Boz's site (Was: Pentax MV1 with accessories)

2010-09-05 Thread Peter Loveday
I'd check Boz's page but I'm feeling too lazy. Talking of which, anyone know what is happening with Boz's site? It hasn't been updated in well over a year (July 2009), and so has no mention of the Kx at all, and perhaps more recent lens releases (not sure about this). It would be a shame

RE: Fairly large earthquake

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
we are fine - Palmerston North is a long way from Christchurch. Masha felt the quake mildly - I slept through excellent, good to hear -- 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: Being back...

2010-09-05 Thread Thibouille
Thanks, Dan and Boris ;) 2010/9/3 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: Welcome back! Dan On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: As you may have noticed, I didn't check the list or respond to threads for quite some time, being busy with a lot of other

Re: 6x7 gear on ebay

2010-09-05 Thread Thibouille
Paul, I think the cost of shipping from US to EU (+ taxes) makes it difficult. A pity, I think I'd happily get at least body + one lens around those prices. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45,

Re: Boz's site (Was: Pentax MV1 with accessories)

2010-09-05 Thread Thibouille
He is but only a couple times per year... 2010/9/5 Peter Loveday pe...@loveday.org: I'd check Boz's page but I'm feeling too lazy. Talking of which, anyone know what is happening with Boz's site?  It hasn't been updated in well over a year (July 2009), and so has no mention of the Kx at all,

OT: Mighty Elmar

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
I've been looking into ways of stuffing my Leica safely into my saddlebag for the daily commute so I can use the camera at lunchtimes around the fascinating area where I'm working. While talking to someone in the local Leica pushers yesterday I had the idea of using the minute screwmount 35/3.5

LR2 to LR3, a collection transfer problem

2010-09-05 Thread Thibouille
A moved from LR2 to LR3 but I still have a little problem to sort. When I transfered my catalog, the Quick Collection (if that's the correct term in English) did get to LR3. I converted it to 'usual' collection, exported it as catalog to reimport into LR3 but LR3 won't import it because pictures

Re: Fairly large earthquake

2010-09-05 Thread David Mann
On Sep 5, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Bob W wrote: we are fine - Palmerston North is a long way from Christchurch. Masha felt the quake mildly - I slept through excellent, good to hear Good indeed. If you [Alistair] have any friends or relatives down here I hope they're OK. I heard from my boss,

Re: OT: Mighty Elmar

2010-09-05 Thread David Mann
On Sep 5, 2010, at 7:32 PM, Bob W wrote: That's a 75-year-old lens on a 4-ish-year-old digital body. Very tempting. I know of 3 others of this type that are available at the moment, so I'm going to have a look at them during the week. Care to post a photo of the lens mounted on the body? It

RE: OT: Mighty Elmar

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
That's a 75-year-old lens on a 4-ish-year-old digital body. Very tempting. I know of 3 others of this type that are available at the moment, so I'm going to have a look at them during the week. Care to post a photo of the lens mounted on the body? It must look quite interesting. it

RE: Fairly large earthquake

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
we are fine - Palmerston North is a long way from Christchurch. Masha felt the quake mildly - I slept through excellent, good to hear Good indeed. If you [Alistair] have any friends or relatives down here I hope they're OK. I heard from my boss, he went into the city to check out

Re: confusing k-x behavior

2010-09-05 Thread Thibouille
The FA50 seems to have dirty contacts. I suppose it was correctly set to 'A' setting. It may need a repair if cleaning the contacts does not help. 2010/9/2 Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net: Guys, I was using the pop-up flash, set @ ISO 200, for some CraigsList ads.

Re: PESO - Parasurfer

2010-09-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Frank, this is excellent picture, but it looks like it a result of rather heavy crop on your part... Boris On 9/4/2010 2:13 PM, frank theriault wrote: Saw this guy out parasurfing around dusk the other night. Too bad the sail or parachute part of his apparatus is so far from his body - to

Re: PESO - Curveball

2010-09-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Most enjoyable... I think you're not doing this shot justice by disliking lots of things about it :-). Boris On 9/2/2010 2:07 PM, frank theriault 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: Fairly large earthquake

2010-09-05 Thread Chris Mitchell
David Mann wrote: Sent: 05 September 2010 11:02 I heard from my boss, he went into the city to check out the office building. Had to talk his way past the cops, then once he got to the building he went through the keep out tape (naughty!) and started collecting computers and important

Re: Tamron 17-50 vs 28-75 ?

2010-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 September 2010 09:53, Sam L samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: One problem some people report is getting bad samples, so make sure you purchase from a retailer that allows exchanges. Yes this is important. I had to return two

Re: PESO 2009 - 141 - GDG

2010-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
Has a lonely feel to it. Dave On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: working on a blog post but this photo didn't fit ... and I like it too much to not post it around. figured the folks on here would enjoy it.

Re: OT: Mighty Elmar

2010-09-05 Thread Derby Chang
On 5/09/2010 5:32 PM, Bob W wrote: I've been looking into ways of stuffing my Leica safely into my saddlebag for the daily commute so I can use the camera at lunchtimes around the fascinating area where I'm working. While talking to someone in the local Leica pushers yesterday I had the idea of

Re: I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 2, 2010, at 13:52 , 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 focused. I shot images using both auto and manual focus

Re: I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 2, 2010, at 14:24 , eckinator wrote: 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

Re: I hate my K10D's AF

2010-09-05 Thread eckinator
Sounds like you'll be talking to CRIS soon =( Hope it is still in warranty Ecke 2010/9/5 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: I went out today with my K-7 with the DA*16-55 (been using it for the pasts couple of days) and half the time when I pressed the shutter button or the AF button, the

RE: OT: Mighty Elmar

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
This is the one I tried - it was made in 1935 according to the serial number: http://www.theclassiccamera.com/product_details_2560.htm Here's one of the sample pictures I took. This is the whole frame: http://www.web-options.com/Elmar-1f.jpg Here's a crop from the same sample

Interesting Rumour

2010-09-05 Thread Adam Maas
Apparently Pentax will be announcing 2 new lenses with the K-r and K-5. A cheap 35/2.4 normal and a 18-125 consumer superzoom. The 35/2.4 will be plastic-mount and sub-$200 USD. Given the slow speed when the equivalents from Nikon and Sony are f1.8, I'm also expecting it to be quite small. -Adam

Re: Interesting Rumour

2010-09-05 Thread Thibouille
2010/9/5 Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca: Given the slow speed when the equivalents from Nikon and Sony are f1.8, I'm also expecting it to be quite small. It'd better. There's been talks of 30/2.1 as well. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8

OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
Well my 2001 PC is acting up again. Not allowing me to boot. I seem to be able to get into it via the safemode, F8 key. Couple of things. - I am trying to restore my system to a previous good date. I am now into to hour two waiting for it to do so, how long should this take. - I may have to buy

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread eckinator
Hi Dave (comments interspersed) Well my 2001 PC is acting up again. Not allowing me to boot. I seem to be able to get into it via the safemode, F8 key. First things first, do you have a backup of all data on the system? Also, have you tried logging in as a different user? Same problem? - I

RE: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
[...] - I may have to buy a new computer. As much as i like my iBook, I may just go with another PC, something along the lines of a mid range HP or get one built, by a computer company that was highly recommended to me for around $6-700. Looking at the iMac but at $1300 plus taxes, is a

RE: OT: Mighty Elmar

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
Care to post a photo of the lens mounted on the body? It must look quite interesting. it does indeed, but I didn't take a photo of it. If I buy one I will do so. incidentally, here's why I'm thinking along these lines rather than buying a Lumix GF-1:

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 9:17 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Dave (comments interspersed) Well my 2001 PC is acting up again. Not allowing me to boot. I seem to be able to get into it via the safemode, F8 key. First things first, do you have a backup of all data on the system?

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread eckinator
2010/9/5 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Yes i do. Great =) Way to go, eh! Can't. I turn it on and get the Intel splash screen then a Dos promt saying boot failure. Does this happen more often when the PC hasn't been on for a few days? I highly doubt this would be the cause but would

Re: Fairly large earthquake

2010-09-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, When you get into the CBD, take some pictures of the central 'square'. We still have fond memories of meeting you there. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:01 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: On Sep 5, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Bob W wrote: we are fine - Palmerston North is a

Re: Fairly large earthquake

2010-09-05 Thread David Savage
I'm not convinced this was a geological event. I reckon there was a sheep stampede at a love in... DS (Good to here our kiwis are ok) On 5 September 2010 22:28, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, When you get into the CBD, take some pictures of the central 'square'. We still

OT new service Google Home View (German w/French subtitles)

2010-09-05 Thread eckinator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMFBuHsKXb0feature=youtu.be Enjoy Ecke - Cameras don’t shoot people. Photographers shoot people. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: PESO 2009 - 141 - GDG

2010-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks. I wish there'd been occasion to set up a shoot of it. It was slightly lowered, had nice wheels on it, and had a deep sort of industrial feel. On Sunday, September 5, 2010, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Has a lonely feel to it. Dave On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Godfrey

Re: Interesting Rumour

2010-09-05 Thread drd1135
One reason I got rid of my DA 40 was it was just an awkward foc length that wasn't good for much. I wonder how cheap Pentax could make a decent small 35 mm prime? --Original Message-- From: Adam Maas Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List ReplyTo: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
if I needed Windows, Id get a refurb, last series iMac or MacBook Pro. Max out the RAM, put a big HD in it, install Windows. Right there you can boot either Win or Mac at your discretion. Install Parallels and you can run both at the same time. Best of both worlds. Do not put money into a 2001

Re: Interesting Rumour

2010-09-05 Thread Miserere
F/2.4??? That better be false. And if it's true, the lens has to be no thicker than a rear lens cap. --M. On 05/09/2010, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Apparently Pentax will be announcing 2 new lenses with the K-r and K-5. A cheap 35/2.4 normal and a 18-125 consumer superzoom. The 35/2.4

Re: Interesting Rumour

2010-09-05 Thread Thibouille
Yep, as a pancake, why not. As a fast normal, no way, even DA-L. Simplest thing would be an FA35 repackaged as DA-L. Easy enough IMO. 2010/9/5 Miserere miser...@gmail.com: F/2.4??? That better be false. And if it's true, the lens has to be no thicker than a rear lens cap.  --M. On

Focus adjustment tool

2010-09-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
This showed up in my inbox Saturday... http://spyder.datacolor.com/newsletter/2010-09-01-EN/ -p -- 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: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread eckinator
2010/9/5 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com: Do not put money into a 2001 computer. That's a waste of money IMO. Depends. Buy a new box, get Windows 7, update all now incompatible software, possibly (and sensibly so) choose 64 bit and be forced to update even more... costly collaterals... one

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: if I needed Windows, Id get a refurb, last series iMac or MacBook Pro. Max out the RAM, put a big HD in it, install Windows. Right there you can boot either Win or Mac at your discretion. Install Parallels and you can

Re: Interesting Rumour

2010-09-05 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: F/2.4??? That better be false. And if it's true, the lens has to be no thicker than a rear lens cap.  --M. I expect it to be significantly smaller than the Sony or Nikon 35/1.8's (both of which are larger than the FA

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:13 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/9/5 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com: Do not put money into a 2001 computer. That's a waste of money IMO. Depends. Buy a new box, get Windows 7, update all now incompatible software, possibly (and sensibly so)

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/9/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: ow that Macs are Unix boxes running on Intel hardware there isn't enough to distinguish them from PCs to make them worth spending the extra money on in my opinion, I agree. Except for one small thingthe OS. ;-) Asbestos suit on - nya nya nya nay

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread eckinator
2010/9/5 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: I agree. Except for one small thingthe OS. ;-) Asbestos suit on - nya nya nya nay nyaa. I never cease to be amazed by how many people by a Mac and pay for MacOS just to go on and use Windows on a pretty box... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: You can get a better spec on a new Windows machine for the same or even less money than a Mac Refurb. If you don't need OS X, skip the Macbooks and iMac's. The only Mac's which are competitive in terms of bang/buck at the moment are

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
No 2001 generation computer is worth the cost of updating all the hardware to make it useful for Windows 7 and 64bit operation. That's logic board, graphics adapter, power supply, RAM, etc etc etc. Buy a new computer. On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:13 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/9/5

Pesos: Hoppers

2010-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
Since I'm way out of practice, I've decided I just have to do a bunch of shooting and look for criticism: http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=viewcurrent=hopper2.jpg http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=viewcurrent=hopper1.jpg

Little drummer girl

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
Granddad doesn't seem to mind though: http://www.web-options.com/Greenwich/content/L126_large.html Bob -- 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: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: You can get a better spec on a new Windows machine for the same or even less money than a Mac Refurb. If you don't need OS X, skip the Macbooks and iMac's.

Re: Interesting Rumour

2010-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
Your camera actually gets shorter when you put this lens on ;-p One regret I have is never buying the FA 35 2.0. On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, as a pancake, why not. As a fast normal, no way, even DA-L. Simplest thing would be an FA35 repackaged

RE: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
On 5/9/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: ow that Macs are Unix boxes running on Intel hardware there isn't enough to distinguish them from PCs to make them worth spending the extra money on in my opinion, I agree. Except for one small thingthe OS. ;-) Asbestos suit on - nya

Re: Pesos: Hoppers

2010-09-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Steve, Like the third one the best for it's unusual point of view. The other two are nice as well. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Since I'm way out of practice, I've decided I just have to do a bunch of shooting and look for

Re: OT: Mighty Elmar

2010-09-05 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: http://www.web-options.com/Elmar-1.jpg My Elmar's so small, you'll never believe where I keep it -- 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: Fairly large earthquake

2010-09-05 Thread mike wilson
Chris Mitchell wrote: David Mann wrote: Sent: 05 September 2010 11:02 I heard from my boss, he went into the city to check out the office building. Had to talk his way past the cops, then once he got to the building he went through the keep out tape (naughty!) and started collecting

RE: Pesos: Hoppers

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
Since I'm way out of practice, I've decided I just have to do a bunch of shooting and look for criticism: http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=view; current=hopper2.jpg http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=view; current=hopper1.jpg

Re: Pesos: Hoppers

2010-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
The third is my favorite as well. Nice day for a photowalk. A little late light-wise, but lots of bugs on wildflowers. Which, of course, says much about my tastes. On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Steve, Like the third one the best for it's unusual

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On 5/9/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: ow that Macs are Unix boxes running on Intel hardware there isn't enough to distinguish them from PCs to make them worth spending the extra money on in my opinion, I agree. Except

Re: Interesting Rumour

2010-09-05 Thread Dario Bonazza
Steven Desjardins wrote: Your camera actually gets shorter when you put this lens on ;-p Yes, as it's a mirror lens. Then the lens mirror mirrors the mirror box and you get lost among endless mirroring. At that point, you no longer notice any camera length. That's the Pentax response to

RE: OT: Mighty Elmar

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
http://www.web-options.com/Elmar-1.jpg My Elmar's so small, you'll never believe where I keep it it only protrudes 14mm from the body. -- 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

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:04 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/9/5 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Yes i do. Great =) Way to go, eh! Can't. I turn it on and get the Intel splash screen then a Dos promt saying boot failure. Does this happen more often when the PC hasn't

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
Hold on a minute guys. I gotta go and make popcorn. On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:14 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 10:04 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/9/5 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Yes i do. Great =) Way to go, eh! Can't. I turn

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:13 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/9/5 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com: Do not put money into a 2001 computer. That's a waste of money IMO. Depends. Buy a new box, get Windows 7, update all now incompatible software, possibly (and sensibly so)

Re: Interesting Rumour

2010-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
I was thinking dark matter but this works too. On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Steven Desjardins wrote: Your camera actually gets shorter when you put this lens on ;-p Yes, as it's a mirror lens. Then the lens mirror mirrors the mirror box and

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Hold on a minute guys.  I gotta go and make popcorn. Was not intending an OS war, but i guess this usually happens doesn't it.:-) My other concern is the video card. What should i look for in a Dell or HP, and what

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
Also have programs on the HD that i will not be able to put on a new computer, so i intend to have the pld HD mapped over to the new one, and possibly use the older one as a slave drive, if thats a current computer term anymore. Is it necessary to map everything over, or can i ask them to just map

Re: OT: Mighty Elmar

2010-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
ROTFL. Well, there is another thread about a what a slow DA 35 would have to be like to make it worthwhile. Is this an example of the species? On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:02 PM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Bob W wrote: http://www.web-options.com/Elmar-1.jpg My Elmar's so

OT: Potential gear bags

2010-09-05 Thread Walter Gilbert
Hi all, Yesterday, while having a lovely beverage at my favorite local dispensary, I saw a gentleman wearing what looked to me like an excellent camera bag -- only he was using it for diapers, bottles, wipes, etc. for the baby he was carrying. It was an over-the-shoulder type sling bag

Re: OT: Mighty Elmar

2010-09-05 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: http://www.web-options.com/Elmar-1.jpg My Elmar's so small, you'll never believe where I keep it it only protrudes 14mm from the body. but you should see the size of the hole in the middle. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:23 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Hold on a minute guys.  I gotta go and make popcorn. Was not intending an OS war, but i guess this usually happens doesn't it.:-) My other

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread mike wilson
David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Hold on a minute guys. I gotta go and make popcorn. Was not intending an OS war, but i guess this usually happens doesn't it.:-) My other concern is the video card. What should i look for in

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:25 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Also have programs on the HD that i will not be able to put on a new computer, so i intend to have the pld HD mapped over to the new one, and possibly use the older one as a slave drive, if thats a current computer term

Re: OT: Potential gear bags

2010-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
So your saying we should use a firearms bag as a camera bag based on the advice of a guy using it as a diaper bag? ;-) On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote:  Hi all, Yesterday, while having a lovely beverage at my favorite local dispensary, I saw a gentleman

RE: Potential gear bags

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
I thought I'd pass along the link in case anyone might be interested, and see if anyone had any experience using anything along these lines to get pros and cons. For your perusal: http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ItemListing.aspx?catid=280 instead of being attacked by muggers trying to

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread mike wilson
David J Brooks wrote: Also have programs on the HD that i will not be able to put on a new computer, so i intend to have the pld HD mapped over to the new one, and possibly use the older one as a slave drive, if thats a current computer term anymore. Is it necessary to map everything over, or

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 1:39 PM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: David J Brooks wrote: Also have programs on the HD that i will not be able to put on a new computer, so i intend to have the pld HD mapped over to the new one, and possibly use the older one as a slave drive, if thats

Re: Potential gear bags

2010-09-05 Thread Walter Gilbert
Inasmuch as I don't typically run into the Cali Cartel or other such ruffians while birding, or shooting the rural landscape of western Kentucky, I figure I could get away with carrying my equipment in a shopping cart, but for the jarring and lack of protection against the elements. I

Re: OT: Mighty Elmar

2010-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I've been looking into ways of stuffing my Leica safely into my saddlebag for the daily commute so I can use the camera at lunchtimes around the fascinating area where I'm working. While talking to someone in the local Leica

Re: LR2 to LR3, a collection transfer problem

2010-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Not sure I understand. LR3 when it converts an LR2 catalog should keep all collections, including the Quick Collection, intact so it should be sitting right there for you. Do you mean the Quick Collection didn't import for some reason? Don't know why that would be. I have 60 photos in my Quick

RE: OT: Mighty Elmar

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
[...] That's a 75-year-old lens on a 4-ish-year-old digital body. Very tempting. I know of 3 others of this type that are available at the moment, so I'm going to have a look at them during the week. In 1969, ogling the stuff at Olden Camera in Manhattan for the thousandth time, the

W. Eugene Smith exhibition and Jazz Fest

2010-09-05 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Everyone: If you're in Chicago, check out the W. Eugene Smith--The Jazz Loft Project exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center. It's excellent. Jazz Fest was this weekend at Millennium Park. We've had lovely weather for it. Flash with captions http://www.caguila.com/caguila/jazzfest

Re: OT: Mighty Elmar

2010-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Good story! I may buy one of the pre-war bodies some day, to share the experience that people like HCB had. Chatting to the chap in the Leica dispensary he said that was one of the main reasons non-collectors buy this stuff.  

are you guys seeing this email?

2010-09-05 Thread Christine Aguila
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Re: are you guys seeing this email?

2010-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
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Re: are you guys seeing this email?

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Re: are you guys seeing this email?

2010-09-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
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Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-09-05 9:06, David J Brooks wrote: - I may have to buy a new computer. As much as i like my iBook, I may just go with another PC, something along the lines of a mid range HP or get one built, by a computer company that was highly recommended to me for around $6-700 Personally, I'd go

Not Suited for Work

2010-09-05 Thread Christine Aguila
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Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread steve harley
On 2010-09-05 10:56 , Adam Maas wrote: I'm talking Dell, HP, Toshiba and Lenovo here. Similar quality components, sometimes better (HP for example uses Asus MB's on their desktops, better quality boards than the Mac desktop boards aside from the Mac Pro's). The components used in the non-Pro

W. Eugene Smith Exhibition and Jazz Fest

2010-09-05 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Everyone: If you're in Chicago, check out the W. Eugene Smith--The Jazz Loft Project exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center. It's excellent. Jazz Fest was this weekend at Millennium Park. We've had lovely weather for it. Flash with captions http://www.caguila.com/caguila/jazzfest

RE: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread J.C. O'Connell
I think you can only move windows from one pc another if you notify MS the first PC has died. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread steve harley
On 2010-09-05 11:12 , Adam Maas wrote: the OS is Unix. Do you mean the window manager? That's something of a Myth. OS X is not actually Unix. It's a Mach Microkernel running a BSD userspace alongside a separate but integrated Carbon/Cocoa GUI userspace. [...] You could actually rip out the

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2010-09-05 Thread Christine Aguila
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Re: are you guys seeing this email?

2010-09-05 Thread Bruce Dayton
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PAW35 - V

2010-09-05 Thread DagT
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Re: Not Suited for Work

2010-09-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/9/10, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: The wondrous things you see when you're young. :-) Enjoy! http://www.caguila.com/caguila/snap/content/IMGP1385_large.html Cheers, Christine Classic!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: OT PC thingies

2010-09-05 Thread mike wilson
Adam Maas wrote: I've priced this and you can almost always get a pre-built system cheaper than a home-built system. It's been about a decade since building your own was a good economic choice. The biggest reason to build your own system is to get a specific parts selection, but you'll pay at

RE: Not Suited for Work

2010-09-05 Thread Bob W
The wondrous things you see when you're young. :-) Enjoy! http://www.caguila.com/caguila/snap/content/IMGP1385_large.html Cheers, Christine Lovely shot. Never saw anything like that when I was young. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: W. Eugene Smith Exhibition and Jazz Fest

2010-09-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/9/10, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi Everyone: If you're in Chicago, check out the W. Eugene Smith--The Jazz Loft Project exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center. It's excellent. Jazz Fest was this weekend at Millennium Park. We've had lovely weather for it. Flash

Re: Tamron 17-50 vs 28-75 ?

2010-09-05 Thread P. J. Alling
I'd forgive you for being metric if 80 grams didn't equal a little under three ounces, ~2.83 ounces to be more exact. Those lenses seemed nice and light until you applied your conversion factor... On 9/5/2010 1:12 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: My apologies for being metric but 17-50 weighs 430 g

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