Re: Bikers w/o engines

2012-08-01 Thread David Mann
On Aug 1, 2012, at 4:20 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: Every year thousands of bike riders gather to ride across Iowa in one week. Here's two of them who really got up to speed http://donspix.posterous.com/1-bike-riders-went-across-iowa-last-week#!/ Looks like a beautiful day to be out on the

View camera and big wooden box

2012-08-01 Thread Larry Colen
I've had a couple of inquiries about the view camera. With the box it came in, it weighs 38 pounds. I just took some quick photos of the kit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157630849527104/ or on flickriver: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157630849527104/ The

July's best of set

2012-08-01 Thread Larry Colen
Here are my best from July: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157630616628954/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: PESO: Larry Bait

2012-08-01 Thread Walt Gilbert
I've only seen the girl from the night of the sunrise shot once since then, and I didn't have a camera with me since I'd just gotten off work. I have a birthday coming up on Saturday, so maybe I'll see her again that night. As for the one with the tattoos, I'm going to email the guy she was

RE: London Olympics

2012-08-01 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of steve harley on 2012-07-31 16:44 steve harley wrote meanwhile, Twitter has banned, then reinstated, someone who tweeted the business email address of an NBC executive (in disgust over #NBCfail and to continue our

Re: OT - Backups Cockups, Netbooks MyBooks, Hard Drives , Dryers

2012-08-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
My experience with WD drives is not great either. But not the drives themselves, the enclosures. Once I ditched the 2T RAID case and moved the drives into a third party RAID case, they became completely reliable. I don't know what crapware comes on any drive. Any drive I buy I immediately

Re: July's best of set

2012-08-01 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 8/1/2012 1:44 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Here are my best from July: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157630616628954/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est Some really nice shots in there, Larry! My personal favorites, in order: 50125 56676 57922 The first one

Re: London Olympics

2012-08-01 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
I don't know if my impression of USA is accurate, but it comes across to here as offering no legal protection against slander to any person that is deemed, by some apparently magical consensus, to be a public person. Seems no less worthy of a medal to me. John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-01 Thread John Sessoms
I have a MGB Tourer in the basement. I can't remember if it's half assembled or half disassembled. Does that count? From: lrc If you aren't building them yourself, you aren't a car junkie. Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com wrote: I bought my wife a new car; one year ago I bought one for

Re: OT GM heritage

2012-08-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: Cool video from seldom seen GM collection ... http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?feature=endscreen=R=1v=RvVmDsWnMOk You'll notice that the solar-powered race car in that video has Pentax World Solar Challenge on the side! -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia

Re: PESO: DINOSAUR ATTACK!

2012-08-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Christine. It was a dismal morning (6:30 AM), overcast with storm clouds threatening. There were some temporary patches of blue that I could use as background for some of the balloons in the air, but this monster never left the ground. I shall try to brighten it up a bit. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO: We the People

2012-08-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Frank. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:08 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Beautiful colours! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher

Re: Mini-GESO: Storm Clouds Landscapes (4 photos)

2012-08-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Walt Gilbert wrote: On 7/31/2012 3:28 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Walt Gilbert wrote: As for the mammatus clouds, I've managed to capture them a couple of times. We had some at GFM last year: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2011/7db02635.html

PESO: Space Walker

2012-08-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16195019 Comments are always welcome. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: OT - Backups Cockups, Netbooks MyBooks, Hard Drives , Dryers

2012-08-01 Thread Paul Sorenson
So...it sounds like the problem lies within the circuit board, not the platters. Maybe you could just replace the PCB. http://www.onepcbsolution.com/ -p On 7/31/2012 10:00 PM, Anthony Farr wrote: To all who've responded, thank you for the sympathetic comments. I guess I was correct to

Re: London Olympics

2012-08-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I realize that the UK has no constitution, but what about the rights of Englishmen? The American colonies rebelled not because they thought the rights protecting citizens of England were insufficient, but because they believed that those right were being denied to colonials. Initially, at least,

Re: July's best of set

2012-08-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great set! My favorite is LRC56621, because the exposure really brings out the detail in the surface of the moon, and because of the surprise cause by the tuck and the car lights just below the moon. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:44 AM,

PESO - Harebell

2012-08-01 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2012/08/blaklokke-harebell.html -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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

Re: PESO - Shopping

2012-08-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Attractive subjects, interesting background, sell done indeed. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:50 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I took one photo this weekend. This is it. Feeling very Derbyesque, I guess:

Feeding the kitty

2012-08-01 Thread Doug Brewer
Hi, kids. It kills me every time to do this, but there isn't enough money in the till to pay this month's PDML bill. We're about $20 short, even after Steve Desjardin's generous tip last month. If you could find it in your heart and purse to throw a couple piasters into the pot over on

Re: PESO more Trap Door

2012-08-01 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks for your feedback re busy, Christine. And a nod to Lightroom's Split Toning tools for the warm highlights and cool (blue) shadows. Glad you like it! On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Bruce: To my eye it's a little busy around her face,

Re: Feeding the kitty

2012-08-01 Thread Bruce Walker
Duly tipped. Good investment. On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Hi, kids. It kills me every time to do this, but there isn't enough money in the till to pay this month's PDML bill. We're about $20 short, even after Steve Desjardin's generous tip last

Re: PESO more Trap Door

2012-08-01 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Walt. On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: I completely agree with Christine, and would only add that She is deciding my fate is my favorite of the bunch. They're all eye-pleasing, though. -- Walt On 7/31/2012 9:44 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:

Re: PESO more Trap Door

2012-08-01 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Frank! On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:04 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Great fun! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker

Re: Bikers w/o engines

2012-08-01 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Dan, Well some of them just ride through and eat their way across by stopping every chance they get to eat homemade pies and chicken noodle dinners. They start 5 am every morning and ride 100 miles. There is another group that starts at 11 am makes an effort to stop in every small

OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-01 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Olympics: Individual men's time trial. Wiggins gold, bronze to Froome. Congrats on a great day on the road! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Bikers w/o engines

2012-08-01 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks John for commenting. By the way... My brother met his wife at the Iowa State Fair and they go on Ragbrai every year. Hmmm looking for a spouse - I'm just saying. John Francis jo...@panix.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Bikers w/o engines Message-ID:

PESO - Tending the Flowers

2012-08-01 Thread Don Guthrie
Rick good job of capturing the atmosphere in a big building contrasted with a little human interest. Message: 10 Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 17:18:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com To: Pentax List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Tending the Flowers Message-ID:

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-01 Thread Ann Sanfedele
perhaps you meant um RULE? or were you being a wise guy? ann On 8/1/2012 11:47, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Olympics: Individual men's time trial. Wiggins gold, bronze to Froome. Congrats on a great day on the road! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed

Ms. Jelenik and a Star

2012-08-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
This 1911 Mercedes Model 50 Touring Car was among the first Daimler cars to wear both the Mercedes name and the three-pointed star. The Mercedes name came about in 1900 when a French dealer named Emil Jellinek promised to order a large number of vehicles if Daimler would brand them Mercedes, a

Re: Bikers w/o engines

2012-08-01 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Rick, with 10,000 riders there are bikes of all sorts in the 2 hrs I took pictures there were maybe 6 tandems and maybe 25 recumbants of one style or another. I had a lot of fun with panning as well more documentary and portrait photos which I will link to later. Message: 11

RE: Bikers w/o engines

2012-08-01 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Frank, This was my 1st attempt at panning and some worked better than others. There was quite a variety of bikes and riders and I will post a link to that collection later. Message: 9 Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 03:15:39 + (UTC) From: knarftheria...@gmail.com

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Frank? A wise guy? NEVER! More like a wise ass . . . G Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: perhaps you meant um RULE? or were you being a wise guy? ann On 8/1/2012 11:47,

Re: Bikers w/o engines

2012-08-01 Thread Don Guthrie
Ah you caught me Anthony, I often see pictures as computer wallpaper and shoot and crop accordingly thanks for seeing that. It has been said that one or two blurry pictures are a mistake but twenty blurry pictures is a style. Thanks again. Message: 1 Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 13:48:34 +1000

Re: Ms. Jelenik and a Star

2012-08-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Both are very fine shots of very fine autos. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: This 1911 Mercedes Model 50 Touring Car was among the first Daimler cars to wear both the Mercedes name and

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-01 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
'T'was a typo in a hastily composed post made on my android between calls on a busy day. That being said, I blame my proofreaders and editors. I should have been wary when I heard they are from Stouffeville. ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without

Re: Bikers w/o engines

2012-08-01 Thread Don Guthrie
It was a nice day but warm. Which is why I took most of my pictures standing in the shade.:) Thanks for looking Dave. Message: 10 Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 18:03:37 +1200 From: David Mann dmann...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Bikers w/o engines Message-ID:

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-01 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Just for Ann's benefit, is some circles, a wise guy is a lieutenant in an organized crime family. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:47 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: 'T'was a typo in a hastily composed post made

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-01 Thread Ann Sanfedele
And I know i have some cheek pointing out someone elses typos! har! Dan is right - wise ass not wise guy - still possible - you should have taken credit it for it ;-) a On 8/1/2012 12:47, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: 'T'was a typo in a hastily composed post made on my android between

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-01 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 03:47:14PM +, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: A serious spoiler for anyone interested in the Olympic cycling event with absolutely no warning that this post might contain such a thing. Why, why, WHY will people insist on posting spoilers to unrelated groups? I

Re: PESO - Harebell

2012-08-01 Thread Kenneth Waller
Well seen captured even with the little bit of movement captured, I think the colors, subject composition overcome that. -Original Message- From: AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no Subject: PESO - Harebell http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2012/08/blaklokke-harebell.html -- Sent

Re: Ms. Jelenik and a Star

2012-08-01 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nice captures Paul. these were captured @ St Johns Sunday? -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Ms. Jelenik and a Star This 1911 Mercedes Model 50 Touring Car was among the first Daimler cars to wear both the Mercedes name and the three-pointed star.

Re: July's best of set

2012-08-01 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 1, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Great set! My favorite is LRC56621, because the exposure really brings out the detail in the surface of the moon, and because of the surprise cause by the tuck and the car lights just below the moon. Thanks Dan. It never occurred to me

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-01 Thread Larry Colen
On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:01 AM, John Sessoms wrote: I have a MGB Tourer in the basement. I can't remember if it's half assembled or half disassembled. Does that count? As someone with an MGBGT in the garage, a brand new motor sitting on the floor next to it, and a supercharger for said motor in

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-01 Thread Darren Addy
Sheesh! What is it about Pentaxians and MGs? I've got a 1979 MGB convertible under wraps in the garage, tormenting me for funds to whip it into drivable condition. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

RE: London Olympics

2012-08-01 Thread John Sessoms
Don't mean nothin' but given the earlier discussion of What is Hockey?, take a look at today's (01Aug2012) Google Doodle. -- 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: OT - Backups Cockups, Netbooks MyBooks, Hard Drives, , Dryers

2012-08-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi My experience with WD drives is not great either. But not the drives themselves, the enclosures. Once I ditched the 2T RAID case and moved the drives into a third party RAID case, they became completely reliable. I don't know what crapware comes on any drive. Any drive I

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Sheesh! What is it about Pentaxians and MGs? I've got a 1979 MGB convertible under wraps in the garage, tormenting me for funds to whip it into drivable condition. Moderately frightening .. I had an MGB too. 1965 model

Re: OT - Backups Cockups, Netbooks MyBooks, Hard Drives, , Dryers

2012-08-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:23 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I have a stack of old failed IDE hard-drives waiting to go to the crusher. Wake County (where I live) has a collection point that takes old computer hardware includes secure destruction for old hard-drives. This

Re: Ms. Jelenik and a Star

2012-08-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Lovely old beasts. Um, I don't know that From this house a star shall rise that will bring great fortune to us and our children sounds all that greedy. Seems a fairly innocuous exclamation from a hopeful inventor trying to impress his young bride and get him to forgive the long weekends in the

Re: Ms. Jelenik and a Star

2012-08-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Ken. Yes, I covered the St. John's concours for the Times. Great show, with some fabulous cars. I was, of course, attracted to the odd bits. I did a brief review and included nine photos with captions, including then and now pics of the Jag and race day and show day pics of the Porsche.

Re: Ms. Jelenik and a Star

2012-08-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
I agree. Gottlieb's words, as translated from German by the very accurate and well-respected Ms. Kimes, were heartwarming, in my opinion, and I tried to sell M-B on using them in a commercial during my tenure on that account, but to no avail. On the Mercedes website, they have at long last

re: PESO: Space Walker

2012-08-01 Thread Don Guthrie
SO was there a prize for the most imaginative balloon? That flag in the background looks like the world's biggest box kite. Fun stuff. Message: 11 Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 09:51:48 -0400 From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Space

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-01 Thread lrc
Both Pentax an MG are brands that hardly anyone knows today, but which pretty much defined the market for low cost performance 45 or 50 years ago. Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Sheesh! What is it about Pentaxians and MGs? I've got a 1979 MGB convertible under wraps in the garage,

Re: Ms. Jelenik and a Star

2012-08-01 Thread Bruce Walker
Great shots and fascinating article, Paul. Appreciated the additional illumination in your original post too. On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Thanks Ken. Yes, I covered the St. John's concours for the Times. Great show, with some fabulous cars. I

A happy ending to my K-5 tale of woe

2012-08-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Some of you may recall my bemoaning the fact that my K-5 has been languishing at CRIS, with the parts necessary to repair it unavailable. The CRIS folks advised me to talk to Pentax, and I did, explaining that I shoot for a number of pubs and have a three-day dawn-to-dusk assignment coming up

Re: OT - Rue Brittania wise guys.

2012-08-01 Thread Don Guthrie
Speaking of wise guys or in this case speakeasy, Al Capone's niece was in Iowa sampling Templeton's Rye yesterday. It is reputed the current whiskey is based on what was sold by Iowa farmers to Al during prohibition. To paraphrase the niece Al liked to drink good whiskey not the rotgut other

Re: PESO - Harebell

2012-08-01 Thread Bruce Walker
That's quite gorgeous, Jostein. The slight blurring helps to emphasize the delicately veined flower in an abstract field of pastels. Very painterly, and I mean that non-ironically. :-) On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:13 AM, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote:

Re: A happy ending to my K-5 tale of woe

2012-08-01 Thread Bruce Walker
Awesome news, Paul! We can only hope that this is a sign of change within Pentax and not just an isolated bit of luck. On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Some of you may recall my bemoaning the fact that my K-5 has been languishing at CRIS, with the

Re: A happy ending to my K-5 tale of woe

2012-08-01 Thread Jack Davis
GREAT! Now, will your old camera be repaired and sent to you (with a bill)? Would be nice to have two 5's and a 7. :-) Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ - Original Message - From: Paul

PESOs: Butterfly shots (2 photos)

2012-08-01 Thread Walt Gilbert
I stepped out into the oppressive heat yesterday afternoon with the K20D/Promaster 70-300 and spotted a butterfly fluttering around the trusty ol' mimosa tree. Being somewhere between 95-100 degrees, it was very, *very* active and tough to capture. I did manage to get a couple of presentable

Re: A happy ending to my K-5 tale of woe

2012-08-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
I don't think I'll be getting it back and haven't asked. I wouldn't be surprised if it became a loaner in the pro assistance program. The repair charge was going to be $135. I'll have to keep an eye out and see if my credit card is charged. Either way, I'm good. Paul On Aug 1, 2012, at 2:12

Re: PESOs: Butterfly shots (2 photos)

2012-08-01 Thread Bruce Walker
Walt, I think that first one is really good. I love the colour and light here, so a bit of blur be damned. :-) Almost all my butterfly shots are ruined by subject being in open glare sun. Or else he's hiding in shade too deep to get anything. On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Walt Gilbert

RE: PESOs: Butterfly shots (2 photos)

2012-08-01 Thread Bob W
I agree - both really beautiful, but the light on the first is outstanding. B -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Walt, I think that first one is really good. I love the colour and light here, so a bit of blur be

Re: PESO - Simon's kayak

2012-08-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Wonderful photograph and a lovely story. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On August 1, 2012 12:04:45 AM AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2012/07/simons-kayak.html -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse

Re: PESOs: Butterfly shots (2 photos)

2012-08-01 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thank you, Bob Bruce. The sun was still pretty high in the sky at the time, so I just kind of positioned myself where the light would be good and waited for the butterfly to pick a good blossom. I've found that chasing them around tends to produce a lot of junk. Of course, it helped that

Re: PESO - Harebell

2012-08-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Very delicate, this one. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On August 1, 2012 5:13:27 PM AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2012/08/blaklokke-harebell.html -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

More on the pro-40 flash

2012-08-01 Thread Larry Colen
The good news is I heard back from profoto and got the info I need to buy a new modeling bulb. They even sent me a copy of a pdf of a manual that should tell me how to remove the glass cover: I've posted a copy of the manual here: http://red4est.com/lrc/temp/pro-5.pdf Unfortunately it seems

Re: A happy ending to my K-5 tale of woe

2012-08-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Great news, Paul. It is good to know that your gear is up and running at full speed. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On August 1, 2012 9:03:05 PM Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Some of you may recall my bemoaning the fact that my K-5 has been

Re: PESO - Simon's kayak

2012-08-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
What Boris said. I missed this earlier, so I'm pleased that I caught it before it scrolled away. A superb photo. Paul On Aug 1, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Wonderful photograph and a lovely story. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On August 1, 2012

Re: A happy ending to my K-5 tale of woe

2012-08-01 Thread Larry Colen
Congratulations, and that is good to hear. It's very similar to what happened to me a few years back with my K20 that was sent in for repair, came back with a couple of problems, went back to Pentax (pre-CRIS), and languished in their repair department for far too long. They eventually sent me

Re: A happy ending to my K-5 tale of woe

2012-08-01 Thread kwaller
I take it more as persistence on the part of Paul. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Subject: Re: A happy ending to my K-5 tale of woe Awesome news, Paul! We can only hope that this is a

Re: Ms. Jelenik and a Star

2012-08-01 Thread kwaller
Enjoyed the write up also Paul! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: Ms. Jelenik and a Star Thanks Ken. Yes, I covered the St. John's concours for the Times. Great show, with

RE: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-01 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com Olympics: Individual men's time trial. Wiggins gold, bronze to Froome. Congrats on a great day on the road! and if all that wasn't enough, I equalled my PB on the commute to work this

Re: PESO - Tending the Flowers

2012-08-01 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Don! Only 30 views so far--maybe I should have used a snappier title. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 11:58 AM Subject: PESO - Tending the Flowers Rick good

Re: London Olympics

2012-08-01 Thread steve harley
on 2012-07-31 16:50 AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne wrote I don't know if my impression of USA is accurate, but it comes across to here as offering no legal protection against slander to any person that is deemed, by some apparently magical consensus, to be a public person. Seems no less worthy of a

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: Darren Addy Sheesh! What is it about Pentaxians and MGs? I've got a 1979 MGB convertible under wraps in the garage, tormenting me for funds to whip it into drivable condition. The one in the basement is a 1978, and was drivable until a bunch of high-school kids vandalized it. I live

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-01 Thread Darren Addy
John's moaning about Olympics spoilers led me to this highly entertaining thought provoking read: Cocktail Crossfire: Do Olympics Spoilers Ruin Everything? http://news.yahoo.com/cocktail-crossfire-olympics-spoilers-ruin-everything-210753811.html Excerpts: Yet so many of us other humans are

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-01 Thread Darren Addy
Darn, that's a sad story John! Why must senseless violence be so senseless (not to mention so violent)? My MGB Convertible was given to me by my brother-in-law who seemed to accumulate cars as barter for doing roofing jobs above and beyond the original quote. Whoever had it started their

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Sheesh! What is it about Pentaxians and MGs? I've got a 1979 MGB convertible under wraps in the garage, tormenting me for funds to whip it into drivable condition. Moderately frightening .. I had

A Book Review!

2012-08-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Courtesy of Mark Roberts, my own very first book review ... :-) http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/a-book-review Thanks Mark! Godfrey Announcing Ways Together .. my new photo book! See it on Blurb at http://www.blurb.com/user/GDGPhoto Come to the reception and book-signing: ModernBook

Re: OT: London Olympics 2012

2012-08-01 Thread Steven Desjardins
Since John brought it up, I'll use the original hijacked thread to note today's Google Doodle. On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Jul 29, 2012, at 8:17 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Of course, hockey - I mean ice hockey - is huge here. When I was a

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-01 Thread steve harley
on 2012-08-01 10:55 John Francis wrote Why, why, WHY will people insist on posting spoilers to unrelated groups? most of the world, including Canada iirc, is in real-time, and may not be aware of #NBCfail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-01 Thread Steven Desjardins
Besides, it's only cycling . . . :-O On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 5:40 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2012-08-01 10:55 John Francis wrote Why, why, WHY will people insist on posting spoilers to unrelated groups? most of the world, including Canada iirc, is in real-time, and may

RE: OT - Rue Brittania

2012-08-01 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy John's moaning about Olympics spoilers led me to this highly entertaining thought provoking read: Cocktail Crossfire: Do Olympics Spoilers Ruin Everything?

RE: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-01 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy Darn, that's a sad story John! Why must senseless violence be so senseless (not to mention so violent)? My MGB Convertible was given to me by my brother-in-law who seemed to accumulate cars as barter for

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-01 Thread Larry Colen
Here is something from Japan that looks even more fun than an MGB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iZ0WuNvHr8 Just be careful about smiling while piloting it. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: A Book Review!

2012-08-01 Thread Ann Sanfedele
And his review is spot on, too! and since you said Thanks, Mark! (note the !) he will be sure to see your post. :-) ann On 8/1/2012 17:36, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Courtesy of Mark Roberts, my own very first book review ... :-) http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/a-book-review Thanks

Re: A happy ending to my K-5 tale of woe

2012-08-01 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Nice to read happy endings! ann On 8/1/2012 14:03, Paul Stenquist wrote: Some of you may recall my bemoaning the fact that my K-5 has been languishing at CRIS, with the parts necessary to repair it unavailable. The CRIS folks advised me to talk to Pentax, and I did, explaining that I shoot

Re: A Book Review!

2012-08-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent. Well deserved. Paul On Aug 1, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Courtesy of Mark Roberts, my own very first book review ... :-) http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/a-book-review Thanks Mark! Godfrey Announcing Ways Together .. my new photo book! See it on

Re: London Olympics

2012-08-01 Thread Anthony Farr
On 2 August 2012 03:21, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Don't mean nothin' but given the earlier discussion of What is Hockey?, take a look at today's (01Aug2012) Google Doodle. As you rightly say, it Don't mean nothin'... Google is a US based corporation, and uses American English

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-01 Thread Anthony Farr
On 1 August 2012 20:01, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I have a MGB Tourer in the basement. I can't remember if it's half assembled or half disassembled. Does that count? I'd suggest it's half assembled. Presumably it got into the basement in pieces, not as an entire car. Unless,

PESO - Bloody flesh-ripping claws!

2012-08-01 Thread Rick Womer
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16162877 (Jeez, what does it take to get people to look at a PESO these days?) 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

OT: ebooks

2012-08-01 Thread Mark Roberts
odd to say, but I created my first book before I ever read an book. Having acquired an Android tablet six months ago, I only recently tried downloading an book to read on it. Now I'm hooked. project Gutenberg is great: thus far I've downloaded books by Conrad, Dickens, Volaire and P.G.

Re: Ms. Jelenik and a Star

2012-08-01 Thread Rick Womer
Nicely written story and nice pix, Paul, as usual.  I'd love to see more of that Mercedes. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 1:45 PM

Re: OT GM heritage

2012-08-01 Thread Peter McIntosh
Loved it! Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne On 1 August 2012 12:34, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Cool video from seldom seen GM collection ... http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?feature=endscreen=R=1v=RvVmDsWnMOk -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: OT - Backups Cockups, Netbooks MyBooks, Hard Drives , Dryers

2012-08-01 Thread John Coyle
My Maxtor also played up last month, and I too bought a WD MyBook replacement! Fortunately, I don't use any backup software that was mangled by the WD software, so the transfer of data was only painful in that about 10% of the image files were showing bad reads: I used the old DOS command XCOPY

Re: PESO - Harebell

2012-08-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
Just beautiful Jostein. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:13 AM, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2012/08/blaklokke-harebell.html -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Harebell

2012-08-01 Thread Rick Womer
Gorgeous!  I really like the way the flower is sharp while other parts are motion-blurred; and the color and rendering are lovely. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc:

Re: PESO - Bloody flesh-ripping claws!

2012-08-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
Rick, It's a rather nice photo. The details in the building are excellent, and the flower tender gives it a nice center of focus. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16162877 (Jeez, what does it take to

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