Re: PESO - Freedom

2013-07-27 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/07/bikes-free-people.html?m=1 ...one with every bike! -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hear

Re: Cheap extension tubes and reverse lense adaptors (and other photo accessories)

2013-07-27 Thread Richard Dell
You can enter pentax in the search window to filter the results. Interesting collection of flashes. On 7/27/2013 10:00 PM, John wrote: I only went down as far as the bottom of the first page. I hadn't seen enough Pentax content to justify clicking for the next page. On 7/27/2013 7:50 PM, P.J.

Re: PESO: Tarky House

2013-07-27 Thread Jack Davis
Yeah, the weathering away seems to give them an irresistible character Thanks for your pleasing remarks, Gerrit. Jack - Original Message - From: Gerrit Visser To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Cc: Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 4:39 PM Subject: RE: PESO: Tarky House Great framing. an

Re: PESO: Loon

2013-07-27 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013, Don Guthrie wrote: > > Love the loon. The K-5 just isn't fussy about iso. I often like the > TAV setting where you set the shutter & aperture and let the K-5 set > iso wherever it falls. Seconded, although you can end up with a similar problem if you set the shutter speed to,

Re: K-5 malfuction... or is it moi? HELP!

2013-07-27 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks, Tan, BIll, and all of you - Aahz actually wrote me off list with specific instructions :-) but all of you chimed in "splaining" it to me Glad it happened when it really didn't matter ann On 7/27/2013 21:15, Tanya Love wrote: What Bill said! Sent from my iPhone On 27/07/2013, at 3:41

Re: Cheap extension tubes and reverse lense adaptors (and other photo accessories)

2013-07-27 Thread John
I only went down as far as the bottom of the first page. I hadn't seen enough Pentax content to justify clicking for the next page. On 7/27/2013 7:50 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: You didn't look enough they also had some non coupled extension tubes. The tubes were cheap, and I mean that in all senses

Re: PESO Enamel lava

2013-07-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Paul. I'll review Kim's pic. Striking that happy medium point between flattering a portrait and virtual botox is always a hard choice. BTW, Kim is living proof that if you take good care of your skin when you are younger you'll look a lot healthier in your senior years. Everyone should be

Re: K-5 malfuction... or is it moi? HELP!

2013-07-27 Thread Tanya Love
What Bill said! Sent from my iPhone On 27/07/2013, at 3:41 PM, Bill wrote: > On 26/07/2013 8:56 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >> >> Ok - my blood pressure is rising guys >> >> I've been shooting for several days no problem... >> suddenly instead of getting the nice friendly rear view >> that tells

Re: PESO Enamel lava

2013-07-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Ann. I see what you mean re Deb Kerr; I expect sis'd be flattered. On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Pretty niece, nice light but , wow, your sister - > Deborah Kerr ! > > ann > > > On 7/26/2013 16:42, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> Thank you, Walt. >> >> Yup, sorry, I'm

Re: Cheap extension tubes and reverse lense adaptors (and other photo accessories)

2013-07-27 Thread P.J. Alling
You didn't look enough they also had some non coupled extension tubes. The tubes were cheap, and I mean that in all senses of the word. On 7/27/2013 5:30 PM, John wrote: The only two instances where I found the word "Pentax" on the page were for adapters to use Pentax lenses on non-Pentax came

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-27 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: >On 7/27/2013 6:24 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013, John Sessoms wrote: >>> >>> I'm thinking about it. Only a mild intellectual curiosity at the >>> moment, but if anyone has ideas I'd be interested in hearing them. >> >> Haven't done that (nor seen anyone who has), but

Re: OT - Plus -X Film Available

2013-07-27 Thread P.J. Alling
I know there is some disagreement about this, but in my experience Ilford FP-4 Plus is comparable to Kodak Plus X with a couple of exceptions. The important one being that FP-4 seems to look sharper, oh yes, and it's also still manufactured. I used to buy FP-4 because it was less expensive. Th

RE: PESO: Tarky House

2013-07-27 Thread Gerrit Visser
Great framing. and colours. Sad how houses get abandoned to rot like that, you wonder what happened to the family. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jack Davis Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 3:53 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Fw: PE

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-27 Thread John
On 7/27/2013 6:24 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sat, Jul 27, 2013, John Sessoms wrote: I'm thinking about it. Only a mild intellectual curiosity at the moment, but if anyone has ideas I'd be interested in hearing them. Haven't done that (nor seen anyone who has), but I have seen someone using a M

Re: Fw: PESO: Tarky House

2013-07-27 Thread Jack Davis
Well, I lived in Southwest Iowa for many years and I have vivid miserable memories of 85F humidity.  It's a suffocating almost panicky feeling when both are above average. I'll take it dry, especially with this often extreme Sacramento Valley heat.  It sort of forces one to chose the morning and

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-27 Thread Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote: >I'm thinking about it. Only a mild intellectual curiosity at the moment, >but if anyone has ideas I'd be interested in hearing them. > >Other than just buy a Mac. > >I'm not interested in buying a Mac, but the idea of building one from >scratch intrigues me. Yep. Did it wit

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-27 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013, John Sessoms wrote: > > I'm thinking about it. Only a mild intellectual curiosity at the > moment, but if anyone has ideas I'd be interested in hearing them. Haven't done that (nor seen anyone who has), but I have seen someone using a Mac virtual machine under Windows, can tr

Re: Fw: PESO: Tarky House

2013-07-27 Thread John
The main difference dry heat seems to make is you get dehydrated a lot faster, but you don't really notice it as soon because the sweat evaporates so fast. On 7/27/2013 3:52 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Shot this several year ago with an LX w/20mm A* lens. Thistles weren't there at that time, but I w

Re: GESO Car parts

2013-07-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Well done. Nice framing. Paul via phone On Jul 27, 2013, at 5:01 PM, "Gerrit Visser" wrote: > Brought back warm memories of my Pinto station wagon. Ah, those were the > days. > > Good angles and framing. > > Gerrit > > -Original Message- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread John Sessoms
On 7/27/2013 3:47 PM, John Francis wrote: On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 09:20:05AM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: You still haven't answered the implied question: are you being literal or figurative? The only way you could be literally accurate is if there is something wrong, there's just no way for an u

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread John Sessoms
I think you're confusing Joe Btfspik with Lonesome Polecat. Actually, I had let the subject go until someone told me I didn't know what the words mean. I may be wrong on a subject, but I do know what my words mean. On 7/27/2013 1:00 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: John, Are you old enough to remember t

Re: What if Pentax did a Kickstarter?

2013-07-27 Thread John
No K-50 on that page though. On 7/27/2013 12:52 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I remember an issue a while back where the union/government was trying to prevent Boeing from moving some production out of Washington state to S Carolina. Apparently the company won. http://www.boeing.com/boeing/co

Re: Cheap extension tubes and reverse lense adaptors (and other photo accessories)

2013-07-27 Thread John
The only two instances where I found the word "Pentax" on the page were for adapters to use Pentax lenses on non-Pentax cameras. On 7/27/2013 2:18 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Hi All, I suspect some people might know this source, but some - might not. So, I hope it might be useful for somebody.

OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-27 Thread John Sessoms
I'm thinking about it. Only a mild intellectual curiosity at the moment, but if anyone has ideas I'd be interested in hearing them. Other than just buy a Mac. I'm not interested in buying a Mac, but the idea of building one from scratch intrigues me. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdm

RE: GESO Car parts

2013-07-27 Thread Gerrit Visser
Brought back warm memories of my Pinto station wagon. Ah, those were the days. Good angles and framing. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Don Guthrie Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 5:57 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO Car parts I meant to p

Re: Fw: PESO: Tarky House

2013-07-27 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Bruce and Bob. Appreciated remarks!   Jack - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 1:45 PM Subject: Re: Fw: PESO: Tarky House Jack, That's quite nice, but 100 F is no good. The weeds complement the weather warn wo

Re: Fw: PESO: Tarky House

2013-07-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jack, That's quite nice, but 100 F is no good. The weeds complement the weather warn wood of the house. The barbed wire fence is a plus. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > - Forwarded Message - > From: Jack Davis > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Se

RE: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread Gerrit Visser
1 tab 120mb, 7 tabs with lots of graphics on Chrome on Windows 8, 150mb. Netscape was crap, Firefox continues that tradition. The 'Linux is great' is really tiring. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Aahz Maruch Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013

Re: Fw: PESO: Tarky House

2013-07-27 Thread Bruce Walker
I like the colour and light. Tantalizing glimpse of the derelict house. Good one, Jack. On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > - Forwarded Message - > From: Jack Davis > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 11:51 AM > Subject: PESO: Tarky House

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013, John Francis wrote: > On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 09:20:05AM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: >> >> You still haven't answered the implied question: are you being literal or >> figurative? The only way you could be literally accurate is if there is >> something wrong, there's just no w

Re: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jul 14, 2013, at 19:49 , John wrote: > As I've mentioned before Google is already more intrusive into my life than > I'm comfortable with. I don't care to give them any greater control of my > online activities. > You do not have to "log in" to Google to use the Chrome browser. No more i

Fw: PESO: Tarky House

2013-07-27 Thread Jack Davis
- Forwarded Message - From: Jack Davis To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 11:51 AM Subject: PESO: Tarky House Shot this several year ago with an LX w/20mm A* lens. Thistles weren't there at that time, but I worked my way through near shoulder high dry grass

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 09:20:05AM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: > > You still haven't answered the implied question: are you being literal or > figurative? The only way you could be literally accurate is if there is > something wrong, there's just no way for an upgraded Firefox to be a > hundred tim

Re: What if Pentax did a Kickstarter?

2013-07-27 Thread P.J. Alling
traffics should be graphics the Thunderbird spell checker is trixy and capricious. On 7/27/2013 3:25 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: Google tailors adverts based on what you're interested in. They probably have a bunch of different traffics to go with that particular ad, and pick which one based on co

Re: What if Pentax did a Kickstarter?

2013-07-27 Thread P.J. Alling
Google tailors adverts based on what you're interested in. They probably have a bunch of different traffics to go with that particular ad, and pick which one based on cookies in your browser cache. If you ever did a search on Pentax you'll get a lot of Pentax adverts based on Google analytics.

Re: Another shot from Italy: Wildflowers

2013-07-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Very creatively broken rule there, Mark. Gorgeous! On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > The wildflowers were amazing throughout the mountains during our trip. > This scene inspired me to say "I'm gonna break all the rules and shoot > *into* the sun". (I'm such a rebel...) There

Re: GESO Car parts

2013-07-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Varied and colourful, Don. Enjoyed! On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: > I meant to post this all day & now must rush. This gallery is for car nuts > or just anyone who likes color & design. Taken with K 5 & 70 mm prime for > the most part plus a few strays with 35mm. Enjoy or cr

Re: Cheap extension tubes and reverse lense adaptors (and other photo accessories)

2013-07-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Igor, DealeXtreme (DX) is a well -known store. A friend of mine bought a Chinese flash for his Nikon cameras. The flash came in with fried main board but was replaced by the seller. I've ordered from them an external microphone for my K-5. It passed basic test, but I don't normally shoot video that

Cheap extension tubes and reverse lense adaptors (and other photo accessories)

2013-07-27 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All, I suspect some people might know this source, but some - might not. So, I hope it might be useful for somebody. http://dx.com - sells a bunch of camera accessories, including extension tubes and reverse lense mount adaptors. They are not the best quality, but very affordable. (Just in

Re: Another shot from Italy: Wildflowers

2013-07-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Sullivan wrote: >Mark, >Those flowers really need a big image, maybe a 4x5 negative or a 645 digital, >at least a very big print. A whole lot of the shots from this trip need to be printed very big. I kept thinking to myself "This 12mm lens isn't wide enough..." -- Mark Roberts - Photograp

Re: What if Pentax did a Kickstarter?

2013-07-27 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:54:00AM -0400, John wrote: > > I did a quick Google search for the Boeing 787 & it looks like final > assembly might be done in Everett, WA. > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57595794-235/boeing-shows-off-first-fully-painted-787-9-dreamliner/ It is indeed; their ai

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, Are you old enough to remember the cartoon 'Little Abner'. I think that's where I met Chief Rain-in-the-Face, always followed around by his own rain clouds. You need to make yourself a sunnier climate. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:12 AM, John wrote: > I *do* understand exactl

Re: Another shot from Italy: Wildflowers

2013-07-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Mark, Those flowers really need a big image, maybe a 4x5 negative or a 645 digital, at least a very big print. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Alan C wrote: > >>Vey appealing. Did you wait for the cloud to partially obscure the sun? The >>jets were obvious

Re: What if Pentax did a Kickstarter?

2013-07-27 Thread kwaller
I remember an issue a while back where the union/government was trying to prevent Boeing from moving some production out of Washington state to S Carolina. Apparently the company won. http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/charleston/ Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwa

Bulk Film Loading - Success!

2013-07-27 Thread Mark C
Thanks for everyone who offered input on bulk film loading. My loader, 25 empty cannisters and a roll of Kentmere 400 arrived last week. I was out of town for work Sun - Thursday but tried my hand at loading yesterday. The only mistake I made is that I did not clean the felt light trap on the

Re: PESO: Butterfly Bush

2013-07-27 Thread kwaller
It seems a bit fuzzier than the pictures you usually post. MARK! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - Subject: Re: PESO: Butterfly Bush http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17461377 Looks like a bee bush to me! More seriously, i

OT - Plus -X Film Available

2013-07-27 Thread Mark C
A little while ago the topic of Plus-X film came up. I just stumbled into this: http://www.ultrafineonline.com/kopl125bwfi3.html At $6.98 per roll it is a bit too pricey for me (I have a dozen roll in the freezer already) but if anyone wants to get some it seems like they have it. This plac

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: > You still haven't answered the implied question: are you being literal or > figurative? The only way you could be literally accurate is if there is > something wrong, there's just no way for an upgraded Firefox to be a > hundred times slower

Re: Another shot from Italy: Wildflowers

2013-07-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Alan C wrote: >Vey appealing. Did you wait for the cloud to partially obscure the sun? The >jets were obviously camera shy. I didn't wait for the cloud to come across the sun, but I probably wouldn't have taken a shot if there hadn't been some cloud in front of the sun at the time. (I normally h

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013, John wrote: > On 7/27/2013 12:01 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: >>On Sun, Jul 14, 2013, John wrote: >>> >>>I finally gave in to the badgering & installed the latest version of >>>Firefox. Got rid of the nag tab, but it ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE slower >>>to load anything than the previous v

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread John
I *do* understand exactly what "ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE" means. I chose those words deliberately and with malice aforethought ... There's nothing wrong with the computer, it's just old. I was using the older version of Firefox because I didn't want all the added overhead processing that comes with fe

Re: What if Pentax did a Kickstarter?

2013-07-27 Thread John
On 7/26/2013 11:48 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: I'd bet that the parts for a lens come from many different sources that specialize in the part they are producing for such a lens, or even a camera body. Ricoh - Pentax may design a lens, but with some in-house exceptions, the parts, barrel, motors

Re: PESO: René Magritte, Postmaster General

2013-07-27 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 1:07 AM, David Mann wrote: >> http://abattoir5.com/picture.php?/350 > > :) > > First thing I thought of with that title was the Paul Simon song. Which was, itself, named after a photograph! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/

Re: OT: "Why Digital is Dead for me in Street Photography"

2013-07-27 Thread John
On 7/26/2013 9:31 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Rob Studdert wrote: I nearly had to resort to a barf-bag on reading that article, he sounds like a reformed smoker or a born again... I didn't even look at it because I expected as much. I genuinely like a lot of street photography (Juan Buhler and Fr

Re: PESO: René Magritte, Postmaster General

2013-07-27 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Non? fun shot, Matthew and good title too ann On 7/27/2013 01:07, David Mann wrote: On Jul 27, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: http://abattoir5.com/picture.php?/350 :) First thing I thought of with that title was the Paul Simon song. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail L

Re: GESO Car parts

2013-07-27 Thread Ann Sanfedele
What, no Chevy Bel Aire? :-) fun to look at, and try to remember names of them from the logos I see you moved to smugmug Don, hope you are liking it ann On 7/27/2013 03:46, Alan C wrote: Very nostalgic. The nuts must have bolted. Alan C -Original Message- From: Don Guthrie Sent: Fr

Re: GESO Car parts

2013-07-27 Thread Alan C
Very nostalgic. The nuts must have bolted. Alan C -Original Message- From: Don Guthrie Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 11:56 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO Car parts I meant to post this all day & now must rush. This gallery is for car nuts or just anyone who likes color & design. Tak

Re: Another shot from Italy: Wildflowers

2013-07-27 Thread Alan C
Vey appealing. Did you wait for the cloud to partially obscure the sun? The jets were obviously camera shy. Alan C -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 12:13 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Another shot from Italy: Wildflowers The wildflowers w