On topic?!

2003-01-29 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Something unusual happened to my latest submission to PhotoSIG. During two days more than 150 people saw the picture (which is a lot to my level) but only one of them said a word. Here is the link: http://www.photosig.com/viewphoto.php?id=660866 I'd like to know what do you think of it. Plea

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-29 Thread Ed Matthew
From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi! Something unusual happened to my latest submission to PhotoSIG. During two days more than 150 people saw the picture (which is a lot to my level) but only one of them said a word. Here is the link: http://www.photosig.com/viewphoto.php?id=660866 I'd

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-29 Thread Jeff
Shalom Boris, I love scenes with misty or foggy rolling hills. Your image has a distracting foreground. Maybe a longer lens would have compressed it more for my liking. Jeff. Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Something unusual happened to my latest submission to PhotoSIG. During two days more than 150

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-29 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Jeff, I like the foreground. It contrasts nicely against the "layers" of hills as they gradually fade into the haze. Hi, Boris, I guess I'll "damn with faint praise". It's a pretty picture: it would make a nice postcard or calendar. As I said above, I like the strong foreground, and the

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-29 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Boris Liberman wrote: > Hi! > > Something unusual happened to my latest submission to PhotoSIG. During > two days more than 150 people saw the picture (which is a lot to my > level) but only one of them said a word. > > Here is the link: > http://www.photosig.com/viewphoto.php?id=660866 > > I'd li

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-29 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Ann, Thanks for mentioning the distraction of the image overlapping the text - I'd meant to mention that, as it does the same for me, but I forgot. I've only gone to PhotoSIG a few times, and it's done that every time for me. I use Netscrape, FWIW. It really bugs me, because I'd like to be a

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-29 Thread Keith Whaley
Me, too. Netscape Communicator 4.79. Sad. I'd like to know what lies behind the photo! keith whaley... frank theriault wrote: > > Hi, Ann, > > Thanks for mentioning the distraction of the image overlapping the text - I'd > meant to mention that, as it does the same for me, but I forgot. > > I'

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-29 Thread Kathy L
: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:35 PM Subject: On topic?! > Hi! > > Something unusual happened to my latest submission to PhotoSIG. During > two days more than 150 people saw the picture (which is

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-29 Thread Otis Wright, Jr.
Ditto. Communicator 4.79 and it is beginning to have trouble with a lot of sites where Explorer works OK. I'm putting in a new system next week and will move on to 6.x and if it has problems Netscrape is done at this office. Otis Wright Keith Whaley wrote: > Me, too. Netscape Communicator 4.7

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-29 Thread bran . everseeking
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/30/03 at 12:36 AM, "Otis Wright, Jr." <"rusty."@worldnet.att.net> said: |>Ditto. Communicator 4.79 and it is beginning to have trouble with a |>lot of sites where Explorer works OK. I'm putting in a new system |>next week and will move on to 6.x and if it has p

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, > of course MS does not even adhere to the standards it sets itself Little Billie's policy towards all standards is the same: 'embrace and extend'. This means that by definition everything Microsoft does conforms with all standards at all times. It's everybody else that's out of step. ---

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Ronald Arvidsson
Hi Boris, I like the picture and the softness into it. I'm myself weak to soft colors so I like how its being exposed - no need for a polarizer or nything you haven't used. What I don't like is that the foreground is cut. I'm disturbed by a third or half of a tree so in my opinion you could have

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Keith Whaley
Hi Otis, You said: "Communicator 4.79 and it is beginning to have trouble with a lot of sites..." It's NOT NetCOMM that's having the problems. Seems the problem lies with those who design their sites with IE in mind, and don't bother about NetCOMM at all. Many sites have this very same problem.

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Keith Whaley
Quickly, to bring you up to speed: the problem is that photos overhang text. The text does not wrap around photos. I have no idea whose problem that is, but it's really annoying. I haven't changed my Netscape Communicator 4.79 software in any way. Photos used to display properly, but more and more

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Mike Johnston
>> (Picture Bill Gates sitting in his ultra-secure mansion wearing an >> eye-patch, stroking a white Angora cat in his lap...) > > Reminds me of a tag line I saw on Slashdot (http://www.slashdot.com/) a > couple of years ago: > >Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian cat away >from be

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Bruce Dayton
Mike, One begins to wonder just how many of Bond's devices would have failed just in the moment of need if they were powered by Windows CE? Can't you just see him needing to reboot the device right at that critical moment? :) Bruce Thursday, January 30, 2003, 4:55:54 AM, you wrote: >> I'm

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I am replying to myself in order to collectively reply to all who responded. First of, thanks a lot. Somehow over last night (Israeli time) when I posted my question this photo amassed huge 850+ views. To my total amazement this is by now my most unusual shot - it has the lowest rating among

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Otis Wright, Jr.
Thanks for the input. I tried an early version of 6.x and went back to 4.79, so 7.x it is for the next attempt. Otis Wright Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote: > At 00:36 30.1.2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Ditto. Communicator 4.79 and it is beginning to have trouble with a lot of sites > >where Explorer w

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Otis Wright, Jr.
Thanks. All my systems have latest IE setup on them. Until now, I've just been more comfortable using Netscape. I tried early version of 6.x and it was too slow on this system. I'll probably give 7.x a shot when I set up the new system next week. Otis Keith Whaley wrote: > Hi Otis, > > Yo

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: > Hi, Ann, > > Thanks for mentioning the distraction of the image overlapping the text - I'd > meant to mention that, as it does the same for me, but I forgot. > > I've only gone to PhotoSIG a few times, and it's done that every time for me. > I use Netscrape, FWIW. It real

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/30/03 >at 12:36 AM, "Otis Wright, Jr." <"rusty."@worldnet.att.net> said: > > |>Ditto. Communicator 4.79 and it is beginning to have trouble with a > |>lot of sites where Explorer works OK. I'm putting in a new system > |>next week and

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Peter Alling
You're assuming that Microsoft is smart enough to do strategic planning. At 06:55 AM 1/30/2003 -0600, you wrote: > I'm putting in a new system next week and will move on to > 6.x and if it has problems Netscrape is done at this office. Gee, Microsoft wins again. (Picture Bill Gates sitting in

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Dan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >It does have a few problems with sites designed to >be visited just by Explorer, but if you want to use any browser except >Explorer you're likely to run into that same problem. If any of this matters to anyone (and I hope it does), see http://www.anybrowse

Re: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Peter Alling
They're probably doing their development with a Microsoft tool. At 01:53 PM 1/30/2003 -0500, you wrote: frank theriault wrote: > Hi, Ann, > > Thanks for mentioning the distraction of the image overlapping the text - I'd > meant to mention that, as it does the same for me, but I forgot. > > I've

On-topic enablement

2009-01-16 Thread Derby Chang
Along the lines of MaritimTim's enablement, the best 25 bucks I've spent lately - one of Mark's cafepress caps. I'm not normally a hat person, but a recent bit of sunburn after a No 1 haircut made me reconsider. Cuts down on spurious meter readings from stray light in the viewfinder too. Hig

On Topic: enablement

2007-04-21 Thread Steve Sharpe
Just ordered a Pentax-A 45mm F2.8 lens for my 645 from KEH. Whee! -- Steve Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] • http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Remarkably On-Topic

2011-03-13 Thread Walter Gilbert
I was just listening to this tune (one of my favorite Beatles songs of all time, BTW) and just happened to glance up at the screen right about the 1:55 mark. The Beatles - This Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY-BzepTXkA Do check it out. I think y'all will be amused. -- Walt -- PDML

Almost on topic

2016-12-13 Thread John
http://www.wsj.com/articles/ab-inbev-to-sell-eastern-europe-beer-brands-to-asahi-for-7-8-billion-1481613040 -- 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.n

Engineering question (on topic)

2003-03-28 Thread Butch Black
I have a question for the engineers on the list. Given all the talk lately about the crippled mount and whether Pentax will drop the mechanical aperture coupling on the Kaf3 mount, would it be possible to design a device, similar to a tele-converter, that would take the info from the mechanical cou

On Topic non Sequitur

2008-03-16 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't know what this has to do with Pentax cameras exactly except well maybe... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8K1DUd2cM but I like it except for the annoying music that is. -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: On-topic enablement

2009-01-17 Thread Luiz Felipe
Roger that Derby - but I'm into Disney hats myself. You wouldn't believe how easy to get a subject's smile wearing the Goofy one... But my main motive is the opposite - I'm letting hair grow and the cap helps keeping it out my face until it's tail-long. Part of my Hell's Angel disguise for the

Re: On-topic enablement

2009-01-17 Thread Rick Womer
Only in my dreams... --- On Sat, 1/17/09, Luiz Felipe wrote: > I'm letting hair > grow and the cap helps keeping it out my face until it's > tail-long. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please vi

Re: On-topic enablement

2009-01-17 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Derby Chang" Subject: On-topic enablement Along the lines of MaritimTim's enablement, the best 25 bucks I've spent lately - one of Mark's cafepress caps. I keep meaning to do that. I'm not normally a hat person, but a

Re: On-topic enablement

2009-01-17 Thread Joseph McAllister
--- On Sat, 1/17/09, Luiz Felipe wrote: I'm letting hair grow and the cap helps keeping it out my face until it's tail-long. I hear your pain, Luiz. My hair is now down to my shoulders. I actually went out and bought some headbands last week so I didn't have to wear a hat all time to ke

Re: On-topic enablement

2009-01-17 Thread Paul Sorenson
Excellent choice! William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: "Derby Chang" Subject: On-topic enablement Along the lines of MaritimTim's enablement, the best 25 bucks I've spent lately - one of Mark's cafepress caps. I keep meaning to do that.

Re: On-topic enablement

2009-01-17 Thread Luiz Felipe
Second time around, Joseph. When I did cut my hair years ago, the gal at the shop asked me three times if I was sure... and then asked again. For me it's no big deal, either short or long - in the middle is the problem, as it's all over the wind. I do get by a little better with short hair and

Re: On-topic enablement

2009-01-17 Thread Luiz Felipe
Hey Rick... the moment I felt like using my hair long I did it - it's my hair anyway, and anyone uncapable of accepting me hairy is probably better away from me anyway. Had a few costumers eye me sideways but almost all of them accepted me after the first job. My parents reacted negatively as e

Re: On-topic enablement

2009-01-17 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:21 AM, Derby Chang wrote: > . Cuts down on spurious meter readings from stray > light in the viewfinder too. Told ya. Dave > > D > > -- > > der...@iinet.net.au > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.n

Re: On-topic enablement

2009-01-17 Thread Rick Womer
Some of us, Luis, lost our hair long ago, and it's not a question of having the desire or courage to grow it long. Right, Cotty? Rick --- On Sat, 1/17/09, Luiz Felipe wrote: > Hey Rick... the moment I felt like using my hair long I did > it - it's my hair anyway, and anyone uncapable of > acc

Re: On-topic enablement

2009-01-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Joseph McAllister --- On Sat, 1/17/09, Luiz Felipe wrote: > >> I'm letting hair >> grow and the cap helps keeping it out my face until it's >> tail-long. I hear your pain, Luiz. My hair is now down to my shoulders. I actually went out and bought some headbands last week so I didn't

Re: On-topic enablement

2009-01-17 Thread Joseph McAllister
Welcome to the club... On Jan 17, 2009, at 17:14 , John Sessoms wrote: From: Joseph McAllister --- On Sat, 1/17/09, Luiz Felipe wrote: > >> I'm letting hair >> grow and the cap helps keeping it out my face until it's >> tail-long. I hear your pain, Luiz. My hair is now down to my shoulders

On-topic at last!

2009-10-18 Thread Bob W
For the first time in how many years? I'm writing an on-topic post. I was mooching around in one of the camera shops in Central London yesterday and noticed in one of their cabinets a SMC-A 28-80/3.5-4.5 lens, and it was only about £69- if I remember correctly. Now, back in the day when I

Re: On Topic: enablement

2007-04-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You'll like it. A very nice lens, perhaps my favorite of the ones I've used so far (A35, A45, A120 Macro, A200). G On Apr 21, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Steve Sharpe wrote: > Just ordered a Pentax-A 45mm F2.8 lens for my 645 from KEH. > Whee! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdm

Re: Remarkably On-Topic

2011-03-13 Thread Christine Nielsen
Further evidence the Beatles must have been Pentaxians: http://zavali-gorizont.livejournal.com/2354.html :) -c On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: >  I was just listening to this tune (one of my favorite Beatles songs of all > time, BTW) and just happened to glance up at the

RE: Remarkably On-Topic

2011-03-13 Thread Jeffery Johnson
LOL I cheated and sled it over to the 1:50 mark and yes it is rather on topic... -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walter Gilbert Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 1:09 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Remarkably On-Topic

Re: Remarkably On-Topic

2011-03-13 Thread Walter Gilbert
Well, it doesn't get much more conclusive than that, does it? :-) How great is that? -- Walt On 3/13/2011 1:50 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Further evidence the Beatles must have been Pentaxians: http://zavali-gorizont.livejournal.com/2354.html :) -c On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Wal

Re: Remarkably On-Topic

2011-03-15 Thread Steven Desjardins
They definitely were fans of Pentax. It gave the company a big boost in the 60's. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: >   Well, it doesn't get much more conclusive than that, does it?  :-) > > How great is that? > > -- Walt > > On 3/13/2011 1:50 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: >

Re: Remarkably On-Topic

2011-03-15 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Jeffery Johnson wrote: > LOL I cheated and sled it over to the 1:50 mark and yes it is rather on > topic... Had to play it twice, but i saw it on the second run through. Dave > > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [m

On topic bad news

2016-01-19 Thread Boris Liberman
Hello there :-). Recently, I bought a cheap DA* 16-50/2.8 with broken SDM that was converted to screw-driven AF. Unfortunately, it would seem that the lens got damaged during postal transfer. So, I had to take it to the local service center today. This is only minor trouble, really. The maj

Re: Almost on topic

2016-12-13 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Asahi is a decent beer. Of course, Asahi is a common brand name used by many unrelated Japanese companies. "Asa hi" means "morning sun," which is an alternative for "rising sun," the symbol of japan. (The Japanese name for their country, Nihon or Nippon, means "origin of the sun," a name borrowe

Re: Almost on topic

2016-12-13 Thread John
I believe when they first got into manufacturing cameras Asahi was a "horizontally integrated" (??) conglomerate; the company that owned the breweries also owned newspapers, manufacturing, glass-making ... they started spinning off various subsidiaries post WWII. Wasn't Asahi the original name fo

Re: Almost on topic

2016-12-13 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:16 PM, John wrote: > Wasn't Asahi the original name for the cameras they manufactured & > Pentax was a model name they applied to their reflex cameras when they > added the pentaprism? > Yes. My first Pentax had "Asahi" on it, as well as "Pentax" and "Spotmatic." It

On Topic: Off Topic

2002-01-12 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
I notice an increasing volume of messages which are on topic and are labelled off topic, and at the same time I also notice an increasing volume of messages which are off topic, but not labelled as such, like discussions about jazz. I can't stop those off topic threads, they shouldn't

Re: On Topic: Two questions

2003-06-15 Thread Alan Chan
1. Yesterday I've loaded a TMax 100 film to my ZX-L. ME Super is going to be cleaned and probably mirror foam going to be replaced. ZX-L rated the TMax 100 as 160 ISO film. How come? Try to clean the DX contacts on the camera and the film cartridge and see if it solves the problem. 2. I've got 49

(on-topic) Pentax digital cameras

2004-07-14 Thread ernreed2
I notice that the *istD and the Optio 550 name files in exactly the same way. I don't suppose there's some kind of easy fix available so as not to cause confusion when files from both sources are stored in the same place? ERN

Re: On Topic non Sequitur

2008-03-16 Thread Rebekah
wow, now my husband is suddenly in love with Pentax too. rg2 On 3/16/08, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know what this has to do with Pentax cameras exactly except well > maybe... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8K1DUd2cM > > but I like it except for the annoying music tha

Re: On Topic non Sequitur

2008-03-16 Thread Steve Desjardins
Must be the influence of Hoya. >>> "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/16/08 1:36 PM >>> I don't know what this has to do with Pentax cameras exactly except well maybe... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8K1DUd2cM but I like it except for the annoying music that is. -- Vote for Cthulhu. W

Re: On Topic non Sequitur

2008-03-16 Thread Doug Brewer
On Mar 16, 2008, at 1:36 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > I don't know what this has to do with Pentax cameras exactly except > well > maybe... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8K1DUd2cM > > but I like it except for the annoying music that is. > > -- > Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser ev

Re: On Topic non Sequitur

2008-03-16 Thread Scott Loveless
Doug Brewer wrote: > On Mar 16, 2008, at 1:36 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> I don't know what this has to do with Pentax cameras exactly except >> well >> maybe... >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8K1DUd2cM >> >> but I like it except for the annoying music that is. >> >> -- >> Vote for Cth

Re: On Topic non Sequitur

2008-03-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
They appear to be excellent photographers. We can all be proud. Paul On Mar 16, 2008, at 1:16 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > > On Mar 16, 2008, at 1:36 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> I don't know what this has to do with Pentax cameras exactly except >> well >> maybe... >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?

Re: On Topic non Sequitur

2008-03-16 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 1:36 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know what this has to do with Pentax cameras exactly except well > maybe... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8K1DUd2cM > > but I like it except for the annoying music that is. I heard worse in Fargo. Dave >

Re: On Topic non Sequitur

2008-03-17 Thread AlunFoto
Truly, a hip ad. Can't recall which cameras they held, but oh, well... I will hold my Y-chromosomes responsible for that. Jostein 2008/3/16, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't know what this has to do with Pentax cameras exactly except well > maybe... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Re: On Topic non Sequitur

2008-03-17 Thread David Savage
Cameras? What cameras? Cheers, Dave On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 7:05 PM, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Truly, a hip ad. > > Can't recall which cameras they held, but oh, well... I will hold my > Y-chromosomes responsible for that. > > Jostein > > 2008/3/16, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: On Topic non Sequitur

2008-03-17 Thread Gonz
Ho Ya On 3/16/08, Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Must be the influence of Hoya. > > >>> "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/16/08 1:36 PM >>> > > I don't know what this has to do with Pentax cameras exactly except well > > maybe... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8K1DUd2

Re: On Topic non Sequitur

2008-03-17 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They appear to be excellent photographers. We can all be proud. > Paul Nah, their stuff's all blurry and tilted. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Ma

OT: Yet oddly on topic

2009-05-22 Thread P. J. Alling
In 1929 Aliens invaded the airspace over the Capitol in Washington. Today we'd shoot it down... http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/27630u.jpg -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a dam

semi on-topic: exhibit news

2008-08-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Hallo y'all, The Photo Interest Group (PHIG) is having their annual exhibition at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto in the month of September. I'll be out of town and cannot make the reception, but I'll have one to three pieces hanging, jurors willing. This will be my third time particip

semi on-topic: exhibit news

2008-08-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Hallo y'all, The Photo Interest Group (PHIG) is having their annual exhibition at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto in the month of September. I'll be out of town and cannot make the reception, but I'll have one to three pieces hanging, jurors willing. This will be my third time particip

Re: On-topic at last!

2009-10-18 Thread Boris Liberman
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Bob W wrote: > Now, back in the day when I used Pentax gear I would have killed to find one > of these lenses - they seem to be quite rare over here, and I never did own > one, although the non-SMC version is quite common. I was very tempted to buy > it, but event

Re: On-topic at last!

2009-10-19 Thread David Mann
On Oct 18, 2009, at 10:34 PM, Bob W wrote: I was mooching around in one of the camera shops in Central London yesterday and noticed in one of their cabinets a SMC-A 28-80/3.5-4.5 lens, and it was only about £69- if I remember correctly. Do they have an FA80-200 f/2.8 at that kind of price?

RE: On-topic at last!

2009-10-19 Thread Bob W
> > I was mooching around in one of the camera shops in Central London > > yesterday and noticed in one of their cabinets a SMC-A > 28-80/3.5-4.5 > > lens, and it was only about £69- if I remember correctly. > > Do they have an FA80-200 f/2.8 at that kind of price? > > One can dream :) > No,

Re: On topic bad news

2016-01-19 Thread P.J. Alling
It's that way most places Boris, the only way I can really get Pentax Gear is Internet mail order, which is true for most of the U.S. After Japan the U.S. is probably the biggest market for Photo Equipment, yet Pentax has less of a presence than Panasonic a relative newcomer. I suppose that w

Re: On topic bad news

2016-01-19 Thread Boris Liberman
Peter, the advantage that you have is that with relatively minor extra payment, you can still ship your gear that needs service or repairs to one of the service centers inside USA. If I were to do so in a direct manner (not asking my friend living in Chicago to pass FA 77 to Bob Sullivan and th

Re: On topic bad news

2016-01-20 Thread Larry Colen
Boris Liberman wrote: The fact that local official dealership is no longer pushing new gear, means that in 1-2 years (if not sooner) they'll stop providing service for Pentax. This is absolute show stopper for me. Granted, I am using Zeiss M-mount lenses on Ricoh GXR-M bodies and I've no clue

Re: On topic bad news

2016-01-20 Thread Boris Liberman
Yeah, right... <-- I don't recall the exact name of the character from "Office Space", but you certainly know what I mean... On 1/20/2016 12:16, Larry Colen wrote: Boris Liberman wrote: The fact that local official dealership is no longer pushing new gear, means that in 1-2 years (if not so

Liver birds - very on topic

2016-10-08 Thread Chris Mitchell
Those are the green things on top of the building. Pronounced lie-ver. Part eagle and part - wait for it - cormorant. Carrying a sprig of seaweed; liver apparantly being an Anglo Saxon word for seaweed. In the foreground are PDMLers Lisa, Mark, Karin and me. https://www.dropbox.com/s/dej58thlsj7f9l

straightening things out... ON topic

2018-12-06 Thread ann sanfedele
Especially for Paul and John Francis...  I'm not sure the color version that you guys are trying to get me to straighten is worth the effort.. I may actually have another one and of course the original chrome.  Have three frames in Tri-x located.. which might be salvageable given todays technolo

OT DigiPod (possibly on-topic)

2013-08-26 Thread Bruce Walker
With a strong sense of déjà vu I pass along news of a guy who is creating a cartridge for 35mm film camera bodies that outfits them with a digital sensor and USB memory ... http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/digipod I know there are folks here who have been waiting on this for a decade and will be

"New" Big Toy - almost on topic...

2005-04-28 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Hi guys and gals, After years of research, I've found a car of the same model my father had in the Seventies: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3316523 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3316530 Needless to say, I paid three times its market value, but it is still rust free (w

First "Canon" bird shots. On Topic ;-)

2006-03-27 Thread Tim Øsleby
I have been adviced not to use the word crap in the headline. I found the word Canon an appropriate synonym. In a way the Tokina lens _is_ a Canon. After seeing the results the Tokina makes, I am not sure it qualifies for the "crappy lens, bird shoot competition" When used within the limititation

First "Canon" bird shot (on topic ;-))

2006-03-27 Thread Tim Øsleby
I have been advised not to use the word crappy in the headline. I found the word Canon an appropriate synonym. In a way the Tokina lens _is_ a Canon. After seeing the results the Tokina makes, I am not sure it qualifies for the "crappy lens, bird shoot competition" When used within the limititati

Actually on-topic: writers ain't rich

2003-01-25 Thread Mike Johnston
> I just checked the cost of subscrbing to the OED online, and it's $550 > PER ANNUM! > Ok if you're a professional writer. Whoa! If you're laboring under the delusion that most "professional writers" can afford such a thing, disabuse thyself! Writing is a particularly poor choice for making a d

Not even close! WAS: On topic?!

2003-01-30 Thread Mike Johnston
> One begins to wonder just how many of Bond's devices would have failed > just in the moment of need if they were powered by Windows CE? Can't > you just see him needing to reboot the device right at that critical > moment? :) It happens on cartoons...technology is always failing Wile E. Coy

New Little Toys (definitely On Topic...)

2004-06-11 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Hi everybody, It seems I cannot stop buying new pieces of equipment as soon as the opportunity arise... I had the chance to buy a couple of demo lenses from the local importer at a more than reasonable price. One of the lenses is the FA 35/2 AL, a lens I was more than once ready to buy new, but *l

New Little Toys (definitely On Topic...)

2004-06-11 Thread Gianfranco Irlanda
Hi everybody, It seems I cannot stop buying new pieces of equipment as soon as the opportunity arises... I had the chance to buy a couple of demo lenses from the local importer at a more than reasonable price. One of the lenses is the FA 35/2 AL, a lens I was more than once ready to buy new, but *

Re: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras

2004-07-14 Thread Peter J. Alling
I don't own either camera but I think I read somewhere that the naming on the *ist-D files was programmable. Sorry I don't have more information. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I notice that the *istD and the Optio 550 name files in exactly the same way. I don't suppose there's some kind of easy fix a

Re: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras

2004-07-14 Thread Bruce Dayton
I already suffer that now with two *ist D's. Not to mention, the numbering wraps around once you hit . The general approach I am using now is to copy a card to a directory and batch rename the files. Copy the next card and batch rename, etc. Bruce Wednesday, July 14, 2004, 7:36:29 PM, you

Re: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras

2004-07-14 Thread William Robb
Subject: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras > I notice that the *istD and the Optio 550 name files in exactly the same way. I > don't suppose there's some kind of easy fix available so as not to cause > confusion when files from both sources are stored in the same place? >

RE: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras

2004-07-14 Thread Amita Guha
> -Original Message- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras > > > Subject: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras > > > > I not

Re: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras

2004-07-15 Thread Leon Altoff
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:36:29 CDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I notice that the *istD and the Optio 550 name files in exactly the same way. I >don't suppose there's some kind of easy fix available so as not to cause >confusion when files from both sources are stored in the same place? I have a do

Re: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras

2004-07-15 Thread Keith Whaley
Leon Altoff wrote: On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:36:29 CDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I notice that the *istD and the Optio 550 name files in exactly the same way. I don't suppose there's some kind of easy fix available so as not to cause confusion when files from both sources are stored in the same pl

Re: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras

2004-07-15 Thread John Mustarde
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:51:12 -0700, you wrote: > >etn> I notice that the *istD and the Optio 550 name files in exactly the same way. I >etn> don't suppose there's some kind of easy fix available so as not to cause >etn> confusion when files from both sources are stored in the same place? > >etn> ER

Re: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras

2004-07-15 Thread Tim Sherburne
Sounds like you're on a Mac. Versiontracker.com lists many plug-ins for iPhoto, including a few that may help with renaming files. A search for "iphoto rename" turned up two possibilities. t On 7/15/04 4:34, Keith Whaley wrote: > Leon Altoff wrote: > >> I have a downloader program which change

Re: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras

2004-07-15 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Have you tried iView Media Pro? Antonio On 15 Jul 2004, at 19:40, Tim Sherburne wrote: Sounds like you're on a Mac. Versiontracker.com lists many plug-ins for iPhoto, including a few that may help with renaming files. A search for "iphoto rename" turned up two possibilities. t On 7/15/04 4:34, Keit

Re: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras

2004-07-15 Thread Antonio Aparicio
Photoshop will rename a batch of files too for you I think. A. On 15 Jul 2004, at 22:19, Antonio Aparicio wrote: Have you tried iView Media Pro? Antonio On 15 Jul 2004, at 19:40, Tim Sherburne wrote: Sounds like you're on a Mac. Versiontracker.com lists many plug-ins for iPhoto, including a few th

Re: (on-topic) Pentax digital cameras

2004-07-15 Thread Antonio Aparicio
[brain reaces end of thought process] or if you can be bothered I am sure you could write a little applescript to do it for you. Antonio. On 15 Jul 2004, at 22:19, Antonio Aparicio wrote: Have you tried iView Media Pro? Antonio On 15 Jul 2004, at 19:40, Tim Sherburne wrote: Sounds like you'r

An actually on-topic G1 note

2009-07-18 Thread Adam Maas
Just tried a Super-Takumar 35/3.5 on my G1, and while playing about found to my not-entire surprise that the hood for a ST 105/2.8 does not vignette with the 35/3.5 on a G1. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: OT: Yet oddly on topic

2009-05-22 Thread Brian Walters
Getting a 'Page not found' on that one. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Fri, 22 May 2009 21:10 -0400, "P. J. Alling" wrote: > In 1929 Aliens invaded the airspace over the Capitol in Washingt

Re: OT: Yet oddly on topic

2009-05-22 Thread P. J. Alling
http://www.shorpy.com/node/6175?size=_original Try this they might not like a direct link to the image. Brian Walters wrote: Getting a 'Page not found' on that one. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/

Re: OT: Yet oddly on topic

2009-05-25 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:10 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > In 1929 Aliens invaded the airspace over the Capitol in Washington. > > Today we'd shoot it down... > > http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/27630u.jpg It was probably photoshopped in anyway... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois conc

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