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2009/12/21 Bob Sullivan : > Oh, I thought the Neoprenes were cute baby Naugas... didn't you know most Naugas are gone into hyding this time of the year? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the li

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LOL -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2009/12/21 Tim Bray : > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: >> Have you tried a good neoprene strap? It does not make the camera >> lighter, but it sure makes it feel lighter. > > Not so fast.  Think of all the adorable baby neo

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Oh, I thought the Neoprenes were cute baby Naugas... On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 2:39 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > On 12/21/2009 4:24 AM, Tim Bray wrote: >> >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Tim Øsleby  wrote: >> >>> >>> Have you tried a good neoprene strap? It does not make the camera >>> lighter, bu

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On 12/21/2009 4:24 AM, Tim Bray wrote: On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: Have you tried a good neoprene strap? It does not make the camera lighter, but it sure makes it feel lighter. Not so fast. Think of all the adorable baby neoprenes that died to produce each of

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On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: > Have you tried a good neoprene strap? It does not make the camera > lighter, but it sure makes it feel lighter. Not so fast. Think of all the adorable baby neoprenes that died to produce each of those straps. -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

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- Original Message - From: "Tim Øsleby" I am Tim, and I'm giggling. Hope you are old enough to take it. It is friendly giggling. Mainly because that's something I could ave done. Now, how does the "new" strap feel? So far so good! ;- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDM

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riginal Message - From: "steve harley" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:22 AM > Subject: Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions? > > >> On 2009-12-17 18:06 , Christine Aguila wrote: >>>

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Looks like the local camera store has the K20D on sale, so I'm gonna >try to snag one! Cool! Looking forward to seeing your 1st pics! Cheers, Christine Ack! They're holding one for me! I pick it up on the 28th! Woo Hoo, just in time for the New Year! Cheers, Christine Lots of winter

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- Original Message - From: "Steve Sharpe" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 11:35 AM Subject: Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions? At 9:14 AM -0600 12/18/09, Christine Aguila wrote: From: "Steve Sh

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- Original Message - From: "steve harley" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:22 AM Subject: Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions? On 2009-12-17 18:06 , Christine Aguila wrote: No, can you recommend on

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On Dec 19, 2009, at 6:51 AM, Cotty wrote: > > > Those pictures make me weep. Me too. A body that size should be shooting medium format. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 07:33:54PM -0400, Steve Sharpe wrote: > > It's taken me three years, but I've finally figured out what those > little twirly wheels on the *istD do and now I like them. My complaint > with them is that both aperture and shutter speed are controlled with the > right hand,

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I understand what you are saying but I do not agree. Up until the *istD (for me) the controls of each new generation of camera tended to build on the previous one, so learning a new camera was easy. The *istD's controls were quite a departure from the MZ-S and so meant that I had to spend e

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From: Steve Sharpe At 2:49 PM -0500 12/18/09, John Francis wrote: >On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 02:30:04PM -0400, Steve Sharpe wrote: >> At 1:12 PM -0500 12/18/09, John Sessoms wrote: >>> From: Cotty On 18/12/09, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: > >"6 megapixel (3072*20

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On 2009-12-18 11:22, steve harley wrote: On 2009-12-17 18:06 , Christine Aguila wrote: No, can you recommend one, Tim? i'm not Tim, but i'm quite happy with an Op/Tech neoprene strap on my K200d I have an Op-Tech neoprene strap, too, and I've been quite happy with it. I would like it to ha

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From: Steve Sharpe At 1:12 PM -0500 12/18/09, John Sessoms wrote: >From: Cotty >>On 18/12/09, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> >"6 megapixel (3072*2048) full 135 film frame sized (24*36 mm) CCD (model FTF3020-C) from Philips" >> >>>From Boz's site: >> >>

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On 18/12/09, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: >They should make you happy. We didn't get stuck with a camera built >around a sensor that was doomed from day one. Very true. But the design of the body, and to think what might have been, had it been done properly. -- Cheers, Cotty

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Curious as to what the histogram looks like on those blown out images. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Sandra Hermann" Subject: Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions? Really? My K10D does not impress

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At 2:49 PM -0500 12/18/09, John Francis wrote: On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 02:30:04PM -0400, Steve Sharpe wrote: At 1:12 PM -0500 12/18/09, John Sessoms wrote: From: Cotty On 18/12/09, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: >"6 megapixel (3072*2048) full 135 film frame sized (24*36 mm) C

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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 02:30:04PM -0400, Steve Sharpe wrote: > At 1:12 PM -0500 12/18/09, John Sessoms wrote: >> From: Cotty >>> On 18/12/09, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> >"6 megapixel (3072*2048) full 135 film frame sized (24*36 mm) CCD (model > FTF3020-C) from Philips"

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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 01:07:37PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: > > On Dec 18, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Cotty wrote: > > > On 18/12/09, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> "6 megapixel (3072*2048) full 135 film frame sized (24*36 mm) CCD (model > >> FTF3020-C) from Philips" > > > >> Fr

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At 1:12 PM -0500 12/18/09, John Sessoms wrote: From: Cotty On 18/12/09, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: >"6 megapixel (3072*2048) full 135 film frame sized (24*36 mm) CCD (model FTF3020-C) from Philips" From Boz's site:

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: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions? > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Friday, December 18, 2009, 11:39 AM > > Check the EXIF information for one of the blown-out > images. > In fact check the metadata for *all* of them, and see if &

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

From: Cotty On 18/12/09, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: >"6 megapixel (3072*2048) full 135 film frame sized (24*36 mm) CCD (model >FTF3020-C) from Philips" From Boz's site: Those pictures make me weep. Still and all, I

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

On Dec 18, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Cotty wrote: > On 18/12/09, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> "6 megapixel (3072*2048) full 135 film frame sized (24*36 mm) CCD (model >> FTF3020-C) from Philips" > >> From Boz's site: > > > >

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On 18/12/09, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: >"6 megapixel (3072*2048) full 135 film frame sized (24*36 mm) CCD (model >FTF3020-C) from Philips" >From Boz's site: Those pictures make me weep. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ ||

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I haven't had a K10D, but have a K20D. While the K20D also had similar issues, the K-7 is a great improvement in expossure accuracy. On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Tom C wrote: > I haven't had a K10D, but had a K20D.The K-7 is a huge improvement > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Sandra

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I haven't had a K10D, but had a K20D.The K-7 is a huge improvement On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Sandra Hermann wrote: > Really?  My K10D does not impress me one bit.  It has serious "White out" > issues.  It seems to take most of it's pictures so white they are useless.   > Now the funny th

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At 9:14 AM -0600 12/18/09, Christine Aguila wrote: From: "Steve Sharpe" Looks like the local camera store has the K20D on sale, so I'm gonna >try to snag one! Cool! Looking forward to seeing your 1st pics! Cheers, Christine Ack! They're holding one for me! I pick it up on the 28th! --

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Check the EXIF information for one of the blown-out images. In fact check the metadata for *all* of them, and see if the problems only occur with one particular lens. If that is the case the problem may well be with the lens, not the camera body. The lens may have sticky aperture blades, and not

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

From: "Tim Øsleby" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 7:03 PM Subject: Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions? Have you tried a good neoprene strap? It does not make the camera lighter, but it sure mak

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

From: Steve Sharpe >>> >>Come on everyone, this is a Pentax mailing list! >> >>APERTURE SIMULATORS! >> >Only worth discussing if it's on the new upcoming Full Frame camera. >(Damn I still want an MZ-D). Was that to be full frame? I know it was to use the Foveon (sp?) chip. Full frame, yes;

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

Really? My K10D does not impress me one bit. It has serious "White out" issues. It seems to take most of it's pictures so white they are useless. Now the funny thing is, I won't buy a new one because I'm determined to figure out what is wrong with this one. (or maybe it is the lack of a job

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On 2009-12-17 18:06 , Christine Aguila wrote: No, can you recommend one, Tim? i'm not Tim, but i'm quite happy with an Op/Tech neoprene strap on my K200d -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

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This one comes from the happy medium department. I thought the istD was a tad to small and the K10D about right for my hands. I;m not partial to a smaller unit, if thaqts what Pentax has up there extension tubes.:-) I like the feel of the bulkier bodies, the PZ-1 the K10D. The Nikons I have all f

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

Actually the prototypes had a full frame Philips 6MP chip. It would have probably shipped just about the time Kodak announced their 14mp and Canon their 11mp full frame SLRs. Contax persisted using the same chip and look what it did for them. On 12/18/2009 9:33 AM, Steve Sharpe wrote: Co

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From: "Steve Sharpe" Looks like the local camera store has the K20D on sale, so I'm gonna >try to snag one! Cool! Looking forward to seeing your 1st pics! Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE fr

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I checked B&H and saw one for $19.95--inflation, hey?! :-) Thanks Tim. I'll try one. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Tim Øsleby" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 7:20 PM Subject: Re: Does anybody miss th

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Come on everyone, this is a Pentax mailing list! APERTURE SIMULATORS! Only worth discussing if it's on the new upcoming Full Frame camera. (Damn I still want an MZ-D). Was that to be full frame? I know it was to use the Foveon (sp?) chip. -- Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca • http://earth.d

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On 2009-12-17 20:03, Tim Øsleby wrote: Have you tried a good neoprene strap? It does not make the camera lighter, but it sure makes it feel lighter. I'll second that. I originally got one for my bag, which tends to be a bit heavy when I'm moving around an event. I was simply amazed at the d

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Center of his chest, (leaning slightly to the left). On 12/17/2009 1:54 AM, Cotty wrote: On 16/12/09, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: And, yeah, I do like Obama. A bit right wing for my tastes, but I think his heart's in the right place. In his mouth? -- Cheers,

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On 12/17/2009 4:31 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Subash wrote: frank theriault wrote: I for one miss those halcyon days of just a few months ago. We could talk about guns. Abortion. Religion. Politics. Yeah, politics! That Obama, what a guy, eh? How about that climate su

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rtainly not out of character for the wimp I am :-). Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "paul stenquist" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 6:54 AM Subject: Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

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Personally, loving the K-7... I still disbelieve the reality of a 645D and question the saleability/profitability of such a system if it were to be produced. I also would like to know, where does Pentax go from here? Tom On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:15 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > The winter doldru

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On Dec 18, 2009, at 6:14 PM, John Francis wrote: > I'm at less than both of you on my K10D. > > Not just last year - since I bought it, three years ago. > > (I guess I go for quality, not quantity :-) I could have said the same for my K10D, pretty much word-for-word. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Disc

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On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 08:41:39AM +1100, Brian Walters wrote: > On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:55 -0600, "Christine Aguila" > wrote: > > Well, some lighter would help ;-). Seriously though, when I did the > > camera-store-try on the K7, it felt good to hold and had a nice feel. I > > do > > understa

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I'm at 9300 on my K7D. I know I burned through thousands on my K20D when I was shooting a lot of virtual tours. I'd guess I'm at about 20,000 for the year. Three or four keepers in there too! Paul On Dec 17, 2009, at 6:45 PM, Steve Sharpe wrote: > At 4:19 PM -0600 12/17/09, Christine Aguila wro

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uot; > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 7:03 PM > Subject: Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions? > > >> Have you tried a good neoprene strap? It does not make the camera >> lighter, but it sure makes it feel lighter. >> >> -- >> Mar

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No, can you recommend one, Tim? Thanks for the tip! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Tim Øsleby" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 7:03 PM Subject: Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

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t;Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 6:54 AM > Subject: Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions? > > >> I don't know what the exact numbers are, but the K7 isn't a lot lighter >> than the K20. Somewhat smaller

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At 4:19 PM -0600 12/17/09, Christine Aguila wrote: - Original Message - From: "Brian Walters" -actually, I just checked Lightroom; I shot 5887 frames so far for 2009. I suppose by PDML standards that's pretty wimpy, but certainly not out of character for the wimp I am :-). Cheers,

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- Original Message - From: "Brian Walters" -actually, I just checked Lightroom; I shot 5887 frames so far for 2009. I suppose by PDML standards that's pretty wimpy, but certainly not out of character for the wimp I am :-). Cheers, Christine You call 5887 wimpy? How about 5465?

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ers.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > - Original Message - > From: "paul stenquist" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 6:54 AM > Subject: Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions? >

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From: frank theriault On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:12 PM, frank theriault > wrote: >> We could talk about guns. > > You left out Global Warming. ?Jeepers. ?Even though you're Not Trying > Hard Enough, I will nonetheless offer this amusing look

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From: "Bob W" > >> Yeah, politics! ?That Obama, what a guy, eh? > > > > I suspected you were a fan of Osama. Now we have confirmation:-). > > No, no, Paul. That's O-B-ama. With a "B". > > Him I like. > > The other one, not so much... > > (whew, what a difference one letter can make!) > >

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On 12/16/09, frank theriault wrote: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:41 PM, paul stenquist > wrote: > > Oh Obama!! > > Now I feel better:-). > > > And, yeah, I do like Obama. A bit right wing for my tastes, but I > think his heart's in the right place. You are, obviously, new to Illinois politi

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age - From: "paul stenquist" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 6:54 AM Subject: Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions? I don't know what the exact numbers are, but the K7 isn't a lot lighter than the K2

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"P. J. Alling" wrote: > The winter doldrums are approaching and the fact that Pentax has finally > given us a couple of camera bodies that, (with /appropriately/ lowered > expectations), seem to be what most of us want, the of the discussion of > future developments has stopped. > > Ok

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frank theriault wrote: >On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Tim Bray wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:12 PM, frank theriault >> wrote: >>> We could talk about guns. >> >> You left out Global Warming.  Jeepers.  Even though you're Not Trying >> Hard Enough, I will nonetheless offer this amusing l

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On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:12 PM, frank theriault > wrote: >> We could talk about guns. > > You left out Global Warming.  Jeepers.  Even though you're Not Trying > Hard Enough, I will nonetheless offer this amusing look under the > Wikipedia cover

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On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > APERTURE SIMULATORS! Mark, Why did you HAVE TO BRING UP that topic?!?!? Are you mocking the IMPORTANCE OF APERTURE SIMULATORS??? Don't you realize that PENTAX' failure to INCLUDE aperture simulators in their cameras MARKS the SINGLE BIGG

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2009/12/17 Mark Roberts : > > APERTURE SIMULATORS! screw-in for the filter thread? including a zoom version? -- 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 directions.

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heers, Christine > > > > > > > > > > > - Original Message - From: "gldnbearz" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:13 PM > Subject: Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment d

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Subash wrote: >frank theriault wrote: > >> > I for one miss those halcyon days of just a few months ago. >> >> We could talk about guns. >> >> Abortion. >> >> Religion. >> >> Politics. >> >> Yeah, politics! That Obama, what a guy, eh? >> >> How about that climate summit in Sweden! Or was

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> >> Yeah, politics!  That Obama, what a guy, eh? > > > > I suspected you were a fan of Osama. Now we have confirmation:-). > > No, no, Paul. That's O-B-ama. With a "B". > > Him I like. > > The other one, not so much... > > (whew, what a difference one letter can make!) > > ;-) Yep. Ask Ram

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On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:12 PM, frank theriault wrote: > We could talk about guns. You left out Global Warming. Jeepers. Even though you're Not Trying Hard Enough, I will nonetheless offer this amusing look under the Wikipedia covers to prove that when it comes to Serious Arguing, we're a bunc

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ent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:13 PM Subject: Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions? I thought the same w/ my K200D. Then I had to touch a K7 & listen to it's shutter sound. What to do with a K200D + grip? :\ - Pat On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Brian Wal

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On 16/12/09, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: >And, yeah, I do like Obama. A bit right wing for my tastes, but I >think his heart's in the right place. In his mouth? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com ___

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Peter, I reckon that gear discussions for sake of gear discussions are silly. However, if there is a particular point or question - I'd gladly join the talk should I think I might contribute information. By the way, sir, I've sent you a message of list some time ago and you did not seem to rep

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From: Doug Franklin On 2009-12-16 23:11, Rick Womer wrote: > So, I'm currently planning to sit back and wait to see what > comes after the K7. Unless, of course, I impusively change > my mind. A furnace, an air conditioner, a roof, and an exterior painting of the house will conspire to prev

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On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:56:26 +0530 Subash wrote: > On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:12:46 -0500 > frank theriault wrote: > > > > I for one miss those halcyon days of just a few months ago. > > > > We could talk about guns. > > > > Abortion. > > > > Religion. > > > > Politics. > > > > Yeah, politics!

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On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:41 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > Oh Obama!! > Now I feel better:-). And, yeah, I do like Obama. A bit right wing for my tastes, but I think his heart's in the right place. ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Penta

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Oh Obama!! Now I feel better:-). Paul On Dec 16, 2009, at 11:35 PM, frank theriault wrote: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:31 PM, paul stenquist > wrote: > >>> Yeah, politics! That Obama, what a guy, eh? >> >> I suspected you were a fan of Osama. Now we have confirmation:-). > > No, no, Paul.

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On 2009-12-16 23:11, Rick Womer wrote: However... I am really happy with my K10D [...] Besides, I'm a cheapskate. I am, too, for the most part. I also don't want to get on the same upgrade treadmill with cameras that governed personal computers for so long. My K10 is up to 11 or 12,000 cyc

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On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:31 PM, paul stenquist wrote: >> Yeah, politics!  That Obama, what a guy, eh? > > I suspected you were a fan of Osama. Now we have confirmation:-). No, no, Paul. That's O-B-ama. With a "B". Him I like. The other one, not so much... (whew, what a difference one lett

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

On Dec 16, 2009, at 11:12 PM, frank theriault wrote: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 3:15 PM, P. J. Alling > wrote: >> The winter doldrums are approaching and the fact that Pentax has finally >> given us a couple of camera bodies that, (with /appropriately/ lowered >> expectations), seem to be what mo

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On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:12:46 -0500 frank theriault wrote: > > I for one miss those halcyon days of just a few months ago. > > We could talk about guns. > > Abortion. > > Religion. > > Politics. > > Yeah, politics! That Obama, what a guy, eh? > > How about that climate summit in Sweden! Or

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On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 3:15 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > The winter doldrums are approaching and the fact that Pentax has finally > given us a couple of camera bodies that, (with /appropriately/ lowered > expectations), seem to be what most of us want, the of the discussion of > future developments

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Well, I've been thinkin'... I was really attracted to the K7 because of its smaller size, faster performance, more accurate metering, and artificial horizon. However... I am really happy with my K10D, whose RAW low-light performance is actually a bit better (see dxomark.com), whose AF is adequa

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

On 2009-12-16 21:50, Subash wrote: will buy the k-x if i can get hold of one (it will probably have to come through the grey market from singapore, as with any pentax body/lens here)... I'll go for the K7 when the price comes down a bit and my personal finances clear up a bit (got a lot to sp

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:57:34 +1100 "Brian Walters" wrote: > I my case, the K200D does pretty much everything I want, so I probably > wont upgrade until a camera comes along with similar features but > with a better high ISO performance and a sensor with a few more MP of > resolution. (Oh, wait.

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Pentax has introduced too many new cameras for us to complain. No wait, this group can always complain! The US is running a special price on the K-7 with WP kit lens, $150 below K-7 price alone and offering $100 off on each lens purchased at the same time. If the K-20 didn't have a 3 year damage

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

If Pentax could give me AF speed and fill flash consistancy that was like my D2h and D200, i would buy it and keep the faith. Dave On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Steve Sharpe wrote: > At 8:57 AM +1100 12/17/09, Brian Walters wrote: >> >> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:15 -0500, "P. J. Alling" >> wro

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

At 8:57 AM +1100 12/17/09, Brian Walters wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:15 -0500, "P. J. Alling" wrote: The winter doldrums are approaching and the fact that Pentax has finally given us a couple of camera bodies that, (with /appropriately/ lowered expectations), seem to be what most of us wan

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

I thought the same w/ my K200D. Then I had to touch a K7 & listen to it's shutter sound. What to do with a K200D + grip? :\ - Pat On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > Well, it's summer doldrums down here but I get your point > > I think that DSLR development has reached

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:15 -0500, "P. J. Alling" wrote: > The winter doldrums are approaching and the fact that Pentax has finally > given us a couple of camera bodies that, (with /appropriately/ lowered > expectations), seem to be what most of us want, the of the discussion of > future developm

Re: Does anybody miss the "new" equipment discussions?

P. J. Alling wrote: The winter doldrums are approaching and the fact that Pentax has finally given us a couple of camera bodies that, (with /appropriately/ lowered expectations), seem to be what most of us want, the of the discussion of future developments has stopped. Yeah. How could they? I