On Aug 18, 2012, at 6:24 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
I also read recently about a critic who was asked what she thought of the
exhibition, and replied I don't know - I haven't written my review yet.
The mother of a friend of ours is an artist and gets invited to a lot of
exhibition
On Aug 18, 2012, at 7:50 AM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
flat pedals
The flat pedals are what most people are used to, and are good for use with
sneakers.
Serious bikers use clip-in pedals which use a cleat on a special shoe so you
can also pull upwards on the pedal. The result of this
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
David Mann
There's a halfway option of flat pedals with a cage that fits over your
shoe. They stink IMHO :)
That's not a half-way option - it's the original option!
I use a pair of these:
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
frank theriault
http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/08/the-happy-scooterists.html
Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome.
They're happy because they've just invaded the advanced stop line area and
parked in
Same here.
Dave
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, you grew some beard and your hair turned white. Which by the way is
useful if you appear to not have your white balance card with you :-).
Never thought of that.
I think you've been doing great,
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote:
mazaltov!
thirty years at anything is an achievement. :-)
G
Thank you
Dave
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:48 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
.Liz and i were married.
Just looked at the individual links, and wow they are all very good.
Dave
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote:
My wife and I recently drove from Pennsylvania to South Dakota, for a
camping vacation in the Fort Pierre National Grassland, Badlands
National Park,
Thanks, Frank. I made this exposure fairly early in the morning.
images of the same plant taken in mid day tend to be more blown out.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:38 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Lovely!
That is a strong portrait, and conveys love on both sides of the camera!
Congratulations on your 44 years of marriage. I must say, however,
that if I gave my love a vacuum for a birthday, anniversary, or
Christmas, I would not have survived to celebrate our 47th anniversary
last May!
You are a
The blooms are not as large as those on my white hibiscus, but this
plant makes up for it in color and in the larger number of flowers it
bears at one time.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16303775
Comments are always appreciated.
Dan Matyola
Another interesting street image. I like the balance of the two
walkers and the two on the scooter, and the autos off to the upper
left also help to set the scenre.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:56 PM, frank theriault
That is a very weird image . . .
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 3:54 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
What I mean is that given the same image - one by a 'name' and another by a
'no name', the 'name' will get the nod. I've seen this
Congratulations, Don!
You'd better hang on to that one. I've never been around a woman who
could muster that kind of warmth and patience for me after 44 minutes,
let alone years. Just to be on the safe side, you might want to
supplement that vacuum with new carpet.
-- Walt
On 8/17/2012
Any wired release that works for consumer level Canons (with a regular
stereo headphone jack) will work with any Pentax dSLR.
If you want cheap, and don't mind waiting, www.dealextreme.com has
lots of random stuff that ships from Hong Kong for cheap, with no
shipping. I've bought many things
Thanks, all of you :-)
134 is in Denmark, on Grenen, as far to the north east you can get. 135 is in
Hameln and 136 is in Koblenz at the end of the Mosel valley.
DagT
Den 18. aug. 2012 kl. 06:02 skrev Boris Liberman:
Dag, the last photo is perfect. The first two are very good either so that
Thank you for commenting.
I´m not sure if I agree regarding 136. It would be a little different picture,
concentrating more on her photography and less about her being little in the
large monument. Not a bad picture, but (slightly) different :-)
DagT
Den 15. aug. 2012 kl. 07:13 skrev Larry
Dave, I use Amazon.ca for 3rd party stuff.
Sent from my iPod
On 2012-08-18, at 8:53 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
I have checked the two sites i normally use for 3rd party camera gear,
and cannot find any Pentax k-5 or K10d remote shutter releases, plenty
for Canon Nikon and
Wow. It's like the security line at the airport.
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
That is a very weird image . . .
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 3:54 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
On 8/15/2012 12:15 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
On 8/15/2012 2:27 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Pentax's problem is that they have a nice niche product, that they can't
seem to sell for better than commodity product prices, and they have to
sell it on line with pretty much word of mouth advertising.
I found this article fascinating and thought I'd pass it along as there
is a bit of photographic interest, and I just found it a thoroughly
enjoyable read.
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/doonan/2012/01/was_marilyn_monroe_fat_her_secrets_revealed_.single.html
Shortened URL:
As a design it takes a lot from the Kodak Instamatic ethos, and for that
matter, the entire Kodak ethos from the 1890, You press the shutter, we
do the rest. It would be nice to see a point and shoot that actually
seemed to be aimed at taking pictures, as opposed to being a platform to
sell
From: Bob W
and I'm not really bitter, but I do wonder why people ride those things when
they obviously haven't a clue about being on the road.
I don't know about there, but around here it's mostly people who lost
their drivers license for drunk driving.
For some reason, scooters are not
On Aug 18, 2012, at 11:38, Walt Gilbert wrote:
I found this article fascinating and thought I'd pass it along as there is a
bit of photographic interest, and I just found it a thoroughly enjoyable read.
Something comparable to this would be a good start:
http://www.eos-magazine.com/
They could call it Pentaxian, or something more clever.
I might actually subscribe to the print edition of something like that.
-- Walt
On 8/18/2012 11:35 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
On 8/15/2012 12:15 AM, Boris
It is a bit breezy for my taste, but I thought he had some good turns of
phrase that made up for it.
-- Walt
On 8/18/2012 11:55 AM, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Aug 18, 2012, at 11:38, Walt Gilbert wrote:
I found this article fascinating and thought I'd pass it along as there is a
bit of
From: David J Brooks
I have checked the two sites i normally use for 3rd party camera gear,
and cannot find any Pentax k-5 or K10d remote shutter releases, plenty
for Canon Nikon and Sony. Anyone have a site they like they want to
share, not ebay or graigslist.??
Dave
Any that work with the
Dave, are you avoiding the Pentax Remote Control F because of the
price? ($40 at Henrys) Because it works perfectly, wirelessly, and
lasts forever, if you don't lose it. :-) I'm really glad I picked one
up when I got my K100D Super.
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 8:53 AM, David J Brooks
I had never heard of them referred to as flat pedals.
I had a friend shatter his ankle while using some clip ins. He couldn't get
his foot unclipped when he came to a stop. Not sure he had them adjusted
correctly, but it sured screwed him up - has a limp to this day.
Hard to believe that the
On my mountain bike I have a pair of the cage type with straps that I keep
loose enough to allow easy shoe removal.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
- Original Message -
From: Bob W p...@web-options.com
Subject: RE: OT - Hipsters and Vintage Cameras
Sorry about the OT content, but Olympus is now announcing that they will have
new four thirds dSLR. I think this announcement is a reaction to the US Olympus
person implying that the 43 line might be dead, with m43 taking over that
market.
Regards,
Jeffery
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Flat pedals is a very commonly used term among cyclists. They're also
referred to as platform pedals.
Clipless pedals are very easy to get into and out of. I've been doing it for
about 18 years. That being said, if one is used to straps and cages, one's
natural reaction is to pull the foot
On 18/08/2012 10:41 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
As a design it takes a lot from the Kodak Instamatic ethos, and for that
matter, the entire Kodak ethos from the 1890, You press the shutter, we
do the rest. It would be nice to see a point and shoot that actually
seemed to be aimed at taking
Bruce's answer to Dave...
Dave, are you avoiding the Pentax Remote Control F because of the
price? ($40 at Henrys) Because it works perfectly, wirelessly, and
lasts forever, if you don't lose it. :-) I'm really glad I picked one
up when I got my K100D Super.
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 8:53 AM,
Last week I did some walking around in my area, with a '90s camera and a
bit of T-Max 100. Here is some of what I brought back:
http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=2012-8-15
http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=2012-8-17
http://www.toralf.net/bilde.php?navn=2012-8-20
Congrats on the anniversary and the new lens!
Mark
On 8/17/2012 4:29 PM, Don Guthrie wrote:
If I may indulge in a personal note, here is my bride of 44 yrs today.
This is the 1st photo I took with my anniversary gift - a Pentax DA
40mm XS. She is a big fan of photos on pdml and she is my
So, did the Chevy truck manage to nail both pedestrians =and= both riders of
the scooter?
Oh, the suspense!
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
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From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net
Cc:
Sent: Friday, August 17,
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry about the OT content, but Olympus is now announcing that they will have
new four thirds dSLR. I think this announcement is a reaction to the US
Olympus person implying that the 43 line might be dead, with m43
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com
wrote:
Sorry about the OT content, but Olympus is now announcing that they
will have new four thirds dSLR. I think this announcement
You're right. It could be an m43 body with some sort of feature(s) to increase
43 lens compatibility.
Regards,
Jeffery
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Irish Channel, New Orleans, LA
www.400tx.com
On Aug 18, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Bob W wrote:
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net
...has died.
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/photo-news/539054/renowned-photographe
r-martine-franck-dies-update-5-10pm
B
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G'day all
If anyone is interested in cloud storage, this offer from Box.com looks good:
https://www.box.com/signup/o/hellosign_25
I've been using Box lightly for a few years and it works well.
Normally the free account is 5GB (Dropbox's free account is 2GB)
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Cheers
Brian
Quoting Toine to...@repiuk.nl:
The first photo in this series
http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/227-metaforum-8-aug-2012
will be published in the local campus magazine:
http://www.cursor.tue.nl/en/news-article/artikel/filling-of-library-on-track/
Congratulations.
I took a
Quoting Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com:
Not my garden. Just some pretty pictures. NO BUGS! Comments welcome.
https://www.icloud.com/journal/#3;CAEQARoQn8XTh-uXMpc7xwghEswdJg;50ECD51B-5FAC-4A8E-8A4B-B0B9607BF256
A very appealing set of images - I really like the depth of field in
the
Quoting Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com:
My wife and I recently drove from Pennsylvania to South Dakota, for a
camping vacation in the Fort Pierre National Grassland, Badlands
National Park, and Custer State Park in the Black Hills. A gallery of
photographs is now available:
... Tim runs screaming from the room, and Mike Johnston is never coming
back...
On 8/16/2012 8:33 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-3NFsh3T/0/XL/bee-1-XL.jpg
Here's a flower as peace offering.
On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Tim Bray
I have found that women who think men are boring usually made themselves
uninteresting first.
On 8/16/2012 12:29 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
The poet, Wendy Cope wrote a poem called Men and Their Boring Arguments. You
can read here if you're interested. Cheers, Christine
Thank you, Brian.
It looks like a good thing to try (without relying on them).
Earlier this year, they had an offer of free 50 GB but only for Android users:
http://blog.box.com/2012/02/android-users-get-50gb-free-get-your-box50gb-and-enter-the-box-mobile-giveaway/
Brian, since you have used it
I have been using Dropbox for a while. It has worked well, but I have had two
instances in which the entire set of folders was deleted. I was able to go
back and restore them in both cases, but am at a loss to determine why the were
deleted.
Regards,
Jeffery
_
Jeffery Smith
Yes, thank you Brian for sharing this info with the class.
I have been avoiding signing up for Apple's iCloud since I got my
iPad2, but this looks worth trying.
Box.com has an app for iPhone/iPad (and I believe Android, also)
One note regarding the app: its description for Top In-App Purchases
is
Nature called early. This was the view from our porch in New Hampshire when I
answered:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16319213size=lg
That's a loon between the rafts, which was also calling.
(K-5, FA 24-90)
Comments always appreciated.
Rick
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That's a nice shot, Rick. I wasn't expecting a lot, since here in the
U.S. when nature calls it usually involves toilet paper.
:)
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
Nature called early. This was the view from our porch in New Hampshire when
I answered:
Beautiful gallery--I enjoyed it from end to end (despite Flickr!).
Where in PA are you? Must have been a l-o-n-g drive in any case.
Cheers,
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
- Original Message -
From: Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Cc:
Some large bull thistles have popped up in my garden and the goldfinches
are going crazy over the seeds and down. I decided ot get serious about
photographing them and broke out the A* 400 f2.8 and 1/7x AF converter,
along with the K5 and flash / bracket. Been years since I did any
serious
So you went and peed in the lake? -T
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
Nature called early. This was the view from our porch in New Hampshire when
I answered:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16319213size=lg
That's a loon between the rafts,
Wow! Lovely capture-of-the-moment, and the detail is beyond astonishing. -T
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:
Some large bull thistles have popped up in my garden and the goldfinches are
going crazy over the seeds and down. I decided ot get serious about
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
Where in PA are you? Must have been a l-o-n-g drive in any case.
Thanks, Rick, and to all who have looked and commented so far. We live
near Johnstown, in Cambria County. I figure we drove about 4,000 miles
on the trip,
Beautiful! It doesn't look too appetizing to me, but to each his own.
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote:
Some large bull thistles have popped up in my garden and the goldfinches are
going crazy over the seeds and down. I decided ot get serious about
On 8/18/2012 10:12 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
Wow! Lovely capture-of-the-moment, and the detail is beyond astonishing. -T
Thanks - and they ain't bugs either!
Mark
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Been years since I did any serious bird photos.
Apparently it is like riding a bike for you! Wonderful images.
Thanks for sharing them.
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On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
I'm envious of the
light you had while there, too. last trip to badlands for me was
back in, I think, 1989 and we had crappy flat light - only stayed a day.
Thanks for your comments, Ann. The midday light was horrible
Of course not. It's not an Olympic lake.
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
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From: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Cc:
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: PESO - Tuesday 0530
So you went and peed in the lake?
You certainly seem to overcome your technical difficulties photographing the
finches.
On Aug 18, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Mark C wrote:
Some large bull thistles have popped up in my garden and the goldfinches are
going crazy over the seeds and down. I decided ot get serious about
photographing
LOvely! I like 1 and 3 the best.
Finch and Thistle sounds like a British pub, doesn't it?
ann
On 8/18/2012 22:08, Mark C wrote:
Some large bull thistles have popped up in my garden and the goldfinches
are going crazy over the seeds and down. I decided ot get serious about
photographing them
Definitely a wish I were there
glad you got up early -- gorgeous sight to see and nicely timed.
ann
On 8/18/2012 22:02, Rick Womer wrote:
Nature called early. This was the view from our porch in New Hampshire when I
answered:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16319213size=lg
That's
Nice images, Mark. The T/C appears to be well matched to the A*400.
Jack Davis
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis
http://www.photolightimages.com/
From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Saturday,
My wife uses Dropbox on a regular basis.
Over the last week there have been multiple occasions where the
Dropbox site was unavailable (for how long, I'm not sure - but at
least one of the outages lasted longer than 20 minutes).
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 07:40:00PM -0500, Jeffery Smith wrote:
I
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/08/clouds-and-water.html
Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome.
cheers,
frank
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Very nice captures Mark! Got the all important glint in the eyes.
Kenneth Waller
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From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net
Subject: GESO - Finches and Thistle
Some large bull thistles have popped up in my garden and the
On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:16:06 -0400
Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote:
A gallery of
photographs is now available:
http://flic.kr/s/aHsjBhErAh
lovely gallery. really enjoyed the rock formations series, moonrise
over observation point and a lot of others as well. TFS...
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on 2012-08-18 16:14 Brian Walters wrote
G'day all
If anyone is interested in cloud storage, this offer from Box.com looks good:
https://www.box.com/signup/o/hellosign_25
I've been using Box lightly for a few years and it works well. Normally the
free account is 5GB (Dropbox's free account
Quoting Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org:
Thank you, Brian.
It looks like a good thing to try (without relying on them).
You're very welcome :-)
I don't rely on cloud storage but it's good to have for certain types
of files in case my local backups go belly up. I mainly use Dropbox
but
on 2012-08-18 19:04 Darren Addy wrote
Yes, thank you Brian for sharing this info with the class.
I have been avoiding signing up for Apple's iCloud since I got my
iPad2, but this looks worth trying.
iCloud doesn't provide general file storage anyway, but if you have an Apple ID
(e.g., if
Quoting steve harley p...@paper-ape.com:
on 2012-08-18 16:14 Brian Walters wrote
G'day all
If anyone is interested in cloud storage, this offer from Box.com
looks good:
https://www.box.com/signup/o/hellosign_25
I've been using Box lightly for a few years and it works well. Normally the
On Aug 9, 2012, at 9:57 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
One thing I'll say is that spending lots of continuous quality time
with each bit of gear that yo do have pays off big. Get to know the
characteristics of each piece: body, lens, light, reflector. Then
you'll be much
on 2012-08-18 23:07 Brian Walters wrote
If you want to upload folders, mapping Box.com as a network drive will allow
you to do that. I mentioned this in another post in this thread but here's the
tutorial link again:
that does make it easier to use
it works on Mac by choosing the from the
Sat Aug 18 20:40:00 EDT 2012
Jeffery Smith wrote:
I have been using Dropbox for a while. It has worked well, but I have
had two instances in which the entire set of folders was deleted. I
was able to go back and restore them in both cases, but am at a loss
to determine why the were
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