Local Gas Prices

2006-04-28 Thread Stuart Moore
Local for me means the Midlands in the UK and prices here a just starting to touch 1ukp per litre, there are 3.785 US Gallons per litre and the exchange rate gives us 1 UKP = 1.78930 USD thus we have a price of around $6.77 per gallon!! A lot bigger proportion of that money is tax than in the

Visiting New York city in June - which camera shop should I visit?

2005-03-16 Thread Stuart Moore
Hi all, I am taking my wife to Ney Work city for a birthday weekend in June and it seems a good opportunity to buy some additional odds and ends for my Pentax *ist D. I could do with some prime lenses and a battery grip. I am also thinking of something to bounce a little light off. (I am a bit

Sigma EF-500 DG Super flash for Pentax *ist D

2004-09-25 Thread Stuart Moore
I have just acquired the Sigma EF-500 DG Super flash for use with my *ist D. My first external flash. I have to say that it is superb. The manual make specific reference to the *ist D in several places and the gun is very much designed to work closely with the camera. The wireless mode is

Re[2]: Photoshop *istD RAW files?

2004-09-25 Thread Stuart Moore
Does that mean PS CS will read Pentax's RAW files? Yes, as does Paint Shop Pro 9 (built in capability). Note that PSP9 does not have the colour space capabilities of Photoshop though. -- Stuartmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Regular expression help - a simple filter - Argh!!!

2004-09-10 Thread Stuart Moore
I need help with a filter using a regular expression in v3. I have tried many many times and failed completely. I think I am following the rules but The Bat does not seem to follow them.I am not experienced in PERL so hope I am just being very ignorant. I want to find any posts that have any of

Re[2]: Hitachi 4Gb microdrive not working in *ist D

2004-09-10 Thread Stuart Moore
Hello Cotty, Thursday, September 9, 2004, 10:19:01 PM, you wrote: C I was doing some pricing up of CF cards and was planning to get a 2GB C card. Then I read this: C http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/cf.htm C Which did make me think. I've got a couple of 512k cards, both slow. I've C just bought

Re[2]: *ist D purchased on a whim

2004-09-10 Thread Stuart Moore
Hello Angel, Friday, September 10, 2004, 6:17:35 AM, you wrote: AR Hi Stuart! AR I am in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, I also have a * ist d . You where at AR Plaza las Americas? Can you remember the store? I did not know there AR was still one Pentax dealer around. The last 2 we had closed down

Re: *ist D purchased on a whim

2004-09-10 Thread Stuart Moore
Angel, I have replied to you on the list but wanted to add that we were only in Puerto Rico for a few days - largely to break the journey home from Dominica - and did not do the place justice. If you ever post your photos of Puerto Rico online, we would be very keen to see them. Regards,

Hitachi 4Gb microdrive not working in *ist D

2004-09-09 Thread Stuart Moore
I bought one of the above on ebay. Works fine in my multi-format card reader on my PC. Formatted to FAT32 without problems. Transfered files to/from it fine. Put it into my *ist D and it just says memory card error - will not even try to format the card itself. I have latest firmware on *ist

Re: Hitachi 4Gb microdrive not working in *ist D

2004-09-09 Thread Stuart Moore
SM This drive came out of an MP3 player - not sure if this means it is a SM slightly different model. Model number HMS360404D5CF 00 P/N: 13G1766. Anyone had SM success with a 4Gb Hitachi? Is it a very different model/part no? According to Since discovered that Creative (the makers of the Nomad MP3

RE: Dreams can come true ;-)

2004-09-07 Thread Stuart Moore
Is there a similar offer going in the UK anywhere? Don't be daft ;-) - when do we ever get decent offers? -- Stuart mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re[2]: Paint Shop Pro 9 built in RAW support for *ist D

2004-09-07 Thread Stuart Moore
Hello Frantisek, PJA Or else it's a phantom feature, a proposed feature that (was never)/(had PJA yet to be) implemented. S My guess would be that it will simply follow the Windows color S space and reflect this so if you invest in color space management S for Windows and select an alternative to