Re: Declined...

2007-03-05 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I have come to feel more and more, personally about my own >pics, that if it doesn't work as a good thumbnail then it doesn't work >a lot better larger. Or maybe I am just leaning more toward strong >graphic elements. Probably just a matter of what you're shooting

Re: hi5 - Who's in?

2007-03-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: >On 5/3/07, Roman, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>http://www.hi5.com/friend/profile/displayProfile.do?userid=1464592 > >>Usu või mitte, aga see kutt on ka kurt, ja arvatavasti modell või siis >>vähemalt tal on kõik eeldused selleks saada, nagu ka sinul. > >Asa lõdä bluhmin laydeeboi

Re: Nikon D3

2007-03-06 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: >I'v bought enough Dslr's the past 6 years. > >No D3 for this lad. "I'm not going to buy another camera. Really." Splrff! Man, I almost kept a straight face for a while there! ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_p

Re: Lens Roadmap

2007-03-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Thibouille wrote: >Mmm both DA55 but specially DA35; both SDM. > * starts saving immeditely * SDM = "Save Dollars Massively" (because you're going to need them!) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Nikon D3

2007-03-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Franklin wrote: >Tom C wrote: >> Well yeah. I've known people like Ken Rockwell. Odds are that when one >> talks that much, they are bound to be right about something every once in a >> while. :-) > >I made this comment in a different venue recently, but it applies (to >Kenny) in any ve

Re: Lens Roadmap

2007-03-07 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Thibouille wrote: >> >> >Mmm both DA55 but specially DA35; both SDM. >> > * starts saving immeditely * >> >> SDM = "Save Dollars Massively" (because you

Re: Declined...

2007-03-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Kenneth Waller wrote: >>As you say, digital images work best when they are lacking in detail and >>graphical in nature. > >Sort of style vs substance? By the way, I don't believe the statement that "igital images work best when they are lacking in detail and graphical in nature." That's a mas

Re: Declined...

2007-03-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: >Walter Hamler wrote: >> Well, at least they are doing something with the gallery. I had submitted 11 >> photos that were all tenatively accepted. This AM they show 6 in the >> Gallery, 1 in the Collection, 3 on hold, and 1 Declined. >> The declined shot was shot with a 135 S

Re: Declined...

2007-03-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >Based on observation, I'd say "Ready for Review" means they haven't >looked at it yet. "On hold" means they looked at it and they're not >sure they want it, but they're going to hold off on declining it until >they see if they get better material. Based on observation I'

Re: Pentax Gallery Question

2007-03-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Walter Hamler wrote: >Bruce Dayton wrote: > >"It seems that right now, scanned images don't work." > >Actually one of my images that is in the Gallery is a scanned image. I >explained why in the notes section and I guess they accepted the reason. 10 of my accepted images are scans from slides or

Re: Pentax Gallery Question

2007-03-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: >I get "declines" before getting the notes page. I think they're still working out the bugs in their server-side and client-side scripting. Every image I submit goes immediately into the "Awaiting Submission" category due to lack of image data, even if it's a directly convert

Re: Pentax and Foveon?

2007-03-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Erickson wrote: > Rumors are surfacing that Foveon sensors may show up in non > Sigma DSLRs in he next six months or so. > Wouldn't it be cool if Pentax tied up with Foveon > for their next DSLR sensor? Could indeed be interesting. But my money is on one of the "four thirds" cameras.

Friends of the PDML: Don Nelson

2007-03-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Good news for those of you who know, or at least know of, Don Nelson, the Pentax-shooter who's the organizer of the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend. I expect you'll recall his ordeal with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma a year and a half ago and the nasty recurrence he had last summer.

Re: Pentax Gallery Question

2007-03-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: >Looking forward to further refinement of the program. >All my images that were successfully entered are in "ready for >review" status. *That's* probably a time/manpower issue, not programming :) For example, none of my rejected images included any reason for rejection, even t

Re: I'm Back!

2007-03-09 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I finally got my weight bearing on my left leg to 100% >and threw away the walker and got a cane. That walker made me look like such >a geezer! Progress is slow but continuing forward. I almost have enough >strength back in my left leg to get my bike off the kick sta

Re: New Sony

2007-03-09 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Why Marnie, I want to cry. Will you marry me? > >Wait a minute, hmmph. Since you're already taken, that's not >much of an offer. He's Cotty. It wouldn't be much of an offer if he wasn't taken ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml

Re: New Sony

2007-03-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: >On 9/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>He's Cotty. It wouldn't be much of an offer if he wasn't taken ;-) > >Oh come on, you know very well I'm 6' 5" of steaming testosterone. I was right with you till you got to the

Re: Soggy postcards

2007-03-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: >On 9/3/07, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Oxford has a couple of major drawbacks: >> >> 1) Cotty > >Gr. > >> 2) It pretends to have a University :-) > >No argument there. Nor with the fact that hordes of Americans pretend to >achieve their degrees at Oxford

Re: K10D - Flash Mode

2007-03-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >Since my flash units to date are either manual or non-dedicated auto- >flash, I use Manual exposure mode when I'm using flash. I always use my flash in P-TTL auto and the camera on manual exposure. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: OT - 600mm FA or Knee - what's a photog to do ?

2007-03-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Franklin wrote: >John Francis wrote: > >> As the saying goes: Getting old sucks, but it sure beats the alternative. > >Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is not. ;-) "You're only young once. But you can be immature forever!" Speaking of which, my mum had an "emergency dismount" from her

Re: I can only say OMG they're real!

2007-03-11 Thread Mark Roberts
John Celio wrote: >> Pentax Endoscope video, (G rated for the squeamish). >> This is so unintentionally funny and amateurish that you'd have >> to believe that it's a joke... >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSnc36z4m0A > >Wow, I know JUST what I need to complete my Pentax collection. >Too

Re: I'm Back!

2007-03-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: >so...umhow's the bike? Man, I'm so embarrassed I forgot to ask that! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Need a refresher for B&W film and flash

2007-03-13 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: >Three years ago, i shot my daughters, coaches, daughter's first >birthday party. Indoor affair, and i used the D2H and SB80DX, and PZ-1 >with AF280T. > >Now its my daughters, dressage coaches, son's first birthday, and they >asked me to shoot same. > >I want to do the same s

Re: GFM headcount

2007-03-13 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: >Who's going? I need a rough estimate. Count me in ;-) I'll be coming down in the traditional wagon train with the Toronto contingent (Dave Brooks and Knarf Threiault). Speaking of GFM, I just finished the multimedia material for the presentation Doug Brewer and I will b

Re: GFM headcount

2007-03-13 Thread Mark Roberts
Mat Maessen wrote: >On 3/12/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Who's going? I need a rough estimate. > >Going. Not gone yet. > >-Mat (fixing the motorcycle this weekend) I might be riding the VFR to the mountain this year. My S.O. wants to come, but she'll be a couple of days behi

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
David Savage wrote: >...and these are my declined shots: > > > > > A

Re: PESO (well not really) No Fun Allowed

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Norm Baugher wrote: >We need to put up the same sign at PDML central and just get rid of the >"NO"s. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/pdmlrules.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Macro Lenses

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Walter Hamler wrote: >Thanks for all the various inputs on the Macro question. You all gave me a >lot to think about. >I just talked to the folks at B&H, and they would have had to order the AF >version of the Phoenix 100mm f/3.5 macro (same lens as the Pentax 100 f/3.5 >that is discontinued

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote: >Well I can top that: I just sent them a FLOWER photo! Two flower >photos, actually. Update: Both flower photos accepted. French street scene photo rejected: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d505612.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pd

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: >I just re-saved two images (for the Web) in Elements 5. Both are being >"Declined" due to "not taken with Pentax". Rats!! >I'll keep at it. I don't know how it might happen, but is sounds as if some EXIF data is still attached to your images. Try this: After getting the image

Re: GFM 2007

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: >On 3/14/07, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Kenneth Waller wrote: >> >> >I'll be pulling into Banner Elk on Thursday 5/21. >> > >> >Kenneth Waller >> > >> That's real early! or did you mean 5/31 ?? :) >> >> ann - whose arrival time and date will depend on Scott

Re: GESO: In Memory of a Friend

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >Paul Stenquist wrote: > >>You wouldn't stoop to turning this sensitive memorial into yet another >>pun thread, would you? That's cold man, really cold.:-) >>Paul >>On Mar 13, 2007, at 3:30 PM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >>>Good thing you had a chance to freeze the action of yo

Re: PESO (well not really) No Fun Allowed

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Norm Baugher wrote: >Only one you left off was "Rabbit Ears"... Updated: >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/pdmlrules.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: GFM 2007

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: >On 3/14/07, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> We'll be able to keep each other company, Dave. At least, between >> your blues and my jazz, we'll have good music... >> >What are playing between the blues and jazz? Gangsta rap. Frank and Dave are pretty toug

Re: PESO (well not really) No Fun Allowed

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
P. J. Alling wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: >> Norm Baugher wrote: >> >>> Only one you left off was "Rabbit Ears"... >> >> Updated: >> >>>> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/pdmlrules.jpg >>>> >I'm shoc

Re: GFM Trails

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: >Last year, i meakly ventured out from the park along the Parkway for >photos. I say meakly, cause i get SO turned around on that road. > >Any way, i'd like to hit a few of the easier trails for animals, bugs etc. > >Can we get together for a planning session Friday. I;m sur

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Did everyone know that the beta version of the Pentax Gallery is operational now? http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/index-flash.jsp? It's flash-only at the moment. (Hope they have an HTML version before too long or the search engines won't be able to index it.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Li

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/index-flash.jsp? >Nice. Still a little wonky though, but I guess that's to be expected. >I've had 19 photos accepted, but my page shows anything from 3 to 17, >varying from one click to the next. But the PDML is well represented. I no

Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain

2007-03-15 Thread Mark Roberts
P. J. Alling wrote: >Grandfather Mountain is near Linvill. If mapquest or someother similar >site doesn't know GFM you can use Linville as an endpoint in generating >a TripTic, (AAA for strip map), with time and driving directions from >Charlotte. It should give a good approximation. When we

Re: Gallery Access

2007-03-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: >Anyone know how an innocent unsuspecting web surfer might >stumble upon the Pentax Gallery? http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/index-flash.jsp? >Linked to their site...? Not yet. But it's still in beta at the moment. There are a few bugs and peculiarities but they have bee

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery Response

2007-03-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Markus Maurer wrote: >There seem to be no easily visible way to apply for an Artist >number like "create a new account" :-( I expect that is quite deliberate and that they have chosen go go the email route to keep the number of participants and total images down. This may be only for while the

Re: Macro Lenses

2007-03-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Peter Fairweather wrote: >> uhh... who here has *NEVER* misread something? > > > > Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone. > >So far as I know only one member of this list has never misread anything!! I can think of at least one who appears never to have *read* anything on the list ;-)

Re: Gallery Access

2007-03-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Hey Dario, now you're not the only one with motorcycle racing photos in the gallery! :-P -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Gallery Access

2007-03-15 Thread Mark Roberts
John Francis wrote: >On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 05:09:21PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: >> Hey Dario, now you're not the only one with motorcycle racing photos in >> the gallery! >> :-P > >Are you sure those are permitted under the terms of the gallery? >Or do

Re: RE: Gallery Access

2007-03-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: >Maybe Pentax will link to my websiteneah, maybe not. ;) I put my web page URL in my bio in the Pentax gallery. It's not a clickable link but it's there. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Gallery Access

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >You can submit that photo. You can even submit photos of people walking >down the street. You just can't sell them for commercial purposes, so >you can't submit them to stock photo sites. But you can show any photo >of a person in public place in any kind of gallery. Pre

GFM CD

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
You probably ought to have the CD by today. Just put it into a PC and run the .exe file. Clicking the mouse anywhere in the screen advances the program to the next step. Make mental notes for talking points for each section. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: GFM CD

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: >> You probably ought to have the CD by today. Just put it into a PC and >> run the .exe file. Clicking the mouse anywhere in the screen advances >> the program to the next step. >> Make mental notes for talking points for e

Re: GFM CD

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
David Savage wrote: >On 3/16/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Make mental notes for talking points for each section. > >OK, I will. Not you! (We expect reverent silence from the teeming masses.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml

Re: GFM CD

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
P. J. Alling wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: >> David Savage wrote: >> >>> On 3/16/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Make mental notes for talking points for each section. >>>> >>> OK, I

Re: GFM CD

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
David Savage wrote: >Mark, just a quick question about the Sunday "judging". What time does >it usually start and roughly how long does it go for? Difficult for me to say, because Sundays at GFM usually consist of one long, frantic blur to me. :) Last year the Sunday schedule was (all times app

Re: SD cards

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >now that sounds like one bitter man I'm a two-bitter man, myself. Three, if someone else is driving! ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: RE: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: >Sat Nav over here is notorious for leading people up one way streets, >across people's back gardens and through shops. I had a good argument >a couple of years ago with some cretin who was putting too much trust >in his sat nav and trying to drive down my street, which has a locked >

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: >On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>t's very hilly here and years >>ago, when this was a city of factories and working class people who >>walked to work, they constructed dozens and dozens of sets of stairs up >>and down th

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Tom C wrote: >It's all in the eye of the beholder. So far, several of what I consider my >very best images were declined. OTOH, some of those that I've displayed >here on the list that were ignored or snubbed have been approved. > >Likewise I see some images with, what I feel are fatal flaws

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: >On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Five words: "Very, very *narrow* Land Rover" :-) > >Like this? > ><http://www.rebelreplicas.net/> LOL! Yes, those might work. (Actually, even those might be tight on a couple of the

Re: Pentax Gallery Response

2007-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >Markus Maurer wrote: > >>Are you pulling my leg asking if a Takumar lens is a Pentax lens? >> >No - I just don't remember Takumar at all I'm 70, remember :) Up until 1975 there was no such thing as a "Pentax" lens: Asahi Optical Co. sold their cameras under the "Pentax

Pentax Gallery Improvements

2007-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Apparently they're still working it and making improvements: I uploaded one photo 15 minutes ago and when I uploaded a second one just a moment ago I got a completely different interface when prompted to add data about the image. Looks nicer but, more importantly, works much better :) -- PDML

Re: For Those Who Enjoy Rumors

2007-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
David Savage wrote: >On 3/18/07, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://pentaxlife.com/forum/topic/39?replies=1 >> >> The poster is a professional with ties to Pentax. But the 1.25 crop >> sensor and FF rumors makes no sense considering Pentax's current lens >> development strategy. A

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Dario Bonazza wrote: >I've tried an experiment. I've edited the title (only the title, >nothing else) of a picture of mine which was already "Approved in >gallery". By doing that, the picture turns back into "Ready for >review" (or whatever they call it) status. > >Then, that same picture was "

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery Response

2007-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Markus Maurer wrote: > would you say that only a lens with the name Pentax on it is a > Pentax lens or does it qualify if it is built by Asahi (Pentax)? Well, if it's sold as a Pentax lens it's a Pentax lens :) If it was made after Asahi changed its corporate name to Pentax (2-3 years ago) it's

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: >One of my images has been in "on hold" status for about three days. >Anyone else had this happen? Only four days? I had one that was on hold for over a week before they rejected it! >What dilemma could possibly be causing such an extended period >of indecision? I expect it'

Re: Anyone got the Sigma 500 working with the K10D yet

2007-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
I had my Sigma 500 updated and it seems to be working fine with the K10D now. I hope to add a Pentax 540 later this year but I'm saving up for a big lens purchase first. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Markus Maurer wrote: >Maybe there is a point in the supposition that a photo should look >good as a thumbnail too for them? That's the impression I get. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Dayton wrote: >The real thing to remember is this is a show off gallery for Pentax >equipment. Much more than it is a show off gallery for the >photographer. So they are looking for some cliched images - many of >which she has produced. They want some really punchy colors and >classic loc

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Bong Manayon wrote: >> Maybe the chances of an acceptance rise when you use a rare >> lens or one lens/body with no entries yet? > >Hi. I thought about that in some of my shots. A lot were taken using >a SMCP K 135/2.5 which was not on the database and selectable in their >pull-down menu. But

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Bong Manayon wrote: >Was your entry with the K 15/3.5 accepted already or is it still on >"ready for review" mode? I submitted two 15mm shots yesterday afternoon (and I listed the "A" 15mm f/3.5 as the lens) and they're still "ready for review". -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.n

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Markus Maurer wrote: >Hi Mark and Bong >I like the "Salt Shaper Cap" photo a lot as well. >BTW I haven't seen a dog or cat picture in the gallery, maybe that is >too sweet for Pentax :-) Someone (I forget who) submitted a cat photo and had it rejected. So I sent three flower shots (mainly as a

Re: PAW 2007 - 13 - GDG

2007-03-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >Not exactly shot this week but I was working on some photos and this >one just seemed to suit my mood best... > > http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/13.htm > >Comments, critique, and flames always appreciated. Great shot! We had a discussion recently about

Re: PESO: Three of Four

2007-03-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Adam Maas wrote: >Seven of Nine was the Borg character from Star Trek: Voyager They should have named her Three of Nine, in honor of the barcode. :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: RE: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Bong Manayon wrote: >Elsewhere in this thread or somewhere, there's this exchange on photos >that were declined. Why not a PUG theme "Declined" where we post our >best/favorite shots that were not accepted in the Pentax Gallery :-D LOL! Now *that's* a capital idea. If the PUG can't do it I'll ho

Re: Why can't I see Pentax User Gallery Thumbnails & Photos?

2007-03-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Blakely wrote: >Why can't I see Pentax User Gallery Thumbnails & Photos? Perhaps your browser's Flash plug-in is an outdated version? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: K10 Debug Mode

2007-03-18 Thread Mark Roberts
John Whittingham wrote: >WTF is depth of focus? Depth of focus is the "behind the lens" analogue of depth of field. Whereas depth of field is the depth of the plane of focus in front of the lens (where the subject of your photograph is), depth of focus is the depth of the plane *inside* the c

Re: Today in the Studio

2007-03-19 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: >Today was doggie portrait day at the old dog club. >http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/fellas/portraits/portraits.html Very nice shots indeed! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Massive Recall of Pet Food

2007-03-19 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: >On Sunday 18 March 2007 19:03, Doug Franklin wrote: >> >> Yeah, I checked the list, but none of them were products I've used. Whew! > >It looks like the recall was limited to one specific type of food, that >being the "cuts in gravy" variety that aren't all that good for dog

Re: Show

2007-03-19 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: >My first show in over a year and a half is opening April 1, at La >Carrera bike shop here in Toronto. Good job, Frank! I'll try to make it up there for a visit when the show's up. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml

Re: Metering Takumar lenses

2007-03-19 Thread Mark Roberts
When you stop the lens down can you see the diaphragm closing when you look into the lens (and see the view darkening when you look through the viewfinder)? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Disguised 2.8/35 Macro

2007-03-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Thibouille wrote: >2007/3/19, Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/lens/2007/03/19/5861.html >> >I thought Pentax limited lens would not ever ever been available for >the other mounts? Well it's only a Limited lens when that switch is in the "Limit" position. ;

Interesting K10D comment on T.O.P.

2007-03-20 Thread Mark Roberts
"the salesman was concerned when I asked to see the K10D and the D80 together, apparently fearing that the D80 would suffer in comparison. He suggested that the D200 was a more appropriate comparison for the K10D, and pulled one out and set it on the counter for me without being asked." --

Re: PESO: playing with K10D noise at 1600

2007-03-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Juan Buhler wrote: >I bought it for use on the Pentax H lens here: > > http://www.jbuhler.com/HLimited/index.html One of my favorite Pentax web pages ;-) BTW Juan (or anyone else) - do you have any idea where I could get a similar lens for similar experiments? I'm going to be attending the "Sy

Re: Hey Boris! Welcome to America's finest!

2007-03-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: >On 20/3/07, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Looks like yer getting a Hooters! > >What's a Hooters? A club for people with big noses. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: >Yep. Either the people who do the pickin' like 'em or they don't. >Fairly simple. Their taste doesn't correspond exactly to mine, and I >suspect others feel the same way. But, hey, it's their gallery. Precisely. Furthermore, I've come to realize that I *already know* w

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-21 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> If the Gallery accepted every shot I submitted and put it in their >> Premier Collection it would be a huge ego boost, but I wouldn't learn >> anything. > >Given that scenario, would

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: >A photo which may have been honored with a first place >ranking in a well attended inventory of work assembled by a >respected gallery, would reasonably be expected to show well in >most judged exhibits. This statement isn't true on any planet *I've* lived on! -- PDML Pent

Re: PESO

2007-03-21 Thread Mark Roberts
J wrote: >www.photo.net/photos/pjjdxn I love "Flakes"! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-03-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Franklin wrote: >Not to be a spoilsport or anything, but what are the licensing terms on >uploaded photos? >From the FAQ: "Q: Who will own the rights to my photos? A: You will. Copyright of the Images will remain the property of the photographer. A credit will be provided under all images

PESO: One that got accepted

2007-03-21 Thread Mark Roberts
I expected the Pentax Gallery to reject this one but they confounded me again... http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm It's the Conemaugh Dam, about an hour's drive from Pittsburgh, which I photographed while on a Sierra Club hike. Seems a bit Margaret Bourke-White influenced to me. -- PDML Pe

Re: One that got accepted

2007-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: >From: "Mark Roberts" > >>I expected the Pentax Gallery to reject this one but they confounded me >> again... >> http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm >> >> It's the Conemaugh Dam, about an hour's drive from Pittsbur

Anyone need a web site designed for them?

2007-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Several students in my web design class are stuck for ideas for the web site they have to design for their final project. If there's anyone on the list who'd like to have a student design a web site for them, please drop me a line. This would preferably be for a business of some sort, but I (a

Re: One that got accepted

2007-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: >Tom C wrote: > >> Did you guys realize that as of yesterday there's not a single entry in the >> Glamour/Fashion and Sports/Action categories? > >silly Tom. You can't shoot sports with a Pentax. > >Seems to me some of those surfing and motorcycle racing shots would fit >in t

Re: One that got accepted

2007-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Tom C wrote: >>From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>I was just browsing the action/sports category the other day and there >>are plenty of photos in there, including two of mine. I found the >>surfing shots pretty impressive, though. > >I still d

Re: RE: Anyone need a web site designed for them?

2007-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote: >As a matter of fact, yes. I'm looking at doing photography full time >when I retire in 2.5 years. I figure to be doing weddings & portraiture >with some "fine art" aka landscape/location/travel photography thrown in. > >What would the students need from me? A general idea

Re: RE: PESO: One that got accepted

2007-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: >Not having something like this would say some very negative >things about the company which could contribute a lot to losing >sales, in my view. Sums it up nicely. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: One that got accepted

2007-03-23 Thread Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote: >> Cotty >> On 22/3/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> >photogravure >> >> That a filter in CS? > >I hope you're being sarky. Of course he's being snarky! Everyone knows it's screw-in lens filter... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.n

PESO: Girders

2007-03-23 Thread Mark Roberts
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/temp.htm Don't know if I like it or not, myself... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Girders

2007-03-23 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >> From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/temp.htm >> >> Don't know if I like it or not, myself... > >Is this another cry for large format? 8-) Well, yes and no: It's another one fo

Re: Girders

2007-03-23 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: >From: "Mark Roberts" >> >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/temp.htm >> >> Don't know if I like it or not, myself... > >Too busy. Too dark. The business was kind of what I was trying to capture but the darkness bothers m

Re: PESO - Mustard Fields Forever

2007-03-23 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/forever.htm Marnie, that's an awesome photo! It doesn't have a single focal point or main subject. No compositional elements at all, really. It just *is*. Zen photography :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net h

Re: Gallery Access

2007-03-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Franklin wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: > >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/index-flash.jsp? > >At the moment, I'm seeing the following image counts: > >Abstract 99 >B&W0 >Cityscape/Urban0 >Documentary 135 &

Re: Bors (PESO) - week 12

2007-03-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Christian wrote: >P. J. Alling wrote: >> Cotty wrote: >>> >> That's a pretty precarious perch in those heels... >> More like a barracuda, I'd bet! >>> Stop carping on me! >>> >> Cut it out or I'll take a Pi

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