OT: British (yeast) culture reaches the United States

I dropped into my local BevMo today to pick up some cider, and spotted a name on the shelf that I remembered from my 2009 trip back to the UK - Meantime (both the porter and the IPA). That's a name Bob introduced us to (at the Greenwich Union). I'll report back later as to how well the brew survi

Re: OT: Canon's gear room at the Olympics

On Sun, Aug 05, 2012 at 04:07:36PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > Do they really anticipate that much breakage? > > Or does the pro program also include rental, and possibly onsite sales? The pro program almost certainly includes rental, replacement units for the pros to use during repairs, and loan

Re: OT: For the rail lovers

On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 10:55:21AM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > That was hilarious (although apparently a parody of another person's > video, according to the comments). > > The comment "You'd think, if he had been "waiting? for this for > months," guy could've bought a tripod..." was also funny (b

Re: OT - shooting from tricopters

On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 09:16:29AM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > I don't think any RC planes or copters existed at that point > (at least they were not available where I grew up). > > Igor A friend of mine was flying RC scale model aircraft in the mid 60s, and they weren't a new idea then. Wh

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 10:36:58AM -0600, steve harley wrote: > > this is my fourth Olympics with TiVo; we got TiVo and cable for the > 2000 games, and soon realized cable wasn't worth it but TiVo was ? > so for 12 years just about all the TV i've watched has been on time > delay, Olympics include

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 04:02:48PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > John's moaning about Olympics spoilers led me to this highly > entertaining & thought provoking read: > Cocktail Crossfire: Do Olympics Spoilers Ruin Everything? Arthur bruised his upper arm. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pd

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 03:40:43PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > on 2012-08-01 10:55 John Francis wrote > >Why, why, WHY will people insist on posting spoilers to unrelated groups? > > most of the world, including Canada iirc, is in real-time, and may > not be aware of #NBCfail

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 03:47:14PM +, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: A serious spoiler for anyone interested in the Olympic cycling event with absolutely no warning that this post might contain such a thing. Why, why, WHY will people insist on posting spoilers to unrelated groups? I

Re: London Olympics

elevate poor taste to the > level of "hate speech". > > British Police win the gold for stupidity. > > > From: John Francis > > >As it says at the bottom of the article you quoted, tweeting messages > >considered menacing, offensive or indecent can lea

Re: London Olympics

As it says at the bottom of the article you quoted, tweeting messages considered menacing, offensive or indecent can lead to prosecution. Even in the USA, where "freedom of speech" is often taken to be synonymous with "freedom from any consequences of your speech" there is an exception for 'hate

Re: Bikers w/o engines

No - it just feels that way :-) My brother met his wife on RAGBRAI many, many years ago. On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 05:08:37PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > It takes a whole week to bike across Iowa? > > Nice pan, with a feeling of action and motion. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxp

Re: 40 MP Shootout with English Translation

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:20:49AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:14 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > > "I'm really glad they published this. I was just about to pull the > > trigger on that Nokia, but now I'm reconsidering." -- said by no-one, > > ever. > > > > Next up: sprinte

Re: Photographer charged

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 07:58:51AM +1000, Brian Walters wrote: > > Quoting jn289 : > > >Photographer charged > > > > > > > >http://music.yahoo.com/news/bieber-paparazzo-faces-criminal-charges-pursuit-190630052.html > > > > Good. I agree. (Not to mention the fact that no punishment is too ext

Re: Visitors

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 07:06:37PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > > Tim ?sleby > > > > An entertaining set. > > > > Thanks! > > > But: It is not very gentlemanlike to speak about your superioroty > > http://www.web-options.com/C

Re: OT: Sensor Technology and rangefinder cameras

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 12:04:21PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/07/digital-photography?fsrc=nlw|newe|7-23-2012|2867084|36077652| > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola I guess the Economist pays by the word. The facts i

Re: the long, long wait for my k-5

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:49:33AM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > > It seems to me that in your case, renting a spare body would be a > deductible business expense, so the cost should cancel out. It doesn't seem that way to me. While many business expenses are allowable as pre-tax deductions, very

Re: Olympic torch relay

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 09:19:38AM +0100, Bob W wrote: > I dragged my sorry ass out of bed bright and early this morning to watch the > torch relay go through Greenwich. Here are some snaps, taken less than 2 > hours ago: > > > > B Snaps be buggered, Bob. Tho

Re: Olympic torch relay

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 11:06:04AM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Bob, > I'm with Stan (the dog) and Paul (a good record). > I'm sad to see the security running along with the tourch bearer. > Regards, Bob S. That's the way of the world today, unfortunately. I don't know if it got any news coverag

Re: PESO: Discovery's last flight

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 09:39:46PM +1200, David Mann wrote: > On Apr 21, 2012, at 3:16 AM, Bryan Jacoby wrote: > > > No great artistic value here but I thought some might be interested: > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryan_jacoby/7095178799/lightbox/ > > That is absolutely fantastic. I kn

Re: OT: For Knarf

Like a cow On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 02:38:00PM -0400, Steven Desjardins wrote: > It steers how? > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Paul Stenquist > wrote: > > A pointless design exercise, it would seem. The antithesis of form follows > > function. > > Paul > > On Jul 19, 2012, at 1:48 PM, Da

Re: FS: Tamron Adaptall teleconverters & ext. tube; WAS (Re: A nice little macro variation to have at hand)

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 01:48:33PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > That page misses one option (one that I only became aware of recently). > Tamron also made an Adaptall2 *Extension Tube* specifically for the SP > 90/2.5 that will get it to 1:1. > The obvious benefit to the tube is that you don't lose

Re: OT: apple cinema display converter

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 09:00:13AM -0500, Charles Robinson wrote: > On Jul 12, 2012, at 19:32, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > I ordered an NEC EA232WMI-BK MultiSync 23" IPS panel from Comp USA. PCMag > > gave it a good review and the price was only $264.99. > > I still remember the first time 17

Re: My Photo Management Crossroads

If you've got a system based on the rest of the stuff you mention (meaningful file names, etc.) it really doesn't matter which of the particular tools (Bridge, Lightroom, etc.) you choose to implement your solution. On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 02:19:36PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > This thread h

Re: Lightroom and RAW vs DNG files

On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 01:32:41PM +0930, Peter Loveday wrote: > >On the K-7 & K-20 I believe you could choose either PEF or DNG as > >the raw format. I never owned those cameras, so I'm not 100% sure. > > Yep. As you can on the K-5. Shows you how good my memory is. I haven't used PEF since I

Re: Lightroom and RAW vs DNG files

On Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 10:29:19PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: > I've been shooting RAW files with the K-5, then importing them into LR4.1. > I've been saving them as DNG's in LR. > > So now I'm beginning to question what I'm doing. > The K-5 says I'm shooting RAW, not RAW+DNG. The RAW format for

Re: Decisive moment

On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 03:14:19AM -0500, Walt Gilbert wrote: > On 7/5/2012 5:37 PM, Larry Colen (On Droid4est) wrote: > >One of the things I've been working on is only taking photos at "the > >decisive moment". One thing that I've noticed is that the better I get at > >waiting for the decisive

Re: OT - July 4th, "By the Dawn's Early Light" - something else might be liberated

On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 04:59:52PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I would think that even if the universe is expanding in all directions (a > theory that I believe is o disputed by some astrophysicists) the origin point > remains singular. Nope. There's no single "origin point"; the expansion i

Re: J.D. Powers Report: Pentax Crowned Best In DSLR Online Buyer Satisfaction

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 09:42:20PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PetaPixel/~3/Hl6rW1YzwKc/ > > full story: > http://autos.jdpower.com/content/press-release/RoPDeNH/2012-digital-single-lens-reflex-camera-online-buyer-report.htm While I'm glad to see Pentax getting goo

Re: Dumb, really dumb move

> painful memories. Or so I'm told. > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 2:36 PM, John Francis wrote: > > > > MZ-S. ?60-250. ?Photo Platform. ?Insurance. ?:-) > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 04:40:04AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > >> As someone who d

Re: Dumb, really dumb move

MZ-S. 60-250. Photo Platform. Insurance. :-) On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 04:40:04AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > As someone who dropped his brand new K20 attached to his bigma, off of a > monopod, onto asphalt, I can empathize with your pain. > > On Jun 28, 2012, at 8:26 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:

Re: Cotty's hat in action and a great anti-thief photo bag

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 04:20:05PM +1000, John Coyle wrote: > > My parents had a car very like the one which ran over the hat, a Ford Zephyr > 6-cylinder: > vastly overpowered for those days! I should have known I wouldn't have been the only geek here to identify the car. A slightly later versi

Re: This might be a good way of showing off my photos

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 05:41:37PM +1200, David Mann wrote: > On Jun 28, 2012, at 11:50 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > On Jun 27, 2012, at 4:34 PM, Bob W wrote: > >> ... nothing but froth, for dummies. > > > > I much prefer the O'Reilly book "Nothing but froth in a nutshell". > > Is that the one w

Re: Cotty's hat in action and a great anti-thief photo bag

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 03:47:06PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > > What about "bollocks"? Everyone can use that one. That certainly appears to be the FCC's viewpoint. I was a bit surprised when I happened to be near a TV tuned to BBC America when a recent Newcastle Brown commercial came on! --

Re: Why not a SATA SSD the size of a CF card?

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:36:09AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > Last night, I was thinking about how one performance limitation that I run up > against the most often is write speed to the storage. My first idea was a > camera grip that had a slot for a laptop SSD drive. My second thought was >

Re: In a pub, waiting for Cotty

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:31:37AM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Mark Roberts > > >If he's late will that be a good thing or a bad thing? > > Depends on who's supposed to buy the first round. More to the point - does who is supposed to buy the first round act as a predictor as to whether Co

Re: Android Apps

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 05:04:38PM -0600, William Robb wrote: > I finally gave in and bought myself a cute little Asus tablet that > runs on the Android OS. Transformer Prime? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the P

Re: The oldest living Nikon user.

Maybe she's found that a flash adds nice catchlights to the eyes. On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 02:07:27PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: > After all these years, still hasn't learned to get the flash off the camera. > :-) > > Great! > > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: > > > > L

Re: OT Tarrytown

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:56:18PM -0400, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 11:43 PM, John Francis wrote: > > > I presume you've all seen this shot of me on my wedding day: > > > > ? ?http://www.panix.com/~johnf/gallery/images/wedding.jpg > > I

Re: OT Tarrytown

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 01:47:14PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > On Jun 19, 2012, at 12:52 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > > From: John Francis > > > >>http://www.panix.com/~johnf/gallery/images/wedding.jpg > > > > I think I might have had that suit

Re: OT Tarrytown

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:52:00PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > From: John Francis > > >On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 04:34:03PM +0100, Steve Cottrell wrote: > >>On 18/6/12, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> > >>>I'm trying to picture Cotty a

Re: OT Tarrytown

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 06:26:43PM +1200, David Mann wrote: > On Jun 19, 2012, at 3:43 PM, John Francis wrote: > > > I presume you've all seen this shot of me on my wedding day: > > > >http://www.panix.com/~johnf/gallery/images/wedding.jpg > > I hadn&#x

Re: OT Tarrytown

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 04:34:03PM +0100, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 18/6/12, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >I'm trying to picture Cotty as a flower child > > I have pics up in the loft (attic) somewhere of me from those days. When > I find them you will see smock-tops and bell-b

Re: Question About *ist D

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 11:27:45AM -0600, Joseph Tainter wrote: > I am about to sell my long-unused *ist D to a colleague, for whom it > is all the camera she needs. She will probably shoot JPEGs. I always > use PEF, and recall that *ist D JPEGs were criticized for being soft > and lacking contrast

Re: OT Tarrytown

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 03:51:57PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Jun 17, 2012, at 3:23 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 15/6/12, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> I'm pretty much clueless about East Coast geography > > > > I love Californians ;-) > > If I get in my car and

Re: OT: Silly Magnum

I think someone at Magnum believes that future decision-makers and purchasers of images are probably to be found among the twitterati, so it would be a good idea to raise Magnum's visibility there. On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:44:58PM +0100, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > I just saw the following twee

Re: and this is why I didn't even thing of trying to shoot the transit of Venus

On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 07:26:33PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > > P. J. Alling > > > > http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/657111main_1- > > SOT_120606_venus_ca_nc_yellow_001_color_full.jpg > > > > I don't have the equipment... >

Re: Same stream, different photo

On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 08:40:01AM -0400, Postmaster wrote: > Here's another shot of that stream (Shanty Branch) on Grandfather > Mountsin. It's the same little cascade but in a horizontal pano rather > than vertical. And it's cropped from a single shot rather than > stitched from several. > > htt

Re: Olympics sets limits on amature lens size.

Only lenses over 30cm prohibited? That's quite permissive by today's standards. for the US Figure Skating championships the limit was below that; I think the 50-135 might just have been allowed, but the 60-250 definitely wasn't. But with a 30cm guideline the A* 300/2.8 (even with the 1.7x AF ad

Re: I have a secret...

On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 12:16:27AM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: > Lol! There is no such link in existence! > They are referring to a time, many moons ago (circa 2004) . . . Not exactly a 'moon' ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSU

Re: FS Friday: FOFA link on Boston CL

could sell it for $1400, even if it were in mint condition. On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 05:40:55PM -0400, David Parsons wrote: > The listing is legit. It's not stolen gear. > > On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 5:38 PM, P. J. Alling > wrote: > > On 6/1/2012 5:29 PM, John Francis wrote:

Re: FS Friday: FOFA link on Boston CL

On Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 05:02:36PM -0400, David Parsons wrote: > http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/pho/3050631455.html > > A friend sent this to me knowing that I shoot Pentax, but I'm not > looking ATM, but for any Boston area PDMLers looking, the prices > aren't too high. Really? Over 80% of ne

Re: Flash Meter experiment

Larry wrote: > > I did some art nudes with a friend last night using my studio flash > gear. As an experiment, I pulled out the flash meter and when I'd get > my lighting dialed in, I'd take a picture of the flash meter and a grey card. I know that you've got an FA77Ltd - why are you shooting at

Re: Tokina AT-X 828 AF PRO 80-200mm f/2.8 question

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 02:30:57PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Darren Addy > > >I'm curious... if it shows up in Photoshop as a Pentax-F 35-105mm, > >does that mean that it is also misreading the focal length that this > >lens is set at (when doing image stabilization)? > >If it is doing im

Re: card FAIL?

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:55:04PM -0400, Dmitry Gromov wrote: > Hi! > > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > > BHPhoto. They told me to contact Leica. Leica replaced the camera after > > several months of unreturned phone calls (I contacted their president). The > > second

Re: OT: Word vertical image alignment

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 03:37:33PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > on 2012-05-23 14:41 John Francis wrote > >I've been a Visio user since it was first released (my first > >project was creating neater versions of all my old hand-drawn > >maps for ADVENT, Zork, etc.) >

Re: OT: Word vertical image alignment

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 07:32:21PM +, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > Steve, > > I'm giving Visio a serious look for improved layout. > It is my favorite piece of M$ software -- especially > since M$ didn't create it in the first place. +1 I've been a Visio user since it was first released (my f

Re: Rumor of a new intro Pentax Body

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 08:15:27PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > > With newer cameras having so many more megapixels, rendering the older > > cameras obsolete, at what point do I have to start throwing away the > > photos I took with a 6MP camera because they are no loner any good? > > What about 12 or 14M

Re: Under construction

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 04:48:25PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > This is the Olympic equestrian arena under construction in Greenwich Park: > > I recognise that viewpoint! I hope those seating areas are only temporary. . . -- PDML Pen

Re: Minimum Kit?

I'm not sure I'd take all that with a total weight limit of only 30lb. But that's a very handy selection; it's close to what I have in my bag. I don't have the diffuser, so I squeeze in the 10-17 and my A50/1.5. On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:28:11PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > The same minimal

Re: Pile of rubble

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 08:13:39PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > Now most of Blackheath is a flat, green, empty wilderness, whereas > before it was all humps and hollows that highwaymen used to hide in. or was that "... all hides and hollows that highywaymen used to ..."? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail L

Re: Semi-OT: Image Viewing Software that works with PEF files?

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 04:55:32PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > A problem with my current laptop is it's really too big to fit into > my camera bag. I was considering fixing that problem a different way: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=764920&Q=&is=REG&A=details -- PDML

Re: Why do they call this a Pentax?

Because the person who wrote the blurb is camera-illiterate, and thinks that the "Pen" model name belongs to Pentax, not to Olympus? -- 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 an

Re: Problems with K-5 and extension tubes

alfoil trick on the contacts does seem to make it work as > intended. I'm now tempted to sand the paint off that part of the > mount on my tubes. > > - Peter > > > -Original Message- From: John Francis > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:13 PM > To: pdml@pdm

Re: Problems with K-5 and extension tubes

The lens *is* set to F/22 (on the lens, not via the body) On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 01:17:45AM -0400, jn289 wrote: > You are trying to use older extension tubes, that does not have > contacts on them for the the digital body. > You will have to set the lens to f22 on the lens itself and not with >

Re: Problems with K-5 and extension tubes

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 09:56:10PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > On May 15, 2012, at 9:43 PM, John Francis wrote: > > > > > I've run into a problem trying to use my (Vivitar) auto extension > > tubes with my K-5. > > > > Scenarion: Cam

Problems with K-5 and extension tubes

I've run into a problem trying to use my (Vivitar) auto extension tubes with my K-5. Scenarion: Camera set to "M", lens (A 50/f1.4) set to f/22. With the lens directly mounted to the camera, everything works as expected: DOF preview stops the lens down to f/22, and the exposure check showshow f

Re: OT: Stupid Microsoft!

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:10:24PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Good lord, you used Vista? You poor bastard. > I used XP for almost 10 trouble-free years and went to WIndows 7. No > complaints at all. It's too early yet to tell if I'll have no (meaningful) complaints, but that's the path I went

Re: OT: Samsung to phase out point & shoots, aim for EVIL crown

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 11:02:01AM -0700, Keith Whaley wrote: > Bob Sullivan wrote: > >Steve, > >I tracked down the WSJ article and read it yesterday. > >Stat's said the P&S digital market was in decline, > >suffering from phones getting better or 'good enough'. > >Samsung seems to be trying to car

Re: ISO Torture Test: Sony A77 vs Pentax K-5

On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 07:53:26AM -0400, David J Brooks wrote (on buying a K-5): > > Best decision, camera wize, i have ever made. It's certainly up there. But over the years I've been pretty happy with a lot of my other camera buying decisions, too: o My first 35mm camera (when I was 11)

Re: OT: Samsung to phase out point & shoots, aim for EVIL crown

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:53:30PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > on 2012-05-10 14:25 John Francis wrote > >On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 12:13:20PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > >> > >>* advances in electronic viewfinders > > > >Also only of interest to the niche m

Re: OT: Samsung to phase out point & shoots, aim for EVIL crown

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 12:13:20PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > > ... marketing schmaltz surely will blur consumers' vision, but to me > the practicalities are: > > * critical mass and ecosystem of lenses Most consumers never buy anything except the kit lens > * sensors More than good enough t

Re: 100/2.8 Macro Issue - Thoughts?

On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 12:29:25PM -0600, Tom C wrote: > > Other information as I've experimented. > > If I leave the lens in a non-A setting, and remove it from the camera > and put it back on, operation is fine. > > If I set the lens to the 'A' setting and remount it, the symptoms > recur (dar

Re: Lens repair question

On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 10:09:35PM -0700, Theodore Beilby wrote: > Hey Darren how about a feeler gauge? Thin, tough, metal blades. Just a > thought. Is there an echo in here? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the P

Re: Lens repair question

On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 09:15:40PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > The problem is that the ball bearing is held "high" by a spring beneath it. > You must compress the spring so the ball bearing is low enough to slip > the aperture ring over. > Now imagine trying to keep the ball bearing "down" as you s

Re: 100/2.8 Macro Issue - Thoughts?

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 04:34:57PM -0600, Tom C wrote: > > Yeah that was stupid of me. It's the tank-artillery-shell-bodied > FA/100 2.8 Macro. > > It seems to be related to the aperture lever/control on the lens. It > appears through the viewfinder that it's totally stopped down in 'A' > mode, e

Re: 5DmkIII impressions

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 03:28:09PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Apr 24, 2012, at 3:19 PM, David Savage wrote: > > > On 25 April 2012 06:05, David J Brooks wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >>> > >>> On Apr 23, 2012, at 8:47 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: > >>> >

Re: micro 4/3 body, only $159???

Somebody had them as the deal-of-the-day yesterday at a slightly higher price. I'm very happy with ours. It's not quite up to the K-5 in sensor technology, but it's significantly better than the K-10D which was the camera I had when we purchased the E-PL1 I'm watching the OM-D developments with

Re: Exhibit: Postmodern Pinups

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 06:59:50AM +1000, Derby Chang wrote: > > Outstanding, especially the noirish 11, ... I initially read that as "no irish" > It's my favourite shot of the gallery > On 24/04/2012 12:09 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >Derby, all the pinups appear here ... > > > >http://135mm.50

Re: Pentaxes in the classroom, and reliability

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 08:46:32PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > > there's a story, probably apocryphal, about Henry Ford asking which part of > the Model Z, or whatever, lasted longest. On being told that it was the > widget flange he ordered the engineers to make it weaker, and therefore > cheaper, sinc

Re: Suggested new PDML tradition: LDF

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 02:58:43PM -0600, Bran Everseeking wrote: > On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:27:23 -0500 > Miserere wrote: > > > Sounds reasonable to me. Although maybe we could find an alternative > > to "dump"...? > > Why not LTS Link(s) to share? Link Somebody Discovered? Link Every Photogr

Re: Pentax cameras really really really really...

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 04:45:01PM +1000, Brian Walters wrote: > > Both my *ist DS and K200D will fire the shutter with no card in the > camera and I can't see any custom function on either camera to > change this. If you can point me to the appropriate custom > function, I'd be in your debt! Th

Re: PESO: Last Photo Ever Taken

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:35:32PM -0400, Doug Brewer wrote: > On 4/20/12 10:12 PM, John Francis wrote: > >On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 09:00:27AM -0500, Walt Gilbert wrote: > >>Well, all I can say is that I'm utterly crestfallen today. Seems I > >>dropped my K-x with

Re: PESO: Last Photo Ever Taken

On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 09:00:27AM -0500, Walt Gilbert wrote: > Well, all I can say is that I'm utterly crestfallen today. Seems I > dropped my K-x with the A 50/1.7 -- leaving the lens inoperable and > irreparable. This is the last shot that will ever be taken with it. > > http://www.flickriver.c

Re: OT Client of the Day

You're too late - the ad has been pulled! On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 01:45:11PM -0400, David J Brooks wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 1:19 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > Who wants to work for someone who doesn't know how to spell "gouge"? > > Me.:-) > > Dave > > > > From: Matthew Hunt > > > > > >>

Re: OT - Nikon Announces 24MP APS-C DSLR - $699

Back in the very early days (way before the *ist-D, when I was still shooting with a PZ-1p and scanning from negatives or slides) I did some comparisons between a handful of consumer scanners and a mid-range pro scanner (a Kodak PhotoCD scanner with a competent operator). My conclusion was that w

Re: Would you eat at this restaurant?

I hate to rain on the parade, but I don't see anything wrong. Would it be better to store the additional supplies outside the restroom, so somebody who was restocking the toilet roll holder had to go outside to a cupboard somewhere (almost certainly without washing his/her hands first)? It moght

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 72, Issue 153

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 02:10:19PM -0600, Tom C wrote: > > I believe it kills a lot of cameras, including all of the midrange Nikons. > > I also believe Pentax has to wake up, instead of dreaming to be Leica and > > make the K-01. > > > > Dario > > Yes. It's looking like anything under 24MP is qui

Re: OT - Nikon Announces 24MP APS-C DSLR - $699

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 02:20:06PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > The wireless unit requires leaving the side door open? I can feel > Steve Jobs spinning in his grave from Nebraska. That is just bizarre. > > The price point sounds excellent, but we have no idea (at this point) > how much more the wir

Re: Another Pentax Oddity

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 06:45:35AM +1000, Brian Walters wrote: > Quoting Paul Ewins : > > >It very likely that this is a fake. None of the "features" make > >sense, especially the film type reminder on the back that looks > >like it came off a 60's german rangefinder. > > > > You may well be ri

Re: $13 000 worth of camera gear

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 05:15:56PM -0400, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uduIXFUynRQ/T4bdGgCKZaI/Cf8/l48eqJ5jvg4/w497-h373/fGxbW.jpg > > or short URL: > http://goo.gl/9ghL8 > > Enjoy! Phones do video - often better than DSLRs. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Pentax Oddity

On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 11:40:19PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > > > > On 4/8/2012 6:04 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > Although a live EBay item, I doubt anyone here is watching it. It's > > > already been passed in once and it's BIN. > > > > > > Described as a 'copy camera' it's obviously based on the A

Re: OT: Thomas Kinkade, Dead

On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 03:44:34PM -0500, Christine Aguila wrote: > I don't even blame Kinkade for his own self-promotion. I have absolutely no problems with his self-promotion, nor with his ability to sell vast quantities of his product. My objection is to the pretence that he is providing the

Re: Cat photo

On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 11:56:43AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: > Bruce Walker wrote: > > >On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > >> > >> Fenway appears not to have given you permission to take that. > > > >Ha! +1 :-) > > Oh, he looks all haughty and imperious, but he's the most sk

Re: OT: Thomas Kinkade, Dead

On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 01:53:21PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > > >> So, the "Painter of Light" (tm) has passed at the early age of 54 > > >> years. The Kenny G of painting is gone... > > >> > > > > > > He may not have been too fast to live, but 54 is too young to die. > > I'm > > > 54. I shall be mightil

Re: New lens prices

I must have missed that. I'm sure glad I've already got the 16-50, 50-135 & 60-250; Between them they now add up to around $2000 more than I paid. They're nice glass, but I'd think hard before paying that much. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdm

Re: If you use Lightroom and need a new MacBook

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 07:40:57PM -0700, Tim Bray wrote: > The other lesson that?s emerging on my comments thread is that Lr is > strongly RAM-limited; the fact that I can squeeze 8G into some flavors > of laptop may make a bigger difference than CPU speed or graphics > card. -T Oh, a lot more th

Re: If you use Lightroom and need a new MacBook

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 08:19:27AM -0700, Tim Bray wrote: > This describes me, and I asked the Internet which one to get. The > Internet said ?Don?t get a new Mac right now, wait a couple months.? > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/03/27/New-Computer (see > the comments) I won't comment

Re: OT -- Really annoying Photo.net behavior--bitch, bitch, bitch

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 08:54:17PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > > > I have never seen that behavior on Photo.net. ? I find it very easy > > to > > > use, and with Chrome, it loads quite rapidly compared to picasa and > > > other sites. > > > Dan Matyola > > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyo

Re: NiMH batteries on the K-5

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 11:07:49AM +, SV Hovland wrote: > > What is your experience with NiMH batteries on K-5? When I got my K-5 I tried using AAs in the battery grip while thr main battery was charging (just to get the camera setup done, of course :-) With rechargeable NiMH batteries out o

Re: PUG - Restoring the Missing Galleries

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 07:54:34AM +1100, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all > > If you want to take a look back at PDML history, check out these > early PUGs at: > > http://pug.komkon.org/general/pastgalleries.html Looks like my first entry was in June 1998. Sounds about right to me. -- PDML P

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