Re: PESO Working and Practicing

2015-02-14 Thread Jack Davis
Nice image, especially at F/1.8. Cute subject! Jack - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 4:20:26 PM Subject: PESO Working and Practicing Grace in my office. Shot with the K3 and the

Re: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread David Mann
On Feb 15, 2015, at 5:00 am, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I actually own an 8-bit paper tape reader, 110 baud, chunky mechanical thing with a big motor. The last time I used it to read tapes I cobbled together a 20mA current loop to RS-232 converter and transferred a bunch of

Re: Test

2015-02-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Welcome back. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On February 14, 2015 10:59:56 PM mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: For plain text mode. Am I back in the world of the living again? I probably won't see my own post so a reply (even the usual abusive ones) would

Re: PESO Saucy Walker Soiree

2015-02-14 Thread Ken Waller
They look pristine Paul. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO Saucy Walker Soiree My wife Marlene and her sister got Saucy Walker dolls for Christmas about 60 years ago. Both

Re: PESO Boo

2015-02-14 Thread Ken Waller
Sorry for your loss Dave. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: PESO Boo I have not been to active with my cameras lately, but i wanted to share a photo from a few years ago of our

RE: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Malcolm Smith
Steve Cottrell wrote: Malcolm, in my sophomore year at (American) high school, I did a semester course called 'Predictive Literature'. It was basically reading and writing science fiction, and counted towards to overall English grades required. 6 months of sci-fi! This was 1975/6. We

Re: PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO.

2015-02-14 Thread Ken Waller
Never did get rid of any of mine - didn't see a reason to. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: John sesso...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO. On 2/14/2015 9:21 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Everyone

Re: PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO.

2015-02-14 Thread Larry Colen
Mark Roberts wrote: Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Darren Addypixelsmi...@gmail.com: Everyone is (understandably) excited and focused about the Pentax full frame offering Not everyone, Darren. At best I find it mildly interesting but the hyper-activity on the Pentax Forum at DP Review is

Re: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread J C OConnell
what was good about film either negatives or slides was the only hardware you needed to open it was your eyes. On 2/14/2015 3:13 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote: Bruce Walker wrote: But even relatively modern formats are effectively dead these days. How many of us could read an 8 inch MDS-80 floppy?

PESO - Father Son

2015-02-14 Thread Bulent Celasun
A photo I have forgotten to process and post from an earlier Summer. I guess it may stir memories for some of you... Blog (no text) : https://celasun.wordpress.com/2015/02/14/father-son/ Bigger (P.Net) : http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17966772 Bulent

Re: PESO - Father Son

2015-02-14 Thread Jack Davis
Like this shot very much, Bulent. Lighting and mood, excellent! Jack - Original Message - From: Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 3:30:25 AM Subject: PESO - Father Son A photo I have forgotten to process

RE: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread Jostein Øksne
You mean those Kodak PictureDisc things? I have a few of those, and found that ImageMagick can convert them to 16-bit TIFFs. In batches. :-) Jostein Den 14. februar 2015 09:13:15 CET, skrev Malcolm Smith rrve...@virginmedia.com: Bruce Walker wrote: But even relatively modern formats are

Re: K-3 video instruction manual...

2015-02-14 Thread Darren Addy
I'd be interested in hearing a bigger name in the fashion industry that has an affinity for Pentax, if you've got one. https://www.google.com/search?q=benjamin+kanarek+photographer On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 5:06 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Benjamin's not so big a name that

RE: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Malcolm Smith
Darren Addy wrote: Badly written can still be enjoyed if it has clever concepts and the book was full of clever concepts. I would call it mostly amusing rather than funny. In any event, oneshould probably know them just if one is going to be literate in the cultural references, unless you

PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO.

2015-02-14 Thread Darren Addy
Everyone is (understandably) excited and focused about the Pentax full frame offering and many may be saving their shekels for the body. But I would suggest that this is Prime Time to be focusing upon filling any holes in your lens inventory. It is a market of supply and demand, and we have

Re: PESO: Elephant Proof Fence

2015-02-14 Thread Bulent Celasun
Made me feel myself caged! What is F7 dump? Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: Need your opinion - Square in Dresden from seafood perspective

2015-02-14 Thread Bruce Walker
Rick, in case there's any confusion, Igor is the photographer of Square in Dresden from seafood perspective. I was just supporting his right to take it. :) On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 9:24 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: Bruce, From the person who recently posted Fishy Nanotech: I

RE: Epson V600 film scanner

2015-02-14 Thread Malcolm Smith
Darren Addy wrote: Glad to hear it, Malcolm. I had a feeling you might be pleased. Thanks Darren. As much as anything now, I'm going to enjoy to be able to send pictures to distant family, to learn more about certain pictures and get the stories behind them. My own slides cover decades now,

Re: PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO.

2015-02-14 Thread Alan C
Shall I send you a list? Alan C -Original Message- From: Darren Addy Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 4:21 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO. Everyone is (understandably) excited and focused about the Pentax full frame offering and many

Re: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread Bruce Walker
The obsolescence of either is enough to render your data unrecoverable. Physical media seems to die out sooner than file formats do simply because it's generally not too hard to keep a file format reader around in software. As you found with ImageMagick. Thank goodness for that at least. I

Epson V600 film scanner

2015-02-14 Thread Malcolm Smith
I asked a few weeks ago about scanning film, negatives and transparencies, and the Epson came up as a suggestion. It arrived this morning, and I've taken some scans of some small and fairly poor condition BW prints, which I hoped could be rescued and much larger pictures printed off. I can only

Re: PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO.

2015-02-14 Thread Darren Addy
Please do! On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: Shall I send you a list? Alan C -Original Message- From: Darren Addy Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 4:21 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO. Everyone is

Re: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread Bruce Walker
The obsolescence of either is enough to render your data unrecoverable. Physical media seems to die out sooner than file formats do simply because it's generally not too hard to keep a file format reader around in software. As you found with ImageMagick. Thank goodness for that at least. I

PESO: Elephant Proof Fence

2015-02-14 Thread Alan C
Part of a new Elephant Proof Fence erected along a mine road south of Phalaborwa. Steel buttresses every 30 metres or so with 5 steel cables 16 strands of barbed wire. We used to be able to view game in the mine area from here but, sadly, no more. Many animals, especially elephants buffalos,

Re: PESO - Father Son

2015-02-14 Thread Ken Waller
A nice scene, very well captured. -Original Message- From: Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Father Son A photo I have forgotten to process and post from an earlier Summer. I guess it may stir memories for some of you... Blog (no text) :

RE: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread Malcolm Smith
J C OConnell wrote: what was good about film either negatives or slides was the only hardware you needed to open it was your eyes. True! Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Darren Addy
Badly written can still be enjoyed if it has clever concepts and the book was full of clever concepts. I would call it mostly amusing rather than funny. In any event, oneshould probably know them just if one is going to be literate in the cultural references, unless you enjoy things regularly

RE: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread Malcolm Smith
Jostein Øksne wrote: You mean those Kodak PictureDisc things? I have a few of those, and found that ImageMagick can convert them to 16-bit TIFFs. In batches. :- ) Jostein I've not looked them out for years, but I'm certain that's what they were called. I think they later offered a CD, rather

Re: Elephant Proof Fence (Jack Bulent)

2015-02-14 Thread Alan C
Probably not. I'll keep a look out for breaches! The road is built up. We used to be able to stand on those rocks beyond the fence look down about 10m. The most interesting thing I saw there was a melanistic giraffe which effectively has its colours reversed. That large dump is known as the

Re: Epson V600 film scanner

2015-02-14 Thread Darren Addy
Glad to hear it, Malcolm. I had a feeling you might be pleased. On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Malcolm Smith rrve...@virginmedia.com wrote: I asked a few weeks ago about scanning film, negatives and transparencies, and the Epson came up as a suggestion. It arrived this morning, and I've

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Bill
On 14/02/2015 3:03 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: I'm about to be heretical. I read the HGTTG when it was fairly recently published, and was deeply underwhelmed. I think it's badly written and unfunny. The basic idea is a good one, badly executed, and I've never understood the Douglas Adams worship. B

Re: PESO: Elephant Proof Fence

2015-02-14 Thread Jack Davis
Still doesn't look as though it would stop a raging bull. Also, doesn't detract from the view as much I gathered from your comments. Jack - Original Message - From: Alan C c...@lantic.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 6:18:26 AM Subject:

PESO Boo

2015-02-14 Thread David J Brooks
I have not been to active with my cameras lately, but i wanted to share a photo from a few years ago of our middle cat Boo. Unfortunately her kidneys failed this week and Erin and I had the sad duty of sending her to the rainbow bridge. I did a tribute for her on FB.

Some items that might interest you

2015-02-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I've the following items that I'd like to part with: * Pentax FA 43/1.9 Limited * Voigtlander Super Wide Heliar II 15/4.5 * Voigtlander Nokton 40/1.4 The two Voigtlander lenses are of course for Leica M-mount and they have issues. I don't want to get into yet another adventure with fixing

Re: PESO Saucy Walker Soiree

2015-02-14 Thread Jack Davis
Cute, Paul. Perfect conversational placement of the dolls. :) Jack - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 9:59:50 AM Subject: PESO Saucy Walker Soiree My wife Marlene and her sister

Re: PESO - Nanotech Study

2015-02-14 Thread Ann Sanfedele
My favorite of your three photos of this building.. color,geometry,exposure,etc... Is this a new building, Rick? (new-nano sounds like something Mork would say) ann On 2/13/2015 21:27, Rick Womer wrote: Or, nano-student in the tera-building.

Re: K-3 video instruction manual...

2015-02-14 Thread P.J. Alling
I don't have a bigger name, but no one is that big anymore. On 2/14/2015 10:09 AM, Darren Addy wrote: I'd be interested in hearing a bigger name in the fashion industry that has an affinity for Pentax, if you've got one. https://www.google.com/search?q=benjamin+kanarek+photographer On Fri,

Re: K-3 video instruction manual...

2015-02-14 Thread Darren Addy
Thus one must work with what one has. Benjamin Kanarek Blog has been ranked in the Top 10 of Fashion News Sources (for 2010) by http://www.mattters.com/ http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/ I don't really do Facebook but he has a not insignificant presence there:

Re: K-3 video instruction manual...

2015-02-14 Thread Darren Addy
Hmmm. And interestingly, Benjamin Kanarek is followed by Ricoh Imaging on Twitter. On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Thus one must work with what one has. Benjamin Kanarek Blog has been ranked in the Top 10 of Fashion News Sources (for 2010) by

Re: OT: Carry out the Party's policies as exactly in all aspects as the Chonji Lubricating Oil Factory did!

2015-02-14 Thread Bruce Walker
Let us build our country into the most powerful one in the world, into a people's fairyland, They appear well on their way to that fairyland. On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Once again the People's Factory for the Production of Great Socialist

OT: Wondering what to do with the rest of your life?

2015-02-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
Try http://usvsth3m.com See if you can spot the dirty Frenchman in Donna Summers' Disco Sausage Quiz! B -- 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 Boo

2015-02-14 Thread Jack Davis
Believe I remember this cute shot. Sorry to read of her passing, Dave. Jack Sent from my iPhone On Feb 14, 2015, at 7:59 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I have not been to active with my cameras lately, but i wanted to share a photo from a few years ago of our middle cat Boo.

Re: Gracie's Art

2015-02-14 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Commented on facebook, but will here too - love the expression she has on the angel-winged wolf ann On 2/13/2015 22:22, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: The kid has talent! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 9:20 PM, Paul Stenquist

Re: OT: Carry out the Party's policies as exactly in all aspects as the Chonji Lubricating Oil Factory did!

2015-02-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
The leadership certainly, but not the people. On 14 Feb 2015, at 17:45, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Let us build our country into the most powerful one in the world, into a people's fairyland, They appear well on their way to that fairyland. On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 3:04

Re: PESO Saucy Walker Soiree

2015-02-14 Thread Jack Davis
Technically very nice image. Jack - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 10:27:58 AM Subject: Re: PESO Saucy Walker Soiree Thanks Jack. BTW, shot with the K 85/1.8. Haven't shot with

PESO Saucy Walker Soiree

2015-02-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
My wife Marlene and her sister got Saucy Walker dolls for Christmas about 60 years ago. Both dolls spent most of the last half century on the shelf and survived pretty much intact. Now they live at our house and spend the days chit-chatting and sipping tea.

Re: PESO Saucy Walker Soiree

2015-02-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Jack. BTW, shot with the K 85/1.8. Haven't shot with a manual focus lens in a while. Had to readjust the diopter. F5.6 @ 1/60th, ISO 400. Paul via phone On Feb 14, 2015, at 1:09 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: Cute, Paul. Perfect conversational placement of the dolls. :)

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Darren Addy
Except that's not currently how 3D printers work. However, who knows where 3D printer technology will be by the time the Pentax FF actually ships! I suggest the following alternative: http://www.instructables.com/id/edible-party-hat/ On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Steve Cottrell

Re: PESO Boo

2015-02-14 Thread Bulent Celasun
Beautiful one... Sorry to hear that she is left... Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: Need your opinion - Square in Dresden from seafood perspective

2015-02-14 Thread John
I haven't seen anyone questioning his right to take it. He asked for opinions. He got 'em. On 2/14/2015 10:52 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Rick, in case there's any confusion, Igor is the photographer of Square in Dresden from seafood perspective. I was just supporting his right to take it. :) On

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread John
On 2/14/2015 3:11 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 14/2/15, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed: For my English Literature 'O' Levels (or whatever the exams are called this week for those of around 16 years of age), I got a book of short stories. A few years later, my friend's brother, a few

Re: PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO.

2015-02-14 Thread Darren Addy
So have I John, (and thanks for the condescending tone!) but my point is that a lot of Pentax lenses are at all time low prices right NOW, not just for the past few years. Part of that is the economy (the strength of the dollar vs other currencies). There is one stack of primes manual focus zoom

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread John
On 2/14/2015 3:08 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 14/2/15, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm about to be heretical. I read the HGTTG when it was fairly recently published, and was deeply underwhelmed. I think it's badly written and unfunny. The basic idea is a good one, badly executed,

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread J C OConnell
there is already technology today to 3D print edible food, not sure chocaolate is viable, but limited foods can already be done. google it. jco On 2/14/2015 3:05 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Except that's not currently how 3D printers work. However, who knows where 3D printer technology will be by

Re: Test

2015-02-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
We see you Mike! (remember plain text only) Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 2:59 PM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: For plain text mode. Am I back in the world of the living again? I probably won't see my own post so a reply (even the usual abusive ones) would be

Re: PESO Saucy Walker Soiree

2015-02-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
A fine activity for them! Lovely idea made me smile thru the snow. On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: My wife Marlene and her sister got Saucy Walker dolls for Christmas about 60 years ago. Both dolls spent most of the last half century on the shelf

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W-PDML wrote: On 14 Feb 2015, at 20:58, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: On 2/14/2015 3:11 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 14/2/15, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed: For my English Literature 'O' Levels (or whatever the exams are called this week for those of around 16 years

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 13/2/15, J C OConnell, discombobulated, unleashed: Hey Cotty could use a 3D printer to make the hat and use chocaolate as the material! Not a bad idea! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 14/2/15, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm about to be heretical. I read the HGTTG when it was fairly recently published, and was deeply underwhelmed. I think it's badly written and unfunny. The basic idea is a good one, badly executed, and I've never understood the Douglas Adams

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 14/2/15, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed: For my English Literature 'O' Levels (or whatever the exams are called this week for those of around 16 years of age), I got a book of short stories. A few years later, my friend's brother, a few years younger than us, got the Hitchhiker's

Re: PESO - Nanotech Study

2015-02-14 Thread Bulent Celasun
It might still work without her but Liked the human presence. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO.

2015-02-14 Thread John
On 2/14/2015 9:21 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Everyone is (understandably) excited and focused about the Pentax full frame offering and many may be saving their shekels for the body. But I would suggest that this is Prime Time to be focusing upon filling any holes in your lens inventory. You might

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread John
On 2/14/2015 4:03 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote: I'm about to be heretical. I read the HGTTG when it was fairly recently published, and was deeply underwhelmed. I think it's badly written and unfunny. The basic idea is a good one, badly executed, and I've never understood the Douglas Adams worship. B

Test

2015-02-14 Thread mike wilson
For plain text mode. Am I back in the world of the living again? I probably won't see my own post so a reply (even the usual abusive ones) would be appreciated. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: PESO - Fishy Nanotech

2015-02-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
Rick, Nice study of an interesting building, great color and lines. I prefer the straight shot with the up ramp protruding our way. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 9:52 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Attila, Dan, and Bruce! Rick On Feb 13, 2015, at 4:40 PM,

Re: Test

2015-02-14 Thread mike wilson
Thanks. I didn't forget. But my provider arbitrarily changed default to something else and then very carefully hid the way of switching it back. Probably saved you folks from being exposed to dozens of facetious non-sequiteurs. On 14 February 2015 at 21:22, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Feb 2015, at 20:58, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: On 2/14/2015 3:11 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 14/2/15, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed: For my English Literature 'O' Levels (or whatever the exams are called this week for those of around 16 years of age), I got a

Re: Test

2015-02-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
I'll try to do one that's unusually abusive... On 14 Feb 2015, at 21:00, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: For plain text mode. Am I back in the world of the living again? I probably won't see my own post so a reply (even the usual abusive ones) would be appreciated. --

Re: PESO Boo

2015-02-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 14/2/15, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: I have not been to active with my cameras lately, but i wanted to share a photo from a few years ago of our middle cat Boo. Unfortunately her kidneys failed this week and Erin and I had the sad duty of sending her to the rainbow bridge. I

Re: PESO - Nanotech Study

2015-02-14 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Ann! Yes, it's new; opened about a year ago on Walnut St. near 33d. Rick On Feb 14, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: My favorite of your three photos of this building.. color,geometry,exposure,etc... Is this a new building, Rick? (new-nano sounds like something Mork would

Re: PESO Saucy Walker Soiree

2015-02-14 Thread Bulent Celasun
My wife will love them! (Forwarded already). She happens to have dozens of those babes :) I hope they do not start chit-chatting anytime soon! Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/

Re: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread John
On 2/14/2015 10:18 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote: Jostein Øksne wrote: You mean those Kodak PictureDisc things? I have a few of those, and found that ImageMagick can convert them to 16-bit TIFFs. In batches. :- ) Jostein I've not looked them out for years, but I'm certain that's what they were

Re: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: If I remember correctly from my days running the mini-lab, the Kodak CD that was available with your processed film prints the images were standard, low-compression JPEGs that would allow you to print a 4x6 at 300ppi (1200x1800 pixels). You're thinking of the Kodak Picture CD that

Re: Test

2015-02-14 Thread John
Came through to Raleigh, NC via Earthlink. On 2/14/2015 3:59 PM, mike wilson wrote: For plain text mode. Am I back in the world of the living again? I probably won't see my own post so a reply (even the usual abusive ones) would be appreciated. -- Science - Questions we may never find

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread John
Foodini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HX9tVCbm5g On 2/14/2015 3:05 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Except that's not currently how 3D printers work. However, who knows where 3D printer technology will be by the time the Pentax FF actually ships! I suggest the following alternative:

Re: PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO.

2015-02-14 Thread J C OConnell
Ive been doing it for the last decade or so. jco On 2/14/2015 3:28 PM, John wrote: On 2/14/2015 9:21 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Everyone is (understandably) excited and focused about the Pentax full frame offering and many may be saving their shekels for the body. But I would suggest that this is

Anyone tried the Tokina AT-X AF 28-70 F2.8 Lens?

2015-02-14 Thread J C OConnell
I was thinking about picking up one of these lenses, they sell for around $200 used, I already have an excellent manual focus 35-70 F2.8 AT-X, but 35mm just isnt wide enough especially on aps format. I was wondering if anyone here had tried the 28-70 F2.8 AT-X AF and what the pros and cons to

Re: PESO - Father Son

2015-02-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bulent, Beautiful shot. A painter's sky, well captured, A dancing diagonal lending energy to the subjects, Patches of light in the grass, testifying to the warmth of the sun, A father and son balanced by some taller weeds to the left, And that little bald spot showing on dad's head. Real people,

Re: Anyone tried the Tokina AT-X AF 28-70 F2.8 Lens?

2015-02-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 14/2/15, J C OConnell, discombobulated, unleashed: I was thinking about picking up one of these lenses, they sell for around $200 used, I already have an excellent manual focus 35-70 F2.8 AT-X, but 35mm just isnt wide enough especially on aps format. I was wondering if anyone here had tried

Re: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: John wrote: If I remember correctly from my days running the mini-lab, the Kodak CD that was available with your processed film prints the images were standard, low-compression JPEGs that would allow you to print a 4x6 at 300ppi (1200x1800

Re: PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO.

2015-02-14 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: Everyone is (understandably) excited and focused about the Pentax full frame offering Not everyone, Darren. At best I find it mildly interesting but the hyper-activity on the Pentax Forum at DP Review is wonderfully entertaining... Cheers

Re: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread P.J. Alling
On 2/14/2015 3:43 PM, John wrote: On 2/14/2015 10:18 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote: Jostein Øksne wrote: You mean those Kodak PictureDisc things? I have a few of those, and found that ImageMagick can convert them to 16-bit TIFFs. In batches. :- ) Jostein I've not looked them out for years, but

Re: Anyone tried the Tokina AT-X AF 28-70 F2.8 Lens?

2015-02-14 Thread P.J. Alling
Kennyboy has a review of that lens on his website, It might be one of his good reviews, (he does have good ones occasionally) or it may be one of his trademark hands off reviews, I' can't be bothered to read it, but it might actually have useful information. On 2/14/2015 4:26 PM, J C OConnell

Re: PRIMETIME to pick up used lenses, IMHO.

2015-02-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: Everyone is (understandably) excited and focused about the Pentax full frame offering Not everyone, Darren. At best I find it mildly interesting but the hyper-activity on the Pentax Forum at DP Review is wonderfully

Re: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread Jostein Øksne
I think I disagree with your blanket statement that obsolence of either makes them unrecoverable. If anything, it takes obsolence of both in my opinion, but in either case it's more a matter of how much you are willing to pay for recovery. What really sucked about analog was that the original

PESO Working and Practicing

2015-02-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Grace in my office. Shot with the K3 and the K 85/1.8 wide open. . F1.8,1/50th, ISO 1250 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17967485size=lg -- 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: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: Badly written can still be enjoyed if it has clever concepts and the book was full of clever concepts. I would call it mostly amusing rather than funny. In any event, oneshould probably know them just if one is going to be literate in the cultural

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread P.J. Alling
On 2/14/2015 4:08 PM, John wrote: On 2/14/2015 3:08 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 14/2/15, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm about to be heretical. I read the HGTTG when it was fairly recently published, and was deeply underwhelmed. I think it's badly written and unfunny. The basic

Re: Test

2015-02-14 Thread Ann Sanfedele
You are here - though whether that means you are among the living or not I can't speak to good to see ya! ann On 2/14/2015 15:59, mike wilson wrote: For plain text mode. Am I back in the world of the living again? I probably won't see my own post so a reply (even the usual abusive ones)

Re: Test

2015-02-14 Thread Jack Davis
Welcome Ann! Jack Sent from my iPhone On Feb 14, 2015, at 4:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: You are here - though whether that means you are among the living or not I can't speak to good to see ya! ann On 2/14/2015 15:59, mike wilson wrote: For plain text mode. Am

Re: PESO: 5 Palms Sunset

2015-02-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Ann. 5 Palms is a restaurant on Keawakapu Beach on Maui. It is one of my wife's favorites, so since we were going to be traveling all day on 2/14, I took her there for an early valentine's day dinner. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at

Re: PESO Working and Practicing

2015-02-14 Thread Bob Sullivan
Lovely still. On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 6:20 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Grace in my office. Shot with the K3 and the K 85/1.8 wide open. . F1.8,1/50th, ISO 1250 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17967485size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Pre-2006 PDML archives?

2015-02-14 Thread John Celio
Anyone know if there are any pre-2006 PDML archives floating around out there on the web? I was wondering how long it's been since I first joined, but the current archives only go back to 2006, and I know I was a member long before that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Pre-2006 PDML archives?

2015-02-14 Thread P.J. Alling
I know of only two archives that collect the PDML www.mail-archive.com and the one that Doug maintains at PDML.net, the former goes back to sometime in 1999, I think. Which may be when Doug took over from Pentax in maintaining the list. I think there may have been another third party mail

Re: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread P.J. Alling
Well digital should be but isn't perfect, bad copies can be made due to equipment error and failing media, among other things. I've seen enough restores because backups were corrupted and not checked until needed when it was too late. On 2/14/2015 7:21 PM, Jostein Øksne wrote: I think I

Re: Pre-2006 PDML archives?

2015-02-14 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com: Anyone know if there are any pre-2006 PDML archives floating around out there on the web? I was wondering how long it's been since I first joined, but the current archives only go back to 2006, and I know I was a member long before that.

RE: OT Digital Dark Age and Digital Vellum

2015-02-14 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bruce Walker wrote: But even relatively modern formats are effectively dead these days. How many of us could read an 8 inch MDS-80 floppy? A 5.25 CP/M or MS- DOS floppy? Even finding a PC or Mac with a 3.5 1.44M floppy on it is non-trivial lately. In a pinch I can read 3.5 floppies, but I'd

Re: An artists rendition of what a finished FF Pentax may look like.

2015-02-14 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 14 Feb 2015, at 04:05, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Larry Colen wrote: Bob W-PDML wrote: I seem to remember Pentax showing a mockup or prototype before, which never actually hit the streets. I could show a mockup of a time machine, doesn't mean I'll ever be able to

atRe: Pentax HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 ED WR Lens - recommended?

2015-02-14 Thread Jens Bladt
Hello The 55-300mm is a surprisingly good lens considering the very low cost. Only outpassed by the 60-250mm by quite small differences. Look at: https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=86896645@N00q=55-300 Regards Jens Den 11-01-2015 kl. 20:50 skrev Eric Weir: A message I attempted to send

Re: Pre-2006 PDML archives?

2015-02-14 Thread John Celio
On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 8:52 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Anyone know if there are any pre-2006 PDML archives floating around out there on the web? I was wondering how long it's been since I first joined, but the current archives only go back to 2006, and I know I was a member long before

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