RE: 50 gigabytes and an airline ticket

2013-06-28 Thread John Coyle
You may not be able to hike the coastal path at Cinque Terre. There have been a couple of landslides recently and parts of the coastal path were wiped out. However, there is some great scenery in some of the cliff-top areas, and you can also get down to the villages from the top quite easily.

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 27/6/13, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: ..so far, apparently not :-( If you'd like to create an 'other brands' section, I'd be happy to contribute ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion --www.seeingeye.tv

Re: local boy does good

2013-06-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 26/6/13, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed: he comes from the land down under Poor Bill, when was he sent to Hell? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML

RE: OT Planes, in the south of England 1944

2013-06-28 Thread John Coyle
I'm probably wrong, but in some of the shots of the buildings there are two very large hangars which remind me of those at RAF Cardington, in Bedfordshire, which was the base for the airship program in the 1920's and '30's. On page 5 there is a colour image taken from the air which shows the

Re: OT Planes, in the south of England 1944

2013-06-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 27/6/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/49024304@N00/sets/72157608125792619/ This is a set of over 300 35mm, black and white negatives found in a basement of an antique mall in Wichita Falls, Texas Thanks for posting Larry - I know quite a few people

Re: OT Planes, in the south of England 1944

2013-06-28 Thread Bob W
That's a fascinating set, very interesting indeed. The bases are very flat, so they're probably in the East of England - Norfolk, Lincolnshire or Cambridgeshire. There are probably fewer than half a dozen candidates. B On 28 Jun 2013, at 00:35, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:

Re: Recovered images

2013-06-28 Thread Eric Weir
On Jun 27, 2013, at 8:52 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Still better than NO recovered images. Oh, man, let me tell you. I will be making a generous contribution to the developer of this plugin. Tallulah Gorge? Sorry, should made that clear. It's the New River Gorge in East

Re: Recovered images

2013-06-28 Thread Eric Weir
On Jun 27, 2013, at 3:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I disagree. There are a number of very fine images there. Thanks, Dan. At this point, with this group, I'm hesitant to share my images. Though until recently I haven't been doing much with the camera since these

Re: Recovered images

2013-06-28 Thread Eric Weir
On Jun 28, 2013, at 4:00 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: It's the New River Gorge in East Virginia Oops! Shoulda been *West* Virginia. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net Any

PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread Larry Colen
I was going to read the K-5II manual at lunch, and got chatting with my cow-orkers. They were curious about the DA35 macro, so I snapped this pic of Muruga's lunch. For sucha silly shot, I think it turned out pretty nice: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9158332052/ -- Larry Colen

K-5 / K-5II differences

2013-06-28 Thread Larry Colen
Other than the improved autofocus, are there any actual functional changes between the two cameras? Or are the menus, and what they do, the same? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

OT: not how I want to be remembered

2013-06-28 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w124-e-ce-d-td-class/1718600-mercedes-benz-y our-tombstone.html Besides, it looks like someone broke off the hood ornament. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread Dario Bonazza
Well, other brands ARE a big temptation, hence they could be on topic (this time). Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Steve Cottrell Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 9:19 AM To: pentax list Subject: Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted? On 27/6/13, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed:

Re: PESO. Pebble I.

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
That's cute and fun, Bulent. Cheers, Christine On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com wrote: A double portrait without faces. Taken using a Panasonic LX5 by a Pentaxian ;) http://celasun.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/cakil-ve-ben/ Bulent

Re: PESO: No Junk Mail

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Another cute and fun one--first was Bulent's dog portrait and now your cat/no-junk-mail portrait--oh, and there is Darren's monkey portrait! I guess it's animal day :-). Cheers, Christine On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:27 PM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: ...and that's an order.

Re: PESOs: Simians via Bigma

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Good one--your Simian looks melancholy and I like the bw rendering. Cheers, Christine On Jun 27, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: A couple of more images from our recent trip to the world class Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. If you ever get the chance, it could easily

Re: Peso Multi rose

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
I agree a bit with Bruce. Maybe it's my eyes, but the piece of grass on the right seems sharper than the flower. Cheers, Christine On Jun 27, 2013, at 8:03 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: A beautiful bloom, Dave. Looks just like a Joseph's Coat to me. The grass itself

Re: PESO Ivory silk, obverse

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Ah, much prefer this one! Lovely! Cheers, Christine On Jun 26, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: The other side http://flic.kr/p/eVTxtn -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO - Wet Blading

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
What Rick said! Cheers, Christine On Jun 26, 2013, at 4:05 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Frank, I really like this one. The subject, colors, and textures are great, and the composition and panning are remarkable for a hip shot. Cheers, Rick

Re: PESO - Grab Portrait

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Great expression--great eyes! Well done, Paul! Cheers, Christine On Jun 27, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: This young lady, who sells flowers at the farmers market, happened to be in a nice environment when she looked at me. I happened to have my flash

Re: PESO - Female Red Wing Blackbird

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Bird nicely shot, crisp and sharp--that bit of green at the bottom is a tad distracting--but that's a minor nit. Overall, nicely done. Cheers, Christine On Jun 27, 2013, at 6:23 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Wish the sky were a bit more blue. Otherwise, hope you enjoy:

Re: PESO - Benched

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
What Mark said! Cheers, Christine On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:41 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Nice placement in the frame and use of the negative space behind her. Creates a sense of isolation or withdrawal. Mark On 6/25/2013 4:07 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

Re: PESO 2013 - 054 - GDG

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
both Ranch and this one are very nice. Cheers, christine On Jun 28, 2013, at 12:43 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Still love the expressions and feel of these scenes in cafes ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/9157067528/lightbox thanks for looking! comments

Re: OT GESO - wet nighties

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Atmospheric and moody-- great people grabs. Lots of fun, Derby! Cheers, Christine On Jun 26, 2013, at 7:12 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Since I'm on a Chandleresque mood... http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/06/wetnighties/index.html -- der...@iinet.net.au

Re: 50 gigabytes and an airline ticket

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Have a great trip! Cheers, Christine On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:31 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Well, I've picked my kit and packed my gear for departure to Italy tomorrow. Here's the kit: Pentax K-5 12-14/4.0 16-50/2.8 Vivitar 70-210 Sony A-850 50mm f/1.7 ...and a

Re: GESO The Brawley

2013-06-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Wow, Bruce! I'm surprised you haven't shot with a K-5 yet. I have to say, I like the layout of the K20D a little better, and it seems to have fewer quirks than the K-5 -- like the fact that the K-5 switches out of AF-S a little

Re: PESO: No Junk Mail

2013-06-28 Thread Bruce Walker
I love it! On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:27 PM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: ...and that's an order. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/634/#peso Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PESO Ivory silk, obverse

2013-06-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Christine! On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Ah, much prefer this one! Lovely! Cheers, Christine On Jun 26, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: The other side http://flic.kr/p/eVTxtn -- -bmw -- PDML

Re: OT: Pictures of the Year International photojournalism contest

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Some stunning work to be sure. I love Huntress--contemporary, yet evokes the past as well. Excellent! Thanks for posting. Cheers, Christine On Jun 26, 2013, at 5:06 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.kashmirprism.com/2013/04/pictures-of-year-70th-annual.html

Re: You think Pentax lens prices are bad?

2013-06-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Wow! Doesn't Canon have a 50/1.2? Wonder what that's going for now? (These days it seems silly to write questions like the latter with the verb to google so ubiquitous and virtually effortless--hence, it's selling on amazon for $1,400.) Cheers, Christine On Jun 26, 2013, at 2:58 AM,

Re: K100d

2013-06-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: Zos Xavius My k-7 has two permanent dust spots. They are annoying for sure, but not enough for me to replace the camera just yet. I wish this was just dust spots. This is a clump of about 150 bad pixels (if you blow it up enough in PhotoShop you can count them). If I shoot a dark frame

Re: 50 gigabytes and an airline ticket

2013-06-28 Thread Peter McIntosh
I was there 3 weeks ago and as John says parts of the coastal path are closed due to landslides, and the middle village -Corniglia - was inaccessible from land; we couldn' tget there in at all. +1 for the gelatos at Manorola too... :-) You'll certainly have better weather than us - it was cold

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread John Sessoms
I'm working on it. I found an apple. All I need now is a snake and a naked woman. -- 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: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread Peter McIntosh
On 28 June 2013 23:46, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I'm working on it. I found an apple. All I need now is a snake and a naked woman. MARK!!! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Ask Savage if he has any spare. On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 9:46 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I'm working on it. I found an apple. All I need now is a snake and a naked woman. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: 50 gigabytes and an airline ticket

2013-06-28 Thread Mark Roberts
Peter McIntosh wrote: I was there 3 weeks ago and as John says parts of the coastal path are closed due to landslides, and the middle village -Corniglia - was inaccessible from land; we couldn' tget there in at all. +1 for the gelatos at Manorola too... :-) You'll certainly have better weather

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread Dario Bonazza
...and so is the apple. -Messaggio originale- From: Mark Roberts Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 3:59 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted? John Sessoms wrote: I'm working on it. I found an apple. All I need now is a snake and a naked woman. ...and

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote: I'm working on it. I found an apple. All I need now is a snake and a naked woman. ...and the snake is optional. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: You think Pentax lens prices are bad?

2013-06-28 Thread Bill
On 28/06/2013 7:09 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Wow! Doesn't Canon have a 50/1.2? Wonder what that's going for now? (These days it seems silly to write questions like the latter with the verb to google so ubiquitous and virtually effortless--hence, it's selling on amazon for $1,400.)

Re: K100d

2013-06-28 Thread Zos Xavius
Yeah, that would be annoying. My k-7 has started showing a vertical green line. Glad I'm not alone in the sensor failing dept. I mapped the pixels and it hasn't shown up since, but I'm sure it will eventually on some random irreplaceable shot. The dust i have is behind the AA filter. it shows up

Re: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
The K-5II has a manual? A MANUAL! We don't need no stinking manuals! Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I was going to read the K-5II manual at lunch, and got chatting with my cow-orkers. They were curious about the DA35 macro, so I snapped

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread Jack Davis
mmm..the apple, maybe. The snake, maybe not..??   - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 7:07 AM Subject: Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted? ...and so is the apple. -Messaggio

Re: local boy does good

2013-06-28 Thread Kenneth Waller
Very nice work, very creative! -Original Message- From: Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com Subject: local boy does good Former--and as we all know, forever--member of the PDML Bill Gekas is gaining a huge wave of success re-imagining the works of the Old Masters using his daughter as model.

Re: OT: My first Leica experience (2 images)

2013-06-28 Thread Walt
Thanks, Bruce. I'm fortunate enough to have some very photogenic great-nieces. -- Walt On 6/27/2013 7:07 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: That's an excellent image, Walt. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Here's the new crop with a touch of softening -- just because I

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread John Sessoms
Not if y'all expect me to have a photo ready to submit by the deadline. From: Dario Bonazza ...and so is the apple. -Messaggio originale- From: Mark Roberts Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 3:59 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted? John Sessoms wrote:

Re: Recovered images

2013-06-28 Thread George Sinos
I think those were well worth the effort to recover. GS George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Jun 27, 2013, at 3:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I disagree.

Re: Pathetic. That's what it is, pathetic.

2013-06-28 Thread P.J. Alling
BH advertises what sells, and Pentax doesn't have a camera in the top 10. It's hard to build a top 10 camera position when you don't have an entry level offering, and Pentax hasn't had a true entry level DSLR, since the *ist-Dl, (that may change with the K-500). They started their line in

Re: K-5 / K-5II differences

2013-06-28 Thread P.J. Alling
From what I understand functionally no. On 6/28/2013 5:01 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Other than the improved autofocus, are there any actual functional changes between the two cameras? Or are the menus, and what they do, the same? -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've

Re: OT, the future of moving images

2013-06-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 26/6/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: Probably old hat (heh!) to Cotty, but I found this article on moving pictures quite interesting, and suspect that a few other nerds on the list might also: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/25/ the_future_of_moving_images_the_eyes_have_it/

Re: K100d

2013-06-28 Thread P.J. Alling
The sad thing is digital cameras are disposable. Unlike film cameras that if you can find film to feed them will last, (effectively), forever. On 6/28/2013 10:16 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: Yeah, that would be annoying. My k-7 has started showing a vertical green line. Glad I'm not alone in the

Re: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread P.J. Alling
Manual? Hell I find it more disturbing that Larry has Cow-orkers. What are orkers? That he talks to! What are orkers anyway? Sounds more like something that a pig would have not a cow... On 6/28/2013 10:17 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: The K-5II has a manual? A MANUAL! We don't need no stinking

Re: OT: My first Leica experience (2 images)

2013-06-28 Thread P.J. Alling
Don't forget the astounding wallet busting price. On 6/27/2013 2:56 PM, Walt wrote: My pal, Dan, loaned me his Leica V-Lux 1 for a couple of weeks just to kick the tires on it a bit. I have to say, for a point and shoot, I'm pretty impressed. The build quality is no great shakes, and it

Re: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread P.J. Alling
By the way one should never examine noodles too closely... On 6/28/2013 5:00 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I was going to read the K-5II manual at lunch, and got chatting with my cow-orkers. They were curious about the DA35 macro, so I snapped this pic of Muruga's lunch. For sucha silly shot, I

Re: PESO: Father's Day

2013-06-28 Thread Aahz Maruch
Wrong, it's bee-yootiful On Mon, Jun 17, 2013, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Beautiful! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Sent: June 16, 2013 6/16/13 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Father's Day Every

Re: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 02:29:42PM -0400, P.J. Alling wrote: Manual? Hell I find it more disturbing that Larry has Cow-orkers. What are orkers? That he talks to! What are orkers anyway? Sounds more like something that a pig would have not a cow... I guess you aren't old enough to remember

RE: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread Gerrit Visser
Usenet, dial up modems starting at 300 baud, acoustic couplers, paper tape punching/reading at 110 baud. Ah, the memories Thank you for providing another sink hole for my time :-) Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent:

Re: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 03:02:25PM -0400, Gerrit Visser wrote: Usenet, dial up modems starting at 300 baud, acoustic couplers, paper tape punching/reading at 110 baud. Ah, the memories You had 300 baud modems? We had to implement RFC 1149: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt What is truly

Not quite FSF: FZ-35 (was Re: OT: My first Leica experience (2 images))

2013-06-28 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013, Walt wrote: On 6/27/2013 2:24 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: I had both a panasonic fz-28 and fz-35. I think the v-lux 1 is the same as an fz-50. They all had great, great optics that more than made up for the noisy sensors panny was using. When they switched from CCD to MOS (which

Re: OT Planes, in the south of England 1944

2013-06-28 Thread mike wilson
Some information on the Piper Cub armed with bazookas on page 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Carpenter_%28Lt._Col.%29 (You might have to manually add the bracketed end of the URL.) Still looking for info on the polka-dot B17. On 28/06/2013, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: That's

RE: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread Gerrit Visser
Mmn, thank you, I will submit this as a new module for FreeSwitch. Using Rogers internet for Voip gives almost the same latency :-) gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 3:09 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jun 28, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 03:02:25PM -0400, Gerrit Visser wrote: Usenet, dial up modems starting at 300 baud, acoustic couplers, paper tape punching/reading at 110 baud. Ah, the memories You had 300 baud modems? We had to

Re: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread P.J. Alling
Actually I used to subscribe to USENET newsgroups at the first company I worked for that had a direct internet connection, (they also had their own trunk line from the East Coast to California, you could trace email paths from my cube in Connecticut to friends at various Universities on the

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Working on it... -p On 6/26/2013 7:07 PM, Brian Walters wrote: ..so far, apparently not :-( It's getting close to the deadline and we have zero, nil, nada submissions. Can the theme be that difficult? There is also an Open Gallery PUG in July (with two submissions). Anyway, the details:

Re: Pathetic. That's what it is, pathetic

2013-06-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: P.J. Alling BH advertises what sells, and Pentax doesn't have a camera in the top 10. It's hard to build a top 10 camera position when you don't have an entry level offering, and Pentax hasn't had a true entry level DSLR, since the *ist-Dl, (that may change with the K-500). They started

Re: K100d

2013-06-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: P.J. Alling The sad thing is digital cameras are disposable. Unlike film cameras that if you can find film to feed them will last, (effectively), forever. Finding film ain't gonna' be no problem. I just look in my refrigerator there's enough to last the rest of my lifetime. I'd really

Re: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 02:29:42PM -0400, P.J. Alling wrote: Manual? Hell I find it more disturbing that Larry has Cow-orkers. What are orkers? That he talks to! What are orkers anyway? Sounds more like something that a pig would have not a cow... I guess you aren't old

RE: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: Gerrit Visser Usenet, dial up modems starting at 300 baud, acoustic couplers, paper tape punching/reading at 110 baud. Ah, the memories Thank you for providing another sink hole for my time :-) Gerrit rec.photo.equipment.35mm Annika1980 [may he die the death of a thousand paper

Re: OT Planes, in the south of England 1944

2013-06-28 Thread John Sessoms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_goat#Leader_bombers ... and a Piper Cub story. I cannot verify the veracity, but it was told to me by one of my college room-mates about his father. Sort of a second hand, No shit, there I was war story. At the end of the war in Europe his father was an

Re: Pathetic. That's what it is, pathetic

2013-06-28 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013, John Sessoms wrote: I probably should have just skipped this thread. It depresses me so damn much. Honestly, cameras are just plain depressing right now: http://www.sansmirror.com/newsviews/panasonics-restructuring.html

Re: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jun 28, 2013, at 16:09 , John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Larry Colen On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 02:29:42PM -0400, P.J. Alling wrote: Manual? Hell I find it more disturbing that Larry has Cow-orkers. What are orkers? That he talks to! What are orkers anyway? Sounds more like

Re: Pathetic. That's what it is, pathetic

2013-06-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Cameras are great! Take pictures! Paul via phone On Jun 28, 2013, at 5:50 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 28, 2013, John Sessoms wrote: I probably should have just skipped this thread. It depresses me so damn much. Honestly, cameras are just plain depressing right now:

Re: local boy does good

2013-06-28 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv: On 26/6/13, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed: he comes from the land down under Poor Bill, when was he sent to Hell? That's a low blow. Don't we have enough problems with our cricket team without you putting the boot in? :-) --

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Not if y'all expect me to have a photo ready to submit by the deadline. Apple, snake, naked woman - all gratefully received. (well, maybe not the snake) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread P.J. Alling
That would kind of depend on what kind of snake, now wouldn't it? On 6/28/2013 6:33 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Not if y'all expect me to have a photo ready to submit by the deadline. Apple, snake, naked woman - all gratefully received. (well,

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread P.J. Alling
Sadly I have nothing tempting in the hopper... On 6/26/2013 8:07 PM, Brian Walters wrote: ..so far, apparently not :-( It's getting close to the deadline and we have zero, nil, nada submissions. Can the theme be that difficult? There is also an Open Gallery PUG in July (with two

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Snakes? ann (who was a good girl and uploaded a pic for July) On 6/28/2013 09:54, Bruce Walker wrote: Ask Savage if he has any spare. On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 9:46 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I'm working on it. I found an apple. All I need now is a snake and a naked woman.

Re: 50 gigabytes and an airline ticket

2013-06-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
What she said - looking forward to pics ann On 6/28/2013 08:54, Christine Aguila wrote: Have a great trip! Cheers, Christine On Jun 27, 2013, at 9:31 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Well, I've picked my kit and packed my gear for departure to Italy tomorrow. Here's the

Re: PESO 2013 - 054 - GDG

2013-06-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Good lord, it's Spock! ann On 6/28/2013 08:43, Christine Aguila wrote: both Ranch and this one are very nice. Cheers, christine On Jun 28, 2013, at 12:43 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Still love the expressions and feel of these scenes in cafes ...

Re: PESO: No Junk Mail

2013-06-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
rotFL! ann On 6/27/2013 22:27, David Mann wrote: ...and that's an order. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/634/#peso Cheers, 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

Re: PESO: No Junk Mail

2013-06-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Oddly, my JUly PUG entry that I just uploaded has paws as well... and I hadn't even seen these others ann On 6/28/2013 08:27, Christine Aguila wrote: Another cute and fun one--first was Bulent's dog portrait and now your cat/no-junk-mail portrait--oh, and there is Darren's monkey portrait! I

PESO -- Blue

2013-06-28 Thread P.J. Alling
I've been in a bit of a photographic funk lately, but for some reason I kind of like this. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20blue.html Equipment: Pentax K20R w/smc Pentax 43mm f1.9 Limited. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- There are

Re: PESO -- Blue

2013-06-28 Thread aggrivatedathotm...@gmail.com
And in case anyone cares there is no K20R I just can't type. On 6/28/2013 8:05 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I've been in a bit of a photographic funk lately, but for some reason I kind of like this. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20blue.html Equipment: Pentax K20R

Re: Pathetic. That's what it is, pathetic

2013-06-28 Thread Rick Womer
Yeah, the camera market is depressing; but if Pentax invented the most irresistibly whiz-bang, multi-colored, techno-fantastic camera ever, it wouldn't sell because they would forget to tell anybody they'd done it. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Aahz

Re: Pathetic. That's what it is, pathetic

2013-06-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 05:25:13PM -0700, Rick Womer wrote: Yeah, the camera market is depressing; but if Pentax invented the most irresistibly whiz-bang, multi-colored, techno-fantastic camera ever, it wouldn't sell because they would forget to tell anybody they'd done it. It's really a

Re: OT: not how I want to be remembered

2013-06-28 Thread Rick Womer
Linden, New Joisey.  In the heart of Refinery Land.  It figures. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 5:20 AM Subject: OT: not how I want to be remembered

Re: PESO -- Blue

2013-06-28 Thread Rick Womer
So, the guy didn't leave any fingerprints when he stole the bike?   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 8:05 PM Subject: PESO -- Blue I've been in a

Re: PESO -- Blue

2013-06-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Is that what it's about??? I like the shot. Regardless. ann On 6/28/2013 20:33, Rick Womer wrote: So, the guy didn't leave any fingerprints when he stole the bike? http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread Stan Halpin
P.J. - you are are revealed as a deprived youngster! No paper tape?!? After a one-semester exposure to programming an IBM 1486 (IIRC) Accounting Machine with a big honking 15lb board that was pulled out one end so that jumper connections could be made to instruct the machine to tabulate,

Re: PESO - The Dance Recital

2013-06-28 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013, George Sinos wrote: A snapshot of my cute Granddaughter and a lot of blather about improving your chances of getting a better photo under poor lighting. This was taken with my compact point-n-shoot because professional cameras weren't allowed. My guess is they want

PESO - Cape May beach, 10 am

2013-06-28 Thread Rick Womer
...on a Tuesday morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17443555size=lg (K-5, DA 16-45) Comments appreciated! Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

Re: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jun 28, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: P.J. - you are are revealed as a deprived youngster! No paper tape?!? After a one-semester exposure to programming an IBM 1486 (IIRC) Accounting Machine with a big honking 15lb board that was pulled out one end so

Re: PESO - Cape May beach, 10 am

2013-06-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Graphic, dramatic, interesting. One of my favorite beaches.. Paul On Jun 28, 2013, at 9:42 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: ...on a Tuesday morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17443555size=lg (K-5, DA 16-45) Comments appreciated! Rick -- PDML

Re: PESO Muruga's lunch / first K-5II pic

2013-06-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jun 28, 2013, at 10:12 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Jun 28, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: P.J. - you are are revealed as a deprived youngster! No paper tape?!? After a one-semester exposure to programming an IBM 1486 (IIRC)

PESO - Red Winged Blackbird (male)

2013-06-28 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I read that the red winged blackbird may be the most common bird in North America. Apparently they're ~everywhere~, including New Toronto. The other day was a (not so black) female, today the male: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/red-wing-blackbird-male.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy.

RE: PESO - Red Winged Blackbird (male)

2013-06-28 Thread Gerrit Visser
Well managed depth of field, esp out of focus leaves in front. And good job avoiding the deluge :-) gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 11:25 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Red Winged

Re: PESO - Red Winged Blackbird (male)

2013-06-28 Thread P.J. Alling
Damn, how close are you getting to these birds? Every time I raise my camera to my eye at a distance where a reasonable focal length lens is effective, they panic and think I'm going to shoot the based on how fast they disappear. On 6/28/2013 11:25 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I read

Re: PESO - Red Winged Blackbird (male)

2013-06-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I love them - and I like your portrait ann On 6/28/2013 23:25, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I read that the red winged blackbird may be the most common bird in North America. Apparently they're ~everywhere~, including New Toronto. The other day was a (not so black) female, today the male:

Re: PESO - Cape May beach, 10 am

2013-06-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
That works really well, Rick strong image ann On 6/28/2013 21:42, Rick Womer wrote: ...on a Tuesday morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17443555size=lg (K-5, DA 16-45) Comments appreciated! Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: PESO - Cape May beach, 10 am

2013-06-28 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Those colours! Great composition and interesting subject. Just a tremendous photo. Cheers, tank --- Original Message --- From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com Sent: June 28, 2013 6/28/13 To: Pentax List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Cape May beach, 10 am ...on a Tuesday morning.

Re: PESO - Red Winged Blackbird (male)

2013-06-28 Thread David Mann
On Jun 29, 2013, at 3:25 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I read that the red winged blackbird may be the most common bird in North America. Apparently they're ~everywhere~, including New Toronto. The other day was a (not so black) female, today the male:

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