Re: Let's test the list!

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Nevertheless, for a very long period I couldn't subscribe and then gave 
up trying.  As I recall the "server/app" didn't particularly care for 
"att.net" at the time, but it may have been something else.  Nothing 
personal intended.   Enjoy the Holiday Season.


Otis


On 12/7/2023 02:36, Doug Brewer wrote:
In all the many years I've had this list, I've only ever blocked one 
person, and it wasn't you, Otis.



On 12/6/23 3:21 PM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:
The last time I "tested" the list I was banned for over a year. I'm 
reluctant to go down that road again...


Otis Wright

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Re: Let's test the list!

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The last time I "tested" the list I was banned for over a year. I'm 
reluctant to go down that road again...


Otis Wright

On 12/6/2023 07:40, ann sanfedele wrote:
I replied but did not see my reply come up in my PDML inbox..  only in 
my sent folder.

Just made my usual wiseass Jokey reply.. did it get through?

I saw the email below of course and all the asnwer to it but mine
I think my Thunderbird update may be responsible

ann


On 12/5/2023 2:27 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

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Re: OT: Print Scanner

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

I have also had good results with ScanCafe.   They provided timely, 
quality service exactly as I requested on my orders.  Over time, I've 
had them process my complete holdings of slides and negatives plus a 
some prints I didn't 'have time to scan myself.


Otis Wright

On 11/11/2023 11:43, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

I would recommend using a service instead of buying a scanner. If your sister 
is like most people, the scanning is a one time task .. to do good scanning 
take time and practice … a *lot* of practice and a *lot* of time … and then, 
once done, the scanner is of limited value and you have to put more effort into 
selling it. Cheap scanners do a relatively poor job, the scanning services all 
use the best scanners. Etc.

The scanning services are run by people who are pretty expert at the task and 
they do it efficiently and well, at a modest cost per photo. Scanning the 
family archive is a one-time task for most people … get the whole lot done, pay 
whatever it costs, and you're done: enjoy the photos.

I've had good luck with ScanCafe.com … I've arranged and managed the scanning 
process with them for several of my old clients (when I was still working). 
Their prices are reasonable, and they give you some options in the kind of 
quality and costs, depending on your need/use of the photos.

Good luck.

Godfrey


On Nov 10, 2023, at 5:41 PM, Ed Keeney  wrote:

Long time lurker.

My sister has been asking me about how to get her old printed photos
scanned to digital files.  My guess is her family albums of 4x6's.
Should she use a service or buy a bulk scanner (vs flatbed).

The scanners run $200-$600 depending on quality (Epson FastFoto
FF-680W being the high end, Plustek the low end).  Hard to spend $600
for what essentially is tool for only a limited amount of time.

Does anyone have any experience with either of these?  Preferences one
way or the other?

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Re: PESO: Not a door

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I like it.  Brings back many memories of my visits to the wall...back in 
the day.


Otis Wright

On 4/1/2023 21:10, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Thanks, Rick!

By "pull back the sky '' do you mean I should have framed the image so less
of the sky is visible under the arch?  As I recall it, I was trying to
include both of the square-shaped towers in the distance within the arch,
and that determined how much sky was included.

I do wish it had been a more interesting sky, but I had only one
opportunity to visit the wall, so I was stuck with that grey overcast.

Dan Matyola
*https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
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On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 5:26 PM Rick Womer  wrote:


That’s a very dramatic composition, Dan. I like it a lot!

If one could pull back the sky a bit, it would be even better, methinks.

Rick


On Apr 1, 2023, at 9:11 AM, Daniel J. Matyola 

wrote:

While looking for my entry into the April Gallery, I came across the
following photographic memory, one of my favorites.  It almost could be a
door, but it is not.  Just an arch.  With a view.

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2023/4/1/wall

K-5 IIs, SMC DA f 3.5-5.6 18-135 mm ED AL [IF] DC WR
Comments, criticisms, suggestions, and questions are invited and
appreciated.

Dan Matyola
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Re: Bob, Dan, Godfrey, Bill, Collin and I are alive...

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Here...Always lurking

Otis Wright

On 3/29/2023 00:17, Paul Sorenson wrote:

Yup...I'm here - mostly lurking.

-p

On 3/28/2023 4:04 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

Is anyone else?

Rick
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Re: Mouse/trackball question

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Have two of the M575s in use, a spare, and an older version. All have 
worked just fine for me.  However, bearings and sensor window do seem to 
need periodic cleaning.   Track ball pops out easily to enable cleaning 
and pops back in with no problem, for me anyway. Went with trackball 
some years ago as mouse and pad just didn't work in my preferred workspace.


Otis Wright

On 3/16/2023 02:43, John Sessoms wrote:

Logitech ERGO M575

https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Trackball-Precision-Ergonomic-Bluetooth/dp/B0877DK2FL 



Sounds like what you describe except the ball isn't red anymore.

On 3/14/2023 8:45 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
I have been using a Logitech trackball for my photo computer for 
years, and it is wearing out. It has a red ball operated by one’s 
right thumb, and a vertical scroll wheel and two buttons operated by 
index and second fingers.


What should I replace it with?

I have a Kensington Expert Mouse on my work computer; it has a huge 
trackball, four buttons, and a scroll wheel surrounding the track 
ball. I tried it on the photo computer and it was awkward.


Other suggestions?

Rick
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Re: Still Not Receiving Messages

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Thank you, Ann.�� Still nothing coming in from list.�� Thought it might 
be my IP diverting, but checked and doesn't seem to be my IP causing the 
problem.


Otis

On 4/12/2021 23:50, ann sanfedele wrote:
Otis.. I'm replying to you and to your post on PDML... that is.. I see 
you and your post is coming through PDML...

and cc'ing Doug directly, too

mysterious...

ann



On 4/12/2021 10:49 PM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:
No messages since first of month. Can't log in at archives. Can't 
create new account.� Someone does like me for sure


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Still Not Receiving Messages

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No messages since first of month. Can't log in at archives. Can't create 
new account.  Someone does like me for sure


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TEST

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TEST
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Re: It was twenty years ago today, Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play

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Many thanks. Doug for the significant  contribution you have made over 
the yearsand to all who contribute here.   For two decades plus, 
I've enjoyed the entertainment, skill sharpening information, etc. I've 
been a Pentax user since '68.  I joined the group looking to sharpen my 
skills when I needed to obtain better photographic results to support a 
new professional foray into the realm of forensics.  I was not 
disappointed.   And, I surely have enjoyed the entertainment.  I'm well 
into retirement now and the plans I once had to purchase a camera like 
the K1, have changed to focus on something small that i can carry around 
with ease and not worry about packing lenses around.   Although, I must 
admit that I'm tempted from occasionally to purchase a digital camera to 
go behind my M42 glass.


I do thank you all.  It has been a pleasant and quite educational journey.

Wishing all of you  the very best in the New Year.

Otis


On 1/1/2021 17:26, Doug Brewer wrote:

sort of.

During the Christmas season of 2000, while I worked on a museum 
project for a local university, I got a call from Don Nelson, a friend 
and Pentax sales guy some of you will remember from GFM. He told me 
that Pentax USA, which carried the PAML and PDML on its website, was 
looking to get out of the email list game because of potential 
liability issues arising from unsanctioned and borderline dangerously 
irresponsible technical and repair advice getting posted to the PDML.


Don then asked if I knew anyone who could take it over. I thought 
about a few members I knew at the time, even reached out to one or 
two, who pretty much laughed, and I reported back to Don that there 
didn't seem to be much interest. He said ok.


A couple days later, a nice woman from the marketing department at 
Pentax called to tell me she had heard from Don that I would like to 
be considered for the role of List Guy. After a long pause, followed 
by some muttering and me repeating "wait, what?" a few times, the nice 
woman in marketing assured me that Don said I was very interested.


That was Don, as those of you who knew him would agree.

I told the nice woman that I was not a list guy by any stretch of the 
imagination. I wasn't a software guy, didn't know anything about how 
to run an email list, was in all things comprehensively incompetent 
and liked it that way, and so on.


The nice woman in marketing was unimpressed, so it was decided. I 
begrudgingly agreed that I would download some list software packages 
and see if I could make any sense of them. After that, I said, I'd get 
back to her in a week or so with my decision. The nice woman in 
marketing rang off.


That afternoon I found and downloaded some software, installed it, and 
poked around for a few minutes until I had to do something with my 
actual job. The only thing I had really discerned from my brief time 
with the software was that I was out of my depth and needed some 
serious hours with it before I could even begin to think about whether 
or not I would take over the PDML.


Some time that night the PDML broke.

The next day, the nice woman in marketing called to tell me that the 
guy who worked at the advertising agency that handled the Pentax USA 
website and was the only one there who knew the list software and how 
it interfaced with the website was off on Christmas vacation and the 
server was down and hey, she would email me a list of everyone who was 
subscribed to the PDML. Good luck and godspeed, it was now my baby.


I still can't tell you how I got it going, but here we are, and I'm 
grateful for it.


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Re: PESOs: Shooting the shooters

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Always enjoy these.  Very nice.

Otis Wright

On 2/20/2020 15:29, Paul Stenquist wrote:

Every year for the last ten years or so, I’ve shot at least one round of a pool 
tournament sponsored by Adcraft, the local Advertising Biz Association. Prior 
to that I played for several years, but I was never very good and didn’t want 
to feel obligated to show up for each round. Back then I knew most of the 
participants. After so many years, I just know a handful, but they’re good 
friends and I enjoy shooting them. I don’t just shoot the action, but the 
spectators as well. All with the K-1 and the D FA 24-70/2.8. Most at f3.2, 
1/60th, in TAV mode with ISOs ranging from 2500 to 10,000. The BW pics were 
shot on the sidelines where the light is deep red.

My two favorites:

https://www.photo.net/photo/18584992/6807

https://www.photo.net/photo/18585000/6830


The Gallery

https://www.photo.net/gallery/1110350#//Sort-Newest/All-Categories/All-Time/Page-1


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Re: Panorama redo

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Really like this image.   Should make a great print.

Otis Wright

On 1/12/2020 14:06, Larry Colen wrote:

A friend wants a print of one of my night time panoramas at Thunderhill 
racetrack:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49371983416/in/album-72157712631222477/

I’ve never made a print of this particular image so I wanted to go back in and 
make sure everything was just right. One problem with lightroom panoramas is 
that you can’t specify to use a certain piece from a certain image.  Their 
whole stitching process is opaque and unpredictable, but I was eventually able 
to get it to include the bit I wanted it to.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49371983416/in/album-72157712631222477/

It’s a stitch of images taken with the 15-30, not using astrotracer.  It would 
be really nice if there was software that could stitch the night sky and the 
terrestrial foreground separately.  It would be even nicer if I knew how to use 
it.


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Re: Fundraising time

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Done.  Many thanks...

On 4/19/2019 09:06, Doug Brewer wrote:

Hi, troops.

The PDML account is as empty as a political promise right now, so 
please lob some zlote into the paypal bucket at pdml.net.


We appreciate your support.



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Re: it's ransom time

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Done.


On 9/1/2018 11:56, Doug Brewer wrote:

Hi kids,

I used up the last ten bucks in the PDML cookie jar this morning, so 
if you can find a few clams in the sofa please consider contributing 
to the cause.


sincerely,

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Re: Gettin' real tired of Adobe's SHIT!

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I'm running Acrobat XI and Adobe Reader DC  under Windows 10. Never see 
and cloud nonsense.   That may be because I have OneDrive turned off.  
I've blocked the cloud on all my computers/devices, where I find the 
option to do so.


Otis


On 6/14/2018 11:33, John wrote:

On 6/14/2018 01:26, John Francis wrote:

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 10:26:43PM -0400, John wrote:
Acrobat Reader DC is crap. I don't need no F** cloud to read a 
PDF file.
IN FACT, it is counter-productive! Why can't the idiots leave well 
enough

alone?


You don't have to use any of the cloud features - I only use it for 
viewing

and printing local PDF files.



Don't have to use them, but I've been having to fight my way through 
them to get to my PDF files. Couldn't find any way to shut the 
unwanted crap off so it would just open the file for me to see it.


I have uninstalled it and managed to find a copy of Acrobat Reader XI, 
which while no longer supported, does allow me to open my PDF 
documents right into reading mode.


I don't have to plow through a bunch of unwanted "features" before I 
can get to my document.






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Re: Christmas in Paradise

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Merry Christmas to ALL from a Happy Lurker

Thank you all for advice and guidance throughout the year.

God Bless you and your families

On 12/24/2017 15:34, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

On Dec 24, 2017, at 5:16 PM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:

On 24/12/17, PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com, discombobulated, unleashed:


Merry Christmas in Paradise to you all...
Christmas in Paradise - Mary Gauthier
https://youtu.be/fwmM5hUkaLE

Brilliant song - we were listening to that on the Bob Harris Country show 
Thursday evening. My Mrs loves Mary Gauthier.

Happy Christmas to you Jeffery :-)

+1
Happy Christmas and whatever from the friendly city of Cork!

G
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No matter where you go, there you are.



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Re: Please donate to the cause

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Done.  Many thanks.  Enjoy...


On 3/25/2017 12:28, Doug Brewer wrote:
I appreciate all the support you folks cough up. I know it's a hassle 
and I'm not really relevant around here, only popping up now and again 
to ask for money, but we've run short on funds the last couple of 
months. I've covered it, but need some help.


So please, when you can, surf over to www.pdml.net and toss some bread 
into the cup.


Thanks loads,

Doug




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Re: Boston

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I remember Jimmy's Harborside  along with Steuben's/The Cave, 
Durgin-Park ...  a long time ago.



On 2/3/2017 10:38, Gonz wrote:

I miss the "old Boston" seafood restaurants around the foodie pier.
Anthony's Pier 4 and Johnny's Harborside Inn were fantastic.  Johnny's
Harborside Inn in particular was great, and a favorite hangout of John
F Kennedy and his mafia buddies to boot.  They apparently closed down
during the Great Recession.


On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Gonz  wrote:

Legals has very good "chowdah".  It seems to vary by location.  The
one near MIT in Kendall square seems to be very good consistently
(when I have been there).  But I think that Union is a notch above the
rest, must be some secret ingredient!  The historic atmosphere is
definitely better, but it can be rather touristy in the summer.


On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 5:28 PM, John Francis  wrote:

On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 12:50:03PM -0600, Gonz wrote:

Yum, Union Oyster House... Been there a few times when I lived there.
Some of the best Lobster, and for sure the best clam chowder.

Legal Seafood afficionados might challenge that claim ...


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Re: digitizing 8mm film with K1?

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Not sure how relevant this is but a a few years ago I picked up a Sony 
VHS to DVD converter (not very expensive) and  let one of son's who had 
time on his hands convert our VHS tapes to DVD...quite easily as I 
recall ... reasonable, certainly acceptable quality.   Sent our PAL 
tapes from our decade or so in 'Oz out for commercial 
conversion...results were quite good.


We sent our 8mm out and results were acceptable as there was a fair 
amount of degradation and it took a bit of restoration to get to 
"acceptable."  Also, they took good care of fragility that developed on 
some tapes.


Otis


On 11/27/2016 11:56, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 27/11/16, Zos Xavius, discombobulated, unleashed:


$2 a minute seems pretty reasonable really. I love the 8mm to 5d
capture idea though. That makes me want to go make one and offer
capture services myself lol.

Far fewer old 8mm movies around that someone might need transferring -
perhaps more of a business opportunity would be offering a service to
transfer old VHS home movies to digital files. All you need is a HVS
player and an analogue-to-digital converter and some decent editing
software and you're away!




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Re: OT: Magnificent Moscow Metro

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Always impressed by the Metro.  Looks a bit more impressive in your pics 
than it did when I was first introduced to/ used the Metro about 40 
years ago during a couple of of four-week visits to Moscow...


Otis Wright

On 10/4/2016 16:42, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

When we were in Russia, 20 years ago, I was quite impressed by the beauty
of the Moscos Metro stations, and the steep, speedy and thrilling escalator
rides down to the stations.

I don't have any decent images from back then, but here are a few someone
else took and posted:

http://themetapicture.com/moscow-metro-stations-are-magnificent/

Dan Matyola
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Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

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Looked into a somewhat  similar requirement awhile back.  After having 
variable results with USB adapters on other projects, I looked for SCSI 
adapter cards which seemed promising.  In the end, I shipped the whole 
job to a contractor, so I didn't purchase an adapter.   However, they 
looked promising if you happen to have a spare slot in your computer.  
Following link came up in quick search a few minutes ago:


http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00dUvF

Regards...

Otis

On 8/13/2016 7:45 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

Hi Listers

I have an old but possibly still useful Nikon LS-1000 film scanner with
a SCSI connection.

Is there anything readily available on the market that would allow me to
connect the scanner to either USB or FireWire on a recent Mac computer?

Thanks




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Re: Bob Sullivan?

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Class year at MIT??

Otis  '64


On 5/10/2016 10:30 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:

I don't know where I went wrong, but it wasn't a problem before.
I've been reading some emails from MIT classmates.
Maybe they got me into this situation.
Regards,  Bob S.

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Gonz  wrote:

He's prolly having the same problem with posting that I do. You have
to make sure that you select "Plain Text" from the drop down menu
before composing your email.


On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Rick Womer  wrote:

I emailed Bob and replied that he is alive and "mostly" well.

He says he's been having some trouble getting gmail to play nicely
with the list, so a few attempts at posting have been in vain.

Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW


On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:

Bob last submitted to February PUG:
http://pug.komkon.org/16feb/slides/BS-8IMGP3018_ed-1.html
But his last posting to the list is dated October 27, 2015.

Ghm...


Mon May 9 16:20:43 EDT 2016 Larry Colen wrote:

Interesting, I also recently realized that we hadn't heard from him in a
while.

On May 9, 2016 1:06:37 PM PDT, Mark Roberts 
wrote:

Rick Womer wrote:


Has anyone heard from him?

Usually he's an enthusiastic early adopter, and the K-1 has been out a
few days without a peep.


I was wondering the same thing. This is the first year he hasn't sent
in a photo for the book.



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Support the PDML

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Now might be a good time to remind you to throw some cash into the 
PDML kitty, since it is currently as empty as campaign promises.




Done.

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Re: OT: Monitor Specs

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

May not be applicable here, but a few months ago I ran into a limit on 
how many display port to DVI adapters an AMD card would drive.


Otis Wright

On 4/27/2016 9:31 AM, Mark C wrote:
I think I already have the cables that I need, so hopefully I am OK. 
An irony about my current setup is that both monitors are using 
adapters. The one with the VGA port is connected to the card's sole 
DVI port with an adapter, and the one with a DVI port is connected to 
the HDMI port on the card, again with an adapter. I could not easily 
locate an HDMI to VGA or DIsplayPort to VGA adapter locally and wound 
up with this setup.


On 4/26/2016 10:12 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:



Mark,

It mihgt be obvious, but just in case: make sure you have chosen 
which connection would be common for your video card and the monitor.

Dealing with adapters is possible but could be an extra headache.

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Re: PDML: Where are you located? (Lurkers also welcome to reply.)

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Yes, a County Boy.   Left the farm for college in '58 and never spent 
much time in The County (or Maine) after that.  Captured by the bright 
city lights...  Visited Bangor and Orono  now and then as a teenager.  
Not much after that.


Enjoy.

Otis

On 4/16/2016 10:26 AM, ann sanfedele wrote:

Oh my - aMainiac, an Aroostokian..
I lived in Orono for 3 years - worked at the U (mostly at the-then- 
new computer ) center while -then- husband persued Forestry degree
pre-photography days - wayway back... those three years in Maine had a 
profound effect on the rest of my life in multiple ways. A-yah.


ann

On 4/15/2016 11:33 PM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:

No...'tater farmer from Maine.

On 4/15/2016 1:51 PM, John wrote:

Any relation to those other Dayton Ohio Wrights?

On 4/14/2016 4:54 PM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:

Dayton, Ohio, area

Otis Wright

On 4/14/2016 10:07 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
I'm curious as to where in the world PDML people are located. A 
few of

you I may know (or know approximately) but this thread would be a
handy way for people to just hit "reply" and provide their
region/city/country. One practical use: It might help all of us to
know where prospective meet-ups might be scheduled when traveling,
etc.

As you may know I'm in South-Central Nebraska U.S. - near Grand 
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Sorry, Annthe "train to" walked right by me.   Only been in the area 
a couple of years.   However, you piqued my curiosity and Wikipedia 
brightened me up a bit on Morrow for a good laugh.  Never been on that 
train.  Bit of train travel in Jersey Shore-NYC area, Europe, and 'Oz, 
but not out this way


Enjoy...

Otis

On 4/15/2016 3:38 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
More Importantly  (to me that is) , any relation to my (sadly deceased 
since 1980) friend,, poet James Wright - of Martins Ferry ?


and on another subject, Have you ever taken the train to Morrow ?-)

ann

On 4/15/2016 1:51 PM, John wrote:

Any relation to those other Dayton Ohio Wrights?

On 4/14/2016 4:54 PM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:

Dayton, Ohio, area

Otis Wright

On 4/14/2016 10:07 AM, Darren Addy wrote:

I'm curious as to where in the world PDML people are located. A few of
you I may know (or know approximately) but this thread would be a
handy way for people to just hit "reply" and provide their
region/city/country. One practical use: It might help all of us to
know where prospective meet-ups might be scheduled when traveling,
etc.

As you may know I'm in South-Central Nebraska U.S. - near Grand 
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No relation.  Family traces back to New Brunswick, Canada

Otis


On 4/15/2016 3:38 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
More Importantly  (to me that is) , any relation to my (sadly deceased 
since 1980) friend,, poet James Wright - of Martins Ferry ?


and on another subject, Have you ever taken the train to Morrow ?-)

ann

On 4/15/2016 1:51 PM, John wrote:

Any relation to those other Dayton Ohio Wrights?

On 4/14/2016 4:54 PM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:

Dayton, Ohio, area

Otis Wright

On 4/14/2016 10:07 AM, Darren Addy wrote:

I'm curious as to where in the world PDML people are located. A few of
you I may know (or know approximately) but this thread would be a
handy way for people to just hit "reply" and provide their
region/city/country. One practical use: It might help all of us to
know where prospective meet-ups might be scheduled when traveling,
etc.

As you may know I'm in South-Central Nebraska U.S. - near Grand 
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No...'tater farmer from Maine.

On 4/15/2016 1:51 PM, John wrote:

Any relation to those other Dayton Ohio Wrights?

On 4/14/2016 4:54 PM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:

Dayton, Ohio, area

Otis Wright

On 4/14/2016 10:07 AM, Darren Addy wrote:

I'm curious as to where in the world PDML people are located. A few of
you I may know (or know approximately) but this thread would be a
handy way for people to just hit "reply" and provide their
region/city/country. One practical use: It might help all of us to
know where prospective meet-ups might be scheduled when traveling,
etc.

As you may know I'm in South-Central Nebraska U.S. - near Grand Island.









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Dayton, Ohio, area

Otis Wright

On 4/14/2016 10:07 AM, Darren Addy wrote:

I'm curious as to where in the world PDML people are located. A few of
you I may know (or know approximately) but this thread would be a
handy way for people to just hit "reply" and provide their
region/city/country. One practical use: It might help all of us to
know where prospective meet-ups might be scheduled when traveling,
etc.

As you may know I'm in South-Central Nebraska U.S. - near Grand Island.




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Re: #@!#!^$%@ Computers!!!

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After some years of investigating damage attributed to power anomalies 
during power restoration, it is my opinion that here in the USA, it is a 
good idea to leave the power to the computer (and other electric units)  
disconnected/off until power is restored and stabilized.  I use drop out 
relays and/or ups systems with computers.


Otis



On 11/3/2015 4:34 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:


Many (most?) desktops since probably late 1990s/early 2000s have an 
option in the BIOS that enables starting upon power loss/detecting power.


I've used this feature for many years with the computer, monitor and 
other related devices all connected to one surge protector. With a 
flip of a single switch you turn on all of them and have the computer 
booting up.


HTH,

Igor

John Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:05:42 -0800 wrote:

...
've been bringing network resources up as I need them and finally got 
around to the printer next to the Photoshop computer just now, I found 
that the computer was already switched on. Hadn't noticed it because 
the monitor was still turned off.



Since I didn't switch it on, what did?

...






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Re: What does everyone now use?

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I traveled the WordStar-WordPefect route.  Still use WordPerfect (X6) 
today.   Like the reveal codes and -- for me -- the ease of mixing 
pictures and graphics with text in reports.   Also use Word a lot for 
client work.


Otis

On 3/25/2015 12:09 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote:

On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:21:51 +1100
Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:


I liked Wordperfect - as a DOS wordprocessor it was extremely
powerful.  Never tried Word for DOS, though. Once Windows 3 arrived
Word trumped just about everything else.  Wordperfect just took too
long to make the transition.

i quite liked wordperfect too on DOS. extremely powerful and it was a
quite a transition from something else called wordstar. circa 1991, my
doctoral thesis was written using wordperfect. a little after windows
came and conquered, i switched to linux.

~subash





Quoting John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au:


First WP software I used was WordPerfect - the name tells a lie,
it was an absolute nightmare to use
compared with Word, when Word arrived I switched in a heartbeat!
I also used Lotus WordPro, not as
good as Word in some ways but had advantages in others - like
allowing me to define a custom
envelope size before Microsoft acknowledged sizes other than
American.  Sill use it for some
purposes - you can tell it was well-written software when it was
created in 1997 and still works on
Windows 7.








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Re: OT 2015 Macbook - Engineer's perspective

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Have this set.  Agree.  Real handy...

Otis

On 3/24/2015 8:23 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 24/3/15, Charles Robinson, discombobulated, unleashed:


Ah yes, BUT: Tri-Wing screwdrivers.  For some ridiculous reason.

Everyone on this list **needs** one of these..

https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/54-Bit-Driver-Kit/IF145-022-1

Best value I've come across and top quality tools. SUPERB.

European link:

http://eustore.ifixit.com/en/Tools/Toolkits/54-Bit-Driver-Kit-Standard-
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Re: Where is everyone?

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

I  found the PDML via a Pentax site search in the early 90s. Always 
enjoyed the flame wars---some of them anyway, but never enough time to 
read all the messages back then.


Stated with Kodak brownies in grade school.  Graduated to an Argus C3 in 
High School.   Picked up a Petri () in college.  In 1968, when my 
career started taking me to many foreign destinations, I picked up a 
Spotmatic along at 28mm and 135mm lens.  In 1974, I picked up a 
Spotmatic F (which I still have, its been rebuilt a couple times) no 
change in lenses.   In the 90s, I picked up a 300mm and 100mm Macro, 
some other odds and ends, and a couple of ESIIs on ebay while the F was 
in the hospital, which I'll probably give away one of these days.


I went digital early in the 2000s with a Coolpix 990 followed by a 5000, 
two 8400s and finally a 7700.  Still have all but the 5000, which wore 
out.I found that the small size and reasonable price of these fit 
well into the field work environment I used them for---need for mobility 
made it hard to carry a large bag of equipment, leaving anything 
unattended risked damage and/or theft. I also found that I very much  
like the Nikon Speedlight flash system.  I currently have a couple of 
SB800s.


Am currently toying with the idea of picking up a K3 for existing light 
work and to possible get to use a few of my old Pentax lenses again.  
Drawback is size, need to go to a new flash system, and much less field 
work where I really needed better existing light capability.


Otis Wright

On 3/19/2015 10:41 AM, Alan C wrote:
I found the PDML via Bojidar Dimitrov's k-mount pages. He gives a 
glowing recommendation.


Alan C

-Original Message- From: Mark Roberts
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 2:53 PM
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Subject: Re: Where is everyone?

Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML?
(Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.)

I probably found out about the PDML from the Pentax official web site,
way back when the PDML was actually run by Pentax. But I'm wondering
how *anyone* would even learn of the PDML's existence these days.




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Re: Surgery day for Doug Brewer

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Good to hear you are on the mend   Wishing you a speedy and full 
recovery   Sleep well...


Otis  Wright
On 8/27/2014 1:43 PM, Doug Brewer wrote:

hi kids, yes, i'm now home with an exceedingly tender mid-section,
instructions not top operate heavy machinery, and a few unfairly itchy
incisions. My current plans include much sleep.

Thank you all for the good thoughts, and please go get yourself checked.

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 11:55 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote:

On 26 August 2014 20:50, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:

I've been in a delete-without-reading frenzy, so may have missed something - 
has there been any further news?

You just earned yourself another Mark!

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Re: OT - Video Test Online - Any buffering?

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No problems.  6MBS DSL testing at just over 5MBS.   Win   7, Dell XPS, 
Firefox


Otis Wright

On 4/25/2014 10:04 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

Hi Team

I have a client who is telling me they have buffering issues when they
view video online. It is likely their connection speed, but just for
clarity, if anyone would care to spend a minute or two having a quick
look at each of the three videos listed below, could you tell me if you
have any stuttering or buffering during play?

If you do, could you tell me your average download internet speed as far
as you know?


MANY thanks. It should be obvious in the first few seconds of play if
there is an issue


https://vimeo.com/user2607591/review/91521879/faa187a9a7

https://vimeo.com/user2607591/review/91518072/868b3b4714

https://vimeo.com/user2607591/review/91515915/d25d3626f9


password in all cases is: chiro






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Re: K3 card failure

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On 3/2/2014 8:53 PM, Bill wrote:

On 02/03/2014 7:39 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com 
wrote:

On 02/03/2014 6:22 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:


BTW, sadly I lost the content of that damaged formating card. I
could see the images when the card was in the K-3 but nothing I did
allowed me to extract that data, even over a USB cable. I was sorely
pissed off.


If the camera could read them, did you try to process the files in 
camera

and have it write to new files which might be usable??


I'm not even aware of that capability. I never muck about with shots
in-camera. Would have been worth trying if I could coerce the camera
to copy the file from the bad card to a 2nd one.

But if it only writes back to the same card this wouldn't have helped
as the Mac refused to have anything to do with the card at all. Which
itself is unusual as repairing damaged formating has always been
supported for USB sticks and floppies, etc.

Rob, you should try this processing trick if it can be done.


Also, would it be better to replace both cards at the same time 
rather than

just one?


I only had a single brand new SanDisk 32Gig 45mb/s Extreme (like
Rob's) to start with, which is the one that experienced this problem.
I bought a second identical one, formatted both in camera, and have
been using them together without a hitch since. I wasn't about to toss
the card considering the price and that it was likely only a soft
formatting issue of some kind. But by enabling dual-write I figured I
was safe to continue going to see what would happen.



The other dumb question, of course, is can the files be transferred by 
plugging the camera directly into a computer?


bill


Does the value justify use of data recovery service?

Otis

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Re: It's that time of year

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Done

Many thanks...

From the quiet side

Otis

On 1/29/2014 9:56 PM, Doug Brewer wrote:
For the bi-annual fund drive to keep the PDML going for another while. 
Please visit the PDML home page and drop a few drachmas* in the till. 
the masses will sing songs of your heroism in the days to come.


Much love,

Doug, List Guy and keeper of fundage, payer of billage.

*not really. Use US funds.




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Re: K 7 taking a long time to write to card and

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

On the plus side, I have always been able reach product support at Adobe 
much quicker than most, bet resolutions faster, and they have released 
software to run on another PC while I was travelling very quickly really 
helping me out of a bind.  I'm not that displeased with the Adobe.  
Roxio and HP are giving me a little trouble right now in the are of 
taking over the computer when they shouldn't.  Have to look into that


Otis

On 4/2/2010 5:55 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

Joseph McAllister wrote:

   

On Apr 1, 2010, at 07:51 , P. J. Alling wrote:

 

On 4/1/2010 7:34 AM, Doug Franklin wrote:
   

On 2010-04-01 3:31, mike wilson wrote:

 

Yes but Adobe just doesn't.
   

That's why, Content Aware Fill or not, I'll think long and hard
before dropping the money for the updated Photoshop.  Adobe has a
particularly nasty belief that they own my computer and can do
whatever they want ... well, I'll stop there. :-)

 

As I've  said before Adobe is the Microsoft of imaging software.
   

Beautifully put, Mr. Alling!
 

They're worse: Microsoft maintains a really quite remarkable degree of
backwards compatibility. But when Photoshop CS5 comes out you can be
sure that subsequent versions of Camera Raw will be deliberately
crippled so as to *not* work in CS4 and earlier.


   


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Re: Sick of cheap scans

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Logic doesn't quite match my limited experience

Otis Wright

On 3/19/2010 10:36 AM, Nick Wright wrote:

Isn't that a bit like saying there's no reason to play a real piano if
you're going to record it digitally? You might as well use a digital
piano, right?

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:32 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote:
  

- Original Message - From: Nick Wright
Subject: Re: Sick of cheap scans




I keep trying to go digital, but I just can't.
  
I just love film.
  

There isn't a lot of reason to shoot film if you are going to scan it.

William Robb

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Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest,

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Not more stupid, just showed them up for what they really were.  And the 
process continues...



On 2/27/2010 12:54 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

From: P. J. Alling
The world did change after 9/11 but it didn't make governments any 
less stupid.


Sure seems to have made some other people a whole lot more stupid though.



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Re: OT: Need recommendation for computer video card

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

I'm running ATI Radeon 4850 with two wide screen 24 inch displays 
currently under W7 64-bit with no problems whatsoever.  Quite happy with 
the set up.   Have connected other screens including CRTs over the year 
I've had the system.  I haven't calibrated  the color yet on this system 
as I'm using another system for most of my photo/imaging work.  Next 
years challenge is to move everything over to the W7 computer.  Also, I 
am thinking of adding another ATI unit early in the New Year. 


Otis Wright

Mark Roberts wrote:

I want to set my computer up for dual monitors so it's time to upgrade
my video card. I'm looking for one with dual DVI outputs and that can
support two decent-sized monitors (a 24 widescreen and a 21
widescreen).

Any suggestions/recommendations?


  


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Re: Just a note - NOT re: HDD failures- should be not be a problem -unless you, dont expect them

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Likewise..   No problems here..

Otis Wright

Paul Stenquist wrote:

The posts look fine to me. No extra lines on my system.

On Feb 14, 2009, at 11:44 AM, JC OConnell wrote:


hmm...not when I see/edit or get them, I certainly am not adding them on
purpose...

JC O'Connell
hifis...@gate.net

-Original Message-
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
John Sessoms
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 11:14 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
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-unless you, dont expect them



Are you aware that all of your posts now appear to have something like
90 carriage returns/line feeds/blank lines appended to the end of them?

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Re: Keeping gear from being stolen

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Have heard some good things about Creative Home Engineering.  However 
they may be more into turnkey and parts.  http://www.hiddenpassageway.com/


Otis Wright

Larry Colen wrote:

My house got burglarized three times. I don't know who did it the
first time, but I'm sure that it was some (probably homeless) friends
of my ex-wife, shortly after we split up. Much of the story is in
usenet archives for alt.peeves if you're interested in that sordid
tale. 


The last two times, a year apart, much more recently were by a kid I
had hired to do some work for me (basically the stepson of a friend)
shortly before the first time. He got busted the second time because
he tried selling CDs with my initials on them and the store called the
cops. 


After the first time he ripped me off, I installed locks on a couple
of interior doors. That is what saved my cameras that time. They were
in a locked room and he apparantly didn't want to take the time to
kick the door in. Sometimes, that is all it takes.

I'm in the process of doing some fairly major work on the house. When
I'm done, I will have a locking closet/server room. I plan on paneling
the walls in such a way that when the door is closed, it may not be
perfectly hidden, but chances are that unless you're looking for a
door, you won't notice it.

Speaking of that project, anybody have weblinks for a good source of
concealed hinges? In addition to that door, I'd like to replace the
hole in the floor where my fireplace hearth used to be with a trap
door with hidden hinges and latch.

  


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At least you get something back.  My last five messages to the list went 
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what I did, but .



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NOW IT WORKS  Go figure

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Re: gatherings

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Same for me...

Otis Wright

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
 I'm about an hour and a half away by train.  Depending on the day and
 time, I would try to make it.

 Dan M

 On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
 Cotty wrote:
   I fancy an NYPDML - anyone keen?
  
   Dates I can make:
  
   week of October 13
  
   week of November 17

 Rick Womer wrote:

 
 Re gatherings:  An NYPDML sounds great; the weekend of Oct 11-12
 would work.  I'm working the following weekend, and will be in the UK
 the weeks of Nov 10 and 17.

   
 The 11th and 12th sound good to me if Cotty is going to be there that
 early.  Otherwise, I can pretty much free up any weekend.  I'm going to
 assume (this will probably bite me in the ass) that since Norm actually
 lives there, he'll be able to make it.  Plus, there's Ann, so that makes
 4 or 5.  Anyone heard from Amita?  I feel like I'm missing someone.  Who
 else is in/near NYC?

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Re: Camera Bag for Travel Kit

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Ah, yes.  Brings back great  memories.  Had offices on Albert Road for 
many years and spent a bit of time visiting good friends in  Middle 
Park  -- living in Sydney at that  time.  Not sure returning to the NYC 
was such a great move in the general scheme of things.

Otis Wright

Anthony Farr wrote:
 Bob, 
 Good to see that you haven't lost your grasp on Aussie badinage.  BTW there
 was a minor typo in your message.  I'm certain you must have intended, who
 totally knows all stuff when you wrote, who knows totally stuff all.
 It's a crime how mail readers make erroneous auto-corrections behind our
 backs ;-)

 FWIW I've been a regular visitor to Melbourne for almost 40 years, since my
 teens.  I have a pretty fair idea what it's like.  Melbourne braggadocio can
 be wearing, though, in a way that only the residents of Australia's other
 cities can appreciate.  Just recently I had to listen to a one eyed
 Melbournian assert that Australia's best beaches are guess where?
 Queensland's Gold Coast or Sunshine Coast?  Perth's glorious surfing
 beaches?  The north coast of New South Wales around Byron Bay?  No,
 Australia's best beaches are... (drum roll)in Melbourne of course.  Aaack.  

 Here's Melbourne's most famous beach:
 http://tinyurl.com/5dk3x7

 http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=qhl=engeocode=q=St+Kilda+Victoria+Austra
 liaie=UTF8ll=-37.868417,144.969578spn=0.030829,0.057335t=hz=14iwloc=ad
 dr

 Here are my neighbourhood beaches in Sydney, not even the most famous:
 http://tinyurl.com/62urno

 http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=qhl=engeocode=q=freshwater+beach+2096sl
 l=-25.335448,135.745076sspn=68.730338,117.421875ie=UTF8t=hll=-33.78143,1
 51.290836spn=0.032459,0.057335z=14

 Incredible.

 Yesterday a Sydney restaurant, Tetsuya's, made number 9 in a world's best
 restaurants list.  A few months ago a different list put Tetsuya's at number
 4 IIRC.  Nothing from Melbourne was anywhere close.  If only I got 5 cents
 every time I heard that Australia's best restaurants are in Melbourne, I'd
 be a rich man.

 Melbourne's not bad, it's nice.  My home city, Sydney, is by comparison a
 blousy old tart with petticoats rumpled and disarrayed.  Some of my most
 pleasing city scenes have been shot in Melbourne, however it's difficult to
 get a pleasing angle on Sydney that isn't already clichéd.

 But IMO, as someone in this corner of the world, Melbourne's creative scene
 is insufferably pretentious and arrogantly self-superior.  And not as good
 as it claims.  Sputnikagency isn't remarkably bad, it's typical.

 Regards,
 Anthony Farr.


   
 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
 Bob W
 Sent: Wednesday, 23 April 2008 6:25 AM
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 Subject: RE: Camera Bag for Travel Kit

 [snipped: totally biased and 1100% totally and utterly untrue and
 totally unjust rant against the pearl of Australian cities and its
 gentle folk obviously by some total drongo who knows totally stuff all
 and nothing about culchah or totally fine places and people]

 
  An
 Australian joke is that
   
 the best thing to come out of Melbourne is the road.
 
 2nd best, actually.

 Bob (born there)



 


   


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Re: Thank Doug B.

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Doug Brewer wrote:
 On Jan 19, 2008, at 1:08 PM, Ken Waller wrote:

   
 If you can read this thank Doug Brewer.
 

 No, no, thank your teachers.

   
Unfortunately, all that I remember have passed on.  Unfortunately, there 
were quite a few that I didn't get to thank---for letting me 
live...  A sentiment not shared by many of my contemporaries 
..

Oh, and by the way, THANKS DOUG

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Re: 15 Volt Battery for flash bulbs

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Radio Shack offers the Eveready 504 15volt online.

Otis Wright

Brian Walters wrote:
 Hi all

 Scott's thread on flash bulbs got me wondering about trying some bulbs and 
 flash cubes that I've stashed away.  I've thought about this before but I've 
 never been able to find any of the 15 volt batteries that are needed to fire 
 them.

 Anyone know of an online source - or even if they are still available?


 Cheers

 Brian

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Re: Don't want to sound too alarmist but...

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I'm not sure rose whatever help that much  Basic front office 
management philosophy/attitudes discourage interest in forays into 
somewhat (possible?) lucrative niche markets.Also,  it seems to me 
that in the last decade or so, soft support and distribution costs have 
started to swamp out basic product adaptive development, which could 
make potential profits from such programs hard to demonstrate after 
discounting for risk.  Just  a few  thoughts from the bleachers.   My 
guess is that such support is more likely to come from third 
party/second tier sources where business model often differs.

Personally, based on recent product support experience, I'm beginning to 
think that digital products in this arena will have a shorter life span 
than their manual /analog predecessors.  Just, one person's experience.

Otis Wright

David Savage wrote:

Paul sometimes I just love your rose coloured perspective.

Cheers,

Dave

On 5/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  

I would guess that if Pentax folds, someone will  make a K-mount body. The 
demand is built in. It would be easy, for example, for Sony to make a K-mount 
version of their camera. I can't see the huge installed base of Pentax gear 
being ignored. It's a bonanza for someone out there.
Paul
 -- Original message --
From: Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED]


On 21/05/07, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  

Rob,
I worked for a former UNIVAC computer salesman.
He always insisted on pointing out that the computers
the company used for daily order processing were not obsolete,
they were just superceded...the market had something newer/better.
That's how I feel about my Pentax gear.
You can supercede it, but making it obsolete will take time and effort.
And given the legacy glass out there, bodies will be made to fill the needs.
(Remember, the electronics guys don't make any money on the glass.
They want to sell more electronics, not glass.)


I agree to an extent though I suspect our DSLR bodies are a lot more
fragile and will be significantly less long lived than their film
brethren due to mechanical/electronic failure more than sheer
obsolescence. I really don't expect my lenses or any one else's to
become obsolescent over night, some I've had for over 20 years and I'd
hope that they'll be useful for at least that again. State of the art
bodies to mount them on would help though.
  


  


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Re: Anyone a member of NAPP?

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Joined NAPP for the magazine when I purchased Photoshop a few years 
ago.   Has been a great investment. The information for the most part 
seems to be of good quality, and my command of Photoshop features 
continues to benefit from the tutorials.

Have recovered a large portion of the investment from promotional 
discounts such as free shipping from BHPV which has been a major savings 
for me in recent years as my active camera inventory grew from 1 to 7.

Otis Wright

Paul Stenquist wrote:

I buy the magazine from time to time. It's quite expensive if you're  
not a member -- around $10 if memory serves me. But it's very  
informative.
Paul
On Mar 27, 2007, at 10:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  

In a message dated 3/27/2007 3:09:33 P.M.  Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Joining the NAPP is  worth it just for the magazine subscription  
and the
great tutorials that you  can get, sometimes discounted, sometimes  
only if
you're a member.  Plus  there are discounts on books and other such  
things.
Definitely worth the  $90.00 or so to join.

Shel

==
Thanks,  Shel.

Funny, I think may have asked this question before. And you were   
the only
one that answered before. Or a similar question -- about two years   
ago.

Maybe. Senior moment. Thx again.

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Re: OT - Hot Chocolate Recipe

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And what have you been putting in your Hot Choclate.

Otis Wright

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

This is a photography forum.  Let's not each be pushing our pet
politiclal/social causes and brand names.

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Re: Pop goes the K10D

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I'd say twice is the Magic number to trigger return.  Some intermittent 
shorts clear on the first shot especially those that happen in the first 
days.  The second occurrence indicates that didn't happen and one can 
expect the problem to recur --- very often damaging and/or substantially 
shortening the life of critical components.   I suggest trying for a 
replacement unless you are somehow convinced that they found and FIXED 
the problem. An intermittent can be/is tough to find and the  nature of 
the fault precludes one from a timely verification of the repair when 
the camera is returned.I'd try for  replacement  on the basis of  
manufacturing/design defect etc., etc., etc. or whatever.

Good Luck.

Otis Wright

Doug Franklin wrote:

David Weiss wrote:

  

Okay, so what happened?  Any electrical engineers out there who can help 
me sort things out?  Anyone else have this happen?  This is actually the 
second time this has happened, the first being the very first time I 
tried the camera.  Has been fine until today.  Anyone think I should 
send it in for a looksee?



It sounds like there's an intermittent short in it somewhere.  I'd send
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Re: Christmas enablement?

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Appears to be slightly cheaper at BH Photo Video..?

Otis Wright

Amita Guha wrote:

On 12/27/06, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  

I bought a 2gig hispeed card from APO for my K10D.



Mydigitaldiscount is having a sale on Sandisk Extreme III CF cards -
$60 for a 2GB after rebate
http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/s.nl/it.A/id.650/.f?sc=2category=477

and $109 for a 4GB after rebate
http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/s.nl/it.A/id.651/.f?sc=2category=477

I just ordered one of them because I was so impressed with the
performance of the Sandisk Extreme III SD card I just got. It cut the
write speed on my D-Lux 3 by 75%.

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Re: OT: Monitor Advice

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

I have three Dell Ultrasharps (19) running here: two on this system and 
one on a nearby backup system.   They do what they are supposed to 
producing crisp readable displays.   Have not idea how they stack up 
with competition, but I am quite satisfied with them.  I don't do gaming 
:-) .  I suspect that that applications has its own set of graphic 
requirements, so I can't offer any help in that direction.

Otis Wright

Joseph Tainter wrote:

Can anyone recommend a good, 19 lcd monitor. It is not for photography, 
but for my son, who is a gamer. I'm not having much luck getting good 
online reviews. Within reason I'll buy something high quality.

Thanks,

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OT: Pelican 1510 as Carry on

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

I am considering the Pelican 1510 for use as a carry-on case (for air 
travel) that will provide good protection if circumstances require the 
case to travel as checked luggage.   Contents will be laptop/laptop 
accessories/backup camera/camera accessories.  For the most part, I 
carry primary camera(s) in briefcase.

Interested in comments from anyone who has used this case as a carry-on 
or as checked luggage.  Primarily looking for problems you may have 
encountered  and alternate choices of about same size.

Secondarily, also looking for a case maybe two thirds the size of the 
1510, same application but less equipment.

Thanks is advance.

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Re: OT: Your first camera

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Had two Brownie Hawkeye's 49 (at the age of 8) - 58,  added argus 
C-3/C-4 around 54-55.  Replaced that lot with Petri ?? in 58, moved on 
to Pentax Spotmatics in 68.  Picked up a Spotmatic F in 74, which I 
still have and use along with a couple ESII's and more recently three 
Nikon digitals (990/5000/8400) mostly for field work. 

Otis Wright

Tom C wrote:

My first camera was a Brownie Hawkwye.  I was 8 or 9.  Probably the summer 
of 1969.  I thought it was cool!

At the time my Dad bought me mostly BW film.  Of course I didn't realize I 
started out in photography shooting medium format BW!

I didn't, but my Dad did, get some pretty decent pictures with the same 
model camera.  In particular, I remember him setting the camera on the roof 
of our Renault 10 and taking a long exposure shot of Mt. Shasta in 
California at sunset.  It turned out pretty good.

Thanks for making me reminisce about such a fine memory!

Tom C.



Original Message Follows
From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: OT: Your first camera
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:29:37 +0200

Foregive me if you had this thread before.
I believe it's kinda fun to look back, especially if it involves pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/269112157/
My first camera was a Agfa Clack. I believe it was 1958 or 1959. 20 years
befor I got my first Pentax: An MX - that was in 1981.
Regards

Jens Bladt
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Re: OT: Pelican 1510 as Carry on

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Thank you Bob, John, Godfrey, and Rob.  

Rob,  I'll have a look at UK product.   I use a lot of the small pelican 
boxes and have been quite impressed with them. 

Have a good week.

Otis

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

The Pelican 1510 is just about the precise dimensions given me by  
United's travel assistance center as being their limit for carry-on  
luggage. I've had no problems using it as carry on luggage to date.

http://www.pelican.com/cases_detail.php?Case=1510

You don't say what kind of smaller case you want, but if you want  
another Pelican like case, check out their website.

Godfrey

On Oct 15, 2006, at 8:59 PM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:

  

I am considering the Pelican 1510 for use as a carry-on case (for air
travel) that will provide good protection if circumstances require the
case to travel as checked luggage.   Contents will be laptop/laptop
accessories/backup camera/camera accessories.  For the most part, I
carry primary camera(s) in briefcase.

Interested in comments from anyone who has used this case as a  
carry-on
or as checked luggage.  Primarily looking for problems you may have
encountered  and alternate choices of about same size.

Secondarily, also looking for a case maybe two thirds the size of the
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Re: OT: joys and woes of new computer - couple of questions

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

And... why is that. ;-)

graywolf wrote:

Anyone who uses Internet Explorer deserves to be exploited!

  


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Re: OT: joys and woes of new computer - couple of questions

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Truth ;-)

Otis

Ann Sanfedele wrote:

Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:
  

And... why is that. ;-)

graywolf wrote:



Anyone who uses Internet Explorer deserves to be exploited!



  

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If you have to ask. :)

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Re: dudes, I'm getting a DELL

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Good to hear the computer is now operational.  I sure you'll enjoy the 
new one.  I've been pleased with my Dell units. Bit of effort 
configuring them to personal taste, but the improved performance is a 
great reward.

Good luck

Otis Wright

Ann Sanfedele wrote:

YOu didn't have to reassure me on that - I doubled my Ram
about a year ago to 512 and
saw it.  

Meanwhile - thank goodness, my young techie showed up we got
the USB ports back up
So now I don't have an excuse for not working :) 

I'm supposed to get the new baby on Tuesday...

I hope the regular UPS guy is on duty cause he knows me and
there is a chance
it will actually get delivered then. 

thank goodness for credit cards
ann




__

keith_w wrote:
  

Ann Sanfedele wrote:


Update --
I called 'em back and asked for the 1 gig of ram - it was
another $50
  

You'll just have to take my word for it...you will NEVER be unhappy you got
extra RAM!
Without except I know about, all computers run more smoothly the more RAM they
have!
Pay attention some day to folks that only have 250 or 500 MB.

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Re: OT - Freelance Life, Here I Come

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Shel Belinkoff wrote:

There are benefits to the independent contractor as well.  It's not a
one-sided proposition.  A number of friends have been independent
contractors with major corporations.  One just recently accepted regular
employment, and while we didn't discuss her situation in detail, she made
it clear that there were some downsides to her new position.  She has to
work more regular hours; her take-home pay is less; she has to work
assignments that she doesn't care for ...sure, she gets medical benefits,
but she was easily able to pay for that from her IC income, and had a wider
choice of doctors to choose from with her own plan.  Now she's tied in to
her company's plan.  After carefully weighing the options, she decided to
become an employee.  That works for her.

Another friend is, and has been, an IC for another major corp.  He prefers
to stay an IC even though he's been offered regular employment.  It's
interesting to note that his wife works at the same company, and when she
was offered the opportunity to be an employee, she took it.  The benefits
to her outweighed the downside that her husband saw.

It's not so simple.

At one point I had 32 IC's working for my company.  None - not a single one
- wanted to be a regular employee, all of them much preferring the
advantages they saw in remaining independent.
  


Couldn't resist having operated on both sides (currenlty on the IC 
bench): Maybe they just saw the deficiencies in what your company had to 
offer.  Fact is, Congress sets the advantage on many  for the employed 
and the employer.  Although the IC may preceive ssignificant advantages, 
the IC must be very careful to manage  to advantage if that person is  
to end up  even or better at the end of the day.  My experience is that 
a large number do not and are, in real terms, sometimes significantly 
disadvantaged as the sun sets.  Just my experience.

And while it's true that there are benefits that accrue to the company in
having independent contractors, there are also benefits to having those
people as employees as well.  It all depends on the situation, what's most
important to the parties involved, and individual values.

Shel



  

[Original Message]
From: Bob Shell 



  

What is the advantage of being an independent
contractor instead of an employee?



  

None.  The benefits are all to the employer.  All the years I  
worked for Shutterbug magazine they classed me as an independent  
contractor.  That means they didn't have to pay into unemployment or  
deal with payroll taxes, include me on company medical insurance, and  
so on.  It also means that when I voluntarily retired, there was no  
pension.





  


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Re: dudes, I'm getting a DELL

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

David J Brooks wrote:

Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

  

D Brooks wrote:



Quoting Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

  

David J Brooks wrote:


Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

  

Replace the 30-day trial versions of the stuff they try to foist on
you with free and better replacements. Get free antivirus from
www.avast.com


Is this something you recomend Mark. My NAV 2006 has really slowed my
machine down.

  

Norton and Symantec software exists solely to make life difficult. It
doesn't work, doesn't uninstall and doesn't let the machine work.


Tell me about it. To delete nav 2001 and install 2006, took a weekend.
  

Yep. That's why my advice for Dell buyers is to wipe the hard drive
immediately upon receiving the machine and reinstall the OS from
scratch. You get a nice clean install with which you can do anything
you want.



This of course, if one knows how to do this. I have never done the  
full delete c route, but i will quess its not overly difficult,  
keeping in mind my 10 thumbs.:-)

Dave
  


Just  a bit over the top.   I have four Dell systems  here (along with a 
few older IBM PC's that are mostly mothballed at this time).  Two have 
Symantec (Norton SW) ; two Have McAffee.  All have long term support 
contracts.  I haven't wiped the disks  and haven't encountered any 
situations that would suggest a cost/effective benefit in doing so.  I 
gave up playing with PC's about ten years ago, I just want a platform to 
run applications on.   My experience suggest changing the software 
configuration too much could result in grief from the support chain, but 
that is just my experience.   I haven't had any trouble adding software 
--- takes some time now and then, but it gets done.  

Each installation/user combo has limits and objectives that need to be 
factored into setting up and configuring the system software and support 
facilities.  My experience suggests some of the generalizations 
surfacing here are just a bit counterproductive.  IMHO...

Otis Wright

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Re: Battery chargers

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

C401FS has been a great field unit for me.   Lifesaver on long days in 
the field.  Also use it recharge batteries while traveling to site when 
I haven't had time (forgot) to top off some/all of my batteries. before 
departure.

Otis Wright

John Francis wrote:

My MAHA C401FS (charges 4 AAs, with individual circuitry for
each cell) comes with a car adapter as well.

http://www.thomas-distributing.com/mhc401fs_buy_international.php

On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 03:57:09PM -0700, Barry Rice wrote:
  

Hey Folks,

I'm planning an 8-day-ish trip to Glacier Montana, during which I'll be car
camping. I know that my *istDS will eat up my rechargeable AAs in a fraction
of this time. I'm looking at options, such as bringing lots and lots of
batteries, etc., but I'm wondering if there is a good AA recharger that
works off the power plug (cigarette lighter) in cars?
 
Cheers
 
Barry

P.S. I posted this question to the list earlier today but it was rejected.
Sorry if you see this twice.

Barry A. Rice, Ph.D.
Invasive Species Specialist
Global Invasive Species Initiative
The Nature Conservancy
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Re: Talk about crap

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

frank theriault wrote:

On 7/25/06, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  

I will defend the guys right to get up on a soap box, or write on the
Internet, but I do not think he should be given official sanction or tax
payer dollars to do so. Are we required to support every crackpot who
wishes to tell us about his hallucinations?



It rankles me that people use the not with my tax dollars argument
to try to muzzle academics whose views don't coincide with theirs.
  


And it rankles me to hear that academics deserve some special place in 
the universe.   I started out in acedemia in public funded projects and 
programs.   Later I  funded many college projects/programs world wide..  
It was not my general experience that academics derserve consideration 
in the public funding arena..  There are always exceptions, but, in my 
experience, the exceptions are seldom dependant on public funding to 
deliver their message. so to speak.  And, I will always defend a tax 
payer's previledge to offer guidance at to how public funds are spent  
... especially at the polls.   Of course, this is just one person's 
opinion..

Otis

I didn't realize that part of the deal with public funds going to
universities was to allow the public to set curriculum, or otherwise
tell profs what to say (or not to say).

In fact, I thought that tax dollars going to post-secondary
institutions was all about recognizing that the particular values and
freedoms of academia were worth preserving and promoting, not so that
the government or the people could use that funding as a platform to
promote personal or popular agendas or censor unpopular thoughts.

I guess I'm naive.

cheers,
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Re: Bad taste

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Had the opposite experience here,  Gave a crew that had been doing a 
good job with hammers a couple of air nailers and they proceeded to 
waste a half day an ruin a large amount of siding before we caught it 
and had to remove it all and start over.  

Have a great weekend...

Otis Wright

William Robb wrote:

- Original Message - 
From: graywolf 
Subject: Re: Bad taste



  

Of course someone who buys a hammer does not think that makes him a 
carpenter.



It took an air nailer to turn me into a carpenter..

William Robb


  


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Re: Bad taste

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

You'd think so, but when you find a large portion of the finished 
product punctured halfway --- and more through --- with the nailer 
voiding protective surfaces and waranty, you realize that there is at 
least some art to using a nailer too.   No problem was found with the 
hammer mounted product... I've always been impressed by 
the damage on can deliver missusing air powered tools.

Otis Wright

graywolf wrote:

My great uncle was an old time carpenter. He drove 16d nails with two 
hits. One to start it and one to drive it home. Using an air nailer is 
easier than learning how to use a hammer. I never have; you have to hit 
that nail absolutely true or it bends every time. That I know from 
experience. It takes me 3 or 4 hits to drive an 8d.

  


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Re: Bad taste

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

That almost does it, but actually there is a little adapter  you can put 
on some guns that allows you to set the depth you wish to drive to 
relative to the surface.   Takes care of variations in the product your 
dealing with to give very consitent results even if the operator goes to 
sleep .. or alsmost so. .   The point here is you have to ajdust it, and 
and use it.   However if you have never seen one ... need I say more.   
In hind site, we had a bit of fun with the contractor to pay for the 
rest of the misery.   Fortunately, everyone kept their heads through it 
all picking up responsibilities appropriately ... and we all had a bit 
of chuckle when it was all over ... at least that is the view from this 
seat... 
 
Otis Wright

graywolf wrote:

You have to set the air pressure for the product you are nailing. We 
used to use one set up to nail oak shipping pallets together (very high 
air pressure) it could shoot a nail completely through the steel side of 
the building from 100 feet away (of course you had to deliberately 
defeat the safety interlock to do that).

  


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Re: Fw: Analog versus Digital Shootout

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Thank you

Otis Wright

William Robb wrote:


For your enjoyment. I'm just the messenger..

William Robb

- Original Message - From: Brian Schneider Subject: Analog 
versus Digital Shootout





http://www.ales.litomisky.com/shootout/analogversusdigitalshootout.htm

Re: Suggestions for DVD Drive

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Writes all the various formats plus dual layer.   Internal drives do not 
.  Speed is better, but, for me, speed is not a big issue.  The various 
formats are.  I work with a wide range of devices using different 
formats and  formats vary amongst my clients.


Good luck,

Otis Wright



Shel Belinkoff wrote:


I've only one computer that can use an external DVD drive, and it's the
same computer for which I'm looking to upgrade the internal drive. What
about the Plextor makes it better than your internal drive?

Shel



 


[Original Message]
From: Otis C. Wright, Jr. 
   



 

Earlier this year, I purchased a Plextor PX-716UF --- and external 
drive  --- which,  to date, I am very impressed with.  I move it from 
computer to computer as required with out any problem.  I accepted 
various media without any problems. I like it better than any of the 
internal DVD drives that came with my computers.  If they make an 
equivalent internal unit, I'd surely recommend looking at it.  
   





 

Re: Suggestions for DVD Drive

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Earlier this year, I purchased a Plextor PX-716UF --- and external 
drive  --- which,  to date, I am very impressed with.  I move it from 
computer to computer as required with out any problem.  I accepted 
various media without any problems. I like it better than any of the 
internal DVD drives that came with my computers.  If they make an 
equivalent internal unit, I'd surely recommend looking at it.  


Otis Wright



Shel Belinkoff wrote:


My DVD drive is only a 4X drive and upgrading to something faster and newer
seems in order, especially now that the hard drives are almost full.

What's ~your~ suggestion for a high quality internal drive? What, if any,
software issues must be taken into account? I'd like to continue with the
current software which has served me well and seems to be very compatible
with my machine. The program is NTI and, unlike some other programs I used
on other machines, this one works perfectly and has never even hiccuped. If
software needs to be changed to accommodate a new drive, what suggestions
have you? 


Shel



 

Re: Suggestions for DVD Drive

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Should have read --- Early in 2005.  apologies

Otis Wright,

Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:

Earlier this year, I purchased a Plextor PX-716UF --- and external 
drive  --- which,  to date, I am very impressed with.  I move it from 
computer to computer as required with out any problem.  I accepted 
various media without any problems. I like it better than any of the 
internal DVD drives that came with my computers.  If they make an 
equivalent internal unit, I'd surely recommend looking at it. 
Otis Wright




Shel Belinkoff wrote:

My DVD drive is only a 4X drive and upgrading to something faster and 
newer

seems in order, especially now that the hard drives are almost full.

What's ~your~ suggestion for a high quality internal drive? What, if 
any,
software issues must be taken into account? I'd like to continue with 
the
current software which has served me well and seems to be very 
compatible
with my machine. The program is NTI and, unlike some other programs I 
used
on other machines, this one works perfectly and has never even 
hiccuped. If
software needs to be changed to accommodate a new drive, what 
suggestions

have you?
Shel



 

Re: Finally: 2005 PDML Quotations

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Sounds like feeding habit rather than maintaining skills      gives 
new meaning to pro :-D


Otis Wright

Rob Studdert wrote:


On 5 Jan 2006 at 7:59, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

 


Many of the better photogs shoot several rolls of 35mm per day just for
practice.  I know of one who religiously shot three rolls a day just to
keep his eye and reflexes sharp.  Another that I heard about was on
vacation for a month and bought about 1000 rolls to use during that period.
   



That's impressive, 1000 36exp films translates to a shot every 36.5 seconds in 
soild 12 hour days for the month.





Rob Studdert
HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA
Tel +61-2-9554-4110
UTC(GMT)  +10 Hours
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/
Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998


 

Re: Best M42 Camera?

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

frank theriault wrote:


On 11/3/05, Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 


My choice is the Spotmatic F.
   



A lot of people seem to be choosing the F.  The only thing I wouldn't
like about it is that the meter's on when the lenscap's off.  That
means the battery's constantly draining, and if you leave the cap off
when you're done...
 

Been using a Spotmatic F since '74.   When traveling, walked around for 
many a day with the cap off.   Never had a problem.  From my experience, 
this isn't much of a problem.  I always had a spare battery buried in 
the case.  Can't remember using one while in the field, but that maybe 
just my bad memory.  Almost all of them became suspect due to age 
and were tossed.   For me, it was never a problem.Have a couple of 
ESIIs that came my way over the years.  Prefer the F.



I'd choose the SPII.  Stop-down metering doesn't bother me a bit, an
 


you still get the hotshoe.
 

Had one of these for aboutr seven years.  Great camera.   Stop-down 
worked fine for me.  


Otis Wright


-frank

--
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OT: Battery Tester for nonrechargeable Lithium AA Batteries.

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Anyone have experience with a good tester for nonrechargeable Lithium AA 
batteries?


Thanks in advance.

Otis Wright

Re: OT: Battery Tester for nonrechargeable Lithium AA Batteries.

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Nothing, if you understand what you get when you read open circuit 
voltage and these results are acceptable for your application.  Depends 
on the accuracy you want.   My experience has been that testing 
batteries under load  gives more accurate indication of status.I 
could, but am not interested in doing so, assemble a load/meter combo 
using the manufacturers data.   Assembly is relatively easy.  
Calibration/test and packaging for field use takes time I'd rather spend 
doing something else.  I was looking for a prepackaged reasonable 
quality unit for field use in assessing cells used randomly in a 
standby/backup application.


Otis Wright

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:


What's wrong with a simple voltmeter?

Godfrey

On Nov 3, 2005, at 8:23 AM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:

Anyone have experience with a good tester for nonrechargeable  
Lithium AA batteries?


Thanks in advance.

Otis Wright

Re: OT: Battery Tester for nonrechargeable Lithium AA Batteries.

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Understand.   Your approach makes sense for you requirement.  In my 
case, the cells are in reserve/backup circuit. Load is applied randomly 
for varying period.  There is no meaningful indication over a given 
period how much capacity has been used, etc. etc.


Otis Wright

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

Perhaps I don't understand the circumstances of your need adequately.  
It's certainly too much trouble for my uses to test and measure  
battery status.


Whenever I buy batteries, particularly Li disposables, I put a date  
on them and put them into my battery box. I know Li disposables have  
a 6-7 year shelf life ... after a year, they will rarely have lost  
more than 5% total capacity. I rarely do this, but if I have been  
using a particular set and taken it out of the camera, I mark it with  
a red dot to say partially used. The reason I rarely do this is  
that it's generally speaking not common to just swap batteries in and  
out with Li disposables. Most of the time you just keep them in the  
camera until they are exhausted and replace them.


When putting together equipment for a trip or field session and  
counting on Li disposables, I just make sure I have an appropriate  
number of unused new batteries as backup. I've never been caught out.


Godfrey


On Nov 3, 2005, at 9:19 AM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:

Nothing, if you understand what you get when you read open circuit  
voltage and these results are acceptable for your application.   
Depends on the accuracy you want.   My experience has been that  
testing batteries under load  gives more accurate indication of  
status.I could, but am not interested in doing so, assemble a  
load/meter combo using the manufacturers data.   Assembly is  
relatively easy.  Calibration/test and packaging for field use  takes 
time I'd rather spend doing something else.  I was  looking for a 
prepackaged reasonable quality unit for field use in  assessing cells 
used randomly in a standby/backup application.


Otis Wright

Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:


What's wrong with a simple voltmeter?

Godfrey

On Nov 3, 2005, at 8:23 AM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:

Anyone have experience with a good tester for nonrechargeable   
Lithium AA batteries?


Thanks in advance.

Otis Wright

Re: Backing Up and Storing Files

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Depends on what your protecting against.  We always require at least one 
backup copy of film media of any value to another location.


Otis Wright

William Robb wrote:



- Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: Backing 
Up and Storing Files




Just like film eh?



The nice thing about film is that it doesn't require back ups.

William Robb

Re: it's all Godfrey's fault

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

And many thanks to you all.  This is a great group.   I started setting 
up for an upcoming trip about a week ago and soon realized that I need 
some new/different carrying cases for my photo equipment.  I just didn't 
get around to doing anything about it.  Now the problem is solved (just 
have to call BH Photo) --- in fact, several problems.   Again, thanks to 
all who contributed  for sharing this information.


Otis Wright

Amita Guha wrote:


On 29/6/05, Amita Guha, discombobulated, unleashed:

   


I went to the store tonight and
enabled myself with the Lowepro Omni Traveler,
 


So we know what you're talking about:

http://tinyurl.com/3kv6l
   



Yes, that's the one! Thanks. :)

Amita


 

Re: Peso: Another shot of the Doberman

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Great picture.   Thanks for sharing

Otis Wright

William Robb wrote:


I really like this animal's intensity.
I wish I had a shot that gave some scale. He's not the little stick 
dog Doberman that we are used to seeing around here. He's big and 
muscular, sized more like my Rottie.


http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/doberman2.html

William Robb

Re: Cheap (?) Photoshop CS2 upgrade

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

In a message dated 6/18/2005 8:23:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 


Me thinks there are a few hypocrites out there.
   



Agreed.

Godfrey
===
Nyah, just people who can't afford $600 or so. Which is sort of an outrageous 
price for software (sorry, but I think it is).
 

You don't have to purchase it.  Last time I checked cos. were still 
allowed to park where they wanted on the price demand curve.   How is 
that rediculous?   Have you any idea what it costs to support and supply 
a package like this, forget the developement costs.   Having developed 
and marketed industrial software packages, I really don't find the 
pricing nearly as rediculous as your commment.


Otis Wright

Elements 3 has a lot of PS CS in it. And it's way cheaper.  Although now that 
they've changed the RAW conversion to a bridge in CS 2, it would be nice to 
see an Elements 4.


Marnie aka Doe 



 

Re: Cheap (?) Photoshop CS2 upgrade

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Watch for specials from Adobe -- if you have time.   A few years back, I 
was alerted on a Nikon user list to a direct-from-Adobe short term 
special for PS 7.0 at half price.  At the time time, I did not have a 
pressing need for PS, just wanted to try out a more advanced 
application.  I was just looking.   The special seemed like a good 
opportunity to move up so I purchased a copy..   I was a little 
worried about being able to update  -- no restriction was advertised 
---  but the load did seemed right for a unrestricted copy.  However, it 
worked with no problems and  served as the base for installing CS when 
it came along  and then a few weeks ago CS2.   For me, this has been one 
of my better investments in software. 


Otis Wright

William Robb wrote:



- Original Message - From: Mishka Subject: Re: Cheap (?) 
Photoshop CS2 upgrade




no, i was dead serious.
you either believe that one must pay for software -- then,
well, it costs $600, so cough it up.
or you don't give a damn about them -- then get a demo CS2 from adobe 
and a free s/n from somewhere else.



Either pay full price or steal the product?
Surely there must be other acceptable options.

William Robb

Re: Paranoid question of the week...

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Yes,  computers leave here w/o hard drives.  CDs, DVDs, 3.5s pass 
throught the shredder on the way to the waste basket.  Hard drives, 
memory devices, leave here after being properly stroked with a 10+ pound 
sledge.And, then for those that might  have sensitive data on them, 
we

Otis Wright.
P. J. Alling wrote:
If I needed that kind of security I'd pack my drives in thermite.
Cotty wrote:
On 20/5/05, Doug Franklin, discombobulated, unleashed:
 

If that's what they told you, they sold you a load of shite.  The
forensic recovery techniques for hard drives rely on the mechanical and
thermal drift of the heads (and therefore tracks) over time.  It's
highly unlikely that a series of writes in quick succession would drift
enough to obliterate the excursions that a serious forensic data
recovery effort (read government agency) is going to try to exploit. 
If you _really_ want to obliterate magnetic recordings, you need to
blast them with nontrivial amounts of magnetic flux.  If you're going
to try to obliterate them yourself, you have to use the obliterate
software multiple times _over_ _time_.
  

Doug's right. But more: I have filmed at one of the world's leading
information recovery services here in the UK, where they specialise in
data recovery.
http://www.vogon-international.com/
They have techniques so sophisticated that the managing director told me
over a pre-filming cup of nice hot Brownian motion producer (tea) that
there is no safe method for burying info on a traditional computer hard
drive. He was matter-of-fact about it and said that the only way to be
sure was to hammer a large nail through the platters and then burn 
them!!!

If it's that crucial, replace the drive before selling the computer 
on ;-)



Cheers,
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Re: My First Magazine Cover!

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

CongratulationsLike the picture, reminds me of  some great 
times past.

Wishing you more of the same much more
Good luck.
Otis Wright
wendy beard wrote:
Not one to blow my own trumpet, but I thought this was
worthy of a quick toot :-)
The May/June issue of the Canadian publication
DogSport Magazine features a mixed breed dog called
Shenzi on the cover. It's my picture. (not my dog
tho')
http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/42617662
To make up for the cover shot being taken using Canon
equipment, I also submitted a pic for inside the mag
which was taken with my MZ-S. The editor asked me to
supply a cute puppy shot for a different article. I
just happened to have a cute puppy (at the time. She's
all grown up now.)
This is her:
http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/42643581
Wendy
Wendy Beard
Ottawa, Canada
 

Re: PAW PESO - The Conversation

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

When I was a bit older that a kid, I spent some time in the east, in a 
number of places where  it was not at all uncommon to observe one's 
local deomestic help and local office staff talking to the wall(s). 
Often a specific point in a  wall or a particular window.  In fact, it 
happened a bit too often in some places.  ;-)

Otis Wright
.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
When I was a kid and disobeyed my mom's orders, she'd often say that
talking to me was like talking to a wall.  To my surprise, I found this
woman having a conversation with a wall ... or was she?  Today one never
knows to whom or what people are talking.
http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/convers.html
Shel 


 

Re: Battery charger recommendation?

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

The MAHA MH-C401FS has the four separate charge ciricuits.  Anything 
else you'd like..

Otis Wright
Frantisek wrote:
HC 
http://www.thomas-distributing.com/maha-powerex-mh-c204w-nimh-battery-charger.htm
IMHO,
the MAHA is nice but best would be a charger that has not only two
(like Maha) but four independent charging circuits, separate for each
cell. That way each cell is charged  conditioned optimally.
At least that's my amateur opinion.
Good light!
  fra
 

Re: Battery charger recommendation?

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

I  started using an c401fs awhile back.   Now have three of them in 
service.  Keep one in the car, and often prepare a set or an extra 
set(s) of batteries as the need fits on my way to an assignment.   In my 
opinion, this is a great line of equipment, and especially handy for 
those who travel.I  picked up a fistful of the various plastic 
battery carriers they offer.  Real handy.

Otis Wright
Herb Chong wrote:
this is the one recommended the most from people at 
http://www.imaging-resource.com/. they seem to do the most extensive 
testing of chargers of the major photo information sites.

http://www.thomas-distributing.com/maha-powerex-mh-c204w-nimh-battery-charger.htm 

Herb
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 9:31 PM
Subject: CWOL: Battery charger recommendation?

I've been getting by fine with my overnight NiMH charger, but I've been
wanting a fast one for a while. For my upcoming trip I will need one
that works on 240V as well as 120V so this seems like the ideal time to
buy one. I found one that seem to fit the bill
(http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?A=detailskw=MOMB4UHCRCAAis=REGQ=O=productlistsku=325043) 

but I thought I'd seek the Collective Wisdom of the List (CWOL).
Any recommendations of something else that's better? Any to avoid?
I want a fast charger and multi-voltage capability.
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com

Re: CLA recommendations

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Essex  repaired and did a CLA on three of my Pentax cameras with good 
results.   They had to take a second look at one of the repairs on an 
ESII, problem returned in about a month --- they took care of it a no 
cost -- no questions.   That was a few years ago, and so far, no other 
problems with any of their work.

Otis Wright
Scott Loveless wrote:
Does anyone have any recommendations for a CLA?  I'm in
outereastbuhjesus, PA, so I'll have to mail it.  Essex quoted me $100
on the K1000, which seems to be the going rate.  I'm tentatively
filing this guy, http://www.garryscamera.com/, in the
too-good-to-be-true category unless somebody has some experience with
his business.
Thanks!
 

Re: PESO New Year's Day Walkaround

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Ditto
Otis Wright
John Whittingham wrote:
This isn't a great lens, but 
it's a lot of fun for walkarounds where a long reach is a good 
thing. 
   

Looks pretty damn good to me Paul, nice one :)
John

-- Original Message ---
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 21:03:41 +
Subject: PESO New Year's Day Walkaround
 

We had some decent light today, so I walked down the street to the 
marsh, hoping to see some birds. I usually take the A 400/5.6 and a 
tripod or monopod on such occasions, but I was feeling lazy, so I 
mounted the FA 80-320/4.5-5.6. The birds must have all had hangovers,
because they were in hiding, but this squirrel kept watching me. 
Looking at his girth, I'd bet he's been fed pretty well by humans. 
He wouldn't come close, but he wasn't totally camera shy either. 
Here's a handheld shot at 320mm on the *istD. The stop is 5.6, the 
shutter speed 1/250 at iso 400. The fov is, of course, equivelant to 
a 480mm lens on a 35mm film camera.  This isn't a great lens, but 
it's a lot of fun for walkarounds where a long reach is a good 
thing. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3000223size=lg
   

--- End of Original Message ---
 

Re: OT Lots of Nasty Spam

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Yes, very high rate for two days now.   Lots of virus activity early 
today.  Both seem to have subsided for now.

Otis  



graywolf wrote:

Has anyone else been inundated by e-mail purportedly from Microsoft? I 
have had 12 today, all different. Mozilla Thunderbird is doing a nice 
job of filtering them. I am liking this software better and better.

Re: test

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Could be everyone is out there doing something in the real world.

Otis Wright

frank theriault wrote:

haven't seen a post in about 2 hours - something's not right...

--
Hell is others
-Jean Paul Sartre


 

Re: Pairs

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Now  you've done it.   Keith will be at this for another week.

Otis Wright

Herb Chong wrote:

that's why it took so long for zero as a concept to appear and be accepted.

Herb
- Original Message - 
From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: Pairs

 

A space is not a definable as a 'thing.'

keith
   



 

Re: Pairs

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Awh.  There goes the weekend entertainment.  Sure  you don't want to 
tackle infinitiy?

Have a great weekend.

Otis

Keith Whaley wrote:

Hi Otis!

Hah, ha, ha! No he won't!
Those of you who were able to understand what I'm saying, already got my
point(s), agree with me or not, understand me or not. 
Those who are still disagreeing and arguing with me about it - didn't.

Anyhow, I'm pretty sure I know what THEY meant, and whether they know
what *I* was trying to say is sort of beside the point.
Perhaps I might have tweaked enough folks to actually start thinking
about what they read. To read words for sense, and not simply believe
something because it's what they've always heard, or what they've always read.
	Think for yourself  Question what you don't understand.
		If you don't get the answers you want, ask again...
	Don't accept ambiguous, blurred and overly complicated 
		writing and so-called reasoning, if it doesn't make 
		sense to you.
	This thread is a perfect example of defending muddled 
		thinking and refusal to accept new ways of thinking 
		about things. Ooops! I didn't mean things. I meant 
		concepts. g

I'd be most happy to continue any further discussion of this topic OFF
line, but I think Otis has made a very good point...enough is enough. 
I've already joggled the hide-bound thinking of those capable of
determining what I meant -- those who care enough to reason it thru for themselves.
But, this tree will take a while to bear any fruit.
That the seeds have been planted is enough for now.

Off my box, standing down...  g

keith 'appleseed' whaley 

* * * *

Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote:
 

Now  you've done it.   Keith will be at this for another week.

Otis Wright

Herb Chong wrote:

   

that's why it took so long for zero as a concept to appear and be accepted.

Herb
- Original Message -
From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: Pairs
 

A space is not a definable as a 'thing.'

keith
   



 

Re: Talking of Taxes

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

During the decade or so I operated a business in Oz,  I seem to remember 
that, amongst other powers held at that time, sales tax agents could 
arrive without notice and  hold corp officers for 24 hours without 
benefit of counsel.   Always tended to make one very careful to keep 
good records and quite cooperative during the annual visits.   A few 
good war stories on that front.  Great memories.As I recall,  at 
that time,  income tax agents were not afforded such powers ---.   

Otis Wright

John Coyle wrote:

Frank, you'll appreciate this.

The Australian tax-man wanting  it all  his own way: Section 92(2) of the
Sales Tax Assessment Bill:
 For the purposes of cancelling a tax benefit, the Commissioner may, in the
assessment, determine any or all of the following:
(a) that particular things are to be treated as not having happened;
(b) that particular things are to be treated as having been done by a
different person or to have happened at a different time;
(c) that particular things that did not actually happen are to be treated as
having happened and, where appropriate:
(i) to have been done by a particular person;
(ii) to have happened at a particular time.
Fortunately, I don't think it ever got into the Act, which has now been
superseded by GST law anyway, but it underlines the way bureaucreats thiink
(if that's an apposite word!).


John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
- Original Message - 
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V03 #984

 

Bingo, Tom!!

You hit the nail on the head with that one.  When you owe taxes on a
   

transaction
 

has nothing to do with when the transaction is actually complete.  The
   

IRS, (or in
 

Canada, RevCan) live in their own little world, that has little bearing on
reality.  Of course, when you write the laws...
What a great line, I'll have to remember that:  You owe the taxes when
   

the tax
 

people say you owe the taxes.  Never have truer words been posted on this
   

list.
 

vbg

cheers,
frank
graywolf wrote:

   

You own the taxes when the
tax people say you owe the taxes.
 

--
Honour - that virtue of the unjust!
-Albert Camus
   



 

Re: Rules or guidelines

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Rules?  There are no rules!  As has often been pointed out, this is an 
unmoderated list.   What passes for accepted practices, more often than 
not, depends on who is on the field ( as opposed to the bench, 
bleachers, etc.) and for the most part the e-bay  shuffle played here 
--- when its not nap time ---  is just a sham to protect a buyer or two 
at the expense of a seller.Forget the rules shoot pics.  Its much 
more rewarding...

Otis Wright

Paul Delcour wrote:

As someone who is (or was) new to this list and who was shown some of the
ropes of this list, I think it would be a fine idea if some guidelines were
published to avoid having a repeat of what happened to me. No doubt during
the years more unwritten guidelines have developed. Just as many lists have
rules, why not have a set of guidelines. It won't harm anyone, but will
guide members through to fine postings.
Just a Pentax thought...

:-)

Paul Delcour

 

Re: Rules or guidelines

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Good thoughts.  By the way, I'm pushed for time today, but did I miss 
the e-bay prohibitions in this document :-\ .

Have a great day.

Otis Wright.

Bob Walkden wrote:

Hi,

a theoretical physicist* called Ralf Stubner used to be a regular
here, and once a month he sent out a message containing this:
http://www.tfkp.physik.uni-erlangen.de/~ralf/photo/PDML/Welcome.html
It has fallen into disrepair, but something similar could be quite
useful either as a page on pdml.net or pug.komkon.org or elsewhere
with links between them.
Bob

*I don't mean that Ralf was theoretical (I have no evidence either
way - perhaps he was a matter of faith). I mean the physics he studied
were theoretical. And probably not all of them, just the particular
ones.
Sunday, September 14, 2003, 12:51:56 PM, you wrote:

 

As someone who is (or was) new to this list and who was shown some of the
ropes of this list, I think it would be a fine idea if some guidelines were
published to avoid having a repeat of what happened to me. No doubt during
the years more unwritten guidelines have developed. Just as many lists have
rules, why not have a set of guidelines. It won't harm anyone, but will
guide members through to fine postings.
   

 

Just a Pentax thought...
   

 

:-)
   

 

Paul Delcour
   



 

Re: Rules or guidelines

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

Seems sensible.  Time for me to head back to the bleachers.  Enjoy.

Otis Wright

Cotty wrote:

As someone who is (or was) new to this list and who was shown some of the
ropes of this list, I think it would be a fine idea if some guidelines were
published to avoid having a repeat of what happened to me. No doubt during
the years more unwritten guidelines have developed. Just as many lists have
rules, why not have a set of guidelines. It won't harm anyone, but will
guide members through to fine postings.
   

Hi paul,

As Otis says, there are no rules.

Look at it this way - if there are no rules, then all you can do is
hypthesize in your own mind, by taking particular events to a probable
conclusion (you following this??) thus:
Scenario 1:

You decide that, as this is an unmoderated list, you want to continue
posting eBay auctions at your discretion. Well that's fine and dandy.
Unfortunately, what will happen then is that it's highly likely that
someone else will chip in and ask you to stop, which of course, being an
unmoderated list, is quite likely. Then you will find a few others
chipping in with reasons why it's not a bad thing, until the argument
becomes very polarised, and 2 camps develop. This is not good. Eventually
a flame war will develop, and one or two, possibly several people will
unsubscribe (and the rest of us will sit back and breathe a sigh of
relief that it's over, and carry on regardless ;-) and it will die down.
Scenario 2: You decide that, as you quite like Pentax gear, and quite
like discussing it on an email list, you won't post about eBay auctions
willy nilly - eg as a matter of course - and keep those happy who have in
themselves decided to object, even though there is absolutely no basis
for there objections *on an unmoderated list*. Hence, discussions stay
civil, and most folk are happy. There is no flame war about eBay
auctions, and things stay nice and quiet.
Scenario 3: You decide you don't like either of the above, and unsubscribe.

***

When I first joined the list, the exact same thing happened to me, and at
first I could not understand why anyone would object. Oh but I was young
(er) and naive in those days. Someone bollocked me - maybe even Uncle
Bill - and I think I pointed out the helpful nature of my postings
regarding this eBay auction or that eBay auction. But then a strange
thing happened to me. It was called 'enablement'.
I started watching some auctions because I wanted to buy some lenses
after reading about other people's experiences here on the PDML. I found
that, as I was watching an auction, I turned from a kind, placid
individual into some sort of financial whizz-kid, enduring a white-
knuckle ride as the seconds ticked down to the close of the auction. The
very last thing I wanted was somebody posting about it here of all
places! And I realised what Bill and the others were concerned about.
I can see both sides - the internet (and especially email lists like this
one) are primarily about communicating with your fellow (wo)man and
wanting to be helpful. That's what everyone does here. Yet buying and
selling gear - what most of us do at some time - means we would perhaps
not want to be *too* helpful sometimes.
It really is a dilemma. I figured that the benefits of staying quiet,
outweighed the disadvantage of upsetting members. But even so, there are
no rules, it just sorta comes naturally. Like gowing down to a small pub
- the regulars' names are not plastered on their chairs, but by God if
you sit in one, you might as well drink in a small dark room!
Kindest regards,



Cheers,
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Re: Medical set on ebay.de

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

It was a good bit of information all of this projectionist 
horse. notwithstanding.  I appreciated it and offer a word of 
thanks from here in the bleachers.   Go shoot some film.

Otis Wright

graywolf wrote:

Well, this is not a moderated list, Paul. However, there are 
somethings that have been agreed upon by the long time PDMLers. The 
thing about not posting leads to Ebay auctions other than your own has 
the most support of any of those unwritten rules. Even the ban on 
talking about guns (the most controversal subject to hit the list) has 
less support.

No you are not going to get kicked off the list if you insist upon 
continuimg to post Ebay listings, but you are not going to be very 
well liked either. Don't feel like we are attacking you here, Paul, we 
are just trying to give you, and others, a heads up on this.

Besides, anyone too dumb to be able to type in an Ebay search for 
pentax can't be helped anyway. ;)



Paul Delcour wrote:

Hi Bob,

are you a moderator? I take your point, but saw many postings where 
people
were asking for Pentax gear so I thought I'd point out a few. This is 
ebay
Germany mind you, not USA. And as for prices going up, so what? It's 
only
fair to share opportunities I feel.

:-)

Paul Delcour


From: Bob S [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 12:01:19 +
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Medical set on ebay.de
Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Resent-Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 08:01:29 -0400
Paul,

This is the 5th or 6th time you have mentioned eBay auctions to the 
list.
Many people on this list follow eBay closely for bargains on Pentax 
gear.
In the past, they have become irritated by the posting of live 
auctions to
the list.

If you are the seller, it is fine to mention your auction, but if 
not...
Calling the attention of 400 Pentax enthusiasts to an interesting or 
cheap
item
is a certain way to get it's price bid-up and make bargains disappear.
There is always somebody on the list who is willing and able to pay 
more
than you.

Three points on the medical set you highlighted.
1)  This is sold by TEAM-PHOTO.  There is a separate thread running 
on this
list about how they are a problem to deal with.
2)  They have been listing this set for the past 3 months.  I have
personally seen it close without any bidders at least 4 other times.
3)  Their price is way too high.  This is a Pentax ringlight flash 
and a
Pentax F or FA100/2.8 Macro.  US$550 would be a good retail price.  
US$350
would be closer to a bargain.

Your enthuisam is great.  You should spend some time at Boz's site 
as it is
a virtual encyclopedia on Pentax K-Mount gear.  Ask your questions 
about the
gear, just don't bombard us with eBay links.

Regards,  Bob S.


From: Paul Delcour [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Here's something nice and special:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2951294327category=12877 

Pentax 100/2.8 macro with ringflashset. Don't know about the price 
might it
must be a very nice set to work with.

:-)

Paul Delcour

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Re: What the...

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

The biggest problems I run into with repair orders these days are 1) the 
repair instructions are ignored, and 2) the item is not checked (I mean 
no checks)  for spec compliance after repairs.These arise with 
ever more frequency and I suggest that wherever possible one make 
provisions for these possibilities in procurement procedures.  

Otis Wright

Alan Chan wrote:

After 2 weeks of waiting, my MX was finally ready to be pick up this 
afternoon. Consider they asked C$190 for labour  C$35 for parts, they 
must did hell of a job to ask that much. I attached my FA24 and 
brought the camera outside the service centre and see if it focused at 
infinity. Shocking, totally shocking!!! The lens hit infinity when the 
subject is 1 meter away. I knew something was wrong and talked to the 
guy, and he didn't believe me and said it was my lens (why am I not 
surprised by his reaction?). He tried 2 of his own lenses and 
confirmed the problem. Needless to say, I was totally fed up. What 
else did they fix if the focus wasn't fixed properly. I check the 
printed invoice carefully and it explicitly said focus adjusted (yeah 
right). And to make the matter worse, they adjust the meter and 
replaced the velvet straps with the foams. Gee... I did not even ask 
for that because the meter was dead on and the straps were in tip top 
condition. What the hell were they thinking? I had those velvet straps 
installed 2 years ago and now I have to paid extra just because of 
their idiotic mistake? They didn't fix anything I requested, but 
fixed things that were perfectly fine. How the hell they stay in 
business if they could not even do a simple job like this??? And $35 
for those stupid foams? Gee... I think I am ready to smash the MX 
right in front of the manager if he couldn't give me a satisfied 
answer next Tuesday. Sorry I have to vent here, I feel better now...

Alan Chan
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Re: eBay Dilema

[Otis C. Wright, Jr.]

In like situations, I have found the full refund route (cancel by mutual 
agreement) to be the most successful overall solution.  Not always the 
most profitable, but it will usually move you to  high ground and often 
put pressure on the buyer to play it straight.   My recent daily work 
routine has taught me that there are some who just have to push the 
envelope a bit, especially when its hard or expensive to establish the 
truth of the matter.

Otis Wright



Anton Browne wrote:

I recently sold a lens on eBay, when the buyer received it he said there was a tiny bit of fungus on the front element which could only be seen at the right angle and that if he sold the lens he wouldn't get what he paid for it (a strange thing to say in my opinion). I checked had the lens thoroughly when I first bought it and before listing it on eBay and didn't notice anything at all... it is possible I missed it of course. I immediately offered a full refund including postage costs for the return of the lens. I got a reply saying that he'd taken the lens to a camera shop and they said it wasn't fungus but a slight parting of the elements and that it wouldn't affect pictures. The buyer then said if he sold it he would still get less that the bid price, clearly indicating that he wanted me to give him a rebate of £20 or so.

What should I do? I usually notice the tinniest marks on things and maybe this is a scam; simply a way of getting some money back. On the other hand I could have missed it and the buyer is being genuine.

AB

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