Re: peso illinois governor
No doubt. I wasn't criticizing. I recognized that dirt. The desert over there ain't made out of sand, it's powdered clay. AR-15/M-16/M-4 are very intolerant of dirt getting in them. And that's the worst kind of dirt FOR getting in there - all clingy and ready to turn into sticky mud at the drop of a hat or sweat. You really don't want to waste any time getting that cleaned out of there as soon as you can. Keep the dust cover closed and brush the rest of the dirt off frequently ... before you get REAL busy. From: P. J. Alling Apparently he's been busy. On 1/30/2010 11:51 PM, John Sessoms wrote: All I gotta say is that bad boy needs cleanin' ... bad. From: P. J. Alling Kind of like this? http://americandigest.org/sitesight.jpg -- 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: PESO: Corral
From: Christine Aguila I like the textures too, John. Interesting picture. Cheers, Christine Thank you. -- 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: PESO - The Eternal Repose of the Upper Crust
This unusual memorial (and sarcophagus?) is in the church in Burford, Oxfordshire (built 1175-1400). http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10597634 They look like a 1770s Cosmo centrefold. Show us yer halberds, big boys. Or perhaps an early draft for the cover of Thriller. Bob -- 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: Good news bad news
Bad news: Lisa went to Pittsburgh to do some clean up on the house and attend to other business. She got a shoelace caught in the moving sidewalk in the airport, fell and broke her wrist - badly. We'll know in a couple of days if they're going to want to do surgery. That's annoying! It's so easily done and takes absurdly long to recover from. I hope she doesn't need surgery. Mine had to be pinned and the pin was so uncomfortable I had to have it removed a year later. It's now about 3 years since the break and the scar is still red. Hope Lisa has a lucky break! Bob -- 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.
Interesting Timelaps film of Vancouver
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Re: Interesting Timelaps film of Vancouver
On 31/1/10, Steffen Zahn, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xMz2SnSWS4 Very cool, thanks for posting. So hard to get the camera moves like that in time-lapse, especially the tracking shots. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Interesting Timelaps film of Vancouver
Feckin awesome!!! On 31 January 2010 17:10, Steffen Zahn z...@snafu.de wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xMz2SnSWS4 -- 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: GESO: Snow
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:12 -0500, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I think this might work. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/sets/72157623317692862/ We got something I'm calling snow for lack of a better word. Under foot it looks like snow, but it don't feel like snow. Well it looks like snow to me - not that I'd know. I particularly like the first one. The almost symmetrical composition works well here. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- 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: peso illinois governor with Jack's suggestions
Christine Aguila wrote: I popped one off Cotty (and Bob) must have died. -- 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: PDML Photo Annual 2008-2009 request
Cotty wrote: It runs 12 minutes and can be found here: http://www.vimeo.com/9087452 password: pdml Bugger production. Just make it and sell copies. I'll buy one and I promise to rain brimstone on anyone found copying it. -- 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: OT: Good news bad news
Mark, I hope Lisa recovers quickly and swiftly! On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 6:55 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Good news: The house in Pittsburgh is sold. Closing is on March 1st and we'll be looking for somewhere in Boston that's bigger than the 2-bedroom apartment we're currently occupying. Bad news: Lisa went to Pittsburgh to do some clean up on the house and attend to other business. She got a shoelace caught in the moving sidewalk in the airport, fell and broke her wrist - badly. We'll know in a couple of days if they're going to want to do surgery. Interesting times, eh? -- 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. -- Boris -- 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.
Very OT: Tennis
As I sit here watching Andy Murray play Roger Federer in the final of the Australian Open, I can't help but speculate on the resemblance between Murray and one of our closest cousins. I wonder if they could be related: Our cousin: http://tinyurl.com/ya5powg Andy Murray: http://tinyurl.com/yhobor9 -- 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: Very OT: Tennis
On 31/1/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: As I sit here watching Andy Murray play Roger Federer in the final of the Australian Open, Watching too, he's out -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT PESO - Big Ears
Great portrait. Very bright and colorful tattoo's which makes me wonder which inkt is used. Epson K3? Are tattoo's UV resistant :) Toine On 31 January 2010 01:21, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, Took this one a few months ago while walking past one of Fremantles backpacker hostels: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/4314713499/ Direct link (~215kb) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2718/4314713499_dfb2c9d221_o.jpg D700, AF-S 24-70mm @ 44mm, 1/20 @ f5.6, ISO 100. In a heroic effort (for me) I asked if could take his photo. I got the impression from his reply that he gets that request a lot. As for the title, that's how he introduced himself when we shook hands. Enjoy, Cheers, Dave -- 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. -- 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.
OT - computer hard drive question
Which would be better? I have a main external hard drive used as a scratch disk and for holding files for video editing. It gets backed up regularly (using SuperDuper - backup software) to a second drive for redundancy. Every few months or so I figure it is a good idea to wipe the main external HD completely and reinstall the backed up files. The question is, which would be better: To wipe the main external drive and simply drag and drop the backup onto it? or To wipe the main external drive and use the backup software to allow it to do its thing and clone back onto it? Mac OS 10.5.8 TIA -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Good news bad news
Sorry to hear that. Hope she heals quickly. Paul On Jan 30, 2010, at 11:55 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Good news: The house in Pittsburgh is sold. Closing is on March 1st and we'll be looking for somewhere in Boston that's bigger than the 2-bedroom apartment we're currently occupying. Bad news: Lisa went to Pittsburgh to do some clean up on the house and attend to other business. She got a shoelace caught in the moving sidewalk in the airport, fell and broke her wrist - badly. We'll know in a couple of days if they're going to want to do surgery. Interesting times, eh? -- 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. -- 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: PESO coldest january in 13 years
Very nice work. Love the sky full of clouds as well as those Dave mentioned. Paul On Jan 31, 2010, at 2:24 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Very nice set. I like the first and second ones a lot Dave On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: The Dutch weather forecasters claim we had the coldest january in 13 years. It's not like we have a new ice age, reminds me how it used to be in the past. http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/115-cold K20D, DA12-24 Toine -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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. -- 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: OT: Good news bad news
Damn it! Best to Lisa. Jack --- On Sat, 1/30/10, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Subject: OT: Good news bad news To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 8:55 PM Good news: The house in Pittsburgh is sold. Closing is on March 1st and we'll be looking for somewhere in Boston that's bigger than the 2-bedroom apartment we're currently occupying. Bad news: Lisa went to Pittsburgh to do some clean up on the house and attend to other business. She got a shoelace caught in the moving sidewalk in the airport, fell and broke her wrist - badly. We'll know in a couple of days if they're going to want to do surgery. Interesting times, eh? -- 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. -- 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: OT: Good news bad news
What a bizarre accident. Speedy recovery! --Original Message-- From: Mark Roberts Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List ReplyTo: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: Good news bad news Sent: Jan 30, 2010 11:55 PM Good news: The house in Pittsburgh is sold. Closing is on March 1st and we'll be looking for somewhere in Boston that's bigger than the 2-bedroom apartment we're currently occupying. Bad news: Lisa went to Pittsburgh to do some clean up on the house and attend to other business. She got a shoelace caught in the moving sidewalk in the airport, fell and broke her wrist - badly. We'll know in a couple of days if they're going to want to do surgery. Interesting times, eh? -- 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. Steve Desjardins -- 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: PESO: Corral
Pretty tricky, John. ;) Nicely done! Jack --- On Sat, 1/30/10, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: PESO: Corral To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 11:46 PM From: Jack Davis Well done hyper focus. Jack --- On Sat, 1/30/10, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: PESO: Corral To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 5:14 PM A corral on the side of the road in Utah heading south toward Monument Valley. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/4317642860/sizes/m/ Unfortunately, it's a comp. The actual view of the mesa captured between the posts was out-of-focus, so I had to substitute the in-focus mesa taken from other side of the posts. I was working a Photoshop tutorial on making a layer mask for wind blown hair, and the twine on those posts was the only thing I could find in my back catalog that looked anything like wind blown hair. But both of the images I combined were taken with the K-10D ... about 5 min and about 5 feet apart. -- 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. -- 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: Very OT: Tennis
LoL.. J --- On Sun, 1/31/10, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Subject: Very OT: Tennis To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 2:51 AM As I sit here watching Andy Murray play Roger Federer in the final of the Australian Open, I can't help but speculate on the resemblance between Murray and one of our closest cousins. I wonder if they could be related: Our cousin: http://tinyurl.com/ya5powg Andy Murray: http://tinyurl.com/yhobor9 -- 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. -- 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.
Yo! Scott! It's the last day in January!
How about the January PUG? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- 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.
Scanners
I don't really want to dig out my old Epson. Any one tried this thing http://www.thesource.ca/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CAcatalog=Onlinecategory=ComputerGadgetsproduct=4213006 -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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: Yo! Scott! It's the last day in January!
It's much easier to reach Scott on Twitter or Facebook. Just tweet for him! On Jan 31, 2010, at 8:19 AM, Rick Womer wrote: How about the January PUG? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- 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. -- 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: Good news bad news
I'm glad to hear your good news. I hope the bad news doesn't turn out as bad as sounds at first. Here's wishing Dr. Lisa heals fast with minimal after effects. -- 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: GESO: Snow
And a lot more than we have in Toronto. -Adam On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:35 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: You have almost as much as we do here.;-) Dave On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:12 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I think this might work. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/sets/72157623317692862/ We got something I'm calling snow for lack of a better word. Under foot it looks like snow, but it don't feel like snow. I think we got about half an inch of snow, then it wobbled back and forth between snow, sleet and freezing rain. Had little teeny tiny flurries most of the day, but it really started snowing again when I went out in the evening to take photos. Anyway, this is the first few I've been able to process. I've got a couple more to work on and get up there. -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around 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 directly above and follow the directions.
PESO A date with mom
At the coffee shop, K7D, DA* 50-135, f4 ISO 1600: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10600675size=lg -- 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: Yo! Scott! It's the last day in January!
The submission form is gone so Scott may be doing something...
On 1/31/2010 8:19 AM, Rick Womer wrote:
How about the January PUG?
Rick
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Re: PESO A date with mom
Delightful! Jack --- On Sun, 1/31/10, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO A date with mom To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 7:02 AM At the coffee shop, K7D, DA* 50-135, f4 ISO 1600: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10600675size=lg -- 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. -- 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: Scanners
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 5:30 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I don't really want to dig out my old Epson. Any one tried this thing http://www.thesource.ca/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CAcatalog=Onlinecategory=ComputerGadgetsproduct=4213006 It's almost certainly a little digicam with a fixed registration copy lens setup. The only real advantage over a scanner might be speed. You'd be better off with a used Minolta Scan Dual II/III/IV and Vuescan software. Recent Ebay prices on the Scan Dual II are down in the $60 range, and it will produce a 2820ppi, 10Mpixel image, where this device is claiming a 5Mpixel image (about 1900-2000 ppi). Of course, with a K10D and a macro lens capable of 1:2 magnification, you can set up a copystand rig that is both fast and produces 10Mpixel images. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
PDML Photo Annual 2008-2009
Cotty, In addition to my earlier positive remarks, I want to add that I'd be pleased and proud to have any of my stuff (as George Carlin might have put it) associated with your project. Jack -- 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: Pentax DFA Macro 100mm F2.8 WR
Let me explain a bit. Those minuses don't mean that the lens would be unusable or bad. Aperture ring. If the box says digital film it should work with (at least latest) film bodies. Yes, I do have Z-1p and therefore shouldn't actually care about, but as reviewer it is my duty to notice such details. Lack of limiter is actually a bit more serious. Macro means close-focusing ability, not that the lens is suitable for shooting little things only. They're also very good for portraits, landscapes etc. So the focus hunting in close-up range is pretty annoying. Especially in combination with such a limited-speed AF. Maybe (and once again - maybe), if the lens would have SDM, lack of the limiter would be rather irrelevant. Unfortunately I can not answer your main question - here in Estonia the new 100mm Macro WR is freely available (in stores, not order) from our Pentax dealer. Sometimes I get the new lenses and bodies a bit earlier (to review 'em before they hit outlets), but this time I got my sample the very same day as the stores. VBR, Margus Leon Altoff wrote: Margus, None of your minuses bother me, particularly the lack of a delimiter - mine will always be in the macro range (it is a macro lens after all) and aperture ring (I seem to have completely given up on film despite having an MX and MZ-S sitting looking at me all the time). My only question is where did you get it and when can I get mine? Leon 2010/1/31 Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee: Very first impressions: + it's extremely sharp + it's very well built + it's surprisingly compact + it covers 24x36mm frame (even the box says: Digital Film) + it's weather-proofed + the front lens is placed a bit inside the barrel (barrel end acts like a short hood) + manual focusing is smooth and firm 0 nice metal barrel screams for Limited-style front cap 0 the bayonet hood is plastic, not metal 0 49mm filter size (it seems that several quality brands start from 52mm size nowadays) - as it's screw-drive-only, the focusing is slow - there is no focus distance limiter (which makes focusing even slower) - there is no aperture ring - inner (extending) barrel is plastic BR, Margus -- 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. -- 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: OT - computer hard drive question
If the notion of doing this is to reduce fragmentation and enhance performance, then the 'erase, drag and drop' methodology would be better as that will write each file, one at a time, as a contiguous entity. IIRC, SuperDuper makes volume clones, which preserve the exact block structure of the clone source volume, preserving whatever fragmentation might exist. . Another excellent utility, ChronoSync by Econ Technologies, is what I use for this sort of thing rather than the Finder, however. ChronoSync works as a synchronizer primarily but is also very good at volume to volume file duplication because you can turn on enhanced verification, have it create a log of its operation, and if you need to interrupt it in the middle of the task, when you restart it will pick up where it left off and save a lot of time. However, for video editing you should have your scratch disk completely independent of the video editing source AND destination disks. All connected with eSATA or FireWire800 ... That promotes better performance and minimizes fragmentation. yes, video editing eats disk space ... Godfrey On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 3:42 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Which would be better? I have a main external hard drive used as a scratch disk and for holding files for video editing. It gets backed up regularly (using SuperDuper - backup software) to a second drive for redundancy. Every few months or so I figure it is a good idea to wipe the main external HD completely and reinstall the backed up files. The question is, which would be better: To wipe the main external drive and simply drag and drop the backup onto it? or To wipe the main external drive and use the backup software to allow it to do its thing and clone back onto it? Mac OS 10.5.8 TIA -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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: OT - computer hard drive question
On 2010-01-31 6:42, Cotty wrote: To wipe the main external drive and simply drag and drop the backup onto it? or To wipe the main external drive and use the backup software to allow it to do its thing and clone back onto it? I don't know about MAC specifics, since I'm a Windows and Linux sort of guy. But I don't like using backup software, because it usually doesn't leave the files in a directly accessible format on the backup target. So, I generally just do regular file copies to the backup media. I don't typically use the GUI for tasks like this, because I've found that on most systems the command line tools for copying files work faster, since they don't spend any time dinking around keeping the screen up to date. So, for me, it'd be a small shell script or something that simply copies everything I want backed up to the external drive. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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: Scanners
On 2010-01-31 8:30, David J Brooks wrote: I don't really want to dig out my old Epson. Any one tried this thing http://www.thesource.ca/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CAcatalog=Onlinecategory=ComputerGadgetsproduct=4213006 Since they go out of their way not to mention the capture resolution, I'd be worried it's going to give me tiny little scans (in pixels). -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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: OT - computer hard drive question
Doug, Both SuperDuper and ChronoSync that I mentioned place the files onto the destination disk in their original format. They can optionally also copy files into virtual volumes (the Mac OS X disk image or .DMG files) which are well known to the operating system and the recommended way to package software for distribution for Mac OS X users. I've done these sorts of mass volume file transfers with the UNIX commands using a Terminal window as well. It isn't significantly faster than the Mac OS X Finder at doing them, and getting all the right command line options set up correctly is occasionally a bit of a fussy business. BTW, the name of the Apple operating system is not MAC (a manufacturer of high quality machine tools), it's Mac OS X. On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: I don't know about MAC specifics, since I'm a Windows and Linux sort of guy. But I don't like using backup software, because it usually doesn't leave the files in a directly accessible format on the backup target. So, I generally just do regular file copies to the backup media. I don't typically use the GUI for tasks like this, because I've found that on most systems the command line tools for copying files work faster, since they don't spend any time dinking around keeping the screen up to date. So, for me, it'd be a small shell script or something that simply copies everything I want backed up to the external drive. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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: Pentax DFA Macro 100mm F2.8 WR
No, there is no adapter included. User Manual says no word about it. My best guess is, that AF160 will attach to the metal barrel (bayonet). IMO, F 100 Macro wasn't quite a tank compared to FA100 Macro. DFA 100 Macro WR is more compact and feels at least as solid as FA. VBR, Margus Toine wrote: Does it include a adapter for the af160 ringflash? The specs say it does but how does it attach, to the outer aluminium barrel or the inner plastic barrel? My F100macro is build like a tank. Is this one as solid? Toine 2010/1/30 Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee: Very first impressions: + it's extremely sharp + it's very well built + it's surprisingly compact + it covers 24x36mm frame (even the box says: Digital Film) + it's weather-proofed + the front lens is placed a bit inside the barrel (barrel end acts like a short hood) + manual focusing is smooth and firm 0 nice metal barrel screams for Limited-style front cap 0 the bayonet hood is plastic, not metal 0 49mm filter size (it seems that several quality brands start from 52mm size nowadays) - as it's screw-drive-only, the focusing is slow - there is no focus distance limiter (which makes focusing even slower) - there is no aperture ring - inner (extending) barrel is plastic BR, Margus -- 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. -- 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: Scanners
On 1/31/2010 8:30 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
I don't really want to dig out my old Epson.
Any one tried this thing
http://www.thesource.ca/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CAcatalog=Onlinecategory=ComputerGadgetsproduct=4213006
The only review I was able to find of the thing didn't look promising,
which is too bad, my brother gave me a similar device for Christmas. I
haven't played with it much but it looks a lot like the ION with a
different plastic face.
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Re: Scanners
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: Since they go out of their way not to mention the capture resolution, I'd be worried it's going to give me tiny little scans (in pixels). Quoting the advertisement: Slide 2 PC is a high-resolution, 5 megapixel scanner with a high-quality four-glass optic element. 1975 ppi resolution nets a 1866x2799 pixel image from a 24x36 mm source image, approximately 5 Mpixels. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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: OT - computer hard drive question
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: On 2010-01-31 6:42, Cotty wrote: To wipe the main external drive and simply drag and drop the backup onto it? or To wipe the main external drive and use the backup software to allow it to do its thing and clone back onto it? I don't know about MAC specifics, since I'm a Windows and Linux sort of guy. But I don't like using backup software, because it usually doesn't leave the files in a directly accessible format on the backup target. So, I generally just do regular file copies to the backup media. I don't typically use the GUI for tasks like this, because I've found that on most systems the command line tools for copying files work faster, since they don't spend any time dinking around keeping the screen up to date. So, for me, it'd be a small shell script or something that simply copies everything I want backed up to the external drive. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) Most good backup software leaves readable copies of files on the destination drive when copying to a standard filesystem. I tend to use rsync-based backup strategies myself, but there's a zillion good options on Mac, Linux or PC that don't behave as you suggest. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around 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 directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - computer hard drive question
On 2010-01-31 10:54, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: getting all the right command line options set up correctly is occasionally a bit of a fussy business. If I have to do it more than once, I write a script, so that's only an issue the first time, for me. :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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: OT - computer hard drive question
On 2010-01-31 11:01, Adam Maas wrote: Most good backup software leaves readable copies of files on the destination drive when copying to a standard filesystem. I tend to use rsync-based backup strategies myself, but there's a zillion good options on Mac, Linux or PC that don't behave as you suggest. That may be true now, but it surely wasn't several years ago when I gave up on those programs and switched to cp/xcopy. Rsync isn't really a backup program per se, it's more of a mirroring tool to make sure two live copies are identical. As such, it works for me for some purposes and I use it a on Unix-like environments and Windows. But for mirroring/increments rather than full backups. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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: Scanners
On 2010-01-31 11:00, Godfrey Di Giorgi wrote: 1975 ppi resolution nets a 1866x2799 pixel image from a 24x36 mm source image, approximately 5 Mpixels. Oops, I missed that, sorry. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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: PESO: Corral
frank theriault wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: That is a wonderful image. I love the point of the view, and I especially love the textures, which give me a real feel for the place. What Dan said. cheers, frank What Dan and frank said. Beautiful scenery and interesting point of view. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ -- 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: OT: Good news bad news
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Good news: The house in Pittsburgh is sold. Closing is on March 1st and we'll be looking for somewhere in Boston that's bigger than the 2-bedroom apartment we're currently occupying. Bad news: Lisa went to Pittsburgh to do some clean up on the house and attend to other business. She got a shoelace caught in the moving sidewalk in the airport, fell and broke her wrist - badly. We'll know in a couple of days if they're going to want to do surgery. Interesting times, eh? Oh shit! Send Lisa my best wishes for a speedy recovery. That sounds really nasty! BTW, she's going to have to come up with a better story as to how she broke her wrist. Shoelace? Moving sidewalk at the airport? No: She was skydiving and the main 'chute didn't open and at the last moment she got the reserve to untangle and she hit the ground too fast. Or maybe she was doing a bit of winter training in the southern hemisphere, like in the Andes somewhere and she was descending on the Pinarello at about 95km/hr and hit a bit of gravel on a long sweeping curve and she went over the guardrail and miraculously only broke her wrist. Be imaginative. But a slow moving sidewalk will never do. ;-) Seriously, keep us abreast of her progress. Thinking of her... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: OT - computer hard drive question
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: On 2010-01-31 10:54, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: getting all the right command line options set up correctly is occasionally a bit of a fussy business. If I have to do it more than once, I write a script, so that's only an issue the first time, for me. :-) I've done that too, but the additional file verification, logging, and easier interface of something like ChronoSync makes it a much easier job to set up. Not all Windows and Mac OS X users are expert at command line scripting. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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: PDML Photo Annual 2008-2009
On 31/1/10, Jack Davis, discombobulated, unleashed: In addition to my earlier positive remarks, I want to add that I'd be pleased and proud to have any of my stuff (as George Carlin might have put it) associated with your project. Many thanks Jack, and to all those who have replied. Very much appreciated. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - computer hard drive question
Thanks Godfrey - just what I wanted to read. In an ideal world, I would have the best fastest machine possible with a whole line of drives whizz-banging away. For guerrilla shooting and editing, I'm afraid it's what fits in one bag over the shoulder. That's a MBP 15 2.4 Ghz with 2 GB RAM and a 160 GB 7200 HD, and one separate 250 GB 7200 HD in A FireWire (400) enclosure: http://www.macally.com/EN/product/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=100 The MBP is just over 2 years old and will be looking to replace it when it's 3. It's without doubt the best Mac I've ever had. The above combo handles SD video really well, and if I set up in a hotel room with it for longer than a few hours the I connect up another external drive and a Yamaha control surface/hardware mixer as well. I'm trying to persuade a major client to give me more work to enable me to put a VSAT dish on my Land Rover roof (£15k) so I can send material remotely via satellite, including streaming live H.264 video via hardware encoder (Matrox MX02 LE) back to the studio. Waiting to hear on that one. The words 'build', 'day' and 'Rome' spring to mind Thanks On 31/1/10, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: If the notion of doing this is to reduce fragmentation and enhance performance, then the 'erase, drag and drop' methodology would be better as that will write each file, one at a time, as a contiguous entity. IIRC, SuperDuper makes volume clones, which preserve the exact block structure of the clone source volume, preserving whatever fragmentation might exist. . Another excellent utility, ChronoSync by Econ Technologies, is what I use for this sort of thing rather than the Finder, however. ChronoSync works as a synchronizer primarily but is also very good at volume to volume file duplication because you can turn on enhanced verification, have it create a log of its operation, and if you need to interrupt it in the middle of the task, when you restart it will pick up where it left off and save a lot of time. However, for video editing you should have your scratch disk completely independent of the video editing source AND destination disks. All connected with eSATA or FireWire800 ... That promotes better performance and minimizes fragmentation. yes, video editing eats disk space ... -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Good news bad news
2010/1/31 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Be imaginative. But a slow moving sidewalk will never do. Frank, for some of us, explaining that we couldn't get the cleat loose from the pedal would suffice. Not for you though. :-) Those moving sidewalks are never risk free. Neither are shoelaces. Fingers crossed she mends well, Mark. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- 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: Scanners
David, read the reviews on the page, If it was me I would not buy it... - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 8:30:07 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Scanners I don't really want to dig out my old Epson. Any one tried this thing http://www.thesource.ca/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CAcatalog=Onlinecategory=ComputerGadgetsproduct=4213006 -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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. -- 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: OT - computer hard drive question
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: On 2010-01-31 11:01, Adam Maas wrote: Most good backup software leaves readable copies of files on the destination drive when copying to a standard filesystem. I tend to use rsync-based backup strategies myself, but there's a zillion good options on Mac, Linux or PC that don't behave as you suggest. That may be true now, but it surely wasn't several years ago when I gave up on those programs and switched to cp/xcopy. Rsync isn't really a backup program per se, it's more of a mirroring tool to make sure two live copies are identical. As such, it works for me for some purposes and I use it a on Unix-like environments and Windows. But for mirroring/increments rather than full backups. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) Mirroring fundamentally is a backup tool, just one that also has some extra utility. And with the arrival of cheap HDD storage around a decade ago, it's probably the best backup option for non-corporate environments. And most of the wrappers around rsync do both full and incremental backups. I've been using Cobian on Windows now for several years, prior to that I used rsync cron jobs, but tools like this have been available since the mid-1990's at least. If you can do it with cp/xcopy, rsync will almost always do it better. -Adam -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around 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 directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Snow
The best thing about it is it should all be gone by Tuesday. Around here, a quarter inch of snow will shut the whole area down, but it doesn't linger. I'm adding a couple more photos to the set. In fact I deleted all the photos and am re-uploading them now. Hadn't included copyright in some, and I had to rename the files to get them in the order I wanted. I hope they're going to be in the order I want them. Seems like there ought to be a way to sort them when they're already up there, but I haven't found it yet. Anyway, thanks to everyone who looked (or will look) and thank you for your comments. From: Adam Maas And a lot more than we have in Toronto. -Adam On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:35 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: You have almost as much as we do here.;-) Dave On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:12 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I think this might work. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/sets/72157623317692862/ We got something I'm calling snow for lack of a better word. Under foot it looks like snow, but it don't feel like snow. I think we got about half an inch of snow, then it wobbled back and forth between snow, sleet and freezing rain. Had little teeny tiny flurries most of the day, but it really started snowing again when I went out in the evening to take photos. Anyway, this is the first few I've been able to process. I've got a couple more to work on and get up there. -- 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.
Redone GESO: Raleigh Snow
Finally figured out how to get them in the order I wanted them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/sets/72157623196431539/ -- 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: Redone GESO: Raleigh Snow
Finally figured out how to get them in the order I wanted them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/sets/72157623196431539/ I spent an August day in Raleigh once - interesting to see that it's not always so hot and humid! Bob -- 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: GESO: Snow
On 31/1/10, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: Around here, a quarter inch of snow will shut the whole area down, but it doesn't linger Around here, the mere mention of someone in another country having a quarter inch of snow is enough to shut our whole place down. You don't know what damage you've just caused!! ;-) -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Audubon Magazine's top 100 bird photos
Christian wrote: Bob Sullivan wrote: Move your cursor over the collage of bird photos below and just click... http://audubonmagazine.org/ Nice pictures. Rotten interface. Christian, boy do I ever agree with that! Maybe I'm in grumpy mode cause ive been sick for days, but that really, really pissed me off. What,they couldnt do an index and slideshow??? a most user-unfriendly thinggummy. I bet some of the winners are annoyed, too. ann (yeah, i'm back) -- 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: Boris, few PESOs from NYC visit
frank theriault wrote: On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: I really like that first shot! And the photo of Annsan really captures the quality of Annsan-ness :-) Didn't you get any shots of her cat? Yeah, I really like that first one a lot. And that certainly is Ann don't point that thing at me San. Nice to see ya, Ann! cheers, frank ann replies: Boris was given my permission to show the snap to the list... it was nice of him to ask... and I think it is a fun shot Yes, Frank - I was definitely in... nono, please no pictures, mode - kind of... I mean, I hope I look a bit better than that most of the time! I do want to point out that I made the head band I was wearing - recently having resumed crochetting I showed Boris my pic of him and he pretty much nixed it - however, I didn't think it was much of a shot either, so you don't get to see that... It was a lousy day, weather wise... had a lovely visit, though - ending up at his friends' apt when it started to rain in earnest -. Boris's camera was water resistent, my cantax was not so I tucked it away. I met Boris and friends at BH and headed uptown to get a cuppa something and a bit of a walk about I thought Boris was a bit more pressed for time than he was -- sorry I didn't get them down to my neighborhood and home... so, Mark, no - he didn't get to meet the fabulous Ashley. :-) I have one shot from that afternoon on my camera (Peso later) but not of people... and one shot I took with Boris's camera that I haven't seen yet I'm almost back to human though still a bit dopy from cold meds... but then... :-) ann -- 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: OT - computer hard drive question
Did you forget to mention the step where you test your backups before wiping the working copies? On Jan 31, 2010, at 3:42 AM, Cotty wrote: Which would be better? I have a main external hard drive used as a scratch disk and for holding files for video editing. It gets backed up regularly (using SuperDuper - backup software) to a second drive for redundancy. Every few months or so I figure it is a good idea to wipe the main external HD completely and reinstall the backed up files. The question is, which would be better: To wipe the main external drive and simply drag and drop the backup onto it? or To wipe the main external drive and use the backup software to allow it to do its thing and clone back onto it? Mac OS 10.5.8 TIA -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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.
Message from Henry Posner, Part I
'm forwarding this message to allow Henry to be heard. He sent it to me and asked me to pot it on the list. It in no way reflects any opinions of my own. I have none:-). I'm sending it in two parts, as it's too large a file for the list. Paul I am sorry Igor is disappointed by our response to the customer who thought he was buying two $250.00 speakers due to an inadvertent error on our site. Any customer knowledgeable about the product would have immediately recognized there was an error. I am sorry too Igor did not find my reply sufficiently apologetic, but the flip side of this coin is the customer in question, knowing there was an error, nevertheless wanted two for the price of one and when we declined to accede to his request attempted to apply leverage to us via his public complaints. What are the ethics of a customer who wants two for one, knowing what he knew in the first place? @P. J. Alling I've never had a problem with BH personally but the attitude does bother me. I do however have a problem with their attitude. Even if they mad a mistake, what they've done is still against NY State law. Respectfully, I believe P. J. Alling is mistaken and our action in this matter are not at all against NY state law. We have a team of in- house lawyers who know pretty much everything we do in matters of this nature and would certainly have stopped us were we violating the law. Tom C The disclaimor ... would probably not hold up under the law. As above -- the disclaimer was written by our in-house lead counsel and will certainly hold up. @Igor On a different subject, - I am rather annoyed by the recent thing that BH (and a few other resellers, including Adorama, Buydig, Amazon, etc.) started doing when they do not show the price on their website until you add the item to the shopping cart. Some of them say that it dictated by the manufacturer not allowing them to display low prices. I am not sure if that's all true, - but that sounds like a bunch of bologna. Does anybody know if there is any substantial reason behind that game? In fact I do. It is not bologna. It's the manufacturer's MAP agreement. MAP = Minimum advertised price. This dictates the lowest price we can advertise and what we may and may not do in print or online when the selling price is below the MAP price. Retailers who've told you, it dictated by the manufacturer not allowing them to display low prices, are telling you the complete truth. @Tom C it is still a matter of false and misleading advertising. I believe you are mistaken. It was an inadvertent error. Saying it was false and misleading implies it was done purposely with intent to mislead or defraud. It was an inadvertent error. @P N Stenquist I've been working with BH for many years and with 47th Street Photo before them, which I believe was owned by the same group. I've only been with BH for 15 years, but as far as I know the owners of BH and the owners, then or now, of 47th St Photo are unrelated. @Boris Liberman BH has a small warehouse under our Manhattan store and our main warehouse is in Brooklyn. We're working on a program to distinguish store stock from Brooklyn warehouse stock for our web site. Any store customer who wants to buy an item that's only in stock in the Brooklyn warehouse should be offered free shipping to any address in the lower-48 states. @Igor Roshchin Did BH offer him to honor the wrong price if he pulls off his review... We did not. That would be unethical and would also violate resellerrating's rules. The review in question was written by Polymistis. He apparently edited it so it's reverted to Pending status. It will reappear when it shifts off pending again. @Tom C It's a stretch to think BH reads the PDML Stretch away. :-) the next time a PDML member has a problem with a retailer, that after the thread goes a while... We are ALWAYS concerned when a customer has a problem and as BH's customer ombudsman (Not water carrier) I take a personal interest in resolving such difficulties with a minimum of red tale whenever possible. -- 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: GESO: Snow
Nope. This page is private, even when I copy the url into a new browser window. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 1/31/10, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: GESO: Snow To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 2:12 AM I think this might work. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/sets/72157623317692862/ We got something I'm calling snow for lack of a better word. Under foot it looks like snow, but it don't feel like snow. I think we got about half an inch of snow, then it wobbled back and forth between snow, sleet and freezing rain. Had little teeny tiny flurries most of the day, but it really started snowing again when I went out in the evening to take photos. Anyway, this is the first few I've been able to process. I've got a couple more to work on and get up there. -- 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. -- 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: OT - computer hard drive question
On 2010-01-31 09:15 , Doug Franklin wrote: Rsync isn't really a backup program per se, it's more of a mirroring tool to make sure two live copies are identical. As such, it works for me for some purposes and I use it a on Unix-like environments and Windows. But for mirroring/increments rather than full backups. there are numerous ways to use rsync as the foundation of a true incremental backup system; here is one i've used quite a bit: http://code.google.com/p/rsync-backup/ some of rsync's advantages (e.g. backing up only the changed portion large files) don't kick in unless you are syncing across a network, but the fact that rsync checksums all files it transfers (and can do a checksum on the whole fileset) would be one way to improveme on SuperDuper (which does not verify the integrity of files it backs up) i also frequently use Carbon Copy Cloner, free from: http://www.bombich.com/ i mainly use it for bootable clones, but it can also do incremental backups, and provides a GUI interface for scheduling them; however it isn't quite as powerful for syncing across networks or verifying files as rsync btw, i'm not certain what Cotty's goal is with his procedure, but Mac disks don't really need defragging: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1375?viewlocale=en_US so the only benefit i can see to Cotty's wipe restore ritual is to avoid filesystem corruption; it would save a lot of time and probably be just as safe to simply run Disk Utility and verify the volume periodically; then use the wipe and restore approach only if/when an error is reported -- 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: Message from Henry Posner, Part I
Thanks for posting Paul. I have used B and H many times in the past (even from the UK) and will continue to do so. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - computer hard drive question
On 31/1/10, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: Did you forget to mention the step where you test your backups before wiping the working copies? Yes of course. I run all existent FCP projects to make sure there are no missing bits or problems. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - computer hard drive question
On 31/1/10, steve harley, discombobulated, unleashed: btw, i'm not certain what Cotty's goal is with his procedure, but Mac disks don't really need defragging: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1375?viewlocale=en_US so the only benefit i can see to Cotty's wipe restore ritual is to avoid filesystem corruption; it would save a lot of time and probably be just as safe to simply run Disk Utility and verify the volume periodically; then use the wipe and restore approach only if/when an error is reported Thanks for this, v interesting. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Message from Henry Posner, Part I
I sent Part II as well, but it hasn't appeared yet. If it doesn't show up, I'll try again. Paul On Jan 31, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Cotty wrote: Thanks for posting Paul. I have used B and H many times in the past (even from the UK) and will continue to do so. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: High tech spirograph
4-43336 are great. How did you make them? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 1/29/10, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Some test shots on a variation of a type of photo I used to like to do when I was a kid http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623308304116/ I think the technique shows some promise I tried it with dry ice in glasses and a tub, but it doesn't generate enough fog to work well at showing the beam. Maybe I'll set up something outside that generates smoke, like a small fire. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623309697026/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est --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. -- 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: Redone GESO: Raleigh Snow
The state capitol shot is the winner. I like the halo around the lamppost, as well as the colors, lighting, and composition. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 1/31/10, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: Redone GESO: Raleigh Snow To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 1:39 PM Finally figured out how to get them in the order I wanted them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/sets/72157623196431539/ -- 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. -- 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: GESO: Snow
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:32 -0800, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Nope. This page is private, even when I copy the url into a new browser window. Yeah, that's odd. When John first posted the link I was able to get to the photos with no problem. Now, it wants me to sign up for Flickr. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ --- On Sun, 1/31/10, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: GESO: Snow To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 2:12 AM I think this might work. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/sets/72157623317692862/ We got something I'm calling snow for lack of a better word. Under foot it looks like snow, but it don't feel like snow. I think we got about half an inch of snow, then it wobbled back and forth between snow, sleet and freezing rain. Had little teeny tiny flurries most of the day, but it really started snowing again when I went out in the evening to take photos. Anyway, this is the first few I've been able to process. I've got a couple more to work on and get up there. -- 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. -- 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. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- 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: OT - computer hard drive question
From: Larry Colen Did you forget to mention the step where you test your backups before wiping the working copies? OOPS! DuhOOH! -- 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: Yo! Scott! It's the last day in January!
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com Subject: Yo! Scott! It's the last day in January! How about the January PUG? Yeah how about it? Was it as good for your as it was for me ? ;-\ Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- 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: GESO: Snow
My apologies Rick. I couldn't get the images in the sequence I wanted them and ended up deleting all the photos from that set which deleted the set as well. I built a new set that I posted as Redone GESO: Raleigh Snow. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/sets/72157623196431539/ From: Rick Womer Nope. This page is private, even when I copy the url into a new browser window. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 1/31/10, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: GESO: Snow To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 2:12 AM I think this might work. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/sets/72157623317692862/ -- 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: High tech spirograph
On Jan 31, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Rick Womer wrote: 4-43336 are great. How did you make them? Thanks. I recently picked up a 20mW green laser off the net for about $25. I hung it from a string. It turns out that it seems to work best with the string attached to the bottom of the clip so that the light does not hang straight. The camera is on a tripod with the FA31, ISO 100 f/10 and a 10 second exposure, and focused it on some glasses set up below the light. I set the light swinging, rotating around the string, with the initial impetus not through the plumb point to get the light to trace a more interesting path. It works a lot better than the ones I did 35 years ago by aiming the camera up at a swinging penlight: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4319442501/in/set-72157623322026898/ Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 1/29/10, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Some test shots on a variation of a type of photo I used to like to do when I was a kid http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623308304116/ I think the technique shows some promise I tried it with dry ice in glasses and a tub, but it doesn't generate enough fog to work well at showing the beam. Maybe I'll set up something outside that generates smoke, like a small fire. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623309697026/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est --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. -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: Scanners
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Scanners On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 5:30 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I don't really want to dig out my old Epson. Any one tried this thing http://www.thesource.ca/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CAcatalog=Onlinecategory=ComputerGadgetsproduct=4213006 It's almost certainly a little digicam with a fixed registration copy lens setup. The only real advantage over a scanner might be speed. You'd be better off with a used Minolta Scan Dual II/III/IV and Vuescan software. Recent Ebay prices on the Scan Dual II are down in the $60 range, and it will produce a 2820ppi, 10Mpixel image, where this device is claiming a 5Mpixel image (about 1900-2000 ppi). Of course, with a K10D and a macro lens capable of 1:2 magnification, you can set up a copystand rig that is both fast and produces 10Mpixel images. I've had very good results copying prints with my K20D. The only downside has been the time for setup - getting things perpendicular, adjusting the tripod for the proper distance. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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: PESO A date with mom
Great capture expressiong. I only wish the guy in the ULH corner wasn't so distracting. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO A date with mom At the coffee shop, K7D, DA* 50-135, f4 ISO 1600: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10600675size=lg -- 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.
Peso: You lookin' at me?
http://tinyurl.com/yglce4d http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-New-York/2564371_i3HHm/1/776075473_h9ZL7/Medium shot from the hip on the stroll with Boris last Sunday. -- 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.
Message from Henry Posner, Part II
Below is the remainder of Henry Posner's message to the PDML. Paul @John Sessoms As long as the reseller is a subscriber and can convince reseller ratings they are adhering to that code of ethics, negative comments won't stick. You are mistaken. I have the option to reply publicly or via email regarding any negative comment and if a comment violates the site's published rules (see http://www.resellerratings.com/terms.pl) I can ask it be taken down until modified to conform, but otherwise I have no more ability to have a negative review deleted that anyone else here does. From Benjamin Groebner, Oops! The Legal Consequences Of and Solutions To Online Pricing Errors, 1 Shidler J. L. Com. Tech. 2 (May 26, 2004): Using Terms and Conditions to Avoid Loss As the first level of protection, Amazon.com and other online retailers have successfully employed protective terms and conditions which they invoke to avoid honoring pricing errors. Their websites include legal pages with disclaimers reserving the right to refuse to honor pricing errors. For example, Amazon.com's site lists its pricing policy under its Conditions of Use. It states that despite Amazon.com's best efforts, a small number of items may be mispriced and if an item's correct price is higher than their stated price, they will, at their discretion, either contact the purchaser for instructions before shipping or cancel their order with notification. The Equitable Doctrine of Unilateral Mistake Defined When online retailers make honest, good-faith pricing mistakes that result in huge losses to the benefit of opportunistic online shoppers, their mistake could be grounds for rescinding the unfavorable contract under the doctrine of unilateral mistake. One party's mistake can make the contract voidable when the mistake concerns a basic assumption on which the contract was formed and has a material effect on the agreement that is adverse to that party ... Rescinding the contract is the only available remedy under unilateral mistake ... See also http://law.anu.edu.au/colin/lectures/mistake.htm In closing, we regret the situation discussed in the resellerratings post which initiated this discussion and regret too having disturbed Igor and others here. Since this is my first post here, I hope I may be forgiven if I did not conform to the group's generally accepted style for doing so. -- - regards, Henry Posner Director of Corporate Communications BH Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio -- 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: OT - computer hard drive question
For Windows users, MicroSoft has a free, unsupported PowerToy called SyncToy that works well for backup and maintains the original file format. It comes in both 32 and 64-bit flavors. You can find it here... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c26efa36-98e0-4ee9-a7c5-98d0592d8c52displaylang=en *http://tinyurl.com/2cu9fh* -p On 1/31/2010 10:01 AM, Adam Maas wrote: On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: On 2010-01-31 6:42, Cotty wrote: To wipe the main external drive and simply drag and drop the backup onto it? or To wipe the main external drive and use the backup software to allow it to do its thing and clone back onto it? I don't know about MAC specifics, since I'm a Windows and Linux sort of guy. But I don't like using backup software, because it usually doesn't leave the files in a directly accessible format on the backup target. So, I generally just do regular file copies to the backup media. I don't typically use the GUI for tasks like this, because I've found that on most systems the command line tools for copying files work faster, since they don't spend any time dinking around keeping the screen up to date. So, for me, it'd be a small shell script or something that simply copies everything I want backed up to the external drive. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) Most good backup software leaves readable copies of files on the destination drive when copying to a standard filesystem. I tend to use rsync-based backup strategies myself, but there's a zillion good options on Mac, Linux or PC that don't behave as you suggest. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2659 - Release Date: 01/31/10 00:39:00 -- 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: Message from Henry Posner, Part I
Good to hear the 'rest of the news' as Paul Harvey would say. thanks for posting. I too have delt with B+H for many years with no issues. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Message from Henry Posner, Part I 'm forwarding this message to allow Henry to be heard. He sent it to me and asked me to pot it on the list. It in no way reflects any opinions of my own. I have none:-). I'm sending it in two parts, as it's too large a file for the list. Paul I am sorry Igor is disappointed by our response to the customer who thought he was buying two $250.00 speakers due to an inadvertent error on our site. Any customer knowledgeable about the product would have immediately recognized there was an error. I am sorry too Igor did not find my reply sufficiently apologetic, but the flip side of this coin is the customer in question, knowing there was an error, nevertheless wanted two for the price of one and when we declined to accede to his request attempted to apply leverage to us via his public complaints. What are the ethics of a customer who wants two for one, knowing what he knew in the first place? @P. J. Alling I've never had a problem with BH personally but the attitude does bother me. I do however have a problem with their attitude. Even if they mad a mistake, what they've done is still against NY State law. Respectfully, I believe P. J. Alling is mistaken and our action in this matter are not at all against NY state law. We have a team of in- house lawyers who know pretty much everything we do in matters of this nature and would certainly have stopped us were we violating the law. Tom C The disclaimor ... would probably not hold up under the law. As above -- the disclaimer was written by our in-house lead counsel and will certainly hold up. @Igor On a different subject, - I am rather annoyed by the recent thing that BH (and a few other resellers, including Adorama, Buydig, Amazon, etc.) started doing when they do not show the price on their website until you add the item to the shopping cart. Some of them say that it dictated by the manufacturer not allowing them to display low prices. I am not sure if that's all true, - but that sounds like a bunch of bologna. Does anybody know if there is any substantial reason behind that game? In fact I do. It is not bologna. It's the manufacturer's MAP agreement. MAP = Minimum advertised price. This dictates the lowest price we can advertise and what we may and may not do in print or online when the selling price is below the MAP price. Retailers who've told you, it dictated by the manufacturer not allowing them to display low prices, are telling you the complete truth. @Tom C it is still a matter of false and misleading advertising. I believe you are mistaken. It was an inadvertent error. Saying it was false and misleading implies it was done purposely with intent to mislead or defraud. It was an inadvertent error. @P N Stenquist I've been working with BH for many years and with 47th Street Photo before them, which I believe was owned by the same group. I've only been with BH for 15 years, but as far as I know the owners of BH and the owners, then or now, of 47th St Photo are unrelated. @Boris Liberman BH has a small warehouse under our Manhattan store and our main warehouse is in Brooklyn. We're working on a program to distinguish store stock from Brooklyn warehouse stock for our web site. Any store customer who wants to buy an item that's only in stock in the Brooklyn warehouse should be offered free shipping to any address in the lower-48 states. @Igor Roshchin Did BH offer him to honor the wrong price if he pulls off his review... We did not. That would be unethical and would also violate resellerrating's rules. The review in question was written by Polymistis. He apparently edited it so it's reverted to Pending status. It will reappear when it shifts off pending again. @Tom C It's a stretch to think BH reads the PDML Stretch away. :-) the next time a PDML member has a problem with a retailer, that after the thread goes a while... We are ALWAYS concerned when a customer has a problem and as BH's customer ombudsman (Not water carrier) I take a personal interest in resolving such difficulties with a minimum of red tale whenever possible. -- 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: Message from Henry Posner, Part II
- Original Message - From: paul stenquist Subject: Message from Henry Posner, Part II Below is the remainder of Henry Posner's message to the PDML. I suppose the flip side of it is that they are good about backing their customers up in the event that the customer screws up. All this really makes me glad that I don't have to deal with mail order very often, whether from BH or anyone else. William Robb -- 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: Message from Henry Posner, Part I
On Jan 31, 2010, at 11:58 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: 'm forwarding this message to allow Henry to be heard. He sent it to me and asked me to pot it on the list. It in no way reflects any opinions of my own. I have none:-). I'm sending it in two parts, as it's too large a file for the list. Paul thanks for sending this. @P N Stenquist I've been working with BH for many years and with 47th Street Photo before them, which I believe was owned by the same group. I've only been with BH for 15 years, but as far as I know the owners of BH and the owners, then or now, of 47th St Photo are unrelated. I understand the confusion. I just bought something from 47st and they also seem to close early for Shabbot. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: PESO A date with mom
On Jan 31, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Great capture expressiong. I only wish the guy in the ULH corner wasn't so distracting. Great shot. Perhaps cropping in a little tighter on the left, on a line about the point of the girls right elbow and the guy's left ear would help. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO A date with mom At the coffee shop, K7D, DA* 50-135, f4 ISO 1600: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10600675size=lg -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: OT - computer hard drive question
- Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson Subject: Re: OT - computer hard drive question For Windows users, MicroSoft has a free, unsupported PowerToy called SyncToy that works well for backup and maintains the original file format. It comes in both 32 and 64-bit flavors. You can find it here... *http://tinyurl.com/2cu9fh* SyncToy is what I use for routine back ups. It seems to do what it's supposed to. William Robb -- 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: Message from Henry Posner, Part I
Ditto, I was just getting ready to order a camera from them as I have many times in the past. It is nice to see a company interested in their customers and reputation. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, January 31, 2010, 12:39:16 PM, you wrote: C Thanks for posting Paul. I have used B and H many times in the past C (even from the UK) and will continue to do so. C -- C Cheers, C Cotty C ___/\__ C || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche C -- http://www.cottysnaps.com C _ -- 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: Peso: You lookin' at me?
On Jan 31, 2010, at 1:12 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: http://tinyurl.com/yglce4d http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-New-York/2564371_i3HHm/1/776075473_h9ZL7/Medium shot from the hip on the stroll with Boris last Sunday. Great shot. I love the compositional counter point between the puppy and ready, willing and able. -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: PESO A date with mom
On Jan 31, 2010, at 4:09 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Great capture expressiong. I only wish the guy in the ULH corner wasn't so distracting. Thanks Ken. I can easily get rid of him with clone and crop, and I considered it. I also considered cloning out the guy with the paper -- a bigger job, but definitely do-able. But I decided that I liked the sense of environment that the other customers communicate. Without them, it's an empty room. Paul Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO A date with mom At the coffee shop, K7D, DA* 50-135, f4 ISO 1600: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10600675size=lg -- 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. -- 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: OT - computer hard drive question
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 31/1/10, steve harley, discombobulated, unleashed: btw, i'm not certain what Cotty's goal is with his procedure, but Mac disks don't really need defragging: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1375?viewlocale=en_US so the only benefit i can see to Cotty's wipe restore ritual is to avoid filesystem corruption; it would save a lot of time and probably be just as safe to simply run Disk Utility and verify the volume periodically; then use the wipe and restore approach only if/when an error is reported Thanks for this, v interesting. That's why I said in my first response If the notion of doing this is to reduce fragmentation and enhance performance ... Cotty uses his drive for video originals as well as editing scratch space, which can indeed fill up most of the volume and cause fragmentation. For most uses, Mac OS X systems volumes are pretty unlikely to become fragmented, particularly if you maintain 20-30% free space on your working volumes. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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: PESO A date with mom
On Jan 31, 2010, at 4:34 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jan 31, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Great capture expressiong. I only wish the guy in the ULH corner wasn't so distracting. Great shot. Perhaps cropping in a little tighter on the left, on a line about the point of the girls right elbow and the guy's left ear would help. Thanks Larry. Getting rid of him completely is an easy clone and crop job, but I kind of like him there. There's stuff going on here! Paul Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO A date with mom At the coffee shop, K7D, DA* 50-135, f4 ISO 1600: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10600675size=lg -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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. -- 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: Message from Henry Posner, Part I
Cotty wrote: Thanks for posting Paul. I have used B and H many times in the past (even from the UK) and will continue to do so. Same here. They're pretty much the only place I buy stuff any more and I've always had great service from them. Even in person in the store in NYC :-0 -- 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: Peso: You lookin' at me?
Nice shot. And he is looking at you! Paul On Jan 31, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jan 31, 2010, at 1:12 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: http://tinyurl.com/yglce4d http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-New-York/2564371_i3HHm/1/776075473_h9ZL7/Medium shot from the hip on the stroll with Boris last Sunday. Great shot. I love the compositional counter point between the puppy and ready, willing and able. -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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. -- 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: You lookin' at me?
From: ann sanfedele http://tinyurl.com/yglce4d http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-New-York/2564371_i3HHm/1/776075473_h9ZL7/Medium shot from the hip on the stroll with Boris last Sunday. Yeah, that got a laugh. -- 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: Scanners
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Of course, with a K10D and a macro lens capable of 1:2 magnification, you can set up a copystand rig that is both fast and produces 10Mpixel images. I've had very good results copying prints with my K20D. The only downside has been the time for setup - getting things perpendicular, adjusting the tripod for the proper distance. I use a flatbed scanner for prints. A 4x6 print at a modest 1200 ppi is a 33 Mpixel image, way more than needed for most things and plenty of overhead for editing. No worries about setting up copy lighting, reflections, focusing, etc. When I use a copystand and camera, it is made perpendicular to the base by using a hot shoe mounted two-axis bubble level. Tripods are kinda clumsy at this job. I've shot negatives this way with the copystand and macro lens using a flat-panel light box as a light source, with good results. It works particularly well for some of my ultraminiature negatives ... The L1 fitted with 1.4x teleconverter and 35 Macro can achieve a 1.4:1 magnification, which nets me a 7.5 Mpixel image of my 8x11 mm Minox negatives. That's more data than I can get out of a 2900 ppi film scanner ... 1.1 Mpixel ... and well worth the fuss. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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: Scanners
- Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: Re: Scanners On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Of course, with a K10D and a macro lens capable of 1:2 magnification, you can set up a copystand rig that is both fast and produces 10Mpixel images. I've had very good results copying prints with my K20D. The only downside has been the time for setup - getting things perpendicular, adjusting the tripod for the proper distance. I use a flatbed scanner for prints. A 4x6 print at a modest 1200 ppi is a 33 Mpixel image, way more than needed for most things and plenty of overhead for editing. No worries about setting up copy lighting, reflections, focusing, etc. When I use a copystand and camera, it is made perpendicular to the base by using a hot shoe mounted two-axis bubble level. Tripods are kinda clumsy at this job. I've shot negatives this way with the copystand and macro lens using a flat-panel light box as a light source, with good results. It works particularly well for some of my ultraminiature negatives ... The L1 fitted with 1.4x teleconverter and 35 Macro can achieve a 1.4:1 magnification, which nets me a 7.5 Mpixel image of my 8x11 mm Minox negatives. That's more data than I can get out of a 2900 ppi film scanner ... 1.1 Mpixel ... and well worth the fuss. The best copystand I've used was one that I cobbled together from an old Omega enlarger. I took the head off of it and replaced that with a tripod head. It would probably be pretty easy to make a slide copier by taking the head from the enlarger and turning it upside down on the baseboard and using that as the transilluminator. William Robb -- 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.
PAW4 - me again
A self portrait I made at a meeting in Munich in November... http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D and DA* 55mm @ ISO800, f/1.4, 1/30s, hand held and using live view... DagT http://www.thrane.name -- 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: OT: Good news bad news
Mark Roberts wrote: Good news: The house in Pittsburgh is sold. Closing is on March 1st and we'll be looking for somewhere in Boston that's bigger than the 2-bedroom apartment we're currently occupying. Bad news: Lisa went to Pittsburgh to do some clean up on the house and attend to other business. She got a shoelace caught in the moving sidewalk in the airport, fell and broke her wrist - badly. We'll know in a couple of days if they're going to want to do surgery. Interesting times, eh? Not too interesting, I hope. I especially hope that it does not affect her work. -- 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: PAW4 - me again
On 31/1/10, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed: A self portrait I made at a meeting in Munich in November... http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D and DA* 55mm @ ISO800, f/1.4, 1/30s, hand held and using live view... More like 'psychedelic view' ! Very good. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
mangling the subject lines
I think that it might be William Robb's mail program that keeps prepending [SPAM] to the subject line of every email. Since I tend to sort this mailbox by subject, it tends to split up a bunch of the threads into two places in the mailbox. Is there some way the responsible spam filter could be tweaked to whitelist mail from PDML? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: mangling the subject lines
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: mangling the subject lines I think that it might be William Robb's mail program that keeps prepending [SPAM] to the subject line of every email. Since I tend to sort this mailbox by subject, it tends to split up a bunch of the threads into two places in the mailbox. Is there some way the responsible spam filter could be tweaked to whitelist mail from PDML? My mail filter already whitelists mail from the PDML, and to the best of my knowledge isn't adding anything to the subject line other than Re: The subject line that is attached to this email is: Re: mangling the subject lines William Robb -- 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.
PESO - Projection
A backlit stained glass window projected onto a wall in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10603019 (K10D, DA 50-200, ISO 800, f/8 @ 1/60) Rick -- 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: mangling the subject lines
I've never seen any additions to subject lines, other than RE, from Bill or anyone else. Some mail programs add junk or Spam tags to suspect mail, but mine has never tagged a PDML message. Paul On Jan 31, 2010, at 5:46 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: mangling the subject lines I think that it might be William Robb's mail program that keeps prepending [SPAM] to the subject line of every email. Since I tend to sort this mailbox by subject, it tends to split up a bunch of the threads into two places in the mailbox. Is there some way the responsible spam filter could be tweaked to whitelist mail from PDML? My mail filter already whitelists mail from the PDML, and to the best of my knowledge isn't adding anything to the subject line other than Re: The subject line that is attached to this email is: Re: mangling the subject lines William Robb -- 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. -- 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.
2010 PDML Annual
Two of my three have uploaded. Hopefully the third will manage to make it through before I have to shut this thing down tonight. No squawks; tab says Loading..., the little dots keep spinning around around and it just says Waiting for ... in the lower left corner. The other two did the same thing, but didn't take as long. One of them did error out because Photoshop told me the file size was going to be 3.5MB, and it ended up 3.8MB. Just went back, dropped the quality from 12 down to 11 and resubmitted it. -- 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.
