OT - Up-rise 33

2012-10-12 Thread Igor Roshchin
I thought I would share this information with PDMLers. While visiting Yodobashi Camera Store in Tokyo, I discovered a photo bag that really liked. With a help of a smart phone I was able to find out that BH carries it for almost the same (actualy very slightly smaller) amount. Vanguard Up-rise

Re: PUG Themes for 2013

2012-10-12 Thread Christine Aguila
Just saw this typo. Did this from my mobile phone and predictive typing. :-) Sorry about this. Cheers, Christine On Oct 12, 2012, at 12:53 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com: Here are my picks. I hope to be more regular

Re: What to do with my K 500

2012-10-12 Thread David Parsons
You might do better on Pentax Forums. No listing fee, and you set the price. If no one bites, you aren't really out anything. On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:00 PM, John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I would

Re: PESO - Kota Standing By

2012-10-12 Thread David J Brooks
I like the angle you shot this at Dave On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 10:55 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I've posted a couple of photos of Kota before. He's a Japanese messenger who's been here in Toronto for about half a year. Really nice guy and for some reason I

Re: Sensor cleaning - What's the latest and greatest?

2012-10-12 Thread Darren Addy
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:46 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: One day at the studio, I did a little experiment. I took an old UV filter, drew a small circle in it with a felt pen and measured it's transmission properties within that circle on our densitometer . I then emptied

Re: What to do with my K 500

2012-10-12 Thread Boris Liberman
David, you're not 100% correct. In order to post a for-sale ad on Pentax Forums you have to be a paying member. Minimal fee, IIRC is USD 20 per year. On 10/12/2012 2:51 PM, David Parsons wrote: You might do better on Pentax Forums. No listing fee, and you set the price. If no one bites, you

Fwd: PESO 2012 - 108, 109 - GDG

2012-10-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
A couple more photos from All Italian Day ... TJ Noto with the 1966 Ducati 250 I sold to Carl Liebold, who sold it to him—now (finally!) fully restored and running: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8079905636/lightbox http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8079905494/lightbox The bike

Re: Sensor cleaning - What's the latest and greatest?

2012-10-12 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: On the other hand it is worth remembering that you aren't touching the surface of the sensor itself, but a filter that is in front of it. I wonder how sensor cleaning works on cameras with no anti-alias filter. Is

Re: Pentax Full Frame (again...)

2012-10-12 Thread William Robb
On 11/10/2012 5:18 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: No doubt he was referring to a collective panic attack among some members of Pentax Forums. Collective panic attacks are what they do best. Turkeys in a rain storm is sometimes the best description of that forum. -- William Robb -- PDML

Re: Re: GESO Some Bull* Here

2012-10-12 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Steve, every action photos I take I usually include a panned/motion-blur set. But maybe I should set up gallery just for that type. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 5 Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:19:40 -0400 From: Steven Desjardinsdrd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: GESO Some Bull* Here

2012-10-12 Thread Don Guthrie
Frank thanks for looking. Steven's comment above begs the question did you like the panned one or the one with the rope frozen in mid air? On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 7:14 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Great shots! I especially like the calf-roping cowboy.

Re: Sensor cleaning - What's the latest and greatest?

2012-10-12 Thread William Robb
On 12/10/2012 8:51 AM, Darren Addy wrote: On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:46 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: One day at the studio, I did a little experiment. I took an old UV filter, drew a small circle in it with a felt pen and measured it's transmission properties within that

Some Shots Over Lunch

2012-10-12 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
http://pentaxponderings.blogspot.com/2012/10/some-fall-shots-2012.html Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PUG Themes for 2013

2012-10-12 Thread Toralf Lund
On 10/12/12 1:18, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all It's the time of year when we need to think about possible themes for next year's PUG. I'd like to finalise a list by (say) the end of October to allow you all time to think about the first few months of 2013, at least. Here's a list of

Re:OT - Up-rise 33+

2012-10-12 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Igor.I am always looking for the perfect bag. Of course I already more camera bags than my wife has shoes. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 2 Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:46:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Igor Roshchins...@komkon.org To:PDML@pdml.net Subject:

OT: How to address a beak

2012-10-12 Thread Bob W
There was a post from young Cotrell a few days ago, to which m'learned friend Theriault replied something along the lines of 'that's no way to talk to a judge'. Coincidentally I have been forwarded the following link, to a cycling barrister's (not barista) blog, which demonstrates elegantly

Re: OT: How to address a beak

2012-10-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bob W., FYI We had a cyclist killed the other day on the way to work here in Chicago. He was cycling from home on the near northside about 2 miles into the CBD. He was cycling down the bike lane when a parked car door was opened. He jogged to avoid it and fell into the path of a trailing lorry

The web today

2012-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
There sure are a lot of drips on the web today http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8080842593/in/set-7215763175798/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PUG Themes for 2013

2012-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
How about lost friends and loved ones as a theme? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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.

OT - 21 Years

2012-10-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
Interesting 6 minute video composed of thousands of stills throughout the life of a boy from birth to 21... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-4i2ZlqLsI Cotty -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: PUG Themes for 2013

2012-10-12 Thread Darren Addy
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: How about lost friends and loved ones as a theme? I dunno. I'm not sure how exciting an entire gallery of photos of William Robb would BE. : ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Noise purple-fringing can be the least of your problems...

2012-10-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 10/10/12, Darren Addy, noble, revealed: I hope you'll indulge me sharing with you a very pedestrian image. I tripped across it today, while moving some files between computers. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8075200561/in/photostream/ The young lady on the left is my daughter, Raven,

Re: PAW144 - Wall

2012-10-12 Thread DagT
Thanks, Tim and Frank :-) DagT Den 9. okt. 2012 kl. 03:03 skrev Tim Bray: Wow. Maximum purity. -T On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 1:09 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html OT equipment: Fujifilm x100, 23mm, 1/30s, f/16, ISO200. --

Re: PUG Themes for 2013

2012-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Oct 12, 2012, at 3:07 PM, Darren Addy wrote: On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: How about lost friends and loved ones as a theme? I dunno. I'm not sure how exciting an entire gallery of photos of William Robb would BE. Bill's not lost, someone just

OT-ish Android camera applications

2012-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
The camera in my phone is a perfect example of just about everything I hate in cameras. The one thing that it has going for it, is that it is usually within arms reach, even in the rare occasions when a real camera is over twenty feet away, or otherwise not accessible. Does anyone know of any

PESO Orb spider in web

2012-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
This one is NSFA(*) Saw another web, this one with a European Orb spider. I experimented a bit with the flash, and am pretty happy with the way this one turned out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8081265450/in/set-7215763175798/ I also processed one of the ones from this morning (no

Outdoor Photographer photo contest

2012-10-12 Thread Larry Colen
Maybe one of you folks who are actually good at outdoor photography might want to enter this contest: http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/photo-contests/5th-annual-natures-colors/official-rules.html -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

PESO - Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats

2012-10-12 Thread frank theriault
Haven't had an entry for this blog for a while: http://realcanadianhats.blogspot.ca/2012/10/blog-post.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

OT: Why won't the internet just answer the stupid question?

2012-10-12 Thread John Sessoms
Trying to figure something out and the answer is NOT on the internet. And it's not in my math textbook in the section that tells you how to figure interest. How long is six months to a BANK? Jan 1 to June 30 has a different number of days (181) than Mar 1 - Aug 31 (184) and I know banks

Fs Friday - Three CALENDARS new! look look!

2012-10-12 Thread annsan
Writing from the computer of a friend as my )*^**^ time warner is down and has been since last night ugh here is the link to the most recent one I finished - but I have not yet lsited it on cafe press

Re: OT: Why won't the internet just answer the stupid question?

2012-10-12 Thread Joseph McAllister
Calculate it any way you want. If the answer you get is the MOST profitable for the bank, and the MOST deleterious to the patron, then that is the way they do it. Sorta the same way tech support everywhere is only available when you don't need them. Joseph Mac On Oct 12, 2012, at 7:29

Re: OT: Why won't the internet just answer the stupid question?

2012-10-12 Thread John Mullan
Because there are many different ways it is best to ask the bank in question what method they use. Is it savings or loan, each uses a different approach. jm -Original Message- From: John Sessoms Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 10:29 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Why won't the

Re: PESO - Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats

2012-10-12 Thread Kenneth Waller
So that's what a real Canadian looks like ? I know real Canadians and they don,t look like that ! -Original Message- From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats Haven't had an entry for this blog for a while:

Re: OT-ish Android camera applications

2012-10-12 Thread kwaller
So how's your camera as a phone? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: OT-ish Android camera applications The camera in my phone is a perfect example of just about everything I hate in