I bought an Epson 2000P printer soon after they came out. It arrived DOA. I
contacted Adorama.com (where I bought it), and they gave me a long list of
moronic things to do that stretched out for several days (such as make sure
that it is plugged in, that I'm not in the middle of a blackout,
Was looking at the 645D preview and clicked on a NexTag ad for selling
K-x's cheaply. I eventually ended up at www.fumfie.com which is
selling Red and Navy kits at $449. But on top of that, they are
selling the black K-x without a lens for just $399.
Just thought I would pass that along.
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On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:55 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
another problem with requiring intent is how does the viewer know about
the intent ...
is it always obvious? is any intent sufficient? must one meet or learn about
the artist as well
On 2010-05-18 14:24 , Bruce Dayton wrote:
Was looking at the 645D preview and clicked on a NexTag ad for selling
K-x's cheaply. I eventually ended up at www.fumfie.com which is
selling Red and Navy kits at $449. But on top of that, they are
selling the black K-x without a lens for just $399.
Jeffery Smith wrote:
Amazingly, the people on the LUG who had faulty M8 bodies made excuses for
the camera (as in I have no problem as long as I remove and replace the
battery before every shot, or Mine sometimes requires turning off and on
a dozen times before the shutter will work.). The pro
From: P. J. Alling
BH photo gives you a week or so, (I can't remember how long exactly),
and a couple hundred exposures before giving you a problem with a
return. Dead after 20 exposures, is well within that return policy.
The few times I have had to deal with BH's return policy they DID
That looks like the Henry's Camera Show. Damm it, I should've gone...
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Youtube flick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1V58LsKtcfeature=player_embedded
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Not quite, under the law they have three repair attempts per
any single defect before they have to take anything back.
amazon are doing this of their own volition, leveraging above
market standard service to generate more volume at above
market prices. their service reputation is a
On May 13, 2010, at 14:19 , David J Brooks wrote:
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Joseph McAllister
pentax...@mac.com wrote:
On May 12, 2010, at 10:32 , David J Brooks wrote:
I drove through Chicago on my return trips from Fargo ND when i
worked
for the pilot car company, does that
On May 13, 2010, at 14:23 , Ken Waller wrote:
Paul S. I went to different schools together does that count ?
No, assuming the school was not in Cook County, and that you never
shared a cell together.
If it doesn’t excite you,
This thing that you see,
Why in the world,
Would it
I saw four Pentaxes: two dSLRs (late models, though not sure
which), a W90 and an entry-level model whose number I couldn't see.
Pentaces
I saw four film cameras: a Canon T-something, a Nikon F2 and
two PS ultra-zoom Olympuses (Olympi?)
Olimboi (it's Greek)
Digitals from Canon,
From: eckinator
2010/5/18 Jeffery Smith
Do they have that written somewhere? I think that the early problems
with the M8 were probably abundantly obvious to BH at the time. It
certainly was well documented on the web that many cameras were
breaking down very quickly. There is an adage that you
Bob W wrote:
Not quite, under the law they have three repair attempts per
any single defect before they have to take anything back.
amazon are doing this of their own volition, leveraging above
market standard service to generate more volume at above
market prices. their service reputation is
Makes it a miracle that the Pentax and other DSLRs can take 24 - 30
fps movies then, doesn't it? Yet how quietly the shutter operates at
that speed.
On May 12, 2010, at 10:20 , David Parsons wrote:
Mirror, shutter, and aperture control are not mechanically linked in
modern dSLRs. They are
From: Bob W
Don't you have any kind of consumer protection over there? I mean, for a
retailer to be allowed to turn away a faulty product after a week or so is
disgraceful.
BH's RETURN policy is 15 days, no questions asked.
WARRANTY is as per the manufacturer.
I think Jeffery was trying to
Didn't leave them up for long, Larry
The requested URL /augenblick/ was not found on this server.
On May 13, 2010, at 08:44 , Larry Colen wrote:
I'm uploading pictures in both raw and unfinished jpegs to my
server at:
http://red4est.com/augenblick/
My apologies to those I missed, or I
From: John Celio
Last sunday was Bay to Breakers, an annual footrace across San
Francisco. Few people seem to care about the race part, honestly:
tens of thousands of people (generally of college age) walk the route
drunk, high and partying. Lots of people show up in costumes ranging
from
Nice, Ann! One of the more enjoyable sets. In my nature mode, especially liked;
Tulips, Wisteria and Storm at Dusk.
Jack
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2010/5/18 Bob W p...@web-options.com:
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Bob, you make Smithereens sound like old English nobility
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On 5/18/2010 2:10 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
Didn't leave them up for long, Larry
The requested URL /augenblick/ was not found on this server.
Interesting. We're in the middle of moving servers, and it seems as if
DNS for my whole domain got moved over to the new server, before any of
the
Don moved everything but www over to the new server:
http://www.red4est.com/augenblick/
On 5/18/2010 2:10 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
Didn't leave them up for long, Larry
The requested URL /augenblick/ was not found on this server.
On May 13, 2010, at 08:44 , Larry Colen wrote:
I'm
From: Jeffery Smith
Must.control.impulses
On May 18, 2010, at 2:56 PM, AlunFoto wrote:
Youtube flick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1V58LsKtcfeature=player_embedded
Yeah, I want one too, but impulse control has become a lot easier since
I paid off the Visa, closed
2010/5/18 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com:
Makes it a miracle that the Pentax and other DSLRs can take 24 - 30 fps
movies then, doesn't it? Yet how quietly the shutter operates at that speed.
That is only because they don't have to warm it up again before the
next shot. But they'll never
Nice catch, some serious Bambiage happening there =)
Ecke
2010/5/14 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com:
On the way home from work yesterday, I encountered the first new-born
fawn of the season, on my neighbor's front lawn.
I had the wrong camera, the wrong lens, and no time to adjust ISO,
From: Fernando
That looks like the Henry's Camera Show. Damm it, I should've gone...
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:56 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote:
Youtube flick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1V58LsKtcfeature=player_embedded
Different interview - same show:
Not to mention the fact that those bodies won't work with most
of the lenses people have; DA lenses don't fit on a Spotmatic,
and only work wide open on a K1000. I don't think we need to
invent obstacles to make it hard for people to participate.
Send an appropriate lens along with the camera.
Let's see...where'd I put that 10 grand I've been saving for
emergencies. This is an emergency, isn't it?
-p
On 5/18/2010 2:56 PM, AlunFoto wrote:
Youtube flick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1V58LsKtcfeature=player_embedded
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG
I have only had a few problems with Amazon.com. I ordered some reading material
after getting stranded in Houston right after Katrina. When I moved back to
NOLA in October, it was a bitch getting my shipping addressed changed back to
New Orleans. There was no shipping of anything to New Orleans
For $10K, I'm not sure that it comes with a lens. That will cost you $1.1K more.
On May 18, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
Let's see...where'd I put that 10 grand I've been saving for emergencies.
This is an emergency, isn't it?
-p
On 5/18/2010 2:56 PM, AlunFoto wrote:
Youtube
Great stuff Ann!
I remember having lunch at Fields. Good memories.
I also remember Jim's Polish Sausage stand when it was on the corner
of Halsted and Maxwell. It was literally just a stand then, rather
than a store front. As teenagers we used to take the Halsted bus up
north to Maxwell
wow... city in a bubble... very well conceived and executed
thanks for sharing
ecke
2010/5/15 Tom C caka...@gmail.com:
I've long wanted to create a Beatles-themed photo tribute gallery and
have a lot of unimplemented ideas, each image representing a single
song.
The trip to Chicago last
I've already got lenses...
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote:
For $10K, I'm not sure that it comes with a lens. That will cost you $1.1K
more.
On May 18, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
Let's see...where'd I put that 10 grand I've been saving
On 18/5/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
Don't you have any kind of consumer protection over there? I mean, for a
retailer to be allowed to turn away a faulty product after a week or so is
disgraceful.
Last August - 10 months ago - I bought a netbook from amazon.co.uk. It's
been heavily
On 18/5/10, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed:
Yeah, I want one too, but impulse control has become a lot easier since
I paid off the Visa, closed the account chopped the card up.
Mark.
I dream of the day myself.
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On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 08:05:34PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote:
Hi Team,
snip boring crap about Rob's pano
Nice pano (as usual), Rob. The exposure is perfect (as usual). You can
clearly see the Harbour View
Hotel where The wife, Alex and I stayed in 2003 when we met you for dinner the
first
I look for Pentax DSLRen. Without trying too hard I spotted a few in Paris my
first day here. I don't have confirmation but I think I saw an MX as well.
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Thanks, Ecke
Dan
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:27 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote:
Nice catch, some serious Bambiage happening there =)
Ecke
2010/5/14 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com:
On the way home from work yesterday, I encountered the first new-born
fawn of the season, on my
Don't you have any kind of consumer protection over there? I
mean, for
a retailer to be allowed to turn away a faulty product after
a week or
so is disgraceful.
Last August - 10 months ago - I bought a netbook from amazon.co.uk.
It's been heavily used since then, on a daily basis.
KEH.com has A series lenses for quite reasonable prices. If this camera
takes off, I don't expect that to last...
On 5/18/2010 5:53 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
For $10K, I'm not sure that it comes with a lens. That will cost you $1.1K more.
On May 18, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
2010/5/18 Toine to...@repiuk.nl:
Good to see it's found a good home after living in a cupboard for many years.
I'll do my best to make it feel at home alright. Mi lensa, su lensa =)
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Pretty much what they all said.
Ecke
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4609700698/
cc are very welcome.
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Cheers
Ecke
2010/5/16 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net:
The women were fearless, the music was great, the photography f**king
fantastic. Loved the slideshow, Derby, and while the whole was great, there
were quite a few superb single shots in there. Excellent work.
Jack Davis wrote:
Nice, Ann! One of the more enjoyable sets. In my nature mode, especially liked;
Tulips, Wisteria and Storm at Dusk.
Jack
Hehe - Jack - you are always in nature mode - thanks!
ann
--- On Tue, 5/18/10, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
From: Ann Sanfedele
P N Stenquist wrote:
Great stuff Ann!
I remember having lunch at Fields. Good memories.
I also remember Jim's Polish Sausage stand when it was on the corner
of Halsted and Maxwell. It was literally just a stand then, rather
than a store front. As teenagers we used to take the Halsted bus
late to comment but this is awesome in so many ways... you should
shortlist it for book, pug etc
cheers
ecke
2010/5/14 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com:
This will be the final one taken last Saturday morning, after Friday
night's thunderstorm. I had initially expected to put these
oh yeah and i hate you =)
and i want a wallpaper 1440x1050 if you please
tia
ecke
2010/5/19 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com:
late to comment but this is awesome in so many ways... you should
shortlist it for book, pug etc
cheers
ecke
2010/5/14 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com:
This
On May 18, 2010, at 15:02, John Celio wrote:
What sorts of cameras do you notice when you're out in a crowd?
NOTICE?
Pentax, for sure. When I was in China recently, I would scan the crowd for
interesting faces... and if I saw a Pentax I'd hold up my K10D and say
Pentax! and give 'em a
- Original Message -
From: AlunFoto
Subject: Pentax 645D apparently introduced in Canada
Youtube flick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1V58LsKtcfeature=player_embedded
My pusher is already working on getting me a demo camera to play with for a
while.
I have rather a love/hate
On May 18, 2010, at 15:43, John Sessoms wrote:
From: P. J. Alling
BH photo gives you a week or so, (I can't remember how long exactly), and a
couple hundred exposures before giving you a problem with a return. Dead
after 20 exposures, is well within that return policy.
The few times I
Another Maxwell Street story. When I was 15 some friends and I went down there
and bought imitation US Navy rings for a buck or two. We used those to prove
we were 17 so we could get into the burlesque theater on State Street to see
Blaze Starr. Those were the days.
Paul
On May 18, 2010, at
On 5/18/2010 4:02 PM, John Celio wrote:
Last sunday was Bay to Breakers, an annual footrace across San
Francisco. Few people seem to care about the race part, honestly:
tens of thousands of people (generally of college age) walk the route
drunk, high and partying. Lots of people show up in
On 5/18/2010 7:20 PM, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: AlunFoto
Subject: Pentax 645D apparently introduced in Canada
Youtube flick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd1V58LsKtcfeature=player_embedded
My pusher is already working on getting me a demo camera to play with
Regarding photography, these are my problems defining art exclusively
by intent:
+When I take a photo I always have the intention of creating an image,
the same goes when my grandmother takes a photo. Does this fact
declare as artists? If that intention is not good then what
intention/s define
Is the least he can do given that with your purchases you probably put
his children through college...
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:20 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote:
- Original Message - From: AlunFoto
Subject: Pentax 645D apparently introduced in Canada
Youtube flick:
Thanks Ann, I enjoyed that. I liked these ones the most:
+Megabus
+Red Line Station
+Storm at dusk
+The Boat Basin at Monroe
Sounds like you had a great time.
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Fernando
Subject: Re: Pentax 645D apparently introduced in Canada
Is the least he can do given that with your purchases you probably put
his children through college...
Heck, since the istD came out and I started buying digital lenses he's
moved into a
It does put that M9 discussion in perspective. This is definitely my new
favorite camera that I can't have.
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From: William Robb war...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 18:25:15
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentax 645D apparently introduced in
On 5/18/2010 8:25 PM, William Robb wrote:
- Original Message - From: Fernando
Subject: Re: Pentax 645D apparently introduced in Canada
Is the least he can do given that with your purchases you probably put
his children through college...
Heck, since the istD came out and I started
All I can say is wow. I might have even been pissed off enough to waste money
on a lawyer.
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From: Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 18:21:22
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Subject: Re: Leica M9
On May 18, 2010, at 15:43, John
On 2010-05-18 19:44, Fernando wrote:
Regarding photography, these are my problems defining art exclusively
by intent:
IMO, one cannot reasonably define art solely in terms of the artist, the
work, or the intent of the artist, any more than one can reasonably
define art solely in terms of the
My last effort garnered such critical acclaim that I felt that maybe I
could post something that would be even more univerally ignored.
In line with the What makes Art, Art, thread, I had actual intent here
to create an abstract study of converging lines. I failed miserably of
course, with a
Not the sharpest, but hell, they were flying fast!
http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/05/on-wing.html
Well, fast for ducks, anyway...
;-)
Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
cheers,
frank
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On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Nothing exciting, I just wanted to share that.
Sounds pretty exciting to me...
Me too!
cheers,
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On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:06 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote:
oh yeah and i hate you =)
and i want a wallpaper 1440x1050 if you please
tia
ecke
Hmmm...
No guarantees. I sized it before I rendered it. I'll re-do it to
1440x1050, but it will never be the same as what you see here.
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:44 PM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
My last effort garnered such critical acclaim that I felt that maybe I could
post something that would be even more univerally ignored.
In line with the What makes Art, Art, thread, I had actual intent here to
They're burial crypts on the Boston Commons. Colonial/Revolutionary
period I believe, protected by a Late Victorian period iron fence.
On 5/18/2010 11:21 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:44 PM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
My last effort garnered
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Doug Franklin
jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote:
IMO, one cannot reasonably define art solely in terms of the artist, the
work, or the intent of the artist, any more than one can reasonably define
art solely in terms of the viewer/recipient/?. Art is a
Hey, I know that trying to define art is an exercise in futility, but
I still can have fun refuting the arguments of the ones that are
trying to define it ;-)
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:29 PM, frank theriault
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Doug Franklin
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey, I know that trying to define art is an exercise in futility, but
I still can have fun refuting the arguments of the ones that are
trying to define it ;-)
True.
BTW, it's nearing midnight, so I'm not really going out to
On 5/18/2010 11:36 PM, frank theriault wrote:
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Fernandofer.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey, I know that trying to define art is an exercise in futility, but
I still can have fun refuting the arguments of the ones that are
trying to define it ;-)
True.
Yes, Sire William, right after I read the title of this thread, I
thought of your vassal, err, pusher... ;-).
Or is the other way around? *big evil grin*
Boris
On 5/19/2010 2:20 AM, William Robb wrote:
My pusher is already working on getting me a demo camera to play with
for a while.
I have
On 5/19/2010 12:08 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
BH's RETURN policy is 15 days, no questions asked.
I can attest to that. My friends in DC bought me FA 50/1.4 from BH last
summer. The sucker wouldn't be sharp even at f/8 under pretty sunny
weather. Asked my friends to please send it back for full
On 5/18/2010 10:42 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Just a matter of degree. I expect better service when I pay premium
prices for things like a Leica, and to get poor service from them is
more notable than from high volume outfits like Nikon/Canon or even
Pentax by comparison.
I agree with you
Doctor says I've got to eat less processed meat (preserved with salt or
sugar), and more fresh fruits vegetables.
Been good, doing what he says, but I can't give up meat entirely, so
that means I got to find un-processed meat.
Ground beef ain't processed is it?
Anyway I'm making home-made
On Wed, 19 May 2010 00:08:51 -0400
John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Ground beef ain't processed is it?
not in a way that impacts you
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Hi Ann: Very nice GESO; the scenes from the bus trip are great. The
building on the north side is in the neighborhood called Uptown. The street
it's on is called Broadway. You either just passed or were about to
approach the Wilson stop on the Red line depending on the direction you were
On Wed, 19 May 2010 00:08 -0400, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com
wrote:
Secret ingredient - half a glass of red wine poured into the chef.
Half a glass!!
In my house there's no such thing as half a glass
Cheers
Brian
++
Brian Walters
Western Sydney
On May 18, 2010, at 7:16 PM, Doug Franklin wrote:
On 2010-05-18 19:44, Fernando wrote:
Regarding photography, these are my problems defining art exclusively
by intent:
IMO, one cannot reasonably define art solely in terms of the artist,
the work, or the intent of the artist, any more than
On 19/05/2010, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
BTW, it's nearing midnight, so I'm not really going out to take photos
(although moonlight over the lake might be nice!).
You need a K-x ;-)
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On 19/05/2010, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote:
That is only because they don't have to warm it up again before the
next shot. But they'll never admit their thermal problems.
Can't make a movie of over about 10 mins using the K-x at around 25
dec C or more, the camera warns of thermal
On May 18, 2010, at 8:48 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:
It obviously still burns for Jeffery, and his attitude seems like
mine
with regard to Sigma equipment. Only difference is that I never spent
much money on Sigma stuff ... I never got any that was satisfactory
in
the first place.
And
On 19/05/2010, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote:
What sorts of cameras do you notice when you're out in a crowd?
These days, primarily a mix of digi-PS and phone cams though DSLRs
seem to be making an appearance more frequently. It does really depend
what the type of event is though.
--
On 18/05/2010, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote:
I had the opportunity to play with one this morning.
It and a little 35mm lens that reminded me somewhat of a Pentax Limited
lens, except a lot nicer.
My pusher, bless his heart, is going to try to get the company demo model
for me so that I
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