Re: OT: Interesting collectors item

2023-05-06 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 06.05.23 um 03:49 schrieb David Mann: > My local camera shop has had a Red Flag camera kit come in for sale. Going by the number of zeroes in the price they must be quite collectible. > > https://www.photo.co.nz/2nd-hand/second-hand-products/collectables/red-flag-camera-kit-s-h-3p3wem/ The us

Re: OT: Interesting collectors item

2023-05-06 Thread Sandy Harris
David Mann wrote: > > My local camera shop has had a Red Flag camera kit come in for sale. Going by > the number of zeroes in the price they must be quite collectible. > > https://www.photo.co.nz/2nd-hand/second-hand-products/collectables/red-flag-camera-kit-s-h-3p3wem/ Are collectors actually t

OT: Interesting collectors item

2023-05-05 Thread David Mann
My local camera shop has had a Red Flag camera kit come in for sale. Going by the number of zeroes in the price they must be quite collectible. https://www.photo.co.nz/2nd-hand/second-hand-products/collectables/red-flag-camera-kit-s-h-3p3wem/ Here's some more info about how these kits came to be

Re: Interesting discussion of RAID

2023-02-07 Thread Bill
If I had bought the 6 bay machine I'd be using raid 7, but with the 5 bay box I'll likely use raid 6. My Drobo is set up to allow two discs to fail, and I like the extra redundancy. The only thing I wish I had been able to do was buy discs a few months to a year apart so that if the manufacturer ha

Interesting discussion of RAID

2023-02-07 Thread Larry Colen
I’m going through the fun of rebuilding my Linux box, looking at setting it up as an NAS, a friend sent me this link: https://calomel.org/zfs_raid_speed_capacity.html TLDR: From real world experience we highly suggest NOT using raid5. It is simply not safe enough. We recommend using RAID1 mirr

OT: Interesting photography walk.

2023-01-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
https://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/articles/eli-burakian-iceland-fkt Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please vis

Re: OT: Interesting Story

2022-11-12 Thread David Mann
And we just have a kleptomaniac cat in our neighbourhood. Haven't seen any leopards here yet. Cheers, Dave > On Nov 13, 2022, at 4:16 AM, Alan C wrote: > > Very early this morning my next-door neighbour disturbed two juvenile > Leopards sleeping on his front stoep. They quickly slunk off in

OT: Interesting Story

2022-11-12 Thread Alan C
Very early this morning my next-door neighbour disturbed two juvenile Leopards sleeping on his front stoep. They quickly slunk off in the half darkness. I can't say I am surprised because we have seen Leopard spoor at the Church & there have been other sightings of Leopards in town. No attacks

Re: Interesting artifact

2022-04-24 Thread Igor PDML-StR
liens find the octagon an appealing shape". Alan C On 15-Apr-22 08:15 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: I thought some people here might find this curious: It is interesting to see 5[!] images of the aperture. Pentax D FA 100 mm F2.8 Macro (not "WR") @ f/5.6 (The lens has 9 elements in 8 g

Re: Interesting artifact

2022-04-24 Thread Igor PDML-StR
os of the site? Do you have geotagging so you can look at it on google streetview or something? Igor Larry Colen Fri, 15 Apr 2022 11:25:02 -0700 wrote: On Fri, 15 Apr 2022, Igor PDML-StR wrote: I thought some people here might find this curious: It is interesting to see 5[!] images o

Re: Interesting artifact

2022-04-16 Thread Alan C
eople here might find this curious: It is interesting to see 5[!] images of the aperture. Pentax D FA 100 mm F2.8 Macro (not "WR") @ f/5.6 (The lens has 9 elements in 8 groups.) Some other images from this setting showed only 4. Never mind the central part of the photo - this is one

Re: Interesting artifact

2022-04-15 Thread Larry Colen
> >> >> I thought some people here might find this curious: >> It is interesting to see 5[!] images of the aperture. >> Pentax D FA 100 mm F2.8 Macro (not "WR") @ f/5.6 >> (The lens has 9 elements in 8 groups.) >> Some other images from this set

Re: Interesting artifact

2022-04-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
It is interesting to see 5[!] images of the aperture. Pentax D FA 100 mm F2.8 Macro (not "WR") @ f/5.6 (The lens has 9 elements in 8 groups.) Some other images from this setting showed only 4. Never mind the central part of the photo - this is one of the images to be deleted. I did not c

Re: Interesting artifact

2022-04-15 Thread Larry Colen
> On Apr 15, 2022, at 11:15 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > I thought some people here might find this curious: > It is interesting to see 5[!] images of the aperture. > Pentax D FA 100 mm F2.8 Macro (not "WR") @ f/5.6 > (The lens has 9 elements in 8 groups.

Interesting artifact

2022-04-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I thought some people here might find this curious: It is interesting to see 5[!] images of the aperture. Pentax D FA 100 mm F2.8 Macro (not "WR") @ f/5.6 (The lens has 9 elements in 8 groups.) Some other images from this setting showed only 4. Never mind the central part of the ph

Interesting take on computational photography

2021-12-10 Thread Larry Colen
Wherein he asks How much automagic preprocessing in a phone is too much? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ8giCWDcyE -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: OT interesting snowflake video

2021-12-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Quite interesting. Thanks for posting the link! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Sun, Dec 5, 2021 at 2:49 PM Larry Colen wrote: > Mark has posted some awesome snowflake photos, here is a fun video on how > they are

OT interesting snowflake video

2021-12-05 Thread Larry Colen
Mark has posted some awesome snowflake photos, here is a fun video on how they are formed, with some cool video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao2Jfm35XeE -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSC

OT: Interesting Street Art

2021-07-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
https://www.boredpanda.com/street-art-tom-bob-new-york-city/ Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the li

Re: OT: Interesting sunrise shot -- followed by a bizare debate.

2021-04-20 Thread Gonz
t; The app works great, both desktop and phone versions. Unfortunately it cannot > forecast likely weather conditions nor can it help me choose whether to put > my planning effort toward the Northern Lights or toward less exotic but > possibly more interesting scenics. That is the deci

Re: OT: Interesting sunrise shot -- followed by a bizare debate.

2021-04-11 Thread Stanley Halpin
. Unfortunately it cannot forecast likely weather conditions nor can it help me choose whether to put my planning effort toward the Northern Lights or toward less exotic but possibly more interesting scenics. That is the decision I need to make in the next day or two… stan > On Apr 11, 2021, at 3

Re: OT: Interesting sunrise shot -- followed by a bizare debate.

2021-04-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
We saw the sunset version some years ago. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 7:34 AM ann sanfedele wrote: > Looks like the SF version of what we New Yorker's call MANHATTAN HENGE.. > > where there are specific

Re: OT: Interesting sunrise shot -- followed by a bizare debate.

2021-04-11 Thread ann sanfedele
Looks like the SF version of what we New Yorker's call MANHATTAN HENGE.. where there are specific streets where the sun lines up between the buildings at those times..it occurs twice a year for sunrises and twice a year for sunsets   interested folk can google more about it.. ann On 4/10/202

Re: OT: Interesting sunrise shot -- followed by a bizare debate.

2021-04-11 Thread Bob Pdml
No, but it told me where to stand in the sun > On 11 Apr 2021, at 10:08, Alan C wrote: > > Did it forecast the cold snap? > > Alan C > >> On 11-Apr-21 09:26 AM, Bob Pdml wrote: >> Nice surf-shaped cloud in the photo. >> >> I have an app called The Photographer’s Ephemeris which shows you the

Re: OT: Interesting sunrise shot -- followed by a bizare debate.

2021-04-11 Thread Alan C
Did it forecast the cold snap? Alan C On 11-Apr-21 09:26 AM, Bob Pdml wrote: Nice surf-shaped cloud in the photo. I have an app called The Photographer’s Ephemeris which shows you the path of the sun, the moon and the Milky Way at any date, time and place so you can work out when to get the

Re: OT: Interesting sunrise shot -- followed by a bizare debate.

2021-04-11 Thread Bob Pdml
Nice surf-shaped cloud in the photo. I have an app called The Photographer’s Ephemeris which shows you the path of the sun, the moon and the Milky Way at any date, time and place so you can work out when to get the best light etc. It could probably settle that discussion. https://apps.apple.com

OT: Interesting sunrise shot -- followed by a bizare debate.

2021-04-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/mnyyqz/the_rising_sun_perfectly_aligned_on_california/ Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net

OT: Interesting video - old post cards then & now

2021-02-23 Thread John
Ran across this on YouTube. A photographer got interested in some old 1960s resort post cards & went to see what the locations look like "today" ... or what they looked like in 2017 when the video was posted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7zXKcXK1DU -- Science - Questions we may never find

Re: I ran across this interesting piece that mentions Pentax

2020-07-26 Thread Henk Terhell
Great story! Op 2020-07-26 om 18:36 schreef John: https://petapixel.com/2020/07/25/the-waitress-the-tarantula-the-body-in-the-bathtub-and-why-i-had-to-buy-my-girlfriend-a-new-pentax/ Humorous in a way. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pd

I ran across this interesting piece that mentions Pentax

2020-07-26 Thread John
https://petapixel.com/2020/07/25/the-waitress-the-tarantula-the-body-in-the-bathtub-and-why-i-had-to-buy-my-girlfriend-a-new-pentax/ Humorous in a way. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Shade for Tokina ATX PRo 28-70/2.6-2.8? - And some interesting history

2020-07-09 Thread John
is the same, or at least if it would work on my 28-70. (It shouldn't cause vignetting, but I wonder if it would fit and be reasonable.) 3. Do you any other suitable options? And some interesting info: While searching for the specs, I've found this interesting article about the history of t

Re: Shade for Tokina ATX PRo 28-70/2.6-2.8? - And some interesting history

2020-06-30 Thread John
suitable options? And some interesting info: While searching for the specs, I've found this interesting article about the history of this lens and possible connection to the Angenieux lens. https://cameragx.com/2018/04/11/the-truth-about-the-angenieux-28-70-af-zoom/ Cheers, Igor -

Shade for Tokina ATX PRo 28-70/2.6-2.8? - And some interesting history

2020-06-24 Thread Igor PDML-StR
tions? And some interesting info: While searching for the specs, I've found this interesting article about the history of this lens and possible connection to the Angenieux lens. https://cameragx.com/2018/04/11/the-truth-about-the-angenieux-28-70-af-zoom/ Cheers, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Di

Re: 10 interesting photography facts

2020-06-09 Thread John
It doesn't just apply to photography. On 6/8/2020 11:11:36, Igor PDML-StR wrote: There are two types of GAS: 1. When you can afford, and that's nice; and 2. it stinks! Igor Toine Sun, 07 Jun 2020 06:01:12 -0700 wrote: Interesting. And thanks to this link I finally learn

Re: 10 interesting photography facts

2020-06-08 Thread Igor PDML-StR
There are two types of GAS: 1. When you can afford, and that's nice; and 2. it stinks! Igor Toine Sun, 07 Jun 2020 06:01:12 -0700 wrote: Interesting. And thanks to this link I finally learned what my condition is called: Gas, Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Sorry! On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 at

Re: 10 interesting photography facts

2020-06-07 Thread Toine
Interesting. And thanks to this link I finally learned what my condition is called: Gas, Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Sorry! On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 at 16:04, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > https://fstoppers.com/originals/10-mind-blowing-photography-facts-491530 > > > Dan Matyola > *http

10 interesting photography facts

2020-06-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
https://fstoppers.com/originals/10-mind-blowing-photography-facts-491530 Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, pleas

Re: Interesting Pentax KX listing on eBay

2019-11-20 Thread P. J. Alling
Oh, Ebay is so 20th century, but then again so is the KX I guess. On 11/20/2019 2:14 PM, Postmaster wrote: It's described as an "Excelent+++" Pentax KX... yet the listing states the light meter doesn't work! Personally I'd say that justifies removing the "+++". And the "excellent", too. By the

Interesting Pentax KX listing on eBay

2019-11-20 Thread Postmaster
It's described as an "Excelent+++" Pentax KX... yet the listing states the light meter doesn't work! Personally I'd say that justifies removing the "+++". And the "excellent", too. By the way, I've seen lots of examples of the Pentax KX, but ones in which the light meter *does* work are exceedingl

OT: Interesting Optical Illusions

2019-07-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
What is Color? http://digg.com/2019/black-white-photo-color-grid-illusion 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 above

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-07-02 Thread Sandy Harris
John wrote: > I did receive an email the other day from a "Mr Ali Temel, ... the Executive > Human Resources of Garanti Bank of Turkey" who wanted me to assist him in > stealing [1] funds from an unclaimed account at his bank. > > *You can't cheat an honest man.* > [1] He didn't call it "stealin

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-30 Thread Larry Colen
On the off chance that nobody has seen the "419 dead parrot sketch" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM5QMKLjjm8 Full story here: https://www.419eater.com/html/bigman.htm TLDR: Someone pretends to fall for the scam and convinces the Nigerian at the other end that in order to send money, he needs

RE: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-30 Thread jcoyle
baffles me. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of Steve Cottrell Sent: Sunday, 30 June 2019 5:27 AM To: pentax list Subject: Re: OT: Well that was interesting. On 29/6/19, Eric Weir, discombobulated, unleashed: > If they leave a voicemail and they are legi

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 29.06.19 um 21:07 schrieb John: I tried telling them I don't run Windoze on my computer[1], but that just confuses them. I did this once and the woman started yelling at me I were a liar and why was I lying to her. As a matter of fact, I only run a Mac and there's no Windoze installed on th

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread P. J. Alling
Yes, but no one is going to ban me for spelling out what I really mean.  The asterisks are just funnier IMHO. On 6/29/2019 2:56 PM, mike wilson wrote: On 29 June 2019 at 16:17 "P. J. Alling" wrote: I used asterisks not because I had to, this is a private mailing list after all, but because I w

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread P. J. Alling
I just threaten them with erasing their servers.  It seems to have happened enough that it might be a creditable threat.  A YouTube search on that will get some pretty amusing results if you've got some time to waste. On 6/29/2019 3:07 PM, John wrote: On 6/29/2019 13:59:54, Ralf R Radermacher

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread P. J. Alling
No, this was an actual impersonation.  Tried to prove his Bona Fides by reciting the public record that my lawyer has recorded, which don't actually match his business practices.   It was interesting.  I actually spoke with my lawyer, apparently his e-mail account was somehow breached, an

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread Steve Cottrell
BTW anyone want to come to my wedding? A very rich Nigerian bloke with a hundred wives. Only costing me a few hundred quid to access millions :-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Penta

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 29/6/19, Eric Weir, discombobulated, unleashed: > If they leave a voicemail and they are legitimate I call them back. Same! Everything else is deleted or junked. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News --

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread John
Yeah, I knew it was a scam as soon as I looked at it. I just thought it amusing that it was supposedly from a Turkish Bank and not the Nigerian Oil Ministry. On 6/29/2019 14:37:42, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 29.06.19 um 20:03 schrieb John: I did receive an email the other day from a "Mr Ali

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread John
On 6/29/2019 13:59:54, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 29.06.19 um 18:52 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: I get scammers on the phone pretending to be Google and wanting to help me improve my firm's appearance of Google searches. That we have as well plus the guys pretending to sell ads in a magazine p

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread mike wilson
> On 29 June 2019 at 16:17 "P. J. Alling" wrote: > I used asterisks not because I had to, this is a private mailing list > after all, but because I wanted to. This is a subscription mailing list but is not private in any meaningful sense. All posts are publicly visible in archives. -- PDM

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 29.06.19 um 20:03 schrieb John: I did receive an email the other day from a "Mr Ali Temel, ... the Executive Human Resources of Garanti Bank of Turkey" who wanted me to assist him in stealing [1] funds from an unclaimed account at his bank. http://www.scamorama.com Enjoy. Ralf -- Ralf R.

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread John
I did receive an email the other day from a "Mr Ali Temel, ... the Executive Human Resources of Garanti Bank of Turkey" who wanted me to assist him in stealing [1] funds from an unclaimed account at his bank. *You can't cheat an honest man.* On 6/29/2019 11:17:09, P. J. Alling wrote: I just sp

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 29.06.19 um 18:52 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: I get scammers on the phone pretending to be Google and wanting to help me improve my firm's appearance of Google searches. That we have as well plus the guys pretending to sell ads in a magazine published by the police union that the police have

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 29.06.19 um 19:22 schrieb Eric Weir: Really don’t need it though, as I never answer calls from anyone not in my contacts list. If they leave a voicemail and they are legitimate I call them back. I suppose this is your private phone. Here it's the business line. Can't expect customers to b

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread Eric Weir
> On Jun 29, 2019, at 12:49 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >> Am 29.06.19 um 17:17 schrieb P. J. Alling: >> I just spent the last three days dealing with a scammer who was >> impersonating my lawyer by e-mail. > > Is this "Microsoft Technical Department" nonsense as bad in the rest of > the wo

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I get scammers on the phone pretending to be Google and wanting to help me improve my firm's appearance of Google searches. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 12:50 PM Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > Am 29.06.19 um 17:17 schrieb P. J. Alling: > > I

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 29.06.19 um 17:17 schrieb P. J. Alling: I just spent the last three days dealing with a scammer who was impersonating my lawyer by e-mail. Is this "Microsoft Technical Department" nonsense as bad in the rest of the world as it is here in Germany? They're driving us mad. Several calls per day

Re: OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
A scammer impersonated one of my clients, and tried to induce me to send the net proceeds of a commercial sale by wire transfer, directly to his "new investment account." It didn't work. I always confirm transfers of funds -- both ways -- by telephone backed up by email or fax to an address of whi

OT: Well that was interesting.

2019-06-29 Thread P. J. Alling
I just spent the last three days dealing with a scammer who was impersonating my lawyer by e-mail.  Tried to get me to buy $500 worth of iTunes cards so he/she/it could pay for a "legal" document that, let's just abbreviate this, that "hshit" needed to download and was out of town on and didn't

Re: An interesting item -- rehoused lenses

2019-06-24 Thread Sandy Harris
wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/VintageLensesForVideo/permalink/130584433624 > 7835/?sale_post_id=1305844336247835 An alternative? http://leitax.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visi

An interesting item -- rehoused lenses

2019-06-24 Thread collinb
https://www.facebook.com/groups/VintageLensesForVideo/permalink/130584433624 7835/?sale_post_id=1305844336247835 -- 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 and follow the dire

Re: OT - interesting taxi concept

2018-10-14 Thread John
d the cosmetics from the Packard Patrician). On 10/12/2018 20:54, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Some of the PDMLer are car enthusiasts, so, I thought some people might enjoy this interesting car concept. Someone sent me a photograph of the experimental taxi in the Soviet Union circa 1964:

Re: OT - interesting taxi concept

2018-10-13 Thread Igor PDML-StR
nthusiasts, so, I thought some people might enjoy this interesting car concept. Someone sent me a photograph of the experimental taxi in the Soviet Union circa 1964: https://pikabu.ru/story/taksi_sssr_1964_g_5589293 The interesting thing that it could fit a bassinet-stroller (non-collapsi

Re: OT - interesting taxi concept

2018-10-12 Thread Anthony Farr
It reminds me of the Johnny Cab from the first 'Total Recall' movie. http://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/styles/article_width/public/johnnycab.jpg?itok=mMLIwb0j regards, Anthony -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNS

OT - interesting taxi concept

2018-10-12 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Some of the PDMLer are car enthusiasts, so, I thought some people might enjoy this interesting car concept. Someone sent me a photograph of the experimental taxi in the Soviet Union circa 1964: https://pikabu.ru/story/taksi_sssr_1964_g_5589293 The interesting thing that it could fit a

Re: Interesting but flawed history of Pentax

2018-07-28 Thread John Sessoms
It's not just their history of Pentax that's flawed. They don't appear to know much about history in general. On 7/28/2018 14:29, P. J. Alling wrote: Someone should point them to the various Pentax and Asahi informational websites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0CRXZ3dX3U Warning it's You

Interesting but flawed history of Pentax

2018-07-28 Thread P. J. Alling
Someone should point them to the various Pentax and Asahi informational websites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0CRXZ3dX3U Warning it's YouTube and I haven't figured out hot to turn autoplay when first loading a page off... -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America

Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-05-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Stanley Halpin wrote: >In brief, there is no perfect bag, but there may be acceptable compromises >depending on work style and other circumstances. Ain't that the truth? My main camera bag is a Domke F1, procured at a fantastic discount when the camera shop I worked at in Pittsburgh went out of

Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-30 Thread Igor PDML-StR
-Original Message- From: Alan C Sent: 30 April, 2018 6:40 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag "In brief, there is no perfect bag, but there may be acceptable compromises depending on work style and other circumstances"

Fw: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-30 Thread Alan C
Didn't go the first time. -Original Message- From: Alan C Sent: 30 April, 2018 6:40 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag "In brief, there is no perfect bag, but there may be acceptable compromises depending on

Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-30 Thread Igor PDML-StR
de a better backpack than suitcase. The design of the hybrid photo bag looks like it's a shoulder bag that you can wear as a backpack with limitations. If that's what you want it looks good. On 4/27/2018 8:57 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: I came across an interesting photo bag. It's a

Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-29 Thread Stanley Halpin
orner from Samy's and > while in there I looked at bags. They have the tenba shootout 24l which seems > very nice, but it is just too small to carry my monopod inside, so I'm > curious about the 32l version. > > On April 27, 2018 5:57:39 AM PDT, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >

Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-28 Thread John
across an interesting photo bag. It's a hybrid of a shoulder bag and a backpack: https://www.manfrotto.co.uk/ng-australia-3way-camera-bag-for-dslr It looks like it was launched about a year ago. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. --

Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-28 Thread lrc
lly suck. > >On 4/27/2018 2:53 PM, John wrote: >> The ETERNAL quest (or is that the infernal quest?) for the *perfect* >> camera bag. >> >> On 4/27/2018 08:57, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >>> >>> >>> I came across an interesting photo bag. It's

Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-28 Thread P. J. Alling
There are no perfect camera bags. On 4/27/2018 2:53 PM, John wrote: The ETERNAL quest (or is that the infernal quest?) for the *perfect* camera bag. On 4/27/2018 08:57, Igor PDML-StR wrote: I came across an interesting photo bag. It's a hybrid of a shoulder bag and a backpack:

Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-28 Thread P. J. Alling
design of the hybrid photo bag looks like it's a shoulder bag that you can wear as a backpack with limitations.  If that's what you want it looks good. On 4/27/2018 8:57 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: I came across an interesting photo bag. It's a hybrid of a shoulder b

Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-28 Thread lrc
pod inside, so I'm curious about the 32l version. On April 27, 2018 5:57:39 AM PDT, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > >I came across an interesting photo bag. It's a hybrid of a >shoulder bag and a backpack: >https://www.manfrotto.co.uk/ng-australia-3way-camera-bag-for-dslr >It l

Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-28 Thread John
I've come to the conclusion that what I really need is a TARDIS disguised as a camera bag. n 4/27/2018 16:40, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Maybe. But I look at it as using the right tool for the right job. I have different bags for different purposes: 1. Local travel (by car), with lots of options (2

Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-27 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Maybe. But I look at it as using the right tool for the right job. I have different bags for different purposes: 1. Local travel (by car), with lots of options (2 bodies, many lenses). 2. Air-travel (1 body with 2 zooms and 2-4 primes). and some variations of those... E.g. I had different bags

Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-27 Thread John
The ETERNAL quest (or is that the infernal quest?) for the *perfect* camera bag. On 4/27/2018 08:57, Igor PDML-StR wrote: I came across an interesting photo bag. It's a hybrid of a shoulder bag and a backpack: https://www.manfrotto.co.uk/ng-australia-3way-camera-bag-for-dslr It looks

Re: Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-27 Thread Bob W-PDML
It has always been possible to buy rucksack straps for Domke shoulder bags. > On 27 Apr 2018, at 13:58, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > > I came across an interesting photo bag. It's a hybrid of a shoulder bag and a > backpack: > https://www.manfrotto.co.uk/ng-australi

Interesting "hybrid" (3-way) photo bag

2018-04-27 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I came across an interesting photo bag. It's a hybrid of a shoulder bag and a backpack: https://www.manfrotto.co.uk/ng-australia-3way-camera-bag-for-dslr It looks like it was launched about a year ago. Unfortunately, it is still not available for sale in the US (except for eBay, whe

Re: OT: Interesting old photos

2018-01-27 Thread Alan C
Very interesting, Dan. The one of the plane reminds me of a local incident some years ago. SA Airways used to offer historic flights on a Junkers JU52 & Skymaster (DC6B) flown by volunteer veteran aircrews. The Junkers with its slab sides was very susceptible to crosswinds. One day when it

OT: Interesting old photos

2018-01-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://themetapicture.com/photos-from-history-that-most-people-55474/ 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 above and fo

Re: Interesting street photographs - with the URL now

2017-07-12 Thread Chris Mitchell
or PDML-StR wrote: > >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> I thought this collection of street photographs in Russia is quite >> interesting to post it to PDML. >> >> My personal thoughts on this set: >> There are many interesting photographs, and I appreciate

Re: Interesting street photographs

2017-07-11 Thread Larry Colen
John wrote: On 7/11/2017 15:33, Larry Colen wrote: I'd probably enjoy them more if you included a link. Snarky! I've been called worse things by more important people than you. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mai

Re: Interesting street photographs

2017-07-11 Thread John
On 7/11/2017 15:33, Larry Colen wrote: I'd probably enjoy them more if you included a link. Snarky! -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Interesting street photographs - with the URL now

2017-07-11 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Argh!... (Thanks, Larry and Alan.) Here is the link: http://vk.am/blog/8241.html Igor On Tue, 11 Jul 2017, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Hi All, I thought this collection of street photographs in Russia is quite interesting to post it to PDML. My personal thoughts on this set: There are many

Re: Interesting street photographs

2017-07-11 Thread Alan C
Amazing. Just like the Emperor's new clothes! Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 9:29 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: Interesting street photographs Hi All, I thought this collection of street photographs in Russia is quite interesting to

Re: Interesting street photographs

2017-07-11 Thread Larry Colen
Igor PDML-StR wrote: Hi All, I thought this collection of street photographs in Russia is quite interesting to post it to PDML. Hope you'd enjoy them, I'd probably enjoy them more if you included a link. Igor -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min

Interesting street photographs

2017-07-11 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Hi All, I thought this collection of street photographs in Russia is quite interesting to post it to PDML. My personal thoughts on this set: There are many interesting photographs, and I appreciate the humor in the photographer's view. (And I think many PDMLer would appreciate that

Re: Interesting Lens

2017-03-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
glueons On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Unfortunately that neutrino coating doesn't react with light or much > anything else. I wonder how they get it to stick. > > On March 15, 2017 1:50:03 PM PDT, Paul Stenquist > wrote: > >https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1325637-

Re: Interesting Lens

2017-03-15 Thread mike wilson
> On 15 March 2017 at 21:30 Mark Roberts wrote: > > Bob W-PDML wrote: > > >> On 15 Mar 2017, at 21:06, John Francis wrote: > >> > >>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 04:50:03PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >>> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1325637-REG/irix_il_15bs_pk_15mm_blackstone_lens_fo

Re: Interesting Lens

2017-03-15 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Mark Roberts Wed, 15 Mar 2017 14:31:40 -0700 wrote: Bob W-PDML wrote: On 15 Mar 2017, at 21:06, John Francis wrote: On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 04:50:03PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1325637-REG/irix_il_15bs_pk_15mm_blackstone_lens_for.html Hmmm. N

Re: Interesting Lens

2017-03-15 Thread ann sanfedele
I missed the joke because I didn't hit "show more" - just saw my name and was dazzled ;-) not that I would get teh joke anyway.. what is the word SUPPOSED to be? I plead ignorance to what a neutrino is - confessing before I google, (inverted Catholic) an On 3/15/2017 5:57 PM, Gonz wrote: T

Re: Interesting Lens

2017-03-15 Thread ann sanfedele
BLACKSTONE lens? has to be worth it. ;-) (Not sure how many of you knew my maiden name is Blackstone - some should, because of a gallery on my web page. ) Someone should buy it for me - (yeah right, good luck with that , Ann) a On 3/15/2017 4:50 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: https://www.bhph

Re: Interesting Lens

2017-03-15 Thread Gonz
Take it for a spin, you'll know. On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 4:05 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 04:50:03PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1325637-REG/irix_il_15bs_pk_15mm_blackstone_lens_for.html > > Hmmm. Neutrino coating? How do they g

Re: Interesting Lens

2017-03-15 Thread P. J. Alling
Jokes about the coating aside, the Firefly edition which I believe is identical optically is $200 US less, and the Samyang 14mm f2.8 is gets reviews on the same level as Zeiss Milvus for image quality, and is a whole 1/2 stop slower for $100 US less than that. On 3/15/2017 4:50 PM, Paul Stenq

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