Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
This is totally stupid to blame a business for
covering itself from online fraud liabilities! Guess
what: if were there no fraud, there wouldn't have been
this issue either.
They provide a service, with nothing coming close
in terms of cost and convenience. I suppose, they run
into problems
Fixed it. I put myself on the Blocked Sender list somehow.
Sorry for the wasted BW.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
- Original Message -
From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 5:18 AM
Subject: test
Steve Larson
Redondo
I`m with Bob. If you`re in public, you take your chances.
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
- Original Message -
From: Robert Gonzalez [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: The morality of taking a photograph
Bob Blakely
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 05:08:21 -0800
Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My own posts show up in my Deleted Items folder. Is my machine
trying to tell me that what I post is garbage? Anyone have a clue how
to
fix it?
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
Spam protection? Wrong mail management
No. None. No exceptions. We are all adults here, or at least we should be.
It's time we (all people) accept responsibility for our person and our
actions in the public arena - that they are public. But you say, There are
children out there! Yes, and they have parents and guardians to accept this
boy, now =there= is a straight line...
Couple things:
I had the extreme good fortune to receive a visit from the currently
hobbled E Reed, late of the PDML, and her entourage, including spouse
and two exceptional offspring. It was truly an honor for me.
It is possibly true that young Mrs.
Hey Boris,
I got it fixed, I put myself on the Blocked Senders list.
Thanks,
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
- Original Message -
From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 5:30 AM
Subject: Re: Test (Weird)
On Wed, 26 Nov
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Len Paris wrote:
I find it comforting to know that I, as a buyer, now have some
protection through eBay and PayPal. I find it interesting that Paul
protests so much.
It makes it impossible to sell items in person to people who pay with
PayPal (unless you want me to ship
- Original Message -
From: Steve Larson
Subject: Re: The morality of taking a photograph
I`m with Bob. If you`re in public, you take your chances.
If you take and publish a picture that shows a person in a less than
flattering way, you might find yourself in court on defamation
The problem is that PayPal instituted this policy
without notification.
This is of course is a serious problem, no matter
whether the policy change itself is good or bad. I
guess I misread your original posting.
Best,
Mishka
Hi,
http://www.thefrontlineclub.com/
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Cheers,
Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello Gianfranco,
Any luck on someone willing to help out?
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Monday, November 24, 2003, 12:42:45 PM, you wrote:
GI Hi everybody,
GI Is there somebody in USA who is going to be in EU in a
GI relatively short time (say a couple to three-four weeks from
GI now), willing
Valid point.the buyer still has to pre-pay before I ship the item, so
worst case (a dishonest buyer) I'm still out the hassle and invalid 'black
eye' on my PayPal account, but no $$$. Thanks to those who responded
==
Brian Dipert
Technical Editor: Mass Storage,
My lenses are going up for sale.
I will be putting them on ebay, but before I do, wanted to check and
see if anyone is interested in any of them.
Here is the list:
55/4 latest model - EX+
75/4.5 latest model - LN-
90/2.8 Leaf Shutter - EX - shutter works properly and timed properly
120/3.5
Just as an FYI:
http://paypalsucks.com/
--
Thomas Van Veen Photography
www.thomasvanveen.com
301-758-3085
should there be a little spring behind the ball-bearing. I didn't see it
when
I disassembled the lens, moreover the metal behind where the ball-bearing
should go seems to have a spring behind it, so I guess I just need the correct
size ball. I measured the hole and it is about 1mm.
I just
John, PAYPAL (Which is, after all, ebay) DID notify the sellers - they
updated their user
agreement and told us all to read it and agree again -- I can't remember
exactly when this
was, and I'm as sloppy as the next about reading fine print, but they did
tell us ahead of time.
I get annoyed at
Steve McCurry's 'Path to Buddha'..
Just received this book in the post which is to be a Christmas present
for the Mrs - sh!
http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/Pa_MAG.aspx?E=2K7O3R378T01Det=T
Amazing book, beautiful shots, HIGHLY recommended.
Cheers,
Cotty
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Mike Ignatiev wrote:
The problem is that PayPal instituted this policy
without notification.
This is of course is a serious problem, no matter
whether the policy change itself is good or bad. I
guess I misread your original posting.
Best,
Mishka
Mishka, they DID notify us before
If you're using Outlook Express, go to Tools|Message Rules|Mail and make
sure you don't have a rule that re-directs any messages to your Deleted
folder.
Paul
- Original Message -
From: Steve Larson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 7:08 AM
Sounds cool.
Not that I fulfill the member criteria, but it looks like some place to hang
out when I'm in London. One of the cheap hotels at Norfolk Square is where I
usually stay anyway. :-)
Jostein
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Pictures at: http://oksne.net
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tom wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Stan Halpin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Actually Ann, the tracking that comes with priority mail
does not in fact
provide you with tracking. I went through this with them
when an LX I sold
to a list member a few months ago got mislaid by
-Original Message-
From: Ann Sanfedele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
tom wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Stan Halpin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Actually Ann, the tracking that comes with priority mail
does not in fact
provide you with tracking. I went through
Are you sure that you didn't just blow the notice off without reading it?
Len
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From: John Mustarde [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PayPal Beware - seller tracking number mandatory for your
safety
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 05:30:58 -0700
On Tue,
http://www.usps.com/shipping/trackandconfirm.htm
Works for me ...
I pretty much doubt that. I regularly do business with a couple of folks
locally that use PayPal that way. If there is no report of non-receipt of
the item, then there is no tracking number required.
Len
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* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
From: alex wetmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To:
Wonder if they let me in with the OptioS, though...:-)
I wrote:
Sounds cool.
Not that I fulfill the member criteria, but it looks like some place to
hang
out when I'm in London. One of the cheap hotels at Norfolk Square is where
I
usually stay anyway. :-)
Jostein
Unless you implement your own online tracking system!
Seriously, are there rules defining which delivery services are viable?
If not then it would be easy to implement a simple web page which lets
them type in a tracking number and says the goods have been delivered!
Anyone even slightly dodgy
Well, I'm off to Massachusetts for the holiday (about 630 mi, 1016 km).
It's gonna be a long drive, but the 645 and 360 are going to get a major
family photo workout.
Happy Thanksgiving to the Americans and Happy Thursday to the rest of
you. ;-).
Hi!
ft http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=355370
ft By popular demand (Ann, Boris, Keith, others), I went to the Gallery of the
ft Evil Empire (aka Sony ImageStation), and breaking virtually every copyright
ft law known to man, harvested Jeff's images, and then uploaded them onto my
Okay, Steve, I still get you in Redondo Beach!
keith
Steve Larson wrote:
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
I've taken a look at this program. First of all, it appears to be a
professional product for the manipulation of technical images to get
information not readily available to the eye. With that in mind I set about
trying out some of the filters on fair to bad micrographs. Some work others
don't.
Hi,
Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 5:21:41 PM, you wrote:
Sounds cool.
Not that I fulfill the member criteria, but it looks like some place to hang
out when I'm in London. One of the cheap hotels at Norfolk Square is where I
usually stay anyway. :-)
You could hang around outside and take
The list seems very slow today. Also several of my posts have not
made it back to me through the list server. Anyone else seem to have
a problem?
--
Best regards,
Bruce
Hi Boris,
Comments below:
Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
ft http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=355370
ft By popular demand (Ann, Boris, Keith, others), I went to the Gallery of the
ft Evil Empire (aka Sony ImageStation), and breaking virtually every copyright
ft law known to
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2967940166ssPageName=ADME:B:LC:US:1
Gary J Sibio
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.earthlink.net/~garysibio/
You know you're having a bad day when Elton John rewrites the lyrics to
Candle in the Wind for you.
I noticed an unusually high number of Pentax 67 and 645 items for sale on a Swedish
second hand online store yesterday.
Is this a sign of the times?
And in that case, what does the sign tell us?
Lasse
- Original Message -
From: Patrick Wunsch
Subject: Re: Projector Screen Recommendations?
That sounds like a pretty good and cheaper idea.
Is their any particular type of surface material I should be looking at?
I
see different materials out their like matte and glass bead. I just
- Original Message -
From: jmb
Subject: Question about m and k lens terminology
Hi,
I have two pentax smc k mount lenses. One is 100mm smc-m f/4 and the
other is a 50mm smc-a f/1.4. I assume the smc-m is a m lens and the
smc-a is an a lens from what I've read and seen. What kind
Lasse wrote:
I noticed an unusually high number of Pentax 67 and 645 items for sale on
a Swedish second hand online store yesterday.
Is this a sign of the times?
Yes, I believe so.
And in that case, what does the sign tell us?
That if you are interested in that stuff, and wait a little
You mean, I can finally decide to go Medium Format, if I want?
Reasonably priced?
After I got an LX and an MX and an Optio S4?
I thought heaven was already here! g
keith whaley
Dario Bonazza 2 wrote:
Lasse wrote:
I noticed an unusually high number of Pentax 67 and 645 items for sale on
tom wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Ann Sanfedele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
tom wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Stan Halpin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't think you can track the blue one (del. con.) online. You have
to go into the post office and
On 26/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Just as an FYI:
http://paypalsucks.com/
This is why I buy items using Paypal, but will not accept Paypal if I am
a seller. In my experience, I have not lost any of my sales due to this
policy - people who don't want to buy from me never bid, and so I
I sent this earlier but I never saw it come through on the list. So
if you have already seen it, sorry.
My lenses are going up for sale.
I will be putting them on ebay, but before I do, wanted to check and
see if anyone is interested in any of them.
Here is the list:
55/4 latest model - EX+
the sign is : advanced DSLRs will obsolete both 35mm AND medium format
film cameras in no time at all.
It will take some time to equal 4X5 and 8X10 film formats
but I wouldnt be surprised if digital matches those in
the very long run too.
jco
Libel and slander both require the allegation to be false. If I call you a drunk
and can prove it, perhaps with that photo you did not want me to take, then
there is no slander involved.
There is no question that we can legally take a photo of anything in public view
from public property
frank theriault wrote:
Good British...food?
Isn't that a contradiction in terms?
The world's best kept secret..
mike
From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Steve Larson
I`m with Bob. If you`re in public, you take your chances.
If you take and publish a picture that shows a person in a less than
flattering way, you might find yourself in court on defamation charges.
People have rights to
An oxymoron?
Bill
- Original Message -
From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Somewhere to hang your Paraboots, photo vest and Leicas
when in London
frank theriault wrote:
Good British...food?
THAT's the word! (I knew there was something better than contradiction in
terms, but it just wasn't coming...). Thanks,
frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To:
Since you mention Canada, Bob,
In the Province of Quebec, as they've patterned their Civil Code after the
French Civil Code, they have very restrictive laws about photographing in
public, or at least showing such photos. I know that the press in Quebec
are quite freaking out about this.
frank theriault wrote:
Well, Pat,
Having seen me in person, you know that's actually ~way~ better than I look
in real life! vbg
When I walk down the street, children run away, women cover their faces in
fear, men turn away in disgust.
Dogs seem to like me, though.
cheers,
frank
and
Hi everyone! Not sure if any of you remember me, I was once known in these
parts
as fairygirl. I have been around the traps and shooting Pentax like mad.
Got some
pretty huge stuff happening at the moment, and working on my website, which
is
www.tanyamayer.com if any one gives a hoot! lol.
Ok,
Robert,
I think one must distinguish between the taking of a photograph, and how it
is to be used.
For all your examples, I would say that there's nothing wrong with taking
those photos. Ever. Period.
How they're used may or may not be a different story, I'll admit. In fact,
were we
I disagree. I see no point in buying an *istD to take BW photographs. They will
never replace silver.
-Original Message-
From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:40 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: An observation re Pentax for sale
IMHO,
Hi,
Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 11:01:49 PM, you wrote:
I can confirm the fact that the Egyptians were the first to brew a type of
beer. I don't know that it would have tasted like what we now call beer,
and I don't know that it was made from the 4 traditional ingrediants that we
brew
Hi,
Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 11:26:35 PM, you wrote:
Good British...food?
Isn't that a contradiction in terms?
vbg
I guess you haven't been here for a while, Frank. Why only today I had
lunch in a small eel pie shop nearby that's been in the same family
for 5 generations. Jellied
-Original Message-
From: Mark Stringer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I disagree. I see no point in buying an *istD to take BW
photographs. They will never replace silver.
Hmm. I had a full-on commercial darkroom, which I ditched within a
month of going digital.
In my case digital
Well, tribal savages is probably too strong a term. There seems to be two
histories of Ireland, the one you quote is certainly an idealization. The one I
mentioned is like: A killed B and invaded C, then was murdered by D who...
There were many who claimed to be the king of Ireland, quite a few
Oh yes, they do make good beer. And Irish Wiskey is great much better to my way
of thinking than that nasty tasting stuff the Scots make.
--
frank theriault wrote:
Hello, Wolf of Gray,
Well, Kristian seems to have got to you first, with much more
information that I could have provided. One
This is weird. This message was sent this morning and just came
through. I have sent several later than this one and they all came
through ahead of this. Must have got lost in the great beyond... :)
Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 8:39:00 AM, you wrote:
BD My lenses are going up for sale.
Journalists are always getting things wrong...that's why there are editors.
CW
- Original Message -
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Somewhere to hang your Paraboots, photo vest and Leicas
when in
You are older than you look, Frank. (grin)
--
frank theriault wrote:
I can confirm the fact that the Egyptians were the first to brew a type
of beer.
--
graywolf
http://graywolfphoto.com
You might as well accept people as they are,
you are not going to be able to change them anyway.
Well, remember digital is not the only reason that photo equipment prices are
down. The economy kind of sucks, but should be getting better at this point. My
experience is that photo equipment prices lag the economy by a couple of years
so there should be another couple of years of good buys
And Irish Wiskey is great much better to my way
of thinking than that nasty tasting stuff the Scots make.
The best whisky/ey I've ever tasted was a 12 years old Bushmills single
malt. Delicious.
Lukasz
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
===
www.fotopolis.pl
Send me their contact info, Frank, and I will stick it in Shel's repair shop
list on my webpage.
frank theriault wrote:
I know I mention these guys every time someone asks where's a good
repair shop? I'm sure everyone here's sick of me going on and on about
how good they are.
Here's my
Welcome back, Tanya.
Glad to see you are doing so well.
--
Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist wrote:
Hi everyone! Not sure if any of you remember me, I was once known in these
parts
as fairygirl. I have been around the traps and shooting Pentax like mad.
Got some
pretty huge stuff happening
Hi All,
I'll be unsubscribing for a while as my wife and I are expecting our second
baby tomorrow.
Being a DIY sort of person I picked up a second hand tandem pram for our new
arrival. Our first son is only 19 months old, so we needed something for
both of them.
I picked it up for a song because
- Original Message -
From: Lasse Karlsson
Subject: An observation re Pentax for sale
I noticed an unusually high number of Pentax 67 and 645 items for sale on
a Swedish second hand online store yesterday.
Is this a sign of the times?
And in that case, what does the sign tell us?
I just bought some kodak technical pan 35mm BW film and
technidol developer. Never tried this before. I want
normal continous tone. Any tips or comments from
previous users I really want to see how good my
best lenses are and what 35mm is really capable of
Hi,
I have an LX and a MX+winder. The MX+winder makes
a lot of racket. How loud is the LX winder (2fps)?
Thanks,
John
- Original Message -
From: J. C. O'Connell
Subject: KODAK TECHNICAL PAN 35MM FILM
I just bought some kodak technical pan 35mm BW film and
technidol developer. Never tried this before. I want
normal continous tone. Any tips or comments from
previous users I really want to see
Lot's of wear on the top.
I saw one of these in a San Francisco shop a few years ago that was gold
on black.
Joe
Hi,
I have a pentax lens that somehow lost its white
hemisphere. I keep the lens in its case when not
being used. Should I get this fixed and where?
Thanks,
John
Doug wrote:
I'm out of here, gang.
While the cat's away the mice will play.
Now's your chance. Start the flame war you always had in mind. Gripe
about Pentax all you want. Blame Doug for the problems at Mail-Archive.com.
Joe
Well, I really like it all, but a fine tot or two of Connemara suits me
just as well as one of Cardhu! g
keith whaley
graywolf wrote:
Oh yes, they do make good beer. And Irish Wiskey is great much better to my way
of thinking than that nasty tasting stuff the Scots make.
I have looked at the DCRAW sources last week, and one part that is
missing for Pentax PEF format is reading the white-balance as set on
the camera and use that as a basis for the conversion.
At the moment DCRAW completely ignores that setting, so you have to
specify a specific
Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doug wrote:
I'm out of here, gang.
While the cat's away the mice will play.
Now's your chance. Start the flame war you always had in mind. Gripe
about Pentax all you want. Blame Doug for the problems at Mail-Archive.com.
Doug Brewer turned me into a
i'm looking into what it will take to write a Photoshop import filter
plugin. what do you think the function should be?
Herb...
- Original Message -
From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 9:13 PM
Hey Boris,
I got it fixed, I put myself on the Blocked Senders list.
Thanks,
Steve Larson
Redondo Beach, California
what's the matter, you don't like yourself or something :)
Butch
Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself.
Hermann Hesse (Demian)
Color did not replace BW. Bayonet mount did not replace screwmount. Who is going to
want these used DSLR's in 5 years? People still covet the LX.
Despite the Nikon story, digital cameras are not going to replace point and shoots.
My Nikon 885 has been on the blink for 2 months. After $150
the manufacturers are making it happen. they are definitely cutting back on
film camera production and people are buying the digitals. if film
stabilizes at 10% of it's peak market share, you're going to have far less
selection and higher costs.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: Mark
- Original Message -
From: jmb
Subject: pentax lens missing white hemisphere
Hi,
I have a pentax lens that somehow lost its white
hemisphere. I keep the lens in its case when not
being used. Should I get this fixed and where?
The hemisphere is used to register the lens to the
- Original Message -
From: Herb Chong
Subject: Re: VueScan
i'm looking into what it will take to write a Photoshop import filter
plugin. what do you think the function should be?
How about something that will translate the PEF format into something
Photoshop can use (maybe PSD?)
- Original Message -
From: Mark Stringer
Subject: RE: An observation re Pentax for sale
Digital is useful and may serve some commercial purposes well but there is
a craft to photography. Digital still does not surpass a good film negative
and print. Not even close to what can be
Chris Brogden wrote:
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Bob Blakely wrote:
We are all adults here, or at least we should be. It's time we (all
people) accept responsibility for our person and our actions in the
public arena - that they are public.
Right... so it's perfectly okay for you to photograph
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