Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy

2008-09-18 Thread Leon Altoff
The book may be overrated, but the radio play was very good. And that is how it started it's life. Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon Bob W wrote: Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy. A much over-rated book. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread Bob W
that's a very disappointing story - I was expecting to see someone showing their bottom repeatedly. The type of people they hire are asses, in both senses of the word. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: 18

RE: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning

2008-09-18 Thread Bob W
very nice indeed -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Waller Sent: 18 September 2008 00:40 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning Please check out

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread mike wilson
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lousy photographs to follow. Now _that's_ revenge. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread Derby Chang
P. J. Alling wrote: I should really read these things before I hit send. Corrections in text. Part of todays adventure. A low budget movie is shooting in my home town blocking traffic on half of main street. I was walking along minding my own business, (but actually armed with my

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread Derby Chang
P. J. Alling wrote: Part of todays adventure. A low budget movie is shooting in my home town blocking traffic on half of main street. I was walking along minding my own business, but actually armed with my trust *ist-Ds and a collection of appropriate lenses), when I decided I'd take a

Samsung Xenogon D 35mm f2.0 lense anyone?

2008-09-18 Thread Roman Melihhov
Does anyone have Samsung 35mm f2.0 lense. What can you say about it? It looks aw so much like FA 50mm f1.4. I wonder whats the optical quality. Thank you for your information. Roman. -- K20D, DA10-17mm, DA16-45mm, FA50mm_f1.4, DA50-200mm, Dörr DStudio strobes roman.blakout.net

Re: Samsung Xenogon D 35mm f2.0 lense anyone?

2008-09-18 Thread Derby Chang
Roman Melihhov wrote: Does anyone have Samsung 35mm f2.0 lense. What can you say about it? It looks aw so much like FA 50mm f1.4. I wonder whats the optical quality. Thank you for your information. Roman. Didn't you ask this same question last year, Roman? I believe its a rebadged

Re: Samsung Xenogon D 35mm f2.0 lense anyone?

2008-09-18 Thread Derby Chang
Derby Chang wrote: Roman Melihhov wrote: Does anyone have Samsung 35mm f2.0 lense. What can you say about it? It looks aw so much like FA 50mm f1.4. I wonder whats the optical quality. Thank you for your information. Roman. Didn't you ask this same question last year,

Re: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning

2008-09-18 Thread Derby Chang
Ken Waller wrote: Please check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html More from my recent U P week. Taken with a K20D, 70-210mm F, 1/15 @f11, 200 ISO. Coments appreciated Thanks in advance for looking Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f That makes

RE: Weddings and such.

2008-09-18 Thread Steve Desjardins
Hey, that's WEST Virginia . . . Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/17/2008 2:26 PM I guess you're not in Virginia, where he'd have been sleeping around with

Re: PESO BW Butterfly

2008-09-18 Thread Derby Chang
Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: At a butterfly haven @ a nature museum here in Chicago. K10D, 50mm 1.4, ISO 200, 40 sec @ f5.6. I did clone out some ugly piping at the bottom. (maybe I should duck now to get out of firing range of the anti-photoshoppery folks :-)) small

Re: Pentax service question...

2008-09-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
I just had a very good experience with Pentax Service. Some may recall that I dropped my AF 540FGZ on its nose. On a hard floor. The zoom motor quit working and the case and wide angle diffuser were damaged. I sent it to Pentax Colorado. They fixed it for $119. I got it back today, and

Re: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning

2008-09-18 Thread mike wilson
From: Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] That makes my twitchy bits calm and restful. Mark! - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning

2008-09-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
What Jack said. I love seeing your UP pics. Makes me want to get in the car and head north. Paul On Sep 17, 2008, at 10:12 PM, Jack Davis wrote: VERY nice, Ken! Jack --- On Wed, 9/17/08, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - Sunny Seney

Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy

2008-09-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:28 PM, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just watching local news channel CP24, which has ticker stories running at the bottom of the screen. One said a children;s author, name i forget, i'm waiting for the ticker to come

Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy

2008-09-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I quite liked it. I just think it's over-rated. Enjoyed it as well. I don't read a lot, now theres a understatement, but the books i have read are from Adams.,and Tolkin( Hobbit etc,) so my readings may be small, but impressive

Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy

2008-09-18 Thread David Savage
2008/9/18 David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I quite liked it. I just think it's over-rated. Enjoyed it as well. I don't read a lot, now theres a understatement, but the books i have read are from Adams.,and Tolkin( Hobbit etc,)

Re: Samsung Xenogon D 35mm f2.0 lense anyone?

2008-09-18 Thread Thibouille
It IS indeed a FA35/2 with Samsung badge on it and manufactured by Pentax (both Samsung lenses ans bodies are still manufactured by Pentax). It is pretty damn good if report I read are true (both film and PAS-C sensor). It makes a very nice normal lens on APS-C as well. -- Thibault Massart aka

Re: PESO BW Butterfly

2008-09-18 Thread David J Brooks
As Brian said, i like the blown out back ground aswell. Really brings out the butterfly. Dave On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone: At a butterfly haven @ a nature museum here in Chicago. K10D, 50mm 1.4, ISO 200, 40 sec @ f5.6. I did clone

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread Thibouille
What a stupid individual. Not that I'm surprised. Not at all. On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:22 AM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking of going back tomorrow just to piss them off. Do it, they deserve it :) Just make sure you and your material won't get damaged somehow ... --

Re: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning

2008-09-18 Thread David J Brooks
Ken, great shot. So peaceful, and i like the reflections. The bits of grasses in the the FG is nice to see. Dave On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html More from my recent U P week.

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:45 AM, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What a stupid individual. Not that I'm surprised. Not at all. On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:22 AM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking of going back tomorrow just to piss them off. Take a film camera, that should

Re: PESO BW Butterfly

2008-09-18 Thread Bruce Dayton
The BW treatment gives it a very different look. Makes you look at the pattern a bit more. There seems to be some kind of bar or something near the bottom that doesn't make sense - it just sticks out a bit from the butterfly. I think I would clone that out. Also it seems odd the butterfly is

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread Bruce Dayton
Fun story. Keep up the good harassment! -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 8:22:31 PM, you wrote: PJA Part of todays adventure. A low budget movie is shooting in my home PJA town blocking traffic on half of main street. I was walking along PJA minding my own business,

PESO: Avian Runes

2008-09-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I don't know exactly why this interested me, but it did: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7829197 Comments welcome. Dan M -- 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

K20D ISO1600 with ufraw v0.14 cvs wavelet denoising

2008-09-18 Thread Roman Melihhov
http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/1024x-kadriorg82481541.jpg ^^^ here, ISO 1600 RAW converted with ufraw and v0.14 CVS release and wavelet denoising. That ufraw version 0.14 also has lensfun (lense correction for geometry, vignetting and TCA). Why I like ufraw again is that unlike Pentax Photo

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread Matthew Hunt
Sounds like a nice place for a photowalk. On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fun story. Keep up the good harassment! -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 8:22:31 PM, you wrote: PJA Part of todays adventure. A low budget movie is

Re: PESO BW Butterfly

2008-09-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Everyone: At a butterfly haven @ a nature museum here in Chicago. K10D, 50mm 1.4, ISO 200, 40 sec @ f5.6. I did clone out some ugly piping at the bottom. (maybe I should duck now to get out of firing range of the anti-photoshoppery

Re: OT -- But it is a picture...

2008-09-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Howdy, y'all! [*] Just in case you are curious what was there originally: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=866111 Igor Alumni of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where NCSA is located, where Mosaic browser was created,

re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Part of todays adventure. A low budget movie is shooting in my home town blocking traffic on half of main street. I was walking along minding my own business, but actually armed with my trust *ist-Ds and a collection of appropriate lenses), when I

Re: PESO BW Butterfly

2008-09-18 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone: At a butterfly haven @ a nature museum here in Chicago. K10D, 50mm 1.4, ISO 200, 40 sec @ f5.6. I did clone out some ugly piping at the bottom. (maybe I should duck now to get out of firing range of the

Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy

2008-09-18 Thread Bob Blakely
All cult classics are overated... Folks who don't trim the crap from the bottom of their posts annoy me. Regards Bob... --- I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them long

Re: OT Test your Colour IQ

2008-09-18 Thread AlunFoto
heh. 15 on a 15 laptop screen from 2003... Look forward to do this on a brighter and more accurate screen. Didn't take that long... 4 minutes, maybe? Do a round of voting in the Pentax Gallery if you _really_ want to burn time :-) Jostein 2008/9/15 David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] I also found it interesting that they had posted a sign that stated in part that, ... passing beyond this point, indicates your assent to being in the movie..., which is patently false, to avoid legal problems they still need signed releases from

Re: PESO - The Standoff

2008-09-18 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank: I LOVE THIS PICTURE! You know, what's that movie--something old men with Walter Matthau et al? This shot reminds me of that. The beauty of this shot is in its subtlety, Frank! Cheers, Christine Thanks,

PESO -Wild, wild horses

2008-09-18 Thread Doug Brewer
http://www.drivingtheflies.com/?p=595 enjoy -- 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 Standoff

2008-09-18 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:57 PM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like it. Well seen composed. Thanks, Dave. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread David Savage
2008/9/18 Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Well, the camera certainly is not holding you back. There are some nice images in there. Thanks Bruce. From your indications, you are using a Sigma, Voigtlander and Nikkor lenses. I would be curious to know your thoughts so far of the camera and

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread David Savage
2008/9/18 David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dave,\ Forgot to ask in my last email. Whats your processing here, LR or PS or combo of. At the moment I'm mainly using LR 1.xx (I haven't made the upgrade to LR 2 yet). But to use it I have to convert all my .nef files to .dng. Apparently LR2

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread David Savage
2008/9/18 Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sep 17, 2008, at 11:14, David Savage wrote: G'day All, So I stated the other day that I bought a Nikon D700. I've had it now for a few weeks thought I'd share 10 of my better shots for those who are so inclined to look. If you can handle

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread ann sanfedele
Peter -- About a year ago I went to a reading of a play written by a friend -- all the readers, except one, were members of Actors Equity and doing the gig for free I was snapping away making a little gallery for my friend the writer... I posted the photos adn sent the writer the link -- I

Re: PESO BW Butterfly

2008-09-18 Thread Ken Waller
Looks like a good specimen you've got it all in focus, but I don't really care for the B+W presentation. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO BW Butterfly Hi Everyone: At a butterfly haven @ a

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:14 PM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day All, So I stated the other day that I bought a Nikon D700. I've had it now for a few weeks thought I'd share 10 of my better shots for those who are so inclined to look. Gorgeous stuff! cheers, frank --

Re: PESO -Wild, wild horses

2008-09-18 Thread David J Brooks
I approve.:-) Dave On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.drivingtheflies.com/?p=595 enjoy -- 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: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: Peter -- About a year ago I went to a reading of a play written by a friend -- all the readers, except one, were members of Actors Equity and doing the gig for free I was snapping away making a little gallery for my friend the writer... I posted the photos adn

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:22 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Part of todays adventure. A low budget movie is shooting in my home town blocking traffic on half of main street. I was walking along minding my own business, but actually armed with my trust *ist-Ds and a collection of

Re: PESO -Wild, wild horses

2008-09-18 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.drivingtheflies.com/?p=595 enjoy Beautiful! Stunning! Gorgeous! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread Adam Maas
For lenses, you've got a few good options. The Zeiss ZF 35/2 is a major upgrade over the Nikon 35/2 AF-D (which is a decent lens, but not up to its 35/2 AI-S predecessor) and the 35/1.4 AI-S is excellent as well, although not as sharp as the Zeiss. Similarly the Zeiss ZF 50's are nice upgrades

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Nice pix, Dave. Enjoy your D700 ... it's a fine camera. At the moment I'm mainly using LR 1.xx (I haven't made the upgrade to LR 2 yet). But to use it I have to convert all my .nef files to .dng. Apparently LR2 recognises the D700 .nef RAW files. PS CS3 I use when more intense editing is

Re: Samsung Xenogon D 35mm f2.0 lense anyone?

2008-09-18 Thread Toralf Lund
Thibouille wrote: It IS indeed a FA35/2 with Samsung badge on it and manufactured by Pentax (both Samsung lenses ans bodies are still manufactured by Pentax). Hmmm. The Schneider-Kreuznach (a.k.a. Jos. Schneider Optische Werke) website seems to indicate that the Samsung cameras have actual

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peter -- About a year ago I went to a reading of a play written by a friend -- all the readers, except one, were members of Actors Equity and doing the gig for free I was snapping away making a little gallery for my friend the writer... I posted

Re: PESO -Wild, wild horses

2008-09-18 Thread Derby Chang
Doug Brewer wrote: http://www.drivingtheflies.com/?p=595 enjoy Beautiful, Doug. You wouldn't happen to be a Sundays fan, would you? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i-0FB68LoQ Derby -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Samsung Xenogon D 35mm f2.0 lense anyone?

2008-09-18 Thread Thibouille
Indeed the Schneider lenses with K-mount only have Schneider name (for which Samsung proably has to pay a licence). Samsung will deny it of course. Even the exterior aesthetics is the same (except a piece of rubber or two). There's more difference between Tamron and Pentax version of the 18-250

Re: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning

2008-09-18 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html More from my recent U P week. Taken with a K20D, 70-210mm F, 1/15 @f11, 200 ISO. Gorgeous! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.

Re: [Not official] P-TTL Ring Flash from Metz coming ??

2008-09-18 Thread Thibouille
More here: http://www.digit.no/wip4/unik_makroblitz_metz_mecablitz_15_ms-1_digital/d.epl?id=155240 Scroll down. Nice real English text ;) -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user

Re: PESO BW Butterfly

2008-09-18 Thread Joseph McAllister
I'm surprised no one has commented on the apparent circle surrounding the b'fly. Looks like at one point a circular area was chosen to keep, and the rest dropped off, leaving a difference in whites. It might be improved if the magic lasso was used to frame just the b'fly, and the rest

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-18 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's some pretty serious moonshine operations out there. Places with virtual private armies where the police don't even like to go. Dealing in moonshine and North Carolina's second biggest cash crop (after tobacco, of

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread ann sanfedele
Mark Roberts wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: Peter -- About a year ago I went to a reading of a play written by a friend -- all the readers, except one, were members of Actors Equity and doing the gig for free I was snapping away making a little gallery for my friend the writer... I

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread ann sanfedele
Actually -- Bob didn't know I was bringing my camera - it was a tiny bar near my house... It was the theatre playwriting group that objected - He was redfaced about asking me not to display them - beyond what I already had... I was largely annoyed because I thought they would all be pleased to

Re: Pentax service question...

2008-09-18 Thread Joseph McAllister
I've had very good experiences with Pentax Service in the past. It's just this one time. My K100 D was sent in last year because paint chips from somewhere had gathered on the focusing screen, some covering the text display. I might have been able to clean it myself, but: a. I wanted to

Re: PESO -Wild, wild horses

2008-09-18 Thread Doug Brewer
Derby Chang wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: http://www.drivingtheflies.com/?p=595 enjoy Beautiful, Doug. You wouldn't happen to be a Sundays fan, would you? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i-0FB68LoQ Derby I am now. Thanks for the link and the compliment. Looks like the director and

PESO - Patiently Waiting

2008-09-18 Thread frank theriault
I don't know why, but I like this one. Yes, it's grainy (I guess that should be noisy), not all that sharp, I'm sure you can pick out other problems, but I like it anyway. ;-) Hopefully you do, too: http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2008/09/patiently-waiting-in-davisville-yards.html Maybe

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 18, 2008, at 1:02 PM, Adam Maas wrote: Move to LR2 and you'll need PS CS3 less and less ... As good as LR is, if you shoot one of the new Nikons it's just about impossible to beat Capture NX2 for quality. There's a lot of extra goodies in the D700 (like Picture Controls and the

Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy

2008-09-18 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Ah, yes, thanks for that Cotty, and I'm sure glad your message did not come with a typo! ;-) Cheers, Christine LOL -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: PESO - Patiently Waiting

2008-09-18 Thread ann sanfedele
Actually, I don't mind noise and grain but it doesnt look grainly or noisy to me -- I think the only problem with this is it is a bit too busy - nothing stands out... and that may be _partly_ a consequence of the flat, even lighting - not sure if this is something that can be fiddled with in

Re: PESO - The Standoff

2008-09-18 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Yes, I know of the Odd Couple, but there's another one--old men something, more recent. I was a huge fan of the original movie the tv series--yes, very brilliant, but I'm think of that recent one. :-) Cheers, Christine Aaaah.

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread Scott Loveless
frank theriault wrote: He said it made passengers feel uncomfortable to see a guy with a camera and asked again nicely if I could stop shooting. Deciding that (a) he was being nice about it, and (b) he had a gun and I didn't, and (c) in fact I was on private property (okay, it was

Re: PESO BW Butterfly

2008-09-18 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi Everyone: At a butterfly haven @ a nature museum here in Chicago. K10D, 50mm 1.4, ISO 200, 40 sec @ f5.6. I did clone out some ugly piping at the bottom. (maybe I should duck now to get out of firing range of the anti-photoshoppery

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice pix, Dave. Enjoy your D700 ... it's a fine camera. At the moment I'm mainly using LR 1.xx (I haven't made the upgrade to LR 2 yet). But to use it I have to convert all my .nef files to .dng. Apparently LR2

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread Cotty
On 17/9/08, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: Part of todays adventure. A low budget movie is shooting in my home town blocking traffic on half of main street. I was walking along minding my own business, but actually armed with my trust *ist-Ds and a collection of appropriate lenses),

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 18, 2008, at 1:02 PM, Adam Maas wrote: Move to LR2 and you'll need PS CS3 less and less ... As good as LR is, if you shoot one of the new Nikons it's just about impossible to beat Capture NX2 for quality.

Re: Samsung Xenogon D 35mm f2.0 lense anyone?

2008-09-18 Thread Toralf Lund
Thibouille wrote: Indeed the Schneider lenses with K-mount only have Schneider name (for which Samsung proably has to pay a licence). Quite likely. Samsung will deny it of course. Obviously... I'm willing to take Scheider's word for it when they claim to have done more than just licensing

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread P. J. Alling
Not entirely true, I have a friend who's the legal mind behind a local studio. His opinion is that releases are necessary. You never know when someone is going to be a b*d. John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] I also found it interesting that they had posted a

Re: OT Sounds like a new HHGTTG added to the trilogy

2008-09-18 Thread P. J. Alling
Not my Vivitar S1 90-180, if anything it's under appreciated... Bob Blakely wrote: All cult classics are overated... Folks who don't trim the crap from the bottom of their posts annoy me. Regards Bob... --- I don't mind if you

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread P. J. Alling
John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Part of todays adventure. A low budget movie is shooting in my home town blocking traffic on half of main street. I was walking along minding my own business, but actually armed with my trust *ist-Ds and a collection of

Re: K20D ISO1600 with ufraw v0.14 cvs wavelet denoising

2008-09-18 Thread P. J. Alling
When I try to open your lens data base the message received is this This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below. Roman Melihhov wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/1024x-kadriorg82481541.jpg ^^^ here, ISO 1600

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread P. J. Alling
Ann, you were indoors in a controlled environment. Outdoors it's a different matter. As a former, (very former), member of the working press, I know just what that difference is and I really don't care what a Jr. Assistant Adjunct Producer thinks. (I used to much more tactful when I

Re: From Ike's path

2008-09-18 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy, y'all! [*] Just in case you are curious what was there originally: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=866111 Yeah, but maybe ~this one~ is the photoshopped sign and the porn sign is the ~real~

Re: PESO - Sunny Seney Morning

2008-09-18 Thread Cory Waters
New desktop on my work PC. :) CW Ken Waller wrote: Please check out http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html More from my recent U P week. Taken with a K20D, 70-210mm F, 1/15 @f11, 200 ISO. Coments appreciated Thanks in advance for looking Kenneth Waller

Re: Samsung Xenogon D 35mm f2.0 lense anyone?

2008-09-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thibouille wrote: It IS indeed a FA35/2 with Samsung badge on it and manufactured by Pentax (both Samsung lenses ans bodies are still manufactured by Pentax). Hmmm. The Schneider-Kreuznach (a.k.a. Jos. Schneider Optische Werke) website seems to

Re: PESO - Patiently Waiting

2008-09-18 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: I don't know why, but I like this one. Yes, it's grainy (I guess that should be noisy), not all that sharp, I'm sure you can pick out other problems, but I like it anyway. ;-) Hopefully you do, too:

Re: PESO - The Standoff

2008-09-18 Thread John Francis
Grumpy Old Men http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107050/ On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 09:22:11PM +0100, Cotty wrote: On 17/9/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Yes, I know of the Odd Couple, but there's another one--old men something, more recent. I was a huge fan of the original

Rubiks' Cubes (assorted)

2008-09-18 Thread John Francis
Here's a selection of Rubik's cubes: http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/rubiks.jpg The one in the front is easy enough even for Cotty :-) The others are all the ones that are interesting from a mathematical standpoint. Larger cubes offer no additional challenge - if you can solve a 5x5x5 you

Re: PESO - The Standoff

2008-09-18 Thread Charles Robinson
On Sep 18, 2008, at 16:54, John Francis wrote: Grumpy Old Men http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107050/ Filmed in scenic Wabasha, MN - just south of where I live. FYI. Great motorcycle-riding country - when it's not covered in snow! On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 09:22:11PM +0100, Cotty wrote: On

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 18, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Adam Maas wrote: NX2 is both a dedicated RAW converter for Nikon users and a non-destructive JPEG and TIFF editor. It's not something I'd recommend unless you primarily use Nikons, but if you do its quite capable of functioning as a primary editor after the

Re: PESO - Patiently Waiting

2008-09-18 Thread Bob Sullivan
Frank, Cool photo...your a train fan too! Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:10 PM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know why, but I like this one. Yes, it's grainy (I guess that should be noisy), not all that sharp, I'm sure you can pick out other problems, but I like

OT: Harden up...

2008-09-18 Thread Bob W
...you Republican wusses. Be tough and like fearless like us macho liberals: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7623256.stm 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

Re: Weddings and such.

2008-09-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's some pretty serious moonshine operations out there. Places with virtual private armies where the police don't even like to go. Dealing in moonshine and North Carolina's

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread keith_w
P. J. Alling wrote: Not entirely true, I have a friend who's the legal mind behind a local studio. His opinion is that releases are necessary. You never know when someone is going to be a b*d. If it's outside, in the open, I.E. exposed to the public, it's your legal friend who's

RE: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread Bob W
Flash photography is not allowed on the London Underground, and there are signs all over saying so. When people take flash photos on the platforms they are told off by a public announcement read by Stern Father Voice (the same chap who often asks Inspector Sands to report to the Control Room).

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But if you like NX2 and it works for you, your life is good. :-) I'm stilled PO'd at Nikon for charging for the program. I would have thought after buying several plus 5K cameras, they would toss that in. Maybe they do

Re: Pentax service question...

2008-09-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Joseph McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've had very good experiences with Pentax Service in the past. It's just this one time. Other than not returining phone calls, same as Nikons service, the Toronto group has been pretty good, so far. Fixed my FA 70-210

Re: Rubiks' Cubes (assorted)

2008-09-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/9/08, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: Here's a selection of Rubik's cubes: http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/rubiks.jpg The one in the front is easy enough even for Cotty :-) I would dispute that. Here is one I can *just about* cope with, but not for long:

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/9/08, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Non-flash photography is ok though. Java snaplets? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 18, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Adam Maas wrote: NX2 is both a dedicated RAW converter for Nikon users and a non-destructive JPEG and TIFF editor. It's not something I'd recommend unless you primarily use Nikons, but if

Re: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.

2008-09-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 1:59 PM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He said it made passengers feel uncomfortable to see a guy with a camera and asked again nicely if I could stop shooting. Deciding that (a) he was being nice about it, and (b) he had a gun and I didn't, They use 38's,

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:39 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But if you like NX2 and it works for you, your life is good. :-) I'm stilled PO'd at Nikon for charging for the program. I would have thought

Re: Rubiks' Cubes (assorted)

2008-09-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 18/9/08, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: Here's a selection of Rubik's cubes: http://panix.com/~johnf/temp/rubiks.jpg The one in the front is easy enough even for Cotty :-) I would dispute that. Here is one I

Re: OT GESO (no Pentax content)

2008-09-18 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:39 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But if you like NX2 and it works for you, your life is good. :-) I'm stilled

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