Re: PESO - Charlotte's Web

2010-09-02 Thread David J Brooks
I'm sure its a good photo Bruce. Dave On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: I've been very busy, not as much personal shooting lately.  Anyway, here is a shot that I took this morning out in the garden.  In case you didn't get it from the subject, yes

Re: PESO: Chives

2010-09-02 Thread David J Brooks
I think it works well. I'm led to the subject not the background, so i don't find it to strong. Dave On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I was idling around in the back your in the area of my wife's West vegetable garden (yes, there is an East) when I noticed

Re: GESO today's photowalk

2010-09-02 Thread David J Brooks
Love the colour, composition and DOF on the first two. I did not look at all of the third, sorry, but I'm sure its a good shot.:-) Dave On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: I didn't have much time to take pictures or read the pdml mail in the last weeks. I marked all

Re: OT: RIP Cattywumpuss

2010-09-02 Thread Thibouille
Stan, I'm sorry to hear that. I myself got two of my lovely rats passing away (one 6 months ago, the other one 4 weeks ago). I know how you feel :( I looked at your pic you listed and it was definitely a beautiful cat. Best regards, -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs

Re: K7 or Kx

2010-09-02 Thread eckinator
2010/9/2 Miserere miser...@gmail.com: You need a license to own a gun, but they let anyone shoot at ISO 6400. Mark =) Cheers Ecke - Cameras don’t shoot people. Photographers shoot people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO - Curveball

2010-09-02 Thread frank theriault
There's a lot of things I ~don't~ like about this one, but enough good things that I'm showing it anyway. ;-) http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/09/curveball.html For one thing I had the wrong lens (from my vantagepoint I needed something shorter than 200mm, so a zoom would have been

Re: September PUG is up

2010-09-02 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: It's here:  http://pug.komkon.org/  On the 1st!  (At least for some of the world.)  Thanks to Rick Womer for prodding me.  Without his gentle reminders I'd still be 3 months behind. The entire gallery this month is

Re: K7 or Kx

2010-09-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
As much as I enjoy this, I probably should 'fess up. A friend of a friend had a K7 and kindly let me try it with my own SD card. I tired exactly what Mis. mentioned, i.e., I took a few correctly exposed shots at 1600, 3200, and 6400. I was more than satisfied in that I probably won't try

Re: PESO - Charlotte's Web

2010-09-02 Thread Jack Davis
Crisp with well chosen DoF. Jack --- On Wed, 9/1/10, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com Subject: PESO - Charlotte's Web To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 8:14 PM I've been very busy, not as

Re: PESO: Chives

2010-09-02 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Dave! I consider it a modest effort. Jack --- On Wed, 9/1/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Chives To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 11:43 PM I think it works well.

Re: PESO - Curveball

2010-09-02 Thread Jack Davis
Your versatility is showing, Frank. ;) Jack --- On Thu, 9/2/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Curveball To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 4:07 AM There's a lot of

Re: PESO - Curveball

2010-09-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I think it is a fine image, Frank. I like the dof, the position of the ball, the expression on the pitcher's face, and the posture of the fielder to the left of the pitcher. The fielder or runner behind the pitcher is a bit distracting, but we work in an imperfect world and must take it as it

Re: PESO - Charlotte's Web

2010-09-02 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is a very effective image, Bruce. Dan On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: I've been very busy, not as much personal shooting lately.  Anyway, here is a shot that I took this morning out in the garden.  In case you didn't get it from the subject,

Re: GESO today's photowalk

2010-09-02 Thread Toine
Yes I should have posted a spider warning. For a spider she has very nice colours and is non toxic. Thanks for looking Toine -- 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

Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Miserere
Good to hear that Tamron are releasing those secret numbers to Adobe so automatic distortion, chromatic aberration and vignetting correction will be applied to all Tammy lenses. If I remember correctly, none of the big brands turned over their profiles, correct? I imagine this would be a golden

Re: GESO today's photowalk

2010-09-02 Thread Miserere
On 2 September 2010 10:08, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: Yes I should have posted a spider warning. For a spider she has very nice colours and is non toxic. Thanks for looking Toine The spider is the best; such great light. And I commend you for not turning the saturation knob to 11 (or 111%,

Re: Lightroom v3.2 and Camera Raw v6.2 are released

2010-09-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi You should convince her to set the Camera Raw Cache Settings to the default location. A cache size of 1 to 4 Gbytes is about right for most users. In Lightroom 3.2, this setting is in the Lightroom Preferences dialog, File Handling tab panel. Without being specific,

Re: GESO today's photowalk

2010-09-02 Thread Toine
Thanks. I used the Metz 15MS-1 on the spider. You can attach it on the DA35 but the lens is to fragile to support the flash. I hold the flash in my left hand somewhere around the lens which makes flash possible at 1:1 on the DA35 Toine On 2 September 2010 16:32, Miserere miser...@gmail.com

Re: PESO - Curveball

2010-09-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Frank, Love the good things, especially the ball with stiching. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:07 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: There's a lot of things I ~don't~ like about this one, but enough good things that I'm showing it anyway. ;-)

Re: PESO - Curveball

2010-09-02 Thread Miserere
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:07 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: There's a lot of things I ~don't~ like about this one, but enough good things that I'm showing it anyway. ;-) http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/09/curveball.html For one thing I had the wrong lens (from

Re: September PUG is up

2010-09-02 Thread Miserere
On 1 September 2010 23:02, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: It's here:  http://pug.komkon.org/  On the 1st!  (At least for some of the world.)  Thanks to Rick Womer for prodding me.  Without his gentle reminders I'd still be 3 months behind. The entire gallery this month is digital.

Re: K7 or Kx

2010-09-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Miserere 2) The K10D IS NOT RUBBISH at ISO 1600! People say all the time that the K10D is bad in low light, but never explain what this means. If by low light you mean not enough light to achieve correct exposure, then yes, the K10D falls short when you underexpose and then try to recover

Re: K7 or Kx

2010-09-02 Thread Dario Bonazza
John Sessoms wrote: I prefer to get exposure right in the camera. That's always the right thing. And when I did so at ISO 1600, my K10D just gave me unsatisfactory performance. Performance is the kingdom of relativity. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K7 or Kx

2010-09-02 Thread Rick Womer
Mis, I agree with you entirely, with one caveat: The K10D has a problem with VPN (vertical pattern noise), which often screwed up nocturnal landscape shots. Sometimes I could make it go away with LR, but sometimes not. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Wed, 9/1/10, Miserere

Re: Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Charles Robinson
On Sep 2, 2010, at 9:27, Miserere wrote: Good to hear that Tamron are releasing those secret numbers to Adobe so automatic distortion, chromatic aberration and vignetting correction will be applied to all Tammy lenses. If I remember correctly, none of the big brands turned over their

Re: K7 or Kx

2010-09-02 Thread Dario Bonazza
Rick Womer wrote: Mis, I agree with you entirely, with one caveat: The K10D has a problem with VPN (vertical pattern noise), which often screwed up nocturnal landscape shots. Sometimes I could make it go away with LR, but sometimes not. That was dubbed the Italian flag syndrome over

Re: Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Thibouille
Charles, LR 3.2 only has profiles for Pentax 534 FA/DFA lenses. No other Pentax lens profiles are bundled AFAIR. 2010/9/2, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: On Sep 2, 2010, at 9:27, Miserere wrote: Good to hear that Tamron are releasing those secret numbers to Adobe so automatic distortion,

Re: Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Thibouille
I meant 645 of course ;) 2010/9/2, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com: Charles, LR 3.2 only has profiles for Pentax 534 FA/DFA lenses. No other Pentax lens profiles are bundled AFAIR. 2010/9/2, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: On Sep 2, 2010, at 9:27, Miserere wrote: Good to hear that

Re: PESO - Vaporware

2010-09-02 Thread Dario Bonazza
Thanks a lot, Dave. Dario - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:06 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Vaporware On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:45 AM, Larry Colen (Droid Mail) l...@red4est.com wrote:

Re: K7 or Kx

2010-09-02 Thread Miserere
On 2 September 2010 11:43, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Mis, I agree with you entirely, with one caveat:  The K10D has a problem with VPN (vertical pattern noise), which often screwed up nocturnal landscape shots.   Sometimes I could make it go away with LR, but sometimes not.

Re: PESO - Vaporware

2010-09-02 Thread Miserere
On 2 September 2010 12:06, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Thanks a lot, Dave. Dario Nice photo...but the guy behind the woman is freaking me out!!! Well seen, Dario. --M. --     \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com     http://EnticingTheLight.com     A Quest for

Re: Lightroom v3.2 and Camera Raw v6.2 are released

2010-09-02 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Such it is. I've experimented with the cache size on my system further. For my size catalog ... 78,000 image files ... 10G seems to be the balance point between providing better speed and not consuming more disk space than necessary. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:44 AM, John Sessoms

Re: Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Toine
LR3.2 has profiles for the Samsung 18-55 and 50-200. You can manually select these profiles Toine On 2 September 2010 17:44, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Sep 2, 2010, at 9:27, Miserere wrote: Good to hear that Tamron are releasing those secret numbers to Adobe so automatic

Re: Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
Don't give me that. I know a lensist when a see one. Note: For those without a sense of humour, let me explain that I don't hate thrird party lenses. In fact, some of my best friends are third party lenses.  --M. --     \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com    

Re: K7 or Kx

2010-09-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Dario Bonazza Rick Womer wrote: Mis, I agree with you entirely, with one caveat: The K10D has a problem with VPN (vertical pattern noise), which often screwed up nocturnal landscape shots. Sometimes I could make it go away with LR, but sometimes not. That was dubbed the Italian

RE: September PUG is up

2010-09-02 Thread Bob W
It's here: http://pug.komkon.org/ On the 1st! (At least for some of the world.) Thanks to Rick Womer for prodding me. Without his gentle reminders I'd still be 3 months behind. The entire gallery this month is digital. No film. I think this is only the second time that has occurred.

Re: Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Charles Robinson
On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:54, Thibouille wrote: Charles, LR 3.2 only has profiles for Pentax 534 FA/DFA lenses. No other Pentax lens profiles are bundled AFAIR. I wonder where my Pentax DA 18-55 Kit Lens profile came from? -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN

PESO -- Rocky; The Junkyard dog.

2010-09-02 Thread P. J. Alling
I haven't had time to read the PDML for the last few days, just note the growing backlog... (Still not as many as would have accumulated just a few years ago). However I have been able to take a few photos lately. The M 40mm f2.8 pretty much lives on the *ist-Ds lately, and it's my carry

Re: PESO -- Rocky; The Junkyard dog.

2010-09-02 Thread Walter Gilbert
Great shot. I get the sense that Rocky could be enticed to let you have the run of the place in exchange for a Kong Ball filled with peanut butter. On 9/2/2010 2:09 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I haven't had time to read the PDML for the last few days, just note the growing backlog...

Re: PESO -- Rocky; The Junkyard dog.

2010-09-02 Thread Jack Davis
Like this, Peter. The fence works well in this case. Nice conversion! Jack --- On Thu, 9/2/10, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO -- Rocky; The Junkyard dog. To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday,

Re: PESO -- Rocky; The Junkyard dog.

2010-09-02 Thread P N Stenquist
Excellent composition. Interesting subject. I like the camera/lens combo you're using. I frequently used that lens with my *istD. It's a nice, compact package. Paul On Sep 2, 2010, at 3:09 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I haven't had time to read the PDML for the last few days, just note the

PESO -- You Can Kill a Horse but not a Cadillac (1905).

2010-09-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Advertising slogan not withstanding, you can still try... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20youcankillahorsebutnotacadalac%281905%29.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/w smc Pentax M-40mm f2.8 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- His lack of education

Re: Doug's book

2010-09-02 Thread mike wilson
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Re: Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Thibouille
Those are OIS lenses which means NX lenses. Probably not the same optical formula, so I wouldn't use those at all. 2010/9/2, Toine to...@repiuk.nl: LR3.2 has profiles for the Samsung 18-55 and 50-200. You can manually select these profiles Toine On 2 September 2010 17:44, Charles Robinson

Re: Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Thibouille
You may have added it yourself. I did with a profile for K7+DA*50-135 I found on the web. I just checked my LR3.2 install, no Pentax lenses profiles but FA/DFA 645. 2010/9/2, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:54, Thibouille wrote: Charles, LR 3.2 only has profiles for

Re: PESO -- You Can Kill a Horse but not a Cadillac (1905).

2010-09-02 Thread CheekyGeek
I wouldn't think a copper pipe would make a great tire iron, but to each his own! Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- Nothing is sure, except Death and Pentaxes. -- 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: K7 or Kx

2010-09-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
The D-Li90 takes forever to charge, i.e., the light won't go out. I did take a few not fully charged shots of my dog: http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=viewcurrent=IMGP0023.jpg On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: As much as I

I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-02 Thread eckinator
Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin' wack focus... I just finished culling over 100 pictures of Mattis riding a slow kids' carousel and less than ten are properly focused. I shot images using both auto and manual focus point selection as I was anticipating this.

Re: PESO -- You Can Kill a Horse but not a Cadillac (1905).

2010-09-02 Thread P. J. Alling
It was rusty iron. On 9/2/2010 4:38 PM, CheekyGeek wrote: I wouldn't think a copper pipe would make a great tire iron, but to each his own! Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- PDML

Re: Ot: a play on words a day keeps the doctor away PUN warning , one photo reference

2010-09-02 Thread P. J. Alling
This is for Ann, not good enough to be a PESO really, and not particularly subtle either... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/mb%26t.html On 8/26/2010 12:34 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: These may have been seen by some -- I have a particularly good source for stuff like this Enjoy - ann

Re: PESO -- You Can Kill a Horse but not a Cadillac (1905).

2010-09-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Looks like rusted steel to me. On 9/2/2010 4:38 PM, CheekyGeek wrote: I wouldn't think a copper pipe would make a great tire iron, but to each his own! Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen

Re: I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-02 Thread David J Brooks
AF C or AF S Dave On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:52 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin' wack focus... I just finished culling over 100 pictures of Mattis riding a slow kids' carousel and less than ten are properly focused. I

Re: PESO: Chives

2010-09-02 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks, Dave! I consider it a modest effort. Jack Well, they are just chives, not Spanish onions.:-) Dave --- On Wed, 9/1/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject:

Re: PESO - Curveball

2010-09-02 Thread David J Brooks
Well done Frank.You have caught the picture and ball pretty darn well. Dave On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:07 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: There's a lot of things I ~don't~ like about this one, but enough good things that I'm showing it anyway. ;-)

Re: Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Toine
No I didn't add it, must have slipstreamed with the 3.3 update. Also didn't try the profiles. I did try the Tamron 18-250 profiles. Several versions are listed. Some make vignetting worse. Found one ok profile. Toine On 2 September 2010 22:31, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: You may have

Re: K7 or Kx

2010-09-02 Thread Charles Robinson
On Sep 2, 2010, at 15:51, Steven Desjardins wrote: The D-Li90 takes forever to charge, i.e., the light won't go out. I did take a few not fully charged shots of my dog: http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=viewcurrent=IMGP0023.jpg Future charges won't take

Re: I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin' wack focus... Oh, Mark . . . I've been there. I feel your pain. Well, not really, but I remember feeling your pain. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:59 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: AF C or AF S Dave On Thu,

Re: I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-02 Thread eckinator
Probably AF-C knowing myself but I can't say 100% Thanks Ecke 2010/9/2 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: AF C or AF S Dave On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:52 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin' wack focus... I just

Re: Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Thibouille
Mmm but 3.2 is the latest version released just days ago... Something's fishy... The Tamron profiles finishing with a P at the end are Pentax versions. 2010/9/2, Toine to...@repiuk.nl: No I didn't add it, must have slipstreamed with the 3.3 update. Also didn't try the profiles. I did try the

Re: I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-02 Thread Thibouille
They did make progress, clearly. But AF-C, with objects going from or to the camera are still Pentax AF nightmare. K7 AF-S is much better than K10 though. 2010/9/2, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin' wack focus... I just finished

Re: PESO -- You Can Kill a Horse but not a Cadillac (1905).

2010-09-02 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/2/2010 4:54 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Looks like rusted steel to me. On 9/2/2010 4:38 PM, CheekyGeek wrote: I wouldn't think a copper pipe would make a great tire iron, but to each his own! Darren Addy Kearney, NE GEEZ how many times will I answer this damned question? (Three so

PESO: Crab Apples

2010-09-02 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/apples.jpg (20%) http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/apples2.jpg (100%) I decided to stick my son's Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 135/3.5 on the K-X. Hand-held. ISO 200, Av mode. jpg file format. Metering is in averaging mode, so with the sky and brees I had to

Re: I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-02 Thread eckinator
2010/9/2 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com: They did make progress, clearly. But AF-C, with objects going from or to the camera are still Pentax AF nightmare. K7 AF-S is much better than K10 though. It seems to me like AF doesn't pick something to follow but will just randomly focus on the

Re: PESO -- You Can Kill a Horse but not a Cadillac (1905).

2010-09-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 3 September 2010 07:19, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: GEEZ how many times will I answer this damned question?  (Three so far). If it's soldered or brazed plumbing pipe then it's probably not iron or steel. -- Rob Studdert (Digital  Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC

Re: Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Toine
No I never learned how to use a keyboard :) On 2 September 2010 23:19, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: Mmm but 3.2 is the latest version released just days ago... Something's fishy... The Tamron profiles finishing with a P at the end are Pentax versions. 2010/9/2, Toine

Re: PESO -- You Can Kill a Horse but not a Cadillac (1905).

2010-09-02 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/2/2010 5:36 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 3 September 2010 07:19, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: GEEZ how many times will I answer this damned question? (Three so far). If it's soldered or brazed plumbing pipe then it's probably not iron or steel. It was the pipe that

Re: PESO -- You Can Kill a Horse but not a Cadillac (1905).

2010-09-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
A rusty iron pipe with a shut-off valve? Piece of copper water pipe, fess up. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:37 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:  On 9/2/2010 5:36 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 3 September 2010 07:19, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com  wrote: GEEZ how many

Re: PESO -- You Can Kill a Horse but not a Cadillac (1905).

2010-09-02 Thread CheekyGeek
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: A rusty iron pipe with a shut-off valve?  Piece of copper water pipe, fess up. Actually, my old house has a fair amount of rusty iron pipe with shut-off valves. Scared to try turning one of them. Random thought: Title

Re: Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Charles Robinson
On Sep 2, 2010, at 15:31, Thibouille wrote: You may have added it yourself. Freaky. I remember adding someone's DA*16-50 (works great) but not the kit. Old age is rotting my memory... -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org

Re: I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-02 Thread P N Stenquist
The K7 can handle that easily in either S or C mode. On Sep 2, 2010, at 4:52 PM, eckinator wrote: Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin' wack focus... I just finished culling over 100 pictures of Mattis riding a slow kids' carousel and less than ten are properly

Re: PESO -- You Can Kill a Horse but not a Cadillac (1905).

2010-09-02 Thread Jack Davis
No, but it might make you feel a little better if you shot it anyway. ;) Jack --- On Thu, 9/2/10, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO -- You Can Kill a Horse but not a Cadillac (1905). To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: Chives

2010-09-02 Thread Jack Davis
I'd eat either or both in sour cream on a backed potato. Jack --- On Thu, 9/2/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Chives To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 2:00 PM On Thu, Sep

Re: K7 or Kx

2010-09-02 Thread Rick Womer
What the VPN screwed up the most for me was shots of beautifully illuminated buildings or cityscapes against a dusk or nighttime sky. Sometimes diddling with the white balance has helped, but usually it didn't. Rick --- On Thu, 9/2/10, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 September 2010

Re: PESO -- You Can Kill a Horse but not a Cadillac (1905).

2010-09-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
Actually, my old house has a fair amount of rusty iron pipe with shut-off valves. Scared to try turning one of them. You folks know how to live on the edge there in Nebraska. ;-) On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:51 PM, CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Steven

Peso: Boston

2010-09-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
I went to meeting in Boston last week. Pedaling in the fitness room after dinner and saw this view out the window. Got my E-P1 from the room, shut off the lights in the fitness room and shot through the glass.

Re: Tamron's lenses to be auto corrected in Adobe CS5 and LR3

2010-09-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
I'm waiting for the day when I can buy lousy lenses and have PS fix the pics. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Sep 2, 2010, at 15:31, Thibouille wrote: You may have added it yourself. Freaky.  I remember adding someone's DA*16-50 (works great) but

Re: PESO -- Rocky; The Junkyard dog.

2010-09-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
I love it. I'm one of those people that has warm feelings about junkyards. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:09 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:  I haven't had time to read the PDML for the last few days, just note the growing backlog... (Still not as many as would have accumulated

RE: PESO - Storm in the East

2010-09-02 Thread Brian Walters
On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:40 +0100, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: (incidentally, this is just down the road from home - my house is behind the trees on the top left). http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP8095peso.html (K200D; 16-45mm DA; ISO 400; f16; 1/60sec)

Re: PESO -- Rocky; The Junkyard dog.

2010-09-02 Thread paul stenquist
On Sep 2, 2010, at 6:44 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I love it. I'm one of those people that has warm feelings about junkyards. Would you like to talk about that? On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:09 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't had time to read the PDML for

Re: I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-02 Thread David Savage
I was helping a friend use my K20D a few weeks ago. I had forgotten how craptacularly slow the AF was. The AF on the D700 is awesome... DS On 3 September 2010 04:52, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin' wack focus... I just

Re: GESO today's photowalk

2010-09-02 Thread steve harley
On 2010-09-01 08:36 , Toine wrote: I didn't have much time to take pictures or read the pdml mail in the last weeks. I marked all my mail as read and grabbed my DA35 and new Metz ringflash for a photowalk: http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/148-photowalk the fly is dandy -- makes

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-02 Thread Miserere
On 2 September 2010 18:36, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I went to meeting in Boston last week.  Pedaling in the fitness room after dinner and saw this view out the window.  Got my E-P1 from the room, shut off the lights in the fitness room and shot through the glass.

Re: Tamron or Sigma 18-200 vs Pentax 18-250

2010-09-02 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:46 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, just checked, I can have my 18-250 repaired for EUR 122,57 or replace it with an Tamron or Sigma 18-200 for 160 - which would you do? Also can anyone comment on IQ differences if there are any? TIA Ecke Neither

Re: PESO: My first Red Tail Hawk

2010-09-02 Thread Miserere
On 30 August 2010 20:55, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: My very first Red Tailed Hawk shots. They aren't the sharpest, and a little blurry, but I was working quickly to get some shots before he decided to fly off (and he flew off right after the second picture.

Re: September PUG is up

2010-09-02 Thread Brian Walters
On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:02 -0400, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: It's here: http://pug.komkon.org/ On the 1st! (At least for some of the world.) Thanks to Rick Womer for prodding me. Without his gentle reminders I'd still be 3 months behind. The entire gallery this month is

Re: Spoken audio critique

2010-09-02 Thread Brian Walters
On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:45 -0700, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://mykriteek.com An Aussie blogger critiques a few Flickr images per day. I like this. Worth looking through the photos at least. And one of my photos is there:) Well, I found it and I totally agree with the

Re: PESO: Chives

2010-09-02 Thread Brian Walters
On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:33 -0700, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I was idling around in the back your in the area of my wife's West vegetable garden (yes, there is an East) when I noticed this plant. I, obviously, liked the structure of it and went for some equipment. I knew I had to

Re: GESO Lime Kiln Bay

2010-09-02 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:43 +1000, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Team, Following are a small set of images shot during two walks though Lime Kiln Bay reserve, the area is typical of Sydney bushlands and mangroves. All shot hand held with my now trusty back pocket resident

Re: PESO - Charlotte's Web

2010-09-02 Thread Brian Walters
On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:14 -0700, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: I've been very busy, not as much personal shooting lately. Anyway, here is a shot that I took this morning out in the garden. In case you didn't get it from the subject, yes it is a spider. Pentax K-x, Tamron

Re: PESO -- Rocky; The Junkyard dog.

2010-09-02 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:09 -0400, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't had time to read the PDML for the last few days, just note the growing backlog... (Still not as many as would have accumulated just a few years ago). However I have been able to take a few photos

Re: PESO - Curveball

2010-09-02 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:27 -0400, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I think it is a fine image, Frank. I like the dof, the position of the ball, the expression on the pitcher's face, and the posture of the fielder to the left of the pitcher. The fielder or runner behind the

Re: I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-02 Thread John Celio
I know your pain, bro. I hate my K10D quite a bit, but when focus is critical I hate it even more. When the day comes that I can afford to upgrade, I'm probably not going to sell my K10D. I wouldn't want to inflict its bullshit on someone else. No, I may just go Office Space on it:

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-02 Thread John Mullan
Which Hancock? I see two of them. And a Prudential. At varying times in my youth and early adulthood each of them was the tallest building in Beantown. Then again, the newer Hancock was known as the Plywood Ranch when its windows were falling out. jm

Re: PESO: My first Red Tail Hawk

2010-09-02 Thread Miserere
I got all worked up about those damn redtails and went hunting for a decent photo of one I might have taken. Just to redeem myself and be able to sleep: http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00T/00TeSG-144095584.jpg We should meet up some day for a photowalk, Dave. When are you meeting up

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-02 Thread drd1135
I remember the plywood. Those of us who grew up in Fall River thought it was part of the freedom trail. -Original Message- From: John Mullan k...@hotmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 22:05:12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-02 Thread drd1135
Can you feel the love? It's not too bad if you have time to practice. My K10D did fine at the MC race because I has time to prefocus and work out my own timing. -Original Message- From: John Celio n...@neovenator.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:00:55 To:

Re: PESO -- Rocky; The Junkyard dog.

2010-09-02 Thread drd1135
Somewhere in the middle of all that junk is a treasure waiting to be had for a steal. -Original Message- From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:28:45 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-02 Thread paul stenquist
My memories of the K10D are a bit foggy. I don't remember it in detail, but apparently it was at least okay. I do recall that I found it to be an upgrade from the *istD. I do believe that I used manual focus far more often than I now do with the K7. It's all about adapting to the equipment

Re: PESO - Charlotte's Web

2010-09-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
I would have preferred not to have that in the picture but seeing how the web was attached to it I couldn't risk any kind of removal. Such is real life...sigh. Thanks for taking a look. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Wed, 01 Sep

Re: Spoken audio critique

2010-09-02 Thread Sasha Sobol
Thanks Brian, I found spoken critique weird at first. But now I think I like it: I skip through the items in http://mykriteek.com RSS feed and listen critique for the ones I like most. --S On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:45

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