Re: AF280T Failure

2013-07-21 Thread Bob W
On 21 Jul 2013, at 03:27, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: So my AF280T made some awful cracking sounds and now only seems to fire at 1/1. This makes it pretty much impossible to use. Close objects are blown at even iso 100 and f8. Bummer. Just as I was about to go out and shoot an

Re: PESO - Ceramic Pot on a Wall

2013-07-21 Thread Bob W
I agree. B On 21 Jul 2013, at 03:38, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: The original is lovely for its contours, colors, and textures. The Nik version doesn't do anything for me. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Brian Walters

Re: PESO - Michigan Green

2013-07-21 Thread Bob W
That looks very nice. I like the way you've cloned out the nuclear waste recycling factory, the sewage filtration plant and the surgical waste incinerator and replaced them with grass, flowers and trees. To complete the picture you need some happy, attractive children with only one head

Re: PESO - Ceramic Pot on a Wall

2013-07-21 Thread Chris Mitchell
Super composition and the colours and textures hit you in the face. Definitely colour for me. Chris On 19 July 2013 13:35, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all Apologies for the naff title - couldn't think of anything catchy. This is from our USA trip - taken in Santa Fe,

Re: PESO - Michigan Green

2013-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
I agree with Ken. Beautiful garden, Paul! On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 11:55 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Both are nice captures, but the first is more dynamic IMO. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist

Re: PESO: Floral Explosion

2013-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
Good caption, Dan. It looks like one of those optical illusion images where you see motion. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 12:25 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468783 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO Down by the seashore

2013-07-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 10:57:16PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Classic vacation imag! Thanks. It took a lot of tries, but when I saw the skimboarder going ass over teakettle, I just machinegunned a bunch of shots And this was the best. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO - Michigan Green

2013-07-21 Thread Rick Womer
I agree with those who've said that #1 is the winner. Downsizing? Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2013 10:37 PM Subject: PESO - Michigan Green

Re: PESO - Michigan Green

2013-07-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Rick. Yeah, downsizing, and I went a lakefront house about 20 miles north of here where real estate taxes are much lower. On Jul 21, 2013, at 7:35 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: I agree with those who've said that #1 is the winner. Downsizing? Rick

Re: PESO - Michigan Green

2013-07-21 Thread Alan C
Yeah, taxes - there had to be a compelling reason to leave a place as impressive as that - virtually a Manor House! Good luck - now you will be able to take up underwater photography. Alan C -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 1:42 PM To:

Re: OT it's getting rumbly again

2013-07-21 Thread Zos Xavius
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/strong-magnitude-69-earthquake-strikes-off-new-zealand-coast-rattling-capital-wellington/2013/07/21/61b9a1a2-f1ca-11e2-b2e0-0ecd9d3227c0_story.html It made the news. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 1:40 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: During the past few

ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread Alan C
A herd heading back into the bush after drinking at the Letaba River. I counted 51 but at least 10 had already climbed the bank on the left so this is quite a big herd. There is a 2m croc on the bank at the lower left. I took the 3 shots in this pano about an hour before the zebras.

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread Zos Xavius
Nice pano! You use a K110D? Interesting. What do you think of the 100-300? I hear its not all that great. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: A herd heading back into the bush after drinking at the Letaba River. I counted 51 but at least 10 had already climbed the

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
Very impressive, Alan. It's worth clicking on View-all-sizes and examining the largest-sized file (5325 x 1715). The croc was invisible to me in the browser-wide image. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: A herd heading back into the bush after drinking at the Letaba

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread Alan C
Thanks Zos. I only migrated to digital last year. I have an FA 28-80 a 100-300, carry overs from a Z70 which suffered terminal mirror failure (that little plastic gear which splits). Still have a functional ME super. I found a cheap 2nd hand K110D body to go on with (new Pentax stuff costs a

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread Stan Halpin
Very very nice shot. The curve of the water's edge really anchors the rest of the image. stan On Jul 21, 2013, at 8:55 AM, Alan C wrote: A herd heading back into the bush after drinking at the Letaba River. I counted 51 but at least 10 had already climbed the bank on the left so this is

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Alan: That's great. My husband loved it too. Elephants are my favorite animal, so this was great to see! Love it! Cheers, Christine On Jul 21, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: A herd heading back into the bush after drinking at the Letaba River. I counted 51 but at

Re: VESO A short vid

2013-07-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Fun to see, Dave. Thanks for posting. Cheers, Christine On Jul 20, 2013, at 6:45 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From Friday, i shot a few horse and tractor drawn bits of eq. WIND WARNING, threre is lots on the vid sound track

Re: OT it's getting rumbly again

2013-07-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Stay safe, Dave! Cheers, Christine On Jul 21, 2013, at 12:40 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: During the past few days there has been a spate of earthquakes just southwest of our capital city, Wellington. They've been fairly small, up to mid-5 in magnitude, but they had a 6.5

Re: PESO Down by the seashore

2013-07-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Indeed! And great catch on the surfer! Cheers, Christine On Jul 20, 2013, at 8:17 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Nicolas and Julie are the children of my Belgioan foreign exchange brother who is in town for a high school reunion. I think that this is a fun shot with them at the

Re: PESO - Michigan Green

2013-07-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Paul: Pretty! First shot more dynamic! Are you planing to move back to the Windy City? :-))) Cheers, Christine On Jul 20, 2013, at 9:37 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: May sell my house next sprint, so I wanted to get a xouple pixs wirh the lilies in bloom. Since

Re: PESO - Michigan Green

2013-07-21 Thread Mark C
NIce shots, Paul - nice house too. I like the first one best. Is there a little HDR toning in these? Mark On 7/20/2013 10:37 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: May sell my house next sprint, so I wanted to get a xouple pixs wirh the lilies in bloom. Since it faces north, ball down magic hour is the

Peso's a few more from the plowing

2013-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
I put some more photo sin my photo dot net Markham album: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=930272 The first 11 are from Friday. Some folks asked to see all of the photos and i have made a quick jalbum for them. I will post for those interested in seeing a whole bunch a shots.:-) Dave

Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2013-plow1/album/index.html There are a lot of photos , around 270. Some of the participants like to see their photos so i just include them all, for those with some time on their hands, have a look. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread Bob Sullivan
Alan, Great stuff. Sending this to my wife who loved the zebras as well. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: A herd heading back into the bush after drinking at the Letaba River. I counted 51 but at least 10 had already climbed the bank on the left

Re: PESO - Michigan Green

2013-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
Great shots Dave On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: May sell my house next sprint, so I wanted to get a xouple pixs wirh the lilies in bloom. Since it faces north, ball down magic hour is the only option.

Re: PESO - Michigan Green

2013-07-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Mark. No HDR, but I adjusted curves in conversion, brightening shadows and bringing down highlights. I then boosted midrange contrast a bit to compensate. I also increased the blue in the sky slightly with a replace color in Photoshop, as it fades when the ball goes down. On Jul 21,

Re: Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-21 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, That's quite a gallery! Congratulations on assembling it. I was struck by how much hard work it had to be to work a farm with a team of horses. You really had to love the farm. Beautiful images of important things gone by. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 9:09 AM, David J Brooks

Re: PESO - Leaf Eater

2013-07-21 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Mon, Jul 08, 2013, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Almost half way through and still going: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/07/leaf-eater.html?m=1 Nice! I would maybe put the focus point a half-inch farther back to get more of it in focus (and add some foreground bokeh). But you

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread Mark C
Wow - fantastic. You really have the wildlife there! Mark On 7/21/2013 8:55 AM, Alan C wrote: A herd heading back into the bush after drinking at the Letaba River. I counted 51 but at least 10 had already climbed the bank on the left so this is quite a big herd. There is a 2m croc on the bank

Re: PESO - Aussi Power Run

2013-07-21 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Mon, Jul 08, 2013, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I don't often show misses, but this one's so close I had to share. Sadly, I missed the focus (see how the guys behind him are sharp?), but otherwise I think it would have been a fine shot:

Re: Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, That's quite a gallery! Congratulations on assembling it. I was struck by how much hard work it had to be to work a farm with a team of horses. You really had to love the farm. Beautiful images of important

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread Zos Xavius
I have another K-7 on the way as well. It was cheaper to just replace it than have my ailing one fixed. Next week my K-5 will go out to be fixed. I might have to get an FA 100-300 just to try one out. They aren't all that expensive. If I don't like it I could just resell it. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013

Re: Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-21 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, The Kerosene tractor caught my eye. I suppose that was pre-gasoline powered machinery. It is in contrast to the steam powered farm machinery in the Racine, WI 4th of July parade. They had quite a display of old equipment and faded manufacturers. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at

Re: Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
These guys also have a demo at the fair using old steam [powered eq. Dave On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, The Kerosene tractor caught my eye. I suppose that was pre-gasoline powered machinery. It is in contrast to the steam powered farm

Re: Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-21 Thread Bob W
A lot of very nice shots there. Still, I think we should return to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. B On 21 Jul 2013, at 15:09, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2013-plow1/album/index.html There are a lot of photos , around 270. Some of the participants

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread Jack Davis
Extremely nice, Alan.   Jack - Original Message - From: Alan C c...@lantic.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 5:55 AM Subject: ELLIE PANO A herd heading back into the bush after drinking at the Letaba River. I counted 51 but at least 10 had

Re: PESO (kind of) - Solving a Focus Problem

2013-07-21 Thread George Sinos
I don't know that there is a real problem with either the lens or the body. I'll be doing a little more testing when I have some more time but of 3 lenses and 2 bodies, all of the lenses are fine on the first body. 2 of the lenses are fine on the second body. Only the one lens needs a

Re: Peso's a few more from the plowing

2013-07-21 Thread P.J. Alling
It doesn't look particularly sinful to me. On 7/21/2013 10:06 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I put some more photo sin my photo dot net Markham album: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=930272 The first 11 are from Friday. Some folks asked to see all of the photos and i have made a quick

Re: Any new flagship camera rumors?

2013-07-21 Thread Tom C
From: Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com On 19/07/2013 2:01 PM, Tom C wrote: I also agree that the legacy lens advantage is pretty much non-existent. It's interesting that you should say that, and kind of ironic in a way. The reason why legacy lenses are not an advantage is because they are

Re: Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-21 Thread Mark C
Lots of great photos there - you rally captured the event! Mark On 7/21/2013 10:09 AM, David J Brooks wrote: http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2013-plow1/album/index.html There are a lot of photos , around 270. Some of the participants like to see their photos so i just include them all, for

Re: Peso The annual plowing demo

2013-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
According to my little John Paul Jones book of grammar, that should be I have not yet begun to edit! ;-D On 7/20/2013 2:10 PM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Gerrit Visser gerrit...@gmail.com wrote: A great portrayal of rural life. The plow one in BW would look like

Re: Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-21 Thread P.J. Alling
That was actually a mid 20th century development, Kerosine was used as a lamp oil, for heating, and cooking, so it was available, and it's price didn't include a road tax in addition to being less expensive to produce. I believe the tractor had a dual fuel system, it was started using

Re: Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-21 Thread aggrivatedathotm...@gmail.com
So after I posted this, I got to thinking, the tractor in question looked a lot earlier than mid 20th century. In fact more like from the teens or twenties. There were a lot of web sites that postulated that it and it's type were prediesel designs but both diesel and gasoline tractors had

Ok, why does it do that?

2013-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
Now that I've got the list coming in directly to Thunderbird (via Yahoo), I've made a filter that puts all PDML into a PDML folder. Seems to be working great. In the PDML folder, I tried sorting by subject. Works ok, but ... It doesn't quite group all the same subject together in one place?

RE: Ok, why does it do that?

2013-07-21 Thread Gerrit Visser
I occasionally get that sorting in Outlook as well. It must be in the header somewhere. I will find a sample and see if I can see what the difference is. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2013 12:59 PM To:

Re: Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 12:58 PM, aggrivatedathotm...@gmail.com aggrivatedathotm...@gmail.com wrote: So after I posted this, I got to thinking, the tractor in question looked a lot earlier than mid 20th century. In fact more like from the teens or twenties. There were a lot of web sites that

Re: Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmL38BvVULo seems its at least from 1919 Dave On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 1:06 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 12:58 PM, aggrivatedathotm...@gmail.com aggrivatedathotm...@gmail.com wrote: So after I posted this, I got to

Re: OT it's getting rumbly again

2013-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
Heard about it on NPR news (Sunday noon EDT) was going to post a query whether y'all were doing alright. Good to hear you're hanging in there. Hope it will go away again without too much heartbreak. NPR said it was swarm - this was either the 5th earthquake in a week with greater than

Re: Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
On 7/21/2013 1:06 PM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 12:58 PM, aggrivatedathotm...@gmail.com aggrivatedathotm...@gmail.com wrote: So after I posted this, I got to thinking, the tractor in question looked a lot earlier than mid 20th century. In fact more like from the teens or

Re: Ok, why does it do that?

2013-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
Some mail clients are especially stupid and break the In-Reply-To: protocol one way or another. If you examine the full headers of this message there should be a header: In-Reply-To: 51ec1336.1090...@nc.rr.com that threads this message back to yours. Some mail viewers will try to undo the

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
Except that I can't find the View-all-sizes to click. I can get it to go full-screen, but that gives me a slide show that I can't control or stop except by hitting [ESC] to exit full-screen. The new Flickr interface SUX! On 7/21/2013 9:17 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Very impressive, Alan. It's

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
Those Flickr bits aren't exactly new, just rearranged a bit. To get to View-all-sizes: - get out of Lightbox by clicking the X in upper-right corner; - click on the ellipses (...) icon in the lower-right corner; - select View all sizes choice; - click on Original to see the largest

Re: PESO Down by the seashore

2013-07-21 Thread Kenneth Waller
looks like the 'right coast' to me. -Original Message- From: David Mann dmann...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO Down by the seashore On Jul 21, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Nicolas and Julie are the children of my Belgioan foreign exchange brother who is in town

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
On 7/20/2013 5:21 PM, Mark C wrote: Thanks, Ken - I was wondering if the reusable canister would get too messed up from adhesive residue, if tape or labels were used, but apparently not. Mark I've found those alcohol prep pads like you use for cleaning skin before sticking yourself to check

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
http://www.porters.com/kodak-plus-x-iso-125-35mm-bulk-b-w-film-px402-100-ft.html On 7/20/2013 5:46 PM, Mark C wrote: On 7/20/2013 5:25 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: Porters Camera or Freestyle used to sell permanent little adhesive labels for 35mm cassettes. I never needed them since I only loaded

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nice capture. -Original Message- From: Alan C c...@lantic.net Subject: ELLIE PANO A herd heading back into the bush after drinking at the Letaba River. I counted 51 but at least 10 had already climbed the bank on the left so this is quite a big herd. There is a 2m croc on the bank at

Re: Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-21 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 1:24 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I am friends with one of the farmwers son's and i'll see if i can get any info on this tractor, It was new this year to the demo. It seemed to start ok, but one person had to walk beside it to do restarts every 30

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread Jeffery Smith
Sold out…a relic. On Jul 21, 2013, at 12:46 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: http://www.porters.com/kodak-plus-x-iso-125-35mm-bulk-b-w-film-px402-100-ft.html On 7/20/2013 5:46 PM, Mark C wrote: On 7/20/2013 5:25 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: Porters Camera or Freestyle used to

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
Be careful not to spoil the light-tightness of the end caps you're good to go. I've got several reusable cartridges that turned out to be old commercial cartridges with a plastic label applied to hide the original artwork. Actually, when I was running the mini-lab I kept several Chinese

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread John
I never had any trouble from using one like this. http://tinyurl.com/film-opener And in a long ago land before certain design refinements became widespread, the other end was just as useful. On 7/20/2013 6:12 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: If you use a certain film cassette opener, it won't

Re: Eyebrow clarity: handheld vs tripod (was Re: Any new flagship camera rumors?)

2013-07-21 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: Zos, eyebrows are my litmus test for system sharpness. Get a well-lit headshot of somebody and examine their eyebrows. You should clearly see

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
That SUX! Seems like everything that makes my life worth living is now either illegal, immoral or fattening ... or has been discontinued by the manufacturer. On 7/21/2013 2:15 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: Sold out…a relic. On Jul 21, 2013, at 12:46 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com

Re: Eyebrow clarity: handheld vs tripod (was Re: Any new flagship camera rumors?)

2013-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: Zos, eyebrows are my litmus test for system sharpness. Get a well-lit

Re: AF280T Failure

2013-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
OLD Vivitar 285-HV is pretty good. Trigger voltage 6vdc won't fry your DSLR. NEW Vivitar 285-HV not so good. Quality control issues I'm told. On 7/20/2013 10:27 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: So my AF280T made some awful cracking sounds and now only seems to fire at 1/1. This makes it pretty much

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread Jeffery Smith
Worse yet, Porter's Camera is also gone. http://www.porters.com No Porter's, no Spiratone. Where are we supposed to get camera odds and ends now? I still have my black and brown leather Porter's bean bag, and still use it. I think it cost about $7 in the 70's. Jeffery On Jul 21, 2013, at

Re: Ok, why does it do that?

2013-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
Ok, that helped. Reminded me to look at some of the other options I've switched the folder to a threaded view, although that temporarily made this message disappear for some reason. Plus it was showing two unread messages for the folder, but none in the message pane. Opening the folder in a

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread John Sessoms
Thanks. On 7/21/2013 1:42 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Those Flickr bits aren't exactly new, just rearranged a bit. To get to View-all-sizes: - get out of Lightbox by clicking the X in upper-right corner; - click on the ellipses (...) icon in the lower-right corner; - select View all

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread P.J. Alling
You can find a lot of it on Amazon and ebay but it is sad. Porters did try to continue with a combination of the old and new business model. To bad they didn't succeed. On 7/21/2013 2:48 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: Worse yet, Porter's Camera is also gone. http://www.porters.com No Porter's,

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread P.J. Alling
That should be Too bad... (I can be my own Spelling and Grammar Nazi). On 7/21/2013 3:42 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: You can find a lot of it on Amazon and ebay but it is sad. Porters did try to continue with a combination of the old and new business model. To bad they didn't succeed. On

Re: OT it's getting rumbly again

2013-07-21 Thread David Mann
On Jul 22, 2013, at 5:19 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Heard about it on NPR news (Sunday noon EDT) was going to post a query whether y'all were doing alright. Good to hear you're hanging in there. Hope it will go away again without too much heartbreak. We'll wait and see I

Re: Eyebrow clarity: handheld vs tripod (was Re: Any new flagship camera rumors?)

2013-07-21 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: Zos, eyebrows are my litmus test

PESO - Dinan Basilica

2013-07-21 Thread Rick Womer
Another photo from the Dinan Basilica in Brittany.  The arches and the mixed lighting attracted me: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17464297 Or, more simply, http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17464297-lg.jpg (K-5, DA 16-45) Comments appreciated! Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Eyebrow clarity: handheld vs tripod (was Re: Any new flagship camera rumors?)

2013-07-21 Thread P.J. Alling
I thought that you made your point with the last post, but when I click on the new links I get a Forbidden error page, not even the 403 error number... On 7/21/2013 4:18 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sun, Jul 21, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Aahz Maruch

Re: AF280T Failure

2013-07-21 Thread Zos Xavius
I was looking at the 285 earlier today. I think that's what I'm going to find. I prefer having an autothyristor vs just full manual. It looks like it swivels too which is a must. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 2:39 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: OLD Vivitar 285-HV is pretty good. Trigger

Re: Eyebrow clarity: handheld vs tripod (was Re: Any new flagship camera rumors?)

2013-07-21 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013, P.J. Alling wrote: I thought that you made your point with the last post, but when I click on the new links I get a Forbidden error page, not even the 403 error number... Sorry about that, fixed now. I thought I made my point, too, but Bruce didn't, so I figured I might

Re: AF280T Failure

2013-07-21 Thread P.J. Alling
The Vivitar 285HV tilts but doesn't swivel. On 7/21/2013 4:49 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: I was looking at the 285 earlier today. I think that's what I'm going to find. I prefer having an autothyristor vs just full manual. It looks like it swivels too which is a must. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 2:39

KEH in the bay area

2013-07-21 Thread Larry Colen
I just got an email from KEH that they are going to be at the Hayward camera show next weekend, buying and selling gear. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: AF280T Failure

2013-07-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
All flash guns are temporary. They're candles. They burn down. Think of them as flashbulbs that last a bit longer. Paul via phone On Jul 21, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: I was looking at the 285 earlier today. I think that's what I'm going to find. I prefer having

Re: PESO - Ceramic Pot on a Wall

2013-07-21 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Bruce, I like the color better as the pot has some interesting color detail. I know you were sick on this trip, but you got some great images. Keep them coming. Thanks, Bob. The colour version seems to be the preferred version. Actually I was

Re: PESO - Ceramic Pot on a Wall

2013-07-21 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: The monochrome brings out the texture in the wall, but it doesn't do anything for the Pot. I wonder if selectively de-saturating the wall might be effective? Perhaps not quite all the way to monochrome. Interesting - I'll give it a try.

Re: PESO - Ceramic Pot on a Wall

2013-07-21 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com: Brian I like them both but flipping back forth I think the BW is more dramatic which may be what a static subject needs. I'd keep them both and use as needed says Polonius Thanks Don. The colour version seems to be preferred but I like them

Re: PESO - Ceramic Pot on a Wall

2013-07-21 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting kwal...@peoplepc.com: Wow Brian a hard choice to pick from. The color version eeks out the B+W by a bit but both are nice. I like the simplicity antd the composition. I agree about Sante Fe but I think Taos beats it in that regard. Glad you enjoyed it. I enjoyed hearing your

Re: PESO - Ceramic Pot on a Wall

2013-07-21 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: on 2013-07-19 6:35 Brian Walters wrote http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP2142-K5-1-peso.html nice nicho, and interesting how you composed it very flat, so the dimension comes from shading, and the shadow makes a nice hard

Re: PESO - Ceramic Pot on a Wall

2013-07-21 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Gerrit Visser gerrit...@gmail.com: I really like the colour view. On the BW ithe texture makes it look very grainy, not so on the colour one. Thanks, Gerrit. The colour version seems to be the winner. Thanks also Dan, Rick, Ann, Christine, Frank, Bob W, Chris and Bruce. Much

Re: KEH in the bay area

2013-07-21 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: I just got an email from KEH that they are going to be at the Hayward camera show next weekend, buying and selling gear. AFAICT, their e-mail only said that they're going to be buying, did I miss something? -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6

Re: KEH in the bay area

2013-07-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 02:27:31PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: I just got an email from KEH that they are going to be at the Hayward camera show next weekend, buying and selling gear. It looks like they are just going to be buying stuff at the show: Dear Larry, KEH Camera is heading to

RE: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread John Coyle
Film canister technology seemed to change at some time: when I first started using bulk film (about 1971) even Kodak cartridges could be easily split apart and re-used. Then some time later, it became impossible to get the end off without damaging it, so I kept using some rather battered

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 01:42:48PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: Those Flickr bits aren't exactly new, just rearranged a bit. To get to View-all-sizes: - get out of Lightbox by clicking the X in upper-right corner; - click on the ellipses (...) icon in the lower-right corner; -

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 09:01:28AM -0400, Zos Xavius wrote: Nice pano! You use a K110D? Interesting. What do you think of the 100-300? I hear its not all that great. Look at the full-size version of the panorama. If the EXIF data can be believed, the exposure was made at 1/3200, so there

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread John Francis
Getting out to Africa to photograph the wildlife has been on my bucket list for the last 30 years, and this image just reinforces that desire. Great shot! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread Bong Manayon
Hi Mark, Been doing that a lot lately too; I have something like 10 canisters only so I don't load everything up and the rest sits inside the loader on my bookshelf. I have an extra 100' in the freezer though. Fuji just gave a press release that Neopan 400 is being phased out, but here is a not

Re: ELLIE PANO

2013-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 8:24 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 01:42:48PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: Those Flickr bits aren't exactly new, just rearranged a bit. To get to View-all-sizes: - get out of Lightbox by clicking the X in upper-right corner;

PESO Filigree

2013-07-21 Thread Bruce Walker
Iryna returns: http://flic.kr/p/fe7tcq Now modelling jewelry from Lavishy, an indie Toronto designer that my wife is writing an article about. With Gerrit's help we set up in the shade of a gazebo in Little Malta, on the western fringes of The Junction, closely watched by a small crowd of

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread Joseph McAllister
I waited too long… Availability: Sold Out Item #: 400061 On Jul 21, 2013, at 10:46 , John Sessoms wrote: http://www.porters.com/kodak-plus-x-iso-125-35mm-bulk-b-w-film-px402-100-ft.html On 7/20/2013 5:46 PM, Mark C wrote: On 7/20/2013 5:25 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: Porters Camera or

Re: Ok, why does it do that?

2013-07-21 Thread steve harley
on 2013-07-21 11:30 Bruce Walker wrote Some mail clients are especially stupid and break the In-Reply-To: protocol one way or another. indeed, i use Thunderbird and i am often torn between proper threading, and generous threading, which brings back in all the replies from people whose

Re: Available model photography

2013-07-21 Thread steve harley
on 2013-07-19 9:15 Aahz Maruch wrote One thing you didn't mention is the option of taking photos of someone doing an activity. (Although this is far from guaranteed to work, I took a really nice photo of my mom cooking and she hated it because it made her look angry, so I deleted it.) an old

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread pdml-mark
I think Plus X was discontinued some time ago - I got a few rolls o 120 and 10 pack of 24 exposure 35mm when it was disconitnued, which I still have. Istumbled into a pro pack of 120 on ebay at a good price recently. I really liked that film. These days I am using Arista Edu 100. I bought

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread pdml-mark
Yeah - I'm enjoying Kentmere 400 a lot. I need to try the ISO 100 product. I never cared much for HP 5 or FP 4 - they were technically fine but I just never got excited about them. I like the Kentmere 400 because it is more grainy and has more character. I actually ordered a 100' roll of the

Re: PESO - Dinan Basilica

2013-07-21 Thread Kenneth Waller
well done composition and execution. -Original Message- From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO - Dinan Basilica Another photo from the Dinan Basilica in Brittany.  The arches and the mixed lighting attracted me: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17464297 Or, more

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