Re: Humorous Logic

And even less amusing when the wind pushes the debris from the chunk (which is now many chunks) back towards the shore of the lake . . . thus causing the thrower and his band of followers to flee for safety! IL Bill (Yes, I have seen, and possess a video like this. No, I am not among the p

Re: [PAW] Mailbox 2110

Shel, Don't feel bad that some people don't understand you. I recall a series of haystacks that was done by Monet. Many people I know just don't understand what my draw is to this particular series, and I can't quite explain it myself. This does not detract from the work at all. Als

FS: Updated Again

Updated list & prices 1. Pentax LX. Serial 5273xxx. Physical condition is very good. A little brassing on timer release. Screen and mirror appear scratch free. To be sold with a FA-1 finder in like condition (you can barely tell that the hotshoe was used at all). The locking mechani

FS: Revised List

Updated list & prices 1. Pentax LX. Serial 5273xxx. Physical condition is very good. A little brassing on timer release. Screen and mirror appear scratch free. To be sold with a FA-1 finder in like condition (you can barely tell that the hotshoe was used at all). The locking mechani

Re: any lawyers in the crowd? (in USA, especially nyc)

Problem is she'll need a lawyer to help her define the word! ;-) On May 11, 2006, at 4:16 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: Just a question - please write me off list nonono - not in any serious legal trouble :) Define "serious" ;-)

Re: FS: Various Pentax - pictures

Anyone interested in any of the gear, pictures are on http:// www.kanescience.com/_items_for_sale/ IL Bill

Re: FS: Various Pentax

Who said it was made of a TABLE leg? All I mentioned was furniture! Me thinks thou doth protest too much! IL Bill On May 7, 2006, at 2:52 AM, Cotty wrote: On 6/5/06, Illinois Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: 8. LX Grip - Home made - Darned if I don't remember who made this one.

FS: Various Pentax

The time has come! Much of my Pentax equipment goes unused, and I feel the need to sell off some of it. Please reply if you are interested in ANY of this stuff. All prices USD, shipping not included. All prices negotiable. 1. Pentax LX. Serial 5273xxx. Physical condition is very good

FS: LX and accoutrements

Hi Gang, After much debate, I have decided to sell off the LX that I worked so hard to purchase. It has not seen any use, or thought since I bought my *ist D. I bought this LX about 4 years back and had it shipped over from England. Unfortunately it broke down after several months

Re: Run Windoze on your Mac

Scott, I also have had some trouble with pre-carple tunnel symptoms. My solution right now (besides the physical therapy) has been to utilize different pointing devices depending on where i am. In my work office, I have a USB Microsoft Trackball (the kind controlled by your thumb).

Re: Run Windoze on your Mac

I'm not sure how many mac users will actually DO this . . . Also, talk about writing a virus for a mac, without writing a virus for a mac. What do you bet that someone hasn't already written a windows virus that will find and delete any mac partitions on a disk? IL Bill On Apr 6, 2006, at

Re: Big Bald Bill--A Thank-You

. Baldrick's benefits. THANK YOU!!! The U.S. Government has cut our funding about 30% in the last two years, and the efforts of you and your students are very, very important. Rick --- Illinois Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello all, I would like to thank each and every one of

Big Bald Bill

Hello all, I would like to thank each and every one of you for helping to make Tinely Park High School's St. Baldrick's event a hair-raizing success! I was able to collect just over $520 myself, and the school had raised well over $6,000 at the time of the event! Now what you reall

Re: OT - The Danger of eBay!

H, My school's filter has refused me access. The reason? It is apparently a pornography site . . . . according to the filter that is. IL Bill On Mar 7, 2006, at 5:13 PM, Cotty wrote: Why am I not surprised? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__

Re: Charity

Thanks guys, you're the greatest! I'll post some before/after pictures for your perusal after the event! Bill On Mar 3, 2006, at 7:30 AM, David Savage wrote: On 3/3/06, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 3/3/06, Kostas Kavoussanakis, discombobulated, unleashed: It is good for the world as

Charity

Hello Pentax-Discuss, I am coming out of lurk mode for a little while here. Yes, I am asking for donations, so if you abhor this sort of email . . . . ok, now that those people have hit the delete button, please read below to find out how you can help to further children's cancer resear

Re: Another happy KEH customer

Looks mostly the same to me. Added utility by actually placing a searchable database into it. The same basic menu system exists under the "Camera Store" link. IL Bill On Feb 21, 2006, at 9:28 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: "Glad you like KEH. I wish they hadn't changed their site to what is

Re: New Zigview

Cool! Now all they need to do is invent a tripod with a remote control, and I won't have to enjoy my hobby anymore, the whole process can be AUTOMATED!! On Nov 10, 2005, at 12:22 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: Not a thing I'd buy on my budget, but somebody might find it interesting http://www.in

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

Graywolf, I'm suprised you don't know the origin of that phrase, especially since you mention about your childhood from way back when ;-) Seriously, the phrase comes from an old printers warning from when we were using non-movable type to print newspapers, etc. Think about putting

Re: Beginner's photo software for Mac?

Actually, the newest version does do levels adjustment. Pretty cheap too. On Oct 21, 2005, at 10:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I Photo, which comes packaged with every Mac, does most of that. No levels adjustment, but all the rest that you listed. It seems to be a nice solution for begi

Re: OT: Photographing insects

If it's outside, perhaps it is a cicada? On Aug 22, 2005, at 7:50 AM, Bob Shell wrote: On Sunday, August 21, 2005, at 09:35 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: My SO and I moved to Pittsburgh 3 years ago. Every summer, beginning in August, we've heard (but not seen) what we have taken to calling a "

KEH Comes Through Again!

Hey guys and gals, I just wanted to send a little assurance about KEH. I recently ordered a Sigma 28-200 f3.8-5.6 from them through their web interface that was supposedly in EX+ condition. This was the cheapest one they had for $69 U.S. It just arrived today. It has both ORIGINAL ca

Re: Theory of Equivalency

Beside the colour shift of one of the lenses, they seem equivalent to me. IL Bill On Jul 21, 2005, at 7:17 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Last week we talked about whether or not an 18mm lens on a Pentax DSLR and a 28mm lens on an SLR were equivalent. Saturday my friend and I tested the concept.

Re: Tip for ist D eye cup

Is it really that easy to get a woman? Mark, do you ship UPS? ;-) IL Bill On Jul 16, 2005, at 8:46 AM, Cotty wrote: On 16/7/05, cbwaters, discombobulated, unleashed: If you have women at your place, chances are there's a stash of these bands, just the right size, in your bathroom. If you d

Compact Digital

Hey guys, I'm looking for a small point and shoot digital camera. I'm looking on the USED market, and was hoping ya'll could help me out here. My one consideration is that I want it to use Compact Flash cards. Ok, I want at least 4 MP too. Taking common batteries will be helpful too.

Union, IL

Hey guys and gals, Well, I just got back from a civil war re-enactment in Union, IL. It's a great little train museum North and West of Chicago. I was, and continue to be a participant in these events, rather than a photographer, so did not have the chance to take any pictures. Howev

Re: Beware (Was: Cheap (?) Photoshop CS2 upgrade)

Clicking on the Buy link on the below registered website sends you directly to shop.adobe.com. I don't think there are many worries about a scam here. IL Bill On Jun 16, 2005, at 3:15 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Just in case: Adobe indeed offers a $149 upgrade: http://store.adobe.com/store/p

Re: Lens Repair Question

Tom, I'm not sure I follow where these rings are. Could you post a better description, or perhaps a picture? I do own this lens in K-mount IL Bill On Jun 13, 2005, at 11:02 AM, Tom C wrote: Hi Gang, I recently received my used Pentax 500/4.5. Upon uncrating, I heard some rattles and

Re: Slightly OT - scanner purchase

and you would cut up the slides with the katana? On May 11, 2005, at 8:18 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Wed, 11 May 2005, mike wilson wrote: WRT the possible new purchase - any recommendations for a scanner to batch large numbers? If I had to scan 1000+ mounted slides, I would go for this: ht

Re: Something Different

otherwise: Very interesting, I'd like to know how the effect was achieved. At first I thought I hadn't completely downloaded it . . . then I thought oh, it's wildly out of focus . . . and my final thought was: I want a piece of glass like that to finish off my kitchen cabinets! Il Bill BTW

Re: PK/A-R lens modification?

on my *ist D Il Bill On Mar 24, 2005, at 12:52 PM, Cory Papenfuss wrote: On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, Illinois Bill wrote: Cory, Myself, and others have performed flange-ectimy's on our lenses with the excessive flanges. It is relatively simple . . . I masked off the glass using electricians

Re: PK/A-R lens modification?

Cory, Myself, and others have performed flange-ectimy's on our lenses with the excessive flanges. It is relatively simple . . . I masked off the glass using electricians tape, and then used a file to file down the offending portion of the flange. Just be sure that none of the metal fi

Re: Digital Spotmatic, anyone?

It's been "on the way" for the past 5 or more years. I remember being in college and lusting after it . . . don't hold your breath. IL Bill On Mar 17, 2005, at 9:43 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: I just came across the site for SiliconFilm. Looks interesting. I called them and they said it wasn't a

iLife and Pentax Raw

Hey gang, The newest version of iLife for Apple just came out (no, I'm not looking for a flame war here). One of the selling points of the software is that iPhoto will handle RAW files! I thought WOW, that's great, I'll get the new version of iLife and start shooting more RAW's as the work

Re: What a Rack!

Actually, Caribou and Reindeer are different in that they live in geographically different (and separate) portions of the Earth. Technically though, they are able to interbreed and produce fertile offspring (the requirements of a species), hence the same Latin (species) name. This came up

Re: The official PDMLer Christmas shopping list

World Peace. Happy Holidays, IL Bill On Dec 9, 2004, at 12:56 PM, Cotty wrote: On 9/12/04, Joseph Tainter, discombobulated, unleashed: 1. FA 600 f4. 2. Cotty's autograph. You're incorrigible, Tainter. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysna

Winter Shots

Hey gang, Thought I'd post a link to a couple of my recent winter pics that I'm proud of. Don't know the difference between a PAW or a PESO as I haven't been keeping up on that, so didn't know quite what to label the subject. Comments/Criticism welcome. http://www.kanescience.com/winter/wi

Re: eBay-strategies

My personal strategy is one that combines the first two: I decide how much I am willing to pay for an item, and put it on my watched items list. Then when it comes as close as I dare, I place my maximum amount that I'm wiling to pay and let it go. IL Bill Note: This method usually is 'succe

Thinking Outloud

Hey gang, I just ordered a couple of largish prints (16x20) from ofoto.com for my new house (keeping my fingers crossed) . . . . I would REALLY like to do something though, but don't know quite how to go about it. My mind is going back to several older historic houses that I've been in ac

Re: Help with Rubber protection coming out of ist D

It's permanently broken. Send me your old ist D and buy a new one. I'll dispose of the old one properly for you. IL Bill On Nov 20, 2004, at 8:46 PM, Charles Wilson wrote: Dear All, Well it finally happened the little rubber protection flap to cover the PC/video outlets and DC in outlet has co

Re: OT - Strange eBay listing.

I had heard that eBay had removed the auction prior to it's completion because it failed to meet the rules. IL Bill On Nov 17, 2004, at 8:50 AM, Anthony Farr wrote: Follow up to this thread from several days ago. This could just be the highest bid ever made on eBay: http://tinyurl.com/5wcky OTOH

pdml@pdml.net

Still no sign of it on their website. Guess we'll have to wait until later in the week to see. IL Bill On Nov 14, 2004, at 7:29 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Yesterday's mail included the new B&H catalog. They are showing the *istDS at $899. For the DA 16-45 they said you had to call for a price.

Re: Huge SMC Pentax

ARGH! I've been watching this lens for MONTHS! Let's follow the rules people. IL Bill On Nov 7, 2004, at 11:29 AM, Steve Jolly wrote: Jens Bladt wrote: Sorry if I'm braking any rules. I just thought you should see this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&rd=1&item=3850279445

Re: Older Series 1 lenses on the ist-D

Don, I've done this to my Series 1 Macro (I think it is the 90-180 Flat-Field). Not sure of the range, but I know it's the Flat-Field. As far as I can tell, it hasn't affected the lens in the least. I just filed it down with a metal file to an appropriate size . . . oh, and I protected th

Lens Database?

Hey, I know a couple of months back one of us posted a link to a lens database that discussed previous selling prices of lenses. I'm looking for the link and can't find it. Little help? Thanks, IL Bill

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