Re: Bicycle photo (not mine) for Knarf

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
2010/2/17 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Necessity (and Frank Zappa) are the Mothers of Invention. better not let War hear that... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: PESO -- Pleas Sir; May I have some Moai

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
What Frank said; thanks fos sharing the smile Ecke 2010/2/17 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:14 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure it I really like this one or it's just an excuse for an awful pun,

Re: PESO - pond

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
not sure what to make of it - need more time for that - but certainly inspiring which is the best i can say about any photo ty ecke 2010/2/2 Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com: http://decluttr.com/4323191136_white critique is very welcome -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Pentax in the UK

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
I bought my Optio WP from them in 2005 and a top of the line Sony ps for work in 2004. Both were extremely cheap and took ages and some strongly worded reminders to come through and were shipped from France. Both were misdeclared as German merchandise and when I complained about that I got a

Re: PESO - This Scares Me Just a Bit

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
2010/2/17 John Francis jo...@panix.com: I thought he was selling scarves to the fashionistas yes and his trademark race horse blanket (I wouldn't go so far as to say terrier tartan =] ) pattern, the Rocabar got its name from a Brit - I forget the name - I blieve designer or jockey working for

Re: Feature wishlist

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
2010/2/17 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: They have it. Its called the K10D back focus. I looked. It is not an option on newer models. Also there is no firmware hack for it. Too bad :( Myself, I seem to have caught one of the rare Easter Egg K10Ds with random focus mode. I read something

Re: PESO: Hermit Silhouette

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
Composition is great but on my monitor I would want the Egret either darker or brighter, it looks sorta in between. But I like the image a lot. Thanks for sharing Ecke 2010/2/17 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: Another short visit, and likely last of the season, to Gray Lodge State Wildlife

Re: PESO - Milk and Coffee

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
Fail to see the coffee but your camera looks like the rare Azteq edition... nice shot =) cheers Ecke 2010/2/17 Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/mawz/4364580157/ K-x and the DA 18-55 II You'll be seeing more PESO's from me now that I'm actively shooting Pentax again.

Re: Feature wishlist

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
Canon tried at one point with sensor watching where you look - I think if that could be refined and matched up with correspondingly many focus points it might be viable but I doubt anyone will pay the premium beyond the rudimentary version that they had - which incidentally worked so well i never

Re: Feature wishlist

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
2010/2/17 Jos from Holland jos_from_holl...@onsnet.nu: In principle that is one of the fastest ways to tell the camera where to focus. But there are many practical problems Jos totally. in an ideal world the camera would see both eyes and triangulate the distance. assuming it would know its

Re: Pentax in the UK

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
you can get the same price through a reputable german pentax premium centre - cheapest k-x is GBP 441 plus shipment www.foto-palme.de i can help you with ordering etc if you like got my k10d from there and it went great incl post-sales cheers ecke 2010/2/17 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com:

Re: Feature wishlist

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
Giggle... I don't wanna know my results... 2010/2/17 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 4:10 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Canon tried at one point with sensor watching where you look - Then i would have 1000's of photos of women's legs.;-) Dave

Re: PESO: Hermit Silhouette

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
2010/2/17 Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com: Nice scene - not an eagle, but very nice anyway. Shouldn't that read 'not a cormorant'? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: PESO: Hermit Silhouette (BW)

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
My monitor istn't calibrated to find it ;] 2010/2/17 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: I converted the Hermit Egret and nudged the shadow color curve to enhance the silhouette a little more. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload.detail.asp?ID=458 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: OT: malevolent virus

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
Sorry to hear that John and you're in my prayers for a full recovery. I can think of quite a bunch that could do this trick, I hope it is one of the less aggressive ones. Mind you, I am a bit preoccupied with viruses at this time, so please take my comment with a grain of salt and believe in the

Re: PESO - This Scares Me Just a Bit

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
wouldn't buddha opt for a nikon d3s these days considering all the readily available enlightenment? 2010/2/17 Bob W p...@web-options.com: It all sounds strangely familiar. God incarnate, come among men, the way, the truth and the life. They're all the same. Doesn't Hermes own Leica? (I

HCB 4 Knarf

2010-02-17 Thread eckinator
German audio/literature/media/video re-/marketer 2001 has HCB's ScrapBook - last copies of reprint - for @ 29.95 down from 78.95 - if anyone's interested, I could put together one big package, probably cheaper to redistribute within North America than to send individually. I am ordering my copy

Re: Optio WS80

2010-02-18 Thread eckinator
reviews weren't so favorable - want a summary? 2010/2/18 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: On 18/02/2010, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: I'll be more specific.  Does anyone other than PJ have an opinion about the WS80?  We're thinking about getting one for our oldest

Re: plane crash

2010-02-18 Thread eckinator
2010/2/18 Bob W p...@web-options.com: Wow, that's amazing - something on Fox News confirmed as true! MRK Was Al Qaeda blamed yet? Any new airline security restrictions? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: plane crash

2010-02-18 Thread eckinator
2010/2/18 Bob W p...@web-options.com: Wow, that's amazing - something on Fox News confirmed as true! come to think of it it may be because there is no longer a Bush pilot telling Dubya what to stammer so they have to at least report the facts plus their interpretation rather than their truth

Re: plane crash

2010-02-18 Thread eckinator
IMHO the new government is no longer in the business of making the people docile by using fear tactics in the form of prevented fictictious acts of terror or blaming every broken ATM on Al Qaeda 2010/2/18 Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net: On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:22:19 -0500 John

Re: malevolent virus

2010-02-18 Thread eckinator
2010/2/18 Bob W p...@web-options.com: Sounds like norovirus (winter vomiting bug) which does the rounds over here every year. Get well soon. http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/wintervomiting1.shtml in these parts rotavirus is just gearing up for the season with much the same symptoms.

Re: plane crash

2010-02-18 Thread eckinator
2010/2/18 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: The US doesn't have a parlementary system, unlike, in theory at least, most of Europe.  The the US the bureaucrats are the government, the Administration gives direction, but we still have the same government we had under the previous

Re: plane crash

2010-02-18 Thread eckinator
2010/2/18 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: That makes it terrorism in my book whether he was affiliated with any group or not. either that or going out with a bang from a fight you cannot win... but yes, agreed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: plane crash

2010-02-18 Thread eckinator
Those policy makers should go back to watching Weapons of Ass Destruction and leave governmenting and democrating to others... 2010/2/19 William Robb war...@gmail.com: - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010

Re: plane crash

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
2010/2/19 Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca: On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:39 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Not true. No one denied the McVeigh and his Michigan MIlitia partners were terrorists. Trying to make the label a racial issue is ridiculous. The guy in the plane was a

Re: plane crash

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
yeah and deliberationism for acts deliberately misportrayed as such as well as ficititious altogether 2010/2/19 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: 2010/2/19 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: Those policy makers should go back to watching Weapons of Ass Destruction and leave governmenting

Re: plane crash

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
2010/2/19 Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com: That pretty much makes your own country born by terrorism.  Utter nonsense. American revolutionary forces were organized armies that took direct action against British troops. Undoubtedly, both sides acted against civilian populations to some

Re: plane crash

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
2010/2/19 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Well okay:-). But I regret saying it, even if the young man in question was acting somewhat irrational. I am concerned about his physical well being. It is OK Paul - I laid it on a little thicker as I always do when it comes to Vietraq, Gitmo,

Re: FS FRiday

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
Does the AnnSanDisk reader support SDHC? (Figured I'd ask onlist so you only get the Q once) Cheers Ecke 2010/2/19 ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: The first few items in this gallery on my web page are photo equip The password is stuff First thing is a SanDisk Image Mate 12 in 1 reader/writer

Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
2010/2/19 CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com: The problem with nutters: they feel that everyone who doesn't believe/feel/act the same way that they do is a nutter. lower case mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: OT - Terrorism (was: plane crash)

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
Dario, I think that is a great way to put it =) 2010/2/19 Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it: I  think terrorism is when you shoot in the bunch, while guerrilla is selecting your target. Of course, you can also be somewhere in between, you can make mistakes, and so on. I can understand

Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
2010/2/19 Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com: Didn't some spy agency have a single-shot pistol built into an SLR? C'est fromage! I just caught myself imagining a lens in which the individual elements have razor sharp edges and your lens can fire them off much like frisbees at peoples necks or

Re: OT Job offer: was HRG / KDB Analyst for Quantitative Trading

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
I'd be careful Dave - if they google you and find this post including the 1972 Seneca comment and their consultant's direct number, they may not be too amused. Cheers good luck Ecke 2010/2/19 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: I had no idea that my Fortran IV classes at Seneca back in 1972,

Re: PESO -- Not a Decoy

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
2010/2/18 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Sometimes swimming is just out of the question. especially when you have close air support ]=) fun shot name well picked -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

FS FRiday

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
plain text resend -- Forwarded message -- From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Date: 2010/2/20 Subject: Re: FS FRiday To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net thanks that helped - i just googled it and it does with the latest firmware sdhc aka sd high capacity is the latest

Re: FS FRiday

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
stuff happy buying ecke 2010/2/20 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:00 PM, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: The first few items in this gallery on my web page are photo equip The password is stuff First thing is a SanDisk Image Mate 12 in 1

Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
2010/2/20 William Jeffrey Wiseman e...@grandecom.net: Funny thing about gun laws, the state in the US with some of the least restrictive laws (Vermont) is one of the safest. assuming a monocausal relationship between laws and crime... assuming further a nationwide identical sociodemography and

Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...

2010-02-19 Thread eckinator
2010/2/20 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: The Swiss  understand this at least.  Citizens are armed subjects aren't..  I believe that the Swiss used to wear their swords to vote as proof of citizenship.  Maybe they still do. they do. daggers. in some places required for communal

Re: PESO - Two Pair of Shoes on a Sidewalk

2010-02-20 Thread eckinator
2010/2/20 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Seriously though, probably someone who doesn't need them anymore put them out on the street so someone who does can take them. Better way to recycle than tying the laces together and throwing them over a power line. they look very dusty - i think

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-20 Thread eckinator
2010/2/20 David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz: On Feb 20, 2010, at 2:37 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Atlex is now offering  the Epson 11880 for just 8K -- with free shipping. Time to buy! The retail price is more than 11K. It prints with K3 inks through nine channel heads, so that's about as good

Re: PESO: Hermit Silhouette

2010-02-20 Thread eckinator
I like the saturated silhouette much better. Next thing I would try is to brighten the background and reduce contrast within it or desaturate or whatever to go a bit more high key. But it is a really nice shot definitely well worth the edit Cheers Ecke 2010/2/18 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: I

Re: Snow golf weekend

2010-02-20 Thread eckinator
2010/2/20 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Today is our annual snow gold (sic) day haha remember frank zappa and bob marley don't eat the yellow snow and nat all that glitters is gold =P and most of all have fun! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT Job offer: was HRG / KDB Analyst for Quantitative Trading

2010-02-20 Thread eckinator
Oh I'm sorry I totally misconstrued it then to mean you were actually happy about this and considering it. No harm intended Cheers Ecke 2010/2/20 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:54 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: I'd be careful Dave - if they google you

Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...

2010-02-21 Thread eckinator
2010/2/21 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Dating super-models requires less maintenance. tactical nukes may require less ongoing maintenance during those five years perhaps but the urge to return a supermodel to her maker for disassembly certainly arises after MUCH MUCH less than five years

Re: PESO -- Heratic

2010-02-21 Thread eckinator
uhm, are those old spiderwebs on the tripod? ]=) 2010/2/20 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Just a portrait of my medium format camera. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20heratic.html Equipment:  Pentax K20D/w SMC Pentax FA 43mm f21.9 Limited. Notes:  Direct flash

Re: Double Peso - birds

2010-02-21 Thread eckinator
what stan said! thanks for sharing ecke 2010/2/21 Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: I like the composition of both though I prefer the simplicity of the first. Both seem a bit too dark on my screen, I think that I would add about 1/2 stop added exposure. stan On Feb 20, 2010, at

Re: 50mm lenses and flare

2010-02-21 Thread eckinator
Since we're on the topic already: how much would be a reasonable price for the smc-F 50/1.7 in B condition? TIA ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: 50mm lenses and flare

2010-02-21 Thread eckinator
2010/2/21 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com: The last one I had was sold in 2006 for $135 or so, IIRC. It was in EXC condition. ty godfrey =) eBay item 220556654576 it is at € 99 now which is interestingly just those $135 but there is still some time to go so it will go a tad bit higher yet

Re: GESO: Hausermann's Orchids

2010-02-21 Thread eckinator
2010/2/21 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Rick, Thanks for looking and commenting. DOF is a problem and using the autofocus macro will take practice. There were lots of focus errors in this GESO. I find myself not concentrating as much as when it was purely manual focus. Regards,  Bob S.

Re: PAW7 - wink

2010-02-21 Thread eckinator
OMFG how funny. I love it. Chucky's Bride naked ]=) 2010/2/21 DagT li...@thrane.name: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D and D-FA 100macro DagT http://www.thrane.name -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

How much to pay for smc F 50/1.7

2010-02-21 Thread eckinator
Please answer fast, just found it in the bay and it is about to end 220556654576 TY so much Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: 50mm lenses and flare

2010-02-21 Thread eckinator
perhaps the one that comes with the dfa 50? 2010/2/21 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: On 21/2/10, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: I used a number of the 50mm lenses when I was shooting with Pentax cameras: M50/1.4, A50/1.4, A50/1.7, F50/1.7, FA50/1.4 and A50/2.8 Macro. There's no

Re: Great Printer Deal at Atlex

2010-02-21 Thread eckinator
2010/2/20 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: But you do have friends, just because we think you're crazy doesn't mean we don't like you. thank you p.j. that does mean something to me -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Bad News from Montreal

2010-02-22 Thread eckinator
That is terrible. You're in my thoughts, all 5 of you - the car is certainly insured... I hope that someone at least has the decency to drop the dogs off all together and in a place where they get shelter and care - are they tagged in any way? BEST OF LUCK Ecke 2010/2/22 paul stenquist

Re: Pentax K7 (and Steve) make sweet love to the Leica S2

2010-02-22 Thread eckinator
looks massive and from what i read it is great 2010/2/22 Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2010/02/21/leica-s2-first-look-video/ -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: YANPJ

2010-02-22 Thread eckinator
2010/2/22 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Sartre said hell is others.  This list is proof of that... We have met the enemy and he is us -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: Silver K-7 (Limited 1000 edition) with nice focus screen IMO ;)

2010-02-22 Thread eckinator
2010/2/22 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Seriously, though, it's a collector's item. It says in the press release that only 1000 cameras will be produced. bummer I can only afford to buy and keep shooter's items =( shelf and showcase queens aren't my cup of tea -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...

2010-02-22 Thread eckinator
2010/2/22 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: So what was HER name wink, wink    ;-] so... your supermodel... was she a sport, eh? was she a sport? nudge, nudge... or frank's version: so, uhm... how'bout them Jays? cheers ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: 50mm lenses and flare

2010-02-22 Thread eckinator
thank you everybody that was very helpful!!! ecke 2010/2/22 Carlos R carlos_r...@teleline.es: eckinator escribió: q...@all: is it generally an ok choice or had i better save up for sump'n else and if so then what? I have an M 50 mm. 1.4 and an F 50 mm. 1.7. Like Godfrey said, the F 1.7

Re: K-7 $900 at Amazon, today only

2010-02-22 Thread eckinator
bummer... with duties, taxes, shipping etc. i am not going an ywhere... shopping in GBP from the uk though vs EUR within germany ... iffen i buy from srs i get a free 55-200 kit lens, battery grip and genuine pentax spare battery for the same price plus shipment... i am seriously thinking about

Re: Good News from Montreal

2010-02-22 Thread eckinator
woo hoo!!! woof hoo achtually =) 2010/2/22 P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Wendy reports that the dogs have been found. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: PESO -- Chartreuse Coupe.n Revisited

2010-02-22 Thread eckinator
2010/2/22 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: Wonderful shot, Peter. Nit, however; suggest toning down the chartreuse which appears to me to be rather artificially bright. Love the straw. same nit... the chartreuse... or some may say kawasaki race green... makes it looks more like an insect on

Re: 50mm lenses and flare

2010-02-22 Thread eckinator
2010/2/22 David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com: On 22 February 2010 18:18, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: You have to try pretty hard to go wrong with a Pentax 50mm. Throwing down the gauntlet? Looks like the gloves are coming off. I admit only to being smitten. You pointing the finger at

Re: PESO - Colorado National Monument

2010-02-22 Thread eckinator
It is beautiful. And I like the absence of postcardesque colors =) 2010/2/22 Tom C caka...@gmail.com: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10715804size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: PESO - Vanessa's New Glasses

2010-02-22 Thread eckinator
Real head turner but those glasses are fashion victim stuff =( 2010/2/22 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: While doing my little magazine shoot on Saturday, one of the people we bumped into and interviewed was a friend, Vanessa.  As you can see, she's cute as a button.  This photo

Re: Digging out in Pittsburgh

2010-02-22 Thread eckinator
2010/2/22 m...@robertstech.com: That should be get the HOUSE READY for sale... glad it wasnt to be the grouse greasy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: Wanted: K-mount extension tube set

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
Darren, I have a set of 3 Panagors with one aperture lever - dunno if that suits your needs? Cheers Ecke 2010/2/22 CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com: Does anybody have an old set of automatic extension tubes, suitable for manual focus lenses? Brand doesn't matter too much. I've got a set of

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
I often push around in my head the idea of a fully modular camera and so consider the Ricoh GXR a huge step in the right direction. I have tons of ideas, I think I should/will write to Pentax... 2010/2/23 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: On Feb 23, 2010, at 12:08 AM, Tom C wrote: Hear

Re: [About NX-K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographic comment :p

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Samsung_K_mount_adapter_on_show_news_295199.html Last paragraph. ROTFL. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45,

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com: hi, for my bicycle ride in the himalayas this summer, i need to keep the things i take to a bare essential minimum. as for the camera gear, since i can't afford to take multiple lenses, i was thinking of getting the sigma 17-70 (older version). but after

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 Tom C caka...@gmail.com: I simply sense what appears to be a general dichotomy between words, actions and wishes (trichotomy?). :-) 1. There's the oft expressed wish for a better featured, higher end body however one defines it. 2. Many Pentax owners do indeed upgrade when new

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Tell them to call it the LXD. will do if you don't ask royalties =) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Vodka no ice, please. glad you had the good sense for no ice - by the time it gets there it would be thawed and dry ice ruins the taste of anything... plus I doubt you'd get on the EuroStar or a ferry for a shot ]=P However, you're welcome to stop

Re: Good News from Montreal

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: On the original subject, - I am glad to hear the dogs were found safe. hound safe, you mean? =) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: [About NX-K-mount adapter] Wanna have some fun? A funny photographic comment :p

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Did Samsung just (re)invent the aperture ring? no, the adaptor has a mechanical internal aperture simulator and the aperture blades come in two versions, cormorant beak and cormorant wing (extended) shape, for a sharper or a breezier bokeh

Re: OT - my stuff on ebay - please look, pretty please. WITH THE LINK

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
thanks ann, also can you give me a price incl shipment to germany for the image drive please? offlist if you like cheers tia ecke 2010/2/22 ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: LOl I copied but didnt paste - duh http://shop.ebay.com/annsan/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_from=_ipg=50 Evan Hanson wrote:

Re: PESO - Drive-by Smiles

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: As I was shooting Vanessa in Kensington Market (see yesterday's PESO) I stepped back into the street so I could get her and her bike in a few shots.  A car approaches (the streets in Kensington are very narrow and usually over-run by

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: If I'd known you were a connoiseur I would have specified Zubrowka.  Because I'm a tourist. Happen to like that one too =) Had a Russian style restaurant/bar 13/14 years ago with 30-some vodkas on the menue. some with made up changes to the

Re: tamron 18-250

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: There is a joke describing what distinguishes a person belonging to Russian intelligentsia (aka elite intellectual - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligentsia ): an open bottle of vodka sitting in the freezer since the visit of a less intellectual

Re: OT - my stuff on ebay - please look, pretty please. WITH THE LINK

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
I'll mail it right away ann eckinator wrote: thanks ann, also can you give me a price incl shipment to germany for the image drive please? offlist if you like cheers tia ecke 2010/2/22 ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: LOl I copied but didnt paste - duh http://shop.ebay.com/annsan

Re: K-7 $900 at Amazon, today only

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: Anyone want to make an offer on one of my two K20s, one with kit lens, one without? I would if I could but I can't so I won't. My best offer would only waste your time =( But I do wish you the best of luck selling those things!! Cheers Ecke --

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/23 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: I say Fool's Format, because I perceive the arguments of 135 format over APS-C as mostly otherbrand penis envy. you have me stumped - I like for other brand or even relabeled versions of my penis but no go, not even aftermarket... maybe I should get it

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
like = looked that is 2010/2/23 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: 2010/2/23 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: I say Fool's Format, because I perceive the arguments of 135 format over APS-C as mostly otherbrand penis envy. you have me stumped - I like for other brand or even relabeled versions

Re: Ned Speaks

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
the whole short to mid range... they focus on totally absolutely anyone know - there is a bit of a gap though around 19-62 but I bet they could close it with just some minor tweaks to a formula in a drawer somewhere. Perhaps the next edition after the colored K-xen should be personalized focal

SDM once agin

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
For the past couple of days I've had the SDM delayed start event on my recently replaced with new 16-50 (again as in 2nd factory new lens to do this in 8 months). Perhaps it was the sub-10°C temperature because it now does it only occasionally but this really bugs me now... I only just got it back

Re: Ned Speaks

2010-02-23 Thread eckinator
2010/2/24 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: I understand your possible affinity to 19-70/2.8 but I'd rather get something from pre-Columbus era. I don't wanna guess ]=P 70/1.4 ? I believe Count Alessandro di Cagliostro was claiming that he was born around 70, but I don't remember AD or BC.

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-24 Thread eckinator
2010/2/24 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Since the one I got ain't gettin' as much use as I think it should, why would I want another one? it opens up new alleys of creativity plus you can race yourself... I'd take one ]:) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-24 Thread eckinator
2010/2/24 Tom C caka...@gmail.com: I sense a gender of our PDML has stopped following this thread. must be penis envy =P -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: OT GESO - Newtown

2010-02-24 Thread eckinator
like your style derby =) 2010/2/24 Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Balmy night last night. T-shirt and flippy skirt weather, it was. So I took my Epson for a walk. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_02/10_02_kingst/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au

Re: SDM once agin

2010-02-24 Thread eckinator
2010/2/24 Sandy Harris sandyinch...@gmail.com: Ouch! Does anyone know if the 55 1.4 SDM exhibits the problem? Or is it only the zooms? I wouldn't know but it is making me question the wisdom of Pentax in terms of both design and QC. I can't be apologetic of them much longer if this goes on. I

Re: On FF and other must have features

2010-02-24 Thread eckinator
2010/2/24 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I think that most photographers would agree that there maybe a dozen must have features on a camera. snip I have three must have features: 1) shutter release 2) aperture

Re: On FF and other must have features

2010-02-24 Thread eckinator
edit: 2010/2/24 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: 2010/2/24 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:23 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I think that most photographers would agree that there maybe a dozen must have features on a camera. snip I have three must

Re: PESO -- Chartreuse Coupe.n Revisited and Revised

2010-02-24 Thread eckinator
what jack said! thank you for time, peter cheers ecke 2010/2/24 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: I wasn't really bothered by the previous background and the dark blob on the right is somewhat distracting. I prefer this green. :) Jack --- On Wed, 2/24/10, P. J. Alling

Re: lens swap/lease?

2010-02-24 Thread eckinator
Hi Sasha Seeing I have very little in the way of lenses there is definite interest but also very little to offer to swap. What would you have in mind? Cheers Ecke (Wanna go offlist?) 2010/2/24 Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com: HI, I have a bunch of lenses I do not use much, that are just sitting

Re: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

2010-02-24 Thread eckinator
brilliant =) 2010/2/24 Bob W p...@web-options.com: It's that time of year again: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8530144.stm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: lens swap/lease?

2010-02-24 Thread eckinator
all I call my own da 18-250 dfa 50 (going up for sale) dfa 100 (going up for sale the moment I have the wr version novoflex auto aperture bellows and 60/4 auto bellows noflexar (inactively fs, i.e. no ebay listing etc) plus (positively not an option for this) da* 16-50 (always on) novoflex t/s

Re: samsung TL500

2010-02-25 Thread eckinator
I kinda fina it quite interesting but a little more zoom range such as 24-120 instead of 24-72 would have made it interesting w/o the quite. Cheers Ecke 2010/2/25 Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com: What do you think?

Re: PESO - Young Man Wearing a Hat

2010-02-25 Thread eckinator
2010/2/25 Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com: The shot really catches my eye.  Even though I have no idea who it is, it's an interesting photo.  Nicely done, Frank. yup that makes a good portrait what he said! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: On FF and other must have features

2010-02-25 Thread eckinator
2010/2/25 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: The critical qualifier in that argument is compared to the competition. Take a critical look backwards on Pentax' K-mount camera development, and you'll find that since the introduction of autofocus, or maybe earlier, they have never been spitzen

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