Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-05 Thread ann sanfedele
Joe, after reading what Mike wrote "looking at it in a brightly lit room" it occured to me it is my particular eye problem. I'm always in a brightly lit room - I cant see otherwise :) I keep every room in the apartment lit because my eyes can't adjust quickly enough anymore. but the brightnes

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-05 Thread ann sanfedele
obviously dangerous in this day of, (what I can only refer to as), >"Safety Nazism"? What tort lawyer isn't salivating just looking at >these things? > > >mike wilson wrote: > > >>>From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Date: 2007/01/03 W

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-04 Thread David Mann
On Jan 4, 2007, at 12:38 PM, Bob W wrote: > When you come over here, Frank, you can hire one. Obviously you won't > be able to drive on the proper side of the road, so I will happily > chauffeur you around the byways and villages of Olde Englande... > > http://www.theopenroad.co.uk/static_228.htm

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-04 Thread mike wilson
Bob Shell wrote: > On Jan 4, 2007, at 4:04 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > >>He should have gone to Poland and bought himself something _really_ >>unusual - a Mercedes Vision concept car built from an old taxi. >>http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=848531&page=1 >> > > > I get an error messa

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-04 Thread mike wilson
Joseph Tainter wrote: > http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=21510186 > > Very good Hollywood moon effect. I'm looking at it in a brightly lit > room, so probably missing some, if not much, of the subtler detail. > > Seven series Volvo and ?? > > - > > Mike, t

RE: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-04 Thread Bob W
alf Of P. J. Alling > Sent: 04 January 2007 14:59 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge > > http://www.heelysdealer.co.uk/shoes.shtml > > My questions are what mother would allow their child to wear > something > so obviously dangerou

RE: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-04 Thread Bob W
> You have to beware of fakes, though. > http://www.heelysdealer.co.uk/shoes.shtml > > They're intended for bug-eyed prats. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-04 Thread Bob W
> > One of my brothers has just bought a Mercedes SLK 350: > > > http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedki > > > ngdom_website/en/home_mpc/passenger_cars/home/products/new_cars/slk_cl > > ass_roadster_facelift/models.html > > > > ...which is a real monster! > > He

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-04 Thread P. J. Alling
wrote: >> From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2007/01/03 Wed PM 10:56:00 GMT >> To: "pentax list" >> Subject: Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge >> >> On 3/1/07, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >> >>&

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-04 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/01/04 Thu PM 12:55:11 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge > > > On Jan 4, 2007, at 4:04 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > > He should have gone to Polan

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-04 Thread Bob Shell
On Jan 4, 2007, at 4:04 AM, mike wilson wrote: > He should have gone to Poland and bought himself something _really_ > unusual - a Mercedes Vision concept car built from an old taxi. > http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=848531&page=1 > I get an error message: The Requested URL Was Not Fo

RE: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-04 Thread mike wilson
> > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > One of my brothers has just bought a Mercedes SLK 350: > http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedki > ngdom_website/en/home_mpc/passenger_cars/home/products/new_cars/slk_cl > ass_roadster_facelift/models.html > > ...which is a r

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-04 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/01/03 Wed PM 10:56:00 GMT > To: "pentax list" > Subject: Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge > > On 3/1/07, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Indeed. I have a friend who used to

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Kenneth Waller
Er.. that should be Bugeye. I did have a 53 Bug, but that's a different story. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge >I had A BRG 59 Bug with the fibre glass hard top,

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Kenneth Waller
I had A BRG 59 Bug with the fibre glass hard top, no leaks & quite snug in the winter (once you remembered to turn the hot water on under the hood). Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: "Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge > The cars we love are more fun when driven infrequently. That makes it a > special event. It also makes it easier to avoid deterioration and dirt. I > drive my 55 Chevy convert

RE: RE: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Bob W
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Roberts > Sent: 03 January 2007 23:31 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: RE: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge > > Bob W wrote: > > >One of my brothers h

RE: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Bob W
> > Indeed. I have a friend who used to own a "Big Healey" back in the > early '90's. When you come over here, Frank, you can hire one. Obviously you won't be able to drive on the proper side of the road, so I will happily chauffeur you around the byways and villages of Olde Englande... http:

Re: RE: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: >One of my brothers has just bought a Mercedes SLK 350: >http://www2.mercedes-benz.co.uk/content/unitedkingdom/mpc/mpc_unitedki >ngdom_website/en/home_mpc/passenger_cars/home/products/new_cars/slk_cl >ass_roadster_facelift/models.html > >...which is a real monster! The car or the URL

RE: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Bob W
> On 1/3/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Plan to have [the Bugeye] garaged a lot, I take it. > > Indeed. I have a friend who used to own a "Big Healey" back in the > early '90's. There was a British Sports specialist not far from his > house. My friend called that garage "Healey

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Cotty
On 3/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: >The cars we love are more fun when driven infrequently. That makes it a >special event. It also makes it easier to avoid deterioration and dirt. >I drive my 55 Chevy convertible about 1000 miles a year, much of it on >sunny summer Sunday a

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Cotty
On 3/1/07, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: >Indeed. I have a friend who used to own a "Big Healey" Amazing. At a set of traffic lights today there was a fantastic example. Haven't seen one in years, and there it was. And now you mention it. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread frank theriault
On 1/3/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Plan to have [the Bugeye] garaged a lot, I take it. Indeed. I have a friend who used to own a "Big Healey" back in the early '90's. There was a British Sports specialist not far from his house. My friend called that garage "Healey Camp". Inv

RE: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Jens Bladt
meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Joseph Tainter Sendt: 3. januar 2007 06:55 Til: pdml@pdml.net Emne: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge Full moon on snow, handheld: K10D at ISO 1600; A 50 F1.2; 1/8 second @ F1.2; shake reduction on. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 07:00:21AM +1100, Digital Image Studio wrote: > On 04/01/07, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ...the leaky top and side curtains... :-P > > And all the leg room :-) That's only if the floor pan has rusted out, mind you. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@p

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread pnstenquist
The cars we love are more fun when driven infrequently. That makes it a special event. It also makes it easier to avoid deterioration and dirt. I drive my 55 Chevy convertible about 1000 miles a year, much of it on sunny summer Sunday afternoons but some on warm summer evenings as well. I put it

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Plan to have it garaged a lot, I take it. frank theriault wrote: > On 1/3/07, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> ...the leaky top and side curtains... :-P >> > > If I ever get a Bugeye Sprite, it will only be driven on sunny summer > Sunday afternoons... > > ;-) > > cheers, > fran

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 04/01/07, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...the leaky top and side curtains... :-P And all the leg room :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDML

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread frank theriault
On 1/3/07, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...the leaky top and side curtains... :-P If I ever get a Bugeye Sprite, it will only be driven on sunny summer Sunday afternoons... ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Christian
frank theriault wrote: > On 1/3/07, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I believe they only produced the bugeye for one or two years. > > Yeah, you're right. And, no doubt the Spridget was a much better car > - but those cute "eyes" and the smiling grill... ...the leaky top and si

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread frank theriault
On 1/3/07, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I believe they only produced the bugeye for one or two years. Yeah, you're right. And, no doubt the Spridget was a much better car - but those cute "eyes" and the smiling grill... ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Joseph Tainter
Re: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=21510186 > Mike, to the left is my wife's 1967 Austin Healey Sprite, which isn't > going anywhere for at least a few days. You guessed correctly about my > 1989 Volvo 740. The mound behind it is a 1987 Mazda B2000. Out of the

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread frank theriault
On 1/3/07, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mike, to the left is my wife's 1967 Austin Healey Sprite, which isn't > going anywhere for at least a few days. You guessed correctly about my > 1989 Volvo 740. The mound behind it is a 1987 Mazda B2000. Out of the > scene is my wife's 1989

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Joseph Tainter
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=21510186 Very good Hollywood moon effect. I'm looking at it in a brightly lit room, so probably missing some, if not much, of the subtler detail. Seven series Volvo and ?? - Mike, to the left is my wife's 1967 Austin Healey

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Joseph Tainter
I was eager to see this, after those beautiful shots you posted a day or two ago... was this just a "lets see what the camera can do" experiment? ann - Ann, that's exactly what it was. I got the A 50 F1.2 last summer, and we all knew then that the K10D was coming out. I have been wondering

RE: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Bob W
scuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge > > JOe, this was virtually (hehe) a black hole on my monitor. > You needed > your LX for this, I think. > > I was eager to see this, after those beautiful shots you > posted a day or > two ago... was this

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread ann sanfedele
JOe, this was virtually (hehe) a black hole on my monitor. You needed your LX for this, I think. I was eager to see this, after those beautiful shots you posted a day or two ago... was this just a "lets see what the camera can do" experiment? ann Joseph Tainter wrote: >Full moon on snow, h

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread Mat Maessen
On 1/3/07, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=21510186 ... > Seven series Volvo and ?? Looks like a 120 series Volvo (1960's vintage) to me. Are those your cars, Joseph? I've got a P1800 lurking in the garage. -Mat -- PD

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-03 Thread mike wilson
> > From: Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/01/03 Wed AM 05:54:53 GMT > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge > > Full moon on snow, handheld: K10D at ISO 1600; A 50 F1.2; 1/8 second @ > F1.2; shake reduction on. > &g

Re: Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hey Joe, That actually turned out pretty good. It gave a real good mood and feeling of the actual circumstances. I rather like it. -- Bruce Tuesday, January 2, 2007, 9:54:53 PM, you wrote: JT> Full moon on snow, handheld: K10D at ISO 1600; A 50 F1.2; 1/8 second @ JT> F1.2; shake reduction o

Taking Pentax Gear to the Edge

2007-01-02 Thread Joseph Tainter
Full moon on snow, handheld: K10D at ISO 1600; A 50 F1.2; 1/8 second @ F1.2; shake reduction on. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=21510186 Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net