Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread mike wilson
> On 09 September 2019 at 15:39 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > Am 09.09.19 um 15:01 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: > > > And then there is Jacob William Rees-Mogg, a truly fascinating character. > > Fascinating? Not really. Try pompous, arrogant, utterly obnoxious and, > since last week's

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-09 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 18:59:41 +0100 Bob Pdml wrote: > Brilliant - well done to both of you! thank you Bob > > On 9 Sep 2019, at 14:29, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > > > https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-treehopper-observation-of-the-week-9-8-2019

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-09 Thread Subash Jeyan
interesting story, thanks for sharing On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 07:44:15 -0700 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Very nice! > > You remind me of a Pentax Sighting I had in Summer 2018, while I was > visiting the Greenwich Observatory in London on my "big trip 2018". I > can't recall whether I posted

Re: Will Sigma stop making lenses for K-mount?

2019-09-09 Thread P. J. Alling
Well, Tokina had an agreement with Hoya to co-develop lenses and not produce any in K mount.   Tamron currently has such an agreement with Ricoh.  Sigma doesn't, but they made noises several years ago about how difficult it was to engineer lenses for multiple incompatible lens mounts. I

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread P. J. Alling
The "Pound Sterling" is Britain's monetary unit, thought I don't know if it's still Sterling as it's no longer convertible to specie. On 9/9/2019 3:46 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: What does "Poundland" mean? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at

Re: bye bye Sigma

2019-09-09 Thread John
That's not really news. It's been going on for a while now. None of their newer "Art" lenses have been available in Pentax Kaf mount. And all their older Pentax mount lenses have been on an "as available" basis for several years now. On 9/9/2019 15:29:26, Gonz wrote:

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Pat Temmerman
maybe 'dollar store'? On 09/09/2019 20:46, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: What does "Poundland" mean? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 2:57 PM Pat Temmerman wrote: some in the UK refer to Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson as the UK's own

Re: Will Sigma stop making lenses for K-mount?

2019-09-09 Thread William Robb
I suspect with Tamron it is co designing and licensing. The D FA 50/1.4 being an example. They are licensing their Opera 50/1.4 design from Ricoh. On Mon, Sep 9, 2019, 1:21 PM Gonz wrote: > I heard Tamron is out too. > > --R > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 3:10 PM Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > > > >

Re: Will Sigma stop making lenses for K-mount?

2019-09-09 Thread Gonz
I heard Tamron is out too. --R On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 3:10 PM Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > Pentax Rumors has posted an information that Sigma will stop making lenses > for Pentax K-mount, quoting Sigma's FB post in Czech: >

Will Sigma stop making lenses for K-mount?

2019-09-09 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Pentax Rumors has posted an information that Sigma will stop making lenses for Pentax K-mount, quoting Sigma's FB post in Czech: https://pentaxrumors.com/2019/09/06/sigma-to-stop-making-lenses-for-pentax-k-mount/ If that's true, it is rather unfortunate for the Pentax community: 1. Those

Re: Long Glass Adventures

2019-09-09 Thread Gonz
That is a type of paper wasp On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 7:42 PM Dale H. Cook wrote: > > I have stolen only a little time to work with my long glass for shooting > hummingbirds. During the first try my old Focal tripod (don't laugh! - I > have to do this on the cheap) proved woefully inadequate to

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Ken Waller
As someone will undoubtedly point out, none of this crap belongs in the list. Lets change the list name to Political Discussion Mailing List since the list keeps getting diverted to political issues. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message -

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Bob Pdml
Here's the link I accidentally prorogued: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/09/prorogue-parliament-brexit-power-boris-johnson-impotence > On 9 Sep 2019, at 20:51, Bob Pdml wrote: > > An interesting article here which no doubt applies equally to the situation > in the USA. >

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Bob Pdml
An interesting article here which no doubt applies equally to the situation in the USA. Populism is about manipulation, not about majorities. Neither Trump nor Johnson represent any kind of majority. > On 9 Sep 2019, at 19:12, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > “Populist” is the most abused word in

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
What does "Poundland" mean? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 2:57 PM Pat Temmerman wrote: > some in the UK refer to Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson as the > UK's own 'Poundland Trump'. I may, or may not, be one of them.. > > On

bye bye Sigma

2019-09-09 Thread Gonz
https://www.dpreview.com/news/2688046075/sigma-halts-production-of-pentax-k-mount-lenses-to-put-its-focus-on-mirrorless -- -- Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. Dorothea Lange -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Pat Temmerman
some in the UK refer to Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson as the UK's own 'Poundland Trump'. I may, or may not, be one of them.. On 09/09/2019 14:01, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: The British TV Series House of Cards was in every respect superior to the American imitation.

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread P. J. Alling
The supernova that could end all life in the solar system could happen at any moment, or might have happened already.   We'll only know when the wavefront gets here. On 9/9/2019 10:49 AM, Alan C wrote: Why worry? According to some pundits the 6th Extinction is only 3000 days away. Alan C

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Populism is not a political philosophy, but rather a political strategy. A populist is "a person, especially a politician, who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups." In this respect, Trump is a populist in so far as he

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Paul Stenquist
“Populist” is the most abused word in the English language. In truth it just means someone who supports the little guy and plays to majority opinion. Today, it’s used to describe anyone leftists don’t like. I don’t like Trump and am reserving judgement on Johnson, but neither is truly a

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Bob Pdml
They do still have quite a way to go before you can call them the worst. After all, Hitler was elected to office. Nevertheless, one of the few heartening things about all this is that quite a few Tories are able to put the country before their personal ambition, including Boris's own brother,

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 9/9/19, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: >It really just goes to show how absolutely dangerous and foolhardy it is to >elect populists to power. > >They are generally incompetent, have no real leadership skills, and are >only good at the required to be a populist job of self

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-09 Thread Bob Pdml
Brilliant - well done to both of you! > On 9 Sep 2019, at 14:29, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-treehopper-observation-of-the-week-9-8-2019 > > the young 'naturalist' featured, i think, has a ks1 :) > > ~subash > >

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread William Robb
It really just goes to show how absolutely dangerous and foolhardy it is to elect populists to power. They are generally incompetent, have no real leadership skills, and are only good at the required to be a populist job of self aggrandizement. Johnson is a poster boy for clueless buffoons

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 9/9/19, Ralf R Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed: >Try pompous, arrogant, utterly obnoxious and, >since last week's clownery in the Commons, brattish to boot. Nailed it. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News --

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Alan C
Why worry? According to some pundits the 6th Extinction is only 3000 days away. Alan C On 09-Sep-19 04:39 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 09.09.19 um 15:01 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: And then there is Jacob William Rees-Mogg, a truly fascinating character. Fascinating? Not really. Try

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-09 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Very nice! You remind me of a Pentax Sighting I had in Summer 2018, while I was visiting the Greenwich Observatory in London on my "big trip 2018". I can't recall whether I posted this photo before… https://flic.kr/p/2hcZeM4 She was a young Vietnamese woman who happened into the Camera

Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 09.09.19 um 15:01 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: And then there is Jacob William Rees-Mogg, a truly fascinating character. Fascinating? Not really. Try pompous, arrogant, utterly obnoxious and, since last week's clownery in the Commons, brattish to boot. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher -

Re: pentax sighting....

2019-09-09 Thread ann sanfedele
 :-) :-) ann On 9/9/2019 9:29 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-treehopper-observation-of-the-week-9-8-2019 the young 'naturalist' featured, i think, has a ks1 :) ~subash -- ann sanfedele photography

pentax sighting....

2019-09-09 Thread Subash Jeyan
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/27239-a-young-naturalist-in-india-finds-a-stunning-treehopper-observation-of-the-week-9-8-2019 the young 'naturalist' featured, i think, has a ks1 :) ~subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

2019-09-09 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The British TV Series House of Cards was in every respect superior to the American imitation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Cards_(British_TV_series) That being said, each series is rather tame compared to recent events in Washington and London. Is civilization about to disappear from

Re: PESO: Shaky Bridge

2019-09-09 Thread Adam Montoya
On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 8:45 PM John wrote: > On 9/7/2019 21:02:09, P. J. Alling wrote: > > This could be fixed with signage. There's a low underpass on the former > NY, NH, > > and Hartford, tracks where it crosses US1 in Madison CT, where tractor > trailers > > used to regularly get their