PESO: Foundations

2018-11-15 Thread David Mann
My wife and daughter went to a play last week so I spent a little time having a walk around the central city. Before the earthquakes this was the city's tallest building. Now it's just another derelict site. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1063/#peso I bought my lunch from a ground-floor ba

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread mike wilson
Not to be insulting to anyone but I do find myself being in the position of not giving a Phalacrocorax. > On 16 November 2018 at 02:27 Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > > > Lads, I suspect you might be talking about two different shags. > As I've written in my earlier response: > > >> I knew a dan

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Lads, I suspect you might be talking about two different shags. As I've written in my earlier response: I knew a dance called "shag" (aka Collegiate Shag, which is different from Carolina Shag). Based on the location, background and the music mentioned, I suspect Larry is talking about the

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Bruce Walker
They probably just haven't figured out how to avoid blown-out reflections in the glass! :-) On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 8:26 PM wrote: > > The e-passport system works most of the time, but it's not infallible, as my > wife found out in Europe this year. It's also a bit of a nuisance to have > to tak

RE: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread jcoyle
The e-passport system works most of the time, but it's not infallible, as my wife found out in Europe this year. It's also a bit of a nuisance to have to take off your glasses, cap/hat, etc. when using it. Why authorities insist on having passport photos without glasses for people who wear them a

RE: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread jcoyle
I had a client for whom I wrote a training section management program, part of the output of which was joining instructions for the trainees. Whenever there was an error or issue with the detail, the whole lot would be reprinted and the waste thrown in a bin, which I collected from time to time

Re: Tripods

2018-11-15 Thread John
Still, to paraphrase a certain old book "That which was lost now has been found." On 11/15/2018 19:45, P. J. Alling wrote: You do realize that you haven't really saved any money...  What you've done is not spent more money. On 11/15/2018 1:18 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Sandy Harris wrote on 1

Re: Tripods

2018-11-15 Thread P. J. Alling
You do realize that you haven't really saved any money...  What you've done is not spent more money. On 11/15/2018 1:18 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Sandy Harris wrote on 11/14/18 9:43 PM: On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 2:27 PM Larry Colen wrote: My tripod has disappeared. I've searched ... ... re

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 10:42:57AM +0100, Rick Womer wrote: > IIRC, in an interview at one of the big shows last spring, a Pentax honcho > said that a K-3ii successor was their first development priority. I'm still hoping that this product will eventually materialise. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 11:49:48AM -0500, John wrote: > On 11/15/2018 04:42, Rick Womer wrote: > > IIRC, in an interview at one of the big shows last spring, a Pentax honcho > > said that a K-3ii successor was their first development priority. > > > > It???s also true, though, that Ricoh (and all

Re: GESO: Pow Wow

2018-11-15 Thread PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com
Thank You Daniel. It was a great Pow Wow and nice seeing folks that one sees each year. Charlie is 83 and still getting out there dancing. https://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/2018-naia-powwow/ebd813671 Jeffery Johnson | Photo Captures by Jeffery https://www.PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com /Divers

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 15/11/18, John, discombobulated, unleashed: >Cotty & Bob - you can just go ahead and get your minds out of the gutter >right now. A lot lower than the gutter John ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _

Vivian Maier in colour

2018-11-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
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Re: OT: Lion Cubs

2018-11-15 Thread John
On 11/15/2018 16:18, mike wilson wrote: On 15 November 2018 at 20:33 Larry Colen wrote: mike wilson wrote on 11/14/18 11:22 PM: Nobody going for Fun Boy 8 (ft. Banarama)? Fun Boy 8 sounds like it would be an account name on grindr. I misremembered anyway. Was thinking that a group cal

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread John
On 11/15/2018 12:44, l...@red4est.com wrote: Nope, those aren't shaggable either. Actually, for me nothing is. I might be able to fake balboa, but I'd need at least a few minutes to learn to shag. Wander into any bar in Myrtle Beach, SC & there's someone there who can teach you. I learned i

Re: OT: Lion Cubs

2018-11-15 Thread mike wilson
> On 15 November 2018 at 20:33 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > > mike wilson wrote on 11/14/18 11:22 PM: > > Nobody going for Fun Boy 8 (ft. Banarama)? > > Fun Boy 8 sounds like it would be an account name on grindr. > I misremembered anyway. Was thinking that a group called Fun Boy 3 (but ther

Re: OT: Lion Cubs

2018-11-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
This is the way to do it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uZlLUf6sewI&feature=youtu.be On 15 Nov 2018, at 20:31, Daniel J. Matyola mailto:danmaty...@gmail.com>> wrote: Remember that the urge to sing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is just a whim away. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/dan

Re: OT: Lion Cubs

2018-11-15 Thread Larry Colen
Daniel J. Matyola wrote on 11/15/18 12:30 PM: Remember that the urge to sing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is just a whim away. And that is why we call you Hakuna Matyola. -- Larry Colen       l...@red4est.com  http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections

Re: OT: Lion Cubs

2018-11-15 Thread Larry Colen
mike wilson wrote on 11/14/18 11:22 PM: Nobody going for Fun Boy 8 (ft. Banarama)? Fun Boy 8 sounds like it would be an account name on grindr. -- Larry Colen       l...@red4est.com  http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -

Re: GESO: Pow Wow

2018-11-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Wonderful subjects and great images! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 10:15 PM PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com < jefferyjohn...@photocapturesbyjeffery.com> wrote: > I am happy to say that I have edited and uploaded photographic captures > from the

Re: OT: Lion Cubs

2018-11-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Remember that the urge to sing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is just a whim away. 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 directly

Re: OT: Lion Cubs

2018-11-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Huh? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 2:23 AM mike wilson wrote: > Nobody going for Fun Boy 8 (ft. Banarama)? > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, p

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread lrc
On November 15, 2018 9:26:53 AM PST, John wrote: >On 11/15/2018 08:06, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >> >> :-) >> >> "Dance this mess around!"   ;-) >> https://youtu.be/VN8hV4AyNss?t=7 >> > >Except you can't dance "the shag" to that. You're going to need another >Atlanta >band: > >https://www.youtube

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread John
On 11/15/2018 08:06, Igor PDML-StR wrote: :-) "Dance this mess around!"   ;-) https://youtu.be/VN8hV4AyNss?t=7 Except you can't dance "the shag" to that. You're going to need another Atlanta band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9GyJ9dhMgY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tams OR mayb

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread John
On 11/15/2018 08:39, Bruce Walker wrote: When I began my career in 1978 I worked for one of the then Big Three word processor companies (AES Data, Canada's answer to Wang and IBM) and the phrase "paperless office" was widely heard. Paper would soon be obsolete. When I wrapped up my full time car

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread John
On 11/15/2018 04:42, Rick Womer wrote: IIRC, in an interview at one of the big shows last spring, a Pentax honcho said that a K-3ii successor was their first development priority. It’s also true, though, that Ricoh (and all the other office equipment companies) are having a terrible time as the

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
In my experience, consumer computing technologies gave boost to higher paper consumption, including very frequently senseless paper waste. In the era of typewriters, for a few errors, people would use a white-out, and only occasionally would reprint the entire page. With computers, people tho

Re: OT: Lion Cubs

2018-11-15 Thread ann sanfedele
Rockettes. :-) Terrific shot - thanks for sharing ann On 11/15/2018 2:22 AM, mike wilson wrote: Nobody going for Fun Boy 8 (ft. Banarama)? On 14 November 2018 at 23:57 Bob W-PDML wrote: Nah. It's the Gipsy Kings of the jungle, doing Bambi Leo. On 14 Nov 2018, at 18:16, mike wilson wrot

Re: PESO Not Eggleston

2018-11-15 Thread ann sanfedele
Har! I couldn't have resisted either..  fun shot ann On 11/15/2018 2:13 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Spotted between Ballico and Livingston CA on my way to lunch, photographed on my way back to work: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/45888347381/in/album-72157703616181665/ Side note, to my g

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Bruce Walker
When I began my career in 1978 I worked for one of the then Big Three word processor companies (AES Data, Canada's answer to Wang and IBM) and the phrase "paperless office" was widely heard. Paper would soon be obsolete. When I wrapped up my full time career in 2010 I worked in the Toronto office

Re: Tripods

2018-11-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Larry, Next time you should loose (and then recover) something with a higher price tag, e.g. *-lens, diamonds, etc. so that you'd save much more. That way you could afford buying the newest 645* camera. :) Igor Re: Tripods Larry Colen Wed, 14 Nov 2018 22:20:02 -0800 wrote: ... In an ama

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
:-) "Dance this mess around!" ;-) https://youtu.be/VN8hV4AyNss?t=7 Bob W-PDML Wed, 14 Nov 2018 23:39:17 -0800 wrote: On a point of grammar, the collective noun for cormorants is not 'flock' - we say 'a mess of cormorants', and 'a shag-bag'. On Wed, 14 Nov 2018, Igor PDML-StR wrote:

Re: What do you think about the future of Pentax "flagship" APS-C-camera line?

2018-11-15 Thread Rick Womer
IIRC, in an interview at one of the big shows last spring, a Pentax honcho said that a K-3ii successor was their first development priority. It’s also true, though, that Ricoh (and all the other office equipment companies) are having a terrible time as the world abandons paper documents. Rick On