It's hard to tell much from a small web image, but to anyone but
a birder this just looks like a group of birds (possibly ducks).
There's no discernable detail on the individuals, so mostly it's
just a clump of dark shapes.
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 08:25:58AM -0800, Francis wrote:
Good morning
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 11:29:48PM +, Cotty wrote:
On 14/01/08, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed:
The question being, though *My glasses are clean but my mind isn't. is
currently the leading quote, wouldn't **You can never have too many
lenses. be more appropriate, (and more a
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 11:57:06AM -0500, Christian wrote:
XXlarge. Light blue with dark font.
Large. Black with red font. It's Pentax after all right?
And some kind of PDML reference (URL? Logo?), of course.
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On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 03:53:22PM -0500, David J Brooks wrote:
On Jan 15, 2008 2:55 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
John Francis wrote:
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 11:57:06AM -0500, Christian wrote:
XXlarge. Light blue with dark font.
Large. Black with red font. It's
That should be Pedants, not Pedantics :-)
Pedantic Disagreeable Mendacious Loudmouths ?
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 04:17:52PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pedantics, Dunces, Masochists and Liars
Mostly pedantics and masochists:-)
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On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 12:37:59PM -0500, Scott Loveless wrote:
If I buy it one piece at a time maybe I can sneak it in without my wife
noticing.
MARK!
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On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 12:49:42PM -0500, Amita Guha wrote:
What do you guys think? There seems to be some debate over whether
Photoshop can even make use of multiple processors, so I'm fine with
going with the single quad core MB, but I'm not sure about the rest.
What debate? Photoshop is
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 12:14:40PM -0600, William Robb wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_and_Ford_tire_controversy
...
In my opinion this demonstrates one of the big problems with wikipedia -
it is by no means an authoritative source, but people treat it as such.
Note that this
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 01:37:04PM -0500, Ken Waller wrote:
And since you're a 600/4 owner, I'm sure you're going to want that
thong:-)
I was thinking along the lines of a 250-500mm ZOOM!
... or even a 250-600 ?
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On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 10:35:55AM +, Cotty wrote:
On 18/01/08, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed:
However, road tax is now based on emissions, so my wife's 1.4 diesel
costs ?35 per year compared to my 1.8 at (whimper) ?180.
My Land Rover @ ?240 per year.
I belive that by the
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 05:53:56PM +1300, David Mann wrote:
On Jan 20, 2008, at 7:50 AM, William Robb wrote:
Try running Windows Update.
You can go to the Symantec website and download a 15 day trial of
Norton
Antivirus which may pick up on the malware.
I've heard that Norton is
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 10:09:53PM +0900, David Savage wrote:
And you're basing that statement on what exactly?
Any activity that takes your mind off of whats happening on the road
is potentially dangerous.
Indeed. But multiple studies have shown that it's the act of talking
on the cell
On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 10:04:49AM +0200, Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote:
About the only worries I have on my commute are broken glass on
the roads (only on a couple of streets) and drivers using cell
phones. I'm absolutely gobsmacked at the amount of people I see
using one of those things
He chose the perfect weather window, too. Now it's rather dull.
On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 01:31:37PM -0600, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Charles,
That was almost like being on vacation myself!
Chinatown lamppost, Coit Tower, Alcatraz w/guard tower,
The Golden Gate bridge, nite shots of SanFran, ariel
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 07:27:55PM +0100, Tim ?sleby wrote:
A bit premature(?) release of the manualls from the german distributor
PDF's at bottom of page
http://www.pentax.de/_de/photo/service/download.php?photoservicedownload
I don't read geman very well I find:
CMOS sensor
ISO 100-6400
On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 09:05:22AM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech.218246788
It had to happen sooner or later...
Now that one I might go for! :-)
I'd prefer it if it was a female ...
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On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 03:35:53PM -0500, Adam Maas wrote:
On 1/24/08, Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 24, 2008, at 13:52, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
I saw the K10D somewhere recently for $509 New body only. Big
difference
from
$1299 initial price for the 20D.
On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 02:38:37PM -0500, Steve Desjardins wrote:
I do like the looks of the K20D, but I'm also pretty happy with the K10D
and I think that any extra money that comes my way will go towards
buying one or two of those new lenses. Lots of new ones I would like to
have. It's nice
On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 09:06:25PM -0600, Stan Halpin wrote:
You have penguins on your telly? I keep mine outside - much less mess
that way.
stan
One of the problems with flat-screen TVs is that there's
nowhere for the penguin to perch ..
http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/TVPenguin.jpg
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 08:17:05AM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote:
Cotty wrote:
On 24/01/08, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
one from Britain (not Cotty - someone
in Devon)
I don't like the font.
I'm having some done up in braille next...
Do that on a T-shirt offered in
I agree. FF will come as and when the sensors are available at a
reasonable premium, which I don't see happening inside 24 months.
5 fps RAW for 12-20 frames, 1/250 sync would be my criteria. I'm
pretty happy with the build quality of the K10D - I don't see why
that much improvement is needed
On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 12:11:48PM -0500, Scott Loveless wrote:
Perry Pellechia wrote:
Here is the original post archived for all eternity:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040219184659/www.kenrockwell.com/pentax/istD.htm
Where he admits:
I haven't played with it. I will presume
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:04:45AM -0700, Joseph Tainter wrote:
And SDM TC's are coming, Pentax's first new
TC's since the SMC-F era brought us the F 1.7x.
The TC(s) may be rebadged versions of the Kenko 300 TCs--which are
reported to be excellent. Pentax has said that for them to design
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:15:28PM -0500, Steve Desjardins wrote:
So here's my question: What does this Pentax of Death have to have
before you'd drop $2.5-4K USD to buy it.
I can't see Pentax playing in that market space. I'd say $2500 is the
upper end of their price bracket, and a
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 02:40:12PM +0800, Sandy Harris wrote:
There are lots of photos that do not need to have high resolution.
The new high-definition TVs are just under 2 megapixels, as is a
4 by 5 print at 300 dpi. PC screens range from about .5 to
about three Mp. For most web display
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 07:51:42PM -0500, Ken Waller wrote:
Mark's wish is my command !
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html
http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/T-Shirt.jpg
(I think I detect a pattern here ...)
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Pentax have suggested that some future DA* lenses might not be
dual-drive. That leaves the door open for them to switch to
ring motors for at least some lenses.
My bet is that it won't happen for a couple of years, though.
And when it does happen, people will be able to whine about
missing AF
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 12:39:14AM -0600, William Robb wrote:
I think this is what has me confused.
When we elect what passes for a government, Parliament is dissolved, the
campaigning runs for about a month, then we pick the least offensive option.
I don't understand what the primarys are
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 05:41:09PM -0500, Walter Hamler wrote:
I just bought a Pentax Bellows from an internet telescope source. The
pic tells that it is a screw mount version. Are there special adapters
available to convert these to K-mount, or do I just get the M-42 - K
adapter ring for both
On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 12:28:42AM -0500, Mat Maessen wrote:
On 2/6/08, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know how cheep your M42 bellows was but I only paid about $70
for my M bellows a few years ago.
I paid 50 cents for my M42 bellows at a garage sale. Still in the
original
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 06:21:11AM +0100, Timber wrote:
?m ett?l f?ggetlen?l, vagy tal?n ?ppen ez?rt.
This is my mothertongue, hungarian :D
It means something like this (probably it's just part of a sentence):
But independently from this, or maybe just because of this...
Aha. Rather
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 06:29:20PM +, mike wilson wrote:
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2008/02/09 Sat PM 06:05:39 GMT
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Does anyone recognize this language?
mike wilson wrote:
From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 02:38:47PM -0500, Mark Roberts wrote:
David J Brooks wrote:
I agree with Paul. I added the K10D and kept my istD strictly for IR
pictures. I find it feels very weird to work with after using the
K10D. Small body, small screen etc.
Coincidentally, I took my ist-D
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:13:20AM +0900, David Savage wrote:
At 12:47 AM 11/02/2008, you wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Paul Stenquist
Subject: Re: New Game
Thanks Christine. Our choices are somewhat limited on these cold
winter days. It's about 8 degrees F at the
No, no, no - What's on second.
On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 07:50:17PM +0800, Bong Manayon wrote:
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
Bong
On Feb 12, 2008 4:18 PM, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 08:27:27AM -0500, Doug Franklin wrote:
Cotty wrote:
Forgive my ignorance (and it is great), but why would anyone want a
prime lens at this length when a 70 or 80 - 200 2.8 zoom is available
(assuming of course optical performance of the zoom matches up to the
On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 08:55:16PM +0100, Thibouille wrote:
Well I asked him and got the answer:
yes the traditional AF is still there and functional as confirmed by
Pentax Germany.
So we know... usable on a MZ-S/Z1-P :)
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... and a *ist D, or a DS, DL,
The Amgen Tour of California started today.
Here's my last shot of the day (isn't that always the way):
http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0808
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On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 04:29:17PM -0600, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Timber
Subject: Adaptall lenses
Hi list!
I would like to ask about the Tamron Adaptall lenses. If anyone has
experience with them I would be interested to hear. Especially which
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 09:27:54AM -0500, frank theriault wrote:
Italian CF, eh? Wow! My aluminium trackbike isn't that light, but at
about 18 pounds, it's light enough for me. But 16 pounds 11 oz? For
a road bike? That's Tour de France climbing-bike light! (actually
about a pound more
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 12:13:37AM -0500, John Francis wrote:
The Amgen Tour of California started today.
Here's my last shot of the day (isn't that always the way):
http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0808
Thanks to Ken, Paul, Godfrey, Jack, Christine, Frank, Bruce, Mark
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 02:16:20PM -0500, Christian wrote:
John Francis wrote:
A bit more than a pound, nowadays. At the Amgen Tour of California
one of the major suppliers (Cervelo, perhaps - not Trek, anyway) has
a bike hanging on a scale in their booth. The scale reads 13lb 8oz
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 01:55:35PM -0500, frank theriault wrote:
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, there's weight limits for race bikes. 14.8lbs is the
minimum. That 13lb 8oz bike is not race-legal.
You're right. However, they do build
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 04:22:49PM -0500, frank theriault wrote:
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Malcolm Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Richard Ballantyne (sp?) whose bicycle book I considered essential reading
in the 70s had a different take on this. His view was that you should
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 03:18:48PM -0500, frank theriault wrote:
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 2:47 PM, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yep. I'm not going to worry too much about bike weight while I've got
too many additional pounds around my waist. Getting rid of that extra
weight
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:12:00PM -, Bob W wrote:
Very interesting..
http://surfdoc.blogspot.com/
Regards, Bob S.
He ~calls~ himself a pro, but we all know he can't be if he shoots
with Pentax...
;-)
I saw a pro with a Pentax last night when I was
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 06:21:24PM +, Peter Fairweather wrote:
Okay, let's get this straight:
But Samsung do seem increasingly to be trying to distance themselves
from Pentax, at least for public consumption.
Joe
I agree. So why would a company with a very limited background
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:27:10AM +, Cotty wrote:
On 24/02/08, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed:
No. Back then it was JVC (VHS), Sony (Beta) and Philips (V2000). Of
course the worst of these systems (VHS) has won :-)
I always remember my brother-in-law bleating on
Don't forget to replace all your circular polarizers with ones
that have the opposite twist, too ..
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 02:57:50PM +1000, jim wrote:
On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:47:34 -0600, Corey Leopold wrote:
You currently have northern hemisphere lenses. You will need to sell them and
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 07:17:30PM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote:
Quoting frank theriault, who wrote on Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 12:40:51PM -0500 ..
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's one thing to die from a surfeit of lampreys, but this?
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 11:05:04PM +0800, Sandy Harris wrote:
On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 2:51 PM, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So given, say, a K20D with its 14 Mp, can we somehow
combine sets of four dots to get a 3.5 Mp image with
better performance in available darkness
My advice on applying grain: either neat or over ice. Repeat as needed.
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On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:28:36PM -0600, William Robb wrote:
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From: Doug Franklin
Subject: Re: Effort Made To Restore Photography's Credibility
Well, that's really the quandry, actually. Which way do I want to
present the images ... more artistic or
Me too (a bit late, but better late than never, I hope).
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 06:35:41PM +0900, David Savage wrote:
Well shit that's sux.
Bob I wish you all the best a as speedy recovery.
Cheers,
Dave
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 4:44 AM, Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've
Not all that strange, really. If you look at the Fairport Family
Tree (initially on the album cover of History Of ... but much
expanded as the years pass) you'll see that Fairport have their
contacts with an extremely wide-ranging group of musicians.
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 12:14:49AM -,
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 09:16:37AM +, Cotty wrote:
On 2/3/08, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed:
Not all that strange, really. If you look at the Fairport Family
Tree (initially on the album cover of History Of ... but much
expanded as the years pass) you'll see that Fairport
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 11:08:16AM -0800, Jack Davis wrote:
Anyone have experience or an opinion as to the reputation of Broadway
Photo?
They have the K20D for $1162 (as I recall without going back to check)
plus free shipping.
This message is primarily intended for any who regard this
On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 10:12:47PM +0100, AlunFoto wrote:
Capstan, btw, bring my thoughts to something inside a tape recorder... :-)
Jostein
Yep - same word. That's because the two variants function in much the
same way - both are roughly cylindrical devices which, by rotating,
assist in
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 06:38:59AM +0100, Susan wrote:
This old K-lens is not too bad, is it?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/2316211100/
Comments are welcome.
Regards
Jens
To nitpick - that's usually referred to as an M lens, not a K lens.
It's not a terrible performer - I bought
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:25:16AM +, mike wilson wrote:
From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2008/03/07 Fri AM 04:07:13 GMT
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: K10D v K20D
Generally true, but as the K20D is emerging, I'll be scanning some
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 08:49:41PM +, mike wilson wrote:
From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2008/03/07 Fri PM 05:07:20 GMT
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: K10D v K20D
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:25:16AM +, mike wilson wrote
Exactly what I thought; it might be nice if there were a little
more of the full body visible (especially since, with a zoom, it
would be really easy to back off slightly). I wondered about a
tight head shot, too. This is nit-picking, though - I'd be more
than happy to have taken this shot.
I'm sure many of you have already seen this image:
http://www.panix.com/~johnf/gallery/images/wedding.jpg
(explanation at http://www.panix.com/~johnf/)
P.S. FWIW, curently in the DVD player is Life On Mars.
I lived in Manchester in 1973, so I'm definitely
experiencing
So you say :-)
Seriously, though - that's a great little lens. Shel had one in
his kit when he tried out my *ist D, and it came very close to
overturning my FA or later resolution for new accquisitions.
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 01:42:47PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh, I can take a bad
Or, perhaps, hyper ? (Used, colloquially, to mean hyper-active)
On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 05:28:33PM -0400, David J Brooks wrote:
Hipe
Dave
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 2:50 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hipper?
Rebekah wrote:
cute pup, thank goodness it's not a cat ;)
A group of local photographers got together last Sunday for
a couple of hours spent in downtown San Jose. Rather to my
surprise I seem to have ended up with a few people shots:
http://www.jfwaf.com/DownTown/
This one:
http://www.jfwaf.com/DownTown/image.php?name=image4
had several
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:12:28AM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote:
Howdy, folks,
I just received an interesting email from Road Atlanta. It seems
they're going to do something a bit unique this year. It seems that the
Tour de Georgia bicycle racing event will hold a Time Trials stage there
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 08:04:24PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote:
David Savage wrote:
At 08:44 AM 17/03/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some interesting threads came up today: In-camera autofocus vs. lens
dedicaed autofocus; improved continuous autofocus with the new
Pentax cameras and
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 07:41:57PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote:
Paul Stenquist wrote:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7067736size=lg
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5245692
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5247870size=lg
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 01:32:07PM -0400, David J Brooks wrote:
Interesting Bruce.
I wonder if the Pentax judges even look at them if the peers don't
think much of a photo.
Well, no. That's the whole point of peer review - to winnow down
the number of submissions so the judges have less to
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 10:35:03AM -0500, Christine Aguila wrote:
oooh, now there was a nasty Roman Emperor--or so some believe. Ever see I
Claudius with Derek Jacobi? A favorite series in our house. Cheers,
Christine
With a young John Hurt as Caligula, no less. Although to my mind the
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 05:15:32PM -0600, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
Subject: Re: Seeking Advice From Computer Gurus
Through a USB port? Yuck. Performance will be sucky. You want a
FireWire 400 or 800 port, or a fast SCSI interface.
I'm
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 06:00:23PM -0600, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message -
From: John Francis
Subject: Re: Seeking Advice From Computer Gurus
What about a Network Attached Storage system?
I'm seriously considering a 2TB array (1.5TB RAID 5) for external image
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 11:06:04AM +0900, David Savage wrote:
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 10:37 AM, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, this is one of the options I am considering:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822165045
It's a bit confusing when
They're not the easiest birds to get to see. Hence the
popular expression once bittern, twice shy.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 08:56:35PM -, Bob W wrote:
That looks like a bittern. They're very rare over here. I'd love to
see one.
Bob
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 09:52:59AM +, Cotty wrote:
On 25/3/08, Marcus A. Hofmann, discombobulated, unleashed:
I was wondering what PESO, PEOW, GESO etc. mean?
Have a look at this page:
http://www.graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html
And please, *please* don't invent yet another
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 08:10:13AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Mar 25, 2008, at 6:55 AM, David Savage wrote:
Peow is the sound made when you say something bad about Apple products
and the Macheads defensive shield comes up.
What do you call imbeciles who jeer condescendingly at
My 1990 Range Rover expired in 2003, with a warped block.
It was going to cost more to fix it than the car would be worth.
That was the old aluminium V8, based originally on a Buick design.
The problem with a Range Rover is that, unlike the original Land
Rover, it's not all that easy to work
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 01:33:14PM +, mike wilson wrote:
From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Terms of Service
Howdy, folks,
[ . . . .]
No. Find somewhere else.
Good luck - you'll find a similar clause at many web-hosting sites.
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On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:09:52PM +1100, Brian Walters wrote:
Hi all
One of my closest friends is also a photographer. I try to overlook the
fact that he shoots Canon..
Anyway, on the occasion of my recent birthday he presented me with a new
camera. A fairly extravagant gift even
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 11:57:08AM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote:
I'm kind of confused on this.
What's the question here, what's the worst Pentax digital SLR model?
What have we seen - 3 different form factors, maybe 2?
There was the *istD, the *istDs, and the K10D.
I don't think the *istD and
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 04:22:16PM -0500, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Mar 29, 2008, at 16:01, John Francis wrote:
The DL was basically the same as the DS, but the original D was
different.
Quite apart from the fact that it took CF cards, not SD media, it
also had
the two-wheel
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 10:16:37AM +0800, David Savage wrote:
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 5:22 AM, Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After getting the K10D, I amused myself by going and looking at the
DPReview review of the original ist-D - it's amazing how similar in
design the two
On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 04:53:07PM +0100, Bob W wrote:
anywhere close to infinity
is it possible for anything to be close to infinity? Any philosophers
out there?
Bob
Well, by definition, if any of the philosophers are out there then it
must be possible for something to be close to
On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 12:27:39PM -0400, Scott Loveless wrote:
Steve Desjardins wrote:
Sure, according to the Mathematicians. And they're almost as unhelpful
as the philosophers.
I happen to like mathematicians quite a bit. They're much more useful
than philosophers. Granted, it
How many countable infinities are there?
On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 05:28:24PM -0400, Steve Desjardins wrote:
I've always liked the countable infinities. The uncountable ones seem
so passe.
Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/03/08 5:11 PM
Steve Desjardins wrote:
Sure, according to the
On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 05:30:00PM -0500, Christine Aguila wrote:
Apparently, a construction company by the
name of Wimbley (sp?) has banned the famous Wolf whistle.
Wimpey, at a guess.
(Often jokingly regarded as an acronym for We Import More Paddies
Every Year - many of the construction
On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 11:03:53AM -0700, John Celio wrote:
http://theonlinephotographer.com/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html
I think this explains what has happened. Anyone want a job?
Walt
Wow, interesting! I wonder how this will affect their relationship with
shops like
On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 10:24:53AM +0100, Bob W wrote:
Adobe, unfortunately, is pretty good at the time
expiration thing. Better
than most.
It's even better at the Price -- acute
indigestion/heart attack sort of thing.
Lightroom is much cheaper than Photoshop, and
On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 06:39:11PM -0400, Rebekah wrote:
It seems that an increasing majority of the emails I receive from the
list are PESOs. If I could do so delicately, I'd like to try and
suggest that we as a list impose a limit of sorts on ourselves
concerning PESOs. It was done with
On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 11:33:19PM -0400, ann sanfedele wrote:
Joseph Tainter wrote:
And I miss his cat photos too.
Joe
Joe - if you need a cat photo fix - here you are :)
this should hold you for a while
http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2526444_XRhmm
Best,
ann
If you
Yes indeed. I'm all for moral turpitude myself.
Even if she who must be obeyed would allow me to purchase
them, I'm darned if I'm going to carry 80, 125, 200, 300,
400 600 mm lenses around with me.
Just the 80-200 and 250-600 combo is more than heavy enough.
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at
At a guess, I'd say that your email program (Apple Mail?) elects
to send a message with image links in an encoding that the list
management software rejects. It doesn't happen as part of a reply
because a reply is encoded the same way as the original message.
Apple Mail seems to send the body
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 12:21:12AM -0400, Gaurav Aggarwal wrote:
Hi,
I am in Bay Area, California for the first time. Was visiting a
customer today (Friday) and flying out Saturday evening. Does anyone
have suggestions on what I can do on Saturday morning? I have my trust
Pentax ZX-M and
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:49:26PM -0400, Allison Trueman wrote:
Lucy is 4 1/2, but she is much smaller - only 8 1/2 pounds! My aunt
had a cat like yours - it was a 24 pound tabby (probably part Main
Coon).
That's Maine Coon, to be precise.
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On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 07:47:38PM -0400, Scott Loveless wrote:
Doug Franklin wrote:
Scott Loveless wrote:
May?s theme is ?Red Shirt?. Please see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Shirt_School_of_Photography if you need
any ideas.
Geez, I thought we were going for a Star Trek
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 04:07:38PM +0200, Marcus A. Hofmann wrote:
A quick google turned up this, which may be interesting for comparison:
WLAN 802.11g: 54 Mbit/s = ~3,2 MB/s (21x)
WLAN 802.11n: 540 Mbit/s = ~37,5 MB/s (250x)
Hmm. 540 = 54 x 10, but 250x is not 21x x 10.
At least one of
So: who can tell me what this is?
http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816
Most of the time I was shooting RAW with the K10D. But at the
end of the day I grabbed a few quick JPEGs with the *ist D. So,
of course, this shot (from the *ist D) looks better than any of
the similar shots
a bomb, isn't it? ;-)
Marcus
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Am 16.04.2008 um 09:46 schrieb John Francis:
So: who can tell me what this is?
http://www.jfwaf.com/PAW/PAW.php?name=PAW0816
Most of the time I was shooting RAW with the K10D. But at the
end of the day I grabbed a few quick JPEGs
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 07:56:25PM +0100, Cotty wrote:
On 16/4/08, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed:
Those things bombed the Falklands while I was living in Argentina.
Interestingly, and aside from carrying the British nuclear deterrent
during the cold war, that was the only action a
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