Re: GESO - That 70's Thang

2009-03-31 Thread Rick Womer
Wait a minute. No bellbottoms! How could they have a 70's party with nobody wearing bellbottoms? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 3/29/09, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: From: Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au Subject: GESO - That 70's Thang To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO - Cherry Blossom Exuberance

2009-03-31 Thread Christine Aguila
Very pretty, Marnie. I like them both. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: eactiv...@aol.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 3:52 PM Subject: PESO - Cherry Blossom Exuberance As stated previously, when I shot Cherry Blossoms last week it was too sunny and

Re: PESO - Spring Rain

2009-03-31 Thread Rick Womer
Very (shall we say) atmospheric! I like the way you've caught the drops on the tree and the falling rain. One might crop on either side and make this a vertical shot. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 3/30/09, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: From: Graydon o...@uniserve.com

RE: Resistance is fertile

2009-03-31 Thread Bob W
Thanks Boris. I work for a bank and travel through London Bridge, where there are demos tomorrow, to get to the office. So if I don't show up on the list tomorrow evening you'll know I've been eaten by Bolsheviks. Bob Bob, some truly remarkable photographs in this set... Seeing now that you

Re: PESO - The Bond

2009-03-31 Thread Rick Womer
Nice, but I prefer Smiles. The facial expressions don't work for me in this one. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 3/30/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - The Bond To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)

2009-03-31 Thread Rick Womer
Stan, Variation 1 is a big improvement--the original was crooked and had too much distracting stuff (like the chicken and the tea kettle). #1 really shows the cat and his/her/its concentration beautifully. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 3/29/09, Stan Halpin

Re: GESO - That 70's Thang

2009-03-31 Thread David Savage
I'd think nobody wearing bellbottoms would be fitting for the free love 70's wannabes. :-D DS On 31/03/2009, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Wait a minute. No bellbottoms! How could they have a 70's party with nobody wearing bellbottoms? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW ---

Re: PESO - Spring Rain

2009-03-31 Thread Christine Aguila
I like it, Graydon. Doesn't look too dark on my monitor. Nice catch on those water drops. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Graydon o...@uniserve.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 8:58 PM Subject: PESO - Spring Rain Sunday

Re: GESO - That 70's Thang

2009-03-31 Thread Paul Stenquist
And guys with short, spiked hair??? I think it's a seventies party as conceived by people born in the seventies:-)). Paul On Mar 31, 2009, at 3:53 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Wait a minute. No bellbottoms! How could they have a 70's party with nobody wearing bellbottoms? Rick

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-31 Thread John Graves
Bob, Gotta watch out for your younger brothers. I believe fate has been kind to him. Well, that and a engineer or two. Maybe the same engineers that worked on Dolly Parton? John Graves WA1JG jh.gra...@verizon.net Bob W wrote: My younger brother spent Thursday night in hospital after

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-31 Thread John Graves
Bob, I had a Fiat. just a few years ago...the first smart car (Fiat 650.) It couldn't hurt a bug, or anything other car for that matter. My suspension folded in a tight turn (just messing around) and the Fiat fell over. No scrapes...just indentations from the gravel. To prove my fantastic

Re: PESO - Spring Rain

2009-03-31 Thread Jack Davis
Lighting looks fine to me. I like your placement of the 'featured' branch relative to the background. All nicely done. Jack --- On Mon, 3/30/09, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: From: Graydon o...@uniserve.com Subject: PESO - Spring Rain To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date:

Re: GESO - That 70's Thang

2009-03-31 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, Seventies party by people conceived in the Eighties... Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:40 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: And guys with short, spiked hair??? I think it's a seventies party as conceived by people born in the seventies:-)). Paul On Mar 31,

Re: PESO - Spring Rain

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: Sunday was a rather rainy day in Toronto, and I wound up with my bedroom window open trying to take advantage of this for photographic purposes.

PESO: More old concert shots (Queen 1980)

2009-03-31 Thread Charles Robinson
Yes, I saw them a couple times while in high-school. This was taken back on September 14, 1980. I was only 14 years old at the time. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/1980/queen/content/Scan_090330_0018_large.html Pentax K-1000... SMC 50mm f/2.0 lens. No wide angles or telephotos

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-31 Thread mike wilson
Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 30/3/09, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: The next Defender, BTW, is equipped with air bags. The lack of them in the current models wasn't a matter of intelligent choice, it was simply a matter of inadequate resources. The next

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-31 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 30/3/09, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: The next Defender, BTW, is equipped with air bags. The lack of them in the current models wasn't a matter of intelligent choice, it was simply a matter of inadequate resources. The

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-31 Thread mike wilson
Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 30/3/09, Manuel Magalhães, discombobulated, unleashed: The other thing, I am sure, is the way other drivers get out of your way. A nice little car with a nice little guy in it. :)) Yesterday I was giving my lad a lift and he pondered on the results

Re: PESO: More old concert shots (Queen 1980)

2009-03-31 Thread Pasvorn Boonmark
Charles, Nice set of pictures. Thank you very much for sharing. -Pasvorn On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:54 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: Yes, I saw them a couple times while in high-school. This was taken back on September 14, 1980.  I was only 14 years old at the time.

Re: PESO: Bird Watcher (w/ DA55/1.4)

2009-03-31 Thread Pasvorn Boonmark
I agree with JC. If you look at the thumbnail on the right of the gallery, you can see that the cat is right in the center of a square thumbnail. It does look nice. -Pasvorn On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 7:19 PM, JC OConnell hifis...@gate.net wrote: I meant that centering the cat would only work

Re: PESO - Spring Rain

2009-03-31 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Mar 31, 2009, at 6:48 AM, frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: Sunday was a rather rainy day in Toronto, and I wound up with my bedroom window open trying to take advantage of this for photographic purposes.

Re: PESO: More old concert shots (Queen 1980)

2009-03-31 Thread Doug Brewer
Charles Robinson wrote: Yes, I saw them a couple times while in high-school. This was taken back on September 14, 1980. I was only 14 years old at the time. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/1980/queen/content/Scan_090330_0018_large.html Pentax K-1000... SMC 50mm f/2.0 lens. No

Re: PESO: More old concert shots (Queen 1980)

2009-03-31 Thread Charles Robinson
On Mar 31, 2009, at 9:18, Doug Brewer wrote: Charles Robinson wrote: Yes, I saw them a couple times while in high-school. This was taken back on September 14, 1980. I was only 14 years old at the time. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/1980/queen/content/Scan_090330_0018_large.html

Re: Geso Back yard photos

2009-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Dave:  I like the 1st one--the garden statue of the dragon. Nice shot, and  why not go for a study of just the dragon--maybe some black white renderings. Humm, not a bad idea. I'll wait till the water in the

Re: GESO - That 70's Thang

2009-03-31 Thread mike wilson
Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: That was fun, Derby: Gosh, those white platform boots are something-- those fish-nets. You know, I

Re: Geso Back yard photos

2009-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: An' if our Mam ever 'ad a farthin' to spare she'd gi' it us and all five on us'd go dahn t'shop, buy a stick o' liquorice an' we'd all 'av a lick* You were lucky to have tongues. Dave Bob *that last one is genuine - my

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
Some one is going to be very grumpy at GFM this year, me thinks. Dave On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:52 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, I'm the other person (so it's nice to know there are at

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
I use the vf on my G3 sometimes, mostly if its to bright to see the lcd screen. I hate seeing the len stuck out in the finder, it just makes it a tad harder to compose. Much like Nurvana Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada

Re: PESO - The Bond

2009-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
Not sure if the third person works here Frank,. Nice shot, but Smiles is better IMO.:-) Dave On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:11 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: This is kind of part II to this morning's Subway Smiles PESO. I told Jack that I'd gotten one other of this delightful

Re: PESO #011.1 two shots from DA 50-135

2009-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
The second shot is more interesting, to me, than the first. To me the first one does not have anything in focus. Dave On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! The permission was granted... http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2009/03/peso-2009-0111.html

Re: PESO - Spring Rain

2009-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
Has that dull day feel to it. Nice shot. Sorry about you having to live in Toronto. Things will get better.:-) Dave On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: Sunday was a rather rainy day in Toronto, and I wound up with my bedroom window open trying to take advantage

Re: OT: Write-off

2009-03-31 Thread mike wilson
Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: mike wilson wrote: Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 30/3/09, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: The next Defender, BTW, is equipped with air bags. The lack of them in the current models wasn't a matter of intelligent

Re: GESO - That 70's Thang

2009-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:28 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:23 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Warning: Polyvinyl platforms within http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_03/09_03_70s/index.htm And I thought the 70's were a bad

Re: *ist-D troubleshooting.. is it dying?

2009-03-31 Thread Thibouille
1.12 according to Pentax USA and Pentax Japan websites. Thank you all for your suggestions, will keep you informed. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: IIRC the very latest firmware was actually 1.13. Nonetheless, trying a different card could be useful.

Re: OT PESO - Figure (one for the ladies)

2009-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
I think thats is well lit. Dave, who USED to look like that,. Dave On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:04 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, Here is another from this weekends workshop: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3395993054/ Direct link (~80kb)

Re: PESO - Jess (one for the lads)

2009-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
Very nice Dave. Maybe a tad more light on the side of the face, but that's it. Dave On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:31 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, Last one for now this one is on topic because I actually used a Pentax camera lens:

Re: PESO: Waiting for Mardi Gras

2009-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:49 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Dan Matyola danmaty...@verizon.net wrote: From a  store on Bourbon Street, New Orleans: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8856823 Dan M I really like this one.  Seems a

Re: PESO: More old concert shots (Queen 1980)

2009-03-31 Thread David J Brooks
I like 009. 1980 i was working in Oman, so i would have missed that tour.:-) Dave On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: Yes, I saw them a couple times while in high-school. This was taken back on September 14, 1980.  I was only 14 years old at the time.

Re: PESO - Cherry Blossom Exuberance

2009-03-31 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 3/30/2009 7:49:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, cagu...@earthlink.net writes: Very pretty, Marnie. I like them both. Cheers, Christine === Thanks, Christine. Marnie aka Doe - Original Message - From: eactiv...@aol.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday,

Re: PESO - The Bond

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Also good, but doesn't have the moment captured the way you did with the first. I find this poignant in a way. Assuming the young girl is daughter/sister, she seems to be left out of the conversation with the

PESO: Itchy Fingers

2009-03-31 Thread Dan Matyola
From the National Botanical Garden, Washington, DC: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8778980 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 and follow the

Re: PESO: Itchy Fingers

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Dan Matyola danmaty...@verizon.net wrote: From the National Botanical Garden, Washington, DC: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8778980 Hmmm... There's something mildly erotic about that. Interesting shot! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois

PESO - Wet Day, Dry Paper

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
Maybe this guy's an eternal optimist - Sunday was a cold, damp day: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/03/wet-day-dry-paper.html Just a slice of life, but feel free to comment if you wish. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: PESO - Subway Smiles

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:15 PM, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: Good one, Frank. I like the sense of motion and their expressions. Thanks, Brendan, and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri

GESO - SF Cable Car Museum - GDG

2009-03-31 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I went to the San Francisco Cable Car Museum on Sunday with Felipe and Dave Edmondson, one of my friends from London. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157616086258689/ It was great, and now I've got another idea for a photo project ... :-) enjoy! Godfrey -- www.gdgphoto.com

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread Larry Colen
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 01:23:24PM -0400, Scott Loveless wrote: On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: The Sigma DP2 has a 24mm f/2.8 prime (roughly the angle of view of 50mm on FF) and you can get an accessory optical viewfinder. The camera is about

Re: PESO: More old concert shots (Queen 1980)

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: Yes, I saw them a couple times while in high-school. This was taken back on September 14, 1980.  I was only 14 years old at the time.

Re: *ist-D troubleshooting.. is it dying?

2009-03-31 Thread Rick Womer
How old is the button cell in the bottom of the battery that keeps the camera alive when the main battery is dead or missing? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: From: Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com Subject: Re: *ist-D

Flash wont pop up on istDS? Anybody have this problem?

2009-03-31 Thread JC OConnell
My nephews istDS camera no longer pops up the flash when pressing the flash button. Anybody have this problem on any of their Pentax DSLRS and what was the solution??? Thanks in advance, JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO - SF Cable Car Museum - GDG

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: I went to the San Francisco Cable Car Museum on Sunday with Felipe and Dave Edmondson, one of my friends from London. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157616086258689/ It was great, and now I've got

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: Re: point and shoot This really sucks. I just want something simple that I can pull up to my eye and then throw the photos out on the web when I get home. But all I see is chimp-approved plastic junk with smile recognition. WTF

old topic - 200mm pentax -m for sale... are they still around?

2009-03-31 Thread Luiz Felipe
A friend of mine is buying a *ist DL locally, and would like to add some tele lens - our idea is using a small manual focus (200mm M) to try some trap-focus pics. I remember a thread where someone of the list would be selling one or two of those lenses, but can't locate in my notebook nor in

Re: PESO - Wet Day, Dry Paper

2009-03-31 Thread Luiz Felipe
Like it Frank... I wonder how long he's married ;-) LF (seven years this time around) frank theriault escreveu: Maybe this guy's an eternal optimist - Sunday was a cold, damp day: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/03/wet-day-dry-paper.html Just a slice of life, but feel free to comment

Re: Flash wont pop up on istDS? Anybody have this problem?

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:55 PM, JC OConnell hifis...@gate.net wrote: My nephews istDS camera no longer pops up the flash when pressing the flash button. Anybody have this problem on any of their Pentax DSLRS and what was the solution??? Thanks in advance, One of my *istD's has that

RE: old topic - 200mm pentax -m for sale... are they still around?

2009-03-31 Thread JC OConnell
fwiw, I have one on ebay at the moment, seller=jco JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Luiz Felipe Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:17 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: old topic - 200mm pentax

Re: PESO: Itchy Fingers

2009-03-31 Thread Luiz Felipe
Interesting, Dan. Looks like spaghetti... LF Dan Matyola escreveu: From the National Botanical Garden, Washington, DC: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8778980 Dan M -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: PESO: More old concert shots (Queen 1980)

2009-03-31 Thread Luiz Felipe
Great catch, Charles. Do you have by any chance some Yes photos?? LF Charles Robinson escreveu: Yes, I saw them a couple times while in high-school. This was taken back on September 14, 1980. I was only 14 years old at the time.

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread Larry Colen
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:10:27AM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: Re: point and shoot Most of those features are purely software, so don't add anything to production cost. Software writers work for free? A lot do. A lot of

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: A lot do. A lot of software is being written for reasons other than financial motivation. For example a Finnish college kid named Linus Torvalds wrote the basis of an operating system for the fun of it. The upside of this

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: point and shoot I can't imagine that many cameras have features being powered by freeware. I expect that pretty much every new camera has to have new software written for it, but I could be wrong. I don't know much

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:50 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: I expect that pretty much every new camera has to have new software written for it, but I could be wrong. I don't know much about software writing. That's kind of what I'd think too. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a

Re: Shock

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: I actually took some shots with Pentax camera today! *ist Ds and 18-55, and A*85/1.4.  About 10 minutes before I was due to leave for the shoot, I figured I'd take the A*85 but of course - it still had a Canon mount on it. That

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread Luiz Felipe
Larry, don't forget viruses - not only they're written for free, the critters face jail for their distribution. LF Larry Colen escreveu: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:10:27AM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: Re: point and shoot Most of those

Re: old topic - 200mm pentax -m for sale... are they still around?

2009-03-31 Thread Luiz Felipe
Being watched... passing the information. LF JC OConnell escreveu: fwiw, I have one on ebay at the moment, seller=jco JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Luiz Felipe Sent: Tuesday, March 31,

Re: PESO, mystery subject

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3391120183/sizes/l/in/set-72157615924735969/ It's frogspawn coral shot through algae that had been gone over by a snail. When the snail eats, it only harvests about half the algae in

Re: PESO: More old concert shots (Queen 1980)

2009-03-31 Thread Charles Robinson
On Mar 31, 2009, at 12:32, Luiz Felipe wrote: Great catch, Charles. Do you have by any chance some Yes photos?? (cough cough) No, sorry. The next concert I saw after this was Genesis in Bremen, W. Germany about a year later. That's probably the closest to a Yes concert I've ever been.

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: Re: point and shoot Most of those features are purely software, so don't add anything to production cost. Software writers work for free? A lot do. A lot of software is being written for reasons other than financial motivation.

PESO 2009 - 039 - GDG

2009-03-31 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sunday morning walk time ... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/039-grasses.jpg Grasses - Sunnyvale 2009 Panasonic G1 + Olympus G.Zuiko 40mm f/1.4 ISO 100 @ f/2 @ 1/160 sec Comments are always appreciated. :-) enjoy Godfrey -- www.gdgphoto.com www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: From: Larry Colen Subject: Re: point and shoot This really sucks. I just want something simple that I can pull up to my eye and then throw the photos out on the web when I get home. But all I see is chimp-approved plastic junk with smile recognition. WTF happened to

Re: PESO: More old concert shots (Queen 1980)

2009-03-31 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: Yes, I saw them a couple times while in high-school. It's always nice to see a photograph of a fellow astrophysicist (even if he did take some time off to dabble in music). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Itchy Fingers

2009-03-31 Thread Jack Davis
Not to me, Frank! 8( Jack --- On Tue, 3/31/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Itchy Fingers To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 9:24 AM On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:11

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: point and shoot What also wouldn't cost a lot more would be to have a feature which disabled all the other features so that we purists could also enjoy the camera. Perhaps some manufacturer will implement this someday...

Re: PESO: More old concert shots (Queen 1980)

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Mar 31, 2009, at 12:32, Luiz Felipe wrote: Great catch, Charles. Do you have by any chance some Yes photos?? (cough cough) No, sorry. The next concert I saw after this was Genesis in Bremen, W. Germany about a

Re: PESO 2009 - 039 - GDG

2009-03-31 Thread Bruce Dayton
The lighting is what makes this shot. I'm curious if you underexposed or did it all in post? Good work, as usual. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 11:12:47 AM, you wrote: GD Sunday morning walk time ... GDhttp://homepage.mac.com/godders/039-grasses.jpg GDGrasses -

Re: PESO: Itchy Fingers

2009-03-31 Thread Bruce Dayton
Yeah, I was thinking out how a massage would feel with those fingers - OUCH! -- Bruce Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 11:24:18 AM, you wrote: JD Not to me, Frank! 8( JD Jack JD --- On Tue, 3/31/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com

Re: PESO 2009 - 039 - GDG

2009-03-31 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks Bruce. I never underexpose if I can help it, that leads to noise and poor detailing. I render. ;-) Godfrey On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: The lighting is what makes this shot. I'm curious if you underexposed or did it all in post? Good work, as usual. -- Best

Re: PESO 2009 - 039 - GDG

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: Sunday morning walk time ...  http://homepage.mac.com/godders/039-grasses.jpg  Grasses - Sunnyvale 2009  Panasonic G1 + Olympus G.Zuiko 40mm f/1.4  ISO 100 @ f/2 @ 1/160 sec Comments are always appreciated. :-)

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: snip What also wouldn't cost a lot more would be to have a feature which disabled all the other features so that we purists could also enjoy the camera. Perhaps some manufacturer will implement this someday... No! That's

PESO: Dave's Tulip

2009-03-31 Thread Jack Davis
Saw this a bit earlier today in my friend Dave's well adorned front yard flower garden. He once owned a nursery, but is now retired and the neighborhood go to when a plant starts to look sick. Simple shot, but I liked the light. Jack Comments welcome of course!

Re: OT: sorta Way behind

2009-03-31 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Mar 30, 2009, at 21:01 , Boris Liberman wrote: You say you have 100 postings... How about 1000? That would be a backlog of mine... ;-) Joseph McAllister wrote: over 100 postings with images I'd like to comment on That was the key phrase in my post.

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread Pasvorn Boonmark
Actually there is an opensource camera firmware. I am very tempt to give it a try: http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Q._What_camera_models_are_supported_by_the_CHDK_program.3F Too bad they are all Canon Digicam. If I can get some cheap enough, I might try it out. -Pasvorn -- PDML

Re: PESO: More old concert shots (Queen 1980)

2009-03-31 Thread Charles Robinson
On Mar 31, 2009, at 13:27, frank theriault wrote: I saw Genesis in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada right around the same time, but sadly it was the first tour they did after Peter Gabriel left (Trick of the Tale tour), and Phil Collins was a bit less flamboyant (and had a pretty weak voice, too).

Re: PESO - Cherry Blossom Exuberance

2009-03-31 Thread Manuel Magalhães
I like the artified. Best regards, Manuel On 09/03/30 21:52, eactiv...@aol.com eactiv...@aol.com wrote: As stated previously, when I shot Cherry Blossoms last week it was too sunny and too windy. Now my tree has very few blossoms left, they don't last long. Not a great or even that good

Re: PESO 2009 - 039 - GDG

2009-03-31 Thread Christian
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Sunday morning walk time ... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/039-grasses.jpg Grasses - Sunnyvale 2009 Panasonic G1 + Olympus G.Zuiko 40mm f/1.4 ISO 100 @ f/2 @ 1/160 sec Comments are always appreciated. :-) enjoy Godfrey Damn, Godders... You have a way with

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:42 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: A lot do. A lot of software is being written for reasons other than financial motivation. For example a Finnish college kid named Linus

Re: Tele-zooms

2009-03-31 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Mar 30, 2009, at 21:26 , Larry Colen wrote: Until I got the DA40, the daily driver lens that lived on my K100Ds was the 18-250. I find it to be astonishingly sharp for such a versatile lens. If I knew what I was going to be shooting, I'd put on a prime, or my bigma, but the lens that lived

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:13 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: Re: point and shoot Most of those features are purely software, so don't add anything to production cost. Software writers work for free? A lot do. A lot of

Re: PESO - Jess (one for the lads)

2009-03-31 Thread Manuel Magalhães
For me it's a lovely photo. If it could be bettered I believe that Bong could be right. Best regards, Manuel On 09/03/31 04:42, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: I find the shadows too deep for something against a white background; I would have either filled in the shadows or use a

Re: *ist-D troubleshooting.. is it dying?

2009-03-31 Thread Thibouille
I hadn't thought about that. Good idea ! On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: How old is the button cell in the bottom of the battery that keeps the camera alive when the main battery is dead or missing? Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue,

Re: PESO - Spring Rain

2009-03-31 Thread Manuel Magalhães
One beautiful photo from something so simple. Good shot! Best regards, Manuel On 09/03/31 02:58, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: Sunday was a rather rainy day in Toronto, and I wound up with my bedroom window open trying to take advantage of this for photographic purposes.

Re: PESO - Subway Smiles

2009-03-31 Thread Manuel Magalhães
Same here! Best regards, Manuel On 09/03/31 00:22, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: - Original Message - From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com On 30/3/09, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2009/03/subway-smiles.html

Re: PESO - Wet Day, Dry Paper

2009-03-31 Thread Rick Womer
Nice shot! The guy behind the window in the background adds to it. The wet aspect doesn't show up particularly well, though. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 3/31/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject:

Re: PESO - The Bond

2009-03-31 Thread Manuel Magalhães
I liked very much of the two photos, but I'd like to ask something. These kind of photography attracts me a lot, but I usually tend to be a bit embarrassed to point the camera at someone in order to catch the moment, as you did, sometimes because If I am going to be quick enough it seems I am

Re: point and shoot

2009-03-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Adam Maas Subject: Re: point and shoot That little operating system that Linus wrote is the second most popular OS on the planet (Linux). The third (Mac OS X) also relies heavily on code written by people working for free (As it's based on BSD, which is

Bummer !

2009-03-31 Thread Bill Owens
I just received 2 4Mb SanDisc SD cards and the Optio MX will not read them. I installed the cards, formatted them and got the response memory card error. Maybe they'll work in the wife's Optio 50 Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Dave's Tulip

2009-03-31 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Saw this a bit earlier today in my friend Dave's well adorned front yard flower garden. He once owned a nursery, but is now retired and the neighborhood go to when a plant starts to look sick. Simple shot, but I liked the

Re: PESO: Itchy Fingers

2009-03-31 Thread Rick Womer
Dan, Everything looks soft to me in this shot. It could also use more contrast. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 3/31/09, Dan Matyola danmaty...@verizon.net wrote: From: Dan Matyola danmaty...@verizon.net Subject: PESO: Itchy Fingers To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO #011.1 two shots from DA 50-135

2009-03-31 Thread Manuel Magalhães
Ditto. BTW, he has something on is hands...:)) Best regards, Manuel On 09/03/30 20:51, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! The permission was granted...

Re: Bummer !

2009-03-31 Thread Christian
Bill Owens wrote: I just received 2 4Mb SanDisc SD cards and the Optio MX will not read them. I installed the cards, formatted them and got the response memory card error. Maybe they'll work in the wife's Optio 50 Bill You'll be able to put about 2 images on that card -- Christian

Re: Bummer !

2009-03-31 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bill Owens wmbow...@gmail.com To: pdml pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:46 PM Subject: Bummer ! I just received 2 4Mb SanDisc SD cards and the Optio MX will not read them. I installed the cards, formatted them and got the response memory card

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