Re: September PUG is up

2020-09-07 Thread Christine Aguila
LOL! Well, next time I’ll double check for the hump! Course that goat to the left, should have been a clue! Cheers, Christine > On Sep 7, 2020, at 7:56 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > Christine, I just wanted to mention that it was a goat, unlike > the camel in this photo (from a different

Re: September PUG is up

2020-09-07 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Brian, Thank you, as always for putting it together, and for keeping it going! Thank you, Rick, Christine and Dan for the kind words! Dan, I am glad you liked the humor! I was thinking about that photo for a while, but the start of the school year was helping my procrastination in not

Re: PESO: Chipmunk

2020-09-07 Thread John
On 9/7/2020 15:27:25, Stanley Halpin wrote: This is a better link - sorry! https://photos.stanhalpin.com/img/s/v-10/p3976431424-6.jpg On Sep 7, 2020, at 3:14 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: https://photos.stanhalpin.com/img/s/v-10/p3976431424.jpg

Happy Labor Day

2020-09-07 Thread John
I just plugged my phone into the charger, which apparently going to be *THE* high point of my holiday weekend. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO Not bad for just after a hit and run

2020-09-07 Thread Larry Colen
> On Sep 7, 2020, at 3:46 PM, John wrote: > > IF you survive your 50s, eventually they're going to give you your 60s … I did survive my fifties. Now we’ve got temp about 20F hotter than usual for this time of year. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: story 3 of the new APS-C flagship

2020-09-07 Thread jcoyle
At one time Asahi Pentax offered a right-angle finder attachment: this fitted to the viewfinder and allowed the user to look down into it with the camera at any lower level required. Of course, the eye still needed to be close to the eyepiece to view: possibly this is why not many were ever

Re: PESO Not bad for just after a hit and run

2020-09-07 Thread Larry Colen
> On Sep 7, 2020, at 3:44 PM, John wrote: > > I think that one's totaled. Probably twisted the frame too much for it to be > salvageable. > > I'm guessing that was his car. Did you get any pics of hers? Nope. I just saw it drive past my house as she was trying to get away. I didn’t have

Re: PESO Not bad for just after a hit and run

2020-09-07 Thread John
IF you survive your 50s, eventually they're going to give you your 60s ... On 9/6/2020 01:14:04, Larry Colen wrote: Only two more hours until my birthday, I wonder what other joy my fifties have in store for me. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- Science - Questions we may never find

Re: PESO Not bad for just after a hit and run

2020-09-07 Thread John
I think that one's totaled. Probably twisted the frame too much for it to be salvageable. I'm guessing that was his car. Did you get any pics of hers? On 9/6/2020 04:36:54, Alan C wrote: Motor accidents are such a waste. Too many hooligans. Would that SUV be repaired or simply written off?

OT: Long Island woman raises Thousands of Monarch Butterflies

2020-09-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/4697061-long-island-woman-raises-thousands-of-monarch-butterflies/ Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO: Globular

2020-09-07 Thread John
The ones I see around here are oddly enough about the size of a golf ball. On 9/5/2020 04:20:55, David Mann wrote: That's an interesting one. Looks like a golf ball on its tee. How big is it? Cheers, Dave On Sep 5, 2020, at 3:58 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: It has been rather humid the

Re: PESO: Chipmunk

2020-09-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Oh my gosh, is that super cute! Great pose, bokeh, and sharpness! Super fun, Stan! Cheers, Christine > On Sep 7, 2020, at 2:27 PM, Stanley Halpin > wrote: > > This is a better link - sorry! > > https://photos.stanhalpin.com/img/s/v-10/p3976431424-6.jpg > > >> On Sep 7, 2020, at 3:14

Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

2020-09-07 Thread John
International travels? Mexico - twice, once on one of those family trips to California we went to Tijuana for the day with my aunt's family & when I was married we took a packaged tour to Acapulco & Mexico city. Didn't see a whole lot because my wife spent most of the time being sick, but we

Re: PESO: Chipmunk

2020-09-07 Thread Larry Colen
I agree, that is very nicely done. > On Sep 7, 2020, at 2:32 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > That is just a superior animal portrait, Stan! > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > * > > > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 3:15 PM

Re: story 3 of the new APS-C flagship

2020-09-07 Thread Larry Colen
> On Sep 7, 2020, at 2:04 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > I have missed several shots holding my camera overhead while shooting events, > and passed up some macros that would have required lying down on unappealing > surfaces. > > So I was really hoping for a tilting LCD on the K-new. I wonder

Re: PESO: Chipmunk

2020-09-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is just a superior animal portrait, Stan! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 3:15 PM Stanley Halpin wrote: > I spotted a young deer across the river this morning while outside filling > the bird feeders.

Re: OT: Questions for PDML members from the UK

2020-09-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is most interesting, Paul. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 4:34 PM Paul Sorenson wrote: > The Cornish also migrated to the lead mining region of Southwest > Wisconsin. When first arriving, and before

Re: story 3 of the new APS-C flagship

2020-09-07 Thread Rick Womer
I have missed several shots holding my camera overhead while shooting events, and passed up some macros that would have required lying down on unappealing surfaces. So I was really hoping for a tilting LCD on the K-new. Rick > On Sep 6, 2020, at 3:01 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > On Fri, 4

Re: OT: Questions for PDML members from the UK

2020-09-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
The Cornish also migrated to the lead mining region of Southwest Wisconsin.  When first arriving, and before they could build homes, they lived in caves dug into the hillsides to shelter from the weather.  Non-miners called them badgers and it was from this and their mining activities that

Re: PESO: Chipmunk

2020-09-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
Cute.  Looks like he's gone through a whole raft of sunflower seeds. -p On 9/7/2020 2:27 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: This is a better link - sorry! https://photos.stanhalpin.com/img/s/v-10/p3976431424-6.jpg On Sep 7, 2020, at 3:14 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:

Re: PESO: Chipmunk

2020-09-07 Thread ann sanfedele
looks like he already has a few stashed in his little cheeks .. adorbleness ann On 9/7/2020 3:27 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: This is a better link - sorry! https://photos.stanhalpin.com/img/s/v-10/p3976431424-6.jpg On Sep 7, 2020, at 3:14 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:

Re: PESO: Chipmunk

2020-09-07 Thread Stanley Halpin
This is a better link - sorry! https://photos.stanhalpin.com/img/s/v-10/p3976431424-6.jpg > On Sep 7, 2020, at 3:14 PM, Stanley Halpin > wrote: > > https://photos.stanhalpin.com/img/s/v-10/p3976431424.jpg > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

PESO: Chipmunk

2020-09-07 Thread Stanley Halpin
I spotted a young deer across the river this morning while outside filling the bird feeders. Inside, picked up the K-1 with 300/4, back outside, the fawn was gone. This chipmunk was there waiting for me to finish filling the feeders (and spill some of the seed on the ground for him). Handheld,

Re: OT: Questions for PDML members from the UK

2020-09-07 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 07.09.20 um 18:40 schrieb Bob Pdml: A part of Brittany is called Cornouaille... ...and Cornouailles is French for Cornwall, as in: la duchesse de Cornouailles. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :

Re: OT: Questions for PDML members from the UK

2020-09-07 Thread Bob Pdml
Cornwall is a duchy. Owned by Prince Charles. It has never been an independent country, but the people are essentially descended from the pre-Anglo-Saxon population and related to other populations from the so-called Celtic fringe - the Atlantic seaboard. One of my brothers lives in Cornwall.

Re: OT: Questions for PDML members from the UK

2020-09-07 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 07.09.20 um 16:06 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: 2. Whatever happened to Brexit? BoJo appears to be seriously aiming for a no-deal Brexit and has announced today that in this case the parts of withdrawal agreement on the status of Northern Ireland and the Irish border would also hit the

Re: OT: Questions for PDML members from the UK

2020-09-07 Thread Stanley Halpin
So, I am NOT from the UK but I can offer some responses. > On Sep 7, 2020, at 10:06 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > These are serious questions, not meant to be political, solely to satisfy > my own curiosity: > > 1. What the heck is Cornwall? Is it just a region of England, or are the >

OT: Questions for PDML members from the UK

2020-09-07 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
These are serious questions, not meant to be political, solely to satisfy my own curiosity: 1. What the heck is Cornwall? Is it just a region of England, or are the Cornish a separate ethnic group, like, for example, the Welsh? 2. Whatever happened to Brexit? Has it just faded into

Re: story 3 of the new APS-C flagship

2020-09-07 Thread Henk Terhell
Probably we'll get a Limited APS-C camera for Limited lenses. Henk Op 2020-09-07 om 03:23 schreef Daniel J. Matyola: Ricoh seems to be reaching for a smaller public than even the old Pentax did. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery *