Re: Pentax sighting in B&H promotional video

On Dec 28, 2012, at 9:17 PM, wrote: >> Most of the time the correct comparison to make is between >> the stability of *no tripod at all* and that of a tripod with the >> center column extended. > > Agreed > >> Yes, keeping the center column retracted is a >> better option, > > Agreed > >>

Re: GESO - my 12 for 2012

On Dec 28, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: > year-end survey of representative work: > > https://plus.google.com/u/0/115347824062413314605/posts/dL2uXjoYvRj Very nice. Some of them look downright film like, though it might just be what I can only describe as "retro composition". Number

Re: GESO - my 12 for 2012

On Dec 29, 2012, at 5:00 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: > year-end survey of representative work: > > https://plus.google.com/u/0/115347824062413314605/posts/dL2uXjoYvRj Lovely, really enjoyed these. I can't pick a favourite because they're all so good. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: Pentax sighting in B&H promotional video

Most of the time the correct comparison to make is between the stability of *no tripod at all* and that of a tripod with the center column extended. Agreed Yes, keeping the center column retracted is a better option, Agreed but if it's not possible or practical it shouldn't be dismissed s

Re: Book Every So Often - Intimate

From: Brian Walters Quoting John Sessoms : From: Derby Chang I made another book. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/books/intimate/index.html Props to LR for making this easy. But they really need a zoom slider and a good book preview function. It says "This book is currently not availa

RE: OT - Gerry Anderson Passes On

> From: John Sessoms >>> Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (one of my favorite sci-fi movies >>> seen at the drive in when I was about 10... wow!) >>> >>> Tom C. >> >>> You were born in 1959? For some reason I was thinking you were older >>> than that. >> >> The movie must have shown at the driv

Re: The DSLR Field Camera

> From: Igor Roshchin > Tom, > > I didn't mean to criticize you for your posting. Rather, I was > providing my impression of the article. I am used to consider dpreview > website as a site with news (new product announcements, reviews, etc), > i.e. the website where I am hearing about something ne

Re: Book Every So Often - Intimate

Lovely collection of photos. You certainly captured many variations of intimacy. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 12/27/2012 3:49:55 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, der...@iinet.net.au writes: I made another book. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/books/intimate/index.html Props to

RE: PESO: King Herod's View

Thanks Bruce, you've just given me another idea for tagging! It'll be your fault if when I get back in April that there is an entire GESO just of water. Pity we are not going to Bora Bora this time but I am sure there will be a few other good locations :-). Gerrit http://travels.psgv.ca -Ori

Re: Pentax sighting in B&H promotional video

Brian Walters wrote: >Quoting kwal...@peoplepc.com: > >> Interesting that in the video they show the least stable use of the >> tripod - with the center column extended. > >That's really the only way the 390 series can be used comfortably, >unless the user is quite short. With the centre colu

Re: Book Every So Often - Intimate

Quoting John Sessoms : From: Derby Chang I made another book. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/books/intimate/index.html Props to LR for making this easy. But they really need a zoom slider and a good book preview function. It says "This book is currently not available for preview."

RE: PESO: Green Snow

Looks very menacing? Nice effect. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: December 28, 2012 5:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Green Snow We had about 6 inches of snow the other day, and it stuck to the everg

RE: Book Every So Often - Intimate

From: Derby Chang I made another book. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/books/intimate/index.html Props to LR for making this easy. But they really need a zoom slider and a good book preview function. It says "This book is currently not available for preview." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mai

RE: Security Breach: The London Mail Rail

From: "Bob W" From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tim Bray This is actually a placehacking culture post, but I thought the photographic values were excellent, and Interesting photos, but the writing is bollocks of the uttermost variety. I'd be most suspicious of their claims

Re: Best 12 of 2012

Quoting David Parsons : It's that time again. When we look back at the previous year and select our best/most important/meaningful pictures. I've selected my 12 significant pictures from 2012. Please feel free to share yours. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/sets/72157632361983956/detail

Re: GESO: 2012

Quoting Jostein Øksne : Thought it might be good to sum up 2012 before the leisure time set in. Enjoy your holidays, gang. Hope I can be more active on the List next year. http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/2012/index.html I'm a bit late but I finally got to look at those images. I wish I hadn'

Re: Green Snow

Ah. So its an Irish Christmas. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: PESO: Green Snow We had about 6 inches of snow the other day, and it stuck to the evergreens, burying the green holiday lights. http:

Re: GESO - my 12 for 2012

Pogo Stick is how every young girl should feel all through childhood--and beyond! But the entire set is quite lovely. Great work! Cheers, Christine On Dec 28, 2012, at 10:00 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: > year-end survey of representative work: > > https://plus.google.com/u/0/11534782406241331

RE: OT - Gerry Anderson Passes On

From: Tom C From: John Sessoms From: Tom C http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407 The creator of some of my favorite shows has died. Among the many: UFO Thunderbirds Space 1999 Captain Scarlet The Secret Service Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (one of my favorite sci-fi

PESO: Green Snow

We had about 6 inches of snow the other day, and it stuck to the evergreens, burying the green holiday lights. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16713955&size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, plea

Re: Pentax sighting in B&H promotional video

Quoting kwal...@peoplepc.com: Interesting that in the video they show the least stable use of the tripod - with the center column extended. That's really the only way the 390 series can be used comfortably, unless the user is quite short. With the centre column down, the max height is j

Re: Pentax sighting in B&H promotional video

Interesting that in the video they show the least stable use of the tripod - with the center column extended. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Igor Roshchin" Subject: Pentax sighting in B&H promotional video Enjoy it: http

Re: PESO: King Herod's View

Sure love the colour of the sea there. On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Gerrit Visser wrote: > This is the view from King Herod's palace. We had the pleasure of visiting > Caesarea in April 2011 while on a Grand World Voyage. > > http://photo.psgv.ca/king-herods-view/ > > > Looking over Boris's

Re: GESO - my 12 for 2012

All great, Doug. #5 (twirling) is my fave. On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: > year-end survey of representative work: > > https://plus.google.com/u/0/115347824062413314605/posts/dL2uXjoYvRj > > enjoy > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mail

Re: Pentax sighting in B&H promotional video

Quoting "P. J. Alling" : A Pentax ME! When did they make this video in 1977? Don't know, but by some strange coincidence I just bought a Manfrotto 390 series (the one with the pan/tilt head) as my travel tripod. It was (is) on special at 79 bucks at Ted's in Sydney. I doubt that I'll b

Re: Pentax sighting in B&H promotional video

A Pentax ME! When did they make this video in 1977? On 12/28/2012 2:22 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Enjoy it: http://vimeo.com/35716909#t=75 Igor -- Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds in the bank account). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.

Re: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

Don't know, don't care really, if something's on Facebook, and I can't access it any other way, it doesn't impinge on my life anyway. Lots of people don't understand that but that's their problem. I'd be really pissed if the government made Facebook the only way to file my taxes, but otherwise

Pentax sighting in B&H promotional video

Enjoy it: http://vimeo.com/35716909#t=75 Igor -- 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: GESO - my 12 for 2012

Some great portraits. I especially like her on a pogo stick -- nice timing. These year end summary thing of 12 photos must be something PDML started when I was gone. Drat, already showed all my photos. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 12/28/2012 8:00:38 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, d..

Re: Best 12 of 2012

Some really nice shots there. Especially like the pier shot. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 12/27/2012 6:22:29 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, parsons.da...@gmail.com writes: It's that time again. When we look back at the previous year and select our best/most important/meaningful pictur

Re: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

Wasn't he originally the programmer the "stalking tool" designers hired before he screwed them over? From: "P. J. Alling" Perhaps it's because Zuckerberg designed it as a stalking tool from the start. On 12/27/2012 11:52 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: ... or as they call it in software industry "do

Re: The DSLR Field Camera

I didn't see anything new in it, just an interesting way to use lenses I can't find in a Pentax mount to make stitched pano-HDR images that are almost as good as you can get from scanning large format film. Since it's going to be stitched anyway, I wonder if focus stacking might be an adequate su

Re: OT - for the gear heads & speed freaks in the group

From: Mark Roberts wrote: A little after Christmas treat ! http://vimeo.com/53551115 Had to share it - enjoy. I'll have to skip GFM to do it, but I *must* get to the TT someday. (I want to see Guy Martin win one.) It would have been a better video for me if they'd put the course run-thr

Re: PESO - A Parkdale Christmas

Love iot Dave On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 1:12 PM, frank theriault wrote: > Merry Christmas to all our friends on PDML!! > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/12/a-parkdale-christmas.html > > All the best, > > Frank, Judy, Cinza and Zoe > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." ~ Henri Carti

Re: K-5 $724.99

On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 12:30 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 12/28/2012 11:58 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 9:56 PM, steve harley wrote: >> >> i >>> >>> just bought a K-5 for $659 that way, though of course it may be less >>> tomorrow >> >> No, it wil be less the day aft

Re: K-5 $724.99

On 12/28/2012 11:58 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 9:56 PM, steve harley wrote: i just bought a K-5 for $659 that way, though of course it may be less tomorrow No, it wil be less the day after, I buy anything Come on Dave, buy one, take one for the team! Dave --

Re: GESO - my 12 for 2012

On 12/28/12 11:04 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Seriously, nice set Doug, well worth the top 12 Dave thanks, Dave -- 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 direct

2012 from on high

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Re: GESO - my 12 for 2012

Seriously, nice set Doug, well worth the top 12 Dave On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: > year-end survey of representative work: > > https://plus.google.com/u/0/115347824062413314605/posts/dL2uXjoYvRj > > enjoy > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pd

Re: GESO - my 12 for 2012

I like number 13 Dave On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: > year-end survey of representative work: > > https://plus.google.com/u/0/115347824062413314605/posts/dL2uXjoYvRj > > enjoy > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pd

GESO - my 12 for 2012

year-end survey of representative work: https://plus.google.com/u/0/115347824062413314605/posts/dL2uXjoYvRj enjoy -- 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 dire

Re: Book Every So Often - Intimate

Congratulations. I have a couple of favorites already... It must be great feeling -foreign to me as yet- to actually "finish" a project! Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/ph

Re: PESO: Northern part of Norway

Very nice work. Love the portrait and the road through town. Paul On Dec 27, 2012, at 3:39 AM, Tom C wrote: > Stig, > > Enjoyed them all. > > Portrait is excellent. > Love the B&W street (first thoughts were, hey, that looks just like the US) > The green harborside shot though, what a mindbende

Re: The DSLR Field Camera

"Propensity for long exposures" ? Is this guy using a full plate? He obviously doesn't have one. -- 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.

Christmas travels

Had a good time in western Oklahoma but didn't take to many pictures. But I did see a car that I'd never seen before -- a late 40s Lincoln H series. It's just sitting in somebody's yard (and sort of like me) awaiting restoration. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mai

Re: PESO: Northern part of Norway

Thanks. Looks like it had a little accident in the past and bowed the bow a trifle. (down a page or two). http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/rogaland/nord-jaeren/1.7631176 On Dec 27, 2012, at 00:45 , SV Hovland wrote: > http://www.google.no/search?q=veteranskip+sandnes&hl=no&tbo=d&source=lnms&t

Re: Totally OT - "eat your own dog food"

On Dec 27, 2012, at 10:34 , William Robb wrote: >> It's far easier to control information in private emails or on a >> little list like this where everyone is nice and courteous. >> >> Tom C. >> > Screw you and your pompous little tirade you overblown buffalo. > So much for nice and courteous

RE: Security Breach: The London Mail Rail

Bob W wrote: >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tim Bray >> >> This is actually a placehacking culture post, but I thought the >> photographic values were excellent, and > >Interesting photos, but the writing is bollocks of the uttermost >variety. >I'd be most suspicious

Re: Book Every So Often - Intimate

Excellent book, Derby!! the photos fit the theme all the way through; the sensation of intimacy really resonates for the reader/viewer. It's interesting to see the many different ways humans express intimacy in public--your photos did a very fine job of showing that. Great work. Cheers, Chri

Re: Best 12 of 2012

A very fine collection, Dave. Aquarium and Beached by Sandy stand out for me, but the collection is solid all the way through. A good year for you indeed! Cheers, Christine On Dec 27, 2012, at 8:22 PM, David Parsons wrote: > It's that time again. When we look back at the previous year an