Re: PESO 2009 - 043, 044 - GDG

2009-04-04 Thread Bruce Dayton
My feelings as well - the first is ok, but the second is great! -- Bruce Friday, April 3, 2009, 8:36:22 PM, you wrote: JK> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:37:51 -0700 >> Some color ... >> >> http://homepage.mac.com/godders/043-connections.jpg >> "Connections" - Sunnyvale 2009 >>

OT: Stand by me (around the world)

2009-04-04 Thread Derby Chang
Whoathis list...I need a unicorn chaser. It has been up for a while, but it still brings a smile to me every time I see it http://www.playingforchange.com/pop2.html D -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.

Re: Arg, one more LR ??

2009-04-04 Thread Rick Womer
And that is why I don't update LR unless there is a bug that's buggin' me, or a feature I particularly want. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 4/3/09, David J Brooks wrote: > About a week ago, i upgraded to LR 2.3. Mac laptop OS 10 > > All went well. > > However since doing s

Re: Arg, one more LR ??

2009-04-04 Thread David Savage
Actually the latest version fixed a problem where LR would hog RAM. It's running much better now. DS 2009/4/4 Rick Womer : > > And that is why I don't update LR unless there is a bug that's buggin' me, or > a feature I particularly want. > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > --- On F

RE: RAW software

2009-04-04 Thread Bob W
> > > copradormition > > > No hits in Webster's, Wikipedia or Google. > > Def. please. (We can guess, but need to know for future reference) > > Sleeping in shit. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDM

Pentax in Italy

2009-04-04 Thread Bong Manayon
A friend is traveling through the Med; he already has a K200D and plans to pick up some stuff along the way. Where in Italy should I point him to? Any reputable shops? Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pd

Re: Pentax in Italy

2009-04-04 Thread Dario Bonazza
Hi Bong, I'm afraid this is not a good time to buy Pentax equipment in Italy, since Pentax Italia is out of photo business and Fowa (the new importer) is just taking off (stated since April 2). I'm aware of a few reputable stores in Milan and Bologna, but they could well be short of stuff, as

Re: Pentax in Italy

2009-04-04 Thread Bong Manayon
Thanks, Dario, will pass that information on. Bong On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: > Hi Bong, > > I'm afraid this is not a good time to buy Pentax equipment in Italy, since > Pentax Italia is out of photo business and Fowa (the new importer) is just > taking off (stated sinc

Re: PESO - North Wind

2009-04-04 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:28 -0400, "frank theriault" wrote: > Scroll down and click on the photo to see today's offering: > > http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2009/04/cool-north-wind.html > > Spring is here but when the north wind blows down Yonge Street one > still has to turn one's collar u

Re: Peso water the grass

2009-04-04 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:06 -0400, "David J Brooks" wrote: > Thursday was, b-e-a utiful. Plus 14 C and lots of sun. > The weather channel called for a bit of rain today, so i decided > Thursday would be a good day to lay down some grass seed, have it get > some moisture and get a good start to hide

Re: PESO: Building H

2009-04-04 Thread Brian Walters
Looks like an interesting old building with lots of photographic possibilities. This photo looks a bit flat to me and the washed out sky doesn't help. Perhaps early morning/late afternoon might be worth investigating - would liven up some of that brickwork. Cheers Brian ++

Re: Peso water the grass

2009-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 6:14 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:06 -0400, "David J Brooks" > wrote: >> Thursday was, b-e-a utiful. Plus 14 C and lots of sun. >> The weather channel called for a bit of rain today, so i decided >> Thursday would be a good day to lay down some grass se

Re: Peso water the grass

2009-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:31 PM, wrote: > In a message dated 4/3/2009 5:06:45 P.M. Pacific  Daylight Time, > pentko...@gmail.com writes: > Thursday was, b-e-a utiful. Plus  14 C and lots of sun. > The weather channel called for a bit of rain today, so  i decided > Thursday would be a good day to l

Re: Arg, one more LR ??

2009-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > Oh Oh! > > Did you RTFM? If i had one i would Joseph. > > On Apr 3, 2009, at 16:53 , David J Brooks wrote: > >> About a week ago, i upgraded to LR 2.3. Mac laptop OS 10 >> >> All went well. >> >> However since doing so, when ever i imp

Re: The Sentinels

2009-04-04 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:01 -0400, "Dan Matyola" wrote: > I found these two standing guard near the US Capitol on a foggy morning > in March: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8778960 > That's a nice grab of a couple of very cooperative birds but I don't think the image works. It's v

Re: LR sizing question

2009-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:26 PM, David Savage wrote: > 2009/4/4 David J Brooks : >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: >>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:27 PM, William Robb wrote: >>> Thats actually a very good question. How does Lightroom do with resizing keywords? >>> >>>

Re: Pentax at GFM

2009-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:29 PM, David Savage wrote: > 2009/4/4 frank theriault : >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Cotty wrote: >> >>> I'll give you that ten bucks next time. >> >> Will that be in Canadian or US funds? > > There are deer on the mountain... Turkeys as well. Dave > > DS > > -- >

Re: PESO and GESO, K100Ds performance

2009-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
Nice shots Larry. I agree with you, that second sax shot is very good. Dave On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:35 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > When I left work yesterday, I stopped to shoot a field that has been > catching my eye for a couple of years: > > I think that this may be the best of the lot: > http

Re: PESO: Bird of Paradise

2009-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
Very nice. I like the back ground, good use of the leaves. Dave On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Dan Matyola wrote: > From the National Botanical Garden: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8779007 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: PESO: Bird of Paradise

2009-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
Do they let you take a tripod into places like this,?? Dave On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 7:32 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Very nice. I like the back ground, good use of the leaves. > > Dave > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Dan Matyola wrote: >> From the National Botanical Garden: >> >> http://phot

Re: PP question, sharp and unsharp.

2009-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Apr 3, 2009, at 7:46 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > >>> One thing that I haven't been able to find yet is a good description >>> of the mechanism of sharpening, unsharp mask and what all the >>> >>> various >>> >>> knobs,

Re: OT: Stand by me (around the world)

2009-04-04 Thread Doug Brewer
Derby Chang wrote: Whoathis list...I need a unicorn chaser. sorry, unicorn chasers are down the hall. this is arguments. (cool vid, by the way.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: PESO - Hurley's Sky

2009-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all > > Here's one that I came across late on the last day.  I know sunsets are > cliché but this one was quite spectacular (I almost expected to see > choirs of angels descending) > > http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/132346/Hurley039

Re: PESO - tulip dance

2009-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
Well lit Doug. Dave On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: > Having some rendering fun. > > http://www.drivingtheflies.com/?p=1073 > > enjoy > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Arg, one more LR ??

2009-04-04 Thread Cotty
On 3/4/09, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >when i clicked on crop, i got a crazy crop window with 45 degree lines >in the window., It was Earth calling Dave, Earth calling Dave ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysn

Re: Arg, one more LR ??

2009-04-04 Thread Cotty
On 3/4/09, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >All went well. > >However since doing so, when ever i import files via click and drag, >LR opens funny. > >I get the import window, and when i start typing in keywords, the >spinning ball of hell start, the window shuts down, LR starts and th

Re: Arg, one more LR ??

2009-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Cotty wrote: > On 3/4/09, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>All went well. >> >>However since doing so, when ever i import files via click and drag, >>LR opens funny. >> >>I get the import window, and when i start typing in keywords, the >>spinning ba

Re: Peso water the grass

2009-04-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Brian Walters" Subject: Re: Peso water the grass On Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:06 -0400, "David J Brooks" wrote: Thursday was, b-e-a utiful. Plus 14 C and lots of sun. The weather channel called for a bit of rain today, so i decided Thursday would be a good da

Re: RAW software

2009-04-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
Joe, You had to use the wayback machine to get that one. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > On Apr 3, 2009, at 20:11 , William Robb wrote: > >> >> - Original Message - From: "Joseph McAllister" Subject: Re: RAW >> software >> >> >>> Oh. Sorry. Tha

WTF?

2009-04-04 Thread William Robb
In response to this question: "I was informed that the camera is a little bit under-exposed, but I want to know how much. That is, if I set the EV compensation, but how much (1/3? 1/2?) should I set so that I can get normal exposure?" This answer was given: "Well, regarding the exposure problem

More RAW software

2009-04-04 Thread Nick Wright
Okay, so I'm disappointed. It used to be that my program CDFinder would catalog the captions and keywords in an iPhoto library. Turns out that's not the case anymore. But I finally got a chance to download Photoshop Elements 6 for the Mac (whew, 1.5 gigs!), and I am impressed. I didn't know that E

Re: PESO - Hurley's Sky

2009-04-04 Thread David Savage
Nice one mate. A scene like that is always a nice way to end a day. Cheers, Dave 2009/4/3 Brian Walters : > G'day all > > I had a few days away with some friends last week - a bit of relaxing; > some wine was drunk. > > We stayed in one of the old keeper's cottages at Norah Head lighthouse. > A

Re: PESO - Hurley's Sky

2009-04-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent photo. A beautiful picture is never a cliche, regardless of how many of its kind may exist. Paul On Apr 4, 2009, at 11:13 AM, David Savage wrote: Nice one mate. A scene like that is always a nice way to end a day. Cheers, Dave 2009/4/3 Brian Walters : G'day all I had a few days

Re: WTF?

2009-04-04 Thread David J Brooks
Only 2. Dave On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 11:01 AM, William Robb wrote: > In response to this question: > > "I was informed that the camera is a little bit under-exposed, but I want to > know how much. That is, if I set the EV compensation, but how much (1/3? > 1/2?) should I set so that I can get nor

Re: WTF?

2009-04-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bill, Well I guess that means that all our photos with those limited lenses need some exposure compensation. Let me go check... Well, I just don't see that in my results. I've got thousands of photos on the K20D with fast lenses over the past year. The exposures are just fine. I haven't looked o

RE: PESO and GESO, K100Ds performance

2009-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen When I left work yesterday, I stopped to shoot a field that has been catching my eye for a couple of years: I think that this may be the best of the lot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3408989436 I think I can see where you're going with this; the barbs tack sharp, an

PESO - #012, "A source of honey"

2009-04-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/04/peso-2009-012.html Methinks that at f/4 this little FA 100/3.5 macro lens did pretty impressive job. Brutal and honest C&C are sought after, as usual. Thanks in advance. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: RAW software

2009-04-04 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 4, 2009, at 07:37 , Bob Sullivan wrote: Joe, You had to use the wayback machine to get that one. Regards, Bob S. Funny. The phrase almost came to me, then the corrected version. But I had no idea where it was from until I Googled it. Just one of those weird synapse connections that

Re: PESO - #012, "A source of honey"

2009-04-04 Thread Jack Davis
May be an exposure caused light-bloom, Boris, but the center area of the white blossom looks a bit soft. OTOH, the darker bit of botany to the right looks very sharp. Jack --- On Sat, 4/4/09, Boris Liberman wrote: > From: Boris Liberman > Subject: PESO - #012, "A source of honey" > To: "Pe

Re: RAW software

2009-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: "William Robb" From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: RAW software >> It isn't a false analogy - you just haven't grasped it! > > Find me a person who actually wants to put petrol in a pram and you'll > convince me it's not a false analogy. Is there a baby in that pram? Do I have a book

Re: PESO - #012, "A source of honey"

2009-04-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
Boris, That's a nice shot. I wish that I could see more detail in the yellow center. To Jack's point, is the center in sharp focus or the ends of the pedals? You may need to experiment with several focus points to actually tell. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Jack Davis wrote:

Re: PESO - North Wind

2009-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault The guy first in line looks miserable. Yeah, he didn't look too happy. Mostly no one is waiting for that bus. On Sunday mornings the subway doesn't start until after 9:00 (they say to allow them extra maintenance time, but I think it's just a remnant from our puritan "Su

RE: PESO - North Wind

2009-04-04 Thread Bob W
> >> The guy first in line looks miserable. > > > > Yeah, he didn't look too happy. Mostly no one is waiting > for that bus. > > > > On Sunday mornings the subway doesn't start until after > 9:00 (they say > > to allow them extra maintenance time, but I think it's just > a remnant > > from ou

RE: PESO - #012, "A source of honey"

2009-04-04 Thread Bob W
> Hi! > > http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/04/peso-2009-012.html > > Methinks that at f/4 this little FA 100/3.5 macro lens did pretty > impressive job. > > Brutal and honest C&C are sought after, as usual. > I like eucalyptus honey. I also like that picture. You have a definite eye for t

Re: WTF?

2009-04-04 Thread Luiz Felipe
William, that would make sense if the focus screen would change it's behavior as you changed the exposure mode or transmitted more light as you changed the aperture. I think... shitty week, here. As I was raised believing, there is no better exposure than the stopped down metering just before

OT - Video testing

2009-04-04 Thread Cotty
Hi gang, Just testing a flash video encoder, any volunteers? less than a minute of dark house fire shots, just need to know if you can see it :-) ta. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottys

Re: WTF?

2009-04-04 Thread Luiz Felipe
On a second tought... Some screens are brighter - so if you have a small underexposure at some point (2.8 and brighter) and you change to a screen that's just half that amount brighter than the original, you get a full scale adjustment and the problem wide open is almost solved. Price, you get

RE: OT - Video testing

2009-04-04 Thread Bob W
works fine for me Bob > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On > Behalf Of Cotty > Sent: 04 April 2009 17:52 > To: pentax list > Subject: OT - Video testing > > Hi gang, > > Just testing a flash video encoder, any volunteers? > >

Re: OT - Video testing

2009-04-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Ditto! Boris Bob W wrote: works fine for me Bob -- 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: OT - Video testing

2009-04-04 Thread David Savage
Yep, that works. Cheers, Dave 2009/4/5 Cotty : > Hi gang, > > Just testing a flash video encoder, any volunteers? > > > > less than a minute of dark house fire shots, just need to know if you > can see it :-) > > ta. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PD

Lightroom vs Bridge (or bridge vs lightroom if you prefer)

2009-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
Found out something about Adobe Bridge I didn't know, and wondered if Lightroom does the same thing. Figured I might as well stir the pot up a little. I left Bridge pointing at a "removable drive" [memory card in a USB reader] when I closed it the other day. I subsequently removed the memory

Re: OT - Video testing

2009-04-04 Thread Christine Aguila
Worked on my end. I feel bad for the folks who lost their home though--gosh, as if times weren't tough enough already. Christine - Original Message - From: "Cotty" To: "pentax list" Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 11:52 AM Subject: OT - Video testing Hi gang, Just testing a fla

Re: OT - Video testing

2009-04-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/4/2009 9:52:40 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, cotty...@mac.com writes: Hi gang, Just testing a flash video encoder, any volunteers? less than a minute of dark house fire shots, just need to know if you can see it :-) ta. -- C

Re: PESO - #012, "A source of honey"

2009-04-04 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Boris: I agree with Jack & Bob S. about the focus, but also agree with Bob W. about colors & your eye! Hey, I'm listening to Mark O'Connor's rendition on the fiddle of Jerusalem's Ridge as I look at your photo, which makes for a really fun moment! :-) Cheers, Christine - Original M

Re: Lightroom vs Bridge (or bridge vs lightroom if you prefer)

2009-04-04 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/4/2009 10:06:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: I had to go get the camera, take the memory card out and plug it into the reader to open the program and put it back to looking somewhere on the hard-drive. = I've had that happen with

Re: OT - Video testing

2009-04-04 Thread Drew
Cotty wrote: Hi gang, Just testing a flash video encoder, any volunteers? less than a minute of dark house fire shots, just need to know if you can see it :-) ta. -- Cheers, Cotty Works on Firefox under Linux... You might have chosen to tes

Re: PESO 2009 - 043, 044 - GDG

2009-04-04 Thread Christine Aguila
Godfrey: I admire the excellence in technique and composition in the 1st one, but the picture just doesn't reach me on an emotional level. The colors in Raw are very nice, and the elements composed as such make for a nice street scene. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From:

Re: Peso water the grass

2009-04-04 Thread Christine Aguila
So, are you still drying out? ;-) Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" To: "Pentax Discuss" ; "Barbara Brooks" ; "Harry Bolton" ; "Yvette Huber" ; "Kee Chong" Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 7:06 PM Subject: Peso water the grass Thursday was, b-e-a utiful.

Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks

2009-04-04 Thread Boris Liberman
In order of my personal preference: 1. #3 2. #2 3. #1 Cheers! Boris Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: I found some painted art on the rocks & some playful light along the Lake Michigan shore on a short photowalk last Saturday. There are 3 different renderings here. I'd be interested i

Re: Lightroom vs Bridge (or bridge vs lightroom if you prefer)

2009-04-04 Thread Christine Aguila
John: I've never had this problem with Lightroom, though I'm not completely sure I know what you mean "pointing at a 'removable drive'--pointing is throwing me off. In Lightroom, it's insert memory card, import, & once the little green light stops flashing remove memory card, whether Lightroom

Re: Lightroom vs Bridge (or bridge vs lightroom if you prefer)

2009-04-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I've not had this problem with Bridge on Mac OS X. If I quit it while looking at a memory card volume that I subsequently remove from the system, when next it starts up it will always be looking at the root directory of my login account. Same as with any other volume that goes off line. L

Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks

2009-04-04 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Boris! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 12:34 PM Subject: Re: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks In order of my personal preference: 1. #3 2. #2 3. #1 Cheers! Boris Christine Aguila wr

Re: PESO and GESO, K100Ds performance

2009-04-04 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Larry: I like this shot very much. I'd like to see just a tad more fingers of the guy in the foreground, but still it's a very nice pic. http://www.flickr.com:80/photos/ellarsee/3409027558/in/set-72157616200776255/ Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks"

Re: Lightroom vs Bridge (or bridge vs lightroom if you prefer)

2009-04-04 Thread Joseph McAllister
It happens on my iMac as well. It's always a good habit to eject any cards, iPods, temporary USB drives, etc, when you are finished with them and before going on with anything else. The opposite is happening to me right now. I've transferred the images from my SD card on to my hard drive, a

Re: OT - Video testing

2009-04-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/4/09, Drew, discombobulated, unleashed: >You might have chosen to test it with >a couple of minutes of pole dancing or something though... :-) Be patient my son. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com ___

Re: WTF?

2009-04-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I'm not sure I understand either the question or response entirely, the language is twisty. But I have some experience with the K10D and alternative focusing screens that might prove informative. The behavior I found when I fitted the DS' focusing screen or my custom Katz Eye screen for the

Re: OT - Video testing

2009-04-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
No problems here. Tested both Safari and FireFox 3 on Mac OS X 10.5.6, running on Power Mac G5 2Ghz DP. G On Apr 4, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Cotty wrote: Hi gang, Just testing a flash video encoder, any volunteers? less than a minute of dark house fire

Re: More RAW software

2009-04-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
PS Elements will be a much more competent image processing environment than iPhoto No image management functionality, no scripting, and you only get to use Camera Raw's "basic" functions, but as long as it lets you get your work done, it's fine. Godfrey On Apr 4, 2009, at 8:04 AM, Nick

PESO: Statue of the Thinker

2009-04-04 Thread Dan Matyola
Not the one everyone knows, but a memorial to another great thinker, at the National Academy of Science, Washington, DC: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8779007 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: OT - Video testing

2009-04-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
Cotty, Looks fine, runs without interruption (jiggles) here in Chicago. Ping test on my line has 32 bytes taking 46 to 53ms round trip. Was that a real fire? We practice on teardowns here, but I don't think you do many teardowns there do you? Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Cott

Re: PESO - #012, "A source of honey"

2009-04-04 Thread Ken Waller
Nice capture. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" Subject: PESO - #012, "A source of honey" Hi! http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/04/peso-2009-012.html Methinks that at f/4 this little FA 100/3.5 macro lens did pretty impre

Re: WTF?

2009-04-04 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Some schmuck on the Leica or Pentax SLR DPRforum didn't like that I posted pictures to two or three forums. They complained about it, so DPR's management banned me for a week. What! What is wrong with people? I don't get this.

Re: WTF?

2009-04-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bill and Godfrey, I've found that I don't really understand the 'green button' mechanism. I can operate the green button fix just fine, but exposures are a bit of a mystery. See here, where I used an old M35 f2.0 lens on manual. http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/K352ApertureTestOnK20d# Exposu

Re: Lightroom vs Bridge (or bridge vs lightroom if you prefer)

2009-04-04 Thread Ken Waller
FWIW, on my Windows XP, when I want to remove a memory card from the reader, I click on the 'Safely remove Hardware' icon and the approiate drive corresponding to the reader. Don't know if that's what your problem is but I thought I mention it. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ---

Re: Statue of the Thinker

2009-04-04 Thread Ken Waller
Same url as Bird of paradise ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Dan Matyola" Subject: PESO: Statue of the Thinker Not the one everyone knows, but a memorial to another great thinker, at the National Academy of Science, Washington, DC: http:

Re: PESO: Statue of the Thinker

2009-04-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dan, That link is to the nice 'Bird of Paradise' shot you posted. No thinkers there. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Dan Matyola wrote: > Not the one everyone knows, but a memorial to another great thinker, at the > National Academy of Science, Washington, DC: > > http://photo.ne

Re: PESO and GESO, K100Ds performance

2009-04-04 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 12:39:55PM -0500, Christine Aguila wrote: > Hi Larry: I like this shot very much. I'd like to see just a tad more > fingers of the guy in the foreground, but still it's a very nice pic. > http://www.flickr.com:80/photos/ellarsee/3409027558/in/set-72157616200776255/ Tha

Re: WTF?

2009-04-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 4, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: What! What is wrong with people? I don't get this. I don't either ... a photography forum that bans the posting of photographs just doesn't make sense .. but eh? It's their playground, perhaps they like to 'sleep with the feces' as so

Re: WTF?

2009-04-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I found the same thing ... The green button metering is accurate wide open and near that, but accuracy becomes increasingly off as the lens stops down. Several possible causes come to mind, but the unfortunate truth is that I never found a way to solve it that didn't have less desireable

Re: RAW software

2009-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: Graydon On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 08:30:59AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi scripsit: > "My #2 Philips Screwdriver cannot drive a #4 Torx screw, but it could > easily if they put an interchangeable bit on the end. > > Of course, I could buy a screwdriver with an interchangeable bit head > and use

triangles

2009-04-04 Thread Larry Colen
I was shooting a spool of barbed wire last night http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157616246076913/ and I saw this triangle on the stop of it. Having just seen Paul's series, I was inspired to take this shot and play the game too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3410827921/sizes/

Re: Pentax at GFM

2009-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: >> Will that be in Canadian or US funds? > > Depends. ?Are you gonna buy stuff with it, or play Monopoly? I'm sure he'll be buying stuff, so he'll want the currency from the strongest economy. I guess that would be

Re: triangles

2009-04-04 Thread Jack Davis
I love working scenes like this. Your favorite is also mine. Where were they taken? Enjoyed the set very much! Jack --- On Sat, 4/4/09, Larry Colen wrote: > From: Larry Colen > Subject: triangles > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 12:42 PM > I was shooting a s

Re: PESO and GESO, K100Ds performance

2009-04-04 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 12:07:21PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Larry Colen > >When I left work yesterday, I stopped to shoot a field that has been > >catching my eye for a couple of years: > > > >I think that this may be the best of the lot: > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/340898943

RE: Ritz Photo closing over 300 stores

2009-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts http://news.digitaltrends.com/news-article/19647/need-some-photo-gear-ritz-camera-is-closing-over-300-stores I don't know if any of the Ritz stores around here are on the block, but none of them have anything in stock that I want ... other than the Ritz in the same shoppin

PESO: Triangulation Four

2009-04-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Had some time to get back to this today. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8896639 -- 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: Ritz Photo closing over 300 stores

2009-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: Marnie In a message dated 4/3/2009 1:01:32 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, msrobert...@ysu.edu writes: http://news.digitaltrends.com/news-article/19647/need-some-photo-gear-ritz-cam era-is-closing-over-300-stores I can't say I'm optimistic about the survival of their remaining stores. I

Re: triangles

2009-04-04 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 01:08:10PM -0700, Jack Davis wrote: > > I love working scenes like this. Your favorite is also mine. > Where were they taken? > Enjoyed the set very much! On Hellyer in South San Jose. Wednesday's shots can be found by plugging 5290 Hellyer Ave, San Jose, Santa Clara, Ca

Re: PESO - Three Tracks

2009-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 01:31:53PM -0400, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > They weren't all WWII era, the Glomar Explorer was parked there for > many years. > == > Yeah, I figured a few were added later, but didn't know that much about it. > > Interesting, I didn't realize

PESO: The Haircut

2009-04-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
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Re: OT - Video testing

2009-04-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
I see it on my Mac with Safari. Paul On Apr 4, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Drew wrote: Cotty wrote: Hi gang, Just testing a flash video encoder, any volunteers? less than a minute of dark house fire shots, just need to know if you can see it :-) ta. -- Cheers,

Re: WTF?

2009-04-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" Subject: Re: WTF? Only 2. Did I get off lucky? William Robb -- 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 th

Re: WTF?

2009-04-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Christine Aguila" Subject: Re: WTF? What! What is wrong with people? I don't get this. Oh NOOO!!! Something's wrong on the internet. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Pentax at GFM

2009-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Savage 2009/4/4 frank theriault : > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Cotty wrote: > >> I'll give you that ten bucks next time. > > Will that be in Canadian or US funds? There are deer on the mountain... DS The pearl is in the liver. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.

Re: OT - Video testing

2009-04-04 Thread Pasvorn Boonmark
Hi Cotty, It works. -Pasvorn -- 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 Haircut

2009-04-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
That looks like something out of the 1950s, Paul! :-) G On Apr 4, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8896834 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: PESO: The Haircut

2009-04-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks. The barber shop is out of the fifties, so that's where I went. On Apr 4, 2009, at 5:29 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: That looks like something out of the 1950s, Paul! :-) G On Apr 4, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8896834 -- PDML Pen

Re: OT - Video testing

2009-04-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/4/09, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: >Was that a real fire? We practice on teardowns here, but I don't >think you do many teardowns there do you? Last Saturday evening in a village ten minutes from me. Thatched cottage - one of the pitfalls. Sad. I'm afraid I don't know what a te

PESO: Statue of the Thinker -- Corrected Link

2009-04-04 Thread Dan Matyola
Not the one everyone knows, but a memorial to another great thinker, at the National Academy of Science, Washington, DC: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8778939 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, pl

Re: WTF?

2009-04-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/4/09, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >Some schmuck on the Leica or Pentax SLR DPRforum didn't like that I >posted pictures to two or three forums. They complained about it, so >DPR's management banned me for a week. I'm finding I'm getting much >more done since I'm not wasting

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