Re: PESO - For Powell (PUG theme)

2006-12-22 Thread Gonz
Thanks Mike. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/12/22 Fri AM 05:27:30 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - For Powell When Powell's brother informed the list that he had passed away, he closed his message with Go out and take a picture

Re: Driving to Mexico

2006-12-22 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found myself with no other plans and with more than a week free, so I decided to drive south from San Francisco tomorrow. I want to make it to the border and see what's in the north of Mexico. Nothing. Poverty, Prostitution, Pharmacies, Political problems. Any

Re: PESO - For Powell

2006-12-22 Thread Gonz
Thanks Paul, can you tell I'm a proud Grandfather? It was very sad to hear of Powell's passing though, he seemed like a nice person. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excellent shot, nice sentiment. Paul On Dec 22, 2006, at 12:27 AM, Gonz wrote: When Powell's brother informed the list

Re: List greetings for the 22nd of December!

2006-12-22 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: keith_w wrote: No idea what HD stands for... I believe Hoya is the word shouted when the endoscope enters. Mark!! Malcolm -- Someone handed me a picture and said, This is a picture of me when I was younger. Every picture of you is when you were

Re: PESO - For Powell

2006-12-22 Thread Gonz
Thanks Bob. Bella's a beauty, fitting name. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gonz, A fitting tribute picture and congrat's to you! She looksd so peaceful in that pose. Regards, Bob S. On 12/21/06, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When Powell's brother informed the list that he had passed

Re: Driving to Mexico

2006-12-22 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 22/12/06, Gonz, discombobulated, unleashed: Nothing. Poverty, Prostitution, Pharmacies, Political problems. When can I leave? I suppose its better than Oxford. :) -- Someone handed me a picture and said, This is a picture of me when I was younger

Re: Driving to Mexico

2006-12-22 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nothing. Poverty, Prostitution, Pharmacies, Political problems. That might be nicer, but still is more dangerous than staying at home. Beautiful attitude, man. Imagine, uh, I don't know, the fame of a country with ~50%-60% of its people thinking this way about

Re: Merry Christmas

2006-12-22 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/22/06, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Frank! Best of the season to you. Have you been a good enough boy this year to hope that Santa might bring you a new home computer? (I don't know that we need details). LOL Maybe. This will almost

Re: Slow-Sync Use with K10D

2006-12-24 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first flash is the pre-flash used in P-TTL for integrated flash/ ambient TTL metering purposes before the mirror swings up. The second flash is actual flash made for the exposure, approx 1/250 second before the second curtain begins to close. I would

Re: Couple of shots, not PESO

2006-12-25 Thread Gonz
I like the expression of the woman of the second, the timing was nicely caught. Nice for ISO1600 too. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christmas eve we went to a carol service in the 12th century church in the village we used to love in. Lit only by candles, so had the A*85mm wide open on the

Re: Slow-Sync Use with K10D

2006-12-26 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 24, 2006, at 7:23 PM, Gonz wrote: I would imagine that since the flash is very fast, probably faster than 1/1 of a sec, that you could wait right up until the second curtain started to close. So if you did this, it would be closer to 1/500th

Re: PESO - For Powell

2006-12-27 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! When Powell's brother informed the list that he had passed away, he closed his message with Go out and take a picture in his memory... or take your camera apart - that is what he would have done. I had been wanting to take some pictures in his memory, but

Re: PESO - For Powell

2006-12-27 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gonz, You didn't tell us that was your photographing daughter's child. A big congratulations to her! Say hello for all of us. Tell her she owes us some pictures with Dad and Grandpa. Regards, Bob S. Thanks Bob. I'll relay the message, maybe she'll get

Re: Pop goes the K10D

2006-12-27 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quite a few K10Ds are experiencing flash failures after just a few uses. Usually just the flash goes, but this sounds like flash plus something else. I've seen two or three mentioned on DPReview. Where does that become quite a few? Come now, Godfrey. Don't you

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

2006-12-28 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 27, 2006, at 9:27 AM, graywolf wrote: Some of the ice seems to be melting, some of it seems to be getting thicker. I have found nothing to confirm that the ice cap averages over a mile. I do know that it is over a mile think in some places, but that is

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

2006-12-29 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 28, 2006, at 10:57 AM, Gonz wrote: Some of the most pompous, dumbest, and most ill informed people I know have a college education, some of them with advanced degrees. On the flip side, some of the warmest, smartest people I know do not. So go buy

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

2006-12-29 Thread Gonz
Or just living where we do. I live in a relatively hot climate, so the air conditioner runs quite a bit during the summer. The amount of crap that gets burnt just to keep us cool is probably much more than I use in fossil fuels in other areas of my daily life, like driving. The same with

Re: long lost

2006-12-29 Thread Gonz
Welcome back Becky! rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey you guys! My name is Rebekah, I used to participate in the list about two years ago. If any of you recall me, I was in college at the time, and now I have gotten hitched, moved to Charleston, South Carolina, and had a second child.

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

2006-12-29 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 29, 2006, at 7:49 AM, Gonz wrote: Some of the most pompous, dumbest, and most ill informed people I know have a college education, some of them with advanced degrees. On the flip side, some of the warmest, smartest people I know do not. So go buy

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

2006-12-29 Thread Gonz
Damn straight. There's nothing sexier than a smart, well-educated person. Godfrey Of course. What do you think, educated people are stupid? Only stupid, uneducated people think that having a piece of paper automatically makes you think you're something special. Godfrey

Re: A bit more about K10D, please read.

2006-12-29 Thread Gonz
Download the latest camera RAW plugin from adobe, I had the same problem with the K100D. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! First of, indeed my K10D has this banding. It appears if you push (make brighter) the image all the way up. It is very similar to what I had on *istD and I don't

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

2006-12-29 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very well put Jostein. Add like to throw in a thought or two. The two main problems is transport and heating/cooling. We have all noticed that Godfrey has bought himself a fancy new environmental car. By doing this he contributes directly. This has started a

Re: Looking for a K10D ...

2007-01-02 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know I'm not the only one.. but if anybody knows where to find one, I'd be very grateful. My location is brussels, Belgium but I probably can move to Netherlands, West of Germany or notrh of France if needed. Wow, thats dedication. Thanks. -- Someone

Re: More rumors ... (and happy New Year)

2007-01-02 Thread Gonz
Plus they could have a choice of keeping the SR on and taking what they get, which might be some strong vignetting in some areas if the frame was shaking enough, or putting it on a tripod and not worrying about it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 02/01/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re:

2007-01-03 Thread Gonz
I didnt know they had motorcycles way back in 1882! ;) rg wrote: I've just been asked for a copy of a photograph I took back in c.1882 of the late Bob Smith and thought I'd share it with you guys. Pentax MX, Makinon 300 f/5.6, Fuji 400, original scan from print on a Umax 1220S. Comments

Re: A couple of PESOs

2007-01-03 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You need to like dogs for this one. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/peso/recent/bigtongue.html I decided to do my own full moon picture tonight. I don't know why. This was shot with the K10 behind the A600/5.6 and 2XL teleconverter. The camera was

Re: PESO -- Another senseless hit and run...

2007-01-03 Thread Gonz
You're probably right. But in this case, it appears to be some type of protest. The victim was probably one of those hysterical environmentalists protesting global warming. ;) oops, what have I done... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's obvious that the victim ran out in front of the car. I

Re: Let Me Bore You a Second Time

2007-01-04 Thread Gonz
They all look quite good Bill. First is the best though. I think they look much better than the one you posted yesterday. For example, look at the upper right part of the moon, in these new pics, you can see the small craters clearly, in the previous attempt, you cannot. rg [EMAIL

Re: K100D and raw converters

2007-01-04 Thread Gonz
Thats probably a better solution. Changing the internal camera name in the RAW file worked for me, but who knows what side effect it might have on other programs. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pancho Hasselbach wrote: I was just about to write a little program to convert my raw files in a

Fisheye 10-17 question

2007-01-05 Thread Gonz
. Anyone have any experience that could confirm/disprove this? Thanks, Gonz -- Someone handed me a picture and said, This is a picture of me when I was younger. Every picture of you is when you were younger. ...Here's a picture of me when I'm older. Where'd you get that camera man? - Mitch

Re: Fisheye 10-17 question

2007-01-05 Thread Gonz
] wrote: By 17mm the distortion is pretty much non-existent. Here are a couple of examples of mine (taken in the exact same position): 10mm http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP5146_1.jpg 17mm http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP5149.jpg HTH Dave On 1/6/07, Gonz

Re: Fisheye 10-17 question

2007-01-05 Thread Gonz
): 10mm http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP5146_1.jpg 17mm http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP5149.jpg HTH Dave On 1/6/07, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen some nice pics from this lens. W. Hamler's recent Hot Dog Heaven is a prime, err... zoom

Re: Fisheye 10-17 question

2007-01-05 Thread Gonz
Aha, thats a better example. Thanks. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is another shot @ 17mm: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP5211.jpg Dave On 1/6/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can see a slight amount in the tree building but none in the road. I

Re: OT: Cunning stunts

2007-01-05 Thread Gonz
LOL, for a second, I misread the subject line, Freudian slip... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Crazy bike tricks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sR4PSkrix8NR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTDpF87XOosmode=relatedsearch= -- Someone handed me a picture and said, This is a picture of me

Re: OT - The French Chef / Julia Child

2007-01-05 Thread Gonz
Sounds like a great set. We have her book The Way To Cook, and its an invaluable resource for everything from soup to prime rib. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bought two DVD sets of Julia Child's cooking show from the 60's recently. I remember watching the show on PBS when I was somewhere

Re: PESO: Wernigerode Castle Gate

2007-01-08 Thread Gonz
Nice and moody. I like it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another from the fall trip to Germany. A large castle, beautifully restored, looms over the small central German town of Wernigerode. This is a shot of one of the gates one passes through (going steeply uphill) to enter the castle

Re: FS: Pentax SMC-A 35mm f/2

2007-01-08 Thread Gonz
Oops I just realized that I completely duplicated Bills comments to this. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do the results compare with the K35/2.0 on the DSLR? Anyone know? Shel [Original Message] From: Joe Wilensky For sale: Pentax SMC-A 35mm f/2, KEH EX condition. Pentax hard

Re: FS: Pentax SMC-A 35mm f/2

2007-01-08 Thread Gonz
I dont know how it would compare with the K35, but with the K35 on the DSLR, you would have to use the green button, which is not a problem for me, might be for others. With the A35, you can set the aperture on the body and it does full time AE metering, no green button necessary. rg [EMAIL

Re: FS: Pentax SMC-A 35mm f/2

2007-01-08 Thread Gonz
, the convenience and features of the A lens has led me to ask the question. If the A isn't markedly superior to the K, then I'd not be too interested in it, and would ultimately consider an FA35/2.0. Shel [Original Message] From: Gonz I dont know how it would compare with the K35

Re: FS: Pentax SMC-A 35mm f/2

2007-01-08 Thread Gonz
Message] From: Gonz Certainly the FA35/2 is a very attractive lens, on many fronts. Its not as well built however, but then again how many lenses today are built like the old K's? rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I understand about the GB Kludge. I have, and am happy with, the K35/2.0

Re: PESO - American Fence

2007-01-09 Thread Gonz
I always wondered what it was like to be canadian. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Tim Øsleby Subject: RE: Re: PESO - American Fence So. Basically I believe what I was trying to explore is these cultural differences. Reading the post above has told me a lot.

Re: PESO - American Fence

2007-01-09 Thread Gonz
A 9mm makes a nice rat killer. ;) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not anti-firearms, but I am anti-hand guns (and to a lesser extent semi-automatic rifles/shotguns). They have one purpose, and one purpose only, to kill people. Cheers, Dave On 1/10/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PESO - American Fence

2007-01-09 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: PESO - American Fence Hand guns don't cause crime, if that were true once Great Britain banned all hand guns, (and made shotgun ownership much more difficult), violent crime would have been eliminated,

Re: PESO - American Fence

2007-01-09 Thread Gonz
Lawyers? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What makes the American public health system, so much better than any other countries? Cheers, Dave (I have no idea how the system works in the US) On 1/10/07, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's pretty much like being American, but with

Re: OT - Hot Chocolate Recipe

2007-01-10 Thread Gonz
I grew up on Moctezuma, but I cant get it here, so I suspect you would have a hard time getting it, I have relatives bring it when they go down south. Its hard to top chocolate from the people that originated it, and Moctezuma is my absolute favorite. If you can find Abuelita, is a decent

Re: OT - Hot Chocolate Recipe

2007-01-10 Thread Gonz
was intoxicating. Thanks! Shel [Original Message] From: Gonz I grew up on Moctezuma, but I cant get it here, so I suspect you would have a hard time getting it, I have relatives bring it when they go down south. Its hard to top chocolate from the people that originated

Re: PESO - American Fence

2007-01-10 Thread Gonz
A book I'm reading right now indicates that the evidence points to these first settlers to have been done in by.drum roll please Global Warming. Yup, the melting of the last Ice Age drove all the elephant-like creatures and huge jumbo bison further north and eventually to extinction.

Re: PESO - American Fence

2007-01-10 Thread Gonz
What's silly about it. Its not talking about the native americans that were here when the Europeans arrived. Its talking about their predecessors. How do you explain their archeological remains? rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's just silly... Gonz wrote: A book I'm reading right now

Re: PESO - American Fence

2007-01-10 Thread Gonz
to the current Native Americans, there's a fare amount of evidence, of them, but global warming killing them off, really. That's what's silly. Gonz wrote: What's silly about it. Its not talking about the native americans that were here when the Europeans arrived. Its talking about

Re: PESO - American Fence

2007-01-10 Thread Gonz
: They were also fully modern humans, who we know are adaptable, and in many ways as hard to kill as a cockroach. Gonz wrote: Well, here's the archeological evidence that led the author to that conclusion: * they had no agricultural technology, i.e. they were hunter gatherers, this came from

Re: PESO - American Fence

2007-01-11 Thread Gonz
You will also find them in healthy numbers in Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles. Hollywood put them there for movies also, now they are a tourist attraction and occasionally attack the wierd buses that take tourists up the road. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: American Bison are

Re: New Canon to offer non-Bayer sensor?

2007-01-11 Thread Gonz
I wonder how they could do this, it seems Foveon has most of the relevant intellectual property pretty locked up. Licensing? Seems farfetched. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you list techies think about this: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1032message=21590547

Re: New Canon to offer non-Bayer sensor?

2007-01-11 Thread Gonz
time to get the same exposure. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think so... a non-bayer doesn't mean Foveon .. 2007/1/11, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I wonder how they could do this, it seems Foveon has most of the relevant intellectual property pretty locked up. Licensing? Seems farfetched

Re: New Canon to offer non-Bayer sensor?

2007-01-11 Thread Gonz
But thats 3 photosites under the covers, although it would work, in practice its really no different from the current filter/bayer scheme, no? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/01/07, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, as far as I know, the only other way to do this, i.e. one photosite per

Re: New Canon to offer non-Bayer sensor?

2007-01-11 Thread Gonz
I guess the trick would be to develop such a magical prism. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/01/07, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But thats 3 photosites under the covers, although it would work, in practice its really no different from the current filter/bayer scheme, no? Yes it would

Re: OT- another obsolete piece of electronics in the graywolf's den

2007-01-11 Thread Gonz
Cool, but whats that thing to the left of it? ;) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/_images/TO-Y600.jpg Any of you remember those things? You will notice the great aesthetics (none) of this garden variety snapshot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: More HDR heavy handedness on dpreview

2007-01-12 Thread Gonz
I like the use of HDR under two conditions. First, when used as a gentle mechanism to help improve the dynamic range without making the image look gimicky. And second at the other extreme, to create artsy effects that are intended as such. I.e. if you take it to the extreme and do

Peso - My own HDR

2007-01-16 Thread Gonz
Had a nice and rare subject: snow in Texas (not north). Thought I would take advantage of that to give HDR a try: http://www.g0nz.com/picgallery/displayimage.php?album=4pos=0 If you click on the thumbnail version you get the bigger version. For those on slower connections, the big version

Re: Peso - My own HDR

2007-01-17 Thread Gonz
by the sight :-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gonz Sent: 17. januar 2007 04:30 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Peso - My own HDR Had a nice and rare subject: snow in Texas

Re: Peso - My own HDR

2007-01-17 Thread Gonz
:-) Oh yes, especially the kids. No school, plus they can have snowball fights! Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gonz Sent: 17. januar 2007 04:30 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Peso - My own HDR

2007-01-17 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know, we got a little more last night, and now the trees are starting to lose branches because of the weight of the ice on them. Hey Gonz, We got some more up here in DFW and my workplace even closed. Cool, I mean, Cold

Re: Let's make a list: What has Pentax introduced in the past year?

2007-01-17 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DA 12-24 is from 2006 AFAICT Nope, I got mine at the end of 2005. rg 2007/1/17, jtainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's just occurred to me that I can't recall a time in which Pentax has released so many major products in such a short time. We've had 3 new DSLR's, an

Re: Back in town and gasping for breath

2007-01-17 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Got back from a 4-day weekend in Florida yesterday and then went straight off to the first day of class today. Barely time to pause for breath. Second semester of teaching these courses is going to go quite a bit more smoothly than the first :) Didn't do much

Re: Hello! (introduction)

2007-01-18 Thread Gonz
Hi Mike, Welcome to the list. I'm sure you have already figured out that we are a bunch of crazy, global warming obsessed, wallet challenged (due to frequent enablements) pixel peepers, except for those even crazier film guys. :) And dont ever let Cotty touch your lenses. He fondles them and

Re: Hello! (introduction)

2007-01-18 Thread Gonz
to save those kidnapped lenses from Cotty and free them from his unspeakable dungeon of torture. Esp that A* 85 1.4!!! rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think he preforms unspeakable acts on them, if they were unmentionable he'd probably just stick them in his underwear. Gonz wrote: Hi

Re: Resent message

2007-01-19 Thread Gonz
Just filter based on sender contains hifisapi. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following appears not to have got through - my apologies if you receive duplicates... Tim advised me just now that some members' filters designed to avoid JCO discussions are also catching contributions sent

Re: Peso - My own HDR

2007-01-21 Thread Gonz
;-). But this HDR thingie - it is still very weird to my eyes. Yes, it is kind of weird, but it can have some interesting applications if applied judiciously. In this case, I was going for more weird than normal. Boris Gonz wrote: Had a nice and rare subject: snow in Texas (not north

Re: Hello! (introduction)

2007-01-21 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Hello! (introduction) You can never have too many lenses. That with or without aperture simulators? I don't differentiate. Do you integrate? William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Peso - My own HDR

2007-01-22 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see what you're saying. Gonz wrote: Thanks for looking Boris. Yes, it seems many, if not all, HDR shots have this glow around areas of high contrast. It must be related to the merge somehow. Yes, it is kind of weird, but it can have some interesting

Re: Hello! (introduction)

2007-01-22 Thread Gonz
] From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Gonz I don't differentiate. Do you integrate? I assimilate. You, too? I thought it was just Cotty. I thought he permutated. No, he is a derivative Just as long as he is not multiplying. This thread does

Re: Hello! (introduction)

2007-01-22 Thread Gonz
PROTECTED] mike wilson wrote: From: DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fra: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Gonz I don't

Re: Hello! (introduction)

2007-01-22 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gonz wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: On 1/22/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Re: Hello! (introduction) Kenneth Waller wrote

Re: Hello! (introduction)

2007-01-22 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gonz wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gonz wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: On 1/22/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Re

Re: Interest in developing a software around photograhy?

2007-01-24 Thread Gonz
You didnt specify what level of effort you are talking about. 3 man months, 6 man months, a man year? Also the expectations. Is this a single course project, Bachelor's thesis, Masters? With all due respect to others who have gotten into a discussion of the merits of portability, language

Re: Faded History: May be of interest to the Americans

2007-01-25 Thread Gonz
Did you drink any (Bordeaux?) was relatively cheap then, pricey now. rg On 1/25/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hard to believe that was 30 years ago and I was still a student. That was a very hot summer in Yurp and I worked as a labourer on a building site in Bordeaux. Seems like

Re: Interest in developing a software around photograhy?

2007-01-26 Thread Gonz
to tap into. Myself, I'm a Lisp bigot, it was the second language I learned after BASIC, and I had to unlearn all the ugly things about BASIC that made it hard to use an elegant language like Lisp. Boris Gonz wrote: You didnt specify what level of effort you are talking about. 3 man months, 6

Re: Interest in developing a software around photograhy?

2007-01-26 Thread Gonz
languages, i.e. lambda is beautiful. Gonz wrote: On 1/26/07, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert, there is a program called Wega. It is a viewer actually. Sounds interesting, I'll check into it. As for statistics and the other stuff you suggested - it does more or less

Re: Interest in developing a software around photograhy?

2007-01-26 Thread Gonz
the language. Now ForTran that was man's language. Scott Loveless wrote: On 1/26/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 26, 2007, at 9:44 AM, Gonz wrote: On 1/26/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only a Lisp bigot would call it an elegant language. Its IMO

Re: Interest in developing a software around photograhy?

2007-01-27 Thread Gonz
On 1/27/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lisp is truly beautiful, you have to try to see its beauty. The concept of a program that can write itself at run-time and then be evaluated (executed) is truly brilliant. Not too sure about that. I had an excellent training in programming

Re: PESO: a couple with the K28/3.5

2007-01-27 Thread Gonz
Stunning sharpness Paul. And a beautiful pic too. I wonder how that oldie compares with the modern FA version? On 1/27/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As promised, I shot a bit with the SMC Pentax 28/3.5 today. This one is wide open at 1/15th, ISO 1600:

Re: Interest in developing a software around photograhy?

2007-01-27 Thread Gonz
On 1/27/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 09:40:22AM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I don't care about beauty, I care about readability and understandability. I find well written, well formatted Lisp to be quite

Re: Another k10D problem or just an old one?

2007-01-31 Thread Gonz
I think its in Italian flag mode, did you get the K10D World cup edition or something? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Well, the other day I decided to take a look at this k lens underexposure issue (which appears to be a real problem) and instead found another problem. Here are the

Re: OT Looks like gmail is not getting to the pdml, sooooo

2007-02-01 Thread Gonz
I had the same problem in the beginning with gmail, I could receive but not post. Then it started working. I dont know what changed. rg On 2/1/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Back to Horde Mail i quess. My threads and replies to threads all seem to get to Gmail, but they don't

Re: The sand in the clamp (of my tripod)

2007-03-20 Thread Gonz
http://tinyurl.com/2ek9tq On 3/19/07, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: David Savage On 3/19/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19/3/07, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: http://boris.isra-shop.com/temp/clamp.jpg I doubt if there is anything in there that

Re: PESO: playing with K10D noise at 1600

2007-03-20 Thread Gonz
too much vertical banding noise for me. If it was more uniform, then I would probably be more attracted to it. On 3/19/07, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something out of my regular programming. I kind of liked the effect of the noise on this image. The red and green channels actually

Re: Outdoor Photographer magazine resorting to dirty tricks

2007-03-27 Thread Gonz
Only if they also have some other identification, like SSN in the US. Otherwise they dont even know if the name under the subscription is a legitimate name. On 3/26/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do a credit check on yourself. If it's gone to collection, you are likely listed as a

Re: Outdoor Photographer magazine resorting to dirty tricks

2007-03-27 Thread Gonz
, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Gonz Subject: Re: Outdoor Photographer magazine resorting to dirty tricks Only if they also have some other identification, like SSN in the US. Otherwise they dont even know if the name under the subscription

Re: Human bone? 800x533-IMGP8963.jpg (JPEG Image, 800x533 pixels)

2007-03-28 Thread Gonz
It looks like Jimmy Hoffa's knee. On 3/28/07, Roman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/r-rated/800x533-IMGP8963.jpg ^^^ Is this the human bone fragment? Ideas appreciated... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net --

Re: The reason for my silence - this time...

2007-04-08 Thread Gonz
Congratulations hombre! Its about time! Now that you will be too busy to be taking pictures, you can just send all your nice cameras and lenses to me. ;) rg On 4/8/07, Cesar Matamoros II [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings fellow Pentaxians, A few of you are already aware of my news. I

Re: PESO - Bird in Tree

2007-04-09 Thread Gonz
They're real common here. They can be noisy and mean. But they are very colorful. On 4/9/07, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't recall ever seeing one of these, especially in the areas where Bruce and I live. Shel [Original Message] From: Christian A Blue Jay:

Re: OT - Shuttle pics

2007-09-19 Thread Gonz
Staged, actually taken in a secret propaganda studio in the Nevada dessert somewhere ;) On 9/18/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file sizes. Excellent quality. http://www.texasjim.com/NASApix/NASA%20pix.htm --

Re: PESO: Diaphanous

2007-09-25 Thread Gonz
Love the gradient from one corner to the other. I like it. I love the title. ;) On 9/25/07, Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys, another picture of the little rug rat. Title courtesy of my father :)

Re: Pentax Gallery Resignation

2007-09-26 Thread Gonz
Frank, didn't you read the fine print? In Title 9, section 4, paragraph 110, Item b) : No work shall be accepted from the class Lepus and all its associated species and subspecies. =:) On 9/26/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Copy of e-mail recently sent to The Pentax Gallery:

Re: Pentax Gallery Resignation

2007-09-26 Thread Gonz
Oops that should have been family Leporidae. I'm not sure whether Frank is a Rabbit or a Hare. On 9/26/07, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, didn't you read the fine print? In Title 9, section 4, paragraph 110, Item b) : No work shall be accepted from the class Lepus and all its

Re: Af360 worth it?

2007-10-10 Thread Gonz
It has tilt, but no swivel. On 10/10/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't realize that the 360 didn't have tilt and swivel. It's a non- starter. Paul On Oct 10, 2007, at 9:28 PM, David Savage wrote: I agree with Godfrey. I couldn't handle a flash the didn't have swivel

Re: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even under NDA) ?

2007-10-14 Thread Gonz
On 10/14/07, Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From my point of view... Only so many photons are captured by a sensor element (pixel, if you will) of a given size and that to a certain efficiency. There is an upper limit. Further, everything that has a temperature generates noise in

Re: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even under NDA) ?

2007-10-16 Thread Gonz
Exactly. I frequently run into situations where making very sophisticated edits to extremely large and complex files would have been impossible in any other editor (especially the practially useless vi). Emacs rules. I have a large library of Lisp emacs extensions for dozens of special needs.

Re: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even under NDA) ?

2007-10-16 Thread Gonz
emacs. unless i absolutely have to send a doc, then MS word. On 10/15/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use vi -Adam Always the odd one out. Tom C wrote: It'll likely be a matter of attrition. What % of people here use WordPerfect as opposed to MS Word? I'll bet it's a

Re: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even under NDA) ?

2007-10-16 Thread Gonz
... Gonz wrote: Exactly. I frequently run into situations where making very sophisticated edits to extremely large and complex files would have been impossible in any other editor (especially the practially useless vi). Emacs rules. I have a large library of Lisp emacs extensions

Re: Next move from Pentax: anyone in the know (even under NDA) ?

2007-10-16 Thread Gonz
Then you need to run M-x doctor. (ever tried that?) :) On 10/16/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now I know I'm in the twilight zone... Gonz wrote: Exactly. I frequently run into situations where making very sophisticated edits to extremely large and complex files would have

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