Re: PESO: You can't buy class

2014-12-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
back in therapy for another 10 years or more. B > On 15 Dec 2014, at 21:18, John wrote: > > A cursory Google search will turn up a portrait of Peter Schoenhofen. Neither > the spinx, nor the angel looks anything like him. > > On 12/15/2014 4:01 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: &

Re: PESO: You can't buy class

2014-12-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
:0) > On 15 Dec 2014, at 22:35, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > Bob, you never got out of therapy > >> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 4:20 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >> The angel is a bog-standard off-the-shelf funerary angel whose face is based >> on classical faces. The sphin

Re: PESO: You can't buy class

2014-12-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
Would that mean I'm Oedipus? B > On 16 Dec 2014, at 05:38, John wrote: > > Maybe the sphinx looks like Bob's therapist? > >> On 12/15/2014 7:36 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >> And here I thought Bob W-pdml was therapy ! >> >> Kenneth Waller >

Re: OT: You *MUST* see "Ida"

2014-12-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
I haven't seen it yet, but it's had rave reviews from all the people in my French cinema class. Of course for some people that may not be a recommendation... B > On 16 Dec 2014, at 03:25, Darren Addy wrote: > > The NewYorker article by David Denby on 2014's best movies said "Pawel > Pawliko

Re: OT - Photographer beats Lik's record photo sale by ten cents

2014-12-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
Creamy bokeh though > On 20 Dec 2014, at 03:05, Matthew Hunt wrote: > > The "dessert landscape" is a bit saccharine for my taste. > >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> Seems the art world doubts the authenticity of Peter Lik's record $6.5M sale. >> >> And apparently Je

Re: You Fuji owners may have firmware updates (and also be arrogant)

2014-12-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
I think his criticism is fair, and his comparison with tourism is appropriate so it is not simply anti-royalist. He is saying that Harry is behaving like an imperialist, which I think is true. He is able to behave like that, or at least get attention, because he is royal - most tourists do not.

Re: Was this year on PDML reMark!able?

2014-12-20 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 20 Dec 2014, at 21:59, Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Anyone have suggestions as to how we might increase awareness of the > PDML? > We could hack Sony, maybe sell some photos for $6 million or so B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Wedding Feast

2014-12-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's interesting and nicely done. A bit too busy for me, but that's not your fault. It would have been nice if you'd included the edge of the table, showing some of the food and perhaps a knife or something breaking the edge. Still lifes of this purpose were used not only to show off the pat

Re: Was this year on PDML reMark!able?

2014-12-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 21 Dec 2014, at 11:43, Alan C wrote: > > [...] > > In the relatively short time I have been a member there has certainly been a > reduction in the number or postings especially the sarcastic & jocular type > some of which are very clever (reMARK!able). Post hoc ergo propter hoc? B > [...

Jane Bown

2014-12-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
The BBC is reporting that Jane Bown has died. She was a great photographer, to the extent that in the recent discussions about photography as 'art', her portrait of Sam Beckett was cited as incontrovertible evidence in favour. http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jane-bown B -- PDML Penta

Re: PESO - Wedding Feast

2014-12-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
Thanks > > >> On 12/21/14 11:00 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 08:40:44 + >> From: Bob W-PDML >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: PESO - Wedding Feast >> Message-ID: >> Content-Type: te

Re: PESO - Wedding Feast

2014-12-21 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 21 Dec 2014, at 18:17, Bill wrote: > >> On 21/12/2014 12:05 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >> Two real masters of still life who are worth getting to know, if you >> don't know them already, are Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, and Lubin >> Baugin. >> >> The l

Re: PESO 2014 - 323 - GDG

2014-12-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
Nicely done. It looks more like Britain than California. B > On 22 Dec 2014, at 16:07, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > The past week has been a lot of rain here. The walk Saturday morning was half > in drizzle… > > https://flic.kr/p/qdoVdd > > Thanks for looking. > > Godfrey > --- > "Seiz

Re: OT News

2014-12-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
Wonderful! Congratulations to all concerned. B > On 24 Dec 2014, at 17:09, David J Brooks wrote: > > sorry forgot the link > > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/images/Clark1-.jpg > > Dave > >> On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 11:52 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> Looks like i'm a grampa now.:-) >> >> D

Re: PESO 2014 - 309 - GDG

2014-12-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
And a very jolly multi-faith-and-no-faith winterval not-forgetting-all-those-who-have-to-work holiday to one and all! Bob Scratchit > On 24 Dec 2014, at 17:25, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > A fine holiday to all! > > https://flic.kr/p/qeVnZV > > And a great year to come! > > onwards! > God

Re: OT News

2014-12-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
You should get 3 - a gold one, a frankincense one, and one made of myrrh, whatever the hell that is. B > On 24 Dec 2014, at 17:32, David J Brooks wrote: > > thank. I think this justifies the cost of a 55-300 for stealth baby > shots, right?? > > Dave > >> On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 12:28 PM,

Re: OT News

2014-12-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 24 Dec 2014, at 21:28, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> You should get 3 - a gold one, a frankincense one, and one made of myrrh, >> whatever the hell that is. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIjBO26qjYM > That must be where I stole the jo

Re: OT News

2014-12-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
24, 2014, at 12:58 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >> >> You should get 3 - a gold one, a frankincense one, and one made of myrrh, >> whatever the hell that is. >> >> B >> >> >> >>> On 24 Dec 2014, at 17:32, David J Brooks wrote: >>>

Re: Happy Holidays from Chicago!

2014-12-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
And the same to you! > On 24 Dec 2014, at 21:42, Christine Aguila wrote: > > Hi Everyone: > > Wishing you all the very best this holiday season and in the coming New Year! > > http://www.caguila.com/xmascard2014/content/michigan_avenue_large.html > > Big Cheers, Christine and Darrel > > --

Re: No fool'in

2014-12-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
He's not allowed into the UK any more since Nigel Farage discovered he's Turkish. B > On 25 Dec 2014, at 06:16, Christine Aguila wrote: > > I just saw Santa fly by. Totally cool! Cheers, Christine > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_p

Re: No fool'in

2014-12-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
It's true: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30600469 B > On 25 Dec 2014, at 11:51, Jack Davis wrote: > > OK, enough Christmas cheer, Christine. :) > > Jack > > - Original Message - > From: "Christine Aguila" > > I just saw Santa fly by. Totally cool! Cheers, Christin

Re: OT:Christmas Dinner

2014-12-26 Thread Bob W-PDML
Other things being more or less equal, it's a good idea to choose cork because it helps to maintain a unique ecosystem and culture. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/aug/22/cork-screw-cap-wine-environment http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/rob_on_the_road/2148738.stm

Re: Gordon Parks Exhibition in Boston

2014-12-28 Thread Bob W-PDML
Fantastic photos, thanks. I love that Life / Magnum style of humanist photography, and the composition of the individual shots, the b&w tonality etc. are all wonderful. And it's very timely. It would be nice to see them laid out on a page with text. One of the lost arts is laying out a photo e

Re: Gordon Parks Exhibition in Boston

2014-12-28 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 28 Dec 2014, at 18:08, Christine Aguila wrote: > > [...] > >> It would be nice to see them laid out on a page with text. One of the lost >> arts is laying out a photo essay as a set on a double-page spread, making >> different pictures work together so that the whole is greater than the s

Re: PESO: Chilling in Calais

2014-12-28 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 28 Dec 2014, at 21:20, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Been chilling (pun intended) in Calais all afternoon until the light was > gone, playing around with the K-3 and the HD DA 55-300 mm. Thought you might > like this one of ferry MFL Berlioz leaving Calais for Dover, shortly after > sunset:

Re: The PDML Holiday Tradition

2014-12-30 Thread Bob W-PDML
You have become a metaPDMLer B > On 30 Dec 2014, at 20:25, DagT wrote: > > Nice, I have been mentioned without being quoted :-) > > DagT > >> 25. des. 2014 kl. 02.38 skrev Mark Roberts : >> >> Happy holidays all! I just picked up Lisa from the hospital (yeah, >> working till 8:30 on Christm

Re: Happy new year from England

2015-01-01 Thread Bob W-PDML
Same to you and to everyone else, B > On 1 Jan 2015, at 01:49, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > To PDMLers obvious or lurking, prominent or cloaked, developed or latent > - a peaceful and prosperous 2015 to you all. > > Best wishes, Cotty > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:

Re: PESO: Moon Over Wildcat

2015-01-01 Thread Bob W-PDML
Why not just post stuff to websites that don't require instructions to use them, and don't hassle people to download an app to look at a picture? B > On 1 Jan 2015, at 17:10, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> Yes, Pinterest is very annoying for non-members. >> I was able t

Re: PESO: Moon Over Wildcat

2015-01-01 Thread Bob W-PDML
Ta, that's a lovely shot. B > On 1 Jan 2015, at 17:45, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> Why not just post stuff to websites that don't require instructions to use >> them, and don't hassle people to download an app to look at a pictur

Re: OT: Go Pro

2015-01-03 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 3 Jan 2015, at 21:28, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 3/1/15, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Not quite correct when talking to a US-based list member. >> >> In the US, there are two different formats used for broadcast HD TV; >> 720p (1280 x 720 progressive), and 1080i (1920 x

Re: OT: Go Pro

2015-01-04 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 4 Jan 2015, at 05:11, David Mann wrote: > >> [...] > > I have given thought to making a film about training and racing but it'd be > well beyond my skill and budget to produce to my satisfaction. > "All you need to make a good film is a girl and a gun" --- Jean-Luc Godard -- PDML Pentax-

OT: Another thing about getting old

2015-01-04 Thread Bob W-PDML
http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/age-means-youre-less-certain-if-a-baboon-or-badger-would-win-in-a-fight--gyrW9qiFZg Dunno about you, but I'd bet on the baboon every time. Well, I say every time, but ask me again next year and I might not be so sure. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List P

Re: PESO: Oxford Circus

2015-01-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
It captures well the bustle of Oxford Circus (world capital of pickpocketing), but the hdr is too heavy-handed for my taste, particularly on the buildings and the paving stones. I occasionally try to browse things on pinterest when google has sent me there, but it's a waste of time trying. What

Re: PESO: Near the Peak

2015-01-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
Really beautiful country - I love the Carpathians, what I've seen of them. B > On 6 Jan 2015, at 19:30, Attila Boros wrote: > > An older photo, taken while hiking in the Carpathians. Pentax K10D and > DA 21mm Limited. > > https://500px.com/photo/94848451/near-the-peak-by-attila-boros > > Att

Re: OT: Another thing about getting old

2015-01-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
gt; No match for a leopard, mind you. >> >> Alan C >> >> -Original Message- From: Bob W-PDML >> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 5:02 PM >> To: Mail List Pentax-Discuss >> Subject: OT: Another thing about getting old >> >> http:/

Re: OT: Another thing about getting old

2015-01-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
Having written that, I'll probably be attacked by eagles on my way to work tomorrow, killed, and fed to their chicks in some lofty eyrie. B > On 6 Jan 2015, at 20:23, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > I plan to live forever, and knowing my mythology I took the precaution of > specify

Re: OT: Another thing about getting old

2015-01-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
Yes, but somebody has to do it. B > On 7 Jan 2015, at 03:00, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > it must be pretty tough being you Bob... > > On Tue, 6 Jan 2015 20:24:39 +0000 > Bob W-PDML wrote: > >> Having written that, I'll probably be attacked by eagles on my way

Re: PESO Seriously?

2015-01-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 7 Jan 2015, at 20:16, steve harley wrote: > >> On 2015-01-06 7:36 , Bruce Walker wrote: >> My plush model, Gandalf, in a more soft, flattering light. Warning: >> Photo contains cat. >> >> https://500px.com/photo/94757277/gandalf-by-bruce-walker > > i like cats, and this is very attractive >

Re: PESO 2015 - 009 - GDG

2015-01-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
I don't understand the concept of going out for breakfast, especially a quick one. A couple of my friends say things like "let's meet at such-and-such a place for breakfast", to which I reply "maybe some other time", which is Bobspeak for "are you completely out of your mind? I'm not going t

Re: January PUG now up!

2015-01-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
It's a really good gallery. I'm not going to pick any favourites in case ann gets big-headed. I don't normally like 'abstract' photography because a) it's never abstract and b) it's normally just a case of 'can you tell what this extreme close-up is?', for this gallery I'll make a rare excepti

Re: A new year's resolution already

2015-01-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
She's more than a mistress, Paul. She's a wife, she's a mother, she's an errant child. She can make you laugh, she can make you cry. She can bring tears to my eyes, she can bring blood to my shoulder. She can bring the kettle to the boil. Like football, photography's about nothing unless it's ab

Re: A new year's resolution already

2015-01-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 12 Jan 2015, at 01:45, steve harley wrote: > >> On 2015-01-11 17:59 , Eric Weir wrote: >> >>> On Jan 11, 2015, at 7:27 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> >>> On Jan 11, 2015, at 3:48 PM, Eric Weir wrote: ... What’s the secret of wildlife? >>> >>> Study, patience, discomfort, waiti

Re: A new year's resolution already

2015-01-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 12 Jan 2015, at 00:59, Eric Weir wrote: > > >> On Jan 11, 2015, at 7:27 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> On Jan 11, 2015, at 3:48 PM, Eric Weir wrote: >>> >>> ... What’s the secret of wildlife? >> >> Study, patience, discomfort, waiting, and more patience. >> :-) > > Thanks, Godfrey.

Re: My morning at minus 15 F with a three headed dog.

2015-01-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Jan 2015, at 04:12, David Mann wrote: > >> On Jan 14, 2015, at 5:36 am, Donald Guthrie wrote: >> >> Thanks for all the kudos on this photo. Winter has it's challenges but I am >> making a concerted effort to keep taking pictures. It got down to -16F here >> last night. ( I think F & C m

Re: My morning at minus 15 F with a three headed dog.

2015-01-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Jan 2015, at 09:34, Brian Walters wrote: > > Quoting Bob W-PDML : > >>> On 14 Jan 2015, at 04:12, David Mann wrote: >>> >>>> On Jan 14, 2015, at 5:36 am, Donald Guthrie wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for all the kudos on

Re: PSEO: On the Steps, Art Institute of Chicago

2015-01-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
I think you need to step away from the HDR button for a while. B > On 14 Jan 2015, at 14:39, Mark Roberts wrote: > > http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/40/62/7c/40627c2ef8b1667caf6bfd1a51aa804d.jpg > or > http://www.pinterest.com/pin/322570392035657746/ > > From my trip to Chicago a

Nouvelle Vague

2015-01-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
I went with some friends to a rather subdued Paris for the day on Monday to look at the Truffaut exhibition at the Cinematheque - highly recommended! In the cafeteria we saw this scene, which is so typically Nouvelle Vague it could have been set up specially for me: http://www.web-options.com/

Re: Nouvelle Vague

2015-01-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
>> On Jan 16, 2015, at 3:15 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >> >> I went with some friends to a rather subdued Paris for the day on Monday to >> look at the Truffaut exhibition at the Cinematheque - highly recommended! >> >> In the cafeteria we saw this scene, which

Re: PESO Gothic Geisha

2015-01-17 Thread Bob W-PDML
Very dramatic, and technically accomplished. B > On 17 Jan 2015, at 03:14, Bruce Walker wrote: > > Emily Yoshizawa is a clothing designer, an artisan, a Japanese > language translator and a friend. She was keen to do another creative > photoshoot after having enjoyed our first collaboration l

Re: PESO: Lunch Photo

2015-01-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 23 Jan 2015, at 19:29, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 4:30 AM, Alan C wrote: >> she probably found a bug in the lettuce. > > No, she seemed quite proud of it. I think she was showing someone > that she bought a salad, rather than the usual hi-calorie Hawaiian > plate

Re: OT: excuses,excuses,excuses

2015-01-23 Thread Bob W-PDML
Get better quick! Love the photos - no idea where they are. Bikinis in 1944? Maybe: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini#/image/File:Villa_del_Casale_-_jeu_de_balle.jpeg B > On 23 Jan 2015, at 17:22, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > Guys , sorry to be so absent but just haven't been able to get t

Re: Back up software

2015-01-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
I don't use a back-up program, in the sense of one that compresses everything, I use SyncToy on a 64-bit W7 box, which copies the files but still has the options for full, incremental etc. copying, which is more flexible than imaging the disk, but slower. It's a bit of MS freeware. Very simple,

Re: PESO - Lora's Granola

2015-01-24 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 24 Jan 2015, at 23:48, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > nono this is pun dml We're cereal punsters > > Interesting shot, Rick little too grainy though > > ann > >> On 1/24/2015 13:32, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> Can't we bar these puns? >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/dani

Re: GESO Clark meets Great Grama

2015-01-25 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's quite something. It'll be 2105 when he has his 92nd birthday. B > On 25 Jan 2015, at 16:52, David J Brooks wrote: > > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1077570 > > Since most people here think my 'small galleries' of 130 pictures or > more, are not small, i submit 10 photos ad

Re: OT: Two Feet of Snow

2015-01-27 Thread Bob W-PDML
How come you always load your Pentax When I'm in the nude? We oughta have a birthday party, And you can wear your birthday clothes We can hit the floor And go explore those Popsicle toes. > On 27 Jan 2015, at 18:58, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > What two feet of snow in New York City looks lik

Re: My 2014 "best of"

2015-01-28 Thread Bob W-PDML
Superb selection. Bon voyage! B > On 28 Jan 2015, at 22:05, Stanley Halpin wrote: > > A quick selection which includes the 3 shots I just sent to Mark for his > consideration in the Annual. > > http://www.zenfolio.com/smhphotos/p344979433 > > I’m outta here tomorrow for a trip to Argentina

Re: OT: Artist Develops 31 Rolls of Lost Film Shot by a Soldier in WWII

2015-01-30 Thread Bob W-PDML
Fascinating, thanks. B > On 30 Jan 2015, at 17:17, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=Iztyk&m=3hPjFrH1DJsqOiF&b=_fSgOVpmgsdAil.NMaXmQA > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://

Re: PESO -- Untitled

2015-01-31 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 31 Jan 2015, at 15:00, Rick Womer wrote: > > Peter, I'm getting a 404. > > Rick A wise choice - Pierrot le fou would be proud of you. http://www.parisbalade.fr/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Belmondo-Peugeot-404.jpg B > > On Jan 31, 2015, at 12:10 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: > >>> https://dl.dr

Re: PESO - Window Shopping, Oxford 2015

2015-01-31 Thread Bob W-PDML
Magnificent. Now you're going to have to change the name of your company to match the number plate. B > On 31 Jan 2015, at 20:24, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 31/1/15, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Is "kitting it out" something like "pimping it out?" > > You got it Jack. >

Re: Boris 2015 #01 - Company

2015-01-31 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 31 Jan 2015, at 20:29, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 31/1/15, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>> For some reason that I cannot possibly imagine, this photo is very >>> popular with a certain group of people on Google+... >>> >>> Have a look :-) >>> >>> http://pentax-ways.blogs

Re: K3 questions.

2015-01-31 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 31 Jan 2015, at 20:38, John wrote: > >> > > > Well, if the putative "full-frame" Pentax DSLR gets announced anytime > soon & the body comes in anywhere under $2000, I've got almost enough > saved up again. > > I'll be set if it comes out sometime before GFM Nature Photography > Weekend or

Re: Boris 2015 #01 - Company

2015-01-31 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 31 Jan 2015, at 23:43, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 31/1/15, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> Yes. And probably better with a concrete floor. And tables instead of >> chairs. Plus I think the shadows are a bit distracting, so maybe if it >> was taken

Re: Peso: recent greeting card design

2015-02-01 Thread Bob W-PDML
Gives you a nice, warm glow and makes you feel uplifted doesn't it? > On 1 Feb 2015, at 07:56, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Nice, Ann! > > I like the sample text you inserted . . . . > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > >> On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 12:11 A

Re: Bill Owen failing

2015-02-02 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's really sad to hear. We old-timers have known each other for so long, online and in bricks & mortar (that's Bobish for 'pubs'), that it's hard to imagine life without everyone from this strange group of misfits. Please let his family know that his friends are with them. B > On 2 Feb 20

Re: Peso-Closeup Snow Goose

2015-02-02 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 2 Feb 2015, at 19:39, Jack Davis wrote: > > Too bad I wasted my rare stroke of good luck on a goose, huh? Haven't seen one of these for a while: Mark! B > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: New Zoom Lenses

2015-02-04 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 4 Feb 2015, at 03:38, Brian Walters wrote: > > Via Asahi Man at DP Review, according to Photo Rumors, two new lenses are to > be released on 5 Feb. Both are D-FA. > > Let FFF (full frame frenzy) commence > I shall eat mine with a nice Chianti. FFF... B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: PC diagnosis

2015-02-05 Thread Bob W-PDML
Clean all the dust out with a vacuum cleaner. B > On 5 Feb 2015, at 17:47, CollinB wrote: > > Thanks for all the input. > > I swapped the video card. V7900 (typo earlier) for newer W5100. Made no > diff. Swapped ram. No diff. > > Reseated the CPU heat sink. Cannot tell if that was en

Re: PESO: Pine in the Field

2015-02-05 Thread Bob W-PDML
That looks a bit lonely. When I was at school in Singapore in the early 60s there was an enormous pineapple field next to the school. It was nice to have fresh pineapples. B > On 5 Feb 2015, at 09:59, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > For almost 100 years, the pineapple was one of the most popul

Re: PESO Tessa does Wegman

2015-02-06 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 6 Feb 2015, at 17:28, Bill wrote: > >> On 06/02/2015 10:35 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Bill wrote: On 03/02/2015 8:35 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Thanks, Ann. Yes, Tessa needs more handling and distracting to start having a good time

Re: HCB Decisive Moment Arrived!

2015-02-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
Enjoy - mine arrived a few weeks ago. Nice isn't it? B > On 6 Feb 2015, at 23:30, Christine Aguila wrote: > > Hi All— > > My edition of HCB’s “The Decisive Moment” arrived just now. It’s > beautiful—slipcase, large format—looking forward to curling up on the couch > and have a leisurely l

Re: PESO Tessa does Wegman

2015-02-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 6 Feb 2015, at 23:14, Bill wrote: > >> On 06/02/2015 2:30 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >>> On 6 Feb 2015, at 17:28, Bill wrote: >>> >>>>> On 06/02/2015 10:35 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, B

Re: Your guess on the Pentax Full Frame specs?

2015-02-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 6 Feb 2015, at 23:54, Larry Colen wrote: > > > >> On February 6, 2015 1:07:28 PM PST, John wrote: >>> On 2/6/2015 2:52 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> Stretch prediction: Once people start noticing Pentax, and realize >> that >>> the glass from all the old K1000s sitting in people's closet

Re: HCB Decisive Moment Arrived!

2015-02-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
Don't worry, if it's anything like last time you'll only have to wait 62 years. B P.s. I had no idea it was Amazon's birthday - happy birthday, Amazon! > On 7 Feb 2015, at 10:34, Chris Mitchell wrote: > > I've just ordered it with some handy Amazon birthday vouchers. Out of > stock so I have

Re: OT: Drive (2011) - The Quadrant System

2015-02-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's very interesting, thanks. I've forwarded it to the people in my cinema class. B > On 7 Feb 2015, at 10:35, Bruce Walker wrote: > > Thanks, Attila! > >> On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 3:18 AM, Attila Boros wrote: >> Tony Zhou explains the quadrant system used in the film. I also like >> Ryan

Re: February PUG is now up

2015-02-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
Nice gallery. I like the goat, and Christine's best, but there's a lot of good stuff. 2 or 3 years ago Christine and a few others talked about us doing a joint beach gallery, but I don't think we ever finished it. But in honour of this month's PUG I have put up a gallery of my own non-Pentax be

Re: Your guess on the Pentax Full Frame specs?

2015-02-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 7 Feb 2015, at 14:51, P.J. Alling wrote: > >> On 2/7/2015 4:50 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >>> On 6 Feb 2015, at 23:54, Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> >>>>> On February 6, 2015 1:07:28 PM PST, John wrote: >>>>> On 2/6/2015 2:52 PM

Re: PESO: Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa

2015-02-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 7 Feb 2015, at 19:15, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > No trip to Maui is complete with out an image of the state fiss of Hawaii: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17962185&size=lg > Comments are invited > > The name means" trigger fish with a nose like a pig." > Not to be confused with t

Re: 35mm film v 35mm DSLR

2015-02-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
"Are cameras sensors getting too large at 35mm? " Burn the heretic! 35mm was a cinema standard - it was projected large. I had some Kodachrome slides shown through a top-end Leica projector onto a top-end screen, cinema size, a few years ago and the quality was stunning. But digital and film

Re: PESO - Pond Hockey

2015-02-07 Thread Bob W-PDML
Nice to have you back. And an enjoyable photo too, kind of outside time. If it's any consolation I haven't been taking pictures recently either - too much other stuff going on. B > On 8 Feb 2015, at 00:30, knarf wrote: > > Back after a long hiatus. I am in the middle of my longest and deep

Re: 35mm film v 35mm DSLR

2015-02-08 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 8 Feb 2015, at 11:10, Malcolm Smith wrote: > > [...] > I just have this nagging feeling that I'm being > pushed to buy products which fill a need that doesn't exist. Welcome to capitalism. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net t

Re: Easy on Cotty, folks

2015-02-08 Thread Bob W-PDML
No way. He must be forced to eat the entire millinery department of Bloomingdales, Harrods and Galeries Lafayette one after the other and not allowed so much as a drop of Earl Grey in between. Let him eat titfer! B > On 8 Feb 2015, at 17:10, CollinB wrote: > > This is, after all, a forthcom

Re: Full-Framer Coming

2015-02-08 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 8 Feb 2015, at 17:31, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> On Feb 8, 2015, at 2:44 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> >> On 8/2/15, james, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> Wasn't there someone named COTTY. >>> Wasn't there something about a HAT. >>> Wasn't there something about pentax FF. >>> Wasn't ther

Re: PESO 2015 - 016 - GDG

2015-02-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
You never stray far from a Starbucks! It's a nice shot but I think it needs a bit more Marshall McLuhan. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OpIYz8tfGjY B > On 9 Feb 2015, at 19:56, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > At the movie theater on Saturday, I was enjoying the dynamics of the ticket > line cro

Re: Enablement: Bottom feeder purchases 43mm Limited SILVER (MIJ)

2015-02-09 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 9 Feb 2015, at 20:42, steve harley wrote: > >> On 2015-02-08 20:02 , Darren Addy wrote: >> Friends don't let friend drink New Belgium Trippels and surf eBay. > > one of my favorite beers over a decade or more; stop by when you're in Denver > sometime and i'll take you to a few excellent hype

Re: PESO - Nanotech

2015-02-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
I was expecting it to be a lot smaller. B > On 11 Feb 2015, at 02:18, Rick Womer wrote: > > There's a fancy new nanotechnology laboratory building on the University of > Pennsylvania campus, which I've been wanting to shoot for months. I finally > got a chance this past weekend. > > http://p

OT: hot news from the groves of Academe

2015-02-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
I don't post much these days, so when I do you know it must be important: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/feb/11/pippa-middleton-backside-marxist B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visi

Re: OT: hot news from the groves of Academe

2015-02-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
This is what mine looks like: http://blog.gayleleonard.com/2010/07/the-phattest-water-butt-of-all/ > On 11 Feb 2015, at 18:54, P.J. Alling wrote: > > If I must look at butts, I'd at least like them to be naked. > >> On 2/11/2015 1:20 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >> I d

Re: OT: hot news from the groves of Academe

2015-02-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 11 Feb 2015, at 21:45, Brian Walters wrote: > > Quoting Bob W-PDML : > >> I don't post much these days, so when I do you know it must be important: >> >> http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/feb/11/pippa-middleton-backside-marxist > > > Is Pip

Re: Photo-Puzzler: Whose Eye It Is Anyway?

2015-02-11 Thread Bob W-PDML
We all need a hump from time to time. > On 11 Feb 2015, at 22:10, P.J. Alling wrote: > > I don't know but it kind of worries me that Paul may have dated a camel. > >> On 2/11/2015 3:59 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >> >> Bingo! >> >> (And no, I don't know your highschool sweetheart. :-) ) >> >>

Re: PESO: Finke River

2015-02-12 Thread Bob W-PDML
It was named after the famously dry herpetologist Augustus "Gussie" Fink-Nottle who discovered it during a newting expedition whilst " on a break" from his fiancee Madeline Bassett. > On 12 Feb 2015, at 02:46, David Mann wrote: > > Australians have a pretty loose definition of "river" :) >

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
I seem to remember Pentax showing a mockup or prototype before, which never actually hit the streets. I could show a mockup of a time machine, doesn't mean I'll ever be able to travel forward to 2525 to watch Cotty eat his hat when the camera is available in whatever passes for shops then. That'

OT: Carry out the Party's policies as exactly in all aspects as the Chonji Lubricating Oil Factory did!

2015-02-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
Once again the People's Factory for the Production of Great Socialist Exclamation Marks has exceeded its quota, to the everlasting glory of Our Heroic Leader! http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-31446387 B! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/

Re: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
Somebody ought to invent a Universal Machine! > On 13 Feb 2015, at 19:47, P.J. Alling wrote: > > Recent motherboards don't even have floppy controllers built onto them and no > one makes a PCI anything floppy controller add in board, so 5 1/4 floppys are > dead unless you happen to have an o

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Feb 2015, at 04:05, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Larry Colen wrote: > >> Bob W-PDML wrote: >>> I seem to remember Pentax showing a mockup or prototype before, which never >>> actually hit the streets. I could show a mockup of a time machine, doesn't

Re: OT: Carry out the Party's policies as exactly in all aspects as the Chonji Lubricating Oil Factory did!

2015-02-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
The leadership certainly, but not the people. > On 14 Feb 2015, at 17:45, Bruce Walker wrote: > > "Let us build our country into the most powerful one in the world, > into a people's fairyland," > > They appear well on their way to that fairyland. > >&

OT: Wondering what to do with the rest of your life?

2015-02-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
Try http://usvsth3m.com See if you can spot the dirty Frenchman in Donna Summers' Disco Sausage Quiz! B -- 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

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Feb 2015, at 20:58, John wrote: > >> On 2/14/2015 3:11 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> On 14/2/15, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> For my English Literature 'O' Levels (or whatever the exams are called this >>> week for those of around 16 years of age), I got a book of short

Re: Test

2015-02-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
I'll try to do one that's unusually abusive... > On 14 Feb 2015, at 21:00, mike wilson wrote: > > For plain text mode. Am I back in the world of the living again? I > probably won't see my own post so a reply (even the usual abusive > ones) would be appreciated. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discus

Re: atRe: Pentax HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR Lens - recommended?

2015-02-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 15 Feb 2015, at 17:38, Mark Roberts wrote: > > P.J. Alling wrote: > >>> On 2/15/2015 12:22 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >>> > Am 15.02.15 um 16:23 schrieb Mark Roberts: > > And the even-less-expensive DA-L 55-300 is the same lens optically. Do note

Riverside

2015-02-15 Thread Bob W-PDML
Today has been the first beautiful day of the year, I think. Anyway, there was warm sunshine and only one cloud in the sky. Here are some snaps from the river, taken with my phone: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=439D213A93634DD4!100942&authkey=!AE8WXARDskFb12Y&ithint=folder%2c B -- PD

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