Re: WhiBal?

2006-07-14 Thread Mark Roberts
scene and use that to get your conversion settings. You use those settings to convert all the "real" shots (the ones that don't have the WB card in them). If you've done everything correctly (and the lighting conditions haven't changed between your first sho

Re: WhiBal?

2006-07-14 Thread Mark Roberts
shots (the ones that don't have the WB card in them). If you've >done everything correctly (and the lighting conditions haven't changed >between your first shot and your last), all your shots will be >properly balanced. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: A weird little story of Copyright

2006-07-14 Thread Mark Roberts
kinds of diagrams of both mechanisms. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PENTAX 645 Digital and Kodak (must be press release)

2006-07-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Peter Loveday wrote: >Isn't this incredibly old news now? > >The press release is even dated March 16th 2005... And Pentax has reportedly switched to the 22 megapixel sensor. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Disc

Re: Snap du jour: the honey-heavy dew of slumber

2006-07-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: >... a sleep >Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing >(John Keats) > >http://www.web-options.com/P7150791s.jpg My God, it's Cotty! -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: K10D battery grip? (Was Re: funny K10D story)

2006-07-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Though I've never seen a shot of the K10D's base >plate. Rumor mill says it *will* have an optional battery grip like the ist-D. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Conversions

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Roberts
s, you can often get pretty close to the tonality you want in your final image. Then working with levels and curves in Photoshop becomes easier. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Sad but true...

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Roberts
I put my MZ-S on eBay last night. http://cgi.ebay.com/Pentax-MZ-S-and-battery-grip-Pentaxs-Finest-LN_W0QQitemZ220008061420QQihZ012QQcategoryZ15240QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Woulodn't be surprised if it doesn't sell, though... (Don't know whether I'll be happy or sad if it doesn&#

Re: PESO - Great Egret

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Roberts
_3179a.htm I've been waiting a long, long time to see Bruce Dayton turn out a bad photo. I guess I'm going to have to keep waiting. :) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Sad but true...

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Roberts
good price for it if they're offering $410. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Found some unoficcial K100D test shots

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Roberts
...while scanning the DP Review site: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=19230753 -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Sad but true...

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote: >Jack Davis wrote: > >>I recently ask KEH for a quote on both a NN MZ-S w/BG10 grip and an EX+ >>LX w/FA-1 finder. >>They offered (pending review) $410 for the MZ-S combination > >Wow. That's actually encouraging. Given how much KEH marks up

Re: Sad but true...

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: >On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Jack Davis wrote: >> >>> I recently ask KEH for a quote on both a NN MZ-S w/BG10 grip and an EX+ >>> LX w/FA-1 finder. >>> They offered (pending review) $410 for the MZ-S combi

Re: Found some unoficcial K100D test shots

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Roberts
me use as having a camera that shoots 8 frames per second or has 99 autofocus points (or metering segments): So you can brag to people, "Look! My camera has..." -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Odd little PESO: Fireplug

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Roberts
http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm Shot a couple of years ago and recently re-discovered whilst backing up my archives. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Odd little PESO: Fireplug

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >Love that saturated color, and the blue of a wet day. That fireplug >fairly screams Pittsburgh. Good one. I think I may end up doing an odd Pittsburgh gallery of some sort. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- P

Re: Odd little PESO: Fireplug

2006-07-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Kenneth Waller wrote: >> I think I may end up doing an odd Pittsburgh gallery of some >> sort. > >Sounds like a great idea. > >Keep plugging away. Perhaps before my next marathon I should park next to one when I eat my pre-race meal. You know, to do a little car-by-hyd

Re: PESO: Horse Tail Sky

2006-07-18 Thread Mark Roberts
aspupload/detail.asp?ID=137 > >http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=138 I like the wider version better, even though the subject matter is more centered. I'd have pulled over too for that! -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pent

Re: PESO: Horse Tail Sky

2006-07-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: >This is "double click" Jack. (?) All your web pages have "Double Click to Close Window" as their title! -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:

Re: SV: 21mm limitted is a jewel ...

2006-07-18 Thread Mark Roberts
of speed. f/3.2 is just too slow for me to get very excited about. Certainly not excited enough to pay "Limited" prices. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: SV: 21mm limitted is a jewel ...

2006-07-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Adam Maas wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: >> P. J. Alling wrote: >> >>>It's a DA limited, at 21mm its more like a 28mm on 35mm film. Not that >>>great for panoramas. Still it looks like nice wide angle lens, too bad >>>it doesn't have an ap

Re: OT: Developer

2006-07-18 Thread Mark Roberts
-developer/paper that really determines the "look" of your prints.) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: More Fungus!

2006-07-18 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: >Well done. > >I like the first one, fungus and twig. Thanks! Just added two more: http://www.robertstech.com/fungus.htm (The last two on the page.) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: Horse Tail Sky

2006-07-18 Thread Mark Roberts
to bookmark one of your pages, your browser will probably use "Double Click to Close Window" as the bookmark title. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: SV: 21mm limitted is a jewel ...

2006-07-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Adam Maas wrote: >But it's just 1/3 of a stop from the most similar lens, the FA 20mm >f2.8. And in a far smaller package. It's also only 1/3 of a stop slower >than the only other DA Limited pancake, the 40mm f2.8. Still too slow for me. -- Mark Roberts Photo

Re: SV: 21mm limitted is a jewel ...

2006-07-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Adam Maas wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: >> Adam Maas wrote: >> >>>But it's just 1/3 of a stop from the most similar lens, the FA 20mm >>>f2.8. And in a far smaller package. It's also only 1/3 of a stop slower >>>than the only other DA Limited

Re: ZX-5n

2006-07-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Walter Hamler wrote: >I am considering selling my only film camera body as I am so happy with >digital. If anyone is interested I will give you a good price. Is film dead? I dunno, but my MZ-S on eBay has had 7 bids and met the $500.00 reserve price in only two days. -- Mark R

Re: More Fungus!

2006-07-19 Thread Mark Roberts
David Savage wrote: >Nice work Mark. > >My faves are Fungus and Twig & Lichen and Leaves. > >Your not a "sad gid" but a fun guy ;-) > >BTW I like the updated website I'm glad you've taken a lichen to it ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Mult

Re: More Fungus!

2006-07-19 Thread Mark Roberts
s I mis-typed the URL earlier?) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Calling Powell Hargrave!

2006-07-19 Thread Mark Roberts
I've sent several emails to both your addresses but apparently they aren't getting through. Have you received the 1.7x AF converter I shipped to you? -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net h

Re: SV: 21mm limitted is a jewel ...

2006-07-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Aaron Reynolds wrote: >There are these three other Limited lenses available, just for you. ;) Lens porn: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/IMGP6706.jpg ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://p

Re: SV: 21mm limitted is a jewel ...

2006-07-19 Thread Mark Roberts
ause of the brighter viewfinder. Several times while doing pre-dawn photography I've switched from my 20/2.8 to a faster lens simply because I couldn't see how my shots were framed with the slow 2.8 aperture. This has happened with the MZ-S and with the ist-D; both pentaprism cameras with

Re: More Fungus!

2006-07-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Ann Sanfedele wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> David Savage wrote: >> >> >Nice work Mark. >> > >> >My faves are Fungus and Twig & Lichen and Leaves. >> > >> >Your not a "sad gid" but a fun guy ;-) >> > &g

Re: Calling Powell Hargrave!

2006-07-19 Thread Mark Roberts
y. > >Any way you can make your email system more permeable? More "permeable"? Wow, that's the nicest way anyone's ever put it! Try sending to my xmp2954 grad.com address. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Disc

Re: SV: 21mm limitted is a jewel ...

2006-07-19 Thread Mark Roberts
l focus were out of the question in the darkness). -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Soft Cell WAS: Re: 37 Year Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing

2006-07-20 Thread Mark Roberts
cbwaters wrote: >moon schmoon... >Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of the US release of Soft Cell's "Tainted >Love" Now THAT's history. > >Cory >had a weird day Well you just made mine a little weirder. -- Mark Roberts Photography & M

Re: OT: 37 Year Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing

2006-07-20 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >Jim Apilado wrote: > >> I've been on the moon several times, via science fiction stories. > >I got close but ran out of vodka. You need more powerful stuff than vodka. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -

Re: OT: 37 Year Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing

2006-07-20 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: > >> mike wilson wrote: >> >> >>>Jim Apilado wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I've been on the moon several times, via science fiction stories. >>> >>>I got close but ran out of vo

Re: OT: 37 Year Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing

2006-07-20 Thread Mark Roberts
k up and she says, " well, she has a >good set of jugs on her!" Then we hear something about one small leap >for man etc from the TV (colour too!). > >True. Knew I COULD rely on you to restore some dignity to the proceedings! -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia

Re: OT: 37 Year Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing

2006-07-20 Thread Mark Roberts
we? Only those of us who weren't living in the undersea colonies. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: ZX-5n

2006-07-21 Thread Mark Roberts
jim kerslake wrote: >> It's official: film is dead. > >It's not dead - it's resting... > >Pining for the fjords :-) With $1k 10-megapixel bodies popping up like daisies, it's likely to be a long rest. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.rob

Re: OT - That a Parrot on the Telly?

2006-07-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: >On 21/7/06, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Some of us have had to loosen our ties a little, yes. > >Don't worry mate, she'll come crying back ;-) You're referring to his derailed train, right? -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multim

Re: New telephoto lenses?

2006-07-21 Thread Mark Roberts
l next year. Havent heard of anything else. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: New telephoto lenses?

2006-07-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Pål Jensen wrote: >Well, I guess a 300/4 would do particularly if Pentax (finally) make a >matching 1,4X AF converter... This is purely speculation but... It would make sense to introduce new teleconverters when USM lenses start appearing. -- Mark Roberts Photography &

Re: New telephoto lenses?

2006-07-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Pål Jensen wrote: >Are you suggesting that the new telephotos are USM lenses? The upcoming 16-50/2.8 and 50-135/2.8 are, as is next year's 60-250/4.0. I don't *think* the primes are. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-

Re: One last try.

2006-07-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Don's) I'd be interested in seeing the rejection messages/codes. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: New telephoto lenses?

2006-07-22 Thread Mark Roberts
uff is eliminated. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: ZX-5n

2006-07-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: >On 22/7/06, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Not everybody want one. They are still quite expensive. An average digital >>camera is perhaps worth 500-1000 liter of milk. > >More with shake reduction. I scream every time you post something like th

Re: New telephoto lenses?

2006-07-22 Thread Mark Roberts
know for a fact that you won't. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: ZX-5n

2006-07-22 Thread Mark Roberts
P. J. Alling wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: > >>Cotty wrote: >> >>>On 22/7/06, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> >>>>Not everybody want one. They are still quite expensive. An average digital >>>>camera is perhaps worth 500-1

Re: ZX-5n

2006-07-22 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: >From: "Mark Roberts" >> >> Oh no, it's a scream of udder delight! > >You scream, >I scream, Until we're put out to Pasteur. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax

PESO: Architecture shot that didn't make it into the PUG

2006-07-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Although I first wondered where I was going to get an architecture shot for this month's PUG, I ended up finding several that I liked. My current PESO is one of the ones I decided not to use for the PUG, but that I liked too much to keep to myself. http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm --

Re: New telephoto lenses?

2006-07-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: >On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> P?l Jensen wrote: >> >>> Are you suggesting that the new telephotos are USM lenses? >> >> The upcoming 16-50/2.8 and 50-135/2.8 are, as is next year's >> 60-250/4.0. I d

Re: Recovering files on SD cards

2006-07-22 Thread Mark Roberts
C Inspector Smart Recovery -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Architecture shot that didn't make it into the PUG

2006-07-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Keith McGuinness wrote: >>> http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm > >Foul! Unfair! > >A) Posting a theme picture before the gallery is up. > >B) Posting such a damn good theme picture at all. > >Stunning! Thanks. Now my actual PUG photo will probably be a let-down.

Interesting series of photogaphs on BBC web site

2006-07-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Not to distract anyone from discussions of global warming or the merits of front wheel drive, but here's something about photography: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/technology_future_of_digital_photography/html/1.stm -- Mark Roberts Photography & M

Pentax rebates?

2006-07-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Is there any way to check on the status of Pentax rebates? Still haven't received mine for the 77 Ltd which I purchased in May. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

In half an hour we'll know what an MZ-S is worth these days...

2006-07-23 Thread Mark Roberts
My eBay auction is up to $611.00 with 30 minutes or so left. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: In half an hour we'll know what an MZ-S is worth these days...

2006-07-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Sharpe wrote: >At 10:33 PM -0400 7/23/06, Mat Maessen wrote: >>On 7/23/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> My eBay auction is up to $611.00 with 30 minutes or so left. >> >>That's almost a K100D right there. >> >>Or maybe

Re: In half an hour we'll know what an MZ-S is worth these days...

2006-07-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: >On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Steve Sharpe wrote: >> >>> At 10:33 PM -0400 7/23/06, Mat Maessen wrote: >>>> On 7/23/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> My eBay auction is up to

Re: Citations

2006-07-24 Thread Mark Roberts
ogle returns 747,000 hits on "Mark Roberts". The good news is that I'm up to number four in the rankings. Hooray! The bad news is that I'm still behind Mark Roberts "the Streaker" :( (That is, "behind" as in "lower in the Google rankings. I don't know th

Re: Calling Mark Roberts!

2006-07-24 Thread Mark Roberts
dress (xmp2954) Your twosixteen.com domain (66.249.83.114) has no rDNS so that's why it's being rejected. I have no idea why gmail didn't get through. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Citations

2006-07-24 Thread Mark Roberts
keith_w wrote: >Now *I* know I'm not an agricultural taxonomist, a priest, a rock star, a >scientist, You're not??? Damn. Another illusion shattered. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml

Re: Talk about crap

2006-07-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Tom C wrote: >Not to mention that the USSR never doubted it as a fact. Oh now you're going to tell us that you think the USSR ever really existed? Everyone knows the USSR was a fiction invented by the CIA to justify their existence! ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography &

Re: Talk about crap

2006-07-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Norman Baugher wrote: >From: "Tom C" >> >> Not to mention that the USSR never doubted it as a fact. > >Just as I thought!! The USSR was in on the conspiracy... >Norm "Norm". Yeah, right. Everyone knows "Norm" is just a figment of Frank T

Re: Talk about crap

2006-07-25 Thread Mark Roberts
be seen by anyone with enough neurons to form a synapse as the nonsense they are. Silencing him will suggest there's something really there to be hidden. IMO, people like this should be *forced* to explain their ideas in public, not prevented from doing so ;-) (Please note smiley!)

Re: Talk about crap

2006-07-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >I wouldn't hire a lunatic to teach a college course. Who else would take the job? ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Discharging NiMH batteries

2006-07-26 Thread Mark Roberts
able at www.thomas-distributing.com -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: GESO - Classic Police Badges

2006-07-26 Thread Mark Roberts
s lost a bit when the gallery creator >> resized them, but they're fun to look at anyway. >> >>http://homepage.mac.com/godders/police-badge-01/ >> >Those are really neat. Yep. Some really arresting images there :) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robe

Re: GFM camera clinic

2006-07-26 Thread Mark Roberts
immune system recovers. Serious stuff. Also, it appears Bob Shell won't be able to make it as a speaker. Big let-down there. The absence of Don and Bob will probably influence my eventual decision about attending. On the other hand, if I'm not there I may be on the receiving end of some dr

Re: GESO - Classic Police Badges

2006-07-26 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> David Savage wrote: >> >> >On 7/26/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> A little "gallery every so often" ... A neighbor asked me to record >

Re: GESO - Classic Police Badges

2006-07-26 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> mike wilson wrote: >> >> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> David Savage wrote: >> >> >> >> >On 7/26/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Pentax rebates?

2006-07-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Sullivan wrote: >It takes them a long while, It did. But my rebate arrived today :) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: GESO - Classic Police Badges

2006-07-26 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: >On 7/26/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> You won't be beat, will you? > >He didn't want to be caught flat-footed. Good thing - otherwise his entire project would be a bust. -- Mark Roberts Photography &

OT: People in academics

2006-07-26 Thread Mark Roberts
...as of today I are one myself :) I just accepted a position at a university near Pittsburgh. Not near *enough*, in my view (about 60 miles away) but it'll have to do for the time being! Nice to have a real job again. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412

Re: OT: People in academics

2006-07-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Tom C wrote: >Yes taking care of the grounds should be a pleasant and fulfiilling task. Nah, the people at the campus Starbucks take care of that :) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://p

Re: GESO - Classic Police Badges

2006-07-26 Thread Mark Roberts
've stumbled upon something. >It's a bit of attorney round from his usual, special banter. Careful. You're courting disaster here... -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Toyota hybrid-electric drive system

2006-07-26 Thread Mark Roberts
lf the other day that *those* things look as if they were styled after Kryten's head. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Talk about crap

2006-07-26 Thread Mark Roberts
/university to learn about something if the goal of your learning is *learning*. If the goal of your learning is getting a job, go to trade school because it's a situation in which everyone wins: Your future employer wins, the trade school you go to wins and the university you don't go to

Re: OT: People in academics

2006-07-27 Thread Mark Roberts
6 (classes begin Aug 28) but I'm going to be up to my eyeballs in preparation until then. I suspect the teaching workload with new (to me) classes will severely cut down my PDML participation time from now on. Whether that's good or bad is another matter ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography &

Re: OT: People in academics

2006-07-27 Thread Mark Roberts
eed to get my legs in *much* better shape if you >think 60 miles is "commute distance"!!! Depends on your definition of "bike". I've just started getting my Honda VFR ready to go back on the road. :) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.

Re: OT: People in academics

2006-07-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Levy wrote: >Good timing! Congratulations. > >Does this mean you'll have to change your signature? Given what I'll be teaching, no. :) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Awaiting Spring

2006-07-27 Thread Mark Roberts
film. Love that shot, BTW. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

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2006-07-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Aaargh! They only have the kit available, not body only! I was thinking of buying one if I could get it in time for Mid-Ohio next weekend. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/list

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2006-07-28 Thread Mark Roberts
t; I'm waiting for the "10" as well, but I was considering buying the "6" as well (and selling it off when the 10 arrives) just for the Mid-Ohio Superbike races in a week. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: People in academics

2006-07-28 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: >On 7/28/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> He sounds like a Yankee to me > >I don't know what he sounds like, but it sure as hell isn't Canadian. Eh? -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertste

Re: OT: People in academics

2006-07-31 Thread Mark Roberts
Mat Maessen wrote: >On 7/27/06, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Depends on your definition of "bike". I've just started getting my >> Honda VFR ready to go back on the road. > >Make sure you bring the helmet into your lectures with you. Com

Re: istD and Sigma 500 Super wireless test

2006-08-01 Thread Mark Roberts
David Savage wrote: >Looks like Mark's a pre-flash blinker. Naw, I was just doing the "Clint Eastwood squint". >Also from that photo it's easy to see why they are usually behind the camera. No argument there... -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia ww

Re: August PUG is open

2006-08-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Keith McGuinness wrote: >Mark Roberts -- The detail is interesting here and I like the way >it has been captured. Makes an interesting contrast to Dan's photo. One of the things that always interests me about the PUG is the juxtaposition of images; the way the PUGmeister's de

Re: istD and Sigma 500 Super wireless test

2006-08-01 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> http://www.caughtinmotion.com/paw/wireless.jpg > >Who are those guys? If we told you we'd have to kill you. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-

Re: istD and Sigma 500 Super wireless test

2006-08-02 Thread Mark Roberts
flash communication protocol for their latest DSLR's. Interesting... -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PUG is dying?

2006-08-02 Thread Mark Roberts
but it didn't produce >banal images. Or perhaps it is just that the subject is a popular one. Personally, I think it's just because a couple of reminders were posted to the list throughout the month. As long as it doesn't slip people's minds and they have time to prepare an im

Re: istD and Sigma 500 Super wireless test

2006-08-02 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> For those who have this flash and are planning on buying a Pentax >> K100D, there's a free upgrade Sigma is providing for this flash: >> http://www.phot

Re: Stumped Over K10D

2006-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Digital Image Studio wrote: >I've got the money just sitting there waiting for this camera... Same here. I'll order it the minute it appears on the B&H web page. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: Stumped Over K10D

2006-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >Wait to see if Pentax has the nerve to introduce a K9. That would be a real dog. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Stumped Over K10D

2006-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> mike wilson wrote: >> >> >Wait to see if Pentax has the nerve to introduce a K9. >> >> That would be a real dog. > >The bow-wow DSLR. We've been waiting a l

Re: K10D - More News

2006-08-04 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Body + 18-55 lens should be $899. :( I was hoping for a higher-spec'd camera (around 1200-1500 body only). Hope they haven't cheaped out. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List P

Re: K10D - More News

2006-08-04 Thread Mark Roberts
is wrong with you guys? You actually WANT to pay that much? Yes. Every sub-$1000 DSLR I've ever handled (and I think I've handled them all) has fallen far below the standard of equipment I want to buy. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: K10D - More News

2006-08-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Pål Jensen wrote: >Maybe theres a K1D coming as well? Rumors suggest as much. >Anyway, does anyone know if the new telephotos are scheduled for Photokina as >well? The primes are a year away. I think we'll probably see the new USM zooms at Photokina. -- Mark Rober

Re: K10D - More News

2006-08-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Aaron Reynolds wrote: >No, I'm with you too. > >If a larger sensor 35mm style camera were coming from Pentax, their new lenses >would be rendered useless. Why would they do that to themselves? And encourage us to buy new lenses? Gosh, no! -- Mark Roberts Photogr

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