OT: Food

2010-07-13 Thread William Robb
Marinade a meals worth of chicken thighs in an orange/chipotle sauce for a few hours. Simmer slowly in butter until about 90% cooked and then add three or four sliced strawberries per thigh. Continue cooking until strawberries have cooked down to a sauce. The best food is simple. This is both

Re: Spanish team has done it!

2010-07-13 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/12/2010 9:14 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Jerry, Actually, soccer (along with tennis) is a sport where professional athletes have the most balanced bodies Most other sports feature (or favor) certain body disproportions to various degrees. Arguably, that is what attracts many female viewers

RE: Trip to Brum?

2010-07-13 Thread Chris Mitchell
Christine Aguila I can be there by midday on Saturday. Any other takers? Count me in. I'll be in the area of Queenssitting around that time. My cousin, who delivers firkins of two-headed ducks ale for a living, has a run in the area that day. She's headed for Kats

OT - Ann's question on the hair style and the epoch

2010-07-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
Ann, Here is a followup on your quesion about the hair style and the epoch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3svvCj4yhYc#t=3m24s (it's much earlier - but looks as funny) Enjoy! Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Spanish team has done it!

2010-07-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tue Jul 13 01:17:28 CDT 2010 Boris Liberman wrote: On 7/12/2010 9:14 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Jerry, Actually, soccer (along with tennis) is a sport where professional athletes have the most balanced bodies Most other sports feature (or favor) certain body disproportions to

OT: BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU

2010-07-13 Thread Larry Colen
Very cool, and well done animation: http://vimeo.com/13085676 BIG BANG BIG BOOM: an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life ... and how it could probably end. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Trip to Brum?

2010-07-13 Thread Bob W
Not being constrained by work I Googled several aspects of Christine's paragraph and could make no sense of any of them, nor of the paragraph in toto. I concluded that she had already got herself stuck into the beer and was typing like a Siamese duck. Queenssitting was just a bit

Re: OT: BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU

2010-07-13 Thread eckinator
amazing how creative and inventive some people are... lets hope they are wrong about the end... thanks for pointing this out ecke 2010/7/13 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: Very cool, and well done animation: http://vimeo.com/13085676 BIG BANG BIG BOOM: an unscientific point of view on the

Re: PESO : raspberries

2010-07-13 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/9/2010 6:51 PM, Madame RD wrote: my very own raspberries . they're homegrown in a container and I can't believe they're back every year http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/4776937963/in/photostream/ comments welcome as usual . dominique They look a bit like red caviar, you know

Re: PESO - Yin and Yang of Blues

2010-07-13 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/11/2010 7:07 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: The same idea as I previously used for a tango photo, - I applied now to a blues photo: http://42graphy.org/swing/abp-2010/preview/_IR_1203_E.html The photo was taken at the annual Austin Blues Party. This is the photo that came out well printed with

Re: OT Back and finally a steady heart beat.........

2010-07-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Sometimes the best thing about certain events is that they are over and now, without any immediate pressure one may attend the next item on the plan ;-). Boris On 7/12/2010 10:12 PM, David J Brooks wrote: ..OR, why i decided never to be a wedding or wadding photographer.:-) Wedding

Re: PESO x3: Frost

2010-07-13 Thread David Mann
On Jul 12, 2010, at 9:32 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/7/11 David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz: A friend in Boston told me it was 38 degrees C there the other day. Well my heart bleeds. We had -4 this morning, today peaked at 8. I hate the cold. Clear case of greener grass, we have low °C

Re: OT: BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU

2010-07-13 Thread Derby Chang
Larry Colen wrote: Very cool, and well done animation: http://vimeo.com/13085676 BIG BANG BIG BOOM: an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution of life ... and how it could probably end. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est That is superb. Must say, 50%

Re: PESO : raspberries

2010-07-13 Thread Bruce Walker
Madame RD wrote: my very own raspberries . they're homegrown in a container and I can't believe they're back every year http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/4776937963/in/photostream/ comments welcome as usual . dominique Delicious! (I'd crop a few pixels from the LH side. There

Re: Spanish team has done it!

2010-07-13 Thread David Mann
On Jul 13, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Bob W wrote: Tennis players have disproportionately large racquet arms. As do squash players. A good argument could be made that the top squash players are the fittest athletes on the planet. I was once told that the athletes with the highest VO2max are

RE: Spanish team has done it!

2010-07-13 Thread Bob W
Tennis players have disproportionately large racquet arms. As do squash players. A good argument could be made that the top squash players are the fittest athletes on the planet. I was once told that the athletes with the highest VO2max are biathletes. Makes sense, cross-country

Re: Monitor advice wanted

2010-07-13 Thread Gasha
I got Dell U2410 monitor 4 weeks ago. Didn't have enough time to play with it - reinstalling new workstation also... So far i like it. It is one of best monitors you can get for reasonable money. I spent lot of time reading reviews, etc... before decided to get this. Viewing angle is not

Re: Intervals to video

2010-07-13 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 12, 2010, at 10:39 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Jul 12, 2010, at 10:39, Larry Colen wrote: On Jul 12, 2010, at 1:02 AM, eckinator wrote: A buddy of mine has written a timelapse tool for windows that will output to IIRC avi - would that be of any use? It may. In theory, one

Re: PESO - SVT

2010-07-13 Thread eckinator
2010/7/13 Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: Thanks, Ecke. I appreciate your criticism of the framing but if anything, I think I should have gotten even closer. To me it's more about the heat: the deep red, the sky blue, the chrome and the lines. I don't really care about revealing its

Re: PESO - Mmmm, Columbian

2010-07-13 Thread eckinator
Fun shot, Frank, well executed =) Ecke 2010/7/11 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Sweetie, where'd all my coffee go? The cat drank it. C'mon, cat's don't drink coffee.  You threw it out because you thought I was done and now you're blaming it on the poor cat. I'm telling you, the

Re: PESO : raspberries

2010-07-13 Thread Madame RD
Le 13/07/10 11:06, Boris Liberman a écrit : On 7/9/2010 6:51 PM, Madame RD wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/4776937963/in/photostream/ comments welcome as usual . They look a bit like red caviar, you know ;-). Boris lol it seems they egged you on dominique --

Re: PESO : raspberries

2010-07-13 Thread Madame RD
Le 13/07/10 11:27, Bruce Walker a écrit : (I'd crop a few pixels from the LH side. There are some intruding bits from an adjacent leaf appearing there.) and you're right ! consider the few pixels are off ...thanks dominique -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU

2010-07-13 Thread Madame RD
Le 13/07/10 11:18, Derby Chang a écrit : Larry Colen wrote: Very cool, and well done animation: That is superb. Must say, 50% of the superbness is in the sound design. right . i can't believe it some people must have their brain wired differently .. so much imagination ! the

Re: OT - Ann's question on the hair style and the epoch

2010-07-13 Thread Madame RD
Le 13/07/10 09:12, Igor Roshchin a écrit : Ann, Here is a followup on your quesion about the hair style and the epoch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3svvCj4yhYc#t=3m24s (it's much earlier - but looks as funny) Enjoy! Igor great ! dominique -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 12, 2010, at 6:02 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I know, I lived in Dunwoody for a year, I've seen single vehicle rollovers on I285 achieved at the blistering speed of 12mph. I feel for you. Fortunately I live well within the Perimeter, and try to stay there as much as possible -- except,

PESO - Olaf the Other Reindeer

2010-07-13 Thread frank theriault
The one Santa never talks about... http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/olaf-other-reindeer.html ;-) It seems that some of my new neighbours have a sense of humour. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: PESO: Bald Eagle

2010-07-13 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: that's very good under the circumstances. It's not going to win any prizes, but if I'd taken it I'd be quite pleased with it. I think that about sums it up. Terrific shot, one that I'd be proud of. cheers, frank --

Re: PESO - Olaf the Other Reindeer

2010-07-13 Thread Jack Davis
Believe I'd seriously consider moving. Jack --- On Tue, 7/13/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Olaf the Other Reindeer To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 4:53 AM The one

Re: Spanish team has done it!

2010-07-13 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/13/2010 10:30 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Boris, I haven't seen much of disproportion in tennis players. It is reasonable that the leading hand is more developed and the muscles are slightly bigger, - but they are not that big as those of the american football players. ;-) (BTW, tennis elbow,

Re: PESO x3: Frost

2010-07-13 Thread eckinator
2010/7/13 David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz: So what did you sell the left kidney for? :) Gotta keep one around just in case... you never know where the next damsel in distress may pop up... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO - Olaf the Other Reindeer

2010-07-13 Thread eckinator
This would make a great cartoon character. My kind of neighbors =) Thanks for sharing Ecke 2010/7/13 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: The one Santa never talks about... http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/olaf-other-reindeer.html ;-) It seems that some of my new neighbours

Re: PESO - Olaf the Other Reindeer

2010-07-13 Thread Brian Walters
On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:53 -0400, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: The one Santa never talks about... http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/olaf-other-reindeer.html ;-) It seems that some of my new neighbours have a sense of humour. Hope you enjoy. Comments

Re: OT - Ann's question on the hair style and the epoch

2010-07-13 Thread William Robb
-- From: Igor Roshchin Subject: OT - Ann's question on the hair style and the epoch Ann, Here is a followup on your quesion about the hair style and the epoch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3svvCj4yhYc#t=3m24s (it's much earlier - but looks as

GESO- sort of: more film photos...

2010-07-13 Thread Bong Manayon
Something happened in my neighborhood... http://bongm.blogspot.com :-\ -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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

GESO From the wedding

2010-07-13 Thread David J Brooks
The bride and groom looked over these shots quickly on Sunday before heading out on their honeymoon, and asked it i could put them all on the site so the family members could see them, so here is the link if any one is interested, of about 550 photos.

Re: PESO - Olaf the Other Reindeer

2010-07-13 Thread Bob Sullivan
OMG, Frank's been kidnapped and dragged out to the suburbs! Is that grass and a lawn ornament? Very funny. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 6:53 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: The one Santa never talks about...

Re: OT - Ann's question on the hair style and the epoch

2010-07-13 Thread Ann Sanfedele
William Robb wrote: -- From: Igor Roshchin Subject: OT - Ann's question on the hair style and the epoch Ann, Here is a followup on your quesion about the hair style and the epoch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3svvCj4yhYc#t=3m24s (it's much

RE: GESO From the wedding

2010-07-13 Thread Bob W
The bride and groom looked over these shots quickly on Sunday before heading out on their honeymoon, and asked it i could put them all on the site so the family members could see them, so here is the link if any one is interested, of about 550 photos.

Re: Intervals to video

2010-07-13 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jul 13, 2010, at 5:12, Larry Colen wrote: http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.php Unfortunately, something wonky is going on with importing the files. If I copy one over, I get somewhere between 10 and 315 files. My Mac was getting wonky with a file deletion earlier today, so I'm

Re: GESO From the wedding

2010-07-13 Thread P N Stenquist
On Jul 13, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Bob W wrote: The bride and groom looked over these shots quickly on Sunday before heading out on their honeymoon, and asked it i could put them all on the site so the family members could see them, so here is the link if any one is interested, of about 550 photos.

Re: GESO From the wedding

2010-07-13 Thread P N Stenquist
Looks like you have plenty of good shots. Haven't had time to look at them all, but PHC9823 jumped out at me. Paul On Jul 13, 2010, at 11:38 AM, David J Brooks wrote: The bride and groom looked over these shots quickly on Sunday before heading out on their honeymoon, and asked it i could put

Re: GESO From the wedding

2010-07-13 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Lots of photos and difficult lighting. It looks like a nice wedding, well captured. The family should be pleased with the photos. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:38 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: The bride and groom looked over these shots quickly on Sunday

Re: OT - Ann's question on the hair style and the epoch

2010-07-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
William Robb wrote: -- From: Igor Roshchin Subject: OT - Ann's question on the hair style and the epoch Ann, Here is a followup on your quesion about the hair style and the epoch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3svvCj4yhYc#t=3m24s (it's

Re: Intervals to video

2010-07-13 Thread Larry Colen
On Jul 13, 2010, at 9:13 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Jul 13, 2010, at 5:12, Larry Colen wrote: http://www.avidemux.org/admWiki/doku.php Unfortunately, something wonky is going on with importing the files. If I copy one over, I get somewhere between 10 and 315 files. My Mac was

Re: GESO From the wedding

2010-07-13 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, Lots of photos and difficult lighting. Thanks Bob, Bob and Paul. Yes it was tough lighting and it really worried me but the D200 and Nikon light systems worked pretty well. Dave It looks like a nice wedding,

PESO #31 - Dialog with the artist

2010-07-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Final image from my Mime's Fair series. http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/07/2010-peso-31-dialog-with-artist.html Be brutal and honest. -- 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

Re: PESO #31 - Dialog with the artist

2010-07-13 Thread Boris Liberman
My apologies. The correct link is: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/07/peso-2010-31-dialog-with-artist.html On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Final image from my Mime's Fair series.

Re: SMC Pentax-A* Macro 1:4 200mm ED

2010-07-13 Thread eckinator
Bids are picking up now, it passed the € 1,000 mark this afternoon. Oddly enough, fotoMagazin lists its market value at € 559. Highest sale on eBay Germany ever of this lens was € 2.811. This is scary... if only there was a way of knowing which lenses will turn out to be such a great

Re: Ping

2010-07-13 Thread mike wilson
eckinator wrote: 2010/7/13 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: pong no fair. how can you even think of saying that??? Pang of jealousy? That's as bad a pung as I've ever seen... You're not openg to other suggestions? Are you 'oping to appease me? I give up. Michael O'Pyng The

Re: Be Careful of KEH

2010-07-13 Thread mike wilson
Cory Waters wrote: Morris, Care to tell us what caused you to send this message today, a full two years since your unpleasant experience? I've bought a few things from KEH over the years and had good luck. It has been a while since I bought anything from them. Since the DSLRs hit the

Re: Ping

2010-07-13 Thread eckinator
2010/7/13 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: pong no fair. how can you even think of saying that??? Pang of jealousy? That's as bad a pung as I've ever seen... You're not openg to other suggestions? Are you 'oping to appease me? I give up. Michael O'Pyng The Irish punster.

Re: Trip to Brum?

2010-07-13 Thread mike wilson
Christine Aguila wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 3:47 PM Subject: RE: Trip to Brum? I can be there by midday on Saturday. Any other takers? Count me in. I'll be in the area of

Re: Trip to Brum?

2010-07-13 Thread mike wilson
mike wilson wrote: Christine Aguila wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 3:47 PM Subject: RE: Trip to Brum? I can be there by midday on Saturday. Any other takers? Count me in.

Re: SMC Pentax-A* Macro 1:4 200mm ED

2010-07-13 Thread mike wilson
eckinator wrote: Bids are picking up now, it passed the € 1,000 mark this afternoon. Oddly enough, fotoMagazin lists its market value at € 559. Highest sale on eBay Germany ever of this lens was € 2.811. This is scary... if only there was a way of knowing which lenses will turn out to be such a

Re: OT: Food

2010-07-13 Thread mike wilson
William Robb wrote: Marinade a meals worth of chicken thighs in an orange/chipotle sauce for a few hours. Simmer slowly in butter until about 90% cooked and then add three or four sliced strawberries per thigh. Continue cooking until strawberries have cooked down to a sauce. The best food is

Re: PESO - SVT

2010-07-13 Thread Bruce Walker
eckinator wrote: 2010/7/13 Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: Thanks, Ecke. I appreciate your criticism of the framing but if anything, I think I should have gotten even closer. To me it's more about the heat: the deep red, the sky blue, the chrome and the lines. I don't really care about

Re: Feed Us Your Photoblog

2010-07-13 Thread Bruce Walker
My so-called blog has evolved (devolved?) into a photoblog. Still the occasional other thing, but 98% images. No fixed posting schedule, and no promises either. Also, generally if a shot is good enough for me to blog, I PESO it here as well. Blog URL: http://nuspi.blogspot.com/ RSS:

A good lunch break...

2010-07-13 Thread CheekyGeek
Had an exceptionally nice lunch break today. After a delicious Gyro I stopped into the thrift store where I spied a Pentax in the display case marked $20. It was a SP II with a S-M-C 50mm f1.4 that works perfectly. It had the lower half of the soft case on the body and after I purchased it I took

RE: A good lunch break...

2010-07-13 Thread Bob W
Had an exceptionally nice lunch break today. After a delicious Gyro I stopped into the thrift store where I spied a Pentax in the display case marked $20. It was a SP II with a S-M-C 50mm f1.4 that works perfectly. [...] the lens on its own is worth a lot more than that. -- PDML

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 12, 2010, at 10:34 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I started with Elements, then soon tried Lightroom, and I've never wanted to use Elements again. I find Lightroom's photo management excellent, and I use Lightroom to upload to my web site for my PESOs and GESOs, and I'm going to use

RE: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread Bob W
[...] Thanks, Christine. I'm convinced about Lightroom. [It's a bit pricey for me though. Almost double what I paid for my used *ist DS -- with which, by the way, I am VERY happy.] And it is more the file management than the editing capability that I'm looking for. I like hearing a

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
What do you think of $170 for a copy of this lens said to be in mint condition? With shipping there's one on eBay at that price now. [It seems to have a by now price only. There doesn't seem to be a way to place bids.] This is more than I'd like to pay, but KEH doesn't have any, and I've

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread paul stenquist
On Jul 13, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Eric Weir wrote: On Jul 12, 2010, at 10:34 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I started with Elements, then soon tried Lightroom, and I've never wanted to use Elements again. I find Lightroom's photo management excellent, and I use Lightroom to upload to my web

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Bob W wrote: there are some things which you will have to be able to do from time to time. For instance, if you have a dustmark on your sensor which affects the picture you will need to be able to clone it out. You will also need to make adjustments to contrast

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:12 PM, paul stenquist wrote: If your volume of work is going to be moderate, you can get a good start on things with Elements, providing its recent enough to allow for conversion of your camera's RAW files. (I'm guessing from your previous messages that you already

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread paul stenquist
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:19 PM, Eric Weir wrote: On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:12 PM, paul stenquist wrote: If your volume of work is going to be moderate, you can get a good start on things with Elements, providing its recent enough to allow for conversion of your camera's RAW files. (I'm

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread William Robb
-- From: Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 1:11 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8 What do you think of $170 for a copy of this lens said to be in mint condition?

RE: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread J.C. O'Connell
you may want to consider the K28/3.5 version, its reputation is better than both m or a versions. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:33 PM, paul stenquist wrote: I'm not sure if Elements has file management capability. Newer versions may come with Bridge, which is Adobe's across-the-board file manager.. I've got Bridge. If not, organizing your files is fairly simple, since your camera will number

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:39 PM, William Robb wrote: I'd say that is a lot of money for that lens, but I may not be up to date on what they are going for either. Thanks, William. That's the cheapest one on eBay, and there are none at KEH. There are a couple 50mm As in the $200 to $250 range.

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-07-12 22:40, Eric Weir wrote: Fortunately I live well within the Perimeter, and try to stay there as much as possible ... given the mindless sprawl. :-) I live up at the northern end of the sprawl, just north of John's Creek. I do, however, commute to /almost/ inside the Perimeter

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread P N Stenquist
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Eric Weir wrote: On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:33 PM, paul stenquist wrote: I'm not sure if Elements has file management capability. Newer versions may come with Bridge, which is Adobe's across-the-board file manager.. I've got Bridge. If not, organizing your

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: I live up at the northern end of the sprawl, just north of John's Creek. I do, however, commute to /almost/ inside the Perimeter (Abernathy and Ga 400). Good to meet you, Doug. I did venture outside today -- to North Fulton -- for physical

Re: PESO - SVT

2010-07-13 Thread eckinator
2010/7/13 Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: Ecke, I only just now waded through most of the older Feed Us Your Photoblog--The Solution thread and noted your (and others') plea for more constructive (but civil) criticism on the PDML. Interesting and enlightening topic. But I wanted to

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-07-13 16:04, Eric Weir wrote: On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: I live up at the northern end of the sprawl, just north of John's Creek. I do, however, commute to /almost/ inside the Perimeter (Abernathy and Ga 400). Good to meet you, Doug. I did venture outside

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 4:00 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: Whatever works for you is good if it allows you to retrieve the file you want. I simply download the entire camera folder onto a drive and name it for the date and content. For example 7-14-10 farmers market. If the folder hasn't been

RE: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread Bob W
If not, organizing your files is fairly simple, since your camera will number them sequentially. All you really have to do is arrange them in folders with key word descriptions. My inclination would be to view the images, select those I want to keep, assign names when appropriate, and

Re: Monitor advice wanted

2010-07-13 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 02:01:57PM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: The issue with LCD's and refresh rate is in how quickly the screen will be updated. At a 60Hz refresh rate pixels will only be updated every 60th of a second as teh computer is only sending the screen updates 60 times a second,

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Bob W wrote: You can use Lightroom to organise the files by collection within its catalogue; photographs are not limited to being in one collection. You can also use keywords and various metadata to search and to set up 'smart' collections, which are essentially

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:41 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: you may want to consider the K28/3.5 version, its reputation is better than both m or a versions. It was the fact that aperture can be controlled on the camera body in the A series that attracted me. Perhaps I should be more concerned about

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: [1] Does Elements have basic file management capabilities? [Better than IPhoto?] [2] If go ahead and start using Elements, since I have it, will I be able to access the original unedited image and the work I've done on it

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: [2] If go ahead and start using Elements, since I have it, will I be able to access the original unedited image and the work I've done on it from Lightroom? Only if YOU maintain an original, unedited copy of the image

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jul 13, 2010, at 15:39, Bob W wrote: Because LR can do all of this, I don't do any organisation of the files outside of LR. I import all the photographs into the same folder on disk, and use the camera-assigned name for the file. I see no point in organising them outside LR in parallel

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:41 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: you may want to consider the K28/3.5 version, its reputation is better than both m or a versions. It was the fact that aperture can be controlled on the camera body in

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Thibouille wrote: No, incorrect. Pentax-A lenses are MF, not AF lenses. If you need AF, you need F, FA, DFA, DA lenses. Thanks. Thought it was too good to be true. I'm looking for a manual

RE: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread J.C. O'Connell
The so called K series lenses were the first batch of lenses with the K bayonet. They are marked SMC Pentax without any suffix. When the later M series lenses came out they were labelled smc pentax -M and so forth with the -A -F -FA -DA suffix. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join

Re: Monitor advice wanted

2010-07-13 Thread steve harley
On 2010-07-13 14:50 , John Francis wrote: Most of the LCD panels, though, seem to use fluorescent tubes as the illumination source. Presumably they will still be running at 60Hz? fluorescent backlights for LCD displays run at a very high cycle rate to avoid flicker The LED screens

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread William Robb
-- From: Eric Weir Subject: Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8 I'd say that is a lot of money for that lens, but I may not be up to date on what they are going for either. Thanks, William. That's the cheapest one on eBay, and there are none at

Re: PESO -- Bad News?

2010-07-13 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Jul 7, 2010, at 09:41 , P. J. Alling wrote: So I revisited this and here's a version with somewhat less aggressive sharpening. It will still never be sharp, unfortunatly. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20badnews-r.html The old URL works for the original post if anyone

PESO - Omigod... it's... it's...

2010-07-13 Thread Rick Womer
... the Adirondack Lake Monster!!! http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11267294size=lg (K7, FA 24-90) Rick -- 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: PESO - Omigod... it's... it's...

2010-07-13 Thread paul stenquist
Interesting and nicely recorded. Is it a manmade lake? Paul On Jul 13, 2010, at 9:26 PM, Rick Womer wrote: ... the Adirondack Lake Monster!!! http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11267294size=lg (K7, FA 24-90) Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Adam Maas wrote: On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:41 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: you may want to consider the K28/3.5 version, its reputation is better than both m or a versions. . . . . I'm a

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 6:55 PM, David J Brooks wrote: I have a 28 AF lens i rarely if ever use. Could be for sale, as i use the 16-45 f4 about 90% of the time Thanks for the offer, David. However, judging from prices of autofocus fixed-length lenses at KEH that's very likely out of my price

PESO - Swinger

2010-07-13 Thread paul stenquist
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Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:09 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: The so called K series lenses were the first batch of lenses with the K bayonet. They are marked SMC Pentax without any suffix. When the later M series lenses came out they were labelled smc pentax -M and so forth with the -A -F -FA -DA

Re: Pentax-A SMC 28mm f/2.8 F2.8

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 7:42 PM, William Robb wrote: I was at my local pusher's today. He has an M series 28/2.8 that I can get for quite cheap, but it has no A setting. The proprietor told me he'd have a look among his personal collection of camera dreck to see if he has an A version. If he

Re: PESO - Swinger

2010-07-13 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, Wonderful expression. She is not at all self conscious! Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:43 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11267335 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 5:20 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: iPhoto has completely automated file management ... it's not designed for the USER to ever touch the files themselves at all once you've brought them into iPhoto. Thanks for describing so succinctly what it is I only sensed, and what I

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Jul 13, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Only if YOU maintain an original, unedited copy of the image file, or if the image file is a raw file (which Adobe Camera Raw considers to be a read-only file). - Pixel editors push around the pixels in the file you open with them, so

Re: PESO - Omigod... it's... it's...

2010-07-13 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Paul! It is a natural lake that was enlarged by damming many years ago--I think in the 1940s. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 7/13/10, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Interesting and nicely recorded. Is it a manmade lake? Paul On Jul 13, 2010, at

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