Re: 16-50, local stores etc.

2007-10-20 Thread David Savage
These sort of reports annoy the s#!t out of me. Why the hell can't the retailers here stock some Pentax lenses (I know why, but it's still frustrating.) Cheers, Dave On 10/20/07, Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I stopped by a local store (Nelson) here, in San Diego. I was

Re: I Guess Discrimination Cuts Both Ways...

2007-10-20 Thread David Savage
On 10/20/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BH http://tinyurl.com/2j7rz8 I wonder if their prices will go up to recoup the loss ? :-) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: PESO: Visitor in the office

2007-10-20 Thread David Mann
On Oct 20, 2007, at 4:09 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2007/best/pages/page_79.html That's just begging for use on icanhascheezburger.com - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: PESO: Visitor in the office

2007-10-20 Thread David Savage
On 10/20/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 20, 2007, at 4:09 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2007/best/pages/page_79.html That's just begging for use on icanhascheezburger.com LOL I loved this one:

Peso: An evening with Chuck Rose

2007-10-20 Thread William Robb
We went to see a friend of ours play at a local resteraunt tonight. I got a number of the standard man eats microphone pictures, amd a few that I thought were nice. Here is one of them. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/guitar1.html It's trying to be art, I think. Technical:

Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s)

2007-10-20 Thread Tom C
No. But I read publicly available industry reports and news items and am referring to what I read. Good enough? Tom C. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor

RE: OT - Britain Surrenders :-)

2007-10-20 Thread Bob W
Looks like our fake surrender tactic is working - those colonial fools have fallen for it hook, line and sinker. It will soon be time for the counter-attack, when they're least expecting it. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

OT: 1 week on

2007-10-20 Thread David Mann
Its already been a week since I broke my left collarbone and it's feeling a lot better than I would have expected. I cut the painkillers down to bedtime-only after a couple of days (I was only taking about half of what I was allowed to in the first place). A couple of days later I

Re: OT: 1 week on

2007-10-20 Thread David Savage
On 10/20/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its already been a week since I broke my left collarbone and it's feeling a lot better than I would have expected. I cut the painkillers down to bedtime-only after a couple of days (I was only taking about half of what I was allowed to in the

Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s)

2007-10-20 Thread Cotty
On 19/10/07, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: Is there any camera on the market that has a 1.2/1.3 crop at the moment? It does not make sense to me to shoot for somewhere between APS-C and FF. You wouldn't *need* new lenses of course... As others have already posted, The Leica M8:

Re: OT - Britain Surrenders :-)

2007-10-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/10/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Looks like our fake surrender tactic is working - those colonial fools have fallen for it hook, line and sinker. It will soon be time for the counter-attack, when they're least expecting it. We don't need to. Their skies are full of their own nukes

Re: OT: 1 week on

2007-10-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
David, Good to hear that you're mending. It's a pain, but you'll get through it. I always hated the damn sling they bound me up in. I found what worked better for me was a simple, wide fabric belt loop that went around my neck and around my wrist. Adjusted carefully for length, it held

Re: Peso: An evening with Chuck Rose

2007-10-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/10/07, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/guitar1.html It's trying to be art, I think. Technical: K10, A*85mm/1.4 at f1.4 for 1/50th second. The warmth is deliberate. Have at it. Excellent lens choice for live music. Too much warmth

GESO: Vivitar Series 1 105 macro

2007-10-20 Thread Derby Chang
Nice lens. Fast becoming my favourite macro. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/07_10/07_10_vivitarmacro/index.htm And an OT PESO (it was taken with a Fuji F20) http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/07_10/07_10_fashionistas/01.htm D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc --

RE: 1 week on

2007-10-20 Thread Bob W
I cut the painkillers down to bedtime-only after a couple of days (I was only taking about half of what I was allowed to in the first place). A couple of days later I decided to stop them altogether. You should join the SAS, you hard bastard. Glad to hear you're mending. -- Bob

Re: An evening with Chuck Rose

2007-10-20 Thread cbwaters
That's really nice Bill. I'd like to see the DOF just a little more forward, but I like it this way too. Cory - Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 2:34 AM Subject: Peso: An evening with

Re: Interesting times with Pentax

2007-10-20 Thread Toralf Lund
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Oct 19, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Toralf Lund wrote: Possibly with 14bit RAW's Do you think that would be possible? I know you (or was it someone else?) have been saying the light collecting capability of sensors has been improved lately, but in order to

Re: Interesting times with Pentax

2007-10-20 Thread Toralf Lund
Adam Maas wrote: Toralf Lund wrote: Adam Maas wrote: Roman Melihhov wrote: I remember how it all started with K10D. Lotta rumors, unrealistic expectations, [ ... ] Roman. Good bet? 12MP, 5fps, improved AF system, ~20 RAW buffer, 1-2 stops better

Re: Interesting times with Pentax

2007-10-20 Thread David Savage
On 10/20/07, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd actually be surprised if they went for a 12 or 14 bit variant from Sony, or any 3rd party producer, seeing as the K10D has a special A/D converter designed by Pentax. I don't believe they designed the A/D converter. Evidence suggests that

PESO: Challenger Harbour

2007-10-20 Thread David Savage
G'day All, For those who like 360 degree panoramas, I took this last night after work (~480kb Quicktime VR, not spherical): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/pano_02.mov K10D, FA 31mm f1.8, f11 @ 0.4 seconds, ISO 100. 27 frames The original .psb file is 1.2GB, the image itself

Re: Interesting times with Pentax

2007-10-20 Thread Peter Fairweather
On 20/10/2007, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/20/07, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd actually be surprised if they went for a 12 or 14 bit variant from Sony, or any 3rd party producer, seeing as the K10D has a special A/D converter designed by Pentax. I don't believe

Re: OT - Britain Surrenders :-)

2007-10-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
We gotta fly them around every once in a while, just to prove we can. ;-) (I'm mystified. The real weapons have red noses as a visual warning. How do you miss that?) Regards, Bob S. On 10/20/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20/10/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Looks like

Re: OT: 1 week on

2007-10-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Good to hear it's working out. The wheel and van part is scary! Regards, Bob S. On 10/20/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its already been a week since I broke my left collarbone and it's feeling a lot better than I would have expected. I cut the painkillers down to

Re: Interesting times with Pentax

2007-10-20 Thread David Savage
On 10/20/07, Peter Fairweather [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20/10/2007, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remember the 22bit marketing hype before the K10D was released?: Marketing hype?? Please use the correct technical term. Bullsh** LOL Yes well... Cheers, Dave -- PDML

Re: PESO: Challenger Harbour

2007-10-20 Thread Derby Chang
David Savage wrote: G'day All, For those who like 360 degree panoramas, I took this last night after work (~480kb Quicktime VR, not spherical): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/pano_02.mov K10D, FA 31mm f1.8, f11 @ 0.4 seconds, ISO 100. 27 frames The original .psb file is

Re: PAW 2007 - 43 - GDG

2007-10-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
It could be your monitor, Ken. I can't see the streak under any conditions, even after upsizing the image in PS. Paul On Oct 19, 2007, at 11:30 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: ann sanfedele that what you see on the monitor that magenta streak, can come from a kind of eye problem whose name I

Re: OT - Britain Surrenders :-)

2007-10-20 Thread David Savage
Yeah! Pfft...at about 7000 m/s it's not that hard to miss. Cheers, Dave On 10/20/07, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We gotta fly them around every once in a while, just to prove we can. ;-) (I'm mystified. The real weapons have red noses as a visual warning. How do you miss that?)

Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s)

2007-10-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
No. On Oct 20, 2007, at 2:37 AM, Tom C wrote: No. But I read publicly available industry reports and news items and am referring to what I read. Good enough? Tom C. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net

Re: Peso: An evening with Chuck Rose

2007-10-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice composition, great tonality. The receding DOF works well here. An attempt to do something different that works very well. I like it. Paul On Oct 20, 2007, at 2:34 AM, William Robb wrote: We went to see a friend of ours play at a local resteraunt tonight. I got a number of the standard

Re: GESO: Vivitar Series 1 105 macro

2007-10-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Some nice compositions and color. Most would benefit from more DOF in my opinion. Are you shooting from a tripod? Paul On Oct 20, 2007, at 4:05 AM, Derby Chang wrote: Nice lens. Fast becoming my favourite macro. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/07_10/07_10_vivitarmacro/index.htm And an

Re: An evening with Chuck Rose

2007-10-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
To my old eyes, the focal point appears to be the knuckles and the ring. I would think that's the best choice here. Paul On Oct 20, 2007, at 5:03 AM, cbwaters wrote: That's really nice Bill. I'd like to see the DOF just a little more forward, but I like it this way too. Cory -

2 PESO: pentaxian

2007-10-20 Thread skye pdml
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skye/tags/pentaxian/ couple of quick snaps from the show. Some helpful folks set up the latest firmware on my k10d which I was avoiding from sheer laziness, then explained about how I can now use it to control my 540fgz (rather than just being a master). Then they had

Re: Slightly OT: Right clicked images find there way home

2007-10-20 Thread David J Brooks
Himm. I have a version here on the ibook, but maybe i'll down load on for the PC and see what it does. I could always use CKRename for rnaming, then irfanview for resize and water marking, then drag the smaller pictures into jalbum. Might be worth a try, and a different look for 2008 Dave On

Re: OT: 1 week on

2007-10-20 Thread Boris Liberman
Dave, just be sure that whatever you do, the way the broken parts are aligned is not disturbed. And heal fast! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: Ned Bunnell and Pentax Pro Services announcement

2007-10-20 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I have been waiting for more information on this. I expect Ned is pretty busy these past couple of weeks, and of course he's been in NY for the past week with the PhotoPlus Expo. Personally, I don't really need more high end products ... my photography

Re: PESO: Challenger Harbour

2007-10-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice stitching job and an interesting scene. I'm left wishing the area below the horizon were brighter. Paul On Oct 20, 2007, at 7:00 AM, David Savage wrote: G'day All, For those who like 360 degree panoramas, I took this last night after work (~480kb Quicktime VR, not spherical):

Re: 16-50, local stores etc.

2007-10-20 Thread David J Brooks
The Henrys in Newmarket, thats the closest store for me, usually has some Pentax stuff. Lat time they had the K100 and a few DA lenses and the 360 and 540 flashes. I didi not see any Ltds but not suprised. Stuff liek that needs to be ordered through the outlet. The 77 ltd price i paid was a lot

Re: GESO: Vivitar Series 1 105 macro

2007-10-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
Derby, I think the Vivitar 105 macro has a good reputation and you show why. At the risk of being a bore, here are some comments... 1) Blue Pansy(?) - Nice. Did you see Ken Waller's comments about holding the whole exposure back on red birds so the red doesn't block-up. Your yellow has this

Re: OT - Britain Surrenders :-)

2007-10-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
Ya, but how to you hang them under the plane on a training mission. The training dummies don't have red noses. Regards, Bob S. On 10/20/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah! Pfft...at about 7000 m/s it's not that hard to miss. Cheers, Dave On 10/20/07, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL

Re: Interesting times with Pentax

2007-10-20 Thread Toralf Lund
David Savage wrote: On 10/20/07, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd actually be surprised if they went for a 12 or 14 bit variant from Sony, or any 3rd party producer, seeing as the K10D has a special A/D converter designed by Pentax. I don't believe they designed the A/D

Re: PESO: Challenger Harbour

2007-10-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Nice photo and good stiching. I like how the sky turned out. Regards, Bob S. On 10/20/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day All, For those who like 360 degree panoramas, I took this last night after work (~480kb Quicktime VR, not spherical):

Re: OT: 1 week on

2007-10-20 Thread Toralf Lund
David Mann wrote: Its already been a week since I broke my left collarbone and it's feeling a lot better than I would have expected. I cut the painkillers down to bedtime-only after a couple of days (I was only taking about half of what I was allowed to in the first place). A couple

Re: OT: 1 week on

2007-10-20 Thread ann sanfedele
dave - Didn't know about this earlier - having had a broken shoulder I um feel your pain... I screwed myself up by not getting as much phys theorpy as I should have (although I had an excuse) so by all means don't miss a beat on that score... I never got my full range of motion back. Also,

Re: PESO: Challenger Harbour

2007-10-20 Thread David J Brooks
Good work Dave, and excellent stitching Dave On 10/20/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day All, For those who like 360 degree panoramas, I took this last night after work (~480kb Quicktime VR, not spherical): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/pano_02.mov K10D,

Re: 2 PESO: pentaxian

2007-10-20 Thread David J Brooks
The second shot is interesting. Dave On 10/20/07, skye pdml [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/skye/tags/pentaxian/ couple of quick snaps from the show. Some helpful folks set up the latest firmware on my k10d which I was avoiding from sheer laziness, then explained about

DA* lenses with FF sensor (was next move from Pentax: hints about sensor)

2007-10-20 Thread Roman Melihhov
Pentax expands for new hungry markets like Russia and one on my friend in St. Petersburg has attended Pentax presentations to try DA* 50-135mm f2.8 lens not so long ago. Only Pentax he has with him was older FF film body and he claimed there were about 3mm blackouts in the FF viewfinder

Re: Interesting times with Pentax

2007-10-20 Thread David J Brooks
Not buying, not buying, not... Dave On 10/19/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree. And it will make a nice camera paired with the K10D as backup. Paul On Oct 19, 2007, at 6:13 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Good bet? 12MP, 5fps, improved AF system, ~20

Re: PESO: Visitor in the office

2007-10-20 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 20, 2007, at 1:20, David Mann wrote: On Oct 20, 2007, at 4:09 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2007/best/pages/page_79.html That's just begging for use on icanhascheezburger.com The cat's new owner is planning on using the photo for some sort of

Re: Interesting times with Pentax

2007-10-20 Thread Thibouille
Hmm if they do not go for the Sony sensor (which is the current highlight in various speculations) then I'd say 14Mpix. Cypress maybe? I dunno what they are worth, honestly. Or a PentSungYa of some sort ;) But they need to update the K100D as well so why not a combined 12Mpix K200D / 14Mpix

Re: Ned Bunnell and Pentax Pro Services announcement

2007-10-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 20, 2007, at 5:25 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: I think that it also means that Pentax and whomever is behind them are more hmmm tightly (I am not sure this is the right word, but still) committed to their camera business and their customers. I certainly hope it means that Pentax is

Re: It is crazy... (or lost opportunities for Pentax)

2007-10-20 Thread Igor Roshchin
Fri Oct 19 19:12:21 EDT 2007 Doug Franklin wrote: Bob Blakely wrote: No, but it's where I'm going to get some of my money. Careful choice of the best of the most desired has made the value of my collection grow over the years. If you buy the good stuff that everyone covets, you don't

Re: Interesting times with Pentax

2007-10-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 20, 2007, at 4:32 AM, Peter Fairweather wrote: On 20/10/2007, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/20/07, Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd actually be surprised if they went for a 12 or 14 bit variant from Sony, or any 3rd party producer, seeing as the K10D has a

Re: Ned Bunnell and Pentax Pro Services announcement

2007-10-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: Re: Ned Bunnell and Pentax Pro Services announcement I certainly hope it means that Pentax is strengthening their interest in the professional photographer with respect to their camera business, yes. Before digital, they had

Re: Interesting times with Pentax

2007-10-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Thibouille wrote: Hmm if they do not go for the Sony sensor (which is the current highlight in various speculations) then I'd say 14Mpix. It is very likely that the K10D will be the last Pentax camera to use a Sony sensor (except perhaps for some lower end models). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: OT - Britain Surrenders :-)

2007-10-20 Thread Doug Franklin
Bob W wrote: Looks like our fake surrender tactic is working - those colonial fools have fallen for it hook, line and sinker. It will soon be time for the counter-attack, when they're least expecting it. /Noone/ expects the Bloke-ish Inquisition! -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML

Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics

2007-10-20 Thread graywolf
A conspiracy theory there, Bob? Personally I like the one for the nucular engines for the B-1 Bomber. When you are dealing with atomic energy and you get 10 times the power output you thought you were supposed to, you do not proceed with testing. The fact is that the Blackbird was retired

Re: Haven't posted a PESO in a while...

2007-10-20 Thread Boris Liberman
Well, Mark, perhaps you could post slightly more of your photographs. This one is most pleasant to look at. Boris Mark Roberts wrote: So here's one from a couple of years ago: http://www.robertstech.com/pages/fotoblog/7d504802.htm ist-D and 43 Limited. Adjustments in Photoshop for

Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics

2007-10-20 Thread graywolf
Another urban legend. The fact is that by the time the bullets slowed that much their trajectory would have dropped below the aircrafts line of flight. I saw a training film while in the AF of a pair of F-104's strafing concrete pillboxes in which they first hit it with rockets and then made a

Re: PESO - Beach Scene

2007-10-20 Thread Boris Liberman
Bruce, I am sorry, but this one does not work for me. The middle part of the beach, the ground - it seems to actually break the picture apart. At least in my eyes. No offense meant of course! Boris Bruce Dayton wrote: Taken at the beach at Pt. Reyes - The sun was near setting and caused

Re: Peso: An evening with Chuck Rose

2007-10-20 Thread Boris Liberman
Bill, it works. It grows on the viewer (me) slowly but surely. I wonder how it will look in plain black and white. Boris William Robb wrote: We went to see a friend of ours play at a local resteraunt tonight. I got a number of the standard man eats microphone pictures, amd a few that I

Re: PESO: Challenger Harbour

2007-10-20 Thread Boris Liberman
I do admit that there is very certain feeling of presence as I saw the panorama unfolding before my eyes! Lovely done! Boris David Savage wrote: G'day All, For those who like 360 degree panoramas, I took this last night after work (~480kb Quicktime VR, not spherical):

Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics

2007-10-20 Thread graywolf
Because Ike could not congress to pay for the bridge? Which reminds me of a hoary old joke. A guy finds an old oil lamp and when polishing it a Genie appears and tells him gets one wish. So the guy says he wants a bridge from Hawaii to San Fransisco named after him. The Genie says that is too

Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics

2007-10-20 Thread graywolf
Well, Bob, sometime in the 1960's they determined that long straight stretches of road caused accidents because drivers quit paying attention, so they quit designing them that way. They actually put in curves where none are needed now. Also when dealing with governments strange things happen.

Re: Slightly OT: Right clicked images find there way home

2007-10-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
The latest version of JAlbum is 7.3. It will resize the images for you and the Chameleon skin has a watermark function so all you need to do externally is re-name the files. -p David J Brooks wrote: Himm. I have a version here on the ibook, but maybe i'll down load on for the PC and see

Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics

2007-10-20 Thread graywolf
When I rode the train through Montana, when was it 2003?, there were actually NG troops at the doors of the train at one stop. There were also some US Marshalls stomping up and down the aisles of the train. I thought for a moment that the train had wound up somewhere in Europe during the late

Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics

2007-10-20 Thread graywolf
The design role of the 104 was never air to air combat. It was designed as a ground attack aircraft, not as an fighter/interceptor. It had no need for air to air combat capability as it could out run any fighter/interceptor in the world when it was introduced. Also It did not have the

Re: An evening with Chuck Rose

2007-10-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/guitar1.html Technical: K10, A*85mm/1.4 at f1.4 for 1/50th second. The warmth is deliberate. Nice shot with some good potential. It's all in the rendering ... - I like the warmth but find it's a bit too

Re: PESO: Challenger Harbour

2007-10-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 20, 2007, at 4:00 AM, David Savage wrote: For those who like 360 degree panoramas, I took this last night after work (~480kb Quicktime VR, not spherical): http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/pano_02.mov K10D, FA 31mm f1.8, f11 @ 0.4 seconds, ISO 100. 27 frames I'm not

Re: Slightly OT: Right clicked images find there way home

2007-10-20 Thread David J Brooks
On 10/20/07, Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The latest version of JAlbum is 7.3. It will resize the images for you and the Chameleon skin has a watermark function so all you need to do externally is re-name the files. I tried that on the ibbok version. I dragged about 200 full size

Re: Peso: An evening with Chuck Rose

2007-10-20 Thread David J Brooks
Great shot. Like the DOF used Dave On 10/20/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We went to see a friend of ours play at a local resteraunt tonight. I got a number of the standard man eats microphone pictures, amd a few that I thought were nice. Here is one of them.

Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics

2007-10-20 Thread Bob Blakely
Regards, Bob... Art is not a reflection of reality. it is the reality of a reflection. -Jean Luc Godard - Original Message - From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday,

Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics

2007-10-20 Thread graywolf
Making a threatening comment about The President is a Federal Felony these days. I would think inviting him to commit suicide is a gray area however. John Sessoms wrote: From: mike wilson From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Presidents should simply commit hara-kiri when their

Re: Starfighters Co.

2007-10-20 Thread Dario Bonazza
So here's the answer: www.dariobonazza/public/Fiat_G59.jpg It's a 1948 Fiat G59, a derivative of the WWII-era G55 with a Merlin engine. In Italy, it was only used as a trainer (hence the 2-seat cockpit), while a few were also built with as single-seater fighters for other armed forces. Thanks to

Re: GESO: Vivitar Series 1 105 macro

2007-10-20 Thread Derby Chang
!! Thanks Bob, Most thorough reply. I agree with you and Paul about the DOF. Tricky, though because I was in the public orchid house, so it is frowned upon to bring in tripods and move the flowers around. Still, I might try a monopod next time. D Bob Sullivan wrote: Derby, I think the

Re: Completely and totally OT: Politics

2007-10-20 Thread David J Brooks
On 10/20/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They actually put in curves where none are needed now. Doesn't seem to bother Mark.:-) Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Starfighters Co.

2007-10-20 Thread Dario Bonazza
Of course, I missed the .com: www.dariobonazza.com/public/Fiat_G59.jpg Dario - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 10:44 PM Subject: Re: Starfighters Co. So here's the answer:

Re: my new photo book SIGNS GONE BY - was : FS Friday - coals to New Castle

2007-10-20 Thread ann sanfedele
David J Brooks wrote: Ann, finally had a chance to look at the photos for the calander. There are great. thanks! One question with cafe press. Do you put the calander together using their software, or just send them photoso and say you want a calander made. Dave I just load up the images

Re: Starfighters Co.

2007-10-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Oct 20, 2007, at 1:44 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: So here's the answer: http://www.dariobonazza.com/public/Fiat_G59.jpg It's a 1948 Fiat G59, a derivative of the WWII-era G55 with a Merlin engine. In Italy, it was only used as a trainer (hence the 2-seat cockpit), while a few were

Re: my new photo book SIGNS GONE BY - was : FS Friday - coals to New Castle

2007-10-20 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks. I will if i need more info Dave On 10/20/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David J Brooks wrote: Ann, finally had a chance to look at the photos for the calander. There are great. thanks! One question with cafe press. Do you put the calander together using their

Re: PESO - Beach Scene

2007-10-20 Thread David J Brooks
Lovely. I love the golden glow. I agree with Ann. calenders. Dave On 10/19/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taken at the beach at Pt. Reyes - The sun was near setting and caused the soft glow depicted. Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 123mm ISO 800, 1/3000 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld

Art and About - Sydney Life

2007-10-20 Thread Derby Chang
Every year, during Good Food Month, there is a public art festival here in Sydney. One of the favourite events is the Sydney Life photo comp. The promo always describes them as bedsheet size prints hung under the wide avenue in Hyde Park. Only just managed to catch it yesterday, while the

Re: It is crazy... (or lost opportunities for Pentax)

2007-10-20 Thread graywolf
Of course, if Pentax was making a modern version, or even the same version, the used ones would not be going that high. It is unavailability that is making it valuable. Igor Roshchin wrote: About 1.5 years ago, at the very last moment I decided not to place my bid on e-bay for a Pentax 1.7x

Re: Lens purchase saga

2007-10-20 Thread graywolf
Adorama ripped me off recently. BH has never ripped me off. To each his own, I guess. Stan Halpin wrote: I have had generally good success with both. Adorama has tended to have better selection of Pentax gear in the last few years. What got me steamed about my recent experience is that

Re: SR-71

2007-10-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
When they were decommissioned, the ultimate sacrilege was committed: they cut the wings and backbone on all but the three (?) left in NASA's care so that they could never be flown again. I practically cried when I heard that. I hate to see beautiful things destroyed, whether for good

Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s)

2007-10-20 Thread graywolf
I want a full frame portable all in one back for my 4x5. It does not have to be high resolution, 4000x5000 will do fine for me. How's that for a dream? Rebekah wrote: Hopefully a new camera will drive down the price of the K10 :) But this 'I want FF' thing is really out of proportion IMO.

GFM in October

2007-10-20 Thread Bill Owens
The obligatory tourist shot from GFM for those that haven't been there in October. Taken with the Optio MX at f2.9 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6548526 Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Lens purchase saga

2007-10-20 Thread Derby Chang
Me too, graywolf. Adorama have generally been ok for me, except when I bought the P67 100mm macro, which I am sure the listing said w/ life converter. When it arrived, no converter. They said they packed everything that came with the lens. The listing of course wasn't on the site any more

Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s)

2007-10-20 Thread graywolf
Or something like a 24x30 or 24x32 frame? Toralf Lund wrote: On the other hand, as perhaps someone mentioned earlier, there's a lot between 1.5x and 1.0x. It's been reported here that the DA lenses generally cover very nearly the image circle required by 35mm film, so perhaps they would

Re: Art and About - Sydney Life

2007-10-20 Thread Brian Walters
Hi Derby My wife and I caught up with 'Art and About' last Wednesday. I didn't particularly like the winning entry. It's a good photo but not especially outstanding in my view. My favourites were Christine Gleisner's Martin and Madge and, for a bit of fun, Adrian Cook's Easter, Marrickville,

Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s)

2007-10-20 Thread Tom C
So must the CEO of Hoya come directly to your house and tell you personally? It's been stated publicly that their strategy is to concentrate on products that will sell in higher volume and have a higher per unit profit. At about the same time, it was announced that plans for marketing the 645D

Re: GFM in October

2007-10-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/10/07, Bill Owens, discombobulated, unleashed: The obligatory tourist shot from GFM for those that haven't been there in October. Taken with the Optio MX at f2.9 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6548526 Bill VERY nice Bill. Hope you had a good time :-) -- Cheers, Cotty

Re: Lens purchase saga

2007-10-20 Thread graywolf
That was what happened to me, on a lower budget item. I ordered a $150 stereo microphone and the accessory package was torn open (to make matters worse it was a zip lock bag) and the adapters were missing. They did offer me my money back but buying the parts at Radio Shack was cheaper than the

More GFM

2007-10-20 Thread Bill Owens
A shot some of you will be familiar with. Sorry for the reflection, but it was taken through the windshield http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6548727 Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Starfighters Co. (was: Completely and totally OT: Politics)

2007-10-20 Thread graywolf
I don't know what it is but it looks like it has RR Merlin engine. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

RE: GFM in October

2007-10-20 Thread Bill Owens
Thanks, Cotty. We had a good time after being stalled in traffic for over an hour behind other cars heading for GFM. We ran into the stationary parking lot about a mile and a half short of the entrance. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: Slightly OT: Right clicked images find there way home

2007-10-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
H...I just tried it w/55 6mp images and it took less than a minute. The only thing I didn't do was add a watermark, but I can't imagine that would add a lot of time to the process. -p David J Brooks wrote: On 10/20/07, Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The latest version of JAlbum

Re: GFM in October

2007-10-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
Nice Bill, more color than in Chicago! Glad to see you made it over there. Regards, Bob S. On 10/20/07, Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The obligatory tourist shot from GFM for those that haven't been there in October. Taken with the Optio MX at f2.9

RE: GFM in October

2007-10-20 Thread Bill Owens
Thanks, Bob We were surprised how bright the colors were since it's been so dry around here Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Sullivan Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 6:48 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GFM in

One more

2007-10-20 Thread Bill Owens
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6548727 Last one from today's trip (Saturday) to GFM Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: GFM in October

2007-10-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Bill Owens wrote: The obligatory tourist shot from GFM for those that haven't been there in October. Taken with the Optio MX at f2.9 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6548526 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nice one, Bill! I'm hoping to go down there next weekend. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

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