for the decisive moment. Henri is probably spinning like a dervish while pulling a zombie like Linda Blair act right now. How many FPS do you suppose? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Subject: PESO: Dr. Zero

2012-08-28 Thread Don Guthrie
Per Paul Simon Such an unusual sight. Kinda high rise graffiti. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:35:12 -0400 From: Steven Desjardinsdrd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Dr. Zero Message-ID:

RE: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola If they were so good, why did they abandon those designs and begin to imitate the iPhone? they didn't abandon those designs. Mobile phone shops are full of phones that are clearly not imitating the

Re:Re: Another Park Another Photo Walk

2012-08-28 Thread Don Guthrie
Not to beat a dead horse but Frank some others have had problems looking at the Gesos I published. Herewith if you have the time is a flickr link for more or less the same photos. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjBK1E4d I have used the other service because it is so simple to create small galleries on

Re: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where, still photography is going...

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb Reviewing one's past life is simply not exciting as living it in the present. I've found that reviewing my past makes me rather suicidal. One of the great things about aging is forgetting. Memories have a dreamy, soft focus quality with utterly creamy BOKEH and the

Re: GESO: The Chemical Hertitage Museum

2012-08-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
It's exposure to all those unusual compounds. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:43 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I remember having one of those chemistry sets when I was a child. Can't remember how I came to have it, because I know my parents wouldn't buy it for me. My first college

Re: Q

2012-08-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
That's true. I forget the GXR and the Q/K01 are step-siblings. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I think it's indicative that the Q has suddenly garnered interest when the

RE: Sydney photo exhibition

2012-08-28 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Ma becane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfpCc8G_cUw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXhRPnh1JSU A great film, by the way. In it Tati invents not only Frank, but also the mobile phone. I'm

Re: Q

2012-08-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
BTW, any idea when PR might come out with a GXR K mount module thingy? My Google search came up empty. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: That's true. I forget the GXR and the Q/K01 are step-siblings. On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi

OT: ... and completely out in left field.

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
Two threads here lately have got me thinking (always a dangerous state of affairs). There's the terribly visionary thread on the future of photography that's got HCB spinning in his grave, and now I see Godfrey's using G-mail on an iPad, which likely has the effect on Steve Jobs. I got to

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 28, 2012, at 11:32 AM, Tom C wrote: There's a ton of cars on the market with the look and feel of a Honda Accord or Toyota Camry. It seems to me that Apple's trying to pull a coup ... I think you misspelled coupe. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 28, 2012, at 11:32 AM, Tom C wrote: The look and feel is different. Apple makers a big deal of that. I'm not saying it's better; just harder to base a lawsuit on. Point noted. I knew that's what you were saying. :) It's only superficially different, is my minor point. And

Re: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where, still photography is going...

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb On 27/08/2012 11:41 AM, Darren Addy wrote: On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 12:31 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: So much for the decisive moment. Henri is probably spinning like a dervish while pulling a zombie like Linda Blair act right now. The decisive

Re: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where, still photography is going...

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Francis On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:15:25AM -0600, Tom C wrote: I can't imagine any photographer or the 99% of snap shooters being willing to invest the time to sort through the reams of video frames to find the best one especially when, for the most part, the 30 or 60 or x frame

RE: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where, still photography is going...

2012-08-28 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms From: John Francis On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:15:25AM -0600, Tom C wrote: I can't imagine any photographer or the 99% of snap shooters being willing to invest the time to sort through the reams of

PESOs - More walking around

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: Toralf Lund Some more form walking around near my flat with various cameras, looking for ugly subjects: http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=2012-6-1 http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=2012-7-27 http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=2012-6-11

Re: GESO for the MGB owners

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
Wouldn't matter. Looks like all he has are Lucas distributors, so whatever he managed to build ain't gonna' run. From: Daniel J. Matyola I don't know how you are going to get a whole car out of all those parts. G Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Aug 27,

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
You can buy those old clunkers at Walmart and a few other places, and there may be leftovers at mobile phone shops, but go to the mall and see what people, especially young people, are buying: iPhones and knock-offs of the iPhone. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On

Re: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where, still photography is going...

2012-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 2:51 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: William Robb On 27/08/2012 8:58 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I rarely watch videos. They take too long fro the payoff. The still mode will endure simply because there's no real reason to remove it, just as

Re: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where still photography is going...

2012-08-28 Thread Tom C
From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com From: John Francis On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:15:25AM -0600, Tom C wrote: I can't imagine any photographer or the 99% of snap shooters being willing to invest the time to sort through the reams of video frames to find the best one especially when,

Re: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where still photography is going...

2012-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com From: John Francis On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:15:25AM -0600, Tom C wrote: I can't imagine any photographer or the 99% of snap shooters being willing to invest the time to sort through

RE: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where, still photography is going...

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W in professional photography the thing that matters is the end result, not how you got it. Personally I don't really care if the news photo I'm looking at is a frame grab from a video or an HCB decisive moment from the point of view of the picture itself, as long as it's honest. I

Re: PESO - Attempted Drowning?

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb On 27/08/2012 2:41 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Yeah. It's easy to dismiss this as people being stupid, but trash the dress is commonly done, and the water wasn't deep or even fast running. Probably looked like as safe and straightforward as shooting in the local park to them. A

Re: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where, still photography is going...

2012-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 28, 2012, at 12:41 PM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms From: John Francis On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:15:25AM -0600, Tom C wrote: I can't imagine any photographer or the 99% of snap shooters being willing to invest

Re: GESO for the MGB owners

2012-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 28, 2012, at 1:04 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Wouldn't matter. Looks like all he has are Lucas distributors, so whatever he managed to build ain't gonna' run. Actually the Lucas dizzy with the Pertronix works great. Though I would like to go for a megasquirt with a crank fire system to

RE: OT - Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquility

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: knarftheriault Other such landmark events are hearing the news of JFK's assassination, the first space shuttle blowing up and 9/11. And yes, I know exactly where I was when I heard of those things. To make reference to another thread, interesting that all those are American events yet

Re: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
I see this much like if Henry Ford had sued General Motors because they were producing Chevrolets with round wheels like Ford used for the Model T. -- 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

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