Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-31 Thread P. J. Alling
Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 28, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen yes. If it was up to me I'd replace all the primes with more easily divisible numbers. It would save us all a lot of trouble.

Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-31 Thread P. J. Alling
Bob W wrote: -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Something to consider next time the max dimensions are reviewed. Good Lord, Bob, you do need a hobby. Perhaps I should take up photograph

Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
"rounding error I thought rounding error was how you got aspherical lenses." www.instantrimshot.com >> rounding error > > I thought rounding error was how you got aspherical lenses. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Aug 28, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Bob W wrote: > >>> From:

Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 28, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Larry Colen > > >>> yes. If it was up to me I'd replace all the primes with more easily >>> divisible numbers. It would save us all a lot of trouble. >> >> Now that you ment

RE: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Larry Colen > > yes. If it was up to me I'd replace all the primes with more easily > > divisible numbers. It would save us all a lot of trouble. > > Now that you mention it, I realize why one of my lenses is 31mm, that

Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 28, 2011, at 7:14 AM, Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Steven Desjardins >> >> It's a lovely hobby. >> >> I am equally impressed by your numeristics. > > Thanks, but I've really like coin-collecting. > >> I also like numbers l

RE: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Bob W
> >> I am equally impressed by your numeristics. > > > > Thanks, but I've really like coin-collecting. > > .but - I - really like coin collecting. >or .but I've really - liked - coin collecting. > > Joseph McAllister "but I've never really liked coin-collecting". Or proof-readin

Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 28, 2011, at 07:14 , Bob W wrote: >> I am equally impressed by your numeristics. > > Thanks, but I've really like coin-collecting. …but - I - really like coin collecting… or …but I've really - liked - coin collecting… Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gall

Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Eactivist
I've been resizing to 800 on long end, because that barely fits on the screen if you have a lot of status bars on your browser. Now I may rethink that. But I concur with the rest, hey, there's a lot of opportunity out there for taking "pretty pictures." Heh. Marnie ;-) Unless you want to

Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
960 = (2*2*2*2*2*2)*3*5 = (2^6)*3*5 so it's divisible by 2, 3, 5, and lots of powers of 2. Prime decomposition from elementary Number Theory. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Brian Walters

Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 07:54:04AM -0400, Steven Desjardins wrote: > It's a lovely hobby. > > I am equally impressed by your numeristics. I also like numbers like > 720 because I can do the math in my head more easily. It still comes a bit of a surprise to me that this isn't "obvious" - I've bee

RE: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > David J Brooks > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Bob W wrote: > > > 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, > > Who do we appreciate > _whom_ do we appreciate! B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/li

RE: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Steven Desjardins > > It's a lovely hobby. > > I am equally impressed by your numeristics. Thanks, but I've really like coin-collecting. > I also like numbers like > 720 because I can do the math in my head more easil

Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Bob W wrote: > 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, Who do we appreciate Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/l

Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Steven Desjardins
It's a lovely hobby. I am equally impressed by your numeristics. I also like numbers like 720 because I can do the math in my head more easily. On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 6:11 AM, Bob W wrote: > > >> -Original Message- >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf

Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 28, 2011, at 12:11 AM, Bob W wrote: >> > > Purely by coincidence, when I was googling something work-related last week > I found a website which pointed out that 960 is one of those magic numbers > like 720 which subdivides into zillions of different whole numbers, namely: > 2, 3, 4, 5,

RE: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Bob W
> Bloody hell, Bob! Isn't it summer over there? Shouldn't you be > outdoors doing summer-y things? Perhaps it's raining. > "Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed". It's been a long wet summer. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net t

RE: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Bob W
> -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Joseph McAllister > > > Something to consider next time the max dimensions are reviewed. > > Good Lord, Bob, you do need a hobby. Perhaps I should take up photography. > Thank you, howe

Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Brian Walters
Bloody hell, Bob! Isn't it summer over there? Shouldn't you be outdoors doing summer-y things? Perhaps it's raining. However - thanks for the insight. I've placed this discussion in my 'hold' folder for future reference and/or to pass on to the next PUG-meister should he/she be brave enough to

Re: Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 28, 2011, at 00:11 , Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of >> Brian Walters > >> The main requirements are: >> >> * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels > > Godfrey mentioned a few weeks ago that pictures on my website seemed quite > s

Max pixel dimensions (was RE: September PUG - Just a bit of Prodding....

2011-08-28 Thread Bob W
> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Brian Walters > The main requirements are: > > * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels Godfrey mentioned a few weeks ago that pictures on my website seemed quite small at 600x400. I orignally chose this when the PUG wa