Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread William Robb
-- From: Tim Øsleby Subject: Is a private blog safe? I've mentioned this before. Me and some photo blokes are gone photograph some nakid women for a calendar. It's a parallel to Calendar Girls. I had my first shoot this morning, in a wetland. The

Has anyone seen any real life pictures from a 645D?

2010-10-15 Thread Larry Colen
The 645D sounds like an amazing camera. And I've seen a couple of the sample pictures, probably the same ones that everyone else on the list has seen. As an engineer, I'm acutely aware of the difference between a demo, and real world performance. Has anyone on the list seen any photos taken by

Re: Speaking of KEH and good lenses

2010-10-15 Thread John Francis
And you won't find one of those for $139, either. $1390, maybe ... I paid $1200 for mine around ten years ago, and considered myself fortunate to find one at that price. Since then it's had quite a bit of hard use, so it's not as pretty on the outside. It is heavy, but it justifies the weight

Re: Has anyone seen any real life pictures from a 645D?

2010-10-15 Thread William Robb
-- From: Larry Colen Subject: Has anyone seen any real life pictures from a 645D? The 645D sounds like an amazing camera. And I've seen a couple of the sample pictures, probably the same ones that everyone else on the list has seen. As an

Re: OT: Bicycle Video

2010-10-15 Thread Cotty
On 14/10/10, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: Someone sent me this link: http://wimp.com/bicycleskill/ I thought a few here might enjoy it. Excellent - who needs a Segway!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: Has anyone seen any real life pictures from a 645D?

2010-10-15 Thread Bong Manayon
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The 645D sounds like an amazing camera. And I've seen a couple of the sample pictures, probably the same ones that everyone else on the list has seen. As an engineer, I'm acutely aware of the difference between a demo, and

Re: Has anyone seen any real life pictures from a 645D?

2010-10-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 15, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Bong Manayon wrote: On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The 645D sounds like an amazing camera. And I've seen a couple of the sample pictures, probably the same ones that everyone else on the list has seen. As an engineer, I'm

Re: Ultra Zoom PS cameras. Recommendation?

2010-10-15 Thread eckinator
I had a Lumix TZ7 and it was OK to use but the AF was slow to begin with and died after three months. Other than that it was fine. 2010/10/15 John Celio n...@neovenator.com: I've been reading through a recent DPReview.com ultrazoom group comparison looking for a camera to get my dad, but

GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread Walter Gilbert
Hi all, Well, I had my very first photo shoot today. All things considered, I think it went fairly well. I did get some good shots, a couple of great shots, and many that will wind up being salvageable. Here are a few shots to give a reasonable approximation:

Annsan Hits Hogtown

2010-10-15 Thread frank theriault
Our Ann arrived in Toronto on Wednesday night, and made her way to New Toronto for dinner at our place last night. Tired and fighting a nasty cold, she was never the less in great spirits and we had a lovely evening talking about all of you behind your backs. ;-) Not too much photography talk,

Re: PESO - Cormorants at Dawn

2010-10-15 Thread Rick Womer
Alternate title: Knarf dispatches another squadron of CanadIAN geese south. A beautiful photo of a nefarious deed. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 10/14/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO -

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread paul stenquist
I like the shot of her looking through the window. Nice pose and framing. You could work on the rendering and tonality a bit. I also like 5302, although her right knee bumping the edge of frame is a bit unhappy. Clipping body parts usually works as long as its a big cut and works well within

Re: PESO - Cormorants at Dawn

2010-10-15 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Alternate title: Knarf dispatches another squadron of CanadIAN geese south. A beautiful photo of a nefarious deed. Except they're cormorants, not geese. ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri

Re: OT: Bicycle Video

2010-10-15 Thread eckinator
Mad skills - so this is what fixies are really good for =) Frank, take note - we want to see your video next! Thanks for sharing Ecke 2010/10/15 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Someone sent me this link: http://wimp.com/bicycleskill/ I thought a few here might enjoy it. -- PDML

Re: ISBN and self-published books

2010-10-15 Thread eckinator
2010/10/2 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: and isbn is. A dyslexic Norwegian playwright. HAR! Very good. A two-part MARK! very good indeed - reminds me of an oldie but goldie: what does a dyslexic agnostic insomniac do at night? sit

Re: Pentas M 135/3.5 vs. Takumar 135/2.5

2010-10-15 Thread John Sessoms
From: Eric Weir On Oct 14, 2010, at 7:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Eric Weir On Oct 12, 2010, at 1:45 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: if I couldn't get a Pentax-A* 135/1.8 Don't see that at KEH. Most likely, perhaps certainly, out of my league financially. I rarely see them for sale,

Software with *ist-D

2010-10-15 Thread John Sessoms
Does anyone remember which version of the Pentax Software came with the *ist-D? I'm trying to get everything together to go back in the box in case I decide to sell it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread Jack Davis
I realize from your introductory comments that you have a background issue. In addition, rather harsh tonality while it may be intentional, adds a degree pressure. In many shots the model's face glistens as though perspiring and to me, conveys a sense of discomfort. The window shot is the

Re: OT: Bicycle Video

2010-10-15 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 14, 2010, at 19:50, John Sessoms wrote: Someone sent me this link: http://wimp.com/bicycleskill/ Hopefully this is bicycle skill and not bicycles kill -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread P N Stenquist
On Oct 15, 2010, at 8:59 AM, Jack Davis wrote: I realize from your introductory comments that you have a background issue. In addition, rather harsh tonality while it may be intentional, adds a degree pressure. In many shots the model's face glistens as though perspiring and to me,

Re: Annsan Hits Hogtown

2010-10-15 Thread David J Brooks
Thats our Ann.;-) Sunday at the zoo should be a good day, sunny and warmish, for this time of year. Dave On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:57 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Our Ann arrived in Toronto on Wednesday night, and made her way to New Toronto for dinner at our place last

Re: Software with *ist-D

2010-10-15 Thread David J Brooks
I sold my istD to a lister a few years ago, and I think the software went with it, so i;'m not sure. It would have been a version 1 i'd assume Dave On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:30 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Does anyone remember which version of the Pentax Software came with the

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread David J Brooks
I like the first one, in the window and 5296 Dave On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 5:55 AM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote:  Hi all, Well, I had my very first photo shoot today.  All things considered, I think it went fairly well.  I did get some good shots, a couple of great shots, and

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Don't know what you mean by safe. Friend of mine has been specializing in nudes and figure studies for the past year. He posts them to private flickr.com galleries and to his account on modelmayhem.com. Only people with passwords see them. Similarly, I have bunches of photos on various sites that

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread CheekyGeek
If you put a file on a web server it is never safe. Period. Exclamation point. Add to that: Even if you make it password protected, etc. you have to share that password somehow with humans. Human beings, being human, can compromise your best intentions in many ways. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska

Re: Annsan Hits Hogtown

2010-10-15 Thread Steven Desjardins
Like y'all wouldn't say anything to our faces, right? ;-) On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:57 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Our Ann arrived in Toronto on Wednesday night, and made her way to New Toronto for dinner at our place last night. Tired and fighting a nasty cold, she

Re: Has anyone seen any real life pictures from a 645D?

2010-10-15 Thread Steven Desjardins
What a funny shot (the 100% crop). It has a little blur and still displays amazing resolution. In my mind those two would have been contradictory effects. Another world view shattered. On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Oct 15, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Bong

Re: Ultra Zoom PS cameras. Recommendation?

2010-10-15 Thread Steven Desjardins
Can't much more zoomy than this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/734782-REG/Canon_4344B001_PowerShot_SX30_IS_Digital.html This is also nice: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/723287-REG/Panasonic_DMC_FZ100K_Lumix_DMC_FZ100_Digital_Camera.html and there are two cheaper models at BH

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread Tim Øsleby
Hm... What do you recommend? Stay away from the whole idea, or another blogprovidor? -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/10/15 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: No, and Google Blogger based blogs are doubly so. On 10/14/2010 9:16 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: I've mentioned this

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread Tim Øsleby
Flickr could be the way to go. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/10/15 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com: Don't know what you mean by safe. Friend of mine has been specializing in nudes and figure studies for the past year. He posts them to private flickr.com galleries

Re: PESO - Cormorants at Dawn

2010-10-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 15, 2010, at 5:00 AM, frank theriault wrote: On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Alternate title: Knarf dispatches another squadron of CanadIAN geese south. A beautiful photo of a nefarious deed. Except they're cormorants, not geese.

Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
Hi, I always transfer pictures to my PC using its card reader. I can't remember why I decided to do it this way, possibly because it is faster and doesn't eat the camera's battery. However, I have been in contact with a person specialized in recovery disks and cards from hardware failures,

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread Jeffery Smith
I always use a card reader. So far, I haven't had any damage to the contacts (at least none that I'm aware of). Jeffery On Oct 15, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: Hi, I always transfer pictures to my PC using its card reader. I can't remember why I decided to do it this way,

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread Dario Bonazza
Hi Jaume. I think the horror stories about damaging cards are related to CF, not SD. I always use a card reader and I think the tiny USB connector on the camera is more fragile than the SD contacts. In fact, a friend of mine was able to break the USB connector on his K10D to the point that

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/15/2010 6:26 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: Hm... What do you recommend? Stay away from the whole idea, or another blogprovidor? -- MaritimTim Tim, if you want to share pictures between a group of 10 people (which is the impression I am getting from your initial post) then nothing really

Re: Pentax Canada: typical wait time for estimate? Repair?

2010-10-15 Thread Bruce Walker
On 10-10-13 3:01 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: A question for the listers who've used Pentax Canada service: how long did you wait to get an estimate? And how long to see your serviced part back? Last Tuesday I dropped-off a 540FGZ flash that smokes, and a DA* 50-135 that has the

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread Walter Gilbert
Thanks, Paul. I should be able to re-crop 5302 to avoid the knee-bump. The window shot was one I resisted doing nearly all day, as it was just a bad time of day to try to shoot outside. The sun was extremely strong here yesterday. She seems to be pleased with the shots, though not

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread P. J. Alling
I've had two SD cards fail. On both the plastic housings split allowing the write protect tab to fall out. The contacts seem to be relatively robust under normal usage. The biggest hazard I've faced was having 6 of them, and the case they were stored in disappear out of my camera bag

Re: Ultra Zoom PS cameras. Recommendation?

2010-10-15 Thread Boris Liberman
John, this article can be of your interest. And it is pretty fresh too. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/a_superzoom_shootout.shtml Boris On 10/15/2010 4:26 AM, John Celio wrote: I've been reading through a recent DPReview.com ultrazoom group comparison looking for a camera

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread Walter Gilbert
I have to agree, Jack. I've been trying to tone down the colors a bit, but what has really bothered me is the shine on her skin that you mentioned. I'm trying to mitigate that some, but nothing I do seems to work, and often makes it worse. I thought maybe a bw conversion might help a

Re: Ultra Zoom PS cameras. Recommendation?

2010-10-15 Thread Steven Desjardins
What a magnificent article! It recommends exactly the two cameras that I did. :-) On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: John, this article can be of your interest. And it is pretty fresh too.

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread Jack Davis
Use only SD and always with a card reader. Never a hint of a problem. Jack --- On Fri, 10/15/10, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com Subject: Transfer pictures: USB or card? To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 9:50 AM Hi, I always

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread Walter Gilbert
Yeah, I've seen that sort of thing done on the boob tube. I took some closeup shots focused directly on her eyes, but the makeup sheen just completely overwhelmed everything in them. I was really disappointed, too, as the girl has some of the most beautiful eyes in the whole wide world.

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread eckinator
Same here. I recall CF cards and microdrives being a bigger pain and requiring more care but SD's been trouble-free thus far. And guess how happy I was when SDHC cards became affordable and gave me an excuse to replace my old USB 1.1 SD reader =) 2010/10/15 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: Use

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread Walter Gilbert
Thanks, David! I liked 5296. Oddly enough, I don't think she was all that fond of it. I thought it captured her personality better than any other picture I took of her all day. Go figure. -- Walt On 10/15/2010 9:00 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I like the first one, in the window and 5296

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread P. J. Alling
...the only thing of value in the bag of any value and apparently I write for the department of redundancy department. On 10/15/2010 1:12 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I've had two SD cards fail. On both the plastic housings split allowing the write protect tab to fall out. The contacts

Re: PESO - Cormorants at Dawn

2010-10-15 Thread eckinator
2010/10/15 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: Canadian cormorants attack at dawn. without mercy or egrets... -- 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: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread Walter Gilbert
I've always used a card reader, and the only trouble I've ever had with it was bending one of the contacts on the reader trying to get a CF card into it. Never had even the slightest hint of a problem with SD or SDHC cards, though. -- Walt On 10/15/2010 12:35 PM, eckinator wrote: Same

Re: Ultra Zoom PS cameras. Recommendation?

2010-10-15 Thread P. J. Alling
I thought you were above bribes to make yourself look good... On 10/15/2010 1:28 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: What a magnificent article! It recommends exactly the two cameras that I did. :-) On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: John, this article can

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread Jack Davis
I'd go for the saturation and color cures sliders. Try knocking down the glistening skin by gently bringing down the highlights. Burn tool would be another possibility. Surgical use of the clone tool(?) MAY then be an option in restoring skin tone. As you can tell, I'd just fiddle with it and

Re: PESO - Cormorants at Dawn

2010-10-15 Thread P. J. Alling
On 10/15/2010 1:42 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/10/15 Larry Colenl...@red4est.com: Canadian cormorants attack at dawn. without mercy or egrets... The egrets attack later in the day, after a civilized cup of tea. -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread Walter Gilbert
Now there's a bumper sticker for Photoshop dilettantes the world over: Why dodge and burn when you can fiddle and hope? That's a pretty apt description of my Photoshop technique. -- Walt On 10/15/2010 12:49 PM, Jack Davis wrote: I'd go for the saturation and color cures sliders. Try

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread Jack Davis
LOL.. J --- On Fri, 10/15/10, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: From: Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com Subject: Re: GESO: Megan W. To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 10:53 AM    Now there's a bumper sticker for Photoshop dilettantes the

Re: PESO - Cormorants at Dawn

2010-10-15 Thread eckinator
2010/10/15 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Canadian cormorants attack at dawn. without mercy or egrets... The egrets attack later in the day, after a civilized cup of tea. elentlessly with no ercy I take it? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jaume, I've always used a card reader with my sd cards. I've got cards from .5gb to 16b and only 1 died - the plastic fell apart. I regularly download to my laptop and again to my desktop, and keep the shots on the card for a while. I recently deleted 600+ images from the card and started fresh.

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
Walt - If you're using LightRoom 3 take a look at this video. Shows a quick and easy way to retouch those shiny spots. http://vimeo.com/12959133 -p On 10/15/2010 12:34 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Yeah, I've seen that sort of thing done on the boob tube. I took some closeup shots focused

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread William Robb
-- From: Boris Liberman Subject: Re: Is a private blog safe? Tim, if you want to share pictures between a group of 10 people (which is the impression I am getting from your initial post) then nothing really prevents you from inputting all

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:50:00 -0700 (PDT) Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: So...how do you tranfer your pictures? Do you think that there is a risk in removing frequently the card from the camera? always card-reader. i think the greater risk would be knocking the camera to the floor if

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread P N Stenquist
I generally kill skin hotspots by using a very soft PhotoShop paintbrush at about 25% opacity and 50% fill. I just pick up some skin tone an paint it in carefully over the glare spot. Sometimes I do a bit of cloning as well. Paul On Oct 15, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Jack Davis wrote: I'd go for

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread CheekyGeek
Tim, if you want to share pictures between a group of 10 people (which is the impression I am getting from your initial post) then nothing really prevents you from inputting all their e-mail addresses to your e-mail client and establishing an ad-hoc mail list so that you can send these

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Unless you are using encrypted email, emails are sent as clear text over the network and can be intercepted easily. Also, since many emails need to be routed through several servers on its way from point a to point b, anyone with access to those servers' store and forward systems can easily audit

RE: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread John Sessoms
From: Jaume Lahuerta Hi, I always transfer pictures to my PC using its card reader. I can't remember why I decided to do it this way, possibly because it is faster and doesn't eat the camera's battery. However, I have been in contact with a person specialized in recovery disks and cards from

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread William Robb
-- From: CheekyGeek Subject: Re: Is a private blog safe? Yes, emailing is totally safe. Unless of course someone uses the email FORWARD button, or leaves their email client open when they are not around, or ... Having a bath is totally safe.

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread William Robb
-- From: P N Stenquist Subject: Re: GESO: Megan W. I generally kill skin hotspots by using a very soft PhotoShop paintbrush at about 25% opacity and 50% fill. I just pick up some skin tone an paint it in carefully over the glare spot.

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Good video Paul. I saved the link. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote:  Walt - If you're using LightRoom 3 take a look at this video.  Shows a quick and easy way to retouch those shiny spots. http://vimeo.com/12959133 -p On

Re: PESO - Cormorants at Dawn

2010-10-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 15, 2010, at 10:42 AM, eckinator wrote: 2010/10/15 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: Canadian cormorants attack at dawn. without mercy or egrets... That's because they're so focused on the heron now. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO - Cormorants at Dawn

2010-10-15 Thread eckinator
2010/10/15 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: Canadian cormorants attack at dawn. without mercy or egrets... That's because they're so focused on the heron now. holding out for a heron till the end of the night? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 15, 2010, at 2:55 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Hi all, Well, I had my very first photo shoot today. All things considered, I think it went fairly well. I did get some good shots, a couple of great shots, and many that will wind up being salvageable. Here are a few shots to give a

Re: Help upgrading firmware

2010-10-15 Thread Charles Robinson
On Oct 14, 2010, at 19:14, Eric Weir wrote: On Oct 14, 2010, at 5:12 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: Now go to the Pentax website and download a manual for the DS-2, because now your feature set matches that camera. Thanks, Charles. Already got one. A hard copy. Pentax took my order

Third party Battery Grip

2010-10-15 Thread Jens
Does anybody know something about these, please: New Vertical Battery Grip For Pentax K7 K-7 D-SLR D-BG4 Thes seem to sell for cconsiderably lesss than original Pentax D-BG4 battery Grips Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Oct 3, 2010 04:56 Larry Colen

Re: Third party Battery Grip

2010-10-15 Thread eckinator
the ones from extremedeals.com et al. you mean? AFAIK they sell for as little as USD or EUR 50. my buddy rudi bought one from HK for EUR 47 shipped and it does everything the original does including dual battery trays except it is not weather sealed. quality is ok but not outstanding. you get what

Re: Third party Battery Grip

2010-10-15 Thread eckinator
FYI and FWIW the ones i am talking about are chinese product pirate copies you may or may not want to support that, personally I refuse to do so 2010/10/15 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: the ones from extremedeals.com et al. you mean? AFAIK they sell for as little as USD or EUR 50. my buddy

Re: GESO: Megan W.

2010-10-15 Thread P N Stenquist
On Oct 15, 2010, at 3:26 PM, William Robb wrote: -- From: P N Stenquist Subject: Re: GESO: Megan W. I generally kill skin hotspots by using a very soft PhotoShop paintbrush at about 25% opacity and 50% fill. I just pick up some skin tone

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread Tim Øsleby
I can assure you Godfrey, and the rest of you, there is really nothing naughty in the pictures. It's just about letting the models decide what to make public and what to keep private. Mainly because of natural vanity, I think. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/10/15 Godfrey

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
Thanks for all your responses. Actually he referred to SD specifically. He showed me that there are two longer pins that must enter first since they are used to power the card. If for any reason another pin reaches the contact first, the card is broken (or something like this). But I am with

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread Tim Øsleby
The reason for thinking in the line of a blog, is that I want to make sure everybody communicates at the same level,and to make sure every comment is accessible to everybody it concerns. But it may be a bad idea :-) -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/10/15 Boris Liberman

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread John Francis
I never had a problem with my CF cards (or microdrives), but that's probably because most of the time I was using a PCMCIA (or CardBus) adapter (with very good alignment enforced before any contact pins were engaged), rather than simply using an external card reader. SD cards have fewer

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread David Parsons
Just make it secure enough. You don't need NSA level encryption or 27 character mixed case passwords. Allow only the people that you want access to the group, and change the password as needed if people don't behave or someone leaves the group. A private group on Flickr is easy enough to setup,

Re: Annsan Update

2010-10-15 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 6:18 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:  If she /meats/ up with Frank, you crack me up. Thats what Doug hired me four. Dave On 10/13/2010 5:32 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Well, she is driving into a bit pf rain, but decent temperatures anyway. There is

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: So...how do you tranfer your pictures? Do you think that there is a risk in removing frequently the card from the camera? Thanks, Jaume Strictly by card reader. Never had any problems. Digital since 2001. Scaring

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread Larry Colen
The only cards I've had fail mechanically were some cheap/inexpensive 2G Patriot cards from Fry's. After a while they started to fall apart, so I stopped using them before they stopped working. I have an external USB hub/card reader on my iMac, and a card reader that fits like a hard drive

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: ...However, I have been in contact with a person specialized in recovery disks and cards from hardware failures, and he showed me how fragile the contacts in the memory cards are. Also he told me horror stories about

OT: Scopitone

2010-10-15 Thread Bob W
Before they were famous: I've discovered what Frank used to get up to in the good ole days. I'm sure Mike Wilson's in here too - can a leopard change its spots? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V03f74P4_o If you're really into lipsync you won't want to watch this one. If, on the other hand, you

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I agree with David. Safe enough for normal privacy concerns: password authentication and access control to invited participants is all that's needed. On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:33 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: Just make it secure enough.  You don't need NSA level encryption or

hey canadians!

2010-10-15 Thread Tanya Love
Just thought I'd let you all know, that if you should see this image: http://www.lovebytes.com.au/pics/agoobus.jpg ...floating around Vancouver or Toronto on the side of a bus, with advertising for Agoo Clothing all over it. .it is mine, and it was shot with my trusty K-7 and fa 50mm/1.7!

Re: hey canadians!

2010-10-15 Thread Steven Desjardins
Well done! Are they your kids as well? On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: Just thought I'd let you all know, that if you should see this image: http://www.lovebytes.com.au/pics/agoobus.jpg ...floating around Vancouver or Toronto on the side of a bus,

Re: Ultra Zoom PS cameras. Recommendation?

2010-10-15 Thread Steven Desjardins
I could have gotten a bribe? Damn, I'm bad at this . . . On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:45 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:  I thought you were above bribes to make yourself look good... On 10/15/2010 1:28 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: What a magnificent article!  It recommends

Re: hey canadians!

2010-10-15 Thread Larry Colen
Congratulations! On Oct 15, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Tanya Love wrote: Just thought I'd let you all know, that if you should see this image: http://www.lovebytes.com.au/pics/agoobus.jpg ...floating around Vancouver or Toronto on the side of a bus, with advertising for Agoo Clothing all over it.

RE: hey canadians!

2010-10-15 Thread Bob W
very nice -w ell done! Just thought I'd let you all know, that if you should see this image: http://www.lovebytes.com.au/pics/agoobus.jpg ...floating around Vancouver or Toronto on the side of a bus, with advertising for Agoo Clothing all over it. .it is mine, and it was shot with my

Re: hey canadians!

2010-10-15 Thread P N Stenquist
Well done! Paul On Oct 15, 2010, at 6:44 PM, Tanya Love wrote: Just thought I'd let you all know, that if you should see this image: http://www.lovebytes.com.au/pics/agoobus.jpg ...floating around Vancouver or Toronto on the side of a bus, with advertising for Agoo Clothing all over it. .it

Re: hey canadians!

2010-10-15 Thread Stan Halpin
Very nice - congratulations! I might have to do a trip to Toronto just to check it out. stan On Oct 15, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Tanya Love wrote: Just thought I'd let you all know, that if you should see this image: http://www.lovebytes.com.au/pics/agoobus.jpg ...floating around Vancouver or

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread Tim Øsleby
I've been investigating the possibilities at Flickr. So far, so good. I can create tags, sets etc. That's good. I can decide that I (or another person logging in as me) is the only one who can see the picture. Just one problem: Other team members (I'm just one out of four photographers) needs to

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread David Parsons
Have them create a free account and add pictures to their photostream. They set the pictures as private, and add them to the group. Only group members will be able to see the pictures. On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: I've been investigating the

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread Tim Øsleby
Aah. Good thinking Dave. You are either less tired than me or smarter ;-) Or a little bit of both. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/10/16 David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com: Have them create a free account and add pictures to their photostream.  They set the pictures

RE: hey canadians!

2010-10-15 Thread Tanya Love
Hey Steven - umm, the little girl on the far right is my Zali, but the others are all hired talent. Thanks for the words of support everyone, I'll have to post a pic of it actually on a bus when it is ready to go! Tan. :) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net

Re: Is a private blog safe?

2010-10-15 Thread paul stenquist
On Oct 15, 2010, at 8:27 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: I've been investigating the possibilities at Flickr. So far, so good. I can create tags, sets etc. That's good. I can decide that I (or another person logging in as me) is the only one who can see the picture. Just one problem: Other team

RE: hey canadians!

2010-10-15 Thread Jack Davis
Very COOL! Hope someone posts a shot taken of a bus so adorned. Jack --- On Fri, 10/15/10, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: From: Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com Subject: RE: hey canadians! To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, October 15, 2010, 6:13 PM Hey

Re: Transfer pictures: USB or card?

2010-10-15 Thread Boris Liberman
Jaume, since 2004 I am yet to break a single card by taking it out of the camera and copying the pictures to my PC via a card reader. Boris On 10/15/2010 6:50 PM, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: Hi, I always transfer pictures to my PC using its card reader. I can't remember why I decided to do it this

Re: Has anyone seen any real life pictures from a 645D?

2010-10-15 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/15/2010 10:36 AM, Bong Manayon wrote: Some candid portraits of some of the guys in the Pentax factory when I visited a couple of months ago. Some more snaps taken with my K-x... Hmmm, so Mister Bong, you're one of them now - those select few... :-) Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Annsan Hits Hogtown

2010-10-15 Thread Boris Liberman
On 10/15/2010 12:57 PM, frank theriault wrote: Our Ann arrived in Toronto on Wednesday night, and made her way to New Toronto for dinner at our place last night. Tired and fighting a nasty cold, she was never the less in great spirits and we had a lovely evening talking about all of you behind

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