Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain [off list]
Thanks for all replies. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Perfect Bag
On 15/3/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: Interesting. A little larger than the F and in ballistic nylon rather than canvas. Hmm. My thinking is that canvas creates dust. And not as waterproof as the nylon. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Interesting software?
From researchers at respectable instutution: Open source algorithm for image denoising and interpolation, using state-of-the-art image processing techniques. http://www.greyc.ensicaen.fr/~dtschump/greycstoration/index.html -- Sandy Harris Quanzhou, Fujian, China -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: EXIF data on TIF's
Well people usually mix up everything and talk about EXIF when thay really should say metadata (Exif, Xmp, Iptc). Irfan may say there's Exif when in fact it is Iptc. I do not have Irfan but this is typical mistake. Tiff defenitely supports EXIF as per EXIF specifications paper. (yeah I'm into this stuff right now for my programming efforts). 2007/3/16, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Odd. After reading these comments I opened a PEF in PS CS, saved it as a TIF, and read it with Irfan plenty of exif data available. Shel [Original Message] From: David Savage On 3/16/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh yes it does. Furthermore, the *ist D TIFF files contain EXIF information. But a lot of image manipulating software thinks that EXIF data only comes in JPEG files, so doesn't even try to find it in a TIFF. My memory is a bit blurry on this as it's been a while, but I remember the *istD .tif files having exif data included, but when I saved them as .tif in PS the Exif data was stripped out. It one of the reasons why I went away from the .tif file format. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Perfect Bag
On 3/16/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15/3/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: Interesting. A little larger than the F and in ballistic nylon rather than canvas. Hmm. My thinking is that canvas creates dust. And not as waterproof as the nylon. Nylon holds a static charge, which attracts dust. :-) Dave Devils Advocate S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain
From his writings, I get the impression that William prefers his floggings to be administered by someone of the opposite sex and dressed in something more, ah, inspiring than military fatigues. From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/16 Fri AM 03:15:07 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain Probably better than some two star hotels I've been in, except for the razor wire and bars that is. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain I hear solitary confinement in Federal facilities has improved. They still only feed you bread and water, but it's gourmet bread and Evien now... Next thing you'll be telling us is that Guantánamo is a 4 star hotel. William Robb -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: EXIF data on TIF's
On 16/03/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 12:47:39AM +, Eric Featherstone wrote: On 16/03/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm reviewing some of my photos for the Pentax Gallery that were shot as .tifs early on and find that there's no EXIF data. Is this normal behavior for .tifs out of the *ist D? Try looking in the IPTC data instead, I don't think TIFF supports EXIF. Eric Oh yes it does. Furthermore, the *ist D TIFF files contain EXIF information. But a lot of image manipulating software thinks that EXIF data only comes in JPEG files, so doesn't even try to find it in a TIFF. Ahh, ok. Thanks, I've learned something. Eric. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: EXIF data on TIF's
Not odd, I just retried it and I was wrong. Like I said my memory was blurry on this subject. :-) Cheers, Dave On 3/16/07, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Odd. After reading these comments I opened a PEF in PS CS, saved it as a TIF, and read it with Irfan plenty of exif data available. Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Please help me sleep tonight
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/16 Fri AM 05:26:17 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Please help me sleep tonight In a message dated 3/14/2007 7:36:53 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Women are tough, they can take cold, birth, lack of sleep, basically anything. I wonder if it is because of lack of pain or lack of intelligence ;-) BTW. Please say hello to her from me ;-) Tim Typo Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) = No, it's just that guys are sissies. Marnie aka Doe ;-) 8-( I thought I was sensitive. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PSE 5.0 w/Vista
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/16 Fri AM 05:37:21 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PSE 5.0 w/Vista In a message dated 3/14/2007 12:13:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I read somewhere that PhotoShop Elements 5.0 will not run under Vista. I checked the Adobe homepage and indeed they have a patch. Has anyone here used it? I want to buy a laptop and everything is Vista now, so I will need the patch in order to load PSE 5. Walt == Depends where you buy your computer, some places will let you have XP loaded instead. Marnie aka Doe ??? Buy your expensive piece of kit, obliterate _all_ the sh1t that the retailer installs and set it up the way you want. DOS, UNIX, Klingon Battle language, whatever. Doing otherwise is like buying a car and driving it set up for the salesman person. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Perfect Bag
From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/16 Fri AM 08:18:13 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: The Perfect Bag On 3/16/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15/3/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: Interesting. A little larger than the F and in ballistic nylon rather than canvas. Hmm. My thinking is that canvas creates dust. And not as waterproof as the nylon. Nylon holds a static charge, which attracts dust. :-) Scotchguard deals with both problems. Allegedly. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Very old Hit film
On 3/16/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Savage wrote: At 11:59 AM 15/03/2007, ann sanfedele wrote: John -- of course when I read your subject line what passed through my mind first was - um - It happened one Night or the 39 Steps :) ann Me too, but the films were Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti Star Wars...you know...classics. g Dave Just a little younger than I am, are ya??? Just a little ;-) The line said VERY old film... I picked ones from the decade I was born in Yeah. Me too :-) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Perfect Bag
On Mar 16, 2007, at 12:49 AM, Cotty wrote: Interesting. A little larger than the F and in ballistic nylon rather than canvas. Hmm. My thinking is that canvas creates dust. And not as waterproof as the nylon. I haven't had much problem with either dust or water-logging, particularly if I use Scotchguard on the canvas. The practical advantage to nylon seems to be durability. Canvas has a somewhat nicer feel in use. But the real advantage of the J803 seems to be that it is a little thicker ... 4.5 rather than 4. That could be interesting as my only complaint with the F803 is that it's a little bit narrower than I'd like, same for the Timbuk2 Commute XL once I put the laptop in. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PSE 5.0 w/Vista
I suppose that's what happens when you buy a computer off the shelf. My computers have always been built for me - to my specs - and I get exactly what I want. Shel [Original Message] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I want to buy a laptop and everything is Vista now, so I will need the patch in order to load PSE 5. Walt == Depends where you buy your computer, some places will let you have XP loaded instead. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: EXIF data on TIF's
Irfan says EXIF and it is EXIF - at least in my case. Shel [Original Message] From: Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: 3/16/2007 12:19:40 AM Subject: Re: EXIF data on TIF's Well people usually mix up everything and talk about EXIF when thay really should say metadata (Exif, Xmp, Iptc). Irfan may say there's Exif when in fact it is Iptc. I do not have Irfan but this is typical mistake. Tiff defenitely supports EXIF as per EXIF specifications paper. (yeah I'm into this stuff right now for my programming efforts). 2007/3/16, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Odd. After reading these comments I opened a PEF in PS CS, saved it as a TIF, and read it with Irfan plenty of exif data available. Shel [Original Message] From: David Savage On 3/16/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh yes it does. Furthermore, the *ist D TIFF files contain EXIF information. But a lot of image manipulating software thinks that EXIF data only comes in JPEG files, so doesn't even try to find it in a TIFF. My memory is a bit blurry on this as it's been a while, but I remember the *istD .tif files having exif data included, but when I saved them as .tif in PS the Exif data was stripped out. It one of the reasons why I went away from the .tif file format. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Gallery Access
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. Precisely. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PSE 5.0 w/Vista
Walt, I have run PSE5 (with the patch) on a Vista machine without issue. I don't recall if I loaded PSE5 and then the patch or PSE5, run the program and then realize the patch was available. Either way, I don't do much PSE on the Vista machine, but it does work. Thanks! Ed On 3/14/07, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read somewhere that PhotoShop Elements 5.0 will not run under Vista. I checked the Adobe homepage and indeed they have a patch. Has anyone here used it? I want to buy a laptop and everything is Vista now, so I will need the patch in order to load PSE 5. Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thanks! Ed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PSE 5.0 w/Vista
I contacted Adobe not long ago and, with their guidance, downloaded the Vista patch and installed PSE5 with no problem. If I were to need to do it again, I'd repeat the process. Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/14/2007 12:13:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I read somewhere that PhotoShop Elements 5.0 will not run under Vista. I checked the Adobe homepage and indeed they have a patch. Has anyone here used it? I want to buy a laptop and everything is Vista now, so I will need the patch in order to load PSE 5. Walt == Depends where you buy your computer, some places will let you have XP loaded instead. Marnie aka Doe ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: RE: Gallery Access
So did I. Jack --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
GFM CD
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/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: EXIF data on TIF's
Good to know about Irfan. Thanks, Shel. 2007/3/16, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Irfan says EXIF and it is EXIF - at least in my case. Shel [Original Message] From: Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: 3/16/2007 12:19:40 AM Subject: Re: EXIF data on TIF's Well people usually mix up everything and talk about EXIF when thay really should say metadata (Exif, Xmp, Iptc). Irfan may say there's Exif when in fact it is Iptc. I do not have Irfan but this is typical mistake. Tiff defenitely supports EXIF as per EXIF specifications paper. (yeah I'm into this stuff right now for my programming efforts). 2007/3/16, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Odd. After reading these comments I opened a PEF in PS CS, saved it as a TIF, and read it with Irfan plenty of exif data available. Shel [Original Message] From: David Savage On 3/16/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh yes it does. Furthermore, the *ist D TIFF files contain EXIF information. But a lot of image manipulating software thinks that EXIF data only comes in JPEG files, so doesn't even try to find it in a TIFF. My memory is a bit blurry on this as it's been a while, but I remember the *istD .tif files having exif data included, but when I saved them as .tif in PS the Exif data was stripped out. It one of the reasons why I went away from the .tif file format. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM CD
On 3/16/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make mental notes for talking points for each section. OK, I will. Cheers, Dave ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM CD
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 each section. and, yes, I completely overlooked that this was sent to the whole list. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM CD
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 each section. Yup, it was here when I got to work this morning. I just clicked through it. Looks good one time through. I'll take a deeper look and formulate some sort of nonsense to accompany it. thanks -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM CD
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 each section. and, yes, I completely overlooked that this was sent to the whole list. Me too. I thought I'd sent it just to you. (Of course, I have no such excuse for *this* message-that-no-one-else-on-the-list-will-understand.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Meeting in Venice
Hello folks! Here are some pictures from that Venice meeting, which took place last Saturday: At the restaurant, left to right: Meg, Stan, Gianfranco, Veronica and Maurizio: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/ven1629.jpg Stan, Gianfranco and Veronica: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/ven1632.jpg Same folks, with yours truly on the left: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/ven1635.jpg (at a certain point, even Cotty appeared to all us) Gianfranco, Meg and Stan in Piazza San Marco: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/ven1647.jpg Planning the way back to the railway station: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/ven1759.jpg A very nice day indeed! Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Driving to GFM
I believe that if you go a bit upscale on the car rental you get a gps in the vehicle these days. But don't take my word for it I have not been able to afford to rent a car in the past 10 years or so. I do not imagine that buying a GPS loaded with NA maps is an attractive idea to a guy from OZ unless he is planing on coming back again soon. -graywolf Paul Sorenson wrote: If you can swing it, a Garmin C330 GPS would be invaluable. Good detail to the map, excellent directions and good route recalculation if you miss a turn. The map is pre-loaded and covers all of the US and the southern tier of the Canadian provinces. They've been selling for around 300USD around here. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain
It might be prudent for someone familiar with the Charlotte airport to publish instructions about how to get from the airport car rental escape to I77. I had good intructions (thanks Bill) when I drove from Charlotte to GFM a couple of years ago, but I found the first part of the drive to be rather confusing, and didn't really feel comfortable that I was going the right direction until I saw a milage sign with Statesville listed. William Robb I'll try. From the Charlotte airport follow the signs to I-85 North. Take 85 North to I-77 North. Follow I-77 50-60 miles or so to US 421 North (I think, though it may be west). 421 to Boone, then 105 to Linville. At the stoplight in Linville, turn left on 221 to GFM entrance, apprx 2 miles. Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Driving to GFM
Doug Franklin wrote: William Robb wrote: I expect that the Interstate highways would make it the quickest, but I would prefer to avoid large urban areas. The raw route that Google gives doesn't look too bad. I can't speak for the run across the Midwest, but the route it gives from Louisville to GFM doesn't look terrible. As for gentle routes, my main advice would be to go farther south before turning east, like maybe Fargo, KC, St Louis, Louisville, then the route from Google from that point. Bill, I'll try to chime in on this too - I think Doug is right about staying west of the Mississippi until you get down farther into the states... but give yourself some choices that let you swing a bit left or right to avoid serious weather. Even though taking the hypotenus (sp?) is more direct, the straight down through ND,SD,etc til you hit route 40 would be my suggestion for avoiding the most congestion. The cities you do hit won't be mega Gothams. Route 40 is my favorite cross country highway.. Although 29 down through Kansas City from the border below Winnepeg , 70 to 75, 75 down to the mountains might not be terrible. And My way will keep you on flat flat flat roads for a long time :) ann If you're going to stay on interstates, you're going to hit cities. That's largely what the interstates are for. :-) But most of the bigger cities will have some sort of interstate bypass around downtown. If you look at the map of Atlanta on Google, you'll see I-285 ... an 80+ mile ring road around the city. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Driving to GFM
And Ann is not a bit shy about telling the bus driver what route to take. tongue planted firmly in cheek. Sorry, Ann, I could not resist GRIN. (Ann travels a heck of a lot more than I do.) More seriously, often I find it a lot quicker, if more frustrating, to go straight through town than to take that long boring bypass. -graywolf ann sanfedele wrote: Bill, I'll try to chime in on this too - I think Doug is right about staying west of the Mississippi until you get down farther into the states... but give yourself some choices that let you swing a bit left or right to avoid serious weather. Even though taking the hypotenus (sp?) is more direct, the straight down through ND,SD,etc til you hit route 40 would be my suggestion for avoiding the most congestion. The cities you do hit won't be mega Gothams. Route 40 is my favorite cross country highway.. Although 29 down through Kansas City from the border below Winnepeg , 70 to 75, 75 down to the mountains might not be terrible. And My way will keep you on flat flat flat roads for a long time :) ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM CD
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.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Driving to GFM
Whoops, that is what happens when you loose track of the threads. You were I think speaking to Wheatfield Willy, sorry. An aside: Chicago is a nice place to visit, but you do not want to pass through, or even near, it. Avoid the area at all costs. And never, never, agree to haul a load of produce there. graywolf wrote: I believe that if you go a bit upscale on the car rental you get a gps in the vehicle these days. But don't take my word for it I have not been able to afford to rent a car in the past 10 years or so. I do not imagine that buying a GPS loaded with NA maps is an attractive idea to a guy from OZ unless he is planing on coming back again soon. -graywolf Paul Sorenson wrote: If you can swing it, a Garmin C330 GPS would be invaluable. Good detail to the map, excellent directions and good route recalculation if you miss a turn. The map is pre-loaded and covers all of the US and the southern tier of the Canadian provinces. They've been selling for around 300USD around here. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Meeting in Venice
Just a clarification: Stan, Gianfranco and Dario are the PDMLers, while Meg, Veronica and Maurizio are not. Dario - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 2:54 PM Subject: Meeting in Venice Hello folks! Here are some pictures from that Venice meeting, which took place last Saturday: At the restaurant, left to right: Meg, Stan, Gianfranco, Veronica and Maurizio: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/ven1629.jpg Stan, Gianfranco and Veronica: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/ven1632.jpg Same folks, with yours truly on the left: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/ven1635.jpg (at a certain point, even Cotty appeared to all us) Gianfranco, Meg and Stan in Piazza San Marco: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/ven1647.jpg Planning the way back to the railway station: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/ven1759.jpg A very nice day indeed! Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Driving to GFM
On 3/16/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe that if you go a bit upscale on the car rental you get a gps in the vehicle these days. But don't take my word for it I have not been able to afford to rent a car in the past 10 years or so. I do not imagine that buying a GPS loaded with NA maps is an attractive idea to a guy from OZ unless he is planing on coming back again soon. GPS is cool, but a good rod map is usually good enough. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain
I think, Bill, that he was referring to the part from the airport to I-85. Think as someone who hasn't a clue of what is what and where is where. Since you worked there a million years or so, you ought to be able to give those directions. I have driven that 10-12 times and am sure I could not do so as to make any sense to an outsider. It is confusing as hell. -graywolf Bill Owens wrote: It might be prudent for someone familiar with the Charlotte airport to publish instructions about how to get from the airport car rental escape to I77. I had good intructions (thanks Bill) when I drove from Charlotte to GFM a couple of years ago, but I found the first part of the drive to be rather confusing, and didn't really feel comfortable that I was going the right direction until I saw a milage sign with Statesville listed. William Robb I'll try. From the Charlotte airport follow the signs to I-85 North. Take 85 North to I-77 North. Follow I-77 50-60 miles or so to US 421 North (I think, though it may be west). 421 to Boone, then 105 to Linville. At the stoplight in Linville, turn left on 221 to GFM entrance, apprx 2 miles. Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM CD
On 3/16/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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.) :-) Mark, just a quick question about the Sunday judging. What time does it usually start and roughly how long does it go for? I think I may end up missing this part of the weekend due to having to catch a flight out of Charlotte at 14:00, which will be a shame. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PSE 5.0 w/Vista
Thanks for the inputs. I bought a Gateway laptop yesterday at a good price I believe. It is the smaller 14 screen version, which I wanted. 1 gig ram, 120 gig HD, wireless, etc. Today I picked up a wireless mouse and proceeded to take all the crap off! I downloaded the patch and installed PSE 5.0 and all works fine. I stuck a SD card in the slot, downloaded the files, and then burned them to a CD and a DVD, so I am all set for GFM. Anyone needing access to a laptop w/ PSE 5 is welcome to use mine. Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
SD cards
Hey, gang. I've either missed or ignored most previous conversations concerning SD cards. Transcend comes to mind, but that's about it. Would any of you mind sharing your wisdom as to what works well and what's crap? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Driving to GFM
On 3/15/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William Robb wrote: I expect that the Interstate highways would make it the quickest, but I would prefer to avoid large urban areas. The raw route that Google gives doesn't look too bad. I can't speak for the run across the Midwest, but the route it gives from Louisville to GFM doesn't look terrible. As for gentle routes, my main advice would be to go farther south before turning east, like maybe Fargo, KC, St Louis, Louisville, then the route from Google from that point. If you're going to stay on interstates, you're going to hit cities. That's largely what the interstates are for. :-) But most of the bigger cities will have some sort of interstate bypass around downtown. If you look at the map of Atlanta on Google, you'll see I-285 ... an 80+ mile ring road around the city. Never having been to Minneapolis or Detroit, I can't comment on the quality of traffic in those cities. Should you decide to head a bit farther south and venture across Missouri, I can help you with that. I-70 from Kansas City to St. Louis is a very pleasant drive. In the eastern half of the state you'll find plains to your north and rolling hills (the northern edge of the Ozarks) to your south. This is Missouri's wine country. Very scenic. I understand you probably just want to get to GFM quickly, but a future trip to this area might be worth considering. If you're in the vicinity of Columbia when it's time to stop for a meal, you should really get off the road and venture into town. Flat Branch is located on Fifth Street. It's a microbrewery offering some very nice beer and wonderful food. Columbia is also a decent place to spend the night. Plenty of hotels near the highway. It's a college town, so there are lots and lots of bars, clubs, pool halls, etc. If you hit St. Louis between 7 and 9 am I suggest taking the I-270 loop around the NORTH side of the city. Once you get into Illinois you'll see signs to get back on I-70. Any other time of the day I would recommend driving straight into downtown St. Louis. Pay attention to the signs. The I-70 to I-70 interchange (yes, you read that right) is easy to miss. This route will also take you very near the Arch, which should not be missed if you haven't seen it before. HTH. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
On Mar 16, 2007, at 8:21 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: Hey, gang. I've either missed or ignored most previous conversations concerning SD cards. Transcend comes to mind, but that's about it. Would any of you mind sharing your wisdom as to what works well and what's crap? Can't tell you what's crap as I haven't had any of the SD cards I've bought fail yet. My 1 and 2 G capacity SD cards are Sandisk Ultra II, Transcend 150x, and Sandisk Extreme III in order of speed from slowest to fastest. All work well in the DS and K10D bodies. FWIW: The K10D with Sandisk Ultra II cards writes faster than the *ist DS with Extreme III cards. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: EXIF data on TIF's
Thanks John and David. I even opened several of the .tif files in Pentax Photo Browser to see if it would display any meta data about the images and it did not. It could be that I've resaved in Photoshop, but I don't think so... a) because I would have saved it as a .psd and b) because i tried it on some images that I knew I would not have edited to begin with. Tom C. From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: EXIF data on TIF's Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:42:11 +0900 On 3/16/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 12:47:39AM +, Eric Featherstone wrote: On 16/03/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm reviewing some of my photos for the Pentax Gallery that were shot as .tifs early on and find that there's no EXIF data. Is this normal behavior for .tifs out of the *ist D? Try looking in the IPTC data instead, I don't think TIFF supports EXIF. Eric Oh yes it does. Furthermore, the *ist D TIFF files contain EXIF information. But a lot of image manipulating software thinks that EXIF data only comes in JPEG files, so doesn't even try to find it in a TIFF. My memory is a bit blurry on this as it's been a while, but I remember the *istD .tif files having exif data included, but when I saved them as .tif in PS the Exif data was stripped out. It one of the reasons why I went away from the .tif file format. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 11:02 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain I think, Bill, that he was referring to the part from the airport to I-85. Think as someone who hasn't a clue of what is what and where is where. Since you worked there a million years or so, you ought to be able to give those directions. I have driven that 10-12 times and am sure I could not do so as to make any sense to an outsider. It is confusing as hell. -graywolf Granted, I worked at the Charlotte airport for about 10 years. However, living in Gastonia, I seldom had reason to go from the airport to I-85. This being the case, I can't be of much help other than to say follow the signs to I-85 North. Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: EXIF data on TIF's
It sounds like Pentax does not embed the EXIF data in the *ist D TIFF files. That's odd. Can you post one somewhere I can download it? Godfrey On Mar 16, 2007, at 8:22 AM, Tom C wrote: Thanks John and David. I even opened several of the .tif files in Pentax Photo Browser to see if it would display any meta data about the images and it did not. It could be that I've resaved in Photoshop, but I don't think so... a) because I would have saved it as a .psd and b) because i tried it on some images that I knew I would not have edited to begin with. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT Warm weather brings the Trolls out
Phe. What a morning. The equine BB i am part of, and a Mod as well, was hit by a very angry, now ex member, last night just before midnight. At last count close to 75 of his/her posts have been found and deleted, so the young kids don't learn any new swear words.:-) One good thing, i read more posts than i usually do.LOL Atleast something for this weeks blog now. Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PSE 5.0 w/Vista
That's why I like to assemble my own, (desktops at least), and put the OS of my choice, (some MS Windows flavor to use the software I like, unfortunately). Now that the future is here, (vista), I'm going to be seriously evaluating Linex and WINE, I'm not too worried about being a generation behind on some of my cutting edge software, I already am. If it does what I need I'm happy, but it has to do what I need. mike wilson wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/03/16 Fri AM 05:37:21 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PSE 5.0 w/Vista In a message dated 3/14/2007 12:13:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I read somewhere that PhotoShop Elements 5.0 will not run under Vista. I checked the Adobe homepage and indeed they have a patch. Has anyone here used it? I want to buy a laptop and everything is Vista now, so I will need the patch in order to load PSE 5. Walt == Depends where you buy your computer, some places will let you have XP loaded instead. Marnie aka Doe ??? Buy your expensive piece of kit, obliterate _all_ the sh1t that the retailer installs and set it up the way you want. DOS, UNIX, Klingon Battle language, whatever. Doing otherwise is like buying a car and driving it set up for the salesman person. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT Warm weather brings the Trolls out
Well at least it makes life interesting Cheers, Dave (It's almost 1 AM here and it hovering around 28-29 degrees C) On 3/17/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phe. What a morning. The equine BB i am part of, and a Mod as well, was hit by a very angry, now ex member, last night just before midnight. At last count close to 75 of his/her posts have been found and deleted, so the young kids don't learn any new swear words.:-) One good thing, i read more posts than i usually do.LOL Atleast something for this weeks blog now. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: EXIF data on TIF's
Irfanview seems to know the difference between EXIF data and other meta data, and treats it differently. In fact if it doesn't think there is EXIF data if won't let you try to examine it, which may be a problem if there are tags it doesn't understand. Thibouille wrote: Well people usually mix up everything and talk about EXIF when thay really should say metadata (Exif, Xmp, Iptc). Irfan may say there's Exif when in fact it is Iptc. I do not have Irfan but this is typical mistake. Tiff defenitely supports EXIF as per EXIF specifications paper. (yeah I'm into this stuff right now for my programming efforts). 2007/3/16, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Odd. After reading these comments I opened a PEF in PS CS, saved it as a TIF, and read it with Irfan plenty of exif data available. Shel [Original Message] From: David Savage On 3/16/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh yes it does. Furthermore, the *ist D TIFF files contain EXIF information. But a lot of image manipulating software thinks that EXIF data only comes in JPEG files, so doesn't even try to find it in a TIFF. My memory is a bit blurry on this as it's been a while, but I remember the *istD .tif files having exif data included, but when I saved them as .tif in PS the Exif data was stripped out. It one of the reasons why I went away from the .tif file format. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Interesting software?
Some of the images in the samples it seems to have handled quite well. Others look the worse for wear. Mostly the images that evidence the highest noise levels, (in at least one case it seemed that noise in question was actually a half tone offset print grid), didn't fare so well.. (It also seems to reduce some jpeg artifacts while ignoring others entirely). In most cases the reduction in noise was also accompanied by a reduction in sharpness and edge definition. It's a command line utility which may make it kind of a pain to use since this is a mostly trial an error business. Since the source code is available it might be interesting and fun, (fun for someone else that is), to try to integrate it into a Photoshop plugin or maybe a stand alone gui application. I'm not sure that would be worth the trouble. On the other hand it's free... Sandy Harris wrote: From researchers at respectable instutution: Open source algorithm for image denoising and interpolation, using state-of-the-art image processing techniques. http://www.greyc.ensicaen.fr/~dtschump/greycstoration/index.html -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM CD
How about fruit, do you expect fruit? 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 will. Not you! (We expect reverent silence from the teeming masses.) -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: EXIF data on TIF's
No, the files do contain full EXIF data. I was mistaken WRT my earlier comments. Cheers, Dave On 3/17/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It sounds like Pentax does not embed the EXIF data in the *ist D TIFF files. That's odd. Can you post one somewhere I can download it? Godfrey On Mar 16, 2007, at 8:22 AM, Tom C wrote: Thanks John and David. I even opened several of the .tif files in Pentax Photo Browser to see if it would display any meta data about the images and it did not. It could be that I've resaved in Photoshop, but I don't think so... a) because I would have saved it as a .psd and b) because i tried it on some images that I knew I would not have edited to begin with. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
Caveat Emptor, there are many claims made about SD cards in various brands, some are true some are close to true some are false, and on top of that there are lots of counterfeits. (No help I know, but did you expect me to be? I mean really?) Scott Loveless wrote: Hey, gang. I've either missed or ignored most previous conversations concerning SD cards. Transcend comes to mind, but that's about it. Would any of you mind sharing your wisdom as to what works well and what's crap? -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: SD cards
A few of us have been very happy with the Transcend cards, others prefer the SanDisk cards - which have a good reputation but which are pretty spendy compared to the Transcend. Kingston supposedly makes a good card, although I've never tried one. My recollection is that they are a little slower at a given rated speed than the Transcend or the SanDisk, although that really shouldn't be much of an issue in the camera. Personally, I'd stick with well-known brands and stay away from no-name generics and some of the store brands, and get the cards from a reputable supplier. Newegg has never let me down, others can point to places like BH. Some of the internet stores sell counterfeit cards, or have less than stellar reputations. Shel [Original Message] From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: 3/16/2007 7:23:10 AM Subject: SD cards Hey, gang. I've either missed or ignored most previous conversations concerning SD cards. Transcend comes to mind, but that's about it. Would any of you mind sharing your wisdom as to what works well and what's crap? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
- Original Message - From: Scott Loveless Subject: SD cards Hey, gang. I've either missed or ignored most previous conversations concerning SD cards. Transcend comes to mind, but that's about it. Would any of you mind sharing your wisdom as to what works well and what's crap? I'm using a combination of Ultra 2 and Extreme 3 Sandisk cards. The Extreme 3 cards take data noticably faster than the Ultra 2, so I presume the camera is writing faster than 10mb/second, which is the speed listed on the Ultra 2 packaging. Extreme 3 cards read/write twice as fast as Ultra 2, according to the documentation that Sandisk supplies. So, if fastest write times are important to you, something in the 20mb/second range seems to take good advantage of the camera's write speed (presuming you have a K10, I can't speak for the other cameras), though for my purposes, Ultra 2 cards are fast enough most of the time. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain
- Original Message - From: graywolf Subject: Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain I think, Bill, that he was referring to the part from the airport to I-85. Think as someone who hasn't a clue of what is what and where is where. Since you worked there a million years or so, you ought to be able to give those directions. I have driven that 10-12 times and am sure I could not do so as to make any sense to an outsider. It is confusing as hell. Thanks Tom. I was concerned it was just me. It is especially confusing if your nerves are still jangled from having a goon half unholster his sidearm in your general direction at Minneapolis. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
Thanks for the replies so far. I'll probably bring the wife's K100D to GFM and was planning to pick up a couple 2 gig cards. Newegg has 2GB Transcend 150x cards for about $20 each. We currently only have a 1GB and a 256MB card. One is a Lexar, the other is a Sandisk. Both are the typical slow cards one might find at Wal-Mart or Target. Is there any documentation available specifying write times for the K100D? The manual specifies continuous shooting up to 5 JPEG frames or 3 RAW frames. With our current cards I'll get three high res JPEG shots before it slows down to one frame per second. My assumption is that the cards themselves aren't keeping up with the camera. On 3/16/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, gang. I've either missed or ignored most previous conversations concerning SD cards. Transcend comes to mind, but that's about it. Would any of you mind sharing your wisdom as to what works well and what's crap? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM CD
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 will. Not you! (We expect reverent silence from the teeming masses.) How about fruit, do you expect fruit? Well I *didn't* expect the Spanish Inquisition... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: I'm Back!
Jeez Bob, I'm glad you made it back to the list alive...welcome back. Norm Bob Blakely wrote: You folks haven't heard from me for several months (and a good thing too, some will say). I was in a motorcycle accident. I was in the #2 lane on the 22 fwy in Garden Grove CA at rush hour when guy clipped me from behind at about 50 mph. I bounced off two SUV's and landed in the #1 lane where a light pickup ran over the left side of my body. Left shoulder broken in two places, left forearm broken in two places, 4 broken ribs, broken left femur, broken left hip, left hip socket busted into small pieces and pelvis broken in two. Intensive care for 2 months, formal rehab for a month and a half and now continued rehab at home. I have more high-tech metal in me than the 6 Million Dollar Man! 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 stand! I broke down and bought a K10D last week. It's fun, but I'm still pissed that the format isn't 24x36. It's going to take me about a month to learn how to use all the little beastie has to offer. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
They're all crap:-). Paul On Mar 16, 2007, at 11:21 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: Hey, gang. I've either missed or ignored most previous conversations concerning SD cards. Transcend comes to mind, but that's about it. Would any of you mind sharing your wisdom as to what works well and what's crap? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Tokina 50-135 F2.8
There is a wonderful test of this lens in the April Popular Photography. The results are very good. Very, very good. Pentax has designed another great lens. It is sharp across the board, even sharp wide open at all focal lengths. You can't ask for more. I guess the DA* 50-135 F2.8 will have to be on my list too. That, the DA* 16-50 F2.8, and Photoshop CS3. It is going to be another expensive year. Perhaps by this time next year my LBA spending can go down. No...not likely. That's when Pentax will bring out the DA* 400. And after that there will be the DA 24 F2. Maybe. Incidentally, the same issue of Pop has a nice article about a guy who makes dramatic smoke photos with a K10D. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: EXIF data on TIF's
I could swear that I had seen EXIF data on *ist D .tifs before. I'm having trouble posting a 17MB file to my site (upload freezes when 90% of the way through). I can attach one to an e-mail if that works for you. Thanks. Tom C. From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: EXIF data on TIF's Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:27:39 -0700 It sounds like Pentax does not embed the EXIF data in the *ist D TIFF files. That's odd. Can you post one somewhere I can download it? Godfrey On Mar 16, 2007, at 8:22 AM, Tom C wrote: Thanks John and David. I even opened several of the .tif files in Pentax Photo Browser to see if it would display any meta data about the images and it did not. It could be that I've resaved in Photoshop, but I don't think so... a) because I would have saved it as a .psd and b) because i tried it on some images that I knew I would not have edited to begin with. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
LOL Shel From: Paul Stenquist They're all crap:-). Scott Loveless wrote: Hey, gang. I've either missed or ignored most previous conversations concerning SD cards. Transcend comes to mind, but that's about it. Would any of you mind sharing your wisdom as to what works well and what's crap? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
Thanks. That helps. :P On 3/16/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They're all crap:-). Paul On Mar 16, 2007, at 11:21 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: Hey, gang. I've either missed or ignored most previous conversations concerning SD cards. Transcend comes to mind, but that's about it. Would any of you mind sharing your wisdom as to what works well and what's crap? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
On 3/16/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They're all crap:-). :-) Dave Paul On Mar 16, 2007, at 11:21 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: Hey, gang. I've either missed or ignored most previous conversations concerning SD cards. Transcend comes to mind, but that's about it. Would any of you mind sharing your wisdom as to what works well and what's crap? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
FS Friday: teleconverters and a 28mm lens
Here are links to my ebay auctions: Tamron 1.4x TC for Pentax: http://tinyurl.com/283zbe Tamron 2x TC for Pentax: http://tinyurl.com/25bcbf SMC Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8 http://tinyurl.com/2hnslt Amita -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO:Starling - with the K10D Tamron SP 500 F8 mirror lens
Yeah same comments from me: the forst one looks quite odd but usual from a mirror lens. The second one is quite nice :) I should take my own Tamron 500 and experiment a bit more but weather is not exactly good for birds co now. 2007/3/16, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello Markus, Second one is pretty good. Too bad about that OOF branch right in front of it. The first just has too much of the odd bokeh you get with a mirror lens. But I know exactly what you mean about shooting with what you have. -- Bruce Thursday, March 15, 2007, 3:29:52 AM, you wrote: MM Hi Pentaxians MM I took the K10D, the Tamron SP 500mm F8 mirror lens, the Monostat monopod MM and the Pentax AF400-FTZ flash for a ride on the bicycle this early morning MM to the allotment to take some photos of the breeding starling. MM It's far away from an ideal setup for birding (but it's what I have ;-) but MM luckily starling are quite big and I could go as near as 10 meters after MM some very patient waiting. MM K10D, Tamron SP 500mm mirror lens ISO 200, F8 1/125, Flash at hi manual on MM K10D , raw, acr converted, adjusted and cropped to about 60%: MM http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/stare1.jpg MM http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/stare2.jpg MM I will go again for some starling photos for a comparison and use the Tokina MM 400mm M42 next time, my Pentax tele/zooms are too short at 200/210mm. MM greetings MM Markus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
Just be sure to never ever buy a card with za brand you don't know (or even worse, no brand at all). I have a noname 256MB card which does read pretty fast: 750KB/s :) :) Both my Sandisk Ultra II cards and my Traxdata 150x card do 12+MB/s. On reliability POV: too early to say for me, switched from CF card only months ago. Ho, and BTW, a 150X noname and a 150X well known brand won't have the same speed. I supposed X is a variable :) :) Be careful. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Tokina 50-135 F2.8
Joseph I really hope the other reviews of Tokina (I don't care much) but specially Pentax version will be as good as your comments lead me to beleive. Pentax needs that as well as we do. Expensive times ahead indeed. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
My 10 year old son ran off with my camera!
Well...sort of, so I made him his own website: http://www.khalil.uni.cc Bong PS pardon the navigation...we're still arguing where each button leads to -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
now that sounds like one bitter man G On Mar 16, 2007, at 9:52 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: They're all crap:-). Paul On Mar 16, 2007, at 11:21 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: Hey, gang. I've either missed or ignored most previous conversations concerning SD cards. Transcend comes to mind, but that's about it. Would any of you mind sharing your wisdom as to what works well and what's crap? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Re: GFM CD
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 approximate): 8:00 - Buffet breakfast ($6.50 per person) 9:00 - Doug and I start the judging session in the basement of the museum while the 1st speaker does presentation. 10:00 break 10:15 - 2nd speaker presentation 11:20 - Judging done. Presentation of noteworthy non-winning photos for the audience's edification and entertainment. 11:30 - Awards presentation and showing of winning photos The goal was, as always, to be finished by noon. The reality was, as always, finishing late, but I don't know how late. I think I may end up missing this part of the weekend due to having to catch a flight out of Charlotte at 14:00, which will be a shame. Since it's a two-hour drive to Charlotte from the mountain, you're going to have to depart well before noon. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
Yes, the cards you have are limiting the capabilities of the camera. The K100D does have a limited, 3 frame buffer, so maximum speed capture after the buffer is full depends on a fast card. The K100D is a little bit faster on write speed compared to the *ist DS, far as I could tell from my brief test of one. The Transcend 150x 2G cards are fine: cheap and reliable. Lexar cards (and flash drives!) have been extremely disappointing to me, with very slow read-write speeds compared to the Sandisk rated the same. The Sandisk Ultra II and Extreme III are very good but a bit on the pricey side. My performance testing of the Transcend 150x and Sandisk Ultra II with the DS body indicated very little real performance gains with the 150x over the 60x cards. While the K100D *might* be a little faster, I doubt it's worth the extra money for the Extreme III. With a fast reader (the Sandisk ImageMate 12-in-1 USB 2.0 is still the fastest I've tested), the Ultra II and T 150x are fast enough on download not to be bothersome either. Godfrey performance tests: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/Pentax-DS-150x- timing/ On Mar 16, 2007, at 9:19 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: Thanks for the replies so far. I'll probably bring the wife's K100D to GFM and was planning to pick up a couple 2 gig cards. Newegg has 2GB Transcend 150x cards for about $20 each. We currently only have a 1GB and a 256MB card. One is a Lexar, the other is a Sandisk. Both are the typical slow cards one might find at Wal-Mart or Target. Is there any documentation available specifying write times for the K100D? The manual specifies continuous shooting up to 5 JPEG frames or 3 RAW frames. With our current cards I'll get three high res JPEG shots before it slows down to one frame per second. My assumption is that the cards themselves aren't keeping up with the camera. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GFM CD
On 3/16/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 will. Not you! (We expect reverent silence from the teeming masses.) How about fruit, do you expect fruit? Well I *didn't* expect the Spanish Inquisition... No one excpects the Spanish Inquisition. We have one weapon, fear and suprise Ok, we have two weapons D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
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: GFM CD
On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: 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. I will not. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: test
IDKWTFYTTS On 3/16/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DWAIIJAST -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
On 16/3/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: now that sounds like one bitter man Coming right up. Anyone else? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Perfect Bag
On 16/3/07, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: Nylon holds a static charge, which attracts dust. Oh bloody hell. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm a two-bitter man, myself. Three, if someone else is driving! ;-) Looks like a good point to bring up this excellent tale about the Man Who Orders Three Pints.. Enjoy. Cheers, Cotty An Irishman moves into a tiny village in County Kerry, walks into the pub and promptly orders three pints. The barman raises his eyebrows, but serves the man three pints, which he drinks quietly at a table, alone. An hour later, the man has finished the three pints and orders another three pints and drinks them quietly. The next evening the man again comes in and orders his three pints, several times. Soon the entire town is whispering about the Man Who Orders Three Pints. Finally, a week later, the barman approaches the subject on behalf of the whole town. I don't mean to pry, but folks around here are wondering why you always order three pints? Tis odd, isn't it? the man replies, You see, I have two brothers, and one went to America, and the other to Australia, but before we parted, we promised each other that we would always order an extra two pints for the others whenever we drank as a way of keeping up the family bond. The barman and the whole town was pleased with this answer, and soon the Man Who Orders Three Pints became a local celebrity and source of pride to the village, even to the extent that out-of-towners would come to watch him drink. Then, one day, the man comes in and orders only two pints. The barman pulled them with a heavy heart, but no one wanted to question him about what had happened in his time of mourning. The word flies around town.Prayers were offered for the soul of one of the brothers. After about a week, the barman says to the man, Folks around here, me first of all, want to offer condolences to you for the death of your brother. You know-the two pints and all The man ponders this for a moment, then replies, Ah! You'll be happy to know that me two brothers are alive and well! It's just that I've given up me beer for lent. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
On 3/16/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16/3/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: now that sounds like one bitter man Coming right up. Anyone else? Ale have one. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Meeting in Venice
On 16/3/07, Dario Bonazza, discombobulated, unleashed: At the restaurant, left to right: Meg, Stan, Gianfranco, Veronica and Maurizio: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/ven1629.jpg I'll bet you didn't realise that was me in the pink shirt at the table behind - just keeping an eye on things Looks like you guys had a good time. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: OT Warm weather brings the Trolls out
Thank goodness there's never anything like that on this list. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: 16 March 2007 15:32 To: Pentax Discuss Subject: OT Warm weather brings the Trolls out Phe. What a morning. The equine BB i am part of, and a Mod as well, was hit by a very angry, now ex member, last night just before midnight. At last count close to 75 of his/her posts have been found and deleted, so the young kids don't learn any new swear words.:-) One good thing, i read more posts than i usually do.LOL Atleast something for this weeks blog now. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: The Perfect Bag
The other undesirable property of nylon is that in hot weather it will make your hip nasty and sweaty and uncomfortable. The canvas bags are much better in that respect. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: 16 March 2007 19:22 To: pentax list Subject: Re: The Perfect Bag On 16/3/07, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: Nylon holds a static charge, which attracts dust. Oh bloody hell. -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Driving to GFM
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 barrier at one end. He seemed to think that because his sat nav didn't show the barrier, he had a right to try and force it open to drive through. Cretin. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: 16 March 2007 14:36 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Driving to GFM I believe that if you go a bit upscale on the car rental you get a gps in the vehicle these days. But don't take my word for it I have not been able to afford to rent a car in the past 10 years or so. I do not imagine that buying a GPS loaded with NA maps is an attractive idea to a guy from OZ unless he is planing on coming back again soon. -graywolf Paul Sorenson wrote: If you can swing it, a Garmin C330 GPS would be invaluable. Good detail to the map, excellent directions and good route recalculation if you miss a turn. The map is pre-loaded and covers all of the US and the southern tier of the Canadian provinces. They've been selling for around 300USD around here. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Pentax Gallery
I tried to submit two Limitid 77mm shots. Still awaiting approval. http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/272079157/ http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/176432308/ Do they perform some kind of quality control - besides checking for Pentax gear exclusively? Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.12/724 - Release Date: 03/16/2007 12:12 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Pentax Gallery
Do you mean like... like... subjectivity? Tom C. From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Pentax Gallery Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:46:34 +0100 I tried to submit two Limitid 77mm shots. Still awaiting approval. http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/272079157/ http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/176432308/ Do they perform some kind of quality control - besides checking for Pentax gear exclusively? Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.12/724 - Release Date: 03/16/2007 12:12 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Perfect Bag
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: The Perfect Bag On 16/3/07, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: Nylon holds a static charge, which attracts dust. Oh bloody hell. That's why you should keep your woman wearing garters and stockings rather than pantyhose... WW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: RE: Driving to GFM
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 barrier at one end. He seemed to think that because his sat nav didn't show the barrier, he had a right to try and force it open to drive through. Cretin. Might be interesting here in Pittsburgh. It'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 the hills. They're all over the place, some of them winding a couple of hundred yards up precipitous slopes. They are all public rights of way, so they're dutifully shown on maps of the city. Which can be a problem if you're driving a car and navigating by map: What looks on the map like a convenient way of driving from point A to point B sometimes turns out to be, not a road, but a flight of stairs. Endlessly entertaining :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: RE: Driving to GFM
Might be interesting here in Pittsburgh. It'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 the hills. They're all over the place, some of them winding a couple of hundred yards up precipitous slopes. They are all public rights of way, so they're dutifully shown on maps of the city. Which can be a problem if you're driving a car and navigating by map: What looks on the map like a convenient way of driving from point A to point B sometimes turns out to be, not a road, but a flight of stairs. Endlessly entertaining :) I know all about Pittsburgh - I have W E Smith's book, and I've seen The Deer Hunter. Pittsburgh is one of the places I'd like to visit sometime. -- Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
In the version I know (which I think is funnier) the punch line is: I simply stopped drinking. (That may sound unrealistic for an irishman doesn't it?) Igor Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:25:29 -0800 Cotty wrote: On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm a two-bitter man, myself. Three, if someone else is driving! ;-) Looks like a good point to bring up this excellent tale about the Man Who Orders Three Pints.. Enjoy. Cheers, Cotty An Irishman moves into a tiny village in County Kerry, walks into the pub and promptly orders three pints. The barman raises his eyebrows, but serves the man three pints, which he drinks quietly at a table, alone. An hour later, the man has finished the three pints and orders another three pints and drinks them quietly. The next evening the man again comes in and orders his three pints, several times. Soon the entire town is whispering about the Man Who Orders Three Pints. Finally, a week later, the barman approaches the subject on behalf of the whole town. I don't mean to pry, but folks around here are wondering why you always order three pints? Tis odd, isn't it? the man replies, You see, I have two brothers, and one went to America, and the other to Australia, but before we parted, we promised each other that we would always order an extra two pints for the others whenever we drank as a way of keeping up the family bond. The barman and the whole town was pleased with this answer, and soon the Man Who Orders Three Pints became a local celebrity and source of pride to the village, even to the extent that out-of-towners would come to watch him drink. Then, one day, the man comes in and orders only two pints. The barman pulled them with a heavy heart, but no one wanted to question him about what had happened in his time of mourning. The word flies around town.Prayers were offered for the soul of one of the brothers. After about a week, the barman says to the man, Folks around here, me first of all, want to offer condolences to you for the death of your brother. You know-the two pints and all The man ponders this for a moment, then replies, Ah! You'll be happy to know that me two brothers are alive and well! It's just that I've given up me beer for lent. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Driving to GFM
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 the hills. They're all over the place, some of them winding a couple of hundred yards up precipitous slopes. They are all public rights of way, so they're dutifully shown on maps of the city. Which can be a problem if you're driving a car and navigating by map: What looks on the map like a convenient way of driving from point A to point B sometimes turns out to be, not a road, but a flight of stairs. Two words: Land Rover :- -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Perfect Bag
On 16/3/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: The other undesirable property of nylon is that in hot weather it will make your hip nasty and sweaty and uncomfortable. The canvas bags are much better in that respect. I have one canvas bag, many of manmade fibres. I like the canvas bag, but I get on much better with the others. I suspect I've made the choice that I will be able to live with. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: SD cards
Likewise ... Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Lexar cards (and flash drives!) have been extremely disappointing to me, with very slow read-write speeds compared to the Sandisk rated the same. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: The Perfect Bag
Tenba have always made good bags. They seem to have slipped somewhat from public view over the last few years - I don't really know why. One of my friends (a professional photographer) had Tenba bags for years and they put up with a lot of abuse. I saw someone on the train last week with one of these: http://www.tenbagear.com/products/2000_01_pm17cg.asp It looked very good indeed. If you click the picture you can see what it looks like inside. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carlos Royo Sent: 15 March 2007 10:22 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The Perfect Bag Some months ago I was looking for a slim profile bag to carry a SLR/DSLR with a lens, 2 or 3 small lenses and, from time to time, a flash. I bought a Tamrac Adventure Messenger 4 and I find it almost perfect for that purpose. When I need to carry more equipment, I have a bigger bag and a Lowepro backpack, but that Tamrac is ideal most of the time. Carlos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Driving to GFM
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 the hills. They're all over the place, some of them winding a couple of hundred yards up precipitous slopes. They are all public rights of way, so they're dutifully shown on maps of the city. Which can be a problem if you're driving a car and navigating by map: What looks on the map like a convenient way of driving from point A to point B sometimes turns out to be, not a road, but a flight of stairs. Two words: Land Rover :- Five words: Very, very *narrow* Land Rover :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Pentax Gallery
Yes, that's what I meant. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Tom C Sendt: 16. marts 2007 20:52 Til: pdml@pdml.net Emne: RE: Pentax Gallery Do you mean like... like... subjectivity? Tom C. From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Pentax Gallery Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:46:34 +0100 I tried to submit two Limitid 77mm shots. Still awaiting approval. http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/272079157/ http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/176432308/ Do they perform some kind of quality control - besides checking for Pentax gear exclusively? Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.12/724 - Release Date: 03/16/2007 12:12 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.12/724 - Release Date: 03/16/2007 12:12 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.12/724 - Release Date: 03/16/2007 12:12 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Driving to GFM
On 3/16/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two words: Land Rover :- We have those here. They allow the upper crust to remind us of how ugly cars from the 80s were. They also spontaneously combust. Have a nice day. :-) -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT: Coffee Grinder
I have to replace my coffee grinder, so I'm asking everyone who may grind their own beans what grinder they may have and if they are satisfied with it. I want to get a burr grinder, not one with a rotating blade. I've had my Braun for 30+ years (You'd think they could build a product that would last! LOL), and what I like about it is that the grind is adjustable from extra fine to quite coarse, it's simple to operate, and takes up very little counter space. It's a bit noisy, however, so a quieter machine would be very nice. Small is better than big. Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Coffee Grinder
did you have a price point in mind? we use a Solis. Possibly the solis maestro but I wouldn't swear to it. Ours is only about 8 or 9 years old though, so I'm not sure it's any more reliable than yours. We also have various little hand crank jobbies, that's nice and quiet for you. On 3/16/07, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have to replace my coffee grinder, so I'm asking everyone who may grind their own beans what grinder they may have and if they are satisfied with it. I want to get a burr grinder, not one with a rotating blade. I've had my Braun for 30+ years (You'd think they could build a product that would last! LOL), and what I like about it is that the grind is adjustable from extra fine to quite coarse, it's simple to operate, and takes up very little counter space. It's a bit noisy, however, so a quieter machine would be very nice. Small is better than big. Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Pentax Gallery
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, that have been admitted. Tom C. From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Pentax Gallery Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:28:01 +0100 Yes, that's what I meant. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Tom C Sendt: 16. marts 2007 20:52 Til: pdml@pdml.net Emne: RE: Pentax Gallery Do you mean like... like... subjectivity? Tom C. From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Pentax Gallery Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:46:34 +0100 I tried to submit two Limitid 77mm shots. Still awaiting approval. http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/272079157/ http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/176432308/ Do they perform some kind of quality control - besides checking for Pentax gear exclusively? Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.12/724 - Release Date: 03/16/2007 12:12 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.12/724 - Release Date: 03/16/2007 12:12 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.12/724 - Release Date: 03/16/2007 12:12 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
