Re: Google+

2011-07-10 Thread Ecke PDML
yes please cheers ecke 2011/7/10 Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com: I just sent an invitation to Google+ to pdml@pdml.net If it shows up here (dunno), and you paste it into a browser (dunno), it might work (dunno). Otherwise, I can invite anyone who's interested. Now back to your regularly

Re: Google+

2011-07-10 Thread Ecke PDML
ok I'm in using Matthew Hunt's invite. Thanks also to Tim of course! 2011/7/10 Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net: On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:37:25 -0700 Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Be happy to send those invites, but I need a gmail-flavored address. -Tim Being incredibly

Re: Has anyone painted the inside of the SD card door?

2011-07-10 Thread Ecke PDML
Sounds like there may be a small niche market for SD card funnels after all =) 2011/7/10 Jens p...@planfoto.dk: I never had this problem. But I broke a lot of SD cards. They are quite prone to braking or just loosing the lock thing. I frequently have to glue the damned things together

OT Jido Fister Filly

2011-07-09 Thread Ecke PDML
SCNR this is just too brilliant - just came in on national news and Google yielded an english result for your enjoyment http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?200708-Hello-my-name-is-Jido-Fister-Filly-(Guido-Westerwelle) Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Has anyone painted the inside of the SD card door?

2011-07-09 Thread Ecke PDML
larry why dont you just get a bright neon sock that you can pull over the card door when you take the card out? keep it with your card reader and you're all set. or how about making it a habit to always take one picture right before you leave? 2011/7/9 George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com: Whenever I

FS Friday (early, lest I forget)

2011-07-07 Thread Ecke PDML
but they were quite a steal so I'll let them go at a very reasonable price Cheers Ecke -- 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.

Re: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...

2011-07-06 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/7/6 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Very nice equipment, but I'm not much of a fondler. deserves a small mark -- 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

Re: Ricoh buys Pentax camera division from the HOYA Corporation

2011-07-04 Thread Ecke PDML
Depends. I haven't read the article but it is good news if they believe in the brand and plan to strengthen and continue it, and bad news if they suck out the patents and dump the shell. And please, no name change. Don't call it Ricoh Pentax and then sell it to some giant looking to buy market

Re: Ghia or Volkswagen's 'Custom Body'

2011-07-04 Thread Ecke PDML
Yeah, a Corvette V8 and a VW flat 4 pretty much have their fuel consumption and acceleration figures inversed mutually crosswise. 0-100 km/h in a VW is about a Vette's l/100 km and vice versa ]=) But you have to give it to the Vettes that their heaters had more settings than off and too hot.

Re: Ghia or Volkswagen's 'Custom Body'

2011-07-04 Thread Ecke PDML
HAR! 2011/7/4 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: And that's a smokey oily too hot! Joseph McAllister Pentaxian http://gallery.me.com/jomac On Jul 4, 2011, at 01:23 , Ecke PDML wrote: But you have to give it to the Vettes that their heaters had more settings than off and too hot

Re: PESO: Ghia

2011-07-04 Thread Ecke PDML
Guess we know where Alannah Myles's record company got the idea =) http://shawnpt.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/alannah-myles.jpg Beautiful Image Dan, love the color shade of the logo 2011/7/4 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: LOL! Thanks for looking and for your comment, Larry. Dan On

Re: PESO: Many old cameras

2011-07-04 Thread Ecke PDML
Assuming I told you the image was fabulous, would you send me an invite? ]=) Cheers Ecke 2011/7/2 Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com: Let's be honest, this is mostly to explore the merits of our shiny new Google+ as a photo-sharing thingie.  But I think lots of PDMLers will enjoy this picture.  If

Re: Ricoh buys Pentax camera division from the HOYA Corporation

2011-07-04 Thread Ecke PDML
time to buy Pentax then =) 2011/7/4 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: In the life of the list, it's relatively old news -- several days old at least:-). And most of us it would seem, along with me, believe it is

KEH BGN

2011-07-04 Thread Ecke PDML
I hear KEH's item ratings are very conservative - given the choice between KEH BGN for $6, EX for $10 and EX+ for $11, will BGN do if looks don't matter or could EX/+ last longer? Thanks Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Are smoked ribs ever OT?

2011-07-04 Thread Ecke PDML
OT as in Ooooh, Tasty? By all means yes, all the time! 2011/7/4 Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net: It's for supper tonight and takes hours to smoke.  Dry rub.  Yum. http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/5901764927/in/photostream/lightbox/ Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl

Re: Happy Dominion Day Canada!

2011-07-04 Thread Ecke PDML
Yeah, happy CanaDay. Great place to stay, never should've left. http://failblog.org/page/6/#pd_a_5198762 Enjoy =) Cheers Ecke 2011/7/4 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: What Robert said in French:-). It's a

Re: KEH BGN

2011-07-04 Thread Ecke PDML
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun 2011/7/4 Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com: I hear KEH's item ratings are very conservative - given the choice between KEH BGN for $6, EX

iPad: Nik Snapseed cheaper today

2011-07-03 Thread Ecke PDML
For those who care. HTH Ecke -- 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.

Re: Is Ricoh Going to Buy Pentax????????

2011-07-01 Thread Ecke PDML
Suaveh... 2011/7/1 Miserere miser...@gmail.com: I'm not even joking! http://www.1001noisycameras.com/2011/06/ricoh-buying-pentax-according-to-reuters-japan-sources.html If true...wow    —M.     \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com     http://EnticingTheLight.com     A Quest

Re: They should have done this one first

2011-06-30 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/30 John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au: I also take an SV for a walk now and then, just for old time's sake - and it still works perfectly too... A Stig Vidar? I've seen one of those. It takes really good pictures =) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: re test and a couple of words in case it gets through

2011-06-30 Thread Ecke PDML
I can see your posts from here. lit up like a xmas tree =) 2011/6/30 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 6/29/2011 18:17, Ann Sanfedele wrote: My shoulder is all better and I got to use my new lens. It's ok, though I wish I had a prime that was a 21, even manual instead. (but those are too

Re: Does Agfa digital film have high color saturation?

2011-06-30 Thread Ecke PDML
No use, there are no labs developing Kodachrome SD cards any more... 2011/6/30 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: If it does, maybe I could hope that Kodak brands their SD cards as Kodachrome... On 6/30/2011 1:47 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Heh... My favorite photo film is Agfa - I

Re: Photo.net no more

2011-06-29 Thread Ecke PDML
In Windows, open C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts in notepad and add a line that says 127.0.0.1ads.doubleclick.net then restart your computer and links to that server will go straight to nirvana =) 2011/6/29 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Bruce, Oh you gotta give us more details on

Re: PDML members: What is your SHARPEST lens?

2011-06-28 Thread Ecke PDML
I think my DFA 100 was my sharpest lens, /was/ because I had to sell it for lack of funds. The DFA 50 will have to go next. Those are/were the sharpest two in my stable. =( Ecke 2011/6/28 Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com: On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com

Re: Photo.net no more

2011-06-28 Thread Ecke PDML
the thread will continue until someone invokes Godwin's Law and takes it ad olf 2011/6/29 Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com: On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W wrote: We can always count on Robb for a childish personal attack. How trite. On Jun 28,

Re: Totally OT: Bluetooth headset for smart phone

2011-06-27 Thread Ecke PDML
I second Plantronics. I also have a Motorola MiniBlue H9 but the contacts in the charger/carrier base broke after a very short time so I wasn't happy. 2011/6/27 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com: Jawbone makes very good wireless headsets, as does Plantronics. On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 7:56

Re: welcome the pentax q

2011-06-23 Thread Ecke PDML
call me silly but I think it will be interesting to many 2011/6/23 SV Hovland pdml...@heime.org: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/PENTAXQ/pentaxq_1a_800.jpg http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/PENTAXQ/PENTAXQA.HTM They already have some samples up and I think it look quite good. Stig

Re: PDML members: What is your SHARPEST lens?

2011-06-23 Thread Ecke PDML
My sharpest lens is always the one on my camera for some reason. When I look through the others the images are usually upside down and rather blurry. Plus they never take good pictures like my camera does when I point it in the right direction. In other words, I am not a pixel peeper - I lack both

Re: welcome the pentax q

2011-06-23 Thread Ecke PDML
Is it the 110, APS-C or 35 mm equivalent filter size then? 2011/6/23 Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: Part of my reply below was just WRONG. The 35mm equiv. is not printed on the front of the lens. That was the filter size. My basic multiplication tables have failed me once again. Still,

Re: PDML members: What is your SHARPEST lens?

2011-06-23 Thread Ecke PDML
OK let's just say I take a less analytic approach... I either like an image or I don't. I'd never make a good wine taster. No offense I hope Ecke 2011/6/23 Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: I'm always confused when people bring up the pixel peeper label as if our eyes can't distinguish

Re: welcome the pentax q

2011-06-23 Thread Ecke PDML
According to my readings it is in fact a backlit Sony sensor. Not sure about exmor though, it didn't say, neither yay nor nay. 2011/6/23 Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: Has anybody seen specs on the Pentax Q sensor? It is backlit like the Sony Exmor? (Toshiba and Sony both make sensors like

Re: welcome the pentax q

2011-06-23 Thread Ecke PDML
I would guess that since the camera has 25 point AF it will store measured distances for all 25 points to have an idea of what is how far away and then apply some sort of progressive blur based on distance... the next firmware update will offer you a choice between 7, 9 and 18 blade diaphragm

Re: WTB (what a shock!) 18-55 DA KAF lens

2011-06-22 Thread Ecke PDML
HAR! the imomrtal spirit of the list loves me... 2011/6/22 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 6/21/2011 10:37, Ecke PDML wrote: I love this list... The question is - whether the list loves you. It most certainly may and can... And probably should too... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Canon takes a page from the Pentax line up

2011-06-22 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/22 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: 2. Have them produce a camera that will have a special colorful attachment, say a surface of a battery grip that faces the camera bottom, that could be used for white balance reference. Yes but I doubt even a lensbaby could be bent that far... =P

Re: WTB (what a shock!) 18-55 DA KAF lens

2011-06-22 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/23 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: From: Ecke PDML HAR! the imomrtal spirit of the list loves me... But you're still not getting our Bud Light! As long as you let go my Eggo... =) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: WTB (what a shock!) 18-55 DA KAF lens

2011-06-21 Thread Ecke PDML
I love this list... 2011/6/21 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: On 20/06/2011 16:29, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I saw one for $74 on Buy.com but it was apparently bait and switch. I'd like to give my loaner sigma lens back to owner hey that rhymes! my old manual lenses aren't wide

Re: Canon takes a page from the Pentax line up

2011-06-21 Thread Ecke PDML
Someone had to copy it eventually but I have major nits with the way they did it: that cherry red looks cheesy to my eye. And too many Canons somehow look like a bar of soap with a lens mount and a prism housing. 2011/6/21 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com:

Re: For the committed Pentaxian

2011-06-20 Thread Ecke PDML
bummer you should have said so sooner. I bought that one. probably overpriced but I just didn't care. 2011/6/20 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: I'll sell mine for $30 any time. $50 after I hit it with the Brasso. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the

Re: PP help

2011-06-20 Thread Ecke PDML
I hear Autan works best but it smells, too... for your application, I'd wax my G1000 clothing and try to take care of the rest with attention to detail and some fine mesh where needed... 2011/6/20 Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net: I don't personally mind the smell ... I need to look

Re: Bad New's From Pentax Re A* 200....

2011-06-19 Thread Ecke PDML
Your eMail will most likely get auto-forwarded to Pentax USA. At least it works that way with mails from Yoorp. You may want to go through someone in Japan for first contact. HTH Ecke 2011/6/19 Mark Cassino markcass...@ymail.com: HI Boris - That's an interesting suggestion - I'll send off an

Re: Aha! They're called mammatus clouds!

2011-06-19 Thread Ecke PDML
Mammatus? Sounds like something Harry Potter would say to put breasts on you... 2011/6/18 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: I lost count of how many people saw my photos of weird clouds from North Carolina and said there's a name for those kind of clouds but I don't remember what it is. It

Re: Aha! They're called mammatus clouds!

2011-06-19 Thread Ecke PDML
to a resemblance between the characteristic shape of these clouds and the breast of a woman. 2011/6/19 Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com: Mammatus? Sounds like something Harry Potter would say to put breasts on you... 2011/6/18 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: I lost count of how many people

Re: Quick Release Camera Strap

2011-06-19 Thread Ecke PDML
I have an R-Strap and like it a lot. The later models marketed as (in Yoorp anyway) Sun Sniper are better in many details.I use mine attached to an L bracket so I have both QR plates still usable. The screw bit goes into my tripod base so I can use the R-Strap to carry that, too. Trés useful =)

Re: Multi-dimensional enablement

2011-06-16 Thread Ecke PDML
Sounds like it could be done with a macro rail except for the folding bit? Cheers Ecke 2011/6/16 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: Nice stereo pairs can be made with a little gadget I picked up long ago. With it you shoot one image (full frame film or sensor) then this pantograph or

Re: Grab a Drop

2011-06-16 Thread Ecke PDML
Walt, I'm sorry to hear about your parents; I hope the best is done for them and that you can find strength to pull through this. And you took a beautiful image, great match of colors and I like how the grasshopper isn't so prominently featured but rather blends is and yet remains very visible.

Re: isEnabled

2011-06-15 Thread Ecke PDML
If it was a longer lens, you could call it your Tele Aviv =) How about calling it the jafFA 24-90 maybe? 2011/6/15 Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net: Couldn't find the proper prefix to consider this my Israeli Enablement, but the FA24-90 came today from Boris.  I just shot a few with

Re: OT - tech question about turning off cable modem from keyboard

2011-06-15 Thread Ecke PDML
Ann, how about one of those as seen on TV power outlet switches that you snap your fingers or clap your hands at? 2011/6/15 Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: Ive got a dell dimension running WIndoze XP  - the cable modem I have now doesn't have a switch on it to merely disconnect it from the

Re: D-FA 100mm Macro Plus Teleconverter

2011-06-15 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/15 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: This thread inspired me to try something a bit silly.  I put my vivitar 2x macro teleconverter on my bigma to see how close I could get. In terms of image quality, the experiment was not a resounding success, but if I ever need to do macro

Re: D-FA 100mm Macro Plus Teleconverter

2011-06-14 Thread Ecke PDML
? Cheers Ecke -- 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.

Re: Pentax SMC DA 18-135mm, anyone?

2011-06-13 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/13 Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net: You mean, like the red photo me pumps? Something along those lines might help if I want to blend in to the local scene.  The town we are staying in, Sitges, is a  summer destination well-known as a hedonistic fleshpot ( I quote from the

Re: Pentax SMC DA 18-135mm, anyone?

2011-06-13 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/13 Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net: Har.  If I were part of that gene pool... well... you mean the murky spot over at the shallow end? my what-to-wear conundrum would be quite different, wouldn't it?  For example, the bathing suit question: one or two-piece?  would be simply:  

Re: OT: Now I'm pissed off!

2011-06-13 Thread Ecke PDML
Yeah. I know APC and Belkin do. Good advice. Good luck Ecke 2011/6/13 John Mullan k...@hotmail.com: Surge protector manufacturers often have an insurance policy on devices connected to their product that get fried.  Contact the manufacturer.  The surge protector is probably fried too. jm

Re: Pentax SMC DA 18-135mm, anyone?

2011-06-12 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/12 Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net: Oh that's ok...  but maybe I could trade you a seen-better-days condition 18-55 kit lens for that 16-50?  Then I'd be all set. If you could just send me better days than I've seen lately, I'd let you have the lens in an instant... -- PDML

Re: OT: Now I'm pissed off!

2011-06-12 Thread Ecke PDML
man that sucks...I'd offer you a spare for postage but you could probably buy a new one for that... sorry to hear... 2011/6/13 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Lightning strike nearby just fried my laser printer (utility document printer). It was plugged in through my surge protector.

Re: Pentax SMC DA 18-135mm, anyone?

2011-06-11 Thread Ecke PDML
Tempted. But now that I have the FA 28-105/3.2-4.5 I'll rather shop for a zoom that goes wider than my DA*16-50 so I won't be able to report. Sorry Ecke 2011/6/11 Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net: Hello all, Curious if anyone has tried or been tempted by this one? I'll be traveling to

Re: 18/06 - World Pentax Day

2011-06-10 Thread Ecke PDML
and the yes I would pay for that threshold. Hope this clears it up Ecke -- 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.

Re: 18/06 - World Pentax Day

2011-06-10 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/10 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Once you're logged in, the system already knows who you are. Agreed. But do take a look at what facebook says to advertise their data mapping and mining abilities to online marketers. They infer all sorts of information about you just from who

Re: safety and photography?

2011-06-10 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/10 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: I was bullied up until Junior High School when someone tried to steal my desert in the lunch room and I stabbed him with a fork. I was bullied all the way up through 9th grade until I (not willingly, I was only trying to get him to back off) I

Re: PESO 2011 - 094 095 - GDG

2011-06-10 Thread Ecke PDML
I love #2 - I can get lost looking into it. #3 on the other hand doesn't work for me - the leaves are too small and there are too many of them. It is too busy. Maybe #2 makes it weaker by comparison than it would be on its own ... dunno but I know #2 spoiled me for it. Thanks for sharing Ecke

Re: OT Big light bucket

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
somehow the proportions remind me of the sigma 200-500/2.8 2011/6/9 Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com: For a bigger light bucket, look here: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/yenJMKqKdm36wZ5baI3N-IVAR1uLUeGOz0brSBkp-SA?feat=directlink Zoomatar 240mm f1.2! Somebody shared this with the

Re: OT Big light bucket

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
right. but still it looks disproportionately massive is what I was saying =) 2011/6/9 Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com: On 9 June 2011 16:10, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: somehow the proportions remind me of the sigma 200-500/2.8 Look again.  That's a Pentax 6x7 hiding

Re: 18/06 - World Pentax Day

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
Yeah. BH and PF are looking to increase their FB likes. Not my cup of tea personally but then I've already deleted my FB account once before recreating it and now that facebook has added face recognition without notifying me, I am on the verge of doing it again, except this time for good.

Re: safety and photography?

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/9 Bob W p...@web-options.com: I was rather surprised on my first trip to Ethiopia going to the bank in Axum to see that people had left their AK47s on the porch before going in. They were guarded by an old man with a stick. Markworthy IMO -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: safety and photography?

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/9 Bob W p...@web-options.com: I was rather surprised on my first trip to Ethiopia going to the bank in Axum to see that people had left their AK47s on the porch before going in. They were guarded by an old man with a stick. If you have a gun you have to be prepared to use it. You

Re: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
Congrats! IIRC there are two versions of that lens? if so, which one? Enjoy! Ecke 2011/6/9 sky s...@eftel.net.au: Just got it off Fleabay. Is for my wife however :( Heavy bit of Glass.  Very clean and smooth. James -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
if that helps. Is that good or bad James On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 10:35:49 +0200, Ecke PDML wrote: Congrats! IIRC there are two versions of that lens? if so, which one? Enjoy! Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

enablement feedback FA 28-105/3.2-4.5

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
looks OK, is in good shape, no zoom sliding and build quality seems ok - focus ring has about a millimeter of axial play after af locks but that may be normal. zoom ring is a snug fit, I can move it ever so slightly if I try and there is nothing rattling when I shake it. glass is clean and clear,

Re: enablement feedback FA 28-105/3.2-4.5

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
that successful. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: looks OK, is in good shape, no zoom sliding and build quality seems ok - focus ring has about a millimeter of axial play after af locks but that may be normal. zoom ring is a snug fit, I can move it ever so

Re: Enabled sigma 80-200 2.8 APO DG HSM EX

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
Great! short for EXcellent maybe =) 2011/6/9 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: I believe though that there is a pro grade and a consumer grade version but I have no idea which letter soup denotes which... -- If I

Re: 18/06 - World Pentax Day

2011-06-09 Thread Ecke PDML
so true. they probably have an army of professional FB likers on their payroll. likely the same people who build WoW accounts etc... 2011/6/9 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: Yeah. BH and PF are looking to increase

FTAGH4P Z-70p body

2011-06-08 Thread Ecke PDML
My MZ-6 just came in and I'd be happy to find a new, caring home for the Z-70p that has served me well since it was given to me some time ago by Toine. It is yours for the price of postage. Toine, if you want it back, please call first dibs. Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: FTAGH4P Z-70p body

2011-06-08 Thread Ecke PDML
- Original Message - From: Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 1:28 PM Subject: FTAGH4P Z-70p body My MZ-6 just came in and I'd be happy to find a new, caring home for the Z-70p that has served me well since

Re: FTAGH4P Z-70p body

2011-06-08 Thread Ecke PDML
Just found it, too =) OK I'll find out the lowest postage and let you know. Let's switch to off list more. Cheers Ecke 2011/6/8 Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it: http://www.aohc.it/ Dario - Original Message - From: Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-06 Thread Ecke PDML
hey it is all in your own best interest... they're only infringing upon your freedom to preserve it =P 2011/6/6 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: On 2011-06-05 20:43 , John Sessoms wrote: I think you're confusing the FBI with the NSA. you're right, there's a big difference between a

Re: What is this : Kipronar f=13cm

2011-06-06 Thread Ecke PDML
will have a pretty thin slice of DOF to deal with. I will let the list know if I can make any progress. Nonetheless I look forward very much to your finding. Even if they involve tumor sections :] Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: PESO x2: Taiaroa Head

2011-06-06 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/6 David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz: ... come hell or high water :) Those are both excellent photo ops =) -- 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

Re: the power of used hats and a hot bum question

2011-06-06 Thread Ecke PDML
Har! I didn't even look that close. I prefer my bums female and most of all feminine 2011/6/6 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: From: Ecke 2011/6/5 Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com: With all the men on the list, I'm sure I can get help with this question: Why are they wearing

Re: the power of used hats and a hot bum question

2011-06-06 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/6 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Didn't have to look close. It blasts out at you in an Oh God! It's Richard Simmons doing a tribute to Olivia Newton John and where did I put that wire brush, I need to claw my eyes out right NOW sort of way. Maaark! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: the power of used hats and a hot bum question

2011-06-05 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/5 Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com: With all the men on the list, I'm sure I can get help with this question: Why are they wearing those bands around their thighs? Dunno, maybe a way of saying they are wearing jockstraps rather than briefs? Not the foggiest idea really... --

Re: PESO - Tibouchina

2011-06-05 Thread Ecke PDML
Gorgeous indeed =) 2011/6/6 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: Lovely flower, lovely color, lovely image. Dan On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 3:09 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: When a nice lady a few streets over saw me taking photos of flowers in her front yard, she

Re: What is this : Kipronar f=13cm

2011-06-05 Thread Ecke PDML
Hi Bulent Is it thread mounted? Cheers Ecke 2011/6/6 Peter Zalabai tim...@clancode.hu: On Flickr there are some photos made with CZJ Kipronar lenses, try to contact one of the guys to ask the flange distance.. then you can try to mount it on your camera... 135 at f1.9 sounds really interesting

Re: What is this : Kipronar f=13cm

2011-06-05 Thread Ecke PDML
http://cgi.ebay.nl/2x-OBJEKTIV-ZEISS-KIPRONAR-1-9-14cm-T-fur-KINOPROJEKTOR-/400022762552 anything similar to that? Built for portable 35mm cinema projectors until about 1955 corrected for flat field OK lens but no more hth ecke 2011/6/6 Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com: Hi Bulent

Re: More Stupid Ghosting Software Questions

2011-06-04 Thread Ecke PDML
I've dealt with Easeus Recovery and it was utter crap. Acronis True Image on the other hand I can say lots of good things about. My first choice. HTH Ecke 2011/6/4 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm: On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:31 -0600, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: So, my new

Re: PESO 2011 - 087-090 - GDG

2011-06-04 Thread Ecke PDML
Beautiful images and reminds me of Billy WIlder's movie One, Two, Three starring amongst others a 1937 Nash or rather an alleged Russian copy thereof. Thanks for sharin Ecke 2011/6/4 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Number two is an excellent shot. Well placed and great back drop Dave On

Re: PESO Madonna and child

2011-06-03 Thread Ecke PDML
Neat. You could also call it growth has reached the ceiling or growth ceiling for short. Beautiful catch anyway. Thanks for sharing Ecke 2011/6/3 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: An interpretation of one of my photos I didn't see until a friend commented on it Mother and child

Re: PESO: paua slug

2011-06-03 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/2 Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: Now, *there's* something only a mother could love. Might appeal to the French though: it's even wearing a little beret. :-) Nicely detailed, Alastair. Good macro. Good macro indeed. Maybe it is a member of the Brown Berets aka Slime Team Six =]

FS Friday Gitzo Mountaineer Reporter G 1258 6x Series 2

2011-06-02 Thread Ecke PDML
Hi gang Selling a Gitzo Mountaineer Reporter G 1258 6x Series 2, traces of use only on feet. Original owner bought it new for 584 €, needs to go, 300 € plus shipping OBO Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: OT Hey Godfrey (and anyone else who fancies a drool)

2011-06-01 Thread Ecke PDML
drool indeed... guy at work had a similar one in 2000 - oh the sheer sound of it... 2011/6/1 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Motorcycle content http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/mcy/2413835455.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Proposed collaborative project on Old Stuff

2011-06-01 Thread Ecke PDML
Count me in within the limitations of my rather cruel time constraints. Cheers Ecke 2011/6/1 Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net: On 1 June 2011 03:51, Stan Halpin  wrote: In the discussion of Christine's notion of PDML group efforts, I mentioned an interest in old grain silos (those on

Re: PESO Thistle

2011-05-31 Thread Ecke PDML
... as in not that impressed? Me neither really... Cheers Ecke -- 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.

Re: PESO The T.

2011-05-31 Thread Ecke PDML
Same here. Then again, those are part of life. And so is death, fortunately. I can't say I'd want to live forever, not even if all my friends did, too. Cheers Ecke 2011/5/31 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: I made the mistake of clicking on the first link, the_path.  Ugh. Really gross

Re: More testing

2011-05-31 Thread Ecke PDML
Middle of the West, too =) 2011/5/31 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: You're coming through right in the Middle of the East. Boris -- 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

Re: test

2011-05-31 Thread Ecke PDML
westertwo 2011/5/31 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: osterone On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au wrote: -- -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Workflow Quandary

2011-05-31 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/5/31 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm: In summary - if you shoot RAW exclusively (or mainly), how do you manage the workflow and still have a life?? I chose the Zen way. I have neither a life nor a workflow. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Peso Pass the salt

2011-05-31 Thread Ecke PDML
Cute =) Good catch! Cheers Ecke 2011/5/31 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13257052 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: OT PESO - Kiss

2011-05-31 Thread Ecke PDML
quite liked it and didn't try too hard to get her to soften her gaze. Thanks for looking. On 30/05/2011, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: g'day Dave lovely lighting but the kiss stares me down some... intentional maybe? cheers Ecke 2011/5/30 David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com: G'day

Re: PESO The T.

2011-05-31 Thread Ecke PDML
, May 31, 2011 at 4:03 AM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: Same here. Then again, those are part of life. And so is death, fortunately. I can't say I'd want to live forever, not even if all my friends did, too. Cheers Ecke 2011/5/31 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: I made

Re: OT: the latest acquisition just arrived ...

2011-05-31 Thread Ecke PDML
Lovely. Enjoy! =) 2011/5/31 Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com: enjoy: http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showpost.php?p=321386postcount=1 -- 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: Dubrovnik

2011-05-31 Thread Ecke PDML
I like 574 and 599 very much. Both very strong images. Keeper grade. 526 on the other hand IMO suffers unnecessarily from too much sepia. Cheers Ecke 2011/5/30 SV Hovland pdml...@heime.org: Here are three pictures from a trip to Cavtat and Dubrovnik.

Re: PESO: The Old Veteran

2011-05-31 Thread Ecke PDML
Thank you Dan. War will remain a mystery for me to my dying day but I hold those in high regard who act loyally and honorably in their given situation. Ecke 2011/5/31 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: Thanks for looking and commenting Bob. Dan On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Bob

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