RE: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

That's what happened with my W7 system, Brian. I keep meaning to switch on my Surface tablet to see if it happens there (rushes off to other desk to do so right now!). John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Wednes

Re: An Invitation

me too - now doesn't that tell you something ? ann On 6/24/2015 7:49 PM, Brian Walters wrote: On Thu, Jun 25, 2015, at 08:35 AM, John wrote: I received an invitation from Ricoh to attend LAOPENSTUDIO#1 June 30th to meet & shoot with Kate Turning & experience the 645Z for myself. It's in Los A

Re: PESO: Toll Booth

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 5:40 PM, John wrote: > think we went through that same toll booth on our way to visit the Great > Wall in 2010, although we went to the section at Mutianyu. I suspect that was a similar, but different toll booth; Mutianyu is almost 100 km from Badaling. I kept looking f

Re: PESO - Royal Crescent

Impressive building. Nice use of light and shadows and interesting composition. Cheers, frank On 24 June, 2015 8:18:51 PM EDT, Rick Womer wrote: >What visit to Bath can be complete without visiting the Royal Crescent? >We arrived 5 minutes to late to tour the museum in No.1 (farthest >right), b

Re: Photojournalism ethics exhibit

Again, what Ann said. :-) Cheers, frank On 23 June, 2015 8:48:14 AM EDT, ann sanfedele wrote: >Thanks for link, Larry - good stuff > >ann > >On 6/23/2015 2:33 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> Interesting blogpost in the New York Times about an exhibit showing >> altered photojournalistic images: >>

Re: GESO intro/extrospection & a Father's Day connection

What Ann said! Cheers, frank On 21 June, 2015 7:50:43 PM EDT, ann sanfedele wrote: >I like the middle one best - but gosh, her face in the last one - it >could be Ava Gardner! > >Your studio lighting skills are unsurpassed, BRuce > >What's the father's day connection? > >ann > >On 6/21/2015 2:

Re: PESOs (2) - The Weir

Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: PESOs (2) - The Weir So where is the weir? I don't care but it is right here - Just below the Pulteney Bridge in Bath Paul via phone On Jun 24, 2015, at 5:

PESO - Royal Crescent

What visit to Bath can be complete without visiting the Royal Crescent? We arrived 5 minutes to late to tour the museum in No.1 (farthest right), but that had benefits for lighting on a clear, bright afternoon. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18043347&size=lg (K-5, DA 16-45, as usual on

Re: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015, at 10:56 PM, Jostein Øksne wrote: > Brian, > it probably depends on your windows update schedule and maybe windows > license numbers, that they roll out the offer in batches for all I know. According to what I've read, I have all the appropriate updates and the notification

Re: An Invitation

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015, at 08:35 AM, John wrote: > I received an invitation from Ricoh to attend LAOPENSTUDIO#1 June 30th > to meet & shoot with Kate Turning & experience the 645Z for myself. It's > in Los Angeles & I don't think I'm going to be able to make it. > > If any of you west coast guys g

Re: An Invitation

I got that too. Eastern Canada. Pretty sure I'd use up much of my 645Z budget just getting to their seminar. Probaly cost me one of the FA 645 lenses anyway. On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 6:35 PM, John wrote: > I received an invitation from Ricoh to attend LAOPENSTUDIO#1 June 30th to > meet & shoot wit

Re: An Invitation

I got a similar invite. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John" Subject: An Invitation I received an invitation from Ricoh to attend LAOPENSTUDIO#1 June 30th to meet & shoot with Kate Turning & experience the 645Z for myself.

An Invitation

I received an invitation from Ricoh to attend LAOPENSTUDIO#1 June 30th to meet & shoot with Kate Turning & experience the 645Z for myself. It's in Los Angeles & I don't think I'm going to be able to make it. If any of you west coast guys get a chance to attend, let me know how it turned out.

Re: OT: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

I just checked Windows Update on this computer. It's there. They may have just put it up, because when I ran update on Tuesday it hadn't appeared yet. All of my licenses for Windows 7 were verified legit by Microsoft when I installed them. I expect it will show up on my other computers when I ne

Re: PESOs (2) - The Weir

Only at Trader Vic's in London. On 6/24/2015 11:53 AM, Donald Guthrie wrote: Rick I like your visualization of this interesting spot. No locks but are there wolves. On 6/24/15 12:31 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 2 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:48:40 -0400 From: Rick Womer To: Pentax-Di

Re: PESO: Toll Booth

I think we went through that same toll booth on our way to visit the Great Wall in 2010, although we went to the section at Mutianyu. On 6/24/2015 8:15 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, David, Philip, Alan, Frank and Rick. This tool boot is in China, on the outskirts of Beijing, This is whe

Re: PESO - Earwig

On 2015-06-22 23:23 , Mark C wrote: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/earwig truly lovely; i like the irregular tiling of the lenses on the eye, and the pug-like wrinkles on the "snout" since this is such a transparent critter, and since i assume you kill them to photograph t

Re: I *must* have this lens...

On 2015-06-23 23:21 , David Mann wrote: That’s very cool but I don’t think I’d have the patience to use it. I have enough trouble casting shadows on my subjects with the FA 100mm Macro. I could only imagine the struggle with something that physically wide at 4.7mm distance! i find myself in

Re: I *must* have this lens...

On 2015-06-24 10:01 , Darren Addy wrote: For a normal SLR you apparently can't use much of an extention tube with anything wider than 16mm perhaps that's because you don't need much of an extension tube? i just tried my DA 15mm Ltd with a 12mm extension tube (Kenko auto, since the DA 15 doesn

Re: PESOs (2) - The Weir

So where is the weir? Paul via phone > On Jun 24, 2015, at 5:00 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > Very interesting subject - well captured! > > I now know where the Weir is. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message - From: "Alan C" > Subjec

Re: PESOs (2) - The Weir

Very interesting subject - well captured! I now know where the Weir is. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Alan C" Subject: Re: PESOs (2) - The Weir More great images, Rick. I did further research - the canal bypasses the cit

Re: OT: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

On 6/23/2015 7:31 PM, Bill wrote: I just got an offer from Microsoft to upgrade for free from Win7 Ultimate to Win 10 when it comes out. Any Windows gurus know if it's really an upgrade? Overall I'm pretty happy with Win7. thanks bill UGLY, Ugly, ugly! Did I mention that it's UGLY? Some sor

Re: OT: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

The offer is good for anyone with a valid installation of Windows 7 and 8. Vista users get left out. The offer is good for exactly one year after release date. After that point you will have to purchase a copy if you want to upgrade. All of my computers are running Ultimate with OEM keys and they a

Re: OT: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

It's probably a limited time offer to nudge people towards being early adopters. On 6/23/2015 8:39 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: You'll have a year to decide. My advice: let the early adopters shake out the release for a while before you decide to take the plunge. You can also image your drive and reve

DRAT!!!

I ordered the "Wasabi Power Battery (2-Pack) and Charger for Pentax D-LI90" for my K-3 that was recommended here from Amazon. It just arrived a few minutes ago. EXCEPT ... I received a "Wasabi Power Battery (2-Pack) and Charger for Pentax D-LI109". I got on the phone with Amazon customer ser

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

Spectacular! I've been enjoying various PESOs from people without having enough time and energy to respond to them, but this one is just outstanding... I read about the EM-storm, but couldn't do much about that: I am too far south to see this beauty. I believe it was only once in my life th

Re: PESO: Toll Booth

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Donald Guthrie wrote: > Well that's more colorful than any thing on the New Jersey Turnpike I > expect. Yes, it is more colorful than a Jersey toll booth, but it probably doesn't have any labor leaders buried underneath it. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogal

Re: PESO: Toll Booth

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 8:22 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > (I wonder how much the cyclist has to pay.) My Chinese isn't quite good enough to read the toll schedule. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

Thank you, George, for posting that interesting blog. I agree with your (and a few others') recommendation regarding the upgrade. I just looked it up, and found that Windows 10 continues to have both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. (So much for Adobe-LR-6's lack of support for 32-bit systems.) I

Re: July PUG Count Down

I just checked my LR, including the keywords, and I have no photos on "anything". :-) I asked uncle Google: https://goo.gl/Qeevcu and that wasn't very helpful either... ;-) Cheers, Igor PS. Thanks Brian, for your continuing efforts in maintaining PUG and nudging everybody to sumbit their b

Re: I *must* have this lens...

Wow Eric! Thank you so much for that link. Googling him, I found the following fascinating sites and his $4.99 eBook entitled "Wide Angle Macro | The Essential Guide". http://learnmacro.com/wide-angle-macro-the-essential-guide-now-available/ This is one area where mirrorless cameras definitely hav

Re: PESO: Toll Booth

Well that's more colorful than any thing on the New Jersey Turnpike I expect. On 6/24/15 12:31 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 12 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:52:57 -0400 From: "Daniel J. Matyola" To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Toll Booth Message-ID: Content-Type: t

Re: PESOs (2) - The Weir

Rick I like your visualization of this interesting spot. No locks but are there wolves. On 6/24/15 12:31 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 2 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 20:48:40 -0400 From: Rick Womer To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESOs (2) - The Weir Message-ID:<0857a94f-8f93-41d8-b

Re: I *must* have this lens...

> On Jun 23, 2015, at 2:40 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > > This lens makes images unlike anything I've ever seen before. I'm an > ultrawide guy anyway, so having the ability to include close focus > ability like this would be awesome. It is relatively affordable AND > will be available in K-mount. Wha

Re: GESO intro/extrospection & a Father's Day connection

Thank you, Larry! On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Your pictures are, as usual, exemplary. I entirely understand your > ambivalence towards your father. The details of my struggles with mine are > different, but very similar. He's the one that started me in photography, >

Re: July PUG Count Down

I’m on it, Brian! Cheers, Christine > On Jun 23, 2015, at 4:47 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > G'day all > > The July PUG is off to a slow start. > > Actually, let me rephrase that. The July PUG is off to a no start! But I > anticipate a late rush. > > Theme: Open Gallery - anything you like

Re: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

Paul Thurrott has been one of the most reliable Windows Analysts/Tech Journalist for quite a few years. He is one of the primary hosts of the Windows Weekly podcast on the TWiT network. Here's his take on the subject of the upgrade -

Re: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

Brian, it probably depends on your windows update schedule and maybe windows license numbers, that they roll out the offer in batches for all I know. According to the guide text in the registration wizard, you'll be notified when your computer has downloaded the new version and be able to inst

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

Very nice. We have too bright night skies up here this time of year to see anything even in storms like that. :-( Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- From: Darren Addy Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 3:21 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There Got a Red Alert from t

Re: How do the different subdirectories work on the SD card?

The different subfolders on the SD card is triggered by the mechanisms Dario listed. Regarding your situation with Lightroom, I'll make a guess. Maybe it's caused by two factors working together; unchecking the "include subfolders" option and previously pointing the import plugin to begin with

Re: July PUG Count Down

The trouble with an Open gallery for someone as indecisive as I am is there are now too many things to pick from... But I'll be a good girl and get something for you soon anyway ann On 6/23/2015 5:47 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all The July PUG is off to a slow start. Actually, let me rep

Re: PESO: Toll Booth

As Frank said. (I wonder how much the cyclist has to pay.) ann On 6/24/2015 6:24 AM, Knarf wrote: Cool! Well seen and photographed. Cheers, frank On 24 June, 2015 12:52:57 AM EDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18044342&size=lg K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoo

Re: PESO: f/1.8 and Be There

Thanks so much for the views and comments! Interesting how the majority prefers the horizontal. I prefer the vertical, even though it is at a display disadvantage because I love the purples at the very top of the aurora, before it turns to black and I miss that on the horizontal. On both of these i

Re: PESO: Toll Booth

Thanks, David, Philip, Alan, Frank and Rick. This tool boot is in China, on the outskirts of Beijing, This is where most visitors pass to reach the parking lot and visitors' center of the Great Wall of China at Badaling.We approached from a different direction, as our driver was avoiding the t

Re: PESOs (2) - The Weir

Very nice. I obviously missed a lot when I was in Bath, but I didn't have any time for sightseeing. Paul via phone > On Jun 24, 2015, at 7:55 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Thanks, Ann! > >> On Jun 23, 2015, at 9:41 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> Love these two >> >> ann >> >> >>> On 6/23/2015

Re: PESOs (2) - The Weir

Thanks, Ann! On Jun 23, 2015, at 9:41 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > Love these two > > ann > > > On 6/23/2015 8:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >> Just below the Pulteney Bridge in Bath is The Weir, built in the 1970s for >> flood control. Herewith two views: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo

Re: PESOs (2) - The Weir

Thanks, Alan. We didn't see any canoeists on this stretch of the Avon. The sluice is an unsightly concrete thing about 100 meters behind the boat in the first pic. They did well hiding it behind the island. Rick On Jun 24, 2015, at 12:49 AM, Alan C wrote: > More great images, Rick. I did furth

Re: PESO: Toll Booth

Just like the ones on the New Jersey Turnpike! Amazing! (Where, actually?) Rick On Jun 24, 2015, at 12:52 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18044342&size=lg > K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom > Comments are invited. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.c

Re: PESO: Toll Booth

Cool! Well seen and photographed. Cheers, frank On 24 June, 2015 12:52:57 AM EDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18044342&size=lg >K-5 II S, DA 18-135 zoom >Comments are invited. > >Dan Matyola >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Sent f

Re: PESO - Earwig

Not nearly as ugly as I expected. Quite fascinating, really. And technically superb, as always. Cheers, frank On 23 June, 2015 1:23:31 AM EDT, Mark C wrote: >http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/earwig > >An earwig. Not as cute as the firefly... Comments welcome! > >Mark > >--- >T

Re: Is Windo2ws 10 worth it?

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015, at 11:49 AM, John Coyle wrote: > As far as I've seen reported so far, it's a genuine upgrade. I've had > the notification from > Microsoft that I'm eligible, and have accepted the offer, the new > software will be downloaded when > it's actually available, later this year. T

Re: PESO: Toll Booth

Quite spectacular. In the east they have a penchant for making everything into a work of art. Alan C -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 6:52 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Toll Booth http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=180443