Re: PESO - Subversive Activities

2010-01-06 Thread eckinator
It is those pesky bicycle terrorists again but they've stepped up their game a notch ]=) Cheers Ecke 2010/1/6 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Must be some sort of meeting or convention.  Probably commies or socialists.  They drive scooters, don't they?

Re: PESO - Welcome to Canada!

2010-01-06 Thread eckinator
Anyone T'rawno'nians remember the winter of 91? =) 2010/1/6 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: For you guys and gals in the Southern Hemisphere: http://mondociclismo.blogspot.com/2010/01/welcome-to-canada.html We're having a bit of a snow event (as the Weather Channel likes to call

Re: Japanese Photographer Bends Electricity to His Will

2010-01-06 Thread eckinator
also, you may want to look at his double infinity architecture shots - very nice! cheers ecke 2010/1/6 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: I thought some PDML-ers would be interested to see these photos. Art:

Re: PESO - Welcome to Canada!

2010-01-06 Thread eckinator
taxpayers at the time and my best college friends father. cheers ecke 2010/1/6 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:59 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone T'rawno'nians remember the winter of 91? =) I certainly do.  Messengered that winter

Re: I left my Pentax 360 Flash . . .

2010-01-06 Thread eckinator
2010/1/6 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Why put in a plastic bag while warming up? to prevent condensation - move a cold item into warm, moisture laden air, water will condensate on the cold item - this is actually a sensible thing to do because you wont't have to wait for the water

Re: I left my Pentax 360 Flash . . .

2010-01-06 Thread eckinator
2010/1/6 Bob W p...@web-options.com: You can simulate this in the comfort of your own home while you're cooking. Just open the oven door to peek at things or move them around a bit. If you're wearing glasses they will steam up immediately. The way to overcome it is to tie your head in a

Re: PESO - Welcome to Canada!

2010-01-06 Thread eckinator
2010/1/7 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Wait, Toronto has summer? July 20-22. Thats when we take our ski doos in for oil changes and stud replacements. LOL good one... but isn't this also the days prospective US ski tourists queue at the Peace Bridge border crossing? -- PDML

Re: I'm done with models

2010-01-07 Thread eckinator
2010/1/7 David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com: Wear a beret, shoot dog shit and market it as fine art maybe? Mark! -- 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: flamingo crossing

2010-01-07 Thread eckinator
Yeah, fun shot indeed =) Cheers Ecke 2010/1/5 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: That's classic, Paul.  Nice Florida streetscape!  Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday,

Re: Shot Counter

2010-01-07 Thread eckinator
It is the file counter - the shutter counter is deep within and probably not meant to be edited 2010/1/7 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Is it the file number counter or the actual shutter counter that's changed? From: Graydon On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 04:57:41PM -0800, Jack Davis

Re: PESO - Bok Choy

2010-01-08 Thread eckinator
2010/1/8 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Nice tilt.  Blurry in all the right spots. It's brilliant! ;-) Okay, seriously, I really do like it.  Conveys the hustle and bustle of Chinatown without a single person in the frame.  Very cool. now that's a street shooter talking if

Re: Shot Counter

2010-01-08 Thread eckinator
2010/1/8 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Right, I understand the file counter can be changed back, but the shutter counter cannot. I was just wondering which one got changed by Pentax service. positively file. If you could alter the shutter actuation count by inserting a memory card with

Re: GESO fun and games

2010-01-08 Thread eckinator
2010/1/6 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/sledge Taken with a camera and a couple of lenses. were these lenses with or without bokeh? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Whingeing about workflow

2010-01-08 Thread eckinator
Adam, would you share those presets? Can they be exported? Cheers Ecke 2010/1/8 Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca: On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Agreed - that the digital workflow takes more time but at least you've got the control and a much better opportunity at

Re: Whingeing about workflow

2010-01-08 Thread eckinator
Couldn't write to: /customers/presetsheaven.com/presetsheaven.com/httpd.www/wp-content/cache/wp-cache-ad4f55cdbde416a762d64edc0a607ae3.html will try later thank you! =) ecke 2010/1/8 David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com: www.presetsheaven.com They aren't hard to make. 2010/1/8 eckinator eckina

Re: Wide angle for K-X?

2010-01-08 Thread eckinator
Sporks are great but would be even better as part of a leatherman or perhaps even a Swiss Army Spork... =) 2010/1/8 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:10 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:07 AM, David Savage

Re: Wide angle for K-X?

2010-01-08 Thread eckinator
I have a EX+ boxed, all papers DFA 50/2.8 macro for sale if you're interested but please mind the USD-EUR gap, you'd be looking at € 200 plus shipment and all x1.5 if paid in USD Cheers Ecke 2010/1/8 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: I am not familiar with 50/4 macro lens, but I do know that A

Re: Lenses fogging over

2010-01-09 Thread eckinator
I would suspect that it contains less plastic and hence takes longer to adapt to temperature changes (maybe also more glass where it hurts, i.e. front element?) so there is probably very little you can do about it :( cheers ecke 2010/1/9 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: It seems that my PFA 50/1.4

Re: Fairygirl is in the house!

2010-01-09 Thread eckinator
2010/1/9 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: We tried to get rid of Cotty, but he;'s made of liquid metal, like the guy in T2. Can never get rid of Cotty. Mark!!! Cuiksilver Cotty is in the HIZZOUSE! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Toby

2010-01-09 Thread eckinator
yeah the image is sort of dominated by it.. .however, his expression really shines - i think it is great for those who know him in the flesh and a little less great for those who don't... but i still rate it on the like side cheers ecke 2010/1/9 Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com: What

Re: Happy New Year, and an OT PESO - Mammatus

2010-01-09 Thread eckinator
wow... those clouds... never seen those... great... i wonder what it would look like shifted to dark (tone/contrast/saturation) to give it some more frankenstein... fun shot cheers ecke 2010/1/9 Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Happy New Year, PDML-ers Having a hair tearing time picking for

Re: Lenses fogging over

2010-01-09 Thread eckinator
Gravitational lenses don't have these issues but they're insanely hard to carry and keep shape around... and I haven't seen any K mount black holes yet Cheers Ecke 2010/1/9 Graydon o...@uniserve.com: On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 09:40:15AM -, Bob W scripsit: It seems that my PFA 50/1.4 is a lot

Re: Lenses fogging over

2010-01-09 Thread eckinator
2010/1/9 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: My credit card. you have a K mount credit card??? I WANT ONE!!! New Pentax rumours of K-amex first emerged on PDML... Mental Note: PS blurry cameraphone picture, inform RiceWine ]=) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Tube Steaks

2010-01-09 Thread eckinator
Not being a fast food person, those were in fact the best dogs of the few I've eaten in my life... mostly on Yonge, lake side of Bloor... great shot, like the shadows and the grain fits the scene well - I can't help but think your style of shooting comes quite close to my visual preferences Cheers

Re: Lenses fogging over

2010-01-10 Thread eckinator
2010/1/10 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On second thought, my credit card keeps getting sucked into the K-mount black hole. proof enough - point taken; the K-amex is real... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-10 Thread eckinator
2010/1/10 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: My main concern with SDM is the reliability and longevity of the motor. same here, I've had one motor fail and I believe so have others but I've never seen a single report of an in-body shaft drive af motor failure In my minimal exposure to SDM I was

Re: low light autofocus

2010-01-10 Thread eckinator
I'm quite happy with the 16-50 on my K10D in terms of low light hunting but given your requirements the K10D is certainly not your body of choice. I have to constantly change the AF point selection around because she never quite catches the right one. Just as happy with the two DFA macros but I

Re: low light autofocus

2010-01-10 Thread eckinator
I think it is perhaps a question of how well a camera's af/metering system can identify and understand what is in an image - IIRC Nikon advertised the F5 as having a database of 30.000 typical light distributions for common image situations which would let it choose both focus point and metering

Re: peso pleasure plus

2010-01-10 Thread eckinator
2010/1/10 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: You have to stop dicking around with stuff like this! You might get shafted if you don't... -- 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: low light autofocus

2010-01-10 Thread eckinator
2010/1/10 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: The AF-360FGZ AF-540FGZ both have an AF assist spotbeam. When used in spotbeam mode, the flash does not fire. Yeah, the 540 was my first purchase after body lens. Camera controlled spotbeam in my experience is too little too late - it doesn't

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-10 Thread eckinator
2010/1/10 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: You might appreciate this little 7D test video: http://canonfieldreviews.com/7d-cold-winter/ ouch... that hurts indeed... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Camera(s) of the year at TOP

2010-01-11 Thread eckinator
uhm, well, I am not too well informed about the medium and large format markets... new as in newly introduced, I can't think of one off the top of my head, new as in still available new, the Nikon F6 hands down Cheers Ecke 2010/1/11 Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com: On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at

Re: Camera(s) of the year at TOP

2010-01-11 Thread eckinator
my all-time favorite, despite all my whining about crappy Pentax AF is the Canon T-90, I keep looking at them on eBay and have this inexplicable urge to own one again 2010/1/11 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: uhm, well, I am not too well informed about the medium and large format markets... new

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-11 Thread eckinator
2010/1/11 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:50 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Dave But, I'll never buy Canon. I'll quit photography first. enlighten an FD Canonite please, what is so bad about the EOS system (never handled one)? -- PDML

Re: Camera(s) of the year at TOP

2010-01-11 Thread eckinator
2010/1/11 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Gluten for punishment? Thanks but I am not allergic =P -- 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: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-11 Thread eckinator
2010/1/11 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: My last hurrah is going to be replacing my K20s with a K7, and getting a gimbal mount to use when shooting action shots of dogs, birds, and kids. If that doesn't do it, I'm going to get a job cooking at a Benihanas to prove my motor skills, one

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-11 Thread eckinator
2010/1/11 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Ok, now all I have to do is come up with a photo, or a short story I can entitle The flying shrimp of DEATH! sounds like fun, go for it - perhaps a kids book too? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Camera(s) of the year at TOP

2010-01-11 Thread eckinator
2010/1/11 Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com: On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 2:11 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/1/11 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Gluten for punishment? Thanks but I am not allergic =P It's a good thing.  You almost got cotton another pun thread

Re: PESO - Chippy's

2010-01-11 Thread eckinator
2010/1/12 Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net: This one I have to admit to enjoying the back-story more than the image. I agree. Perhaps I'd like it better w/o knowing the story though; it raises far too high expectations. Sorry Frank and hope you're not offended but this shot is

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-11 Thread eckinator
am not ready to take any chances on Sony though; don't ask me why Cheers Ecke 2010/1/12 William Robb war...@gmail.com: - Original Message - From: eckinator Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? 2010/1/11 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:50 PM, John Sessoms

Re: PESO - Chippy's

2010-01-11 Thread eckinator
2010/1/12 William Robb war...@gmail.com: - Original Message - From: eckinator Subject: Re: PESO - Chippy's  Sorry Frank and hope you're not offended but this shot is sub-theriault ;] Perhaps because it's a fish shop, not a sub shop. where do you buy nuclear submarines

Re: Speaking of SDM...

2010-01-12 Thread eckinator
Hate to say so John but that is how the trouble started on my 1st 16-50 (also frequent forum opinion). After I had the sdm motor replaced, it was the first thing again so I returned it to Pentax for a NIB replacement. The 2nd 16-50 is now my always on, mainly because I like the lens but also

Re: PESO - Love Pillows

2010-01-12 Thread eckinator
2010/1/13 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: There will be those among you who may think that I've chosen a deliberately provocative title for this, but I'm sure you'll agree (once you see it) that it's perfectly appropriate: pretty well stacked, too! nice shot, good tones contrast

Re: Speaking of SDM...

2010-01-12 Thread eckinator
2010/1/13 William Robb war...@gmail.com: Go over to ForumsNeurotica and read some of the SDM threads. You'll consider yourself lucky. to be fair, i also found threads indicating for the 1st gen DA*s (16-50, 50-135) sdm related failure rates of approx 1% which doesn't sounds too bad but is

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread eckinator
2010/1/13 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: [...] they have to work on developing a leadership position in their part of the markett. Just like Pentax. How long have they had a chance now to get to that point? Or perhaps reclaim some of the status they had a long time ago? How long have

Re: Speaking of SDM...

2010-01-13 Thread eckinator
2010/1/13 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Ecke--is this for just the 16-50?  Or is this advice for the 50-135mm as well?  Cheers, Christine Hi Christine, my understanding from my readings of failure stats published in the internet and the few official figures given locally by Pentax

Re: Speaking of SDM...

2010-01-13 Thread eckinator
to go sticky. I would think this is nowadays no longer an issue with all the knowledge available how to make grease/fats to order with almost any conceivable property but I am not qualified in any technical way to say it is altogether BS either Sorry again Ecke 2010/1/13 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com

Re: low light autofocus

2010-01-13 Thread eckinator
Hehe call it Brainf Art and say it comes from Scotland which is very far and very expensive - all images were scotted in a costly chemical Process invented in the Highland village of Brainf close to Lock Barnack Cheers Ecke 2010/1/13 David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com: F.(rank) Art? On

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread eckinator
On 12/1/10, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: Better is always better. I wonder if it could be lack of displacement 8-] -- 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

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: PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-15 Thread eckinator
Very nice... and the boys do look up to no good, too ;] More or less what everyone else said otherwise! Cheers Ecke 2010/1/13 P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10497232size=lg K20D, DA# 50-135, f5.6, ISO 400 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PaD #22 river sunset

2010-01-15 Thread eckinator
2010/1/15 Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net: I was told a hot-shoe level would help my horizons but it hasn't yet. Think I was supposed to take it out of the bag? about the image: what frank said - the tilt does separate it from others of its kind =] about the level: get a grid

Re: PaD #22 river sunset

2010-01-15 Thread eckinator
Thanks Ken for the good crop =) 2010/1/15 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PaD #22 river sunset 2010/1/15 Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net: I was told

Re: GESO - Abstract Ice

2010-01-15 Thread eckinator
What Christian said - was 3 a different puddle or did you play with WB? Cheers Ecke 2010/1/15 Christian christ...@skofteland.net: Tom C wrote: Driving to town yesterday, there was a freezing fog and I saw some views that intrigued me.  So I pulled off and went to shoot.  Well I wasn't in my

Re: GESO - Abstract Ice

2010-01-15 Thread eckinator
2010/1/15 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: What Christian said - was 3 a different puddle or did you play with WB? Cheers Ecke sorry, i was meaning to say i like 2 best for the colder tone / mood -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Dream lens again

2010-01-16 Thread eckinator
2010/1/16 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: It's a dream. A wading through molasses with no pants on ... dream. mark... -- 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

Re: OT Blastolene Bertha

2010-01-16 Thread eckinator
WHOA... gorgeous! Too bad one-offs are not affordable to us thinking twice about a cheap lens mortals... Thanks for sharing, Larry 2010/1/16 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: Unfortunately between being backlit, there not being any room on the window side, and the car being quite dusty, the

Re: OT: I REALLY hate squirrels

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
Oh well, I don't think the squirrels will have a care in the long run... they'll probably be quite happy when the ignorant and greedy finally succeed in curing the planet of homo sapiens... well deserved for some IMVHO... but it saddens me greatly that my son may just live to see sh*t really hit

Re: OT: I REALLY hate squirrels

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
sorry i meant www.virtual-water.org 2010/1/17 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: Oh well, I don't think the squirrels will have a care in the long run... they'll probably be quite happy when the ignorant and greedy finally succeed in curing the planet of homo sapiens... well deserved for some

Re: OT: I REALLY hate squirrels

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
2010/1/17 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: How many generations in history have bemoaned the fate of the next allegedly unfortunate generation? Countless numbers to be sure. Yet we go on, and will undoubtedly continue to do so. Sometimes up, sometimes down, but learning and

Moved: denial vs doom (was urbanites vs squirrels)

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
2010/1/17 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Real? It's not real until it happens. But I'm ready, I have my millennium shelter fully stocked. Oh wait, that was the last doomsday scenario. That was real as well. naah the millennium bug was as real as the majority votes for dubya's

Re: naked... etc. etc.

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
2010/1/17 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Taxing Poon, what will they tax next... Tang of course... -- 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: Amused

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
very nice profile, well caught, paul cheers ecke and jacket's rip stop pattern was definitely helpful vs plain color/texture 2010/1/17 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Another coffee shop portrait from yesterday's visit: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10521648 K7D, DA*

Re: Moved: denial vs doom (was urbanites vs squirrels)

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
2010/1/17 Bob W p...@web-options.com: The millennium bug was real. I was one of the generations of programmers who wrote it. The reason it turned into a damp squib is that I was also one of the people who fixed it, before it blew up. The lesson to be learned from that is that if you do

Re: PESO: Questioning Eyes, Recrop

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
yes and no - to me the recrop totally changes the meaning of the image - in the uncropped, the angle of his head as judged from his ears has him potentially staring at the ponytailed blonde in the background so the eyes potentially notice his stare and lack of attention - oh yeah, 5 bucks

Re: Moved: denial vs doom (was urbanites vs squirrels)

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
2010/1/17 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: That should be 2038  not 58, but then I've been taking typing lessons from Brooksey. remember, only a dead bug is a good bug - are these too real for me to have heard of? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Parkdale Arms

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
just great - mood lends itself to making up the story for the image cheers ecke 2010/1/14 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: 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

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

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
What Cotty said Cheers Ecke 2010/1/16 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: On 14/1/10, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: 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

Re: PESO - You've Got Mail!

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
positively sweet - reminds me of our local red light district, the reeperbahn http://www.n-tv.de/img/41/415389/O_680_680_680_hamburg-Ritze.jpg a local legend, erwin ross, has provided pretty much all pin-up paintings there -the picture is of him in front of his most famous work, the door of the

Re: Moved: denial vs doom (was urbanites vs squirrels)

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
2010/1/17 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Thirty two bit overflow on dates stored as seconds from 1900 (signed), and 1970 (unsighed) in UNIX and DOS/Windows  I expect that they'll be fixed when dates are stored in 64 bit integers.  Properly done the fix should just fall out of the

Re: PDML Book update after two weeks

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
Mark, is there a use only if considered up to par option? I am kind of unsure about my faves :[ cheers ecke 2010/1/17 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: Things are going almost too well; I fear for hidden disaster to arise at any moment. We have had 75 submissions from 29 photographers, 23 of

Re: Wet weather photography without DA* lenses

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
get a hotshoe umbrella and use that if it isn't too windy, can't really say anything about the rest cheers ecke 2010/1/17 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On my drive home from the dojo I noticed how potentially photogenic the railroad tracks through the redwoods were in the rain.  I suspect that

Re: Smoke cross sections

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
great stuff, i'd try selling them as a smartphone screen saver cheers ecke 2010/1/17 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: A few years ago, a friend took a green laser, shined it through a cylindrical lens to spread the beam in one axis (like a laser level) and passed that beam through smoke from his

Re: The temple of deferred maintenance

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
2010/1/17 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: Actually, my whole property is the Temple of Deferred Maintenance. trust me, much better than to blow lots of rent every month for the temple of deferred ownership... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Moved: denial vs doom (was urbanites vs squirrels)

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
2010/1/17 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: So can we stop it?  More importantly does it make sense to even try?  I've never seen an analysis of either of those questions that didn't depend on unicorn dust... that question in itself requires an extremely well polished crystall ball

Re: Moved: denial vs doom (was urbanites vs squirrels)

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
2010/1/17 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Since we don't know if we can stop it, how would we know if what we do prolongs the existence of that generation or shortens it?  I know that rich societies have more resources to expend on survival, than poor ones.  Anything that makes us

Re: Moved: denial vs doom (was urbanites vs squirrels)

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
2010/1/18 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Historical data doesn't actually back thus up, the warming trends seem to have no actual connection with Carbon Dioxide levels in the atmosphere.  You might want to read a Physicists debunking of the Greenhouse Gas theory.  It doesn't stand

Re: Moved: denial vs doom (was urbanites vs squirrels)

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
2010/1/18 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0707/0707.1161v4.pdf funding information - it is in German but sure you'll understand the names and the figures - these are for the EIKE instistute in Germeny which in turn paid those two people and their

Re: Moved: denial vs doom (was urbanites vs squirrels)

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
2010/1/18 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: That's not a refutation.  It's a bald statement of fact. Not even a link to the paper refuting the work.  Nor it such a work in his list of publications.  Now when he publishes we have an argument. please look again, there are several

Re: OT- Silica Gel

2010-01-18 Thread eckinator
2010/1/18 Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com: Anyone know anything about recharging silica gels/desiccants? As far as I know the vast majority can just be put into the oven at 80°C, bake till dry Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT- Silica Gel

2010-01-18 Thread eckinator
Ecke 2010/1/18 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: 2010/1/18 Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com: Anyone know anything about recharging silica gels/desiccants? As far as I know the vast majority can just be put into the oven at 80°C, bake till dry Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: Moved: denial vs doom (was urbanites vs squirrels)

2010-01-18 Thread eckinator
2010/1/18 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Apparently the banks were misled too, the majority of Bad Loans were from Fanny and Freddy, who sold them to commercial banks, who were assured of the soundness of said loans, by officials of Fanny and Freddy.  The bankers may have suspected

Re: Pentax macro lens with new approach

2010-01-18 Thread eckinator
the optical design is derived from the FA version afaik so i doubt that would mean anything... ...much as i'd like to move up to crappy af random metering full frame ]=) cheers ecke 2010/1/18 Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com: Interesting that its image circle covers a 35mm frame...

Re: PESO - Knives

2010-01-18 Thread eckinator
2010/1/18 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Thats cutting edge photography Rick Yep. Its really sharp. Looks like you have a handle on it. I wonder if you paid taxes on the tang? (sorry to be self-referential here) cheers ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Please Ignore Me (too)

2010-01-19 Thread eckinator
2010/1/19 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Some people have their heads in the sand and live in a fantasy world, and others want to impose their views on others and refuse to respect the rights of the majority. In fact, that's pretty much what each side said about the other! As

Re: K 7, maybe shorting out Sd cards

2010-01-20 Thread eckinator
Hi run a firmware update if there is one left, failing that, return it, don't try for too long if you fear the k7 is killing other gear, that loss is not covered under ANY warranty unless you lie to thr accessory vendors cheers ecke 2010/1/20 27...@comcast.net: I have had two 16 gig SDHC Sd

Re: PESO - Knives

2010-01-20 Thread eckinator
Thats cutting edge photography Rick Yep. Its really sharp. Looks like you have a handle on it. I wonder if you paid taxes on the tang? Get to the point. Interesting idea, but it looks funny to me not seeing the tips. Shoulda tipped him off about that sooner, Marnie Cheers Ecke -- PDML

Re: Fw: K20D - Hot pixel ?

2010-01-20 Thread eckinator
2010/1/20 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Just got word from Pentax repair, that my K20D needs a new CCD image sensor. ( : - { Cost to repair $402. If it was a little more I'd probably be buying a K-7. Sorry to hear that, Ken Maybe worth a thought: how many $$ between that and a K-x body?

Re: Very OT: Regulations for drinking alcohol

2010-01-20 Thread eckinator
2010/1/20 Bob W p...@web-options.com: The binge-drinking problem could be solved once and for all by cutting off the supply of binge at source, and giving the binge farmers another cash crop to grow, such as heroin. mark... Thanks Bob Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Very OT: Regulations for drinking alcohol

2010-01-20 Thread eckinator
yikes... total fil.. i'll go backe to bilge drinking 2010/1/21 Bob W p...@web-options.com: The binge-drinking problem could be solved once and for all by cutting off the supply of binge at source, and giving the binge farmers another cash crop to grow, such as heroin. mark... This

Re: (not so) Cold Canal

2010-01-20 Thread eckinator
2010/1/20 Bob W p...@web-options.com: How are you going to persuade any man to get a shorter rod? slap on little nokia stickers wihle they're asleep... -- 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: (not so) Cold Canal

2010-01-20 Thread eckinator
like the set, some are really nice and i can't wait to get a boat and call it moose drool now... lol cheers ecke -- 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: Film is Dead

2010-01-22 Thread eckinator
somebody go diving... =( 2010/1/22 Pasvorn Boonmark pasv...@boonmark.net: I also bet that more goody were in the red dumpster too. On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: Wow, is that a film processor?  Looks like it was once expensive. -- Bruce

Re: PESO - Andrew's Cannondale

2010-01-22 Thread eckinator
2010/1/22 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Frank, We can tell when you're lusting after something... Like women, I prefer my bikes Italian! women prefer Italian bikes? So you like an Italian womens bike ? hmm... a nice rack mounted to the rear end... that is definitely not Italian style

Re: SDM Failure

2010-01-22 Thread eckinator
Since I dunno OTTOMH does it have screw at all? Wondering with regard to the assumption expressed by parts of forum world that it could be a SDM and screw convergence point issue. TIA Ecke 2010/1/21 William Robb war...@gmail.com: Well kids, my 60-250 appears to be in the early stages of AF

Re: K 7, maybe shorting out Sd cards

2010-01-22 Thread eckinator
2010/1/22 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Why would giggles care.?? just for the hell of it =) evil's a friend of theirs, ya know -- 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

Re: Luma Loop

2010-01-22 Thread eckinator
yes if you google DIY r-strap or DIY sun sniper you will find lots of hacks cheers ecke 2010/1/22 Perry Pellechia snagglepus...@gmail.com: Anyone use a Luma Loop camera Strap?  It looks like an interesting way to carry a camera but $60US seems a little expensive.  I am guessing you can

Re: Luma Loop

2010-01-22 Thread eckinator
Pellechia snagglepus...@gmail.com: Thanks, knowing that there are other name/brands makes it easier to find options but some of those DIYers come up with some risky solutions! On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:10 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: yes if you google DIY r-strap or DIY sun sniper

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