Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
You always know you're dealing with consummate professionals when they have a lousy web site and a hotmail account. On 9/4/2012 10:09 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I LOLed. :-) Did you visit the URL? *Such* a poor name choice, but a fairly even match to the product. :-/ On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
I think not. On 9/4/2012 10:03 PM, frank theriault wrote: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? ;-) Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: knarftheriault It only occurred to me to check out the site after I posted. Grammatical error ~in the first sentence~ of the home page (subject doesn't agree with predicate). Quite impressive... :-\ cheers, frank Kool. That's what I want to be when I grow up. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brian Walters Quoting frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? I thought it must have been a company that does video inspections of underground

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 5, 2012, at 11:54 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Brian Walters Quoting frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? I thought it must have been a

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:03 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? Some people plunge into a business to fast. Dave ;-) Hope you enjoy.

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-05 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:19 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:03 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? Some

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On Sep 5, 2012, at 11:54 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Brian Walters Quoting frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? I thought it must

PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-04 Thread frank theriault
My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? ;-) Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-04 Thread Bruce Walker
I LOLed. :-) Did you visit the URL? *Such* a poor name choice, but a fairly even match to the product. :-/ On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:03 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-04 Thread Steven Desjardins
Looks like crap to me. On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I LOLed. :-) Did you visit the URL? *Such* a poor name choice, but a fairly even match to the product. :-/ On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:03 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-04 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Oh, piss off. ;-) Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Sent: September 4, 2012 9/4/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - So Many

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-04 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
--- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Sent: September 4, 2012 9/4/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - So Many Questions I LOLed. :-) Did you visit the URL? *Such* a poor name choice, but a fairly even match to the product. :-/ On Tue

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-04 Thread Tim Bray
Won it in a poker game? -T On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 7:03 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? ;-) Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers,

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-04 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? I thought it must have been a company that does video inspections of underground pipelines. Strange

RE: so many questions

2001-10-30 Thread Erik Nordin
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: so many questions Why do you need a couple of lenses? What have you tried to photograph that the lens you have didn't work for? How often have you run into that problem? Go out and shoot pictures. Read a couple of books. We on this list can help you decide which lens is best

so many questions - AND YOUR ANSWERS

2001-10-30 Thread Sandmann, Silke
Hi all, Thanks very much for your response. I am astonished and grateful for it. Reading your discussions will take me further step by step as well. And in case I should get that far as you guys already are I will be glad to be there for a beginner just like me now. @ Erik + @ graywolf (Tom

AW: so many questions

2001-10-30 Thread Mike Johnston
Silke wrote: But to start I need at least a certain amount of lenses, don't I? At least 2? One for the close and one for the distance. And exactly that is what I am trying to find out. But I certainly don't want to spend money just to get an equipment I am not able to use (yet). If one

Re: AW: so many questions

2001-10-30 Thread Mike Johnston
Bob S. wrote: If four lenses, add a 28mm at f2.0 (I never have learned to use wide angles.) Bob, We're similar but opposite. I never have learned how to use telephotos. 100mm lenses seem almost impossibly long to me. I once bought a 180mm and couldn't figure out anything to shoot with it! Even

RE: AW: so many questions

2001-10-30 Thread Skofteland, Christian
Mike, I can't get lenses long enough! I have my eye on a 600mm f4. I just need to win the lottery Christian Skofteland I never have learned how to use telephotos. 100mm lenses seem almost impossibly long to me. I once bought a 180mm and couldn't figure out anything to shoot with

Re: so many questions

2001-10-30 Thread Lon Williamson
Sandmann, Silke wrote: Is it right, that the 28:70 is adviseable? What about the telephoto lens? I am grateful for any advises of you experienced Pentax user. I mean, everybody has started .. Any coments are appreciated. I suggest, if you're going with prime (not zoom) lenses, to

Re: so many questions

2001-10-30 Thread PAUL STENQUIST
The last time I traveled to Mexico City I decided that I ought not to take more than 3 lenses. I chose a 35, a 100 and a 200. This seemed to provide adequate coverage for most picture taking situations. Paul Lon Williamson wrote: Sandmann, Silke wrote: Is it right, that the 28:70 is

so many questions

2001-10-29 Thread Sandmann, Silke
Hiya there, let me expose it the following way. I am complete unexperienced regarding Pentax but I am willing to learn as much a possible. For a certain time someone has lent me the K 2. Wonderful camera. I have got a relationship with it already and the first pictures came out great, too.

RE: so many questions

2001-10-29 Thread Erik Nordin
, Silke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: den 29 oktober 2001 13:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: so many questions Hiya there, let me expose it the following way. I am complete unexperienced regarding Pentax but I am willing to learn as much a possible. For a certain time someone has lent me the K

AW: so many questions

2001-10-29 Thread Sandmann, Silke
. Silke -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Erik Nordin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet am: Montag, 29. Oktober 2001 15:02 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: RE: so many questions Hi Silke, and welcome to the list! The FA 28-70/4 is a very good allround zoom lens, although

Re: so many questions

2001-10-29 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 7:43 AM Subject: so many questions Hiya there, let me expose it the following way. I am complete unexperienced regarding Pentax but I am willing to learn as much a possible. For a certain time someone has lent me the K 2

AW: so many questions

2001-10-29 Thread Sandmann, Silke
to use (yet). -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Tom Rittenhouse [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet am: Montag, 29. Oktober 2001 16:34 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: so many questions The strange thing about selecting lenses is that it tends to sort itself out

Re: AW: so many questions

2001-10-29 Thread Frank Theriault
In my humble opinion, you don't need any particular amount of lenses. You've got a good one on your camera to begin with. The type of photography you want to do will dictate how many and what focal length lenses you need. Henri Cartier-Bresson managed pretty well, and he used only three

Re: so many questions

2001-10-29 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
: Sandmann, Silke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:11 AM Subject: AW: so many questions I read that already. And I agree with you. But to start I need at least a certain amount of lenses, don't I? At least 2? One for the close and one for the distance