Shel wrote:
That's a very short-sighted point of view. Higher fuel prices effect just
about every aspect of your life, from the cost of basic foods to home
services. Most everything is transported somehow, and the cost of fuel is
a major factor in the rising cost of goods, as manufacturers and
If you want to get _really_ worried
• New high-octane BP fuel costs £2.42 a litre
• Could boost performance by up to 7.5%
• £140 to fill up with £11-a-gallon fuel
If the prospect of paying £1-a-litre for your fuel has you worried, how about
£2.42 instead?
That's how much BP is charging
Hi,
Here's a conundrum. I've been doing bat surveys for the last few weeks,
as it is that time of year. Mostly it is quite easy turn up at dusk or
dawn (or both, which is quite hard) wander round with a bat detector
and note anything flying. If it's a big roost you can often spot it
Hi,
I can't find the blocks of wood with two crocodile clips screwed to
them. Did they migrate to Bede?
mike
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is this thing on?
funny story
A friend of mine was in the Air Force in the late 1950's, stationed in
Egypt. There was going to be a large, combined services parade of
15,000 men and the powers were wondering how to command them. It was
suggested
Hi,
Way OT but some interesting pictures from the latest incarnation of the
U2. Nearly 70,000ft up...
The spellchecker bloopers are amusing.
http://homepage.mac.com/ecorb/PhotoAlbum3.html
mike
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Slightly dusty and not the most desirable version but still
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=3872782500
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Interesting. I was using webmail to access my ntl (ptui!) account from
work, so as to avoid including the College sig. When I do that, it
takes eons for my post to come back to me. Using a proper mail
programme, it is much quicker.
Could this be a reason for the problem?
mike
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From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/02/15 Tue PM 12:38:28 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: OT Missing messages
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From: mike.wilson
Subject: OT Missing messages
Interesting. I was using webmail to access my ntl (ptui!) account
from
Hi,
Any of us get this? Misdescribed but still
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=3870354596
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That's correct, Rob has it just about right. A quality digital
camera used correctly does a clean job of recording a photograph
without creating defects in the rendering. How the photograph is
textured/rendered is up to the judgement of the
Hi,
For those interested, the Voksenlia site is showing a superb example of
the sensor damage done by sun tracks at the moment. If you miss it, I
have saved the file (230Kb Jpeg) and can send it to those who want.
http://voksenlia.net/
mike
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Hi,
So someone got this for £295 - except they are not a registered user.
How does that work? (If you can hear the question over the sound of me
kicking my own backside)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=3854459277
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Willaim Robb wrote:
I don't understand why you are trying to make a connection between
music CDs and software. Other than that they are both on little
plastic discs, they don't really have much in common.
I helped develop a music CD a couple of years ago.
It was a buddy of mine recording a
Hi,
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: mike wilson
Subject: Re: Photoshop CS Bargain Basement
No I'm not. My argument was based on an orchestra, that has years
of training and months of development costs for a performace. The
higher pay is a
Just one final comment, meant to lighten things up a bit.
If copying software is theft, what is this?
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=848531
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Hi,
I know some people are using WinME.
Here is an excellent page of simply written, comprehensive information
on maintaining the OS in as best condition as you can.
http://users.adelphia.net/~jgulley/me/index.html
mike
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Hi,
Cotty wrote:
On 18/10/04, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
I don't mean this to sound like our poverty is worse than yours, or
Monty Python's Three Yorkshiremen sketch, but everyone is entitled to
their view on these things, and I think your comments to V. were a bit
below the belt.
I used
Hi,
Pentax appears to be collecting data on purchasers with a hook of
entering you for the cash prize draw.
Can anyone spot in the page a question that asks you precisiely what you
bought? You are given five generic options on the previous page. This
seems to alter only questions 7 9.
Hi,
Alan wrote:
Am I crazy or not? g
Not. No grin.
Now, will you do mine? guesswhetherI'mgrinningornot
mike
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Hi,
Mark and Rob wrote:
half-hour time zones
Wow. Another reason for wholesale removal of politicians.
Interesting that Pentax chose to include this specification but not
certain others.
mike
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Tom C wrote:
I was in Starbucks today. I was late for work. I was grouchy and in a hurry. There were four brewers for regular drip coffee, all empty. The young girl turned around and said, I'm sorry we're out, would you mind waiting 2 minutes? I replied I thought I came to a coffee place. The
Hi,
Ryan wrote:
One of a series of randomly abstract shots I took, intended to be part of a
book a final year fashion student at uni is getting published by year end..
http://home.iprimus.com.au/heygoose/pineapple1s.jpg (shot on good ol Reala)
Hedgehog orgy! Or Spencer Tunnick shoots hedgehogs.
Hi,
Cotty wrote:
the actual listen again of the episode broadcast on Monday is currently
unavailable, possibly due to high demand. I suspect they are putting it
on its own server or something or making it a really nice hot cup of tea.
Available after the Thursday repeat, I understand.
m
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Hi,
I'm probably in a minority of one here but
I used to really like the Synchronicty PUG. As it is the autumnal
equinox today, how about those interested posting a picture taken in the
next 12 (or so) hours?
mike
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Cotty wrote:
I would thank you but I'm spending a year dead, mainly for tax reasons.
I'm doing that but only from the neck up. Sending the rest into exile
in the Bahamas.
m
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Hi,
Paul wrote:
Nice shot. It's the classic abandoned classic. It appears to be quite restorable. Is it an early sixties Jag S-Type?
I think a MkII.
http://www.motorbase.com/vehicle/by-id/931/
Having stood in that damp environment for a few years, everything below
the waistline will have rotted
Hi,
Cotty wrote:
On 22/9/04, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
As a Buddhist who was born in Hemel Hempstead, I approve! :)
Great Scott. I must bring my wife to GFM next time, you'll get on just
fine. She has an honours degree in Comparative Religion and has Buddhist
persuadings
Hi,
Valentin wrote:
Fooling around with photoshop:
Was that the watercolour filter? I've never been able to get that to
produce anything useful before. I tried to do something for this
month's PUG with an excellent slide of a post-war Riley gliding through
the English countryside but the
Hi,
Cotty wrote:
On 9/9/04, Dario Bonazza, discombobulated, unleashed:
to fit Ricoh.
To fit Canon.
Mutley
Hmmm. Assuming SRB use CNC type machinery, the setup cost for an EOS/K
adaptor would be the greater proportion of the price. In other words,
the first one is expensive, after that, they
Hi,
Henri wrote:
Getting the ring off is the tough part, I pretty much destroyed mine when I did it.
Get hold of a rubber bung that is wide enough to place on the front of
the lens and touch the ring all round the front element, just narrower
than the filter threads. Homebrewing supply shop
Hi,
Jostein wrote:
Like you said, I have also considered them to be too cheap to be good. If you try them
out, could you post a comment on how things went?
One of the possible problems with cheap (especially but not only) labs
is consistency. Toralf may have an excellent experience - the lab
Hi,
Jostein wrote:
The *istD does have multi-exposure mode, though. Having tried it only once, my
understanding is that it doesn't work the same way as it does in eg. Z-1. The Z-1
compensates the shutter speed of each part-exposure according to how many you plan to
take. The *istD doesn't. When
Hi,
TomR wrote:
However, this is, I think, the stupidest thing I have ever done in a darkroom.
When I was at school, two of us used a strobe in the school darkroom to
shoot pucks as they collided on a sheet of plate glass. The pucks
were painted white on top, so the long exposures under the
Hi,
Jostein wrote:
John Francis wrote:
There are two shots there not taken with a Pentax camera,
but with a Nikon point-and-shoot (35mm, not digital).
One, obviously, is the shot of me holding my camera.
Would anyone care to guess which the other one is?
This giraffe look somewhat familiar...:-)
Hi,
PJA wrote:
Sometimes my e-mail client hiccups, especially when there are a large number of
e-mails on the server. When it does that
the server never receives acknowledgment that the e-mails were received. If that
happens I'm guaranteed to receive duplicates.
I usually know when that's going
Hi,
Shel wrote:
I recently had a discussion with a couple of photographers, the subject of
which was how Photoshop relates to Photography. Is an image that has been
extensively adjusted in Photoshop still a photograph, or has it somehow
morphed into something else? Is there a line somewhere
Hi,
David wrote:
The way I see my photography is that I'm recording beauty. Of course, there's the
issue that beauty is subjective. To me, a fly's compound eye, or a hairy caterpillar
sitting on a stem, is beautiful, as well as interesting - and when I photograph such a
thing I try and capture
Hi,
John Francis wrote:
Oh, you can go pretty fast in one. A college friend of mine found that
out the hard way; he came round a bend on a country lane to find a group
of hikers spread out all across the road. He managed to avoid them all,
but was less fortunate in avoiding the tree branch
Hi,
John Francis wrote:
Mine was the ragtop, too. The aerodynamics of that car conspire to make
the front end *extremely* light over 100mph. I think the car would have
gone faster than 120, but I chickened out; I was steering with just the
lightest touch of my fingertips, and still felt as if I
Hi,
Mark wrote:
Maybe it's just me, but I do not like it when sellers describe an item as a
Pentax lens in the auction title and then described the item as for
Pentax, made by in the auction body.
There is one retailer that regularly describes a lens as Pentax
bayonet sometimes with
Hi,
Clint wrote:
I did the scans myself I just purchased a film scanner. I dont know how that
could be possible for just one to be scanned backwards, BUT I am new to
scanning.
If you look at the two of the scales, the close up is the right way
round (you can read the writing) but the
Hi,
Not quite one a week so far but here is a photographic journey. Well
worth reading to the end.
There is a series of galleries from the /photo/ directory.
http://www.qsl.net/xq2fod/photo/equip/equip.html
If you understand what Homo ludens means, it's worth going to his home
page and
Hi,
Clint wrote:
Shel the reason I might not continue to use XP-2 is the contrast does not
look right. I dont know if the kodak brand film would be better, alot of the
blame might be on me for not using filters. Just a thought the whole folder
is located here:
Who did your scans, Clint? At
Hi,
Shel wrote:
Well, Larry, as long as there's a Pentax somewhere in your
life, the rules keeper must consider that, and that, had you
had the Pentax with you, you'd have used it instead of the
asterisk brand. That said, lemme look at the pic ...
Is it not bizzare that the only brand to
Hi,
Abano wrote:
I din't knew him. Gorgeous work, I like the style. It
reminds me a bit to Doisneau.
He's not at all famous and probably never will be. But what he's done,
for me, eclipses the works of greater photographers. He lived in the
community, the community funded his photography by
Hi,
Edwin wrote:
snip
although I was surprised to discover that the D100 does not have the
turn this way to focus arrows as well
snip
ROTFLMAOUIP
I'm still not going to buy one until they have perfect composition
achieved and shoot now voiceovers. 8-)))
mike
Hi,
Christian wrote:
I used to use the AF360FGZ on the LX, MX and SuperProgram It worked in
Manual or Automatic on the MX and TTL Manual or Automatic on the LX and SP.
Originally I was a bit worried about damage, but it never happened.
It wasn't explicit but I was referring to TTL
Hi,
Cesar wrote:
Can I find a larger fanny pack?
How big is your fanny likely to grow?
m
Hi,
WR wrote:
And I got, I am sure, a good picture that I wouldn't have gotten on film,
perhaps even more than one.
How so? Speed/sensitivity change?
mike
Hi,
Cotty wrote:
On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Frank, your nutts!
What about them?
After years of battering by Canadian highway imperfections, his natural
shape is like the shorts of that guy going down the steps?
Sorry, Frank, I couldn't resistbut what a subject line!
Hi,
Shel wrote:
http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/mrcharles.html
Well, it's certainly brightened a grey day in NE England. We could do
with a few Mr Charles' here
mike
Hi,
DagT wrote:
There is, however, a story of a Norwegian expedition to Antarctica where they used
an LX being modified to
roll the film the opposite way around the spool in the camera to avoid cracking, but
the temperatures may be
well below the temperature in the freezer.
Tell me more,
Hi,
Kostas wrote:
Sorry, I missed the original post (and think it may not have been Dag
T who wrote about the MZ-S):
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Lon Williamson wrote:
Dag T wrote:
I was very impressed with the MZ-S in this respect. Coming out of well
below 20degrees under zero into a
On 7/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Twisted pig.
Typing is NOT my first language.
William Robb
Time to start another brotherhood. Anyone esle?
Esle? Cnotu em ni. m'I sa witted as nyaone. oYu have to eb chfie
ewitt, thghou. )8-
ekmi
Hi,
Kostas wrote:
Sorry, I missed the original post (and think it may not have been Dag
T who wrote about the MZ-S):
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Lon Williamson wrote:
Dag T wrote:
I was very impressed with the MZ-S in this respect. Coming out of well
below 20degrees under zero into a
Hi,
Shel wrote:
... according to a message I received earlier today.
Polaroid makes a Type 55 4x5 and Type 665
3-1/4 x 4-1/4 positive/negative instant film.
These films produce both a print and a negative
for later enlarging, contact printing, or
Hi,
Rob S. wrote:
On 6 Jan 2004 at 8:24, mike.wilson wrote:
http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/channel/1/extra/new/display/985378
Oh my, someone's found a use for the multi-expo, isn't that a pretty pic :-)
What a coincidence that I should trip over that image within minutes of
your
Hi,
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2972378409category=4688rd=1
Any of us bid on this? I don't recognise any of the names. I was put
off by the rusty screws on the outside and the lack of pictures of the
glass.
mike
Hi,
Bob R wrote:
I have seen them appear numerous times. For a real trip, check and see his
present Pentax offerings. If I were a bidder, I would be happy to know that
no one could see how dumb I really was g.
The whole list is a classic example of how not to offer products. The
prices are
Hi,
Bob W. wrote:
there are 2 versions of this lens. One is an SMC version, and the
other is not SMC. This is marked on the lens, and the rubber grips on
the focus/zoom ring are different - the non-SMC version has longer
gnurls (or are they knurls?).
Knurls. Gnurls are female 8-)))
mknurl
Hi,
Recently, we castigated a particular Pentax ad for its apparent
chauvinism.
I've just seen a double page one for the EOS 300D. A football stadium
(about 40-60,000+ fit in these places) with one or two people in
closeup, chimping at the back of their 300D. Into the distance, others
are
Hi,
Dave B wrote (regarding repair work of cameras bought outside the
country):
Actually Nikon will not do any work let alone warranty.
H. So you turn up with their product, hand full of hot little
dollars, and they say No, thank you? Sounds to me like they have both
little business
Hi,
Arnie wrote:
any idea what it might be? dirt on the sensor?
Looks like dirt. Even more interesting, I cannot decide if the bright
spots are hot pixels or stars. Probably the former, as the sun appears
to be quite high.
Do digiastrophotographers use extra high quality sensors to stop
Hi,
Alin wrote:
What seems remarkable to me is that I took this picture at 1400 m
altitude (4600 feet), where winters used to be long and harsh until
no further than 10 years ago. The fact that this is the third summer
that I constantly see the moth in the same location only, suggests
that
Hi,
Frank wrote:
Racking my brains over that one, Mark. I have this vague feeling that I should know
them, or that I knew of
them in a past life, but it's just not clicking right now.
I remember there was a movie in the 70's called FM (wasn't there?) that no one went
to see, but it had
Hi,
Jostein wrote:
Quoting mike.wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
...snow fleas...
And they are.?
Springtails with no respect for the cold. :-)
8-)) Interesting. Never seen those before (probably due to lack of
snow...) - do you get them
Hi,
Frits wrote:
Stan's photo reminded me of this question: does the *ist D has something
to help allign the horizon? I used to have a problem with this myself
untill I got a grid screen for my PZ-1. Is there something like that for
the *ist D?
Frits, you are not getting into this digital
Hi,
Jostein wrote:
Scottish place-names was good entertainment on our holiday trip with the Cot's
last summer. There's pretty much Nordic heritage in those pronounciations, I
think...
Haugh is sucspiciously like the Norwegian haug meaning small hill or
large mound. Would that fit the
Did any of us get this?
A Katana would have been more appropriate
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2969470695category=4702
The mark of the zoom I like that 8-)
mike
Hi,
Cotty wrote:
Jostein OksneYul Brynner
I always think of him as more of a Baloo.
mike
The three bears: Baloo, Yogi and Boo-Boo. I'll leave you to guess which
is which.
About halfway down. Stefan is standing on the picnic basket.
http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/photoessays/scotlandday1.html
Hi,
I need some assistance in getting a small ($12) payment to someone in
Clifton, NJ who is unable to take a bank transfer. From this end, I
don't seem to be able to get a postal IMO or be able to send cash
insured.
If anyone can think of another way of getting the money to this chap, I
would
Hi,
By a very circuitous route, I have come into possession of a Pentax
Movie VHS camera recorder, model PV-C11E.
It has its plastic briefcase, charger/AC adaptor(110~240V, 50~60Hz) and
two batteries, one 800mAh, one 1500mAh. One 46mm W10 (light orange)
filter. One RF output adaptor (channel
Hi,
The following is part of a footer I received in an acknowledgement email
after writing a letter to a newspaper. Names have been obliterated to
protect the guilty.
1.You will retain your copyright.
2. During the copyright period and afterwards, The
Hi,
Fred wrote:
If you have a piece of glass of the right shape and thickness, it
would be easy to matte one side with a solution of sodium
hydroxide. Some experimentation would be needed to get
concentration and times.
Gee, I don't think that NaOH will do anything to glass. I think
Hi,
Don wrote:
Has anyone on the list tried to make a screen? I did the other day -- for a
non-Pentax piece of equipment. I used a piece of glass from a 6x6
anti-Newton Ring slide mount. It worked very well. The glass is very clear
but has very fine surface 'etching'.
I guess there are
Hi,
If anyone is short of an idea..
http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/channel/1/extra/new/display/880617
mike
UK based BW photographer, has died. Long-time user of Pentax cameras.
http://www.barry-thornton.co.uk/main.htm
Try articles to read from the menu on the left.
mike
Hi,
Ryan wrote:
I was just wondering if anyone else agrees with me that the new DA lenses
seem like a bit of a backward move. snip Whole thing kinda reminds me of
APS.. Could it be this is another Pentax nail in the pro coffin?
I've been wondering for some time whether the present DSLR
Hi,
Kostas wrote:
You're kidding me.
Fisheyes?
No, he's just suprised.
mike
Hi,
John F wrote:
They came out with a firmware upgrade for the MZ-S fairly fast
(to fix the frame-overlapping problem).
To Pentax's credit, they fixed this before retail production started.
Anyone who had this problem had probably been sold a beta tester.
mike
Hi,
Bruce D wrote:
Seems odd. One of mine - bought in the retail channel from BH had
the problem. I seriously doubt that it was a beta tester. It was
packaged and sold as new by a reputable dealer. The problem was
posted on the Pentax website with serial #'s and a way to test if your
Hi,
Thinking (dreaming, more like) about how to become fabulously wealthy, I
wondered if there is a potential market for new lens hoods for DSLRs.
I assume that the original, 35mm coverage, lenshoods could now be
significantly extended and not impinge on the APS-sized-chip image?
mike
Hi,
Herb wrote:
in the US, there is wholesale replacement of film with digital projectors
for commercial movie theaters. yes, they will retain film for a while, but
not a long while, since the films wear out so quickly. after that, it will
be the boutique and art film theaters only that
Hi,
I got a message from b [EMAIL PROTECTED] that had a .pif file
attached.
The address is fairly obviously spoof but it might be worth folks
checking their machines just in case.
mike
Sounds like a job for Martin Parr.
Hi,
Having been given the manual specifications to set up my account because
the setup software kept going kaput, I thought all would be well.
Foolish boy. (copyright Capt. Mainwaring)
We have now received our first bill and it is nearly twice the amount
agreed. Of course, nobody that we speak
Hi,
Keith wrote:
I suspect one of the few cars that might match it in pur sang fun would
have been an early 4-banger Morgan.
Boring! Try one of the three-wheelers with a methanol drinking OHV
1000+cc v twin on the front. Driven by a lunatic.
Until you've been on one wheel in a three wheel
Hi,
Jan wrote:
If you refer to the never use the zoom function part, I suspect Bill
actually means the POWER-ZOOM feature of that lens.
I suspect so, too, but have come to realise that the one thing you
cannot do on this, or any other, forum is to assume that you know what
people are talking
Hi,
Mark R wrote:
Man, sometimes I'm net even sure what *I'm* talking (writing) about!
Seconded... 8-
m
Hi,
Leon wrote:
//*Nice things*\\
On the other hand (and this may be seen as stunningly rude from someone
who didn't contribute) I was somewhat disappointed. I have been trying
to phrase why in a way that would explain myself without upsetting or
annoying people but I can't, so I'll leave it
Hi,
Kick my bum into orbit if I am wrong but didn't Pentax, amongst others,
produce a flash shoe lightmeter? Surely this will get you into ballpark
land if you are unable to guesstimate correctly?
One of my missing Kodachrome films arrived at the weekend. As one frame
appears to be the best
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