Re: Camera colours (was: How useful is SDM?)

2010-01-14 Thread Cotty
On 13/1/10, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: I parsed my last sentence and realized I'd typed hot oink instead of hot pink. I didn't want to recieve a Mark! on THAT ONE. :-) Not so quick there Tonto. Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

PEOW: Superstar Darius

2010-01-14 Thread Jay Taylor
Hi folks, Been a while since I've posted here, but I've been without a Pentax body for a while. Hopefully that will be changing real soon. Here is an image of my grandson Darius (6) in his second year of soccer:

Re: PEOW: Superstar Darius

2010-01-14 Thread Cotty
On 14/1/10, Jay Taylor, discombobulated, unleashed: Hi folks, Been a while since I've posted here, but I've been without a Pentax body for a while. Hopefully that will be changing real soon. Here is an image of my grandson Darius (6) in his second year of soccer:

Re: OT - Mac web page freeware or shareware?

2010-01-14 Thread Cotty
On 13/1/10, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: Can anyone recommend a Mac freeware or shareware web page building program? My wife needs to create a simple page with a course syllabus, and links to PDFs of reading material--nothing at all fancy. My 15 yr old son put 3 pages together using

Re: Camera colours (was: How useful is SDM?)

2010-01-14 Thread Derby Chang
Cotty wrote: On 13/1/10, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: I parsed my last sentence and realized I'd typed hot oink instead of hot pink. I didn't want to recieve a Mark! on THAT ONE. :-) Not so quick there Tonto. Tom, you need a subscription to Bacon Busters magazine. Just

Re: Wide angle for K-X?

2010-01-14 Thread Sandy Harris
On 1/3/10, Carlos R carlos_r...@teleline.es wrote: Besides the excellent 16-45 that some people suggested, there is the FA 20-35. Small, AF and high IQ too, though you would have to look for a second hand one. That looks good but BH and Amazon don't list it, and the one Hong Kong dealer I've

Re: Construction VIII

2010-01-14 Thread Derby Chang
Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: Despite the ugly light today (cold overcast), I did some construction shooting today. The progress thus far is AMAZING. There's text below each picture. It's late here, I'm listening to The Who--so whoo are you, hoo, hoo--hoo, hoo :-).

Re: Peso: Apostrophe

2010-01-14 Thread Larry Colen
The crux of the citrus? On Jan 13, 2010, at 8:17 PM, Bran Everseeking wrote: a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/bran-everseeking/4273259880/; title=IMGP0953.png by Bran Everseeking, on Flickrimg src=http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4273259880_e84ee31e38_o.jpg; width=537 height=800

Re: Wide angle for K-X?

2010-01-14 Thread Derby Chang
Sandy Harris wrote: I'm on a limited budget, looking for fairly lightweight travel combination. I have a fairly strong bias toward primes, though just getting the 16-50 as a single lens does tempt me some. My last good camera (stolen some time back not yet replaced) was an MX and on it, I used

Re: OT: North American International Auto Show

2010-01-14 Thread Derby Chang
P N Stenquist wrote: Worked the show for the NY times: 13 hours yesterday and a few more this morning. I was on-board as a writer, not a photographer, so I carried only my Panasonic PS, but a couple of my pics did make it onto the web pages. You can see my posts from the show here:

RE: Peso: Apostrophe

2010-01-14 Thread Bob W
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4273259880_e84ee31e38_o.jpg I like it. Nice use of colors. I think that I'd like it a bit more if the background (is that a sweatshirt?) were more in shadow, though I don't know how to do that and still have light on the fruit. [...] Black velvet

Re: Wide angle for K-X?

2010-01-14 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 14, 2010, at 12:43 AM, Derby Chang wrote: Very very late on this, but despite the naysayers, I've had pretty good experience with half a dozen Sigma EX lenses. The 20/1.8 is my favourite widey for gig shots (have a PDML Book submission taken with it), and I'd say the 24/1.8 is a

Babes Boars Bores (was: Camera colours (was: How useful is SDM?))

2010-01-14 Thread eckinator
2010/1/14 Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Cotty wrote: On 13/1/10, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: I parsed my last sentence and realized I'd typed hot oink instead of hot pink.  I didn't want  to recieve a Mark! on THAT ONE. :-) Not so quick there Tonto. Tom, you need a subscription

Re: PEOW: Superstar Darius

2010-01-14 Thread eckinator
2010/1/14 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: That's an excellent shot mate. absolutely - and did you notice the ball smiling? perfect accidental timing =) -- 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: PaD- Photo a Day no. 20

2010-01-14 Thread eckinator
You've got that one cornered - well done! Cheers Ecke 2010/1/14 Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net: http://365xclick.blogspot.com/2010/01/night-munchies-20365.html I am quite project driven of late.  I have been trying to shoot the corner stores around Saskatoon before they all go

Re: OT - Mac web page freeware or shareware?

2010-01-14 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 13, 2010, at 7:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Can anyone recommend a Mac freeware or shareware web page building program? emacs My wife needs to create a simple page with a course syllabus, and links to PDFs of reading material--nothing at all fancy. I'm only half joking about

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread AlunFoto
Sorry to hear, Stig. I should perhaps add that a Canon D-7 succumbed to moisture at the particular landing where I took my photo. Fortunately it came back to life after roughly two days of drying out, but in principle it's a camera with about the same level of weather protection as has the K-7. So

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread SV Hovland
I don't think its going to be expensive. My camera started to work again after two days on drying and I used it for a month or two before I sent it in. Pentax confirmed residual of water inside, but I was lucky and no circuit boards or mechanics seemed to be damaged. So it ended up in a small

Re: OT: North American International Auto Show

2010-01-14 Thread paul stenquist
On Jan 14, 2010, at 3:50 AM, Derby Chang wrote: P N Stenquist wrote: Worked the show for the NY times: 13 hours yesterday and a few more this morning. I was on-board as a writer, not a photographer, so I carried only my Panasonic PS, but a couple of my pics did make it onto the web pages.

Re: PEOW: Superstar Darius

2010-01-14 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Jay Taylor taylorjohn...@cablespeed.com wrote: Hi folks, Been a while since I've posted here, but I've been without a Pentax body for a while. Hopefully that will be changing real soon. Here is an image of my grandson Darius (6) in his second year of soccer:

Re: Peso: Apostrophe

2010-01-14 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net wrote: a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/bran-everseeking/4273259880/; title=IMGP0953.png by Bran Everseeking, on Flickrimg src=http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4273259880_e84ee31e38_o.jpg; width=537

Re: OT - Mac web page freeware or shareware?

2010-01-14 Thread Perry Pellechia
Kompozer (http://kompozer.net/) is an open source WYSIWYG editor and does a nice job. My wife uses it for her course website which she uses to distribute course readings and other PDF documents. Perry Pellechia Home Page:

Re: Peso: Apostrophe

2010-01-14 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:41:51 -0800 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4273259880_e84ee31e38_o.jpg I like it. Nice use of colors. I think that I'd like it a bit more if the background (is that a sweatshirt?) were more in shadow, though I don't know how

Re: OT - Mac web page freeware or shareware?

2010-01-14 Thread P N Stenquist
On Jan 13, 2010, at 10:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Can anyone recommend a Mac freeware or shareware web page building program? My wife needs to create a simple page with a course syllabus, and links to PDFs of reading material--nothing at all fancy. iWeb is very easy. Probably came with

Re: PESO - You've Got Mail!

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
frank theriault wrote: She's a couple of blocks from my house so I pass by it often, but last night the light from the streetlights was hitting her in a way that made me decide to take a picture: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/01/youve-got-mail.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always

Re: PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
P N Stenquist wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10497232size=lg K20D, DA# 50-135, f5.6, ISO 400 Love the shot, Paul. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Wide angle for K-X?

2010-01-14 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/14/2010 3:34 AM, Sandy Harris wrote: On 1/3/10, Carlos Rcarlos_r...@teleline.es wrote: Besides the excellent 16-45 that some people suggested, there is the FA 20-35. Small, AF and high IQ too, though you would have to look for a second hand one. That looks good but BH and

RE: OT - Mac web page freeware or shareware?

2010-01-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: Rick Womer Can anyone recommend a Mac freeware or shareware web page building program? My wife needs to create a simple page with a course syllabus, and links to PDFs of reading material--nothing at all fancy. Rick Is it something you could do with Micro$oft Office? If so, Open Office

Re: OT - Mac web page freeware or shareware?

2010-01-14 Thread P. J. Alling
Nobody should ever generate HTML with Microsoft office. On 1/14/2010 11:54 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Rick Womer Can anyone recommend a Mac freeware or shareware web page building program? My wife needs to create a simple page with a course syllabus, and links to PDFs of reading

Re: Wide angle for K-X?

2010-01-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: Sandy Harris On 1/3/10, Carlos R carlos_r...@teleline.es wrote: Besides the excellent 16-45 that some people suggested, there is the FA 20-35. Small, AF and high IQ too, though you would have to look for a second hand one. That looks good but BH and Amazon don't list it, and the one

OT - Kodak's survival plan?

2010-01-14 Thread Bruce Walker
The headline is Kodak is suing Apple and RIM for patent infringement. When I read about the nature of the patents involved ... Kodak alleges that Apple is infringing on two patents covering image preview and the processing of images of different resolutions. The second suit is focused on

RE: Peso: Apostrophe

2010-01-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4273259880_e84ee31e38_o.jpg I like it. Nice use of colors. I think that I'd like it a bit more if the background (is that a sweatshirt?) were more in shadow, though I don't know how to do that and still have light on the fruit. [...]

RE: Babes Boars Bores (was: Camera colours (was: How useful, is SDM?))

2010-01-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: eckinator 2010/1/14 Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Cotty wrote: On 13/1/10, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: I parsed my last sentence and realized I'd typed hot oink instead of hot pink. ?I didn't want ?to recieve a Mark! on THAT ONE. :-) Not so quick there Tonto.

Re: PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:37 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:35 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10497232size=lg K20D, DA# 50-135, f5.6, ISO 400 Like a Norman Rockwell painting, it has

Re: OT - Kodak's survival plan?

2010-01-14 Thread P. J. Alling
Sometimes these claims are valid. I don't know about this one. On 1/14/2010 12:23 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: The headline is Kodak is suing Apple and RIM for patent infringement. When I read about the nature of the patents involved ... Kodak alleges that Apple is infringing on two patents

Re: Babes Boars Bores (was: Camera colours (was: How useful, is SDM?))

2010-01-14 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/14/2010 12:28 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: eckinator 2010/1/14 Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Cotty wrote: On 13/1/10, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: I parsed my last sentence and realized I'd typed hot oink instead of hot pink. ?I didn't want ?to recieve a Mark! on THAT

Re: Babes Boars Bores (was: Camera colours (was: How useful, is SDM?))

2010-01-14 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/14/2010 12:28 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: eckinator 2010/1/14 Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Cotty wrote: On 13/1/10, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: I parsed my last sentence and realized I'd typed hot oink instead of hot pink. ?I didn't want ?to recieve a Mark! on THAT

Re: PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-14 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/14/2010 12:40 PM, David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:37 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:35 PM, P N Stenquistpnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10497232size=lg K20D, DA# 50-135,

Re: PEOW: Superstar Darius

2010-01-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Jay Taylor taylorjohn...@cablespeed.com wrote: Hi folks, Been a while since I've posted here, but I've been without a Pentax body for a while. Hopefully that will be changing real soon. Here is an image of my grandson Darius (6) in his

Re: OT - Mac web page freeware or shareware?

2010-01-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling Nobody should ever generate HTML with Microsoft office. That's why I prefaced it with the question. I've never done HTML beyond the kind of basic Hello World level stuff you can accomplish with Notepad. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: OT - Kodak's survival plan?

2010-01-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Walker The headline is Kodak is suing Apple and RIM for patent infringement. When I read about the nature of the patents involved ... Kodak alleges that Apple is infringing on two patents covering image preview and the processing of images of different resolutions. The second

GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over the holidays. 8 inches of rain in 10 days. Everyone was so excited about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried to make the best of it. On the photography side of things, it was a struggle. The birds didn't want

Re: OT - Mac web page freeware or shareware?

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:19 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 13/1/10, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: Can anyone recommend a Mac freeware or shareware web page building program? My wife needs to create a simple page with a course syllabus, and links to PDFs of reading

Re: OT - Mac web page freeware or shareware?

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:11 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: P. J. Alling Nobody should ever generate HTML with Microsoft office. That's why I prefaced it with the question. I've never done HTML beyond the kind of basic Hello World level stuff you can accomplish with

Re: PESO - You've Got Mail!

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
Thats a really good one Frank. Well lit. Dave On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:30 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: She's a couple of blocks from my house so I pass by it often, but last night the light from the streetlights was hitting  her in a way that made me decide to take a

Re: PESO - You've Got Mail!

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net wrote: On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:30:00 -0500 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: She's a couple of blocks from my house so I pass by it often, but last night the light from the streetlights was hitting  

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread Tom C
I've used my PZ-1p and *ist D NON-WEATHER SEALED cameras in rain and snow conditions numerous times where after shooting I needed to dry the camera with a towel and never had a problem. It would be interesting to know just how long one of these weather-sealed bodies would last in a controlled

Re: OT - Kodak's survival plan?

2010-01-14 Thread Tom C
It sounds to me that IF, as Kodak claims, other companies have licensed or pay royalties for the exact same technology, then the claims may indeed be valid. I really enjoyed reading the Talkback headers below the story... :-) Tom On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Bruce Walker

RE: PEOW: Superstar Darius

2010-01-14 Thread Chris Mitchell
From: Jay Taylor Subject: PEOW: Superstar Darius Hi folks, Been a while since I've posted here, but I've been without a Pentax body for a while. Hopefully that will be changing real soon. Here is an image of my grandson Darius (6) in his second year of soccer:

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread Tim Bray
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: The claim of any environment is the exaggeration.  If one goes below -10C, what about that environment, or what about extremely hot conditions? As I've mentioned here, I visit Saskatchewan every winter and always try to do a

Re: Superstar Darius

2010-01-14 Thread Ken Waller
Nice action shot - you caught it. Just goes to prove it isn't the equipment ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Jay Taylor taylorjohn...@cablespeed.com Subject: PEOW: Superstar Darius Hi folks, Been a while since I've posted here, but I've

Re: PEOW: Superstar Darius

2010-01-14 Thread paul stenquist
Excellent. Paul On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:00 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: frank theriault On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Jay Taylor taylorjohn...@cablespeed.com wrote: Hi folks, Been a while since I've posted here, but I've been without a Pentax body for a while. Hopefully that will

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread Tom C
My thought as well... I'm guessing mirror/shutter and screwdrive for the AF mainly. Tom On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: The claim of any environment is the exaggeration.  If one goes below

RE: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread Bob W
I know it has umpty-ump seals and so forth, but all cameras are weather, dust and cold resistant because they're solid objects and 99+% of the body is impervious to water.. Water always follows the course of least resistance and typically that is down and off. Electronics and mechanisms

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread paul stenquist
All great shots, but the frog is awesome. Wow! Paul On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Christian wrote: The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over the holidays. 8 inches of rain in 10 days. Everyone was so excited about it that I couldn't be glum so I tried to

OT: Naughty boys playing in the snow

2010-01-14 Thread Bob W
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RE: OT - Mac web page freeware or shareware?

2010-01-14 Thread Bob W
That's why I prefaced it with the question. I've never done HTML beyond the kind of basic Hello World level stuff you can accomplish with Notepad. Thats what my site was built with, notepad, and it shows.. It's perfectly possible and not particularly difficult, to build a quite

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Jack Davis
Glorious stuff!! Love them, Christian. Well cropped and crisply caught. Jack --- On Thu, 1/14/10, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: From: Christian christ...@skofteland.net Subject: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, January

Re: Babes Boars Bores (was: Camera colours (was: How useful, is SDM?))

2010-01-14 Thread Tom C
Yeah, we just have Samonella and e coli. On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 10:54 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/14/2010 12:28 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: eckinator 2010/1/14 Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Cotty wrote: On 13/1/10, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed:

RE: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Bob W
[... Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house. The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. There are thousands of them roosting there during the day. Even though we had more sun in Sydney, when I went to the botanic gardens

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Ken Waller
All very well captured. The double barred finch really stands out for its unusual markings ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Christian christ...@skofteland.net Subject: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat The weather really sucked for the first

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
Thanks, Paul! That's very kind of you. That frog was so accommodating. I took a few shots, went inside, downloaded them checked them over, decided I didn't like the angle or lighting or whatever, went back out took some more shots... etc. etc. Probably an hour or so and he didn't move at

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
Thanks, Ken, Jack and Bob. There are at least three species of very pretty finches that hang out at the in-laws' house. The zebra finches are the prettiest but I never got a good shot at them. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ Ken Waller wrote: All very well captured. The

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread Ken Waller
I've shot alot in the rain snow, mostly from a tripod and I've always protected it as much as possible with a towel or my b-ball cap, never had an issue with any of them - PZ, PZ-1P, MZ-S, *istD, K10D or K20D., 28-80 F, 70-210F, 300 f4.5 FA, 600 FA. I wouldn't consider any device like a

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread Tom C
I've used a gallon size ZipLock bag in the past. It keeps the camera totally dry between shots and I can pretty much just pull the bag up over the edge of the lens and still operate most controls, again on a tripod. Tom On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread Tom C
I'm sure the Timex watch claim is true. It resists... but as we all know... On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I've shot alot in the rain snow, mostly from a tripod and I've always protected it as much as possible with a towel or my b-ball cap, never had

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread John Sessoms
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Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
Christian, Sorry about the weather, but you have some great shots. Like Paul said, the frog is a stunner. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over the holidays.  8

Re: OT - Mac web page freeware or shareware?

2010-01-14 Thread Perry Pellechia
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: That's why I prefaced it with the question. I've never done HTML beyond the kind of basic Hello World level stuff you can accomplish with Notepad. Thats what my site was built with, notepad, and it shows.. It's

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
Had the PZ-1 die at a pig roast long ago. It was new and in/out of the moist smoke. Pentax made repairs under warranty. That's my only failure. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I've shot alot in the rain snow, mostly from a tripod and

Re: Upload for the 2009-10 PDML Photo Annual is now live!

2010-01-14 Thread Miserere
Mark, Can I just send you the negatives from 2009 and let you pick out the best 3 so you can then choose the best one to put in the book? That would be great. Thanks! --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread Tom C
AT what I'd call a pretty good price for what it does. Tom On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 2:36 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: http://optechusa.com/product/detail/?PRODUCT_ID=73 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

PESO - Parkdale Arms

2010-01-14 Thread frank theriault
Why do they call all the Rooms to Rent places around here Arms? Whatever, here's Parkdale Arms. Another sign (not visible in this picture) says absolutely no guests after 11:30. Right... http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/01/parkview-arms.html I know it's noisy, but it's in a noisy

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Had the PZ-1 die at a pig roast long ago. snip Wouldn't have happened at a veggie-bbq! ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Naughty boys playing in the snow

2010-01-14 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/British+cops+videotaped+sledding+their+riot+sh ields/2440773/story.html That's great! Police need a more human face in most neighbourhoods, and taking a few runs down a hill where other tobogganers

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Glorious stuff!! Love them, Christian. Well cropped and crisply caught. I agree with Jack. Terrific stuff, Christian! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Vernissage Gathering was ANNOUNCEMENT . . . exhibit

2010-01-14 Thread Tim Bray
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: I would be more than willing to help organize a vernissage gathering if that's of interest to PDMLers. ... It might make for a nice long weekend if folks flew in Thursday for vernissage, then OK, if I'm going to

Re: OT - Mac web page freeware or shareware?

2010-01-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Can anyone recommend a Mac freeware or shareware web page building program? My wife needs to create a simple page with a course syllabus, and links to PDFs of reading material--nothing at all fancy. Rick

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
Great stuff. The frog is wonderful Dave On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over the holidays.  8 inches of rain in 10 days.  Everyone was so excited about it that I couldn't be

Re: OT: Naughty boys playing in the snow

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
Never know when a riot might break out on a hill Dave On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/British+cops+videotaped+sledding+their+riot+sh ields/2440773/story.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Parkdale Arms

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
Like this one. Has that gritty lower east side feel to it. If we had an east side that is. Dave On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:09 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Why do they call all the Rooms to Rent places around here Arms? Whatever, here's Parkdale Arms.  Another sign (not

Re: PEOW: Superstar Darius

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
Great action shot. See how well those other brands work.:-0 Dave On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:16 AM, Jay Taylor taylorjohn...@cablespeed.com wrote: Hi folks, Been a while since I've posted here, but I've been without a Pentax body for a while. Hopefully that will be changing real soon. Here is

Re: PESO - Parkdale Arms

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
What he said. Love the mood. The fact that the headlight beams show up in the gloom/fog is a real winner. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ David J Brooks wrote: Like this one. Has that gritty lower east side feel to it. If we had an east side that is. Dave On Thu, Jan

Re: PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:55 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Like a Norman Rockwell painting, it has that Real Americana feel to it. Pheeww. Thought you said Norm Baugher. Dave Haven't heard from Norm in a while, I wonder how he's doing. Terrific shot, Paul!!

Re: PESO - Parkdale Arms

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
frank theriault wrote: Why do they call all the Rooms to Rent places around here Arms? Whatever, here's Parkdale Arms. Another sign (not visible in this picture) says absolutely no guests after 11:30. Right... http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/01/parkview-arms.html I know it's noisy,

Re: Peso: Apostrophe

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
When life gives you lemons, throw a lime in front. Dave On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net wrote: a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/bran-everseeking/4273259880/; title=IMGP0953.png by Bran Everseeking, on Flickrimg

Re: PaD- Photo a Day no. 20

2010-01-14 Thread David J Brooks
Well done. Classic corner store Dave On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net wrote: http://365xclick.blogspot.com/2010/01/night-munchies-20365.html I am quite project driven of late.  I have been trying to shoot the corner stores around Saskatoon

Forthcoming books by Don McCullin

2010-01-14 Thread Bob W
Order them today. He's a great photographer and a very nice chap. Anyone for a Manchester PDML in February? Shaped by War: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shaped-War-Don-McCullin/dp/0224090267/ref=pd_bxgy_b _text_b his work is the subject of a huge exhibition currently being organized by the Imperial

PESO - Parkview Arms - was Parkdale Arms

2010-01-14 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: ummm  ParkVIEW arms...  but whatever it's a great shot. You're right. The photo (on the blog) has the correct name, just not the PESO. Sorry about that. Parkdale is a large neighbourhood just west of us. Parkview

Re: PESO - Parkdale Arms

2010-01-14 Thread paul stenquist
Excellent. The trolley and passing car in the street give it energy and life. Superb composition. Paul On Jan 14, 2010, at 5:09 PM, frank theriault wrote: Why do they call all the Rooms to Rent places around here Arms? Whatever, here's Parkdale Arms. Another sign (not visible in this

Re: Naughty boys playing in the snow

2010-01-14 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: OT: Naughty boys playing in the snow http://www.ottawacitizen.com/British+cops+videotaped+sledding+their+riot+sh ields/2440773/story.html It's amazing they didn't bust the photographer. He must not have been using a big camera.

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: The claim of any environment is the exaggeration.  If one goes below -10C, what about that environment, or what about extremely hot conditions? As I've

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
frank theriault wrote: On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Glorious stuff!! Love them, Christian. Well cropped and crisply caught. I agree with Jack. Terrific stuff, Christian! Thanks, frank! -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ -- PDML

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Christian
Thanks, Bob and Dave. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ David J Brooks wrote: Great stuff. The frog is wonderful Dave On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over

Re: OT: North American International Auto Show

2010-01-14 Thread Michael Beacom
On Jan 12, 2010, at 2:40 PM, paul stenquist wrote: On Jan 12, 2010, at 2:22 PM, Christian wrote: P N Stenquist wrote: Worked the show for the NY times: 13 hours yesterday and a few more this morning. I was on-board as a writer, not a photographer, so I carried only my Panasonic PS, but

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:23 -0500, Christian christ...@skofteland.net wrote: Here's a few shots of the local wildlife around my in-laws' house. The bat (a gray-headed flying fox) is from the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. There are thousands of them roosting there during the day. Even

Re: GESO - Across Australia and back

2010-01-14 Thread Brian Walters
On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:16 -0500, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Superb gallery, Brian. The funniest, of course, is the last, Multitasking (seems an odd combo). Also chuckled at the Shark Crossing. I was jotting down photos titles to tell you which ones I really liked, but, ah, my list

Re: GESO - 3 birds, a frog and a bat

2010-01-14 Thread Michael Beacom
A really nice bunch of pictures. And the parrots- beautiful plumage. What happened to his cigar? The frog put me in mind of Winston Churchill. Cheers Mike On Jan 14, 2010, at 1:23 PM, Christian wrote: The weather really sucked for the first 2 weeks when I went to Australia over the

RE: PESO - Parkdale Arms

2010-01-14 Thread Bill Sawyer
Frank, I could go on for some time about what I think makes this one special, suffice to say I wish I'd done it. One of your best... Bill Sawyer -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: Thursday, January 14,

Re: OT: North American International Auto Show

2010-01-14 Thread paul stenquist
On Jan 14, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Michael Beacom wrote: On Jan 12, 2010, at 2:40 PM, paul stenquist wrote: On Jan 12, 2010, at 2:22 PM, Christian wrote: P N Stenquist wrote: Worked the show for the NY times: 13 hours yesterday and a few more this morning. I was on-board as a writer, not

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