Re: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-10 Thread Alastair Robertson
Why not Jeffrey Friedl's Lightroom plugin http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/gps - it seems to work fine - you can use a GPX tracklog to geoencode or manually geoencode from Google Earth or conversely, show a location in Google earth when you have encoded information already tagged to the

Re: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-10 Thread Thibouille
Brian, if you want a GPS logger only it will be a lot cheaper but will work just for that. I do use (and I know Ralf does as well) a Garmin GPSMap 60cx which recently plummeted price. Garmin eTrex range is known as well to be good devices. You may want to think about the intended uses of this

RE: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-10 Thread Brian Walters
Thanks, Bob That looks simple enough for what I have in mind. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:22 +0100, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Interesting thread, this.

Re: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-10 Thread SV Hovland
There are multiple solutions, including some small devices (mouse-like) which became quite commoncalled gps loggers and full featured GPS devices. Another GPS device could be your cell phone. More and more of them does have a GPS built in. I have made a small and easy to use gps logger for

Re: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-10 Thread Brian Walters
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:13 +0200, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: Brian, if you want a GPS logger only it will be a lot cheaper but will work just for that. I do use (and I know Ralf does as well) a Garmin GPSMap 60cx which recently plummeted price. Garmin eTrex range is known as well

Re: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-10 Thread Brian Walters
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:13 +1200, Alastair Robertson kiwibiolog...@gmail.com wrote: Why not Jeffrey Friedl's Lightroom plugin http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/gps - it seems to work fine - you can use a GPX tracklog to geoencode or manually geoencode from Google Earth or conversely,

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-10 Thread gldnbearz
I was at the K7 tour at the San Francisco stop today where I ran into John Celio. Neither of us won the K7. It would be nice if a PDML member won one. I got to play with the K7 and found it to my liking with respect to size (smaller lighter than Kx0D) and low shutter/mirror noise (John called it

Re: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10/08/2009, SV Hovland p...@heime.org wrote: Another GPS device could be your cell phone. More and more of them does have a GPS built in. I have made a small and easy to use gps logger for Windows Mobile smartphones. It log in standard gpx format. A version for touch screen based

Re: OT - Especially for my recently unemployed, but

2009-08-10 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Also, the older you get, in general, the higher the salary you command, mainly due to experience, the more likely you'll be replaced by a lower salary, less experienced person. A customer of mine, a large electronics manufacturer, went through a series of drastic

Re: OT - Especially for my recently unemployed, but

2009-08-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10/08/2009, Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de wrote: When the first production samples arrived back in Europe, they were humming, buzzing and whistling. What had worked so nicely in their computer simulation turned out to be a total failure. Apparently, noone had taught those young

Re: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-10 Thread SV Hovland
:-) My goal was to keep this program simple and fast and easy to use. But if there is anything you want added or fixed, please let me know. PS. There is a turn of light function in the menu. I saw on my HTC X7500 phone that it would not turn of light automatically, but it does this

Re: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10/08/2009, SV Hovland p...@heime.org wrote: :-) My goal was to keep this program simple and fast and easy to use. But if there is anything you want added or fixed, please let me know. PS. There is a turn of light function in the menu. I saw on my HTC X7500 phone that it would not turn

Re: OT - Especially for my recently unemployed, but

2009-08-10 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Ken Wallerkwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Kenneth Waller Also, the older you get, in general, the higher the salary you command, mainly due to experience, the more likely you'll be replaced by a lower salary, less experienced person. As was I. They did keep 1-2

Re: Dream Cruise blog #3 on Times web site

2009-08-10 Thread David J Brooks
Paul, i think thats the best of the three articles. Nice to read the history. Dave On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Paul Stenquistpnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/woodward-dream-cruise-beginnings/ Thanks for all who've had a look at these. Just made

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread John Mullan
We have to remember that a GPS can really only do one thing, tell you where it thinks you are. Anything else that the unit does is purely predictive, making a best guess based on certain variables as to how to get you to your destination. If it tells you to turn the wrong way on a one-way

Re: Dream Cruise blog #3 on Times web site

2009-08-10 Thread Derby Chang
Paul Stenquist wrote: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/woodward-dream-cruise-beginnings/ Thanks for all who've had a look at these. Just made it back from my shoot in Ohio. Have to crank out another Times blog for tomorrow. Paul These are really wistful, entertaining reads,

Re: GESO Street Walk

2009-08-10 Thread Derby Chang
Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: I'd be interested in knowing if you like the interface and the inclusion of text here. If not, feel free to say so. If you hover your curser over the right side middle of the large frame you get an advance arrow. I really haven't done much street work

Re: OT - Especially for my recently unemployed, but

2009-08-10 Thread John Mullan
Don't you mean bi-facial? jm - Original Message - From: William Robb war...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:24 PM Subject: Re: OT - Especially for my recently unemployed, but - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan

Re: OT: Can't keep a good song down

2009-08-10 Thread Derby Chang
Bob W wrote: Rootling around on Youtube I found these, which I thought might interest some of the old silverbacks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GBv=RuuOAA9ekbg Half a century later: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nq_-DHhVOgfeature=related I've never heard of this before:

Re: OT: Can't keep a good song down

2009-08-10 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Good stuff. It was the reunion of the 3 fabs I hadn't heard about before. Speaking of which: the Belgians now have those automatic radar devices all over the country with a digital display showing your speed and the mention You're driving at ... km/h. Now,

Re: OT - Especially for my recently unemployed, but

2009-08-10 Thread John Sessoms
I have found a lot of what is in that article to be true. As I age, and I am older. Basically, it can be summarized up like this -- The older you get the less shit you'll put up with. Heh. Very, very true (i.e. avoiding stressful situations). The key is experience. The more experience

FA 50/1.4 trouble

2009-08-10 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi guys. After some deliberation I decided to shell $250 for brand new FA 50/1.4 for my daughter. It arrived some days ago, and it says made in Vietnam. Now, I don't have anything against it except that this lens is soft at f/8 outdoors focused manually by the split screen. It is going back to BH

Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble

2009-08-10 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: FA 50/1.4 trouble Hi guys. After some deliberation I decided to shell $250 for brand new FA 50/1.4 for my daughter. It arrived some days ago, and it says made in Vietnam. Now, I don't have anything against it except that this lens

Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble

2009-08-10 Thread Boris Liberman
You may have been wrong assuming that increase of price is caused the increase of investement on the part of the manufacturer, as this is exactly not how it appears from where I stand. I am not very tempted to cancel my order for K-7 in Israel as the cherry picking process can become real big pain

Re: GESO Street Walk

2009-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
I finally got this to work... (that is, viewing it I cant just click on it in from my mail set up _ have to copy and paste into firefox) Before I forget the photos... I love number 8 the experiment I like the integration of text and pics... but not crazy about how one has to view it...

RE: FA 50/1.4 trouble

2009-08-10 Thread J.C. O'Connell
I would do a bracketed focus test, focussing initially normally, but then a series of manually focussed in front of and behind the initial focus. Maybe the focus screen is out of whack? Maybe not, just a bad lens. But you need to shoot the bracketed focus to confirm its not the camera/screen to be

Re: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-10 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/9/2009 6:18:48 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentaxl...@gmail.com writes: Lightroom will allow for displaying a Googlemaps page with location if Iclick on the GPS coords in metadata. All in all, very happy with my purchase. Very easy to use and very useful. Regards, PS:

Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble

2009-08-10 Thread Boris Liberman
John, I am sorry to tell you, but both my DA 21/3.2 (with me here) focuses perfectly and that my focusing screen is just fine. Also, if you shoot from like 10 meters at f/8, the DOF has to be reasonable, whereas I don't see a single piece of the area allegedly in focus that is actually there. This

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/8/2009 10:57:26 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dm...@bluemoon.net.nz writes: I'm amused by the fact that men have a reputation of never using a map or asking directions. But put the map and directions into an electronic gizmo and it's an entirely different story. Dave

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/9/2009 9:13:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jehosep...@mindspring.com writes: John Sessoms wrote: My experience is about 25% of men can learn to read a map well enough to navigate by it. The day I really started enjoying maps was when I figured out how to visualize

RE: FA 50/1.4 trouble

2009-08-10 Thread J.C. O'Connell
well, if Pentax is really putting out as many bad lenses as been reported lately, it really is bad news. This is just another reason why I like the older screw, K, and A lenses. The quality on those series is remarkably consistant. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Home Page -

Re: ping

2009-08-10 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/9/2009 5:29:48 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: Once I rented Pirates of the Caribbean and tried to watch it on my Mac, with a licensed and legal DVD player software. But it didn't work. That is the annoying part of the fact that paranoid

Re: PESO 2009 - 128 - GDG

2009-08-10 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/8/2009 10:25:22 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ramar...@mac.com writes: From my 'round the USA' car trip in 2006 ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/128-roadside-forest Comments always appreciated, thanks for looking. enjoy Godfrey http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com

Re: GESO Street Walk

2009-08-10 Thread Bruce Dayton
Try 'mousing over' on a touchscreen like an iPhone - then you'll really see what a pain that technique is. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, August 10, 2009, 8:30:26 AM, you wrote: snip as (that's just me and my reaction to the current trends - mousing over as is not something I can as do well

Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble

2009-08-10 Thread P. J. Alling
Welcome to your new position at Pentax Quality Control. You won't won't get paid, won't even be supplied with human resources' phone number, let alone a direct line to a production engineer, but you can end the day with a warm glow from a job well done. Boris Liberman wrote: Hi guys. After

Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble

2009-08-10 Thread P. J. Alling
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: FA 50/1.4 trouble Hi guys. After some deliberation I decided to shell $250 for brand new FA 50/1.4 for my daughter. It arrived some days ago, and it says made in Vietnam. Now, I don't have anything against it

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Scott Loveless
On 8/8/09, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Dave, take a screen grab (command+shift+3 on the mac) and print the resulting picture. Quadruple-bucky-cokebottle? On 8/8/09, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, Like Cotty says, try a 'screen print' (button on the upper right of my

Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble

2009-08-10 Thread Boris Liberman
It should read I am *now* very tempted to cancel my order for K-7... On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: You may have been wrong assuming that increase of price is caused the increase of investement on the part of the manufacturer, as this is exactly not how

Re: ping

2009-08-10 Thread Boris Liberman
pingety ping, popety pop ;-) On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Bob Wp...@web-options.com wrote: again -- 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: Northumbrian coast PDML meet

2009-08-10 Thread mike wilson
Cotty wrote: On 9/8/09, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: If you check the link, it starts at sleeps 14 (I think) and goes down from there. Sleeps 14 however, costs £1300 for the week. This one is nice - available and £785 - 4 bedrooms, 5 adults max, sleeps 8, yards from

PESO 2009 - 130 - GDG

2009-08-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I love the fog. http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/130-fence-yard-and-fog Comments always welcome, thanks for looking! Godfrey -- http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

RE: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Bob W
[...] So I've never seen the difficulty in reading a map. My car is fully stocked and when I plan to go somewhere I don't have a map for, I get one beforehand or get one first thing when I arrive there. I simply don't travel without a map. Directions people give me are too imprecise

Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble

2009-08-10 Thread mike wilson
Boris Liberman wrote: You may have been wrong assuming that increase of price is caused the increase of investement on the part of the manufacturer, as this is exactly not how it appears from where I stand. I am not very tempted to cancel my order for K-7 in Israel as the cherry picking process

Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble

2009-08-10 Thread Boris Liberman
I saw it coming from you, Mike, sir ;-). The middle section is not covered yet, but I am sure it will be ;-). On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:37 AM, mike wilsonm.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Boris Liberman wrote: You may have been wrong assuming that increase of price is caused the increase of

Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
poking around in stuff I took a year or so ago... I _think_ I prefer the BW. http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615974287_MBwWh/Medium http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615973564_hreL7/Medium ann http://annsan.smugmug.com http://stores.lulu.com/annsan

RE: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-10 Thread Desjardins, Steve
I like the entire gallery, but especially the two Marilyns. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 2:56 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area poking around

Re: GESO Street Walk

2009-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
Bruce, I would never in my life use an Iphone so I'm safe there! :-) ann Bruce Dayton wrote: Try 'mousing over' on a touchscreen like an iPhone - then you'll really see what a pain that technique is. Best regards, Bruce Monday, August 10, 2009, 8:30:26 AM, you wrote: -- snip as

Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
thanks Steve -- I thought it was two Madonna's ... something about the eyes in the one on the right.. Maybe I have ot go back and look at that wall again! ann Desjardins, Steve wrote: I like the entire gallery, but especially the two Marilyns. -Original Message- From:

Re: PESO 2009 - 130 - GDG

2009-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
me too and I'm liking your blog a lot, Godders... despite the abundance of white screen on left and right... which is hard on my old eyes ann Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I love the fog. http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/130-fence-yard-and-fog Comments always welcome, thanks for looking!

Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-10 Thread Jack Davis
Like the color shot and gallery, but the BW doesn't open for me.(?) Jack --- On Mon, 8/10/09, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, August 10, 2009,

RE: Northumbrian coast PDML meet

2009-08-10 Thread Bob W
This one is nice - available and £785 - 4 bedrooms, 5 adults max, sleeps 8, yards from beach :-) http://www.northumbria-cottages.co.uk/cgi-bin/database/pas.cgi? code=BOATHcod=5 ~£200 per bedroom for a week. Looks like the two non-family rooms sleep two each. Anyone else

RE: OT: Can't keep a good song down

2009-08-10 Thread Bob W
One thing I distinctly remember as a lad was reading about these rareties and dispairing of ever having a hope of hearing them. Now, they are all a few clicks away. Here's another one that was legendary, but never released. I wonder why :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixKCfJhW_x8

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 10, 2009, at 09:46 , Scott Loveless wrote: On 8/8/09, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Dave, take a screen grab (command+shift+3 on the mac) and print the resulting picture. Quadruple-bucky-cokebottle? There's an App for that. Called Grab. On 8/8/09, Bob Sullivan

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 10, 2009, at 15:37, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Aug 10, 2009, at 09:46 , Scott Loveless wrote: On 8/8/09, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Dave, take a screen grab (command+shift+3 on the mac) and print the resulting picture. Quadruple-bucky-cokebottle? There's an App for that.

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Scott Loveless
On 8/10/09, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: On Aug 10, 2009, at 09:46 , Scott Loveless wrote: On 8/8/09, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Dave, take a screen grab (command+shift+3 on the mac) and print the resulting picture. Quadruple-bucky-cokebottle? There's

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 10, 2009, at 13:59 , Charles Robinson wrote: The mystery, tie-your-fingers-into-knots combinations for MacOS are puzzlingly bizarre. There's really only one that is not that easy, and that's to reset the parameter

Re: PESO 2009 - 130 - GDG

2009-08-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:36 PM, ann sanfedeleann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: me too and I'm liking your blog a lot, Godders... despite the abundance of white screen on left and right... which is hard on my old eyes I love the fog.  http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/130-fence-yard-and-fog

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/8/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: ALT + PRTSC will copy the active window. Or, on my laptop, where the PRTSC button is combined with the INSERT key, I also have to hit FN. So we're back to quadruple-bucky-hole-in-the-head. Hey, when your PC is frozen solid with virii, I'll

Re: FA 50/1.4 trouble

2009-08-10 Thread Sasha Sobol
Old Pentax lenses are of exceptional build quality. New ones are also great (next thing I will buy will be 50-250mm, not sure when though), but there are some bad samples. It happens embarrassingly often. Same with bodies: my second copy of K7 works flawlessly so far... --Sasha On Mon, Aug 10,

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread steve harley
they whom i call Joseph McAllister wrote: On Aug 10, 2009, at 13:59 , Charles Robinson wrote: The mystery, tie-your-fingers-into-knots combinations for MacOS are puzzlingly bizarre. There's really only one that is not that

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread steve harley
they whom i call Charles Robinson wrote: The mystery, tie-your-fingers-into-knots combinations for MacOS are puzzlingly bizarre. they aren't mnemonic, but if you use them a lot they become second nature: cmd-shift 4, draw a rectangle with the mouse to snap part of screen cmd-shift-4, then

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Scott Loveless
On 8/10/09, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 10/8/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: ALT + PRTSC will copy the active window. Or, on my laptop, where the PRTSC button is combined with the INSERT key, I also have to hit FN. So we're back to quadruple-bucky-hole-in-the-head.

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Bruce Dayton
Monday, August 10, 2009, 3:16:58 PM, you wrote: SL On 8/10/09, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 10/8/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: ALT + PRTSC will copy the active window. Or, on my laptop, where the PRTSC button is combined with the INSERT key, I also have to hit FN.

Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-10 Thread Igor Roshchin
http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615973564_hreL7/Medium I had a chance of buying that one, but we didn't agree on the price. The bridge, not the photo... :-) Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Cotty
On 10/8/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: Linux here, fanboi. When your Mac is two months old and Steve Jobs has determined that the new OSX won't run on your ancient hardware, I'll still be plugging along while you're emptying your wallet. ...and having finger surgery

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Doug Franklin
Bob W wrote: When you get off the road and out into the countryside following a map is a lot more difficult. The main difficulty is figuring out where you are if you do go astray. That's when it's helpful to be able to visualize the terrain features depicted on the map and match them up with

Re: PESO 2009 - 130 - GDG

2009-08-10 Thread Igor Roshchin
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/130-fence-yard-and-fog Comments always welcome, thanks for looking! Godfrey, - It looks like your film fogged up... It must've been the radiation from NASA... :-) Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 10, 2009, at 15:16 , Scott Loveless wrote: On 8/10/09, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 10/8/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: ALT + PRTSC will copy the active window. Or, on my laptop, where the PRTSC button is combined with the INSERT key, I also have to hit FN.

Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
try it now... I was hiding a photo in the gallery and clicked on the wrong one :( ann Jack Davis wrote: Like the color shot and gallery, but the BW doesn't open for me.(?) Jack --- On Mon, 8/10/09, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject:

Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
Igor Roshchin wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615973564_hreL7/Medium I had a chance of buying that one, but we didn't agree on the price. yeah, I know how that is... The bridge, not the photo... :-) Igor You STILL have a chance to buy the photo,

Why engineers never score

2009-08-10 Thread Bob W
Would you like to come upstairs and see my miniaturised silicon ring resonator? But perhaps they should: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8192569.stm Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-10 Thread Jack Davis
OK, got it. I, also, prefer the BW. More to do with shape and form. Jack --- On Mon, 8/10/09, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, August 10, 2009,

Pentax in Fry's, other stores?

2009-08-10 Thread John Celio
Yesterday at the SF stop of the Pentax K-7 Viral Tour, someone asked why it was so hard to find Pentax equipment in local stores. One of the reps said they were actively working to correct that, and gave two heartening examples. 1. Keeble Shuchat, a big pro camera shop in San Jose was now

Re: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?

2009-08-10 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, There is a local Fry's here in Chicago, near me. John Carlson said the same at GRM in June. The midwest guy was working to get into Fry's. Hope it makes it to my store. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:10 PM, John Celion...@neovenator.com wrote: Yesterday at the SF stop of the

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Graydon
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 06:16:58PM -0400, Scott Loveless scripsit: Linux here, fanboi. When your Mac is two months old and Steve Jobs has determined that the new OSX won't run on your ancient hardware, I'll still be plugging along while you're emptying your wallet. Photoshop or Lightroom

why I am a fossil

2009-08-10 Thread Bran Everseeking
I never, or almost never, remember that i can change the sensitivity of the sensor when i am shooting. I was wishing i had the ND filters earlier. 800 iso sigh Bran -- Einstein proved light is a partical, Young proved light is a wave but Niépce used light to create regardless. -- PDML

Re: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-10 Thread Christine Aguila
Very nice, Ann. I prefer the BW by a lot. Great work. Love the composition. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 1:56 PM Subject: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

Re: GESO Street Walk

2009-08-10 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Ann. Just FYI: to go back, you can hover in the same middle area, but only on the left side. A few years ago, there used to be quite a GOTH presence on the street in this area. The young GOTHS used hang and pose etc in large numbers--not that much the other night. Cheers,

Re: GESO Street Walk

2009-08-10 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Derby. Much appreciated. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 7:02 AM Subject: Re: GESO Street Walk Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: I'd be interested in

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Bruce Dayton
Monday, August 10, 2009, 3:49:18 PM, you wrote: DF Bob W wrote: When you get off the road and out into the countryside following a map is a lot more difficult. The main difficulty is figuring out where you are if you do go astray. DF That's when it's helpful to be able to visualize the

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread P. J. Alling
It may just be the interface, but in my opinion PS 7.0 is a better package with better color management on a PC than even the latest version of The Gimp. Yes, Photoshop is expensive and no version of CS will install on my OS of choice, (though it looks more and more that I'll have to byte the

Re: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?

2009-08-10 Thread Doug Franklin
John Celio wrote: 2. Fry's Electronics, a (mostly) west coast chain of GIANT electronics stores, is now carrying the K-7 and accessories. This is awesome for a couple reasons. Later this week I have to go to the Alpharetta, GA, location of Fry's, so I'll see if they have them in stock.

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Doug Franklin
Bruce Dayton wrote: Of course, this 'visualizing' thing doesn't work too well in Kansas...no terrain features. There's almost always /something/ in an inhabited area. If you've got the right maps, they'll include individual buildings and the like, in addition to roads and terrain features.

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11/08/2009, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: There's almost always /something/ in an inhabited area. If you've got the right maps, they'll include individual buildings and the like, in addition to roads and terrain features. Yeah, it's a lot easier to get lost, and a lot

Re: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-10 Thread paul stenquist
Well seen. A very dramatic shot. I too like the BW. Paul On Aug 10, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Very nice, Ann. I prefer the BW by a lot. Great work. Love the composition. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To:

Re: GESO Street Walk

2009-08-10 Thread paul stenquist
Love the motorcycle pic and the legs shot. Fun stuff. Paul On Aug 10, 2009, at 9:31 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Thanks, Derby. Much appreciated. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday,

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread P. J. Alling
GPS was designed for automated delivery systems to put their packages within a 10 foot radius. The delivery systems go by various names but mostly tomahawk, and the packages mostly go boom. Your use of the system was an afterthought. Rob Studdert wrote: On 11/08/2009, Doug Franklin

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Graydon
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:50:20PM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: GPS was designed for automated delivery systems to put their packages within a 10 foot radius. The delivery systems go by various names but mostly tomahawk, and the packages mostly go boom. Your use of the system was an

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Bob Sullivan
I thought GPS was an outgrowth of the LORAN system with more precision for the submarine launched Polaris missles. Smaller warheads necessitate more accuracy. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Graydono...@uniserve.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:50:20PM -0400, P. J.

Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-10 Thread Doug Brewer
ann sanfedele wrote: poking around in stuff I took a year or so ago... I _think_ I prefer the BW. http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615974287_MBwWh/Medium http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615973564_hreL7/Medium ann http://annsan.smugmug.com

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-10 Thread Graydon
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:29:07PM -0500, Bob Sullivan scripsit: I thought GPS was an outgrowth of the LORAN system with more precision for the submarine launched Polaris missles. Smaller warheads necessitate more accuracy. Well, this is true of smaller warheads, but subs aren't necessarily

Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-10 Thread ann sanfedele
Christine, Paul, Doug - I was leaning toward the bw strongly, but sometimes I don't trust myself :-) thanks all! Now I'm gonna mess with folk and take the color one out lol ann Doug Brewer wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: poking around in stuff I took a year or so ago... I _think_ I prefer

GESO - Huntington

2009-08-10 Thread Doug Brewer
Family and I drove over to Huntington, WV on Saturday for a day out and to eat at Hillbilly Hot Dogs, a sort of trash art dive outside Huntington. Here are a few of the photos I made on the trip. http://www.alphoto.com/images/huntington/index.html enjoy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-10 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/10/2009 9:04:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ann...@nyc.rr.com writes: Christine, Paul, Doug - I was leaning toward the bw strongly, but sometimes I don't trust myself :-) thanks all! Now I'm gonna mess with folk and take the color one out lol ann Doug Brewer wrote:

Re: GESO - Huntington

2009-08-10 Thread Christine Aguila
Excellent! Excellent! When I saw warehouse shipping, I thought for sure that was going to be my favorite, but then hillbilly gas trumped it big time. Though I think the last four are fantastic. I like the 1st one--the bw kids. The abstracts are well done, but it's the last 4 that make me

Re: GESO Street Walk

2009-08-10 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Paul. Much appreciated. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 9:45 PM Subject: Re: GESO Street Walk Love the motorcycle pic and the legs shot. Fun

RE: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-10 Thread SV Hovland
How easy would it be to provide an option to display Long/Lat in decimal notation? I noticed that the file is autosaved and closed at 1000 log entries then new file is started. How easy is it to concatenate these files? Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Hi I have added