Re: For sale Friday, big list to unload

2024-04-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 19/04/2024 23:25 BST Larry Colen wrote: > > > > On Apr 19, 2024, at 3:10 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > > > I believe Cotty is selling gear to raise money to dump into a hole in the > > water. > > I dunno why he doesn't save time and effort and just tear up hundred pound > notes, in

Re: testing testing

2024-04-16 Thread mike wilson
I also seem to be missing a large number of posts. Also, threads are seriously out of sequence. It's one of the mysteries of (modern) life. > On 13/04/2024 14:17 BST ann sanfedele wrote: > > > post I made in the last few weeks to PESOS didn't show up in my PDML > folder.. and since the end

Re: Grey Heron (continued)

2024-03-31 Thread mike wilson
Henk's missive did not appear in my inbox, which is, of course, the source of Great Egret for me. Otherwise I have to go to Somerset, at the other end of England, unless I would be happy with occasional Little Egrets. Generally, though, I have no Egrets at all. > On 31/03/2024 05:27 BST Alan

Re: PESO: Morning Wood

2024-03-27 Thread mike wilson
Nearly as good a title as "Tits like coconuts". Nearly. > On 27/03/2024 21:03 GMT Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/morning-wood-fotoralfbe/48192393 > > As always, comments and suggestions are most welcome. Enjoy. > > Ralf -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss

OT: Richard Sandler

2024-03-22 Thread mike wilson
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/feb/27/between-the-streets-shades-of-new-york-in-pictures-richard-sandler-the-eyes-of-the-city -- %(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

Re: PESO: A strange looking bird

2024-03-20 Thread mike wilson
Saw it. Twice. > On 20/03/2024 09:14 GMT Alan C wrote: > > > Won't go. Trying again. > > On 20-Mar-24 06:53 AM, Alan C wrote: > > An African Snake Darter at Lake Panic, near Skukuza Camp, Kruger Park. > > Unfortunately back lit. These birds are closely related to Cormorants > > but swim

Re: I don’t know water fowl

2024-03-16 Thread mike wilson
> On 16/03/2024 14:27 GMT coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: > > > https://www.flickr.com/gp/101533246@N02/rLrsxU8r2Q > > What can anyone tell me about them? Look like Muscovy (i.e. domestic) ducks. Maybe interbred with wildfowl but maybe not. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-03 Thread mike wilson
> On 03/03/2024 15:04 GMT Comcast wrote: > > > As a medium, film suffers in comparison to digital in that it is less capable > of low light reproduction and when pushed, image quality drops precipitously. > The solution has always been larger formats. My best film work was generally > on

Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-25 Thread mike wilson
ves me the NAME to > look up. > > On 2/24/2024 1:47 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > Transfer the guts of the new machine to the case of the old. You should be > > able to either plug the drive straight into the motherboard via an existing > > socket or use a card in one

Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-23 Thread mike wilson
Transfer the guts of the new machine to the case of the old. You should be able to either plug the drive straight into the motherboard via an existing socket or use a card in one of the PCIE slots. For example:

Re: Problems reading SD cards

2024-02-21 Thread mike wilson
Unlikely to be the cards if you are getting exactly the same error on all three. My default position is to blame Adobe, which seems to have a more than 50% success rate. For hardware problems, I would look at the card reader. > On 22/02/2024 00:54 GMT John Sessoms wrote: > > > I spent

Re: Another lightroom redo

2024-02-16 Thread mike wilson
I don't disagree with the overspiced evaluation but the other doesn't even have salt and pepper. Definitely more on the foreground but not so much as the before image, which does seem to have an artefact at the junction of land and sky. The sky is possibly better in the new version (in that

Re: Another lightroom redo

2024-02-16 Thread mike wilson
Are you sure you got those the right way round? For me, the previous attempt is head and shoulders better than the present version. > On 16/02/2024 08:28 GMT Larry Colen wrote: > > > I decided to have a go at another one of my photos, trying to take advantage > of new features in

Re: P30?

2024-02-05 Thread mike wilson
P3n > On 03/02/2024 13:10 GMT Mark Roberts wrote: > > > 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

Re: PESO night tracks

2024-01-30 Thread mike wilson
Assuming capable equipment (and, even then) contre jour is rarely other than a winner. > On 30/01/2024 07:54 GMT Larry Colen wrote: > > > I almost got home from the ride before it was totally dark, but had to stop > and shoot the sunset >

Re: Impressed again

2024-01-18 Thread mike wilson
I had the luck to be loaned one for about 9 months by Denis Klimovich. Made some of my (technically) best pictures with it. Considering the use it got (-25degreesC, covered in snow then condensation, lugged around various crowded venues, etc) it's pretty robust as well. > On 19/01/2024 01:38

OT Not quite astro stuff

2024-01-08 Thread mike wilson
I'm wondering why the EV/screen failed... https://youtu.be/SxkA82wORtw?si=QqvpvOW8eOgOi9XX -- %(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: I'm back

2023-12-31 Thread mike wilson
And the same to you. And everyone else. > On 31/12/2023 17:08 GMT Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > Companies like GMX are fine while everything works, but heaven help us > if it doesn't. They're unreachable and if yousicceed in contacting the > they won't reply. > > So, I've given up on

Re: First camera case

2023-12-11 Thread mike wilson
No padding over the top of everything? > On 11/12/2023 05:20 GMT Larry Colen wrote: > > > A couple of weeks back I was nattering about wanting a better case for > storing my gear, and carrying it in my car on a trip. > > I just finished the first case, for the majority of my full frame glass

Re: Let's test the list!

2023-12-09 Thread mike wilson
ow "eliminated" their risk by > insisting on a surge protector fitted to the DB by a certified electrician. > Too expensive for most of us so we now have individual surge plugs on > sensitive appliances. > > Alan C > > On Sat, Dec 9, 2023 at 10:41 AM mike wilson wro

Re: Let's test the list!

2023-12-09 Thread mike wilson
Surge protectors are mandatory on new installs in the UK, now, probably because of the poor state of the supply infrastructure. We had three failures last year (with accompanying surges) alone. None so far this year, surprisingly. > On 07/12/2023 22:48 GMT Rick Womer wrote: > > > I don't

Re: Let's test the list!

2023-12-06 Thread mike wilson
Neither inbox nor spam here. > On 06/12/2023 12:40 GMT ann sanfedele wrote: > > > I replied but did not see my reply come up in my PDML inbox..  only in > my sent folder. > Just made my usual wiseass Jokey reply.. did it get through? > > I saw the email below of course and all the asnwer to

Re: Let's test the list!

2023-12-06 Thread mike wilson
Server Gods might be happy - the hard drive on my desktop definitely is not. Unless Loki has been out to play. > On 05/12/2023 19:27 GMT Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Are the Server God's happy? -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to

Re: Rock 'n Roll, Rush and Pentax

2023-11-29 Thread mike wilson
Rock'n'roll r us! (Makes devil's horn sign with fingers and hangs tongue down chin without really knowing why) > On 30/11/2023 00:27 GMT Postmaster wrote: > > > Around the 1:24 :-) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIAcVSSHJgc > > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe

Re: PESO Another Cobra Pic

2023-11-29 Thread mike wilson
Much better than the usual steroidal, lumpen mess. Perfect focus on the badge, with (coincidentally?) nice, sharp, tyre treads. Smooth, uncluttered background. We have come to expect nothing less... > On 29/11/2023 14:28 GMT paul stenquist wrote: > > > Another pic from last week’s shoot

Re: PESO: Hélène

2023-11-22 Thread mike wilson
No wonder she can't fly. > On 21/11/2023 07:31 GMT Bob W PDML wrote: > > > Lunched a thousand chips, I think. > > > On 20 Nov 2023, at 21:54, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > It's a lovely photo. Is it a reference to "launching a thousand ships"? > > > >> On Nov 20, 2023, at 12:21 AM, Alan C

Re: PUG themes for 2014

2023-11-18 Thread mike wilson
Best of.. Blur Fungi > On 18/11/2023 09:36 GMT bria...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: > > > Here's a list of suggested themes. Please pick your LEAST favoured > ones. > > Up Close > Circular > On reflection > Still Life > Best of 2023 > Roots > Abstract > Long Exposure > Bridges > Blur > On four legs

Re: Stabilized Eclipse Video

2023-11-16 Thread mike wilson
Interesting that you didn't get any level of "diamond ring" effect. I'm not sure what that indicates. > On 16/11/2023 01:36 GMT John Sessoms wrote: > > > https://flic.kr/p/2pg1zWk > > Wasn't as difficult as I thought it was going to be. One of my schemes > actually worked which smoothed

Re: Computers! Aargh!

2023-11-14 Thread mike wilson
> On 15/11/2023 02:28 GMT Rick Womer wrote: > > > I’ve accumulated a lot of photos recently, from travel and walks through > groves of autumn color. > > Today I sat down to post some. But… > > When I launched Lightroom the window that should have displayed the photos > was blank. Both my

Re: test 1 - godfreydigio...@me.com

2023-11-11 Thread mike wilson
h I knew the cause of that… it's a PITA. > > G > > > On Nov 11, 2023, at 8:56 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > > > No, you're in my SPAM folder, as usual... > > > >> On 11/11/2023 16:49 GMT Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> > >> > >> replies

Re: test 1 - godfreydigio...@me.com

2023-11-11 Thread mike wilson
No, you're in my SPAM folder, as usual... > On 11/11/2023 16:49 GMT Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > replies and messages I've sent don't seem to be getting to the list. I'm > testing both my email addresses to see if either of these get there. > > G > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO 2023 - Walking (262-268) - GDG

2023-10-08 Thread mike wilson
What about the Swarfega? > On 08/10/2023 16:24 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > Okay okay, you can wear your Superman cape and that neoprene balaclava. > > Cot > > > On 5 Oct 2023, at 14:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > > I dunno about the macintosh and trilby, but the rest works for me! :-)

Re: On the Road Again ...

2023-10-07 Thread mike wilson
Loads to do in Albuquerque. Just ask Al. https://youtu.be/JE37e1eK2mY?si=DtTgIth_dQ5RdekE > On 07/10/2023 00:52 John Sessoms wrote: > > > I've made reservations. Confirmed reservations. > > I intend to be in Albuquerque a week from Saturday (14 Oct) > > ... and this time I've ALREADY made

Re: Salzburg to Prague

2023-08-23 Thread mike wilson
Google maps says "Cycling not available" 8 -) but the walking route has a total rise of just under 3000metres and a fall of just over, taking three days. Good luck and have fun. Don't forget the Narodni Technicke Muzeum - not the one on Wilsonova street. > On 24/08/2023 01:23 Mark Roberts

Re: Fwd: PESO: Spring is Sprung

2023-08-22 Thread mike wilson
All three getting through fine here. > On 22/08/2023 09:54 Alan C wrote: > > > Trying again > > Forwarded Message > Subject: PESO: Spring is Sprung > Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 08:06:46 +0200 > From: Alan C > To: Pentax Discus Mail List > > > > An

Re: Australia - Brisbane and Perth

2023-08-15 Thread mike wilson
>From the one Perther on the board: "Don't know about B film. Perth is amazingly unphotogenic. It is not a city of great character or charisma. Fremantle is way more interesting, and perhaps it qualifies, seeing that it is more or less attached to Perth. There is an amazing lack of interesting

Re: Australia - Brisbane and Perth

2023-08-14 Thread mike wilson
I made enquiries amonst those I know in the antipodes and this is the sole response so far: "I'm in BrisVegas, outer suburb, but cannot think of one place i would tell a visitor "you must go see". He could have a Miami-ish experience if he wants to go to the Gold Coast, just down the road" >

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 03/08/2023 22:52 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > mike wilson wrote: > > >Two ways On the 23, there is a vertical fin under the fuselage at the tail. > > > >Not visible in your pic. The elevator surfaces extend beyond the jet pipe > >on

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread mike wilson
> On 04/08/2023 05:50 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > On Aug 3, 2023, at 1:25 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > > > Two ways On the 23, there is a vertical fin under the fuselage at the > > tail. Not visible in your pic. The elevator surfaces extend beyond the &

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread mike wilson
, they are almost identical externally. > On 03/08/2023 17:48 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > On Aug 3, 2023, at 1:25 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > > > 614 is a Mig 27 > > Thanks, someone else ID'd it as a 23. How to tell the diff? > Other than going back

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread mike wilson
I did wonder if that was a Skyraider. It just looks so petite in the picture. > On 03/08/2023 16:08 Paul Sorenson wrote: > > > Larry - Mike already identified 614, so here goes on the rest.. > > 715 - North American T-28 > 441 - Beechcraft T-34 > 979 - Another T-34 > 077 - Douglas A-1

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread mike wilson
614 is a Mig 27 The rest seem likely to be trainers, including the twin engined one. > On 03/08/2023 08:53 Larry Colen wrote: > > > Last weekend my friend Candice and visited the museum at March Air Base. > Since it's only a few miles away, I treated it as a recon run and tried to > get a

Re: LrC and travel

2023-07-27 Thread mike wilson
Snap! We're just sooo last millenuim. > On 27/07/2023 07:19 Alan C wrote: > > > I don't take anything & wait till I get back home! > > Alan C > > On 27-Jul-23 07:28 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > I simplify for travel: I don't use LR Mobile, or cloud-based LR. > > > > When traveling, I'm

Re: Anybody like to ID spiders

2023-07-25 Thread mike wilson
Black ones seem to be Latrodectus hesperus, the western black widow. The other is likely Laterodectus geometricus, the brown widow. The latter is less deadly and has a much greater range. Newly established in southern California. > On 25/07/2023 18:35 Larry Colen wrote: > > > I'm pretty

Re: IR Photography

2023-07-13 Thread mike wilson
> On 14/07/2023 01:29 Larry Colen wrote: > Last night I had a chance to come home to get my miata, I was hoping to have > time to cut it up into pieces to mail to anybody that might want some, That's very generous of you. I'll have a think about what I can afford postage on. --

Re: OnT: Grey Matter Exercise

2023-06-27 Thread mike wilson
Shouldn't the first one have a question mark after it? > On 25/06/2023 19:50 Bob W PDML wrote: > > > Too easy. > > I have two favourite cryptic crossword clues, neither is difficult, but I > like them. > > One that my housemaster told me when I was about 12 and he was explaining > what

Re: Shooting in smoke

2023-06-09 Thread mike wilson
Also curious about the before. > On 09/06/2023 23:53 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > On Jun 9, 2023, at 3:46 PM, Comcast wrote: > > > > The weather looked decent today although I think our air quality number was > > still around 150, so I shot a car that I had to cover for an editorial > >

Re: June PUG is up

2023-06-08 Thread mike wilson
Good to see Malcolm back in circulation. And Anne's editor needed permanently planting themself. Thanks for the work, Brian. > On 08/06/2023 12:24 Brian W wrote: > > > G'day all > > Enjoy the new gallery here: > > http://pug.komkon.org/ > > (you may need to refresh your browser if you

OT: technology and the photography industry

2023-06-02 Thread mike wilson
This guy has a number of presentations depicting how digital technology has changed many aspects of industry. Quite a few of them are about photography and, particularly, Kodak. They can be viewed online or downloaded. https://www.slideshare.net/Christiansandstrom/presentations --

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-28 Thread mike wilson
> On 28/05/2023 13:29 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > > On 26 May 2023, at 19:48, ann sanfedele wrote: > > > >> On May 26, 2023 8:38:36 AM PDT, mike wilson >> <mailto:m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: > >>>> On 26/05/2023 1

Re: GESO: Our just-completed Pennine Way walk

2023-05-26 Thread mike wilson
Clever shot of Crag Lough through the hole in the wall. And Ultra-Tommi does not look the way I was expecting at all... > On 26/05/2023 20:43 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Finishing up (finally) in Scotland a couple of weeks ago. > >

Re: GESO: Our just-completed Pennine Way walk

2023-05-26 Thread mike wilson
It's famous enough (Hollywood movie, no less) without it getting into PUG as well. > On 26/05/2023 21:10 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Great set! > ... too bad your solo tree didn't make it to the PUG for May, lousy > sense of timing, that. > > ann > > > On 5/26/2023 3:43 PM, Mark Roberts

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-26 Thread mike wilson
> On 26/05/2023 16:15 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

Re: Satellite Lens!

2023-05-25 Thread mike wilson
Surprisingly low (5mx5m) resolution. Must be a long way out. > On 24/05/2023 15:39 Alan C wrote: > > > https://petapixel.com/2022/03/14/ricoh-installs-modified-300mm-f4-lens-on-japans-kitsune-satellite/?fbclid=IwAR0mq3UlLvUh5mFpBGfACX37YL-4PEnSH5H3bDaW3OArmGZlUNzoovzqJbw > -- %(real_name)s

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 24/05/2023 17:13 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > 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

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-22 Thread mike wilson
Thought you were leaving today? > 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. > > Sorry. I'm still on Lindisfarne so I suppose you should be a "Scurvy > Dog" then? I can never keep

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-20 Thread mike wilson
brought extra suitable clothing. He still looked like a drowned rat at the end. > On 20/05/2023 13:43 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > We met up with Mike Wilson and Cath this morning for a walk around > Lindisfarne. Great to catch up and to talk about everyone else on the > PDML

Re: Life Update:

2023-05-13 Thread mike wilson
I moved one house along last year. Utter, utter purgatory. Good luck, John. You're going to need it. > On 13/05/2023 05:55 Alan C wrote: > > > You know, it doesn't have to be. A good friend of mine in Phalaborwa has > recently retired from Palabora Mining Company with 40 years service. 

Re: RIP Dan Matyola

2023-05-11 Thread mike wilson
Thanks for letting us know. Too many have just disappeared. I had some good chats with Dan about his central European heritage. > On 11/05/2023 00:27 Bruce Walker wrote: > > > Facebook alerted me today of messages about the passing of Dan > Matyola, May 2, 2023, at 81 years of age. > >

Re: Peso - one more lonely tree not submitted for May PUG

2023-05-01 Thread mike wilson
That's better - a tree's not a tree without a cormorant. > On 01/05/2023 14:01 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Mike... they are all here - :-) > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Calendars-in-Print/2010-Nature-Calendar/i-b8CXkWP/A > > > On 5/1/2023 8:33 AM, m

Re: Peso - one more lonely tree not submitted for May PUG

2023-05-01 Thread mike wilson
Seems to be missing a cormorant. As I suspect most of this month's entries will be. > On 01/05/2023 13:08 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Ok, I'll play > > Decided this one  had been seen in a PUG before and the file, scanned > from a Kodachrome slide, had > not been well processed going to

Re: A random XKCD strip that turned up today

2023-04-22 Thread mike wilson
The lengths they will go to for point scoring, though... > On 22/04/2023 00:33 Comcast wrote: > > > HAR! Love the obsessive photographers. They’re focused! > > Paul > > > On Apr 21, 2023, at 7:18 PM, John Francis wrote: > > > > I occasionally see what a random XKCD strip turns up > >

Re: Pentax K3 Mark III Monochrome Matte Black Edition

2023-04-21 Thread mike wilson
I wonder how big a "run" is. Not into triple figures, I would guess. > On 21/04/2023 14:16 Bill wrote: > > > Apparently they started taking pre orders for the second run of the new > Monochrome camera earlier today for deliveries in late May. > It sold out in a couple of hours, so if you

Re: Vacation suggestion

2023-04-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 21/04/2023 00:00 Bill wrote: > > > Jackson, just south of Yellowstone is a charming little town (or it was > when I visited). If you don't want to shoot what other tourists have done > stay away from the geyser fields. I also found that if one was willing to > hike a few hundred yards

Re: Vacation suggestion

2023-04-19 Thread mike wilson
> On 19/04/2023 14:59 coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: > > > In Sept we’re going to Yellowstone for 1 week followed by the Grand Canyon > for another week. > > At least with digital I don’t have to worry about running out of film. (Just > battery life.) Except for the 6x7. At 10 shots per

Re: PESO: Flying MGA

2023-04-17 Thread mike wilson
> On 16/04/2023 22:37 Bill wrote: > > > At least I think that's what it is. > I put up before and after pictures, so two links. > I can see some pretty stomach churning memes coming out of this tool. > > Before: > https://flic.kr/p/2otGBoq > And after > https://flic.kr/p/2otGBnD Missed

Re: PESO: Flying T-Bird (No Pentax Content)

2023-04-16 Thread mike wilson
> On 16/04/2023 18:34 Bill wrote: > > > I was at a car show a while back and happened upon this very futuristic > Ford from the late 1950s. > > https://flic.kr/p/2otHvy9 > > Shot on the Fuji X-Pro 1 and 35/1.4 Fujinon lens. > I'm playing with the Remove tool in the Beta version of

Re: PDML Gothic

2023-04-11 Thread mike wilson
Great minds and all that. Although the folks on this one look more Graffiti than Gothic. > On 11/04/2023 12:43 Bob W PDML wrote: > > > Great shot. One of should have had a pitchfork in your hand! > > > On 11 Apr 2023, at 12:33, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > > I'm in NY for a short visit

Re: PESO: Easter Cactus.

2023-04-10 Thread mike wilson
They take your breath away. > On 10/04/2023 09:38 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > Am 10.04.23 um 01:50 schrieb mike wilson: > > > domestic house pants. Those generally descendants of the species > > truncata... > > Bermuda shorts? -- %(real_name)s Pentax

Re: PESO: Easter Cactus.

2023-04-09 Thread mike wilson
> On 09/04/2023 11:16 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > Am 09.04.23 um 00:20 schrieb Bill: > > As promised, here is a picture of one of this year's blooms. > > Nice one. > > Are there varieties for different seasons? I've got one which has been > sold to me as a Xmas cactus. > > Ralf >

Re: OT: "Accidentally" Wes Anderson

2023-04-04 Thread mike wilson
Any relation to the Owen/Luke Wilson clan? Seems very similar, facially. > On 03/04/2023 19:01 Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > > One of my college roommate's sons. Wen Wilson, is a close friend of Wes > Anderson. He's the dude with the bandaged head brushing his teeth at 0:40 > of this video.

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

2023-03-29 Thread mike wilson
Feels self carefully. Yup; mostly, anyway. > On 28/03/2023 22:04 Rick Womer wrote: > > > Is anyone else? > -- %(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: UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?

2023-03-25 Thread mike wilson
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 > On 18/03/2023 16:20 Mark Roberts wrote: > > > Bob W PDML wrote: > > >That sounds very unpleasant and disabling,

Re: Pentax to make new film camera?

2023-03-23 Thread mike wilson
They just need to add an exclamation mark to that model for the perfect name... > On 23/03/2023 10:54 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > https://petapixel.com/2023/03/22/pentax-is-considering-making-a-new-hand-winding-film-camera/ > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an

Re: DPReview to Close Down

2023-03-22 Thread mike wilson
But clearly not profitable. Or profitable enough. > On 22/03/2023 00:56 Rick Womer wrote: > > > I agree. Their forums were sometimes interesting or helpful, too. > > Rick > > > On Mar 21, 2023, at 5:23 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > > That’s a shame. It was an asset. Detailed reviews and

Re: PESO: European brook lamprey

2023-03-20 Thread mike wilson
Lampreys are fascinating organisms. Apart from being (afaik) the only four-eyed vertebrate, their body chemistry provides rich hunting grounds for pharmaceutics. Some are anadromous, some are not; some have a parasitic phase of their life cycle, some do not. As a child, I remember seeing

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

2023-03-19 Thread mike wilson
Could have been worse - it's that daffodil time of year > On 19/03/2023 16:35 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > Sorry mate I should have further along the thread - sorry to see this. Must > have been a sobering experience! ‘Stroke’ ! You sure it didn’t say ‘Nil by > Pentax’ ;-) > > C > > >

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

2023-03-18 Thread mike wilson
At least it was someone else's bike (as all the motorcyclists on here will be thinking) but full marks for commitment. We will be in Dorset first week of July, if you are healed and fancy meeting up. > On 17/03/2023 19:02 Bob W PDML wrote: > > > That sounds very unpleasant and

Re: PESO - Christmas Cactus

2023-03-08 Thread mike wilson
They don't like being moved or otherwise disturbed once in bloom. Even watering can cause bud fall. I had a gigantic one until it was repotted about 20 years ago. Never really recovered from that > On 09/03/2023 02:51 Rick Womer wrote: > > > This is just a modest potted cactus until

Re: GESO - Percy Street, South Philly

2023-03-07 Thread mike wilson
> On 07/03/2023 08:12 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > On Mar 6, 2023, at 10:46 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > > > Same here; the duplicate always arrives way before any replies. It's a > > glitch that doesn't particularly bother me but, if generic, might be

Re: GESO - Percy Street, South Philly

2023-03-07 Thread mike wilson
> On 07/03/2023 08:12 Larry Colen wrote: > > > > On Mar 6, 2023, at 10:46 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > > > Same here; the duplicate always arrives way before any replies. It's a > > glitch that doesn't particularly bother me but, if generic, might be

Re: GESO - Percy Street, South Philly

2023-03-06 Thread mike wilson
Same here; the duplicate always arrives way before any replies. It's a glitch that doesn't particularly bother me but, if generic, might be problematic for Rick in other areas. I take it California is free of such nonsense? > On 07/03/2023 03:11 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Larry - no.. the

Re: PESO: Table Lamp. No Pentax Content

2023-03-05 Thread mike wilson
> On 05/03/2023 15:56 Bill wrote: > > > On 3/5/2023 12:44 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 04/03/2023 16:20 Bill wrote: > >> > >> > >> the good people at UPS. > > Not a phrase I ever imagined coming from your pen. > > >

Re: GESO - Italian Market

2023-03-05 Thread mike wilson
> On 05/03/2023 20:41 Rick Womer wrote: > > > A few days ago a photographically-oriented friend and I took a walk through > the Italian market in South Philly. It is a mostly open-air produce market > occupying both sides of several blocks. > > Over the years, the offerings have become

Re: PESO: Table Lamp. No Pentax Content

2023-03-04 Thread mike wilson
> On 04/03/2023 16:20 Bill wrote: > > > the good people at UPS. Not a phrase I ever imagined coming from your pen. -- %(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: OT: Pentax Medical

2023-02-27 Thread mike wilson
That would be proctically everyone. > On 27/02/2023 19:53 Bill wrote: > > > Someone's gotta get in front of this before it turns to crap. > > bill > > On 2/27/2023 12:37 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > The users of their colonoscopes stand behind their patients. > > > > > > > >> On Feb 27, 2023,

Re: PESO x2

2023-02-25 Thread mike wilson
l.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 4:52 PM mike wilson wrote: > > > > > Cricket's easy. > > > > You have two sides; one out in the field and one in. > > > > Each man that's in the side that's in goes out and, when he's out, he >

Re: PESO x2

2023-02-25 Thread mike wilson
> On 25/02/2023 16:12 Bill wrote: > > > On 2/25/2023 12:19 AM, Alan C wrote: > > I'll have to look at some explanations of Pixel Shift! > > > > BTW, since you used the Cricket analogy, did you hear that the SA T20 > > ladies clobbered the Poms in CT yesterday to reach the final of the > >

Re: Correction on the XT-5 file size.

2023-02-19 Thread mike wilson
This post seems to be technically crap, which is unusual for you. > On 19/02/2023 01:47 Bill wrote: > > > They are actually just over 85.5k -- %(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

Re: hello, after a long time

2023-02-13 Thread mike wilson
Good to see you back. I wouldn't spend too much time trying to catch up... > On 13/02/2023 06:02 Subash Jeyan wrote: > > > hope everyone is safe and things are going on as usual in pdml central > > after some fundamental life changes due to which i had to change towns and > i was not

Re: Why are snowflakes like this?

2023-02-09 Thread mike wilson
Also Jostein, in Norway. Nothing like a head start. > On 09/02/2023 21:07 John Sessoms wrote: > > > I remember someone who used to post here a lot had a fairly elaborate > setup for photographing snowflakes (was that also Mark Cassino?) & the > images were well received whenever he posted

Re: An orgy of HDR and computer-enhanced kitsch

2023-02-09 Thread mike wilson
> On 09/02/2023 15:48 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > The Guardian presents the winners of this year's international garden > photographer of the year competition. > > "The waterfall is pictured surrounded by autumn-toned trees, and with > the (enhanced/added) mist..." > > "... which I

Re: AI 'Art'

2023-02-05 Thread mike wilson
That's what they said when photography first came on the scene... > On 05/02/2023 12:09 Alan C wrote: > > > So, I suppose if you have access to unlimited AI generated images then > anything can be created by combining them in the desired way? Paint, > brushes, spatulas & easels will become

Re: Price of K3-III dropping in Europe

2023-02-05 Thread mike wilson
> On 05/02/2023 15:36 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > Am 05.02.23 um 14:36 schrieb Henk Terhell: > > 250 Km from my house, however I guess it will be easy to mail order from > > Germany. > > Just as easy as when I bought my Ricoh Theta from Photo Video Smits in > Arnhem, NL. > > Living in

Re: OT Rabbit hole

2023-02-01 Thread mike wilson
can id vehicles ages in street scenes.. > > Interesting thing about fashions.. there are differences for same time > periods across countries.. so that poses a problem for > us over here.. > > bottom line.. I really sucked at it. > > ann > > > > On 1/31/2023

Re: OT Rabbit hole

2023-01-30 Thread mike wilson
, you get a different set of images. > On 31/01/2023 07:02 Paul Sorenson wrote: > > > Well, I scored 3437.  What did you get?   > > -p > > On 1/31/2023 12:23 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > A game that shows you a photo and you have to guess the year it was

OT Rabbit hole

2023-01-30 Thread mike wilson
A game that shows you a photo and you have to guess the year it was taken. https://www.chronophoto.app/web.html -- %(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: First time birding

2023-01-26 Thread mike wilson
> On 19/01/2023 15:59 Bob W PDML wrote: > > > > On 18 Jan 2023, at 07:07, mike wilson wrote: > > > >  > >> On 18/01/2023 04:45 Alan C wrote: > >> Common all over South Africa too, even in remote camps of the Kruger > >> Park. The ones

Re: Something for Henk

2023-01-22 Thread mike wilson
I think there are equal chances of him putting his foot in it. > On 22/01/2023 03:09 Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > > It's too bad the artist didn't put his best foot forward. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > * > > > > On

Re: First time birding

2023-01-17 Thread mike wilson
ed and otherwise look after, so it might be that. Or they could have been wild birds that inadvertently went to sea with a ship and remained there until first landfall. This could happen if a crew was in the habit of feeding them. > > On 18-Jan-23 12:20 AM, mike wilson wrote: >

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