PESO 2015 - 041 - GDG

2015-03-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Another from the Saturday morning walk. https://flic.kr/p/rDDymo enjoy! Godfrey --- Seize the Moment? Sometimes, the Moment seizes us. -- 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: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Larry Colen
Mark Roberts wrote: Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML? (Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.) I probably found out about the PDML from the Pentax official web site, way back when the PDML was actually run by Pentax. But I'm wondering how *anyone* would even learn of the

Re: PESO: Darwin Waterfront

2015-03-19 Thread David Mann
On Mar 20, 2015, at 8:24 am, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: We'll be there for 5 nights after our tour through the Kimberley Region of WA. Excellent, you should have plenty of time to look around. We only had a couple of nights so we had to cram in what we could. It might not

Re: Darwin Waterfront

2015-03-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Is that the view from your hotel room? Interesting waterfront... postcard posed.. I like this frangipani better than the other, the whites not blown out, geometry nice and there are not little specks of things on the blossoms as in the first one. Yes, I like it. ann On 3/19/2015 13:41,

RE: PESO - El Capitan

2015-03-19 Thread John Coyle
Very nicely done, Brian - excellent range of tones, and a different viewpoint into the bargain! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Thursday, 19 March 2015 8:51 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO -

Re: Book Report: How the PDML Photo Annual is coming along

2015-03-19 Thread Bill
On 19/03/2015 12:52 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Thanks for all the hard work guys, and especially Mark. Very much appreciated. Truth be to tell, Mark and Doug are doing almost all the work. I get to go through the pictures and make snarky comments about them. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Bill
On 19/03/2015 8:44 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Yeah, I got a bit of Shel shock early on, but soon felt the warmth of some fellow posters. Can everyone please just stop mentioning him? bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Christ Church Cathedral

2015-03-19 Thread David Mann
Here's the view from the street of Christ Church Cathedral in Darwin. The stone portion is all that remains from the original building, which was destroyed by Cyclone Tracy in 1974. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/889/#peso Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO: No Buff Too Tuff

2015-03-19 Thread David Mann
Actually I'm sneaking 3 in here. This is the only B-52 on display outside the USA. It's located at the Aviation Heritage Museum in Darwin. I'm not that much of an aircraft enthusiast but an opportunity to see one of these was too good to pass up. This plane is absolutely huge and only just

Re: PESO 2015 - 041 - GDG

2015-03-19 Thread J C OConnell
tree too close to center, crop off some of left... o/w nice On 3/19/2015 2:17 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Another from the Saturday morning walk. https://flic.kr/p/rDDymo enjoy! Godfrey --- Seize the Moment? Sometimes, the Moment seizes us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML? (Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.) I probably found out about the PDML from the Pentax official web site, way back when the PDML was actually run by Pentax. But I'm wondering how *anyone* would even learn of the PDML's existence these

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread mike wilson
Top up my pension fund for me and I'll post until your eyes bleed. On 19 March 2015 at 02:03, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: Lately I've noticed that the volume of PDML posts is way down. So, being off this week and having some spare time, I did some research in the archives. In

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread P.J. Alling
Part of the problem is we're not Pentax Fanboys here. On a lot of the Fora, brand is everything, id doesn't matter what the brand ultimately does to you, and some users will even advocate for changes that will render their previous investment at worst useless. Now that's brand loyalty. I

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread David J Brooks
I'm still here although my participation has fallen, mostly due to lack of photo drives to generate anything thing to show. I like hanging out here, mainly because no one ridicules me for post process. I was hanging out at PF for a while in 2007-2008, but one of their main contributors beat me up

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread P.J. Alling
What do you mean starting? On 3/18/2015 11:55 PM, David Mann wrote: I've noticed the same thing. I put it down to the spam filtering issues that have been affecting users of some ISPs lately but maybe it's just that we're starting to smell bad. Cheers, Dave On Mar 19, 2015, at 3:03 pm,

PESO - El Capitan

2015-03-19 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all - just adding my photo to the millions that preceded it. I tried a B W version because the midday light wasn't especially friendly. This dates from late May 2013: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP4525-K5-1peso.html http://tinyurl.com/o2kmz2u

Re: Kodak moment

2015-03-19 Thread Jack Davis
Sorta sums it up. Jack - Original Message - From: Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 9:04:50 PM Subject: Kodak moment https://flic.kr/p/rpqsSR -- Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au -- PDML

Re: PESO: Darwin Waterfront

2015-03-19 Thread Jack Davis
Frangipani #2 is well exposed against the dark background. Jack - Original Message - From: David Mann dmann...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 9:56:40 PM Subject: PESO: Darwin Waterfront The Darwin waterfront is a development with

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Jack Davis
The general relationship with the digital age has become more routine. Interest peaks have flattened. Jack - Original Message - From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:34:07 PM Subject: Re: Where is

Re: PESO - El Capitan

2015-03-19 Thread Jack Davis
Nice exposure. Clouds and pine trees are a complimenting fit. Jack - Original Message - From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 3:50:38 AM Subject: PESO - El Capitan G'day all - just adding my photo to the

Re: PESO: Darwin Waterfront

2015-03-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Frangipani 2 is an appealing and effective image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:56 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: The Darwin waterfront is a development with apartments, shops, bars and restaurants, along with a safe

Re: PESO - El Capitan

2015-03-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
A stunning and classic image, Brian! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 6:50 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all - just adding my photo to the millions that preceded it. I tried a B W version because the midday light

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Bill
On 19/03/2015 6:12 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: Seriously if I hung out regularly at any of the other Pentax fora or for that matter Nikon or Canon groups I'd have invented a way to teleport bombs through the internet by now. That's a Mark. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread John Coyle
-Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Friday, 20 March 2015 8:05 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Where is everyone? I think I found it in 1997, probably by doing a search for Pentax information on the Web - whether it

Re: PESO - heirloom

2015-03-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice. Dramatic! Paul via phone On Mar 19, 2015, at 10:01 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I have become brave enough to attempt to light a woman with a single hard light, a silver reflector, now ... https://500px.com/photo/101514597/aly-by-bruce-walker The heirloom

Re: PESO - heirloom

2015-03-19 Thread Bill
On 19/03/2015 8:01 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I have become brave enough to attempt to light a woman with a single hard light, a silver reflector, now ... https://500px.com/photo/101514597/aly-by-bruce-walker The heirloom in question is the necklace which was a gift from Aly's grandmother. I'd

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Mark C
I stumbled into the PDML from the official Pentax website as well. The first post I read was by the now keeper of the list regarding shooting an alligator That was a while ago. On 3/19/2015 8:53 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML? (Everyone please

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 22:03:42 -0400 Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: How do we keep both new and existing members? i joined sometime late 2006 when i had got myself a k50/1.2 without having a pentax camera and googled for info about the lens and came upon pdml archives. well, one

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Bill
On 19/03/2015 6:53 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML? (Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.) I probably found out about the PDML from the Pentax official web site, way back when the PDML was actually run by Pentax. But I'm wondering how *anyone*

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Bruce Walker
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On Mar 19, 2015, at 2:05 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: ... Unhappily, my tastes and the group's tastes don't intersect much anymore… OK, so I mostly do Nature and Scenic shots, with Wildlife

RE: PESO - heirloom

2015-03-19 Thread John Coyle
Beautiful, again. Using one light and you get such gorgeous modelling! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Sent: Friday, 20 March 2015 12:02 PM To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List Subject: PESO - heirloom I have become

Re: Darwin Waterfront

2015-03-19 Thread David Mann
No, we stayed at a complex of villas a few minutes walk from there. It was just a short hop across a walkway then down an elevator. The buildings you see in the photo are apartments, with shops restaurants on the ground floor. They were putting up another couple of buildings behind those

Re: PESO - heirloom

2015-03-19 Thread Marco Alpert
Lovely. - Marco On Mar 19, 2015, at 7:01 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I have become brave enough to attempt to light a woman with a single hard light, a silver reflector, now ... https://500px.com/photo/101514597/aly-by-bruce-walker The heirloom in question is the

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Tom Reese tomreesep...@gmail.com: to reduce the slide: remember that rudeness turns people off (not aimed at anyone at all - a general observation from many forums over many years) try to help when people ask for it people participate because the list is informative, entertaining and

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Bruce Walker
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Bruce Walker wrote: I was never much of a gear head, and I'm even less so now, so gear chat generally bores me. My chief reason for hanging out in any photography forum is images; both viewing and sharing. Unhappily, my

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Mark C
You mention of Shel and meals in the same sentence... He once said (paraphrasing from memory here) - When you eat an excellent meal do you ask the chef what kind of pots and pans he used to cook it? Why then do you ask photographers what camera and lens they used to make a photo? I often

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Bill
On 18/03/2015 8:03 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Lately I've noticed that the volume of PDML posts is way down. So, being off this week and having some spare time, I did some research in the archives. In January 2015, there were 1234 posts from 52 members. In January 2014, there were 2587 posts from 74

PESO - heirloom

2015-03-19 Thread Bruce Walker
I have become brave enough to attempt to light a woman with a single hard light, a silver reflector, now ... https://500px.com/photo/101514597/aly-by-bruce-walker The heirloom in question is the necklace which was a gift from Aly's grandmother. K-3, DA* 50-135/2.8, 63mm, f:11, ISO 100. Lr +

Re: PESO - El Capitan

2015-03-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Nice job - You made the lighting work for you . MY old technique in film days was to slap a red or orange filter on camera bearing the Tri-x for midday shooting (not that it wash my technique I learned it from photo mags) - whatever you did post processing here works like that just as nicely.

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Bill
On 19/03/2015 1:18 PM, wendy beard wrote: I bet that's how I found the PDML too. Through Boz's page. I've been on the list for at least 15 years, mostly lurking. I have also met 3 PDMLers. And you were very brave about it too. The boy has settled down a lot, but he is still an ass with

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 19.03.15 um 03:03 schrieb Rick Womer: So, in five years, active members are down by half, and the number of posts is down by 3/4. In the early days of the PDML (don't even remember when I joined), there were very few internet forums. Now, there are dozens. They seem to have more appeal,

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Ken Waller
I posted this looking for ideas to reverse the slide rather than to provide reasons or excuses for it. Who has such an idea? If we require all members to post 3 times a a day we could get to the 2010 monthly total ! ;+)! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Ken Waller
The PDML is like an overnight bus journey with a garrulous drunk. Yeah but the scenery has been pretty interesting ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com Subject: Re: Where is everyone? On 19 Mar

Re: PESO 2015 - 041 - GDG

2015-03-19 Thread Ken Waller
Your B+W 'conversion' (?) is particularily well done in this image Godfrey. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com Subject: PESO 2015 - 041 - GDG Another from the Saturday morning walk.

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Ken Waller
I've been reduced to taking cat photos. Yo... MARK ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca Subject: Re: Where is everyone? It’s been so cold the last few months I haven’t even wanted to go

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Bruce Walker
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca wrote: I've been reduced to taking cat photos. Your Auto-Correct must have been off ... I'm privileged to be able to take cat photos. That's better. :) -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Ken Waller
I'm privileged to be able to take cat photos. Ahem. MARK ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Where is everyone? On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Steve Sharpe

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Stanley Halpin
On Mar 19, 2015, at 2:05 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: ... Unhappily, my tastes and the group's tastes don't intersect much anymore… OK, so I mostly do Nature and Scenic shots, with Wildlife thrown in. Sometimes the shapes and forms are my focus, sometimes it is the

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Marco Alpert
I think it was Google for me. I’d never owned a Pentax camera, but in early 2005, while deciding what was to be my first DSLR, I met a friend of mine from Japan at a trade how and he’d just bought an *istDS and let me hold it and it just felt “right.” So I got one. I must have found the PDML

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
Only us oldsters know what Shel-like means.:-) Paul via phone On Mar 19, 2015, at 8:51 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I'm still here although my participation has fallen, mostly due to lack of photo drives to generate anything thing to show. I like hanging out here, mainly

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Rick Womer
I found the list on the Pentax web site when Pentax owned it. Then in 1994 we went on sabbatical, and I could only get it through expensive trans-Atlantic dial-up, so I unsubscribed. I looked for it a few times after we got back, but couldn't find it. Then about 11 years ago I ran into Mark! and

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
I googled (or whatever passed for googling in those days - it was through the PDML that I learned about Google's early existence) because the mirror in my LX kept sticking up. I should have let it be. B On 19 Mar 2015, at 12:54, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Serious

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
Same here. Found it on the Pentax website. Paul via phone On Mar 19, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML? (Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.) I probably found out about the PDML from the Pentax

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML? (Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.) I probably found out about the PDML from the Pentax official web site, way back when the PDML was actually run by

RE: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Malcolm Smith
Mark Roberts wrote: I probably found out about the PDML from the Pentax official web site, way back when the PDML was actually run by Pentax. But I'm wondering how *anyone* would even learn of the PDML's existence these days. So very long ago, I can't remember. Many folk now seem to like web

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Stanley Halpin
On Mar 19, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Serious question: How did you find out about the PDML? (Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.) I probably found out about the PDML from the Pentax official web site, way back when the PDML was actually run by

Re: PESO - El Capitan

2015-03-19 Thread Ken Waller
Well done Brian, a good way to avoid the harsh light. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org Subject: PESO - El Capitan G'day all - just adding my photo to the millions that preceded it. I

Re: Darwin Waterfront

2015-03-19 Thread Ken Waller
The bonus capture of the frangipani is nicely framed and composed. A minor nit for me is the harsh light. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: David Mann dmann...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: Darwin Waterfront The Darwin waterfront

Book Report: How the PDML Photo Annual is coming along

2015-03-19 Thread Mark Roberts
So the submission period ended nearly three weeks ago. The editorial staff (me, Bill and Listmeister Doug) have been grinding through the process of narrowing down the field and pairing up photos for page spreads. Most of that work is done and I'm starting to put things together. A significant

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Ken Waller
I probably found out about the PDML from the Pentax official web site, way back when the PDML was actually run by Pentax. That's the way I found out about the PDML, must have been in the early 90's. Mainly stayed interested early on for the equipment info I could get here. There was no other

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Bruce Walker
I read about the PDML in Tim Bray's blog, back when he was a Pentax user. It was summer 2007, and I had just bought (or was just about to buy) my first DSLR, a K100D Super, and I could see that the level of discourse here was smarter than dpreview et al. I was never much of a gear head, and I'm

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 3/19/2015 08:53, Mark Roberts wrote: Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML? (Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.) Piping in seriously... I sold a 300mm Pentax lens I couldn't handhold anymore back in 1999 to a man named Terry in British Columbia.. we chatted a bit -

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Shhh - let that can of worms alone :-) ann On 3/19/2015 09:27, Paul Stenquist wrote: Only us oldsters know what Shel-like means.:-) Paul via phone On Mar 19, 2015, at 8:51 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I'm still here although my participation has fallen, mostly due to lack

Re: PESO: Frangipani

2015-03-19 Thread Bob Sullivan
Nicely constructed image. Wish I could smell it. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 11:37 PM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: This plant was in our accommodation complex in Darwin. I made sure I stopped and took a sniff each time we went past it. Wish we had smell-o-vision for

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 19 Mar 2015, at 13:33, Malcolm Smith rrve...@virginmedia.com wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: I probably found out about the PDML from the Pentax official web site, way back when the PDML was actually run by Pentax. But I'm wondering how *anyone* would even learn of the PDML's existence these

Old book rediscovered

2015-03-19 Thread Stanley Halpin
By question a few weeks ago about the relationships among sensor size, focal length, and depth of field provoked some useful discussion and a passing comment from Mark C. referring to John Shaw’s books. I went and pulled a couple of my Shaw books from the shelf. I noticed another

RE: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bob W wrote: And you'll probably get a long rambling detour through the arcane mysteries of some barely-related side-issue before you even get close to the answer. The PDML is like an overnight bus journey with a garrulous drunk. That was very sneaky. Now we're already off topic :-) Malcolm

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
MARK! On 3/19/2015 06:53, mike wilson wrote: Top up my pension fund for me and I'll post until your eyes bleed. On 19 March 2015 at 02:03, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: Lately I've noticed that the volume of PDML posts is way down. So, being off this week and having some spare time,

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Jack Davis
Yeah, I got a bit of Shel shock early on, but soon felt the warmth of some fellow posters. I really didn't need that memory recalled. Jack - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread George Sinos
My photography was going in a direction that wasn't pleasing me. I decided to cut back on interaction with photography sites, the camera club and, in general, photo enthusiast stuff. So much of what is discussed is only of interest to other photography hobbyists and isn't even on the radar for

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Alan C
I found the PDML via Bojidar Dimitrov's k-mount pages. He gives a glowing recommendation. Alan C -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 2:53 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Where is everyone? Serious question: How did you find out at the

Re: Book Report: How the PDML Photo Annual is coming along

2015-03-19 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Glad you are keeping out of mischief :-) Youse is a good boy ann On 3/19/2015 14:10, Mark Roberts wrote: So the submission period ended nearly three weeks ago. The editorial staff (me, Bill and Listmeister Doug) have been grinding through the process of narrowing down the field and pairing up

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Steve Sharpe
It’s been so cold the last few months I haven’t even wanted to go outside, let alone take any photos Same here. We're up to our eyeballs in snow here in Nova Scotia, too. I've been reduced to taking cat photos. --- Steven Sharpe - The Office Gallery d...@eastlink.ca -- PDML

Re: Book Report: How the PDML Photo Annual is coming along

2015-03-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 19/3/15, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: So the submission period ended nearly three weeks ago. The editorial staff (me, Bill and Listmeister Doug) have been grinding through the process of narrowing down the field and pairing up photos for page spreads. Most of that work is done and

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread wendy beard
I’ve had difficulty posting for the longest time. 6 months or more - even after I’d switched e-mail addresses for the list subscription. I still can't post from Apple Mail - even with the format set to plain text. It doesn't bounce back, just never appears. I think I found the magic button on the

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread wendy beard
I bet that's how I found the PDML too. Through Boz's page. I've been on the list for at least 15 years, mostly lurking. I have also met 3 PDMLers. Wendy On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: I found the PDML via Bojidar Dimitrov's k-mount pages. He gives a glowing

Re: PESO: Darwin Waterfront

2015-03-19 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting David Mann dmann...@gmail.com: On Mar 19, 2015, at 6:43 pm, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: We''l be in Darwin in late July - not sure I'll have time for a swim either but I definitely check out the nearby precinct. Yes it's a nice little spot and definitely a good

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML? (Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.) Googling - or more likely, since it was around 2002-3, AltaVista-ing. I must have lurked for a while because my first post wasn't until

Re: PESO: Darwin Waterfront

2015-03-19 Thread David Mann
On Mar 19, 2015, at 6:43 pm, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: We''l be in Darwin in late July - not sure I'll have time for a swim either but I definitely check out the nearby precinct. Yes it's a nice little spot and definitely a good place to dine alfresco in the evening. It

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 19/3/15, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: breath of fresh air to find a group of photographers who generally knew their aperture from a hole in the ground Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Eric Weir
On Mar 19, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML? (Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.) I had been out of photography for several years due to health and income restrictions, was looking to get back in.

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Toralf Lund
On 19/03/15 14:27, Paul Stenquist wrote: Only us oldsters know what Shel-like means.:-) Thought I hadn't been here *that* long, but I think I know. I don't seem to be contributing a lot these days, or taking a lot of photos. Not sure I have a good reason not to, but it seems like the days

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Tom Reese
to reduce the slide: remember that rudeness turns people off (not aimed at anyone at all - a general observation from many forums over many years) try to help when people ask for it people participate because the list is informative, entertaining and it provides social interaction - any others?

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Toralf Lund
On 19/03/15 14:39, Rick Womer wrote: I found the list on the Pentax web site when Pentax owned it. Then in 1994 we went on sabbatical, and I could only get it through expensive trans-Atlantic dial-up, so I unsubscribed. I looked for it a few times after we got back, but couldn't find it. Then

Re: Geso Q landscapes

2015-03-19 Thread Donald Guthrie
I think I've convinced myself. Thanks Brian. On 3/19/15 3:08 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 12 Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 16:46:47 +1100 From: Brian Waltersapathy...@lyons-ryan.org To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Geso Q landscapes Message-ID:

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread steve harley
On 2015-03-19 6:53 , Mark Roberts wrote: Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML? (Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.) i can't remember how i found it in 2009; somehow i had already somehow chosen to buy a K200D and i think i was exploring what lenses to get (i'd had a

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Toralf Lund
On 19/03/15 13:53, Mark Roberts wrote: Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML? (Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.) I've forgotten exactly where it was, but I saw it mentioned on some web forum, or possibly a Usenet group. This may not have been the first time I read about

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Tom Reese
I don't remember how I found PDML It was a long time ago. It must have been from a web search. I unsubscribed quite a while ago when I quit taking pictures. Slide processing got too expensive and I kept waiting for Pentax to offer a full frame digital camera but they never did. I finally packed

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread steve harley
On 2015-03-19 12:05 , Bruce Walker wrote: I read about the PDML in Tim Bray's blog, back when he was a Pentax user. It was summer 2007, and I had just bought (or was just about to buy) my first DSLR, a K100D Super, and I could see that the level of discourse here was smarter than dpreview et al.

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread steve harley
On 2015-03-19 13:14 , wendy beard wrote: I’ve had difficulty posting for the longest time. 6 months or more - even after I’d switched e-mail addresses for the list subscription. I still can't post from Apple Mail - even with the format set to plain text. It doesn't bounce back, just never

Re:PESO - El Capitan

2015-03-19 Thread Donald Guthrie
I absolutely agree! On 3/19/15 7:54 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 4 Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 08:10:13 -0400 From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - El Capitan Message-ID:

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Stanley Halpin
On Mar 19, 2015, at 4:55 PM, Toralf Lund tor...@toralf.net wrote: On 19/03/15 14:39, Rick Womer wrote: I found the list on the Pentax web site when Pentax owned it. Then in 1994 we went on sabbatical, and I could only get it through expensive trans-Atlantic dial-up, so I unsubscribed. I

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Tom Reese wrote: to increase the profile: put it out there on the social media sites. Not changing the format of the list but adding a pdml information page with the stuff necessary to make sure it pops in searches. Add keywords like photography Pentax and various related subjects. I'm wary of

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Larry Colen
Bruce Walker wrote: I read about the PDML in Tim Bray's blog, back when he was a Pentax user. It was summer 2007, and I had just bought (or was just about to buy) my first DSLR, a K100D Super, and I could see that the level of discourse here was smarter than dpreview et al. I was never much

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 107, Issue 68

2015-03-19 Thread Donald Guthrie
Bruce, handling is not a word I would use with the Q. It is light and fits in one hand nicely. I carried it that way on this walk gave it no thought until I saw something to photograph. Once when I was on a tall bridge in the wind, I did think maybe a wrist strap would be nice but I don't

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread CollinB
I came in about 2000 or so. Used to comment and review pics a lot. Life has changed drastically for me. Some pleasant, some challenging. Have had the pleasure of meeting several members over the years. Always a joy. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread Larry Colen
Mark Roberts wrote: Serious question: How did you find out at the PDML? (Everyone please feel free to pipe up here.) I probably found out about the PDML from the Pentax official web site, way back when the PDML was actually run by Pentax. But I'm wondering how *anyone* would even learn of the

Re: Where is everyone?

2015-03-19 Thread P.J. Alling
My opinion, which everyone hates, by the way, is that Facebook and Fora are easy and require even less technical knowledge than using e-mail lists. Despite being one of the most educated generations, millennials, have no real interest in knowing how the actual nuts and bolts of anything

Re: Geso Q landscapes

2015-03-19 Thread Donald Guthrie
Thanks for the look Ann, yes Flickr can be hinky but it is convenient resting place before I decide which photos go to SmuMug. The rock had one admirer so I guess I will leave it up. On 3/17/15 5:14 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 17:25:36 -0400 From: Ann

Re:Geso Q landscapes

2015-03-19 Thread Donald Guthrie
Thank you Jack, They are not dramatic - more gentle peaceful. On 3/17/15 5:14 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 13 Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:14:24 + (UTC) From: Jack Davisjdavi...@comcast.net To: PDMLpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Geso Q landscapes Message-ID:

  1   2   >