Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread Joseph McAllister
On May 1, 2010, at 17:46 , steve harley wrote: On 2010-05-01 17:31 , Rob Studdert wrote: That's not what I said. I simply said if the need arose (which it has) then you are forced into using iTunes, no other portable audio players require this. each portable audio player has its

RE: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread John Coyle
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of steve harley Sent: Sunday, 2 May 2010 11:30 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? On 2010-05-01 03:35 , John Coyle wrote: I started with computers in 1982, when the hot

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread Joseph McAllister
On May 1, 2010, at 20:33 , John Francis wrote: Basically, a system of a mere 300 Mac Pros has never been anywhere pushing the top of the performance charts in the real world; any such claims must have come with so many restrictions and qualifiers as to be meaningless. In 2004 IBM retook the

Re: Please comment on my Diner Blog

2010-05-02 Thread eckinator
2010/5/2 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: Thanks, Sasha.  I have been formatting my emails to Posterous for the way it looks on my computers.  I probably should stop doing that, and just type continuous lines of text. Indeed =) Also, if you compose your mails in the web interface of

Re: Carrying a monopd

2010-05-02 Thread Cotty
On 1/5/10, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: I figured that picking up a maglight holster was worth a $9 gamble. I think that it'll work well. Pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623846825763/ And all along I thought that was a banana in your pocket --

RE: limiter thingee.. [Scanned][Spam score:8%]

2010-05-02 Thread John Whittingham
That's exactly right, in the case of the Tamron the normal (non Macro) focus range is from just under 1.5m to infinity, which is roughly a 1/4 turn, about the same as say FA 35/2. I've never been fortunate enough to try the FA 100 Macro, but would imagine it is similar. If it's anything like

Re: The New Life: Part II (new skin)

2010-05-02 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 30, 2010, at 06:45 , Roman Melihhov wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20100430162536 ^^^ its a Grass Snake to the lover of repltiles in you... I like both New Life NL II (new skin), but the snake photos are very nice. I don''t think he's that long, Cotty. 18-24 inches,

Re: PESO - The Contemplative Smoker

2010-05-02 Thread Brian Walters
On Sat, 01 May 2010 18:12 -0400, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like he has something on his mind: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/05/contemplative-smoker.html I'm not sure I want to know what it is! Did you ask?. Well spotted and nicely rendered.

Re: PESO Ensemble

2010-05-02 Thread Brian Walters
On Sat, 01 May 2010 19:16 -0400, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10964950size=lg -- I liked the previous one but I think the composition of this one is a tad better. Very nice! Cheers Brian ++

Re: PESO from today's photo workshop

2010-05-02 Thread Brian Walters
On Sat, 01 May 2010 17:53 -0400, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Today I did an informal photo workshop for the Hingham Land Conservation Trust, courtesy of a recommendation from local PDMLer Christine and her husband Anton. We started at 10:00 this morning and it was bright and

Re: PESO - Saturday Morning at the Lake

2010-05-02 Thread Brian Walters
On Sat, 01 May 2010 13:22 -0400, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Got down to the lake at the bottom of my street at about 8 this morning. The light was pretty cool. I hope these aren't too dark, but I like them this way:

Re: Camera pr0n

2010-05-02 Thread Bruce Walker
Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/camerapr0n.jpg So there's real money in this youth-corruption biz after all. Who knew? :-) -bmw -- 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: Red Wing Re-try

2010-05-02 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Good! Thanks, Dave. Flash was the answer. I don't have the extender, but what do you and Paul find your flash settings are for these shots. Obviously it would be for a longer lens, 300, 400 etc. Dave Jack --- On Sat,

POTY

2010-05-02 Thread Bob W
I found this interesting site while searching for something else. It's the Pictures of the Year from the Missouri School of Journalism, which is well-known for its encouragement of this sort of thing, so some excellent photojournalism: http://www.poyi.org/67/winners.php Bob -- PDML

Photo annual has landed (without flowers)

2010-05-02 Thread Toine
The book arrived last week. Congrats everyone! What strikes me most: I didn't spot any flowers (not counting flowers in landscapes). Something to remember for my submissions next year... Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread Adam Maas
And vice-versa. I'm pretty much stuck with Windows on my main system due to Multisim. My HP Laptop takes about 2 minutes to boot fully, from sleep it's 30-45 seconds. My fastest booting Mac is slower (but is a G4). -Adam On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread eckinator
2010/5/2 Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca: My HP Laptop takes about 2 minutes to boot fully, from sleep it's 30-45 seconds. My fastest booting Mac is slower (but is a G4). Sounds like XP, or worse Vista? On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 10:03 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: Mac [...] boots up and

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread drd1135
I'm pretty much an OS agnostic. I have a Mac and a Win system and go backAnd forth. The Macs are nicely made but I'm not sure they are worth the extra cost, for me anyway. -Original Message- From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 14:19:37 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO: Red Wing Re-try

2010-05-02 Thread Jack Davis
I set the flash to high speed and the AF540 zoom manually to 58mm (extender instructions recommend 50mm, but the flash seems to want 58mm). In sunny conditions, usually with a bright sky background, I like a motion freezing f/8 at ISO 200 or 400. Still provides a reasonable shutter speed in

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread Jeffery Smith
Vista. I looks like it is ready after about 45 seconds, but trying to start an application will only get you a program not responding or some similar sort of error message along the top of the screen. On May 2, 2010, at 7:19 AM, eckinator wrote: 2010/5/2 Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca: My HP

Re: POTY

2010-05-02 Thread Jeffery Smith
Good find! On May 2, 2010, at 6:53 AM, Bob W wrote: I found this interesting site while searching for something else. It's the Pictures of the Year from the Missouri School of Journalism, which is well-known for its encouragement of this sort of thing, so some excellent photojournalism:

Re: POTY - nature shot from Louisiana

2010-05-02 Thread Jeffery Smith
http://www.poyi.org/67/01/02.php I didn't define what I meant by shot. Jeffery On May 2, 2010, at 6:53 AM, Bob W wrote: I found this interesting site while searching for something else. It's the Pictures of the Year from the Missouri School of Journalism, which is well-known for its

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Adam Maas Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? And vice-versa. I'm pretty much stuck with Windows on my main system due to Multisim. My HP Laptop takes about 2 minutes to boot fully, from sleep it's 30-45 seconds. My fastest booting Mac is slower (but is a G4).

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 8:19 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/5/2 Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca: My HP Laptop takes about 2 minutes to boot fully, from sleep it's 30-45 seconds. My fastest booting Mac is slower (but is a G4). Sounds like XP, or worse Vista? Vista, which is a

PAW17 - Tattoo

2010-05-02 Thread DagT
Link as usual http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA*55mm, 1/60s, f/1.7, ISO200 The other PAWs are here: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/page7.html and I´ve added some in the kids gallery too... DagT http://www.thrane.name -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/5/10, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: My HP Laptop takes about 2 minutes to boot fully, from sleep it's 30-45 seconds. My fastest booting Mac is slower (but is a G4). MacBook Pro 2.4 Ghz 2 GB RAM 10.5.8 38 seconds from dead to login screen, then 3 seconds to full on. From sleep,

Re: PESO Ensemble

2010-05-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Beautiful Paul, And all the right bits in focus! Regards, Bob S. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 6:16 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10964950size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Anita's Memory

2010-05-02 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/21/2010 4:10 PM, Bong Manayon wrote: Something that sneaked into my schedule during the past month... http://bongmanayon.posterous.com/ I too missed this post. My condolences, Bong. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO - Underworld

2010-05-02 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/20/2010 4:49 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Experiment with flash and old typewriter (1921 #5). http://decluttr.com/4536672402 K20D, DA35 Macro @ f/11, 1/180 sec, ISO 100 AF-540FGZ with Honl grid, Honl snoot used as reflector above. -bmw Magnificent shot, Bruce! Boris -- PDML

PAW17 - Tattoo

2010-05-02 Thread DagT
Link as usual http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA*55mm, 1/60s, f/1.7, ISO200 The other PAWs are here: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/page7.html and I´ve added some in the kids gallery too... DagT http://www.thrane.name -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Adam Maas On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 7:44 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I've had a dozen macs. No failures other than hard drives. My daughter's i-book failed when she tripped over the ethernet cord and broke the port off the motherboard. I thought that was crappy

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: steve harley On 2010-05-01 17:31 , Rob Studdert wrote: That's not what I said. I simply said if the need arose (which it has) then you are forced into using iTunes, no other portable audio players require this. each portable audio player has its strengths weaknesses -- you have a

RE: Mac vs PC (was Re: K-7 replacement?)

2010-05-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Jeffery Smith Mac has some software available for it that Windows cannot touch. That is one of the reasons for my moving to Mac. And it boots up and connects to drives, the web, etc. in about 45 seconds. My fast Dell takes about 15 minutes to get past all of the not responding issues

Re: Mac vs PC (was Re: K-7 replacement?)

2010-05-02 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 10:09 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Sure. Easily enough done ... BTW, I'd see about getting that Dell fixed. If you're getting 15 minutes of not responding issues at boot up, you've got a broken machine. That sounds like a classic example of 'Norton

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Adam Maas On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 8:19 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/5/2 Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca: My HP Laptop takes about 2 minutes to boot fully, from sleep it's 30-45 seconds. My fastest booting Mac is slower (but is a G4). Sounds like XP, or worse Vista?

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 10:39 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Adam Maas Vista, which is a significant upgrade over XP despite the popular opinion to the contrary. Note I'm counting from power-on to 'all background services started'. I can get a working UI much quicker than

Re: PESO - Underworld

2010-05-02 Thread Bruce Walker
Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/20/2010 4:49 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Experiment with flash and old typewriter (1921 #5). http://decluttr.com/4536672402 K20D, DA35 Macro @ f/11, 1/180 sec, ISO 100 AF-540FGZ with Honl grid, Honl snoot used as reflector above. -bmw Magnificent shot, Bruce! Boris

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread Graydon
On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 10:53:45AM -0400, Adam Maas scripsit: [snip] little caret), but it still fails due to the poor assumption that your launcher and task switcher should be the same thing, a UI paradigm which sucked on NeXTStep and still sucks today. And it forces you to stack running

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread P N Stenquist
On May 2, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Adam Maas wrote: On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 10:39 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Adam Maas Vista, which is a significant upgrade over XP despite the popular opinion to the contrary. Note I'm counting from power-on to 'all background services

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Graydon gray...@marost.ca wrote: On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 10:53:45AM -0400, Adam Maas scripsit: [snip] little caret), but it still fails due to the poor assumption that your launcher and task switcher should be the same thing, a UI paradigm which sucked on

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:40 AM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On May 2, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Adam Maas wrote: The sad part is there's really only two parts of the OS X UI that I dislike. The Dock and Finder. I didn't like them at first, since I was accustomed to OS9, but after

Re: Been missing from the list

2010-05-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
I'm so envious. That's such a great area. Are you getting as far as Kodachrome? No. We haven't gone any further west than Escalante. Woke up this AM in Torrey Utah to a few inches of snow. Cold but the shooting has been really, really good, even some ildlife -Original Message-

Re: POTY - nature shot from Louisiana

2010-05-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Yes that appears to be quite a shot. On 5/2/2010 9:23 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: http://www.poyi.org/67/01/02.php I didn't define what I meant by shot. Jeffery On May 2, 2010, at 6:53 AM, Bob W wrote: I found this interesting site while searching for something else. It's the Pictures of

Galia PESO #18 - Galia does flowers

2010-05-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Two shots by Galia: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/05/peso-2010-18-galia-does-flowers.html Also a blog entry related to one of these shots: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/05/enter-photoscape.html Cheers! -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Galia PESO #18 - Galia does flowers

2010-05-02 Thread Bob W
Lovely photos - well done to Gallia! Hi! Two shots by Galia: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/05/peso-2010-18-galia-doe s-flowers.html Also a blog entry related to one of these shots: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/05/enter-photoscape.html Cheers! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Galia PESO #18 - Galia does flowers

2010-05-02 Thread Jack Davis
Boris, resolution is perfectly suited to the scene. A bit soft, but works with the background. Even though the background flower on the right adds weight to that side, I'd have to crop the left side a small amount. Sorry I can't designate a background element for reference. Blog version not as

Re: PAW17 - Tattoo

2010-05-02 Thread eckinator
hehe... funny one =) thanks for sharing ecke 2010/5/2 DagT li...@thrane.name: Link as usual http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA*55mm, 1/60s, f/1.7, ISO200 The other PAWs are here: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/page7.html and I´ve added some in the

Re: POTY - nature shot from Louisiana

2010-05-02 Thread eckinator
2010/5/2 Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com: http://www.poyi.org/67/01/02.php I didn't define what I meant by shot. Glocks vs. Gators - could also be recoil but it almost looks like he missed that shot -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Please comment on my Diner Blog

2010-05-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Yes, it is tricky. The trickiest part is not everyone sees what I see! That makes adjustments and corrections quite difficult. Thanks again for you comments and suggestions. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 4:14 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/5/2 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com:

Re: Please comment on my Diner Blog

2010-05-02 Thread Jeffery Smith
I've had a chance to peruse the Diner Blog this weekend. I very much like the subject matter, and it is nice to be able to click on the images to get them large on the monitor. My only suggestion (and this is very minor and pretty much just my taste) might be to try a thin border around each

Re: Pentax K-x - What say you?

2010-05-02 Thread Larry Colen
I used the kit lens on my K-x once, to see how it worked. Most of the IMGP shots in this set were shot with it: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623732458488/ For a kit lens, it doesn't suck. Apart from my DA40 it might also be my lightest lens. Which has some benefits. On

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread Larry Colen
On May 1, 2010, at 1:13 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: By the way, just so you know what an idiot I am, this fanaticism about computers beginning in 1973 with Atari, Sinclair, Epson, then Apple and Mac, with parallel interests in Porsches, a powerful audio video wall in the family room,

Re: PESO - The Contemplative Smoker

2010-05-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-01 18:12, frank theriault wrote: Looks like he has something on his mind: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/05/contemplative-smoker.html The white suit, hairless pate and body language really captured my attention. Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. Dammit, why'd I

Re: Pentax K-x - What say you?

2010-05-02 Thread Jeffery Smith
Actually, it isn't bad. I didn't see anything that flew out at me as poor optics. I'll give mine a whirl when it arrives. Jeffery On May 2, 2010, at 3:33 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I used the kit lens on my K-x once, to see how it worked. Most of the IMGP shots in this set were shot with it:

Re: Pentax K-x - What say you?

2010-05-02 Thread P. J. Alling
For some reason this flacker link is causing my system to reboot. (Win2K SP4, Firefox 3.6.3), I tried it three times, three reboots. I'll only hit myself on the head with a hammer so many times. On 5/2/2010 4:33 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I used the kit lens on my K-x once, to see how it worked.

Re: Pentax K-x - What say you?

2010-05-02 Thread Jeffery Smith
Oh dear, my iMac is not having a problem with it. Here we go again ;-) Jeffery On May 2, 2010, at 4:15 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: For some reason this flacker link is causing my system to reboot. (Win2K SP4, Firefox 3.6.3), I tried it three times, three reboots. I'll only hit

Re: Pentax K-x - What say you?

2010-05-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
No problems here...Win7/64 - Firefox 3.6.3 -p On 5/2/2010 4:27 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: Oh dear, my iMac is not having a problem with it. Here we go again ;-) Jeffery On May 2, 2010, at 4:15 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: For some reason this flacker link is causing my system to

Re: Pentax K-x - What say you?

2010-05-02 Thread Larry Colen
On May 2, 2010, at 2:15 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: For some reason this flacker link is causing my system to reboot. (Win2K SP4, Firefox 3.6.3), I tried it three times, three reboots. I'll only hit myself on the head with a hammer so many times. Weird. The reboot problem, not the fact

Re: Long lens updates [Scanned]

2010-05-02 Thread Larry Colen
On May 1, 2010, at 12:50 AM, John Whittingham wrote: Sigma has the following lenses now officially available in Pentax fit: 300mm f/2.8 EX DG HSM, 500mm f/4.5 EX DG HSM Whoever writes the specs for Sigma lenses had damn good aim at my credit cards. I don't know whether to be disappointed

Re: PESO - The Contemplative Smoker

2010-05-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
Damn. There's Knarf and I wore white again. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 6:12 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like he has something on his mind: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/05/contemplative-smoker.html The white suit, hairless pate and body language really

RE: limiter thingee..

2010-05-02 Thread Tanya Love
Ok, so how far do I turn the knob thingee around? There is no scale printed on it to indicate the focus distance? Tan. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of drd1...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, 2 May 2010 11:07 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

PESOs

2010-05-02 Thread Doug Franklin
Well, after a months long hiatus, I got the K10D out again a couple of weeks ago for the SpecFest at Road Atlanta. The event celebrated 25 years of the Spec Racer Ford (nee Spec Racer Renault) class, and Road Atlanta's 40th birthday year. I shot a bit more than usual, I guess to

PESO: Waiting In The Train Station

2010-05-02 Thread Cory Waters
http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/12042335_JtgJ3#854572431_cSHvA-A-LB Daughter 2.0 waiting for the museum to open. -- 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

Re: PESOs

2010-05-02 Thread Cory Waters
I can't help but notice that a lot of your racing shots catch guys who are not actually on the track. 11224 has sort of a everything's normal, I meant to do that feel to the driver's current location. CW On 5/2/2010 6:39 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: Well, after a months long hiatus, I got the

Re: PESO: Waiting In The Train Station

2010-05-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/5/10, Cory Waters, discombobulated, unleashed: http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/12042335_JtgJ3#854572431_cSHvA-A-LB Daughter 2.0 waiting for the museum to open. Lovely shot Cory. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

RE: PESO: Waiting In The Train Station

2010-05-02 Thread Bob W
http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/12042335_JtgJ3#854572431_cSHvA-A-LB Daughter 2.0 waiting for the museum to open. Lovely shot -- 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

Re: limiter thingee..

2010-05-02 Thread Tim Bray
Really, Tanya, can we get the terminology right? Everyone knows it's a thingie not a thingee. Sheesh. -T On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: Ok, so how far do I turn the knob thingee around?  There is no scale printed on it to indicate the focus distance?

Re: PESO: Waiting In The Train Station

2010-05-02 Thread paul stenquist
Excellent! A classic kid pic. Beautifully rendered Paul On May 2, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Cory Waters wrote: http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/12042335_JtgJ3#854572431_cSHvA-A-LB Daughter 2.0 waiting for the museum to open. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESOs

2010-05-02 Thread Larry Colen
On May 2, 2010, at 3:46 PM, Cory Waters wrote: I can't help but notice that a lot of your racing shots catch guys who are not actually on the track. 11224 has sort of a everything's normal, I meant to do that feel to the driver's current location. CW I love the Sports Rambo, I've got at

PESO - More Miles

2010-05-02 Thread paul stenquist
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10969068 -- 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.

Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-02 Thread Larry Colen
It wasn't until I started thinking about packing that I realized that my 'sturdy' tripod won't fit in my carry one luggage. I'm not going to have time to do something about it this week, but I did some quick research anyways, and the benro travel angel tripods seem pretty interesting. Does

RE: PESO - More Miles

2010-05-02 Thread John Coyle
That's a very fine portrait, Paul. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of paul stenquist Sent: Monday, 3 May 2010 9:50 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - More Miles

Re: PESO - More Miles

2010-05-02 Thread paul stenquist
Thanks John. On May 2, 2010, at 9:20 PM, John Coyle wrote: That's a very fine portrait, Paul. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of paul stenquist Sent: Monday, 3 May 2010 9:50 AM To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: limiter thingee..

2010-05-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tim Bray Subject: Re: limiter thingee.. Really, Tanya, can we get the terminology right? Everyone knows it's a thingie not a thingee. Sheesh. -T She's Australian. They have an accent. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - More Miles

2010-05-02 Thread Jack Davis
Excellent lighting, exposure and composition. Absolutely first rate! Jack --- On Sun, 5/2/10, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO - More Miles To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 4:50 PM

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: Tripods that fit in carry on Does anyone have a smaller, reasonably sturdy tripod that does fit in carry on (under 18 folded) that they really like? Preferably not too horribly expensive. The Feisol Travellers should be quite

Re: PESO - More Miles

2010-05-02 Thread paul stenquist
Thanks Jack. Paul Miles is a special talent. It pleases me when I can make him look good. Paul On May 2, 2010, at 10:09 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Excellent lighting, exposure and composition. Absolutely first rate! Jack --- On Sun, 5/2/10, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:

Re: PESOs

2010-05-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Doug, LOL, I saw all those wheels off pavement too! Maybe they are all practicing for the season too. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net wrote: I can't help but notice that a lot of your racing shots catch guys who are not actually on the track.

Re: PESO - More Miles

2010-05-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Great portrait Paul, I think it's your best shot of Paul Miles. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 6:50 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10969068 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESOs

2010-05-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-02 18:46, Cory Waters wrote: I can't help but notice that a lot of your racing shots catch guys who are not actually on the track. Yeah, there are two main reasons for that. First, to most people that aren't in the racing scene, most of the car(s) on track shots are pretty

Re: PESOs

2010-05-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-02 19:42, Larry Colen wrote: I love the Sports Rambo, I've got at least one wheel on the pavement so it's all cool, line. He pulled it off, but only for a few more corners. The rumble strips injured something important when he did that, but it took a mile or so to disable the

PESO: The Fine Diner

2010-05-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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Re: PESO - More Miles

2010-05-02 Thread paul stenquist
On May 2, 2010, at 10:40 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Great portrait Paul, I think it's your best shot of Paul Miles. Regards, Bob S. Thanks Bob. I agree. I decided to shoot him much tighter, and the light cooperated. Paul On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 6:50 PM, paul stenquist

Re: PESO: Waiting In The Train Station

2010-05-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
What he said! On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 2/5/10, Cory Waters, discombobulated, unleashed: http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/12042335_JtgJ3#854572431_cSHvA-A-LB Daughter 2.0 waiting for the museum to open. Lovely shot Cory. -- Cheers,  Cotty

Re: PESOs

2010-05-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-02 22:34, Bob Sullivan wrote: Doug, LOL, I saw all those wheels off pavement too! Maybe they are all practicing for the season too. Regards, Bob S. That's actually a very interesting place to watch the aggressive guys. That's a pretty sharp right hander, and the aggressive guys

Re: PESO: The Fine Diner

2010-05-02 Thread Jack Davis
The sort of place you'd love to run across when traveling. Very inviting. Nicely composed, Dan! Jack --- On Sun, 5/2/10, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: The Fine Diner To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date:

Re: PESO: The Fine Diner

2010-05-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Jack Dan On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 11:06 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: The sort of place you'd love to run across when traveling. Very inviting. Nicely composed, Dan! Jack --- On Sun, 5/2/10, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From: Daniel J. Matyola

PESO: Red Mill

2010-05-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The most photographed sight in the entire state of New Jersey is the Red Mill in Clinton. I drove right by this morning, while visiting diners in the area for my diner blog. Like every other photographer and every painter who has ever been there, I couldn't resist the temptation to capture the

Re: Please comment on my Diner Blog

2010-05-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for the comments and suggestions, Jeffery. Dan On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: I've had a chance to peruse the Diner Blog this weekend. I very much like the subject matter, and it is nice to be able to click on the images to get them large on

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 02/05/2010, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: Vista. I looks like it is ready after about 45 seconds, but trying to start an application will only get you a program not responding or some similar sort of error message along the top of the screen. I can see now why so many people