Re: OT: Richard Sandler

2024-03-27 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >the guardian doesnt let me in They've obviously heard about you. Probably from Cotty... ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRI

FS Friday: K-5 and DA-L 55-300

2024-03-15 Thread Mark Roberts
https://www.ebay.com/itm/226047350280 -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Got myself a new lens

2024-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
seems excellent. I'll take some test shots soon to check out the optics but if it's as good as the older one I'lkl be very happy indeed. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml

Re: Has anyone else been having trouble uploading to flickr?

2024-02-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: >When I got home last night I tried another spin on the mount shasta photo >based on the feedback I got. I tried to upload it, and it didn't work. It is >still not working this morning > >I'm getting an error message about CloudFront attempting to establish a >connection.

Re: February PUG is up

2024-02-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Brian Walters wrote: >G'day all > >Enjoy the gallery here: > >http://pug.komkon.org/ Ooh, I love Brian Walters' shot! -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: PESOs (5) - Fisheye Fun NEW LINK

2024-02-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: >This link should work without begging for money: > >https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2024/January-2024/Fisheye-Fun Cool! I like the shot of the piano keyboard. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Disc

Re: P30?

2024-02-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Could be. Its variant the P30n, by the way, is the famed Pentax "Ned". Feb 3, 2024 4:57:28 AM Bob W PDML : > https://www.instagram.com/p/C24TyRFNwjY/?igsh=MXJkcTNnd3VlMTBkOQ== > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE

Got my K-3ii

2024-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
My almost-new K-3ii arrived today. It is indeed almost indistinguishable from a new camera and came in original box with everything except a camera strap. I'm looking forward to trying it out tomorrow. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net

Re: Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-26 Thread Mark Roberts
the "Capture Time" by the number of hours necessary to get the correct time. Takes just a few seconds. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Just found a K-3ii with fewer than 3500 shutter actuations on eBay. I should have it some time next week. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-22 Thread Mark Roberts
once, just in case of memory card failure or one-off file corruption, the latter of which has happened to me a few times. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to U

Re: Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Alan C wrote: >It seem only the K3ii has built in GPS like the K1. All right, so the K-3ii it is, then. A quick look around the web shows they seem to be holding their value pretty well, which is a good sign. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
What is the most recent Pentax APS-C camera that has built-in GPS like the K-1? We're doing another bicycle trip in the summer and I'd like something more compact than my K-1 but more capable than a phone. -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369

Re: Impressed again

2024-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Am 19.01.24 um 02:38 schrieb Mark Roberts: >> During our recent trip to Amsterdam and Bruges (got home on Monday) I >> used just one lens the whole time: The old FA*28-70 f/2.8 (on the >> K-1). And having looked through most of the images I'm

Greetings from Amsterdam

2024-01-07 Thread Mark Roberts
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e800101.jpg -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: Stupid Lightroom Question

2024-01-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: >Why do they insist on having software "help" me, when I don't ask it to? Man, that's the perennial question of software, isn't it? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscr

Re: Amsterdam and Bruges!

2023-12-31 Thread Mark Roberts
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Am 31.12.23 um 18:14 schrieb Mark Roberts: >> Heading out on a trip at the end of the week. As the subject line >> suggests, the destinations are Amsterdam and Bruges. Any suggestions >> for specific things to add to our itinerary would be most welc

Amsterdam and Bruges!

2023-12-31 Thread Mark Roberts
Heading out on a trip at the end of the week. As the subject line suggests, the destinations are Amsterdam and Bruges. Any suggestions for specific things to add to our itinerary would be most welcome. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to

Re: Headphone query (waaaay off-topic, I know)

2023-12-12 Thread Mark Roberts
u can't have it. That said, there are some good media players available. Try VLC Media Player to start with. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE fr

Toyota's new "Pentax commercial"

2023-12-12 Thread Mark Roberts
https://kosmofoto.com/2023/12/toyotas-new-us-tv-commerical-may-make-you-want-to-buy-a-spotmatic/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Let's test the list!

2023-12-06 Thread Mark Roberts
By the way, I'd like to apologise for the errant apostrophe in "Server God's". I don't know what got into me. Mark Roberts wrote: >Are the Server God's happy? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To

Let's test the list!

2023-12-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Are the Server God's happy? -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Computers! Aargh!

2023-11-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Sorry to hear about your troubles, Rick. Sometimes I feel that you are to computers what Dave Brooks is to spell-checkers. Nov 14, 2023 9:28:32 PM Rick Womer : > I’ve accumulated a lot of photos recently, from travel and walks through > groves of autumn color. > > Today I sat down to post

Re: Hello all, been a while …

2023-10-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Brendan MacRae wrote: >Some may remember me selling a venerable Pentax-A* 85mm f1.4 for a >1967 Austin-Healey Sprite a long time ago. Well, it's almost >finished...it's only been 12 years... Show us some photos! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -

Re: Good find today (not Pentax)

2023-09-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Am 30.09.23 um 17:55 schrieb Mark Roberts: >> John Francis wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 05:18:50PM +0100, Bob W PDML wrote: >>>> ??? >>>>> On 29 Sep 2023, at 00:52, John Sessoms wrote: >>>>> >

Re: Good find today (not Pentax)

2023-09-30 Thread Mark Roberts
John Francis wrote: >On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 05:18:50PM +0100, Bob W PDML wrote: >> ??? >> > On 29 Sep 2023, at 00:52, John Sessoms wrote: >> > >> > ???[???] I don't even think the hole is still there in the wall. [???] >> >> I looked on street view- the hole???s still there, but the wall has

Re: Photos from the latest trip

2023-09-06 Thread Mark Roberts
o spend enough time in Prague, so we'll have to go back. Very crowded and touristy, but the architecture is magnificent. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Photos from the latest trip

2023-09-06 Thread Mark Roberts
We got home two days ago and have almost overcome the jet lag. I've managed to put up a gallery of photos from our bicycle trip across Austria and the Czech Republic. https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720311016868 -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia

Re: OT: Guardian - Photos from South-East London

2023-08-29 Thread Mark Roberts
river-thames-and-beyond-in-pictures At first glance, I thought the bloke in the kayak (second photo) was Bob W! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PD

Salzburg to Prague

2023-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
We're off to Austria tomorrow, doing a bicycle trip that starts from Salzburg and ends up in Prague. It shouldn't be a very strenuous trip, as they're saying 36 miles is the most we'll be covering in a day, so that ought to leave plenty of time for some photography. Photos to follow! -- Mark

Photos from Colorado

2023-08-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Not content with the UK and Austria trips that are bookending our summer, the Dr and I went to visit some friends in Colorado for a week. Here are a few snaps: https://flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720310376906 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email

Re: August PUG is Up

2023-08-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Stan Halpin wrote: >Ralf, your shot was very nicely done! And all the rest in the gallery were >quite nice as well. Another good month. Thanks Brian! We can always count on Ralf for a great photo. THis one looks kind of like a real-life Mondrian. -- Mark Roberts - Photography &

Some snaps from Colorado

2023-08-09 Thread Mark Roberts
We're flying back home tomorrow after a week in Colorado. I've posted a few shots from our adventures. https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720310376906 -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
BTW, regarding the original set of photographs (nice stuff) that started this thread: I will never be able to look at an F4 Phantom without thinking of Dan Matyola. (Also, I think the F100 Super Saber has to be the ugliest jet fighter ever.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multim

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
ernable here. Otherwise, they are almost >identical externally. If you're into jet plane geekery you might enjoy this fellow's stuff on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCQbBfie3ZA -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Penta

DP Review has been bought from Amazon

2023-06-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Looks like Gear Patrol had purchased DP Review from Amazon: https://www.gearpatrol.com/about/a44214660/gear-patrol-dpreview-acquisition/ -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: Whatever became of this lens?

2023-06-16 Thread Mark Roberts
use that as a generic photo with certain postings?) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: GFM 2023

2023-06-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Oh, and definitely NOT Tom Rittenhouse. Jun 12, 2023 5:41:16 PM Mark Roberts : > Yep. Doug and Nico. I think they're the only ones you'd recognize in those > shots. The new nature museum facility is amazing. > > Jun 12, 2023 11:16:39 AM Steve Cottrell : > >>

Re: GFM 2023

2023-06-12 Thread Mark Roberts
omping? And is that Tom Rittenhouse on > the right with the beard?? > > Cot > > > >> On 9 Jun 2023, at 21:20, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> A couple of new photos added. Two stream shots that aren't as good as >> the first one and a quick phone

Re: GFM 2023

2023-06-09 Thread Mark Roberts
A couple of new photos added. Two stream shots that aren't as good as the first one and a quick phone grab of the interior of the new nature museum at Grandfather Mountain. It's quite splendid. More later Mark Roberts wrote: >The 2023 Nature Photography Weekend gets underway tomor

GFM 2023

2023-06-08 Thread Mark Roberts
/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720308917375 More to come! -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

GESO: Our just-completed Pennine Way walk

2023-05-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Finishing up (finally) in Scotland a couple of weeks ago. https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720308386495 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Cottrell wrote: >>> Never mind. My brother recently informed me I'm also a "rat bastard" >>> after I showed him the bass guitar I bought recently. ;-) > >> Don’t fret. > >You’re a nut. I'm not nutty enough to play an Irish Bouzouki, though!

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: >> On May 22, 2023, at 2:30 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> mike wilson wrote: >> >>> Thought you were leaving today? >> >> Ah, yes. I sent that this morning. I must have been offline at the >> time so it didn't

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
bastard" after I showed him the bass guitar I bought recently. ;-) >> On 22/05/2023 21:35 Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> >> Doug Brewer wrote: >> >> >wait a sec. I'm reasonably certain my parents were married when they >> >found me. &

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: >wait a sec. I'm reasonably certain my parents were married when they >found me. Sorry. I'm still on Lindisfarne so I suppose you should be a "Scurvy Dog" then? I can never keep these things straight. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia

PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-20 Thread Mark Roberts
to post some soon but despite the best of intentions it may not happen till we get back to the States. Then I'll have to act fast because the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend is coming up fast... -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369

Re: Pentax Film Camera News

2023-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
I think a new, fixed-lens film camera is the sort of thing a lot of my students would go for. They'd never dream of entering the murky world of second-hand, 30-year-old film cameras. (Nor should they be.) -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Hello from somewhere in Scotland

2023-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
...in a field a couple of miles outside village of Kirk Yetholm. We'll be finishing our epic Pennine Way walk soon. Photos later. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

Photos soon (or eventually)

2023-05-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Dr. Lisa and I are walking the final section of the Pennine Way after our meeting with Bob W. It's proving eventful so far. I'll have photographic evidence soon... -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

UKPDML

2023-05-07 Thread Mark Roberts
of our walk will be in Northumberland but it keeps dodging across the Stots border (follows Hadrian's wall for a fair bit) and finishes up in Scotland. Any lurkers fancying a meet-up? Just drop us a note. -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369

Re: Nature Photo Weekend Details Announced for June 9-11 Event

2023-04-28 Thread Mark Roberts
orks best. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Pentax K3 Mark III Monochrome Matte Black Edition

2023-04-21 Thread Mark Roberts
From my days as a components engineer at an electronics firm, I would be very surprised if the minimum order for a specialized item like this sensor wasn't at least 1000 units. Apr 21, 2023 10:35:47 AM Ralf R Radermacher : > Am 21.04.23 um 15:28 schrieb mike wilson: >> I wonder how big a "run"

Re: Vacation suggestion

2023-04-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: > > >> On Apr 19, 2023, at 7:40 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >> >>> Am 19.04.23 um 15:59 schrieb coll...@brendemuehl.net: >>>> Except for the 6x7. At 10 shots per roll one must be judici

Re: Vacation suggestion

2023-04-19 Thread Mark Roberts
ew, set the ISO to that of the film I had in the 67 (or an even multiple) and test every shot with the DSLR before doing the capture with the 67. The ability to check exposure with the histogram and pre-view the composition is a great benefit. I ended up with nary a wasted frame. -- Mark Robert

Re: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome

2023-04-14 Thread Mark Roberts
I just read through the comments section on DPreview. Reminded me of why I haven't looked at DPreview for years. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome

2023-04-13 Thread Mark Roberts
sure how evident that will be. I'll wait for real-life tests but I imagine you'll need the highest resolution lenses to see much difference. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.ne

Re: PDML Gothic

2023-04-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >I'm in NY for a short visit to deal with some family business and see a couple >of friends ... And of course I visited Ann while I was here. :) > >PDML Gothic - Manhattan, New York City 2023 :: https://flic.kr/p/2osw7km Oh come on. Neither of you is wearing nearly

Re: April PUG is up

2023-04-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: >> On Apr 7, 2023, at 9:02 AM, John Sessoms wrote: >> >> On 4/7/2023 8:58 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> Brian W wrote: >>>>> >>> I believe that Dave emits a "typographical/spelling-error field", >>> previous

Re: April PUG is up

2023-04-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Brian W wrote: >> On 07 April 2023 at 00:44 Mark Roberts wrote: > >> And Dave Brooks even managed to get a typo into his own name! The >> finishing touch! > >Har! > >Mea Culpa - that typo is on me. Dave is innocent! > >I obviously hit an extra key during

Re: April PUG is up

2023-04-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Stanley Halpin wrote: >Wow! A great collection of images this month. And Dave Brooks even managed to get a typo into his own name! The finishing touch! >> http://pug.komkon.org/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Disc

Re: Bob, Dan, Godfrey, Bill, Collin and I are alive...

2023-03-28 Thread Mark Roberts
On Mar 28, 2023, at 5:57 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Rick Womer wrote: >> >>> Is anyone else? >> >> I'm alive and getting better... slowly. >> >> BTW, did you get the trackball yet? I was delayed in getting it to the >> Post Office as las

Re: Bob, Dan, Godfrey, Bill, Collin and I are alive...

2023-03-28 Thread Mark Roberts
own for a couple of weeks. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?

2023-03-25 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >First Northumbrian distillery in 200 years opens just off the route of your >last day. Would seem churlish not to visit. > >https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-65038894 Ooh, looks nice! And I can probably sell Lisa on the "Anglo-Saxon Museum"

Re: St. Patrick's Day in Berkeley

2023-03-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Have you seen this video? Kinda spooky. >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ8giCWDcyE > >YIKES! Yep. And things are only going to get worse. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com --

Re: Pentax to make new film camera?

2023-03-24 Thread Mark Roberts
I'd really prefer it if they (or someone else) made an all-manual DSLR for photography students. Having so much automation available is a real handicap for my beginning students learning photography. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pe

Re: St. Patrick's Day in Berkeley

2023-03-23 Thread Mark Roberts
results >would be mindblowing. Have you seen this video? Kinda spooky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ8giCWDcyE -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: DPReview to Close Down

2023-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
I can't say I'm surprised, really. It's been years since I visited DPreview, myself. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please v

Re: Network outage

2023-03-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: >I mentioned a few days back that my network is out at home, its still out. I >went over to my neighbor’s yesterday and got some photos of the neighbor’s >house > >https://photos.app.goo.gl/PTWDjsuDJ7EbKgvX7 The value of that Blues Junior probably went up

Re: UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?

2023-03-18 Thread Mark Roberts
ergency dismount" (equestrian euphemism I learned from my mum) sounds like an epic mishap. I usually tell people after their first crash to stick with it and not give up, but in your case I think I'll concur with your own decision. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.

Re: UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?

2023-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
o fingers. Still painful and inconvenient and the recovery time won't be quick but I hope to be playing bass again within 6 weeks or so. Keep me posted on your recovery. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an

UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?

2023-03-17 Thread Mark Roberts
haven't decided exactly when we're returning to London - we could spend the 21st through the 23rd in the northern hinterlands (Mike Wilson territory) or we could go beck to London early and spend more time there (our return flight's on the 24th). -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia

Re: Mouse/trackball question

2023-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
hould I replace it with? Is this the kind of thing you're referring to: https://www.robertstech.com/temp/trackball1.jpg If so, you can have the one in that photo. I never used it. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send

Hi kids!

2023-03-16 Thread Mark Roberts
What's up? I've been a non-participant (but active lurker) here for a while. The pandemic was rough here, coinciding as it did with Lisa's mum's 2-1/2 year(!) fight with pancreatic cancer, but we've been getting our lives back on line, so to speak, for a while now. Nothing much seems to have

Re: Grandfather Mountain

2021-04-01 Thread Mark Roberts
there's no way they can hold a Nature Photography Weekend. They're doing a much more low-key event (everything outdoors) in August this year. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-l

OT: Anyone in San Diego who might be able to do a favcor?

2021-01-15 Thread Mark Roberts
I'm trying to buy a guitar amp from someone in San Diego (through reverb.com) but he'll only sell locally. I'm trying to find someone who can pick up an amplifier and ship it to me (all at my expense, of course). Any PDML'ers in the area? -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia

Re: December PUG is up

2020-12-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Only one cormorant??? -- 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 directions.

Re: Semi-OT: Thunderbird update 78.5.1 is fucked up!

2020-12-04 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: >Changed the fonts, changed the icons and it keeps trying to force me to log in >to Yahoo. Once every few years I am reminded, to my complete and utter astonishment, that Yahoo is actually still in business. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.rober

Re: DxO Photolab 4 - the verdict

2020-12-02 Thread Mark Roberts
dred >files and your camera is a K10D or later then it is usable. Shouldn't you be able to convert older raw files into DNG and use them that way? I do this with all my raw files anyway. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDM

Re: What happened to instagram?

2020-11-18 Thread Mark Roberts
I just made a post to Instagram from my desktop web browser and it worked the same way as always. No problems. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Use of GPS in cameras?

2020-10-27 Thread Mark Roberts
I find GPS invaluable for travel photography, both for identifying subject matter (OK, that's a 15th-century church in Oxfordshire, but *which* 15th-century church?) and for tracking locations on various hikes through the White Mountains, the Blue Ridge, the Yorkshire Moors, etc. -- Mark

Re: Vintage Enlarger

2020-10-20 Thread Mark Roberts
At this point, *all* enlargers are vintage enlargers. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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 fo

Re: FS Friday.. please look

2020-10-16 Thread Mark Roberts
I just bought your "New Yorker Book of Cat Cartoons". :-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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: OT Instagram

2020-10-12 Thread Mark Roberts
to format your images to one of the three accepted sizes: square 1080px x 1080px, panoramic 1080px x 608px, or 8x10 1080px x 1350px. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT: Questions for PDML members from the UK

2020-09-08 Thread Mark Roberts
e ethnic group, like, for example, the Welsh? >> > >Wasn't Cornwall where the "Dread Pirate Roberts" came from? And Worzel Gummidge! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/

Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

2020-08-27 Thread Mark Roberts
S. National Geographic has been dumbed down considerably since Rupert Murdoch bought it. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, pleas

Re: QUESTION

2020-08-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >Well, my mom's family (from the neighborhood of Napoli, Italy) was founded by >a British merchant in casks and barrels Sounds very uncomfortable. ...which proves they were British ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com

Re: if its fuzzy turn it into a B

2020-07-26 Thread Mark Roberts
efer to the cat or the photo? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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 directions.

Re: PESO Danger

2020-07-06 Thread Mark Roberts
is it? >> >> Corrosion on a battery terminal. >> >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50081224292/in/album-72157714984560581/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mai

Re: Negatives into positives?

2020-05-18 Thread Mark Roberts
thout huge investment, to turn scanned color negatives into >positives? All film scanners I know of have software that does the necessary inversion and color mask removal. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: OT: The Joy of Spring

2020-05-17 Thread Mark Roberts
ngs start easing up, that’s probably how singles bars will work too. Not to mention truck dealerships. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PD

Re: Information to be announced on new Pentax APS-C flagship tomorrow

2020-05-15 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: >If it's the new APS-C flagship, wouldn't it have an APS-C Sensor? Or am I >missing something? I think he means size in megapixels rather than physical dimensions. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDM

Re: Information to be announced on new Pentax APS-C flagship tomorrow

2020-05-15 Thread Mark Roberts
ention the max aperture. I also hate the integrated lens shade :( The front element looks too small for it to be a 2.8 (I have the FA 20mm f/2.8) so I'm betting it'll be f/4.0 -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml

Re: Information to be announced on new Pentax APS-C flagship tomorrow

2020-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
ore unless you're using a mirrorless camera. It's been scientifically proven. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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 d

Re: Thumbs up or down?

2020-05-06 Thread Mark Roberts
>> >> ann > >At least nobody has decided to cross the banjo with the ukulele. > >...or so I thought... > >https://youtu.be/qTS7saqzgAo The banjolele features prominently in one of P.G. Wodehouse's Wooster and Jeeves books. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multime

Re: Thumbs up or down?

2020-05-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: >> On May 4, 2020, at 12:31 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> I agree. HDR is a tool that enables artistic expression. > >Arguably so are bag pipes, banjos and accordions. I find those work best as percussion instruments. -- Mark Roberts -

Re: OT: Phil Bergerson in THe Guardian

2020-05-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Great stuff: > >https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/may/05/love-thy-neighbour-an-eagle-eyed-view-of-america-in-pictures-phil-bergerson Thanks Ralf. That is some wonderful stuff. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.ro

Re: Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
be officially designated for web pages that are not connected because of government censorship (in honor of Ray Bradbury's "Farenheit 451", of course). >On 5/4/20 5:34 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> Some of you will remember Tim Bray from when he was on the PDML a few >> years back a

Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
hics. Very rare in big business these days. -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-522-0174 -- 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 directions.

Re: Thumbs up or down?

2020-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
ve and ultimately right on the money … What I want to know is what exactly is a "cautionary tail"? Is it like a Stegosaurus's with spikes on the end? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/

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