RE: OT - spotted on Google street view

[John Coyle]

I guess that's a manifestation of AI being not so bright?


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: PDML  On Behalf Of John Francis
Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2018 3:40 AM
To: Pentax List 
Subject: OT - spotted on Google street view


It's no good, Google - I can still recognise her ...

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6887541,-74.0437946,2a,37.5y,317.28h,121.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWCj
UEJjYRdtjBsM8tei04Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en=0

(Just in case it doesn't look the same for you as it does for me, I see facial 
blurring)

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RE: OT - Peregrine Falcon Webcam

[John Coyle]

Peregrine Falcons seem to like inner-city high-rise buildings, there was also a 
pair nested on the
tallest tower in Brisbane for several years!

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: PDML  On Behalf Of Brian Walters
Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2018 8:45 AM
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Subject: OT - Peregrine Falcon Webcam

I know there are  quite a few birdos on the list, so you might be interested in 
this live video
feed.

A pair of Falcons have taken up residence on a high rise in Melbourne and have 
just hatched out
three chicks.  Fascinating stuff!

http://www.367collinsfalcons.com.au/


Cheers
Brian

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RE: Visit in NY City!

[John Coyle]

Thanks Ann, and that reminds me - has anyone heard from Marco recently?


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: PDML  On Behalf Of ann sanfedele
Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2018 7:37 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Visit in NY City!

Ha! I like how you photoshopped that "chintzy" photo, Godders ... years off all 
of us :-)

It was a lovely day..  I let the boys do the shooting in the 'hood for the most 
part - but I did a
quick grab with my darkside point and shoot..
call it "different strokes" :-).

https://annsan.smugmug.com/Friends-and-Family/PDMLers-in-person/i-pDQWm4f/A

Aside to the Coyles - I brought them to -your-favorite East Vilalge 
restaurant(mine too, of course),
Angelinas.  Raffik wasn't quite ready to be open but he fed us with a little 
bit of coaxing on my
part.

Looking forward to more photos from both of them of waht they found fascinating 
in my neighborhood.

Ashley enjoyed the visit as well.

ann


On 9/25/2018 3:46 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> Ann Sanfedele, Rick Womer, and I met at Ann's place in Manhattan 
> yesterday for a visit. Lots of good fun hanging around the table 
> yakking about this, that and everything, a short photo walk, an 
> excellent lunch, and all in beautiful weather amidst the glory of the 
> Lower East Side in Manhattan. :-)
>
> Quite nice that we did it yesterday. Today we'd have needed a motor launch to 
> get anywhere: it's
just plain pouring down outside now. I've laid in supplies and will be staying 
in the hotel room
until tomorrow some time.
>
> More photos soon, but here's a (rather chintzy) iPhone snap of the three of 
> us in Ann's apartment.
>
> https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1937/44913934211_1c1f5326c0_z.jpg
>
> Enjoy!
> G
> —
> No matter where you go, there you are.

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RE: PESO 2018 - 096? - GDG

[John Coyle]

You should try being in Italy, where you sometimes have to order and pay first 
at the cash desk (and I speak only very basic Italian) before getting your 
order - and they never say if that applies! But we're loving it, another week 
to go...

John (now in Salerno)

-Original Message-
From: PDML  On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sent: Thursday, 6 September 2018 6:39 PM
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Subject: Re: PESO 2018 - 096? - GDG

That will do, I guess, until the Proletariat Revolution comes. :-)

G



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> On Sep 6, 2018, at 3:41 PM, Bob W-PDML  wrote:
> 
> Don't worry, as of 29 Mar next year we'll be winding the clocks back to 1953 
> forever. There won't be any tax, we'll all get around in golden carriages 
> pulled by unicorn zebras, King Jacob and Queen Boris will declare every day 
> to be Royal Wedding Day, the NHS will close down because illness will be 
> banished from these shores, and none of you foreigners will be allowed into 
> this blessed realm.

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RE: I've ordered metal prints and am going to do a casual show next Saturday

[John Coyle]

Too far for us Larry!

Regards
John (in Italy)

On 9/3/2018 8:28 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
> I got off my ass, ordered several prints from Bay and a few from 
> Costco. The Bay prints should definitely be here by next Saturday and 
> the Costco ones might.
>
> I'll be showing them off next Saturday starting at 5, with my already 
> planned party starting at 8.  Anybody that can make it is welcome, 
> crash space can be provided. And if you also want to show off some 
> prints, you're welcome to do that as well.
>
>

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RE: when $30 for a smc pentax a 50mm F1.2 is $30 too much

[John Coyle]

How does anyone get to abuse a lens to that extent!

John (in Rome for now)


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From: PDML  On Behalf Of J.C. O'Connell
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Subject: when $30 for a smc pentax a 50mm F1.2 is $30 too much

https://www.ebay.com/itm/302863345961



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RE: Automotive fun

[John Coyle]

I guess I was lucky, John - the car kept going for some years after that: it 
wasn't a lucky car
though, it was stolen twice, once just after I had it resprayed British Racing 
Green!  Suckers must
have thought it was a fast car!

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: PDML  On Behalf Of John Sessoms
Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2018 3:23 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Automotive fun

The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to pin the 
gauge, you were
looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer advised me 
it would be cheaper
to replace the engine than to try to repair it.

Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could "leak" bits into the new 
engine to block coolant
flow, causing the new engine to fail as well.

YMMV, but that's how *my* Escort wagon died.


On 8/10/2018 00:02, John Coyle wrote:
> That's a terrible tale of woe, Larry - you have my entire sympathy!
> On a similar note, in 1975 I changed the head gasket on my 1969 
> Escort, using original parts from the local distributor.  All seemed 
> to go well, but then, 60 miles into a two-week planned holiday 
> visiting several places in the UK, the temperature gauge hit the stop, 
> steam issued from under the bonnet, and when I popped the lid, the 
> engine looked very, very hot! It took us hours to get home, topping 
> the radiator up every twenty miles: when we did eventually get there, I took 
> the head off again
and found that the new gasket had only had the water channels punched out on 
one side, so all four
cylinders were getting no proper coolant flow!
> Needless to say, I had a few cross words with the supplier.
> 
> Hope you get yours fixed, too,
> 
> 
> John in Brisbane
> 
> John
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: PDML  On Behalf Of Larry Colen
> Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2018 7:01 PM
> To: Pentax-Discuss List 
> Subject: Automotive fun
> 
> I've peeved in passing about my recent car problems. In particular, 
> the mystery water loss on my Subaru.  I finally gave up and ordered 
> the $300 worth of parts to do the headgasket replacement that I tried to save 
> money on when I put
the motor in the car.
> 
> Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby into the 
> cooling jacket which explained both the water loss and the lack of 
> other typical blown headgasket symptoms.  I was all set to put the new 
> headgasket in yesterday morning when someone commented that I really ought to 
> take the heads into
the machine shop to be checked out.
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157672026815098
> 
> Yesterday morning, I toss the heads in my van, fill the gas tank and the van 
> won't start.
> Eventually I buy about $).25 worth of gas, pour a tiny bit down the 
> throttle body, the van starts up, runs fine and I head into Santa 
> Cruz. I get about another two miles further on, and the van breaks down for 
> real.
> 
> This morning I realize that the registration and smog are due on the 
> van. I paid the registration online to avoid late fees, kind of hard to smog 
> a vehicle that won't
start.
> 
> The problem with the van is probably the fuel pump. $200 for the part, 
> in the gas tank. The full 35 gallon fuel tank that has to be removed 
> to get to the fuel pump. I could pay my mechanic to do the job, but 
> that's another $200 that I don't have, particularly since I can't get to work 
> without a running
vehicle.
> 
> The heads are back on the Subie, though not torqued down. If nothing 
> else goes wrong, it should be running tomorrow afternoon sometime. I 
> won't bore you with the story of the dumb ass mistake I made yesterday 
> that cost me something like four hours. On the bright side, I'm now pretty 
> damned good at
assembling Subaru cylinder heads.
> 
> I understand that things come up, and we each face a series of crisis 
> in our lives.  I'd greatly appreciate it, however, if the Universe let 
> me finish with on crisis before it throws the next one at me.
> 
> In other news, it seems that Mom has flipped her shit and now thinks 
> that Debbi, the friend who is taking care of her and pretty much 
> giving her a place to live so she doesn't have to be in a home, is trying to 
> kill her.
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Coyle's are off again

[John Coyle]

Jan and I are leaving tomorrow for a holiday in Europe, and will be back in 
Australia on 17/9/18: I
will have email access, so I can keep up with all the PDML stuff!.
We are visiting Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Rome and Salerno this time - Rome is 
the only place we have
been to before, so it's pretty exciting!

Regards

John in Brisbane (for the next 24 hours, anyway)



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RE: Automotive fun

[John Coyle]

That's a terrible tale of woe, Larry - you have my entire sympathy!
On a similar note, in 1975 I changed the head gasket on my 1969 Escort, using 
original parts from
the local distributor.  All seemed to go well, but then, 60 miles into a 
two-week planned holiday
visiting several places in the UK, the temperature gauge hit the stop, steam 
issued from under the
bonnet, and when I popped the lid, the engine looked very, very hot! It took us 
hours to get home,
topping the radiator up every twenty miles: when we did eventually get there, I 
took the head off
again and found that the new gasket had only had the water channels punched out 
on one side, so all
four cylinders were getting no proper coolant flow!
Needless to say, I had a few cross words with the supplier.

Hope you get yours fixed, too, 


John in Brisbane

John

-Original Message-
From: PDML  On Behalf Of Larry Colen
Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2018 7:01 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss List 
Subject: Automotive fun

I've peeved in passing about my recent car problems. In particular, the mystery 
water loss on my
Subaru.  I finally gave up and ordered the $300 worth of parts to do the 
headgasket replacement that
I tried to save money on when I put the motor in the car.

Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby into the cooling 
jacket which explained
both the water loss and the lack of other typical blown headgasket symptoms.  I 
was all set to put
the new headgasket in yesterday morning when someone commented that I really 
ought to take the heads
into the machine shop to be checked out.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157672026815098

Yesterday morning, I toss the heads in my van, fill the gas tank and the van 
won't start.
Eventually I buy about $).25 worth of gas, pour a tiny bit down the throttle 
body, the van starts
up, runs fine and I head into Santa Cruz. I get about another two miles further 
on, and the van
breaks down for real.

This morning I realize that the registration and smog are due on the van. I 
paid the registration
online to avoid late fees, kind of hard to smog a vehicle that won't start.

The problem with the van is probably the fuel pump. $200 for the part, in the 
gas tank. The full 35
gallon fuel tank that has to be removed to get to the fuel pump. I could pay my 
mechanic to do the
job, but that's another $200 that I don't have, particularly since I can't get 
to work without a
running vehicle.

The heads are back on the Subie, though not torqued down. If nothing else goes 
wrong, it should be
running tomorrow afternoon sometime. I won't bore you with the story of the 
dumb ass mistake I made
yesterday that cost me something like four hours. On the bright side, I'm now 
pretty damned good at
assembling Subaru cylinder heads.

I understand that things come up, and we each face a series of crisis in our 
lives.  I'd greatly
appreciate it, however, if the Universe let me finish with on crisis before it 
throws the next one
at me.

In other news, it seems that Mom has flipped her shit and now thinks that 
Debbi, the friend who is
taking care of her and pretty much giving her a place to live so she doesn't 
have to be in a home,
is trying to kill her.




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RE: PESO - Green and Gate

[John Coyle]

I love 'em too!  Went to Farnborough and Biggin Hill a couple of times each 
when I lived in the UK.  Nothing like the sound of a Merlin engine at full 
throttle in a WWII aircraft, or a Vulcan or Victor on full thrust on take-off.

Here in Queensland, there is a "Warbirds" museum with some well-restored 
aircraft from many decades: when I visited, I was amazed to find one of their 
Hawker Hunters was built when I was working at the Hawker factory in 
Kingston-upon-Thames, so it is very possible I plated the cockpit release 
catches!  Glad to know it had no accidents as a result...

John in Brisbane (actually at Caloundra this week)


-Original Message-
From: PDML  On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola
Sent: Sunday, 15 July 2018 9:29 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
Subject: Re: PESO - Green and Gate

I love air shows!

I participated in a couple during my active duty days.  One resulted in a few 
moments of terror when one of our planes didn't make it for the fly-by, but was 
involve in a mid-air that resulted in the loss of a radome and a navigation 
ejecting (safely except for some broken toes) over the pine forests of NC.  The 
best one was wen my son was a teen-ager and we attended the one at Miramar, CA 
back when it was the "Top Gun" Navy Base.  (It is now the USMC's main airbase 
on the West Coast).  I had lots of high performance a/c, plus two Migs;  first 
ones I ever saw other than I on radar screen.

We have a nice annual airshow 2 hours west of here in Reading, PA, that 
specializes in WW II aircraft.  An organization to which I belong mans a table 
there to promote our group and educate folks on aviation heroes.

I used to like to post myself at the end of runways and watch the planes 
overhead heading for a touchdown.  These days one can get arrested doing that. 



Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 6:56 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:

> On 13/7/18, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
> >Not sexy, perhaps, but I really like the textures, especially the 
> >contrast between the greens and the gate.
>
> Two minds...
>
> Thanks mate.
>
> I thought of you yesterday - a 3-ship formation of a stealth bomber 
> (B-2?) and a pair of fighter escorts were holding over our village, 
> swooped by 4 times at about 2 thousand feet waiting to take part in 
> the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, 
> some 15 miles away. It's on all weekend so I expect we might get the 
> same today. Back in the 1990s I used to work at the show and was 
> always the runway camera, halfway between the crowd line and the 
> runway about the point they touched down on landing. This gave a good 
> vantage point for both take offs and landings. There were 2 main 
> cameras on the tower, a roaming camera the other side (north side) for 
> interviews and taxiing shots, and one cam on scaffold in line with the 
> runway about 300 feet past the threshold - he always got some amazing 
> shots, though technically mine was more difficult as panning all the 
> way through almost 180 degrees isn't easy keeping the plane centred and 
> steady while trying not to trip over the tripod legs
>
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RE: Crap and corruption

[John Coyle]

Me too! Never lost a file with a two-stage backup in place, and the original 
files on optical media.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: PDML  On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist
Sent: Friday, 6 July 2018 3:26 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
Subject: Re: Crap and corruption

Damn. Hope you can fix that. Another reason why I will never use Lightroom. 
It’s photoshop and old fashioned file keeping and backup for this old fashioned 
guy.

Paul

> On Jul 5, 2018, at 10:52 PM, Bill  wrote:
> 
> I opened Lightroom to find a file, but when I tried to open said file in 
> Photoshop, I discovered that the file did not exist outside of the Lightroom 
> catalogue.
> Somehow, my Drobo managed to completely lose my entire image file directory. 
> That's over 30k files dating from 2006 to last week that just went poof. It's 
> the only directory that went walkabout, and it is well and truly gone, as a 
> deleted file finder wasn't able to turn anything up.
> I am at a complete loss as to how something like this could happen.
> 
> Fortunately, I have a secondary storage location, I'm pretty sure I haven't 
> lost many images, but I would really like to know how (and why) this one 
> directory decided to disappear.
> It looks like restoring things is going to take the better part of 24 hours.
> 
> bill
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RE: This is EFFED-UP!

[John Coyle]

I have no idea why you have had problems with Outlook under W7 (and later 
versions).  I've used it
with every version of Windows except 8.x: I suspect you may not have allowed 
upgrades to happen when
required, as I know many people do not.  


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: PDML  On Behalf Of John Sessoms
Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2018 12:02 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: This is EFFED-UP!

Can't speak for anyone else, but AFAIK Outlook is only available as part of 
Micro$oft Office; the
latest version of which doesn't work with Windoze7. 
Down-level versions that do work with Windoze7 are not available and are not 
supported.

After the hell I went through with Windoze10, I'm not inclined to pay Micro$oft 
for software that I
have to learn all over again, especially when experience tells me that even if 
I could get it to
work, it won't let me do things the way I want to do them.

I've been using the mail client from Netscape and its descendants (aka
Thunderbird) since 1994. Thunderbird works just fine.

The problems are all with the email providers, not with the software I use to 
send & receive email.

Right now, Yahoo is the least problematic email provider I can use with PDML. I 
would use it
exclusively if I could figure how out to get it to echo my own submissions to 
the list back to my
Yahoo inbox so messages would thread properly.

And *NOT* Gmail either.

Google is already far too intrusive. I'd ditch Google and Google+ in a 
heartbeat if could find a way
to do it without losing YouTube. I might as well sell my soul to fakebook and 
be done with it.


On 6/26/2018 22:28, John Coyle wrote:
> Am I missing something? I can never understand the reluctance to use 
> Microsoft's mail systems: I've been using Outlook for more years than 
> I care to remember, and seldom have any problems.  When away, I have used 
> Live Mail, and while not
as good as Outlook, it works!
> On Outlook, I have set up rules to move emails from the PDML to their 
> own folder, and have other rules for client emails - all of which have worked 
> for years without
issue.
> My wife, however, uses an iPad, and the mail system on those is 
> primitive by comparison, and last month reloaded emails from 3 years ago!
> 
> John in Brisbane
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: PDML  On Behalf Of John Sessoms
> Sent: Wednesday, 27 June 2018 5:34 AM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
> Subject: This is EFFED-UP!
> 
> I can still use Earthlink to read messages from PDML, but it looks 
> like I'm stuck using Yahoo if I want to reply to something or post a new 
> message.
> 
> 

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RE: This is EFFED-UP!

[John Coyle]

Am I missing something? I can never understand the reluctance to use 
Microsoft's mail systems: I've
been using Outlook for more years than I care to remember, and seldom have any 
problems.  When away,
I have used Live Mail, and while not as good as Outlook, it works! 
On Outlook, I have set up rules to move emails from the PDML to their own 
folder, and have other
rules for client emails - all of which have worked for years without issue.
My wife, however, uses an iPad, and the mail system on those is primitive by 
comparison, and last
month reloaded emails from 3 years ago!

John in Brisbane



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Subject: This is EFFED-UP!

I can still use Earthlink to read messages from PDML, but it looks like I'm 
stuck using Yahoo if I
want to reply to something or post a new message.


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RE: PESO 2018 - 042 - GDG

[John Coyle]

That's often the way it goes - three days this week I took at least one frame, 
one day nothing!

John in Brisbane



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Sent: Friday, 15 June 2018 5:36 PM
To: PDML List ; PAW Picture-A-Week project ; 
SeePhoto Talk ; BAPhotoShooters BAPA 

Subject: PESO 2018 - 042 - GDG

I've carried a camera with me three days this week and either forgotten I had 
it or didn't see anything worth making an exposure of. And then, today while 
waiting for my Americano to be done, this popped in my eyes and I caught it 
with the iPhone.

  https://flic.kr/p/Jz428Z

Sometimes it just goes that way.

enjoy!
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RE: Processing Ilford XP2 Super ...

[John Coyle]

Great - now I can justify hanging on to my processing kit and enlarger!  Seems 
like a thoroughly
well researched method, will have to give it a try. I do enjoy using film, and 
the results do seem
to me to be different to digital, in a way I like.


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: PDML  On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sent: Wednesday, 13 June 2018 1:11 AM
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Subject: Processing Ilford XP2 Super ...

For those who might still enjoy shooting the occasional roll of B film, a 
friend from another
forum wrote this article on using XP2 Super that even Ilford felt had good 
merit to publish:

https://www.ilfordphoto.com/ilford-xp2-super-in-black-and-white-chemistry/

Enjoy!
G
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RE: D-FA HD 15-20mm f2.8

[John Coyle]

I borrowed Larry's 15-30 for a couple of shots while we were in California in 
November 2016 - I
confirm Mark's comments on exposure between areas of different brightness and 
boy, that barrel
distortion!  That was on a K5ii, maybe not so bad on the K1.  Interesting lens, 
however, and very
sharp.

John in Brisbane



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Subject: Re: D-FA HD 15-20mm f2.8

 Very impressive collection.

> On 9 Jun 2018, at 03:30, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> Luiz's question about astrophotography reminded me that I find that one thing 
> I use mine for a lot
is night time landscapes. I've gotten some really nice shots of the milky way 
simply by pointing the
camera at it and taking 30 second exposures using Astrotracer.
> 
> Unfortunately I can't search through flickr for photos that I shot with a 
> particular lens, so I
put together a quick album of some of my best slow shutter speed photos using 
the DFA 15-30:
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157694628847712
> 
> 
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RE: June PUG is up

[John Coyle]

Thanks Ann - like you, I never need to read the lyrics!


John in Brisbane



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Sent: Tuesday, 5 June 2018 11:56 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: June PUG is up

Thanks , Dan !
It struck me that the guy on the boat in your shot looked like he could be 
related to Buffet..

Of the music choices , John Coyle's does it for me.. I don't have to play the 
clip - I can hear it
in my head... and I quite like that photo as well.

- butit would have been a draw on the music if John Sessions had used the most 
appropriate MOON
DANCE by Van Morrison for his Dancing moon  - I saw this post before I looked 
at the photos and was
sorely disappointed about that :-) Moon Dance is one of my very favorite songs, 
but I hadno
appropriate shots.

Brian's photo is my favorite and the music is nice too - new to me.

ann


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RE: PESO - Vertical v. Vertigo

[John Coyle]

Not so bad - you should see some of the Tudor era houses in the UK!  Nice shot 
though.


John in Brisbane



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Subject: Re: PESO - Vertical v. Vertigo

Oh, yeah… the link!

https://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18476490-orig.jpg

Rick

> On Jun 3, 2018, at 6:29 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Rick Womer wrote on 6/3/18 3:15 PM:
>> Amsterdam is built on silt, and the buildings have settled in interesting 
>> ways. It’s remarkable that some of them still stand (though a lot have help; 
>> the black bars on the facade have large bolts to keep the masonry from 
>> falling off the wood frame).
>> (K-5, DA 17-70)
>> Comments appreciated!
> 
> My main comment is that it would be a lot easier if you posted a link to the 
> picture.
> 
>> Rick
> 
> 
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RE: Takumar 135mm f3.5 - Recent Review

[John Coyle]

 I have the Super-Takumar 135/3.5 and do use it occasionally on digital.  I 
also have an excellent Vivitar 135/1.9, which gives very good results, 
especially considering its maximum aperture, and that it was designed in the 
early 70's!


John in Brisbane


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> On May 9, 2018, at 3:43 PM, Mark C  wrote:
> 
> https://www.ephotozine.com/article/asahi-super-multi-coated-takumar-135mm-f-3-5-review-32182
> 
> This kind of surprised me - a review of a 40 year old lens on the K1. Spoiler 
> alert - it does quite well.
> 
> I sold my 135 f3.5 some years ago, and I'm not sure that I'd want to fiddle 
> with a screw mount adapter on the K1, but this review does bring back 
> memories of those finely tooled lenses that were a joy to use.

I had a K-mount 135/3.5 mf lens and it was quite good, but slower than I wanted 
so I found a 135/2.5 which I don’t think was quite as nice, but does a lot 
better in really low light.


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RE: April PUG, "Night", is up

[John Coyle]

The one on the NE corner is the one we went to, Ann!  Probably tried both...

Regards

John

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From: PDML <pdml-boun...@pdml.net> On Behalf Of ann sanfedele
Sent: Sunday, 8 April 2018 11:01 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: April PUG, "Night", is up

  the one in this months PUG is on the north east corner of 7th and first...   
but I think you told
me you went to the one, on the south west corner and that I have frequently 
photo'ed (kitty corner
to the PUG one) ...which is surviving, thank goodness...

https://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Calendars-in-Print/Ill-take-Manhattan-Wall/i-pLJ83nG/A

It's the across the street from me.. , and in on eof the PDML annuals

ann


On 4/7/2018 7:57 PM, John Coyle wrote:
> Hi Ann - is that the one on 1st. Avenue, coming down from 14th to 7th?  
> I think Jan and I shopped there more than once. Always sad to see small 
> enterprises fold,
especially when the produce is good.
>
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: PDML <pdml-boun...@pdml.net> On Behalf Of ann sanfedele
> Sent: Sunday, 8 April 2018 12:23 AM
> To: pdml@pdml.net
> Subject: Re: April PUG, "Night", is up
>
> Thanks much Bob and Dan..   I don't do much night shooting.. this was 
> really luck - I hardly ever use a flash..
> I did wnat to use one I don't think I'd shown the list before.
>
> Sadly, that good old neighborhood corner food market (whcih 
> kitty-corner from the one you all have seenmore than once ) is another 
> neighborhood fatality - shut down from what probably was a rent increase it 
> couldn't cope with..
gone a few months ago.
>
> Yeah, a nice little gallery -
> - but missing entrants from a couple of guys whose night photography is 
> terrific so where was Raif
?
> where wasLarry?
>
> I like Don's safe haven most, I think, but only by a hair.
>
> ann
>
> On 4/7/2018 3:30 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
>> Nice - that could almost be a Leonard Cohen line :0) I hope Mark! Is paying 
>> attention.
>>
>> Ann's great shot is not getting the attention it deserves.
>>
>>> On 7 Apr 2018, at 01:22, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks Brian,
>>>
>>> A great little gallery. Pentax gear excels at sucking the light out of 
>>> night.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 6 April 2018 at 20:26, Brian Walters <apathy...@lyons-ryan.org> wrote:
>>>> G'day all,
>>>>
>>>> A small gallery this month but some fine contributions.  Rob's 
>>>> "Reflections of Vivid" at Sydney's Darling Harbour is the standout 
>>>> for me with Jan's "Sunset Reflections" and Jostein's "November 
>>>> Night" also very appealing.  A great gallery!
>>>>
>>>> View here:
>>>>
>>>> http://pug.komkon.org/
>>>>
>>>>
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RE: April PUG, "Night", is up

[John Coyle]

Hi Ann - is that the one on 1st. Avenue, coming down from 14th to 7th?  I think 
Jan and I shopped
there more than once. Always sad to see small enterprises fold, especially when 
the produce is good.


John in Brisbane


-Original Message-
From: PDML  On Behalf Of ann sanfedele
Sent: Sunday, 8 April 2018 12:23 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: April PUG, "Night", is up

Thanks much Bob and Dan..   I don't do much night shooting.. this was really 
luck - I hardly ever
use a flash..
I did wnat to use one I don't think I'd shown the list before.

Sadly, that good old neighborhood corner food market (whcih kitty-corner from 
the one you all have
seenmore than once ) is another neighborhood fatality - shut down from what 
probably was a rent
increase it couldn't cope with.. gone a few months ago.

Yeah, a nice little gallery -
- but missing entrants from a couple of guys whose night photography is 
terrific so where was Raif ?
where wasLarry?

I like Don's safe haven most, I think, but only by a hair.

ann

On 4/7/2018 3:30 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
> Nice - that could almost be a Leonard Cohen line :0) I hope Mark! Is paying 
> attention.
>
> Ann's great shot is not getting the attention it deserves.
>
>> On 7 Apr 2018, at 01:22, Rob Studdert  wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Brian,
>>
>> A great little gallery. Pentax gear excels at sucking the light out of night.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>> On 6 April 2018 at 20:26, Brian Walters  wrote:
>>> G'day all,
>>>
>>> A small gallery this month but some fine contributions.  Rob's 
>>> "Reflections of Vivid" at Sydney's Darling Harbour is the standout 
>>> for me with Jan's "Sunset Reflections" and Jostein's "November 
>>> Night" also very appealing.  A great gallery!
>>>
>>> View here:
>>>
>>> http://pug.komkon.org/
>>>
>>>


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RE: Happy Birthday Paul

[John Coyle]

Happy birthday, Paul - glad to see you were able to spend some time with your 
children!


John in Brisbane



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Sent: Monday, 26 March 2018 4:09 AM
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Subject: Happy Birthday Paul

According to facebook you've completed another lap.

I hope each year continues to improve for many years to come.

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RE: in case you want to feel old

[John Coyle]

I recognize about half the names!  I am surprised that Valentin's list is still 
live.


John in Brisbane



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Sent: Monday, 19 March 2018 10:13 AM
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Subject: Re: in case you want to feel old

I found this list -- last updated 1 March 1999 ...

http://www.phred.org/~alex/pdlist.html

Funny, very few of the links work anymore. No Poodles used to be at
http://www.serifcities.com/site/W00030/intro.html


On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 7:06 PM, Doug Brewer  wrote:
> Ah, just when you think you may have done something memorable, you 
> find out otherwise.
>
> No Poodles was a website I built after my wife and I visited Spain in 1998.
> It was a big hit at the time, but now, apparently, consigned to the 
> internet dump.
>
> On 3/18/18 2:07 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
>>
>> On 18/3/18, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>
>>> 2018 marks twenty years since the debut of "No Poodles."
>>
>>
>> I used to be cryptic, but now I'm fishy fishy where does that fishy 
>> be
>>
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RE: PDML Annual book - request for next year

[John Coyle]

 There must be something I don't get: I started with DOS, worked with every 
iteration of Windows
from 3.1 to 10 (except 8), and never had serious issues.  I'm still running a 
copy of Lotus 1-2-3
from 1995, and it's working just as it always did.
The upgrade from W7 to W10 took a little time but never faltered, and now it's 
generally stable.
The only annoyance I have is, very occasionally, it will start an update while 
I'm working, and in
doing so can stop some services, but it's easily overcome by a warm boot - 
which doesn't seem to
cruel the update!


John in Brisbane


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Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2018 9:13 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: PDML Annual book - request for next year

On 2/28/2018 16:42, John Coyle wrote:
> On most on-line forms, under Windows 10, and prior to that under at 
> least 7 if not XP, previously submitted information is available if you type 
> the first letter of
the information as a dropdown.
> More than that, I notice that on at least one line banking system, 
> when making payments, previously entered references are also available.
> Perhaps that is an advantage of using Windows, despite the naysayers in this 
> group?
> 

The advantage for me was Windows has always been mostly hardware agnostic. I 
could buy parts, plug
'em together; boot up the install disk and get a working, usable system ... up 
until Windoze 10.

When I wanted to actually do some work, the applications I needed to use would 
function. Sometimes
it was aggravating. It took trial and error to get it going, but eventually it 
*DID* get going.
Often it was FUGLY, but it worked.

That's why I'm so hostile towards Windoze 10. It didn't work. After all the 
nagging and aggravation
they put me through, it wouldn't work.


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RE: New laptop

[John Coyle]

John, Windows Defender has been rated very good by an Australian PC magazine 
(one with a good
reputation!), and I use it and Trend Micro's AV software as well. TM allows me 
to protect up to 5
PC's for one licence, which covers my needs.  Norton I found a resource hog, 
and as you say, AVG is
heading the same way.  I can't say I would trust Kapersky now, given their 
location!


John in Brisbane



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Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2018 8:40 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: New laptop

On 2/28/2018 00:37, mike wilson wrote:
>> On 28 February 2018 at 04:34 John  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On 2/27/2018 14:28, John Francis wrote:
>>> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 02:04:12PM -0500, John wrote:
 My new laptop just arrived. I finally broke down and ordered a 
 refurbished HP Elitebook from Newegg. Intel i5, 16GB RAM, 512GB 
 SSD, DVD??RW, Windoze7 PRO 64-bit.
 
 Replaces my 11 year old Toshiba. I expect I'll finally be able to 
 run Photoshop CS6 Extended on a laptop.
>>> 
>>> This might be a good time to reconsider your position on Windows 10. 
>>> You've got two years left before Microsoft drop all support for W7. 
>>> That means there won't even be any security updates after Jan 2020.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> F*** 'em. I'll figure out how to install Linux ... or maybe turn it 
>> into a Hackintosh.
> 
> UBUNTU is an easy install.  Download the file and write it to a DVD - 
> maybe a memory stick by now, shove it in the machine and follow 
> instructions.  Automatically installs Firefox and Thunderbird.
> (Windows) problems fixed, permanently.
> 

For now I'm sticking with Windoze7, at least until Micro$oft murders it.

But, yes, most likely Ubuntu when my paranoia level at the lack of security 
updates after Jan 2020.

I am pretty much removing ALL of the pre-installed "software" to make room for 
the programs *I* use.
The trial versions of Word Perfect and Quatro Pro are going bye-bye; so is 
"BullGuard".

Open Office, here I come.

Antivirus software? How does Windoze Defender compare to aftermarket products?

None of the reviews (PC Magazine, PC World, TopTen) even list it. But I'm not 
sure how much faith I
can put in them, because some of them rate Norton highest (and the others 
recommend it highly).

My previous experience with Norton is why I'm using AVG currently.
Recently AVG has begun exhibiting the same behavior that pissed me off against 
Norton.

Definitely not going with Kaspersky. Maybe Bitdefender or Avast?

Or is Windoze Defender good enough?




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RE: PDML Annual book - request for next year

[John Coyle]

On most on-line forms, under Windows 10, and prior to that under at least 7 if 
not XP, previously
submitted information is available if you type the first letter of the 
information as a dropdown.
More than that, I notice that on at least one line banking system, when making 
payments, previously
entered references are also available.
Perhaps that is an advantage of using Windows, despite the naysayers in this 
group?


John in Brisbane



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From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen
Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2018 5:08 AM
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Subject: Re: PDML Annual book - request for next year


Would there be any way that the submission page could keep the relevant entered 
information; name,
email, etc. when submitting multiple photos?

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RE: Anti-Virus software

[John Coyle]

Try Trend Micro - I've used it for years without problems, and it is very 
efficient.

John in Brisbane



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Subject: Anti-Virus software

I've been using AVG, but lately it's become a problem, trying to take over. It 
just installed Google
Chrome without my permission and made it the default browser.

I don't want Google Chrome. I had to uninstall it.

So, now I'm looking for new antivirus software. Not Norton; not Kaspersky.

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RE: HELP! Advice on Lunar Eclipse Photography

[John Coyle]

The one I mean, Larry, is the triple-hit - blue moon, super moon and total 
eclipse!


John in Brisbane



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Sent: Thursday, 1 February 2018 7:32 AM
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Subject: Re: HELP! Advice on Lunar Eclipse Photography



John Coyle wrote:
> For the first time in weeks, we had 100% cloud cover!  I went up on to 
> our roof, 54 metres above sea level, and still could not see a thing.  
> I guess I'm not likely to still be here for the next one, in 2037 :-(

Lunar eclipses happen a couple times a year, and are visible from about half 
the planet.  Are you
sure the next one isn't until 2037?



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RE: HELP! Advice on Lunar Eclipse Photography

[John Coyle]

For the first time in weeks, we had 100% cloud cover!  I went up on to our 
roof, 54 metres above sea
level, and still could not see a thing.  I guess I'm not likely to still be 
here for the next one,
in 2037 :-(

John in Brisbane



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From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Igor PDML-StR
Sent: Thursday, 1 February 2018 12:51 AM
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Subject: Re: HELP! Advice on Lunar Eclipse Photography



Mark, for you, with the sunrise at 6:59am, it was probably bad.
But in Detroit, which is considerably west from you,  the sunrise was at 7:47am.
So, I'd say the partial eclipse (in "umbra") was probably still visible for 
Ken. (Ken, how was it?)


In our neck of the woods, we had a very tight schedule:
   Moon's
 Azimuth   Altitude
  h  moo
Moon enters umbra  2018 Jan 31  05:48.1   279.5 17.5
Moon enters totality   2018 Jan 31  06:51.4   286.5  4.8
Moonset2018 Jan 31  07:19 289.8 
Sunrise: 7:17am


The totality was starting when the moon was rather low, and would be 
obscured by the houses nearby.
So, last night I thought of the observation point that is on the
"hill" (it is very flat here, so, it is hard to find a real hill),
and on the eastern side of the major highway (which doesn't go "high" in 
this area).
So, there was a clear view to the moon as the totality was starting.

The timing was perfect: we didn't have to wake up to early, just 10 
minutes earlier than usually. We left from our house some 15 minutes prior
to the time we usually leave for the school bus. We saw the onset of the 
totality, and then drove to the school.

It was a very good timing for us. The sky was a bit bright because of the 
approaching sunrise, but overall, everything reasonably visible.
No need for early rising and no school classes missed.

Cheers,

Igor


  Mark Roberts Wed, 31 Jan 2018 05:36:56 -0800 wrote:

Igor PDML-StR wrote:

>Ken Waller Tue, 30 Jan 2018 10:49:12 -0800 wrote:
>
>Weather guy here in the Detroit area says it will be occurring around 8 
AM
>which means brightening skis
>
>You can find your eclipse phases times, e.g. here:
>https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2018-january-31
>or here:
>http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/LunarEclipse.php
>
>Note the altitude. I've just realized that we'll need to get to a hill
>to see it...


Well, since it's winter we'll presumably be able to descend the hill
on our brightening skis.
;-)

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RE: 4k tv, monitor, watching movies, displaying photos

[John Coyle]

Larry, Jan and I recently bought an LG 49-inch LCD (UHD) Smart TV, and it is 
excellent for
displaying photos: I use an intermediate box which plays DVD's, reads memory 
cards, and into which I
can plug my K5ii so that the images can be displayed direct to the TV.
If you get that brand in the USA, I can highly recommend it: cost was A$1195, 
so about US$600.  Of
course, taxes etc. may make it more or less expensive in your state.
And, yes, the oversaturated look is deliberate in so many areas these days, 
including travel
advertising, but you can overcome it.  My TV is set for a "Natural" saturation, 
just like the K5ii.


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Igor PDML-StR
Sent: Thursday, 25 January 2018 5:22 AM
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Subject: Re: 4k tv, monitor, watching movies, displaying photos


Larry,

Just to address the oversaturated look at the stores:
It's a fad of the past NN years. So, I believe, the demo is designed to run in 
the "high-saturation"
mode, whatever it might be called with the particular brand/model.
There are typical presets that are "sports, movies, entertainment, ..."
You might be able to use a remote and try to switch to a different mode that 
would be more
realistic.

  Tomshardware.com used to be a reasonable source for reviews on such devices. 
I don't know how bad
they became in the recent past:
https://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-tvs,review-2224.html

I haven't been following the TV technology closely in the past few years, 
although it is quite
possible that we might have to buy a new TV in the near future (as our 10-y.o. 
TV might be dying).
So, please share back to the list if you find some other useful resources.

One thing I have in mind is that all the technologies-du-jour (Roku, Air-Play, 
...) tend to be
becoming mostly obsolete quicker than the TV itself. So, it seems to me that it 
might be a more
flexible solution to buy these "smart" technologies as a separate box, as 
opposed to the one
built-in.

While I was watching the trends, Samsung was the best (LCD panels).
I wouldn't buy a plasma TV (if they still sell those).
I think OLED and QLED would be more expensive than LED, but they are also MUCH 
more expensive.
So, LED or LCD would be the best bet on a budget.


Cheers,
Igor


Larry Colen Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:50:59 -0800 wrote:

I have been seriously considering doing something I've never done before, 
buying a TV. I don't watch much TV and all of mine have been hand me 
downs. I almost bought one about 15 years ago, but then my dad passed away 
and I inherited his.


My ideal would be to get a 4K (UHD) in the 30-40 inch range that would 
work well for displaying my photos when it's not being used for movies and 
TV. Since I'm at least within radio hailing distance of the real world, 
cost is a serious consideration. I've seen 4K TVs for around $300, but the 
images on them at the store are always over saturated, and pretty bad 
looking, but that might be due to source material that they try to make 
"pop".


The other option would be to get something cheap until I could afford 
something better a ways down the line. What sort of technology should I 
look for and what would I need to pay to get it?

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RE: Multiple takes of group photos (thinking out loud)

[John Coyle]

Others will be better mathematicians than I am, but I might suggest N^N-1, 
based on my own
experience, especially when dogs are included!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Igor PDML-StR
Sent: Sunday, 14 January 2018 7:48 AM
To: PDML@pdml.net
Subject: Multiple takes of group photos (thinking out loud)



Occasionally I am asked to take a group photo.
Every time I am choosing the best (or even usable) photo from the set, I am 
struggling with finding
one. The reason is that at any given moment someone takes less then the best 
pose, facial
expression, ...
So, you end up with one photo where it's better for one person, and another one 
for another
person...


So, I've been thinking about some empirical formula for the number of photos I 
need to take to
ensure I could choose one where everybody is OK.
When I have 1 person, the first photo will be bad, so, I need to take an extra 
(or two). So, for 1
person:  1+1 (or 1+2) photos.
For 2 people I will have about two bad ones (one for each), so, 2+1 (or 
2+2).
...

One might think that for N people, I'd need N+1 (or N+2)...
But that's wrong, because in addition to everybody having individual bad 
moments, I will have a
combination of bad poses in more then one person, plus, people getting 
distracted when the crowd
grows close to 10 and above.
The deduction and combinatorics does not seem to work well here, but I suspect 
that statistically,
I'd need N^2+1 or even N!+1  (where
N!=1*2*3*...*N) to optimize the probability of finding one photo where 
everybody looks fine.

Ghm...

Igor





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RE: ??????????? ?????????

[John Coyle]

 I got your Cyrillic characters too, in plain old MS Outlook!


John in Brisbane



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From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola
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Interesting that you got the Cyrillic letters, Ann.  Perhaps it was Mark's 
email that scrubbed them
out rather than the PDML Server.

My father's family was Eastern Orthodox.  We celebrated Christmas in December 
with my Mother's
family and Christmas in January with my father's family. plus we had my 
mother's birthday, my
father's birthday, and my birthday, all between Dec 10 and Dec 23.  My sister, 
born on the fourth of
July, always felt cheated during the winter holidays.



Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 4:59 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:

> In my mailbox it came in as the cyrillic charcters... I thought Dan's 
> mail got hacked by someone who knew his ethnicity :-)  so I deleted 
> immediately
>
> ann
>
> On 1/7/2018 3:41 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>
>> Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>>
>> ??? ?
>>>
>> !!
>>
>>
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RE: The 2017 PDML Quotations List is now on line!

[John Coyle]

OMG - I made it for the first time in 20 years!  I should lift my game, I guess.


John in Brisbane



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From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts
Sent: Thursday, 28 December 2017 4:40 AM
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Subject: The 2017 PDML Quotations List is now on line!

Sorry it's a bit late this year. Fortunately no one noticed. Well, some people 
noticed. All right,
Larry did.

But it's up for your enjoyment/edification/horror now. Some good stuff, as 
always, from the usual
ne'er-do-wells - as well as some interesting variations. My favorites came 
courtesy of Jack Davis'
email client, which inserted random line breaks throughout many of his posts. 
Or possibly not
random: Many of them created such wonderful free-verse poetry I suspect machine 
intelligence may be
at work and expressing itself artistically through the medium of Jack Davis 
email missives. I was
tempted to fill this year's Quotations List with dozens of them. But I held off 
because I want to
compile them all...
and submit them to a publisher under my own name. (I have to get some benefit 
from this project
eventually, don't I?)

Anyway, here it is: http://www.robertstech.com/quote.htm
 
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RE: PESO: Signs of the Wild

[John Coyle]

Antelope, or some other deer-like creature?  They seem to be quite small 
cloven-hoof footprints,
although difficult to judge the scale.

John in Brisbane



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Subject: PESO: Signs of the Wild

Have a guess.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/38462770191/

K5 with the DD 55-300

Alan C

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RE: People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop

[John Coyle]

I've had the CC version since it was launched, and have had absolutely no 
issues with it.  I moved
up to it from PS Elements, and before then had CS3, so there was a significant 
improvement in
functionality.  The advantage of having new features and improvements available 
immediately at no
additional cost is a definite plus.
I must say I don't consider the cost to be rapacious - for me, with just PS and 
Bridge, it's only
A$13 a month!  I neither like nor want Lightroom, but I could add that again 
with no increase in the
cost, I believe.

My 2c worth


John in Brisbane



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From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen
Sent: Thursday, 16 November 2017 7:48 AM
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Subject: People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop

My friend Candice ccmo...@pacbell.net  asked me about photoshop cc, and when I 
asked why she said:
I'm looking for reviews from people I know, because Brett wants to upgrade and 
just about everyone I
know is still using CS5/CS6 and have pretty much refused to upgrade to Creative 
Cloud

Would anyone like to share their thoughts on how it works, rather than just 
their rapacious business
model?
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RE: OT: A marvelous movie experience

[John Coyle]

Jan and I saw this last week, - it is a very unusual and very good filmic 
experience. I found it
helped to know a little about the life of van Gogh, and particularly his 
relationship with his
brother.
I agree with Dan, well worth the effort of finding a cinema showing it!

John in Brisbane



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Subject: Re: OT: A marvelous movie experience

Here is a link that tells a lot more about the making of the movie:

http://lovingvincent.com/


Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Daniel J. Matyola 
wrote:

> This is a very unusual movie.  I explores the death of Vincent Van 
> Gogh, and whether it was suicide, murder or a tragic accident.  It 
> does it, however in a film that entirely painted -- by hand -- in the 
> style of Van Gogh, using the painting he made during the last 70 days 
> of his life in the Normandy town of Auvers-sur-Oise.  The characters 
> in his works come to life vividly in the startling visual presentation.
>
> I highly recommend this movie to those interested in visual art, and 
> of course to those who love Van Gogh's work.
>
> I am certain that my fondness for the movie is enhanced by my passion 
> for Van Gogh's works and my recent short visit to Auvers, but I think 
> it will challenge and entertain many.
>
> One has to search for the film, as it plays mostly in movie theaters 
> specializing in indie and "art" films.  We found it in the Montgomery 
> Cinema her in New Jersey, just north of Princeton University.
>
> If you see it playing locally, or can find it on Netflix, give it a try.
>
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>
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RE: OT (completely) - driving on St. Helena

[John Coyle]

Hi Alan - I was company accountant for Solomon and Co, at that time the biggest 
company on the
island - general merchants, doing just about everything!  Not sure which car 
was carrying the video
camera - could even have been my old Zephyr, No. 289.
This part of the island is the driest, but building there is encouraged by 
government, and it is
only a  five minute drive from Jamestown - or 4 minutes down Jacob's Ladder if 
you are brave enough!

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Interesting. More civilized that I thought. What on earth did you do there for 
4 years? The
cinematographer's car was apparently a real rattletrap!

Alan C

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Subject: OT (completely) - driving on St. Helena

I think the car buffs here might appreciate this.  The link leads to a short 
video of a drive from
Jamestown to Half Tree Hollow, which was a large part of my daily drive to and 
from work when I
lived on the island, 1967-69

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70pRc-004Kw

Road rules there included that cars coming down the hill had to give way to 
those coming up - as, of
course, most of the cars at that time, being of English manufacture, were 
under-powered!
My car was a 1966 Ford Zephyr, a bit more powerful than most.


John in Brisbane



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OT (completely) - driving on St. Helena

[John Coyle]

I think the car buffs here might appreciate this.  The link leads to a short 
video of a drive from
Jamestown to Half Tree Hollow, which was a large part of my daily drive to and 
from work when I
lived on the island, 1967-69

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70pRc-004Kw

Road rules there included that cars coming down the hill had to give way to 
those coming up - as, of
course, most of the cars at that time, being of English manufacture, were 
under-powered!
My car was a 1966 Ford Zephyr, a bit more powerful than most.


John in Brisbane



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RE: K-5 20K

[John Coyle]

Doesn't show in Bridge, or XNView?


John in Brisbane



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Subject: Re: K-5 20K



John Coyle wrote:
> I'm now on 10,700 but I reset the camera when I got it (second-hand), 
> so the shutter count is probably at about 19,000.
>
> That's in one year of owning it, so the US holiday probably accounts for a 
> large proportion of
that!

The exif data will tell you how many shutter cycles are on the body.

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RE: K-5 20K

[John Coyle]

I'm now on 10,700 but I reset the camera when I got it (second-hand), so the 
shutter count is
probably at about 19,000.

That's in one year of owning it, so the US holiday probably accounts for a 
large proportion of that!


John in Brisbane



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> On 29 October 2017 at 23:43 David J Brooks  wrote:
> 
> 
> Nice, mine is just about to roll over 10K so you have been busier than 
> moi.:-)

I'm even less.  Just about to rollover 9000. Admittedly, I have been using the 
OM-Ds more lately.


Cheers

Brian

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> On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 6:45 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
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> > rolled
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> > shooting.
> >
> > I continue to like the camera a lot.
> >
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> >
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RE: Using Epson Scan - B images

[John Coyle]

Both nice images, Eric - worth all the trouble!
I'm going through the same process myself, sorting, discarding or scanning 
negatives from 1967 onwards...


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> On Oct 28, 2017, at 7:28 PM, Eric Weir  wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 28, 2017, at 7:22 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
>> 
>> The grain would generally be a film issue. The only exception might be if 
>> the scans are underexposed and you’re pushing the results hard when 
>> rendering.
> 
> Thanks, Paul. Most of the images were underexposed. Several landscapes that I 
> couldn’t really tell what they were till I played around with the histogram a 
> little. One portrait, though, is very nice.

One of the landscapes I like.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/26222984359/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/

A portrait.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/26222983689/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/
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RE: More thoughts on slide scanning: Hamrick VueScan

[John Coyle]

I've had Vuescan since 1996, and gave up using it when the interface became 
less intuitive to use,
and my old film scanner was no longer supported (SCSI connection, which it 
seems no-one uses
nowadays and there are no PCI cards available for Windows 7+).  The Epson 
software I found
reasonable to use, but if the Vuescan interface is now better I'll go back to 
it!


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So... I've been scanning in some old slides lately. My current 35mm film 
scanner is an old Minolta
Scan Dual IV. Which unfortunately isn't supported by Konica/Minolta on any 
modern operating system.

The traditional solution to this is to use Hamrick's "VueScan"
software, because it has built-in support for most scanners: No need for a 
driver from the
manufacturer. I tried VueScan years ago but struggled with the interface and 
gave up on it. So I'm
pleased to report that the latest version has a vastly improved UI from what I 
remember. Image
quality is excellent: The multi scan capability is easy to use and really lets 
you get the best dMax
from a scanner. I'm very impressed.

Now here's something interesting: VueScan comes in two versions, Basic and Pro. 
"Basic" supports
only flatbed scanners, not film scanners, and has some other limitations but 
it's only $39.00. The
"Pro" version costs $99.00 but supports film scanners. Unfortunately, I 
accidentally purchased the
Basic version - though strangely they only charged me
$29.00 rather than $39.00 listed on the web site. I was still annoyed with 
myself... until I noticed
that one can upgrade for just $50.00.
So that's what I did, just moments later. I ended up getting the full pro 
version, legally, for
$79.99 instead of $99.00! Seems like an odd loophole but I'm not complaining!

And another bonus: Way back in the jusk closet in my office I had an old 
Visioneer flatbed scanner
which I abandoned when the manufacturer decided not to update their drivers to 
support Windows 7. (
I think I tried to give away this scanner on the PDML and had no takers.) So I 
bought an Epson
flatbed and forgot about it. But guess what? VueScan supports it. So I took it 
in to school and now
I have my own flatbed scanner there.

So basically, I also got a free scanner out of the deal.

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RE: An new variation on the "silicon film" idea

[John Coyle]

Larry's suggestion is what I do already, to a large extent.  On my digital 
bodies, until I bought
two lenses designed for digital, I used film era lenses with no problem - even 
screw-mount examples!
Now, I regularly use a film era 28-105 on digital - it makes a good walkabout 
lens when I don't need
a wide angle, but do want moderate telephoto.


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Mark Roberts wrote:
> This device replaces the back of your old film camera and lets you 
> take 16-megapixel photos.
> https://petapixel.com/2017/10/17/im-back-new-digital-back-old-35mm-cam
> eras/
>
> It's currently on Kickstarter so there's no telling if it ever makes 
> it to market.

That's a clever idea, but there are two problems, first it's not very clever, 
and second, as I often
either point out or demonstrate, there can be a huge disparity between clever 
ideas and good ideas.

IMNSHO there are really two appropriate solutions to the problem. Either shoot 
film while you can
still get it processed, and then if you want get it scanned, or buy a digital 
body that lets you use
your legacy glass.  The options for this seem to be (as appropriate to your 
gear): 
High end Nikon that will meter off AIS, Pentax, Leica, or some EVIL body that 
allows you to get an
adapter to use the lenses you want to play with.

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RE: PESO: Terracotta Army

[John Coyle]

You achieved that, Dan - apart from the lighting.  The display at Xi'an is 
under an enormous domed
building, with what seems like natural light.

John in Brisbane



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Thanks, Rick.  I was trying to hide the fact that this was a museum display and 
make it look more
like it probably did when these figures were uncoverd in China.


Dan Matyola
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On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:

> I like it, Dan. The composition and lighting work well.
>
> Rick
>
> > On Oct 13, 2017, at 4:11 PM, Daniel J. Matyola 
> > 
> wrote:
> >
> > From the Terracotta Warriors exhibition at the Franklin Institute 
> > Science Museum, Philapelphia:
> >
> > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/10/12/army
> >
> > K-5 IIs, DA 18-135 zoom
> > Comments are invited.
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RE: GESO: Portsmouth

[John Coyle]

My home town! - where I grew up, that is.  Some excellent shots there, Alan, 
and HMS Queen Elizabeth
looks like as big a deterrent as Warrior was!


John in Brisbane



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Subject: GESO: Portsmouth

We were able to visit Portsmouth on our UK trip. Without trying to bore anyone, 
here are some shots.
HMS Warrior is an Ironclad warship of the 19th century with supplementary steam 
power. She never
fired a shot in anger but, such was her power, she was the perfect deterrent 
for over 30 years. You
all know HMS Victory which remains the Flagship of the Royal Navy with Captain 
& Crew. The
restoration of her rigging will only be completed in 2025. Note that Nelson's 
bunk is between two
cannons. In fact the whole crew lived among the cannons. Warrior & Victory both 
had over 100 guns on
several levels & could deliver devastating broadsides. The Mary Rose 
exhibition, only recently
opened, is quite amazing. HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's latest Aircraft 
Carrier, was in
dock. The Emirates Spinnaker Tower is impressive but we didn't get a chance to 
go up there, nor
visit the Submarine base on the other side of the harbour. If you contemplate a 
visit, you will need
a couple of days to do it justice.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/albums/72157687082870121

All with the K5 & DA 18-55.

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RE: PESO x 2: RAF (WWII) Wings?

[John Coyle]

I think they were actually from a De Havilland Venom - the wing profile is 
slightly different on the
two aircraft, with the Vampire having a less 'swept back' look than the Venom.  
Both aircraft were
in use by the Fleet Air Arm when I was a boy, and often seen on the south coast 
of England, where I
then lived.  The venom was a development of the Vampire, and shared many common 
parts.


John in Brisbane




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Saw these on a farm in Yorkshire. A chance for the experts to hazard an 
identification. Scroll L for
the other.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/37633542041

K5 with the DA 18-55

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RE: PESOs: The Temptation of Eve I and II

[John Coyle]

Photo.net wants me to create an account, and rates it as NSFW!
Not going to join 'em, sorry Paul


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Subject: PESOs: The Temptation of Eve I and II

Okay, here are the two main images from that shoot. It was done for a stock 
house that wanted kinky
stuff. But we had some fun with it. Shot with my ist d and the SMC Pentax 
85/1.8. Studio strobes
firing into umbrellas. I like the second one and had considered posting it for 
the nakedness
gallery. If you choose to complain, please address all comments to Doug.:-)

https://www.photo.net/photo/18428110/The-Temptation-of-Eve-I

https://www.photo.net/photo/18428111/The-Temptation-of-Eve-II
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RE: Peso: B

[John Coyle]

Beautiful tones, Bill.

John in Brisbane

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Subject: Peso: B

We just returned from the annual trip to BC. and I did manage to get a few
pictures to show for it. Here's one. It's a bit of a return to my B roots.
This is a 15 shot stack. It turns out that one can use focus stacking for
landscapes to secure depth of field. Thanks Mark C for that hint.

http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/addons/wilson1.html

Pentax K1, 77mm LTD. f/22 @ 2.5 seconds. I used the small aperture to get
the longest exposure I could. I really should invest in a few neutral
density filters.

Enjoy

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RE: GESO - the final Coyles in the USA

[John Coyle]

Thanks Rick - me too!


John in Brisbane



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That is a very nice gallery. It's probably been 20 years since I was last in 
SFO; these pics make me
want to go there again.

Rick

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:16 PM, John Coyle <jco...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Thanks John - Jan and I would certainly love to have another trip to 
> the USA, but it may not be possible for a while!  There were a number 
> of people we would have liked to catch up with but were too far from our 
> route or were tied up at
the time.
>
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
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> Sent: Saturday, 26 August 2017 12:18 AM
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> Subject: Re: GESO - the final Coyles in the USA
>
> I hope it's just the final for this trip and that you'll have many 
> more opportunities to visit again.
>
> On 8/25/2017 02:49, John Coyle wrote:
>> San Francisco, 9-13/11/16
>>
>> http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/SanFrancisco2/album
>>
>> We went for redwoods to Taylorville, as Muir Woods was so crowded, it 
>> being a public holiday, that parking was impossible.  Many, many 
>> thanks to Larry once more for going so far to show us one of the great trees.
>>
>> Comments, etc. welcomed.
>>
>>
>> John in Brisbane
>>
>>
>>
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RE: GESO - the final Coyles in the USA

[John Coyle]

Thanks John - Jan and I would certainly love to have another trip to the USA, 
but it may not be
possible for a while!  There were a number of people we would have liked to 
catch up with but were
too far from our route or were tied up at the time.


John in Brisbane



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I hope it's just the final for this trip and that you'll have many more 
opportunities to visit
again.

On 8/25/2017 02:49, John Coyle wrote:
> San Francisco, 9-13/11/16
>
> http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/SanFrancisco2/album
>
> We went for redwoods to Taylorville, as Muir Woods was so crowded, it 
> being a public holiday, that parking was impossible.  Many, many 
> thanks to Larry once more for going so far to show us one of the great trees.
>
> Comments, etc. welcomed.
>
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
>

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RE: GESO - the final Coyles in the USA

[John Coyle]

Thank you, Dan - that's a real compliment from someone who knows the area far 
better than me!


John in Brisbane


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Very nice gallery!  You have well captured the feeling of SF and the area, and 
seem to have included
every major sight (except Coit and Transamerica towers, which are quit overdone 
elsewhere).

I have been there 9 or 10 times, and don't have as many evocative images of the 
city as you do.

Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 2:49 AM, John Coyle <jco...@iinet.net.au> wrote:

> San Francisco, 9-13/11/16
>
> http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/SanFrancisco2/album
>
> We went for redwoods to Taylorville, as Muir Woods was so crowded, it 
> being a public holiday, that parking was impossible.  Many, many 
> thanks to Larry once more for going so far to show us one of the great 
> trees.
>
> Comments, etc. welcomed.
>
>
> John in Brisbane
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RE: GESO - the final Coyles in the USA

[John Coyle]

Thanks Larry - I thought they were nothing exceptional, but they do underline 
the memories.


John in Brisbane



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John Coyle wrote:
> San Francisco, 9-13/11/16
>
> http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/SanFrancisco2/album

Great photos and wonderful memories

>
> We went for redwoods to Taylorville, as Muir Woods was so crowded, it 
> being a public holiday, that parking was impossible.  Many, many 
> thanks to Larry once more for going so far to show us one of the great trees.
>
> Comments, etc. welcomed.
>
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
>

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GESO - the final Coyles in the USA

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San Francisco, 9-13/11/16

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/SanFrancisco2/album

We went for redwoods to Taylorville, as Muir Woods was so crowded, it being a 
public holiday, that
parking was impossible.  Many, many thanks to Larry once more for going so far 
to show us one of the
great trees.

Comments, etc. welcomed.


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RE: GESO a few of the eclipse

[John Coyle]

Excellent shots Larry - well done!

John in Brisbane




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Subject: GESO a few of the eclipse

We've got a little bit of connectivity from the restaurant so here's a quick 
and dirty set

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155704187299673.1073742292.653299672=1=812295f043


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PESO - Purple Dream Machine

[John Coyle]

Inspired by Paul's Woodward Dream Cruise series, here's one I took on our last 
day in SF last year
(Larry, those shots from the last visit will be up this week!)

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/PESO17.html

Big wheels and narrow tyres - isn't that going to give a firm ride?  Maybe he's 
got soft shockers
fitted!

Comments welcome 



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RE: GESO: In the Dinétah

[John Coyle]

Excellent galleries Joe.


John in Brisbane



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Sent: Wednesday, 16 August 2017 4:04 AM
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Subject: GESO: In the Dinétah

Here's a series of photos taken of early 18th century Navajo defensive sites in 
the Dinétah region of northwestern New Mexico, the ancestral homeland of the 
Navajo. There are also photos of a rock art panel dating several centuries 
earlier. The first link explains the images.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/59977270

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/59977312

One or more of these may show up in the next PDML Annual.

Joe


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RE: Before it's too late everywhere in the world

[John Coyle]

Thanks Larry!


John in Brisbane



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Happy Birthday John.  By the time fb told me it was your birthday, it's no 
longer your birthday
there.

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RE: Skyfall

[John Coyle]

Great shot, but - leaping straddle-legged over the groin - what could go wrong?!


John in Brisbane



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Subject: Skyfall

Returned yesterday from a few days at the festival in Edinburgh - highly 
recommended. 

This is one of the shots I took when I spent Tuesday morning on a nearby beach:
http://web-options.com/2017/08/10/skyfall/

B

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RE: August PUG is up - Woof Woof

[John Coyle]

Thanks Ann and Rick - I was trying to find something a little different to the 
obvious.  That day
the light was brilliant, clear and very directional in the streets I haunted!

John in Brisbane



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Subject: Re: August PUG is up - Woof Woof

My favorites this month are Bill Robb's "Out of Service," Annsan's
"M15 Bus," John Coyle's "Shank's Pony," and Jay Taylor's "Last Stop"
(good to see you here again, Jay!).

The PUG really brightens my month!

Rick



On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Mark C  wrote:
> Thanks, Ann - glad you liked the Millennium Park shot.
>
> ann sanfedele wrote:
>>
>> Love this set!   Subject matter rules... Mark Casino's brave new worldish
>> shot in Chicago is my fave - but gotta make a special mention of John 
>> Coyle's "Shank's Pony" (Over here we used to say "Shank's Mare" )  
>> glad someone did that take on it, and it's really nice geometry :-) 
>> and natrually, I particularly like Rick's and Mark's moving trains 
>> ;-)
>>
>> ann
>>
>> On 8/7/2017 6:34 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
>>>
>>> G'day all,
>>>
>>> A bit late but I've been away for a few weeks.  Anyway, here 'tis:
>>>
>>> http://pug.komkon.org/
>>>
>>> (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous 
>>> gallery there).
>>>
>>> Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's 
>>> not infallible. So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in 
>>> the gallery, let me know.
>>>
>>> +
>>>
>>> Next up: 'Abandoned'.
>>>
>>> Full Submissions Guidelines here:
>>>
>>> http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html
>>>
>>> You can submit here:
>>>
>>> http://pug.komkon.org/submit/
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>
>>
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RE: the recent perils of annsan

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Sorry to hear of all your troubles, Ann, but glad you are physically Ok.
Café press sound like all the others who make a buck and then just let their 
users down badly.


John in Brisbane



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Subject: Ot: the recent perils of annsan

I'm semi-de lurking for the latest news for those of you who care :-) a couple 
of weeks ago the
plumbing in my bathroom died to the extent that the bathtub would not drain... 
this took a couple of
days of being invaded by the buildings plumbers and it finally got fixed . 
Happily, I wsa able to
bathe at a neighbor's but it was quite an adventure.
Then I thought I had more money than I do -- discovering I had made a
$100 mistake in my checking account
after having, in a way, spent some of it...
Next I took a tumble on the subway stairs (fortunately, the second step from 
the bottom inside the
station) and while I didn't break anything and there was a plethoria of 
millenials surrounding me to
help, (new entry for Exaultaion of larks?) I got bruised and hurt my leg to the 
extent that I'm
using a cane and an ace bandage today ... nothing broke.
This was all after I took Ashley to the vet - and the good news there is she is 
in fine shape for an
12 year old but it was costly to find that out.

Then then ... well, read below - I posted this to Facebook but most of you 
are not there  .


"Still in shock from learning yesterday that cafe press (which has about
twenty of my wall calendars for sale) is removing wall calendars from
the list of products they offer. bad enough they have taken "wall
calendar" off the list of products designers for them can select to work
on, but they are gradually removing the CURRENT wall calendars from our
shops and the market place. Adding insult to injury, there was no
warning of this in the form of an alert or announcement - I stumbled on
it when I was going to tweak the wording on the landing page of my shop
https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff

The nice thing about having my calendars on cafepress for the past ten
years is that the template is renewed for each new year so someone who
might want to buy an older calendar can do it. The calendar grid is well
designed, straightforward and very user friendly for those who really do
use them (as I do) for keeping track of to do's and did do's in a medium
which is permanent and not subject to viruses, crashes, accidental
deletions. Anyone I told about this so far has simply gasped and in
audio caps said "WHY" . So, for one thing, if anyone want's to grab
any of these before they are dead it would be appreciated, but it might
be even more helpful, in terms of getting them to drop this bad idea, if
you simply bitched to them about it, or tried to order one of the wall
calendars that have already been suddenly made unavailable.

If you clicked on the /Twelve National Parks, Bouquet or New York
Details/, those are already gone as wall calendars. If any of you (I
know some of you are on cafe press too) have wall calendars up do give
them your input. Please share with anyone you know who has any calendars
by anyone that were produced by cafe press , or would want wall
calendars in the future from anyone and might help to encourage them to
reinstate the wall calendar format . Thanks guys, for reading, this
really shook me up. "


bay photo makes calendars but they cost too much, Lulu is reasonable but 
they are not for
people who actually write on them  - as you know if you got the PDML 
calendars that look pretty
but have no real boxes for each day... anyone got any ideas?  My self 
production was a disaster,
too much work, printer problems, virtually little profit.

sigh,
ann
annsan.smugmug.com



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RE: GESO - Coyles in the USA - Heading West

[John Coyle]

Thanks Rick and Ann.
I might get around to working out the approximate locations, if only for my own 
benefit!
Larry's idea is the way I would go, but bear in mind I may have left the camera 
on Australian time -
can't remember right now, but I will check.  So the only reliable method is 
pinpointing a known
time, such as the stop at Raton, and work backwards and forwards from there.  
We were pretty much on
schedule the whole time, I think.


John in Brisbane



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From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen
Sent: Monday, 7 August 2017 7:24 AM
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Subject: Re: GESO - Coyles in the USA - Heading West



ann sanfedele wrote:
> That would help, but only for the places where the train stops - 
> amtrak rail map and satelite view in google?

You could look at the times, interpolate between the stops and get a rough idea 
as to location.  If
it's 200 miles between stops, four hours on the schedule, and the photo was 
taken about an hour
after leaving the station, then the photo was likely taken about 50 miles along 
the path.


>
>
> On 8/6/2017 4:34 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote:
>>
>> On August 6, 2017 11:51:31 AM PDT, ann sanfedele 
>> wrote:
>>> I know where some of thsoe are taken :-) The NY store is in Raton, 
>>> NM near the rail station - for instance.
>>>
>>> I've taken the train that the Coyles took - in 1956, and in 1983 get 
>>> out an amtrak rail map, that will help
>>>
>> Or the schedule and look at the time stamps.
>>
>>
>
>

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RE: GESO - Coyles in the USA - Heading West

[John Coyle]

I agree - unfortunately, I don't own a GPS system other than my Australian 
phone, which I did not
use in the USA.


John in Brisbane

 

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Sent: Sunday, 6 August 2017 8:40 AM
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Subject: Re: GESO - Coyles in the USA - Heading West

It would be nice if you had a GPS turned on so you could get some idea just 
where some of them were
taken.

On 8/3/2017 18:26, John Coyle wrote:
> Here's the next batch:
>
> http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/GoingWest/album
>
> Some of these taken from the train while it was moving, so a little motion 
> blur may be evident.
> The set stops at Albuquerque, as the rest of the trip to LA was at night!
>
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
>

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GESO - Coyles in the USA - Heading West

[John Coyle]

Here's the next batch:

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/GoingWest/album

Some of these taken from the train while it was moving, so a little motion blur 
may be evident.
The set stops at Albuquerque, as the rest of the trip to LA was at night!


John in Brisbane



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RE: Coyles in the USA -Chicago

[John Coyle]

Thanks Christine, Paul, Chris M., Collin, and Larry.  
We too had a great time, and it was the best time to be there!


John in Brisbane



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Sent: Wednesday, 2 August 2017 3:35 AM
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Subject: Re: Coyles in the USA -Chicago

Great to meet you and Jan!  I had such a great time!  Nice set of images!  
Cheers, Christine



> On Aug 1, 2017, at 2:14 AM, John Coyle <jco...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
> Sorry about the delay - work has been getting in the way Here are a 
> few snaps from the Windy City - which at the time had beautiful weather!
> 
> http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/Chicago/album
> 
> C welcomed
> 
> Now working on the leg from Chicago to LA.
> 
> 
> 
> John in Brisbane
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Coyles in the USA -Chicago

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Sorry about the delay - work has been getting in the way
Here are a few snaps from the Windy City - which at the time had beautiful 
weather!

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/Chicago/album

C welcomed

Now working on the leg from Chicago to LA.



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RE: Living Large

[John Coyle]

Thanks to John for the ID, and Alan C for the comment.
 

John in Brisbane




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Subject: Re: Living Large

1960 Cadillac Coupe DeVille would be my guess.

They changed the parking lights mounted in the bumper to a single unit each 
side in 1961 and made
some changes to the grill.

The tail-fins aren't big & flashy enough to be a 59.

On 7/31/2017 04:26, Alan C wrote:
> Very cool. My guess is a Cadillac from the early 60's.
>
> Alan C
>
> -Original Message- From: John Coyle
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2017 7:51 AM
> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'
> Subject: Living Large
>
> Seems a long time since I posted a PESO, so here goes:
>
> http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/PESO16.html
>
>
> Comments welcome (I know, there is a little motion blur as the car was 
> pulling away as I took the
> shot)
>
> Can anyone identify the car?  Could not see if there was a name on the 
> trunk as the traffic blocked my view.
> This is just one of a number of big American cars in OZ - at one time 
> they were very popular for the long distances involved travelling in 
> some parts.
> "Living Large" is what I interpret the number plate to stand for.
>
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
>

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RE: Living Large

[John Coyle]

Thanks Jack - the guy in shades is driving, it's the angle which places the 
blonde, in the back
seat, apparently close to him.  She may also have been leaning forward.


John in Brisbane



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Sent: Monday, 31 July 2017 8:58 PM
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Subject: Re: Living Large

Nice catch! Who is driving? I see
the guy wearing the cool shades,
but a woman's hair appears to, also,
be in the driver's seat.?

J

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 30, 2017, at 10:51 PM, John Coyle <jco...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
> Seems a long time since I posted a PESO, so here goes:
> 
> http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/PESO16.html
> 
> 
> Comments welcome (I know, there is a little motion blur as the car was 
> pulling away as I took the
> shot)
> 
> Can anyone identify the car?  Could not see if there was a name on the 
> trunk as the traffic blocked my view.
> This is just one of a number of big American cars in OZ - at one time 
> they were very popular for the long distances involved travelling in some 
> parts.
> "Living Large" is what I interpret the number plate to stand for.
> 
> 
> John in Brisbane
> 
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Living Large

[John Coyle]

Seems a long time since I posted a PESO, so here goes:

http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/PESO16.html


Comments welcome (I know, there is a little motion blur as the car was pulling 
away as I took the
shot)

Can anyone identify the car?  Could not see if there was a name on the trunk as 
the traffic blocked
my view.
This is just one of a number of big American cars in OZ - at one time they were 
very popular for the
long distances involved travelling in some parts.
"Living Large" is what I interpret the number plate to stand for.


John in Brisbane



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RE: OT -Unexptected Good News from Subaru

[John Coyle]

My CVT will give adequate engine braking to hold it on the limit  at speeds
under 80kmh, for short distances, but by no means as good as a manual box.

John in Brisbane

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Subject: Re: OT -Unexptected Good News from Subaru

While I did drive a few newer CVT equipped vehicles I didn't drive them
enough to answer your question, however I'd be surprised if you couldn't get
engine compression braking with them going downhill.


-Original Message-
>From: John 
>Subject: Re: OT -Unexptected Good News from Subaru
>
>How well does it work going down-hill in the mountains so you don't 
>burn out your brakes?
>
>On 7/18/2017 16:01, Ken Waller wrote:
>> I believe one of the benefits the makers of CVTs sought was increased 
>> mileage by tuning the engine/trans to operate in the optimum power 
>> range.
>>
>> However most people, use to the (gear) steps in an automatic find the 
>> constant acceleration to be unusual and to some unnerving, resulting 
>> in customer complaints and their effects on 'things gone wrong'.
>> The inclusion of 'steps' is the manufacturers effort to improve 
>> customer satisfaction.
>> I believe its another case of the industry unleashing 'new' 
>> technology without properly preparing the potential buyers for the 
>> different/unusual characteristics.
>>
>> I've not seen any numbers but the inclusion of these emulated steps 
>> can't have a big effect on overall economy.
>>
>> I also prefer a good manual transmission - I prefer the involvement - 
>> but I've driven some of the better dual clutch vehicles and they are 
>> very hard not to like and generally shift quicker than most can shift 
>> a manual.
>>
>> Kenneth Waller
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
>>
>> - Original Message - From: "Igor PDML-StR" 
>> 
>> Subject: Re: OT -Unexptected Good News from Subaru
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> IMHO, those emulated steps on top of the CVT are ludicrous.
>>> One of the biggest advantages (and the reasons why CVT was invented 
>>> in the first place) is the stepless, smooth transmission.
>>> So, this "emulation" is undoing the benefit.
>>> And I know that Nissan and Honda (and a few others) are doing that 
>>> horrendous stupidity to satisfy people who need to be jolted every 
>>> time they accelerate. The worst part is that you cannot disable that 
>>> stupid emulation. (That should be very simple - that's a computer
>>> program.)
>>>
>>> I actually enjoy the smoothness I had from the CVT in Nissan Rogue, 
>>> except for the problems, which include the higher-pitched "whining"
>>> sound.
>>>
>>> And yes, I enjoy the manual transmission too, which I've had for 
>>> many years, but now I am giving up on that, as that requirement 
>>> complicates
>>> things: 1) the choice of cars is narrowed significantly and 2) the 
>>> logistics more complicated when my wife's car needs to be serviced, 
>>> or whatever...
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyway...
>>>
>>> Igor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mon Jul 17 11:34:56 EDT 2017 P. J. Alling wrote:
>>>
>>> That's simply because most drivers are used to automatic 
>>> transmissions with discrete gears.  I don't prefer either, given a 
>>> choice I'd take a manual transmission any day.  I'd also like to 
>>> mention the fact that with the current generation of car thieves a 
>>> manual transmission is an unintended anti theft device.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/17/2017 9:59 AM, Ken Waller wrote:
 That constant acceleration - lack of shift feel is subjectively 
 seen by
>>> some drivers as a negative, so much that some manufacturers have 
>>> added a shift feel to their CVT transmissions so as to eliminate the 
>>> constant acceleration feel.


 -Original Message-
> From: Zos Xavius 
> Subject: Re: OT -Unexptected Good News from Subaru
>
> My mom has a CVT Nissan Sentra. Its pretty peppy between 0 and 80.
> What's nice is that once it starts accelerating it doesn't stop. 
> Just smooth acceleration until you take your foot off the pedal.
>
> On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 11:04 PM, Paul Stenquist >> mac.com> wrote:
>> I'd be worried about CVT durability, but for me, the main 
>> drawback is
>>> the driving feel. My 2014 Equinox has an 8-speed automatic, it feels 
>>> great with a peppy 3- liter four, and has been trouble free. Nothing 
>>> but oil changed thus far.
>>
>> Paul via phone
>>
>>> On Jul 16, 2017, at 10:48 PM, Mark C 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Igor -
>>>
>>> I'm certainly happy with Subaru's decision to extend the 
>>> warranty on
>>> their CVT's and to provide retroactive compensation. I don't expect 
>>> to be using the money for a new lens. I'm pretty happy with the 
>>> lenses I have - turns out that hanging onto good full frame glass 
>>> was not a mistake The 

RE: OT -Unexptected Good News from Subaru

[John Coyle]

My 1.4 litre Honda City can accelerate to 60kmh in a couple of seconds, and
drives smoothly to 100 (our normal highway limit) without hesitation, so
while I was not convinced about CVT's at first, I'm happy enough with it.
The one thing I don't much like is the noise it makes - very much as if the
engine is over-revving on acceleration!
Ideally, I'd like more control over gear changes/holding, but then I'd have
to go manual, which I don't want to do, given nearly all my driving is
city-based.

John in Brisbane.

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Subject: Re: OT -Unexptected Good News from Subaru

My mom has a CVT Nissan Sentra. Its pretty peppy between 0 and 80.
What's nice is that once it starts accelerating it doesn't stop. Just smooth
acceleration until you take your foot off the pedal.

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 11:04 PM, Paul Stenquist 
wrote:
> I'd be worried about CVT durability, but for me, the main drawback is the
driving feel. My 2014 Equinox has an 8-speed automatic, it feels great with
a peppy 3- liter four, and has been trouble free. Nothing but oil changed
thus far.
>
> Paul via phone
>
>> On Jul 16, 2017, at 10:48 PM, Mark C  wrote:
>>
>> Hi Igor -
>>
>> I'm certainly happy with Subaru's decision to extend the warranty on
their CVT's and to provide retroactive compensation. I don't expect to be
using the money for a new lens. I'm pretty happy with the lenses I have -
turns out that hanging onto good full frame glass was not a mistake The only
lens that I am tempted to replace is the FA 20-35 f4, but I can't get a good
handle on its performance on the K1. Sometimes it shines, sometimes it's a
dud. It's clearly better (marginally) on film than on the K1 in terms of
edge and corner sharpness. It also seems to be better at the long end than
at 20mm. I recently fine-tuned the AF - and it needed about 5 steps of
correction IIRC - so I'm hoping that helps. But I seldom shoot wider than
28mm so I don't feel too motivated to upgrade to the DFA 15-30.
>>
>> I suspect that the reimbursement from Subaru will go into the VW repair
fund. My wife's 2009 Tiguan seems to develop a $500 - $1000 problem every
10K or so. In the past year and a half we've replaced the timing chain, PCV
system, rear main seal (blew out when the PCV system failed) and water pump.
Last Thursday the dealership told me that both rear springs are broken - I
need to get that checked out by an independent mechanic. Seems odd that both
springs would break at the same time and that the car would still ride just
fine.
>>
>> Good luck with your car search. CVT's are a fact o life these days but
they seem to be prone to funky and fatal errors. I would do serious research
on any CVT vehicle.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Igor PDML-StR wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Mark,
>>>
>>> I was just thinking about you and your Subaru CVT a few time in the 
>>> past week. (We are looking for a car right now.)
>>>
>>> I am glad to hear that good news. I'd say that's probably an indicator
of Subaru being one of the better manufacturers (behavior-wise). (Even
though they should've admitted their problems much earlier.) And your local
dealership is also among the better once since they've covered 50% even
before this event.
>>>
>>> Nissan gave us all sort of problems with our CVT (on Rogue) over the
past 9 year, starting from the 1st year.  And both, our dealership and the
corporate office were very bad to address these problems. They were refusing
to admit the problems despite the symptoms, until the transmission failed
completely. And for the 2nd time, they were delaying admitting the problem
it until the mileage was beyond the limit.
>>>
>>> After almost 20 years of owning Nissans (not exclusively), I am too
afraid to buy any Nissan at this point: all models I would be potentially
interested in have CVTs, and Nissan CVTs are plagued with problems, and
Nissan is bad addressing them.
>>>
>>> Speaking of "impressive" warranties (mentioned by Alan), - I've just
learned that the "best industry warranty" advertised by Hyundai is to a
large extent a gimmick: Only the 1st owner is eligible for the 10 yrs/100k
miles (powertrain) warranty, for the subsequent owners it is 5yrs/60K.
>>> (Additionally, there is practically no "bumper-to-bumper", large 
>>> portion of the coverage of the "limited" warranty ends within the 1st
year.) Kia's "industry-best" warranty is a similar gimmick.
>>>
>>> Anyway, - I am glad Mark for you. Despite the headache, at least you
didn't suffer as much of the financial hit...
>>>
>>> And the most intriguing question (for this list):
>>> Are you going to buy some new lens with the unexpected ~$4K?
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Igor
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark C Sat, 15 Jul 2017 20:46:26 -0700 wrote:
>>>
>>> Just over a year ago I posted about the failure of my Subaru CVT
transmission, and appreciated the 

RE: PESO - Jim Thorpe

[John Coyle]

Nice collection there, Ann - loved the late afternoon light on many.


John in Brisbane


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From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele
Sent: Sunday, 9 July 2017 1:19 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: PESO - Jim Thorpe

oh what fun - glad I jumped on this evening.. wasn't planning to until 
Monday...  small world time -
This post is mainly for Rick and Dan...

RIck - nice little set... Papermoon selfie studio is somewhat Barf 
producing (not the image, jsut the concept)   You got the character of the
place neatly in just 4 shots..

I first was there in 1971( OR 72?)   on a geology field trip from 
Hunter... just had time for a couple of grabs back then - the town was a rest 
stop between geologic
sites we were exploring.  We detoured to PA from the Catskills because of 
snow... it was a trip over
easter vacation...

In 2007 an acquaintance of mine from the Scrabble club , Ed Moran, hired me to 
photograph a showing
of a film on the poet Hyam Plutzik - Ed had done the interviews of more famous 
poets than Plutzik
was for the film.  He had a house in Jim Thorpe .. living there was artist 
Shozo Nagano and part of
the house was a studio... Ed lives in the city and only went to Jim Thorpe 
occasionally..

The event was at the Anita Shapolsky gallery - which is a converted church... I 
expect the gallery
is still there and thriving.. it is beautiful - I spent the weekend there - the 
showing was on
Saturday afternoon, so I had Saturday morning and Sunday morning  and part of 
Saturday late
afternoon to wander and shoot.

This is my stuff from that lovely  and (somewhat profitable) weekend that I got 
when I wasn't doing
the showing.
This is all OT cause I shot everything with the darkside camera I had then.

https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Jim-Thorpe-PA/

and if you are a glutton for punishment or just curious - this was the 
assignment

https://annsan.smugmug.com/Assignments/At-the-showing-of-the-Hyam/

The film was interesting, and the interview with Stanly Kunitz was , according 
to Ed, likely the
last one he gave as he died not long after.

ann

On 7/8/2017 12:42 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> Nice little album, Rick.
>
> Mauch Chunk was a dirty little mining town when my father was born 
> there in 1915.  My Matyola grandparents migrated there from Mucachevo 
> (then in Weastern Sovakia, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now in 
> western Ukraine), where the were subsistence farmers.  My grandfather 
> hated the mines, and got a job as a track walker for the railroad.  
> This allowed the family to escape Mauch Chunk, and move to Manville, 
> NJ, home of the world's biggest asbestos factory.  From the frying pan .  .  
> .  .
>
> In any event, here is an old snapshot of my grandparents as I remember them:
>
> https://www.photo.net/photo/15462434/Michael-and-Helen-Matyola
>
> Dan
>
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>
> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 9:47 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
>
>> Jim Thorpe is a small burgh about an hour and a half from Philly. It 
>> was a mining and coal-shipping town called Mauch Chunk (Lenape Indian 
>> origin) until the town fathers struck a deal with the widow of Native 
>> American Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe. He was exhumed and his remains 
>> set in a memorial in the center of town, which was re-named for him.
>>
>> Now its main industries are tourism and recreation (especially 
>> white-water canoeing and rafting). The place has some lovely architecture, 
>> though:
>>
>> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/PESOs-2017/Jim-Thorpe/i-WhTd2zh/A
>>
>> (K-5, DA 17-70)
>>
>> Comments appreciated.
>>
>> Rick
>>
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RE: PESO - Down In Indiana

[John Coyle]

I went back to this one in view of the concerns some have mentioned, and I must 
say the truck
doesn't bother me: in fact, I think it adds to the composition.  My eye went 
immediately to the red
barn, as one might expect, and then travelled to the right along the arc to the 
truck, before going
to the sky.  My only quibble would be I would have gone as close to the fence 
as possible to look
over the top of the rusty wire and posts!


John in Brisbane



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Sent: Tuesday, 4 July 2017 9:36 AM
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Subject: Re: PESO - Down In Indiana

The barn placement troubles me.
It must be the strong color and near
center location. 
The insignificant wire fence has no role and the far elements fail to supply 
the necessary weight to
count them as points of interest.
Admit having looked at this only on
my cell.

J

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 3, 2017, at 4:10 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> The sky is the thing for me. - but the barn is just right and the fence is 
> fine too -- if I
started getting nit-picky I would just say that it isn't that there is an 
object on the far right
(the truck) but that the truck is too modern looking - the barn and the fence 
look like they could
be from an earlier time.
> Is your truckless frame the same in all other regards?  would like to 
> see that
> 
> ann
> 
>> On 7/1/2017 1:38 PM, Mark C wrote:
>> Thanks, Marne. I think you are right about the competing centers of 
>> interest. I have other shots
without the fence and truck. I might try a shot with just the fence, no truck, 
since I don't have
one with just the truck and no fence.  Without one or the other I don't think 
there is enough going
on in the image.
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 7/1/2017 1:07 AM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:
>>> Great sky.
>>> 
>>> I usually love your shots, it's strange to me to say I have some 
>>> quibbles. Something about the placement of the barn, re fence and 
>>> passing truck isn't pleasing to me. (Too many focal points? Not 
>>> sure.)
>>> 
>>> I would have walked closer to the fence to leave it out. (I'd say 
>>> crop it, but don't think it can be done now. At least not without 
>>> cloning.)
>>> 
>>> Take with a grain of salt, Marnie aka Doe :-)
>>> 
 On 6/30/2017 8:49 PM, Mark C wrote:
 I spent the last week down in rural Indiana, got home a few hours 
 ago and am starting to review images. Here's a shot from yesterday 
 -
 
 http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/down-in-indiana
 
 or on flickr:
 
 https://www.flickr.com/photos/markcassino/35641165115/
 
 K1 and FA 20-35 f4 @ f16.
> 
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RE: eso-Battery Point Light

[John Coyle]

Beautiful light, Jack.

John in Brisbane



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Sent: Thursday, 29 June 2017 12:12 AM
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Subject: eso-Battery Point Light



Shot in Crescent City, CA.

https://www.photo.net/photo/18403096

K5 back up

J

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RE: So I went web shopping

[John Coyle]

I remember a Schneider-Variogon zoom lens being reviewed by the British Journal 
of Photography about
35 years ago, and the results were outstanding - even by today's standards.  If 
you can afford the
price, they must be among the best lens made anywhere.

John in Brisbane



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Subject: So I went web shopping

Hadn't been to Midwest Photo's site for a while.
Looks like they don't have much if anything (at least not on the site) for 
Pentax.
But the first two items are attention grabbers.

https://mpex.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=DSLR+Lenses+pentax





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RE: Lens improvements

[John Coyle]

Excellent work there Bipin.

John in Brisbane



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Sent: Thursday, 8 June 2017 4:26 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Lens improvements

Dear Dan, Pentax lenses have always been technically very advanced - at least 
my first SLR bought pre owned in 1975 - a Spotmatic with a Takumar proved to be.

The reason I latched on to Pentax were the grand Lenses - after owning a 
Pentacon, Nikon, Kiev-19, Leica, Ricoh SLRs.

I was amazed at the 35 - 135 F3.5 "A" zoom lens. Sharp all the way through - 
remember that this is not a computer designed lens. And I picked one up in Mint 
condition from a Pop & Mom Store in the San Francisco Bay Area for $65 + Tax.

I have attached my first attempt at Water Drop Photography using this lens 
which also has Macro - see attached link.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nxcxdnwonye9dh4/AABcu5Qy0YScLwDatMp0msFha?dl=0

Thanks for looking.
Bipin

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RE: Shooting in tight spaces

[John Coyle]

Does it have a skylight?  If so, it could be workable for natural light with 
low-powered fill lights
or reflectors.  It's really too low for much in the way of stand-mounted lights.


John in Brisbane



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Subject: Shooting in tight spaces

Does anyone have any experience shooting in long narrow rooms?

I've been doing some work on my car trailer to get it prepped for an event in a 
couple of weeks, and
realized that it is basically an empty room that might have some potential for 
portraiture.  It's
basically 20' 
long, a little over 7' wide and about 7' high.

On one hand, it's way too tight for using studio strobes.  I might be able to 
get away with
speedlights. I also might be able to use LED bulbs in clamplights as hot 
lights.  I might also be
able to bounce light off of one wall for rembrandt lighting.

I'll almost certainly be experimenting with it in the near future, but I figure 
it's worth a chance
learning from other people's mistakes.


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RE: Semi-OT: Maybe ... STATUS UPDATE

[John Coyle]

Brian, I was in the same situation up till a couple of months ago: then I had 
an SSD with W10 put
into my Toshiba laptop, and the techie transferred all my installs at the same 
time - did a
brilliant job.  Now the thing is incredibly fast, even though it is now 8 years 
old!

I'd try that rather than using the old HDD, which could be close to failing 
anyway.


John in Brisbane

 

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From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters
Sent: Monday, 29 May 2017 7:45 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Maybe ... STATUS UPDATE

I might have to try that.

My old Vista laptop hasn't been updated for about a year because the Update 
just stayed on 0%
downloaded for hours.  I'll try the overnight thing.


Cheers

Brian

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> 
> Based on something I read on a Microsoft forum, I left it running 
> overnight searching for updates. There were 18 updates available when 
> I got out of bed this morning. Apparently the Update Client has to 
> update itself before it will find updates. I'm installing them in 
> small batches based on release date, oldest first. So far, I've only had one 
> to fail.
> I'll try that one again after I've installed all the others.
> 
> 2. Egghead finally coughed up a page full of refurbished laptops with 
> Windows 7 Professional 64bit installed.
> 
> If I still end up having to replace the Toshiba, my NEW plan is to get 
> one of these. Linux can wait until I can no longer get Windows 7.
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RE: PESO: WH 17

[John Coyle]

Hey Chris - Were you ever at the Kingston plant? I was an engineering 
apprentice at Hawker's in
Kingston (1956-7), plated cockpit parts for the Hunter, did paint tests for the 
wing and tailplane
panels, and ended up metallurgical testing of steel components in the test lab 
- learned so much
there!


John in Brisbane


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Very good Dan - and through a canopy too?

They used to make canopies for Hawker Hunters, Harriers and Hawks  in the 
aircraft factory where I
did my apprenticeship. Very specialised and I remember seeing a bloody great 
sheet of hot Perspex
being draped over a greasy wooden mould. It was then subject to a lot of 
polishing to make it
optically perfect and to remove any distortion - after all, the pilot ideally 
would want to see the
target / runway in the right place.. It took many hours.

Chris

On 15 May 2017 at 04:10, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> An image from back in the day:
>
> https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/5/14/wh-17
> Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, smc Super-Takumar 50 mm F 1.4 Comments are 
> invited and apprecated.
>
>
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RE: LX

[John Coyle]

I'm with Dan!


John in Brisbane



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Those of us who have achieved LXXV scoff at your concerns about growing older,

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:

> LX




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RE: Domain Name Scammers

[John Coyle]

Not only will the scammers take a lapsed name, they also register many of the 
alternatives too: my
company's name ends .com, and a Chinese crook has registered the .org, .net, 
.cn, and several other
potential ones as well.  Not a lot one can do about it without spending a lot 
of money to register
all the possibles.


John in Brisbane




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Sent: Thursday, 11 May 2017 5:32 AM
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Subject: OT: Domain Name Scammers

Well, after letting my photography domain lapse I went back to get it back.

And what do I find? Someone took it.

So I reregistered it as an org rather than a com. Otherwise same name.

I also reregistered my other main site (re games) as a .com rather than an 
.org. Otherwise same
name.

So some one goes around grabbing up old domain names, buys them, and then tries 
to resell them to
the original owners.

Which means I would have to pay a fee on top of a fee. No Way Jose.

Did you guys know this? I am probably slow on the uptake and you all knew this 
already.

Domain name scammers!

Marnie aka Doe :-)

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RE: PESO: The last time I saw Paris

[John Coyle]

I first came across this at Milan airport in 1977: rather unnerving, as this 
type of security
presence was very new at the time in Europe.

John in Brisbane



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Its a crazy world we live in for that to be common.

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> On 2/5/17, Gonz, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>That was the thing that I found most distinct about European airports, 
>>there were military guys walking around with automatic weapons like 
>>this everywhere.  I've never seen that in the US.
>
> Common site for us at airports now. And at large events in crowded 
> places. And around the financial and business districts in London, and 
> obviously around parliament.
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RE: PESO - Church Yard 1, Alvescot, 2017

[John Coyle]

Very nice - always loved wandering through English graveyards.


John in Brisbane


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Out for a walk up tot he church and back.


Olympus Pen F + SMC Pentax 24/2.8



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RE: PESO - Stone Wall, Leafield 2017

[John Coyle]

My grandfather, who came from Gloucester, used to pronounce Cirencester 
"Sissista", insisting it was the correct local pronunciation.


John in Brisbane



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> On 24 Apr 2017, at 20:20, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> 
> On 24/4/17, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> How is the 'i' in Cirecester pronounced? Rhymes with "eye" or "seen"?
> 
> eye
> 

These things are quite straightforward really. The simple rule is, however it's 
spelt, that's not how you say it. If you say it the way it's spelt everyone 
will know you're a tourist, and charge you £300 for an ice-cream.

Cirencester= Siren sessta
Gloucester = Glossta
Bicester = Bissta

Leominster = Lemsta
Southwark = Suthuk

Greenwich = Grinnidge

The only exception to the rule, and only in the context of this one place, is 
Leicester Square, which is invariably pronounced Lie Sessta Squaw, with the 
emphasis on Sessta. Nobody can really explain this, but it may be that on this 
one occasion the locals just gave up trying to teach the correct pronunciation 
to foreigners, and instead put ice-cream prices up to £350, plus 10% if want a 
flake and crushed nuts.

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RE: new appreciation

[John Coyle]

Glad things are moving along for you, Bill.  Hope that it will continue to 
improve.


John in Brisbane



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Subject: Re: new appreciation

On 4/12/2017 7:48 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
>
>> On Apr 11, 2017, at 10:43 PM, William Robb  
>> wrote:
>>
>> It's all Mark and Doug. I get sent a link and some quiet expectation 
>> that I will make acerbic comments about the pictures.
>> This year I almost made it to the finish line until my eyesight was 
>> cruelly debilitated by complications from a stupid disease.
>> I blame my mother.
>
>
> Hope you’re ok, Bill!  Christine
>

It's coming along. I noticed late last year that I wasn't seeing things at 
distance as well as i was used to, and wrote it off as needing a new 
prescription. Then I was thirsty all the time, and over the course of a couple 
of weeks my vision went bad enough that something 5 feet away was a blur and 
looking at a computer screen was excruciatingly painful.
And it dawned on me that I was probably diabetic, which was the case. 
I've been medicating for about a month, and my eyesight is passable, but my 
blood sugar is controlled at about 16mg/l, about double what it should be.
I have another blood test on Monday, another doctors visit on Friday, and will 
probably have my medication increased.
Something I learned was that the high blood pressure med I was on interfered 
with metformine. We got that fixed a week ago, and this week I feel a lot 
better than the warm turd I've felt like since the end of January.

thanks

bill

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RE: Stunning News for Pentax - Ricoh

[John Coyle]

I've owned Pentax cameras (with one exception) since 1968, and have never had 
cause to complain. 
Like all mechanical or electronic items, they can break and need repairs, but 
I've only once had to
send a Pentax camera in for repair!  I expect to be using my current crop 
(MZ-S, *ist-d, K5ii-s, SV
and a couple of other older models) until hell freezes over.  I'll be sorry if 
Ricoh do drop out,
they've done some good stuff in the last few years - BUT, they do need to 
market!

The fact is at my age my Pentax kit will probably outlast me, so I'm good to go!


John in Brisbane

 

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Subject: Re: Stunning News for Pentax - Ricoh

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 09:36:30PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
> 
> 
> Bipin Gupta wrote:
> > This came in today to my Inbox:
> > 
> > http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Ricoh-may-close-shutter-on
> > -personal-camera-business
> > 
> > The end of Pentax - Ricoh coming near??
> 
> Well that could really and truly suck.

I doubt if it will affect me much, if at all.

I anticipate buying at most one more traditional DSLR - I don't feel tempted by 
the K1, but might be
interested if there was a follow-up APS-C model with most of the improvements 
from the K1 (and, no
doubt, a few more as well).

If that doesn't materialise I'll probably either stick with what I have today 
or switch over to
Olympus; the EPL1 has served me well over the years, but is several generations 
behind in sensor
technology (though still good enough for casual everyday use ).

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RE: Endgame for cameras...

[John Coyle]

The whole proposition falls apart for people like me who under-share!


John in Brisbane



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Subject: Endgame for cameras...

This is rather extreme but for some reason my news aggregator app thought t was 
worth it...

The endgame for cameras is having no camera at all:
http://news360.com/article/398182387

Seems eerily rrelated to most recent news about Ricoh.

You know, in my opinion, what really is killing the cameras is not a small 
camera inside the cell
phone, but in fact the cell phone screen.

Most of the ways for which regular camera is optimised are obsolete. People 
look at the photos on
their cell phone screen and there cell phone cameras rein supreme...

Just my pixels.

Boris
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RE: OT: Digital Slide scanners

[John Coyle]

I still have a ScanWit 720 scanner, but have been unable to find SCSI/USB 
linking cables for it, and
the original SCSI PCI card software will not install in later PC's.  It's now 
gathering dust in my
garage, waiting for me to think of a miracle solution!
OTOH, the Epson V500 does the same job really well, with either the Epson 
software or Vuescan.


John in Brisbane




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Subject: Re: OT: Digital Slide scanners

A long time ago, it seems, I bought an ACER ScanWit 2720s.  It's a SCSI 
interface device, and while
it's supplied software is hopelessly dated, there is third party software, 
(ViewScan), that will
actually give better scans, taking full advantage of the hardware, which the 
original software never
did.  It got very good reviews for it's output, and specifications equaled or 
bettered much more
expensive units, (when I bought it they were available new for approximately 
$300).  It produced a
9mp scans which I saved as TIFF files and corrected in Photoshop.

There are four notable drawbacks to it.

   It's limited to 35mm filmstrips or slides of 24x36mm mounted in standard 
mounts, you can scan
smaller but not larger so superslides are out thought I think 126 slides will 
work though the
software didn't support it, (110 format slides scanned well, but at a greatly 
reduced resolution of
course, I wish I had a few samples but all those scans disappeared in a hard 
drive crash).

  The slide and film carriers are made entirely out of plastic, and since 
the original
manufacturer sold out to BANQ the scanner, and it's bigger brother, 2047s which 
included digital
ICE, are long discontinued so parts including new carriers are made of 
unobtainable.

  Scanning speeds are oow, so bulk scanning is problematic, 
though how much of
that was due to the limitations of PC hardware at the time is a question, (I 
doubt that the scanner
has a particularly large or even any actual buffer built in.

  Finally reading the specifications, I'm not at all sure that it would 
actually outperform a
current Epson Perfection V550 or V600 which 
will scan up to 6x9cm slides and negatives.   So the effort to getting 
either ScanWit up and running on modern hardware on a modern OS may not be 
worth the effort,
especially as you'd actually have to find one, but if you're interested Amazon 
has on in their
warehouse used for only $127.00


On 4/7/2017 11:45 AM, Doug Brewer wrote:
> I've been cleaning out my storage room in the basement, AKA The Camera 
> and Computer Museum, and have uncovered boxes and boxes of slides, 
> some of which are passable photos, and have become interested in maybe 
> scanning some of them. I've looked here and there at digital slide 
> scanners.
>
> So my query, if you haven't figured it out by now, is if any of you 
> have gone down this path, and whether you have found a decent scanner.
> I'd appreciate any guidance.
>


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RE: Anyone in Paris?

[John Coyle]

Hi Daniel - try the Parc Monceau, entering from the gates opposite the Rue de 
Prony along Boulevard
de Courcelles.  It's very pretty, and a more up-market part of Paris: my wife 
and I explored it
together for the first time for both of us in 1995.
I always avoided the Bois de Boulogne, too big and some dodgy goings-on 
happening there!
An interesting walk is from the Pigalle metro station, up along Rue Houdon, 
left into Rue des
Abbesses, which becomes Rue Lepic and takes you eventually close to the Place 
du Tertre.  Not too
far, quite a lot of uphill, but I always found it colourful and some really good
bistros/restaurants, populated by the locals, which is always a good sign!

HTH


John in Brisbane




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Subject: Anyone in Paris?

Are any list members or lurkers in Paris?

Next week my wife and I are flying to Paris, for a river cruise to Normandy and 
return.
We will be in Paris for several hours on Tuesday April 4 and all day on Monday, 
April 10.  I would
love to meet up with any PDMLers in the city.

We have been to Paris before, but any ideas for photo opportunities beyond the 
usual monuments would
also been appreciated from anyone familiar with the city.

Dan Matyola
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RE: Hope is all ok with our Australian PDMLers

[John Coyle]

The predicted path of the cyclone is some 800 kms. or more from where Tanya, 
Ryan, and I live, so we will be Ok unless it changes direction significantly.  
I'm not aware of any PDML-ers living that far north, although I do have nephews 
and a niece who live a little north of the top edge of the cyclone's path.
Brisbane might get some fairly strong winds as a peripheral effect though.
Thanks for the concern!


John in Brisbane



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BBC headline reads “Monster Cyclone” hits Queensland.  Hope all are ok!

Stay safe and check in when you can!

Cheers, Christine
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RE: PESO: lens compare

[John Coyle]

I do have a Super Takumar 55/1.8, which is the same as the first Pentax lens I 
ever owned, and came
with an SV body.  I found the original version very good, quite capable of 
making prints up to 20
inches wide.  I'll have to try it on my K5ii, as this camera does seem to make 
the best of any lens
you put on it.


John in Brisbane



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> On 21 March 2017 at 04:08 Philip Northeast  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> https://flic.kr/p/T5fdc1
> 
> 1/5 crop of same scene taken with Pentax #pentaxK1 body and 21st century 
>   Zeiss planar T*f1.4 50mm at f8 and a mid 1970's Pentax M series 55mm 
> also at f8. The result may surprise.
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I don't think I've ever seen an M series 55mm - and only rarely the SuperTak 
55/1.8.

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RE: BBC photography website

[John Coyle]

Genius Bob! I got 8 out of 10, with a stupid mistake on 2.

John in Brisbane



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Sent: Saturday, 18 March 2017 6:11 PM
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Subject: BBC photography website

There's some great stuff on the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04vb8y1

Try and beat my score for this quiz:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3Px65xgnbVMdRdQZxhH11b0/quiz-how-well-do-you-know-your-brit
ish-photography

Ah, no - you can't - I got 10/10! :0)

B
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OT: beautiful photos.

[John Coyle]

Not Pentax - don't even know the camera used, but just plain great photography
.

http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/02/27/article/159939913/nicolas-dhervillers-detachment/


John in Brisbane



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RE: PESO - Power

[John Coyle]

Intriguing Marco - and as minimal as most of Dag's work!
Might prefer a tad more lightness and contrast, for me.


John in Brisbane



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http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo17/peso2.html

Comments, as always, welcomed.

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RE: PESO - The Ship of State

[John Coyle]

Or the state of the ship!  Nice one, Marco.

John in Brisbane



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http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo17/peso1.html

Comments, as always, welcomed.

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RE: GESO - Coyles in New Orleans

[John Coyle]

Hi Ken - thanks: we didn't try beignets at Café du Monde, but we did have 
coffee at their Riverwalk
outlet - didn't know about their French Market shop at the time!  However, 
beignets at a little
place in the Garden District (the hidden secret place) were absolutely 
delicious!
New Orleans is definitely a place on our "we'd like to go there again" list.


John in Brisbane




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Sent: Friday, 17 February 2017 3:56 PM
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Nice captures John - thanks for sharing - but no Cafe Du Monde ? Best hickory 
coffee and beignets
I've ever had.

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

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Subject: GESO - Coyles in New Orleans


> Here's the next set:
>
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/NewOrleans/album/
>
>
> Comments and criticisms invited, as usual.
>
> John in Brisbane


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RE: GESO - Coyles in New Orleans

[John Coyle]

Thanks Paul.


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Nice set. Most enjoyable.

Paul via phone

> On Feb 13, 2017, at 10:26 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nice gallery.  It well captures the diversity of NOLA.
> 
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
> 
>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 3:14 PM, John Coyle <jco...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Alan - couldn't resist the final shot, seen on a doorway in 
>> Bourbon St.
>> 
>> John in Brisbane
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Alan C
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>> Very interesting. A bit of everything. Amazing ivy - wonder how they 
>> keep it cut? Finally, you sure know how to take leave of your 
>> patrons!
>> 
>> Alan C
>> 
>> -Original Message-
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>> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 8:44 AM
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>> Here's the next set:
>> 
>> http://members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/NewOrleans/album/
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>> Comments and criticisms invited, as usual.
>> 
>> John in Brisbane
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RE: GESO - Coyles in New Orleans

[John Coyle]

Thanks Dan - it is a city we really liked and will likely revisit.


John in Brisbane


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From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola
Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2017 1:26 PM
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Nice gallery.  It well captures the diversity of NOLA.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 3:14 PM, John Coyle <jco...@iinet.net.au> wrote:

> Thanks Alan - couldn't resist the final shot, seen on a doorway in 
> Bourbon St.
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Alan C
> Sent: Sunday, 12 February 2017 10:21 PM
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> Subject: Re: GESO - Coyles in New Orleans
>
> Very interesting. A bit of everything. Amazing ivy - wonder how they 
> keep it cut? Finally, you sure know how to take leave of your patrons!
>
> Alan C
>
> -Original Message-
> From: John Coyle
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 8:44 AM
> To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'
> Subject: GESO - Coyles in New Orleans
>
> Here's the next set:
>
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/NewOrleans/album/
>
>
> Comments and criticisms invited, as usual.
>
> John in Brisbane
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RE: GESO - Coyles in New Orleans

[John Coyle]

Thanks Ann - actually didn't take any shots of food!  I must say we had both 
good and bad, but my
po'boy and jambalaya (different meals, of course!) were both excellent.
For great vegetarian, can recommend "1000 Figs" on Ponce de Leon St., near the 
junction with
Esplanade Ave - best beetroot salad I've ever tasted.


John in Brisbane



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Sent: Monday, 13 February 2017 1:31 AM
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Best Geso of your trip, IMHO...   although I missed seeing a couple of 
snaps of what you feasted on in the best food city in the US...:-)

I like the funky stuff and the wrought iron best..

ann

On 2/12/2017 1:44 AM, John Coyle wrote:
> Here's the next set:
>
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/NewOrleans/album/
>
>
> Comments and criticisms invited, as usual.
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
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RE: GESO - Coyles in New Orleans

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Thanks Alan - couldn't resist the final shot, seen on a doorway in Bourbon St.

John in Brisbane



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Sent: Sunday, 12 February 2017 10:21 PM
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Subject: Re: GESO - Coyles in New Orleans

Very interesting. A bit of everything. Amazing ivy - wonder how they keep it 
cut? Finally, you sure
know how to take leave of your patrons!

Alan C

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Subject: GESO - Coyles in New Orleans

Here's the next set:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/NewOrleans/album/


Comments and criticisms invited, as usual.

John in Brisbane



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RE: GESO - Coyles in New Orleans

[John Coyle]

Hi Cotty - I used jAlbum to produce the interface, which is designed to use 
Javascript - it will
also work on non-Java systems but maybe this is why you had a clunky experience?
But thanks for the compliments!


John in Brisbane



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From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steve Cottrell
Sent: Sunday, 12 February 2017 9:35 PM
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On 12/2/17, John Coyle, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Here's the next set:
>
>http://members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle/USA/NewOrleans/album/
>
>
>Comments and criticisms invited, as usual.

Thanks for posting, enjoyed looking. The interface is really clunky on my 
system and seems to take
ages to load and progress through, meant I gave up about halfway. Nice of what 
I did see though :-)

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