Re: Mouldering film camera survey

2007-12-11 Thread John
Spotmatic K1000 MX LX --- Cesar Matamoros II [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William Robb wrote: Here is a sad survery. How many Pentax film cameras do you have that you are rarely, if ever, using? List by model and number if you like. Reply in confidence to warobb at accesscomm.ca

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2005-02-17 Thread John
going back to slep..

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-10 Thread John
I made a quick on-line search, and it looks like you can get 2 - good quality 32GB Class 10 SDHC cards for slightly less than the cost of a single 64GB SDXC Class 10 card of the same quality. I'm not sure where BH is located in relation to where Ann lives, but if I'm calculating it correctly it

Re: OT Computer conundrum for those who care.

2013-07-10 Thread John
On 7/10/2013 2:33 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: It's a enclosure from Gigaware, I checked the online reviews and it doesn't seem to be problematic, had a front panel activity light, (broke, it and it was my fault), and wonder of wonders a rocker switch for to turn it on and off. Still, seems like

Re: Rolling down the track

2013-07-10 Thread John
Who'd it belong to where was it going? On 7/10/2013 5:50 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 10/7/13, Don Guthrie, discombobulated, unleashed: Recently had an opportunity to photograph a genuine steam engine on the tracks. I took many pictures and will post some galleries when I get them up on

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-10 Thread John
Maybe not the best comparison, since he got fired last month. ;-D On 7/10/2013 8:12 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Congratulations on getting the K-5. To paraphrase the Men's Wearhouse guy...You're gonna like the way it works...I guarantee it I still shoot PEFs and let Lightroom convert to DNG upon

Re: How do you photograph dark skinned people?

2013-07-10 Thread John
Incident metering for exposure and a 18% grey card or a Gretag Macbeth Color Checker for white balance. On 7/10/2013 10:31 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I have nothing to share except that a mix of skin colors is nothing compared to a black bride in a white dress. On 4/20/2013 12:15 PM, Bipin Gupta

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread John
On 7/11/2013 12:21 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Great news, Ann. You're going to enjoy your new camera. The only thing I can suggest is that you shoot extensively with K-5 before you do any serious work (such as your friend's wedding) with it. It has very different rhythm than *istD (or K10D for

Re: OT Computer conundrum for those who care.

2013-07-11 Thread John
. On 7/10/2013 10:29 PM, John wrote: On 7/10/2013 2:33 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: It's a enclosure from Gigaware, I checked the online reviews and it doesn't seem to be problematic, had a front panel activity light, (broke, it and it was my fault), and wonder of wonders a rocker switch for to turn

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread John
For the K5's raw file size, 16 GB cards might offer the best compromise between capacity, cost redundancy (eggs/baskets). On 7/11/2013 8:14 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Christine - wel think a lot alike on these things... I would be unlikely to shoot more than 200 either and would, like you

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread John
On 7/11/2013 8:20 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 7/11/2013 00:48, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread John
On 7/11/2013 9:53 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Pentax created PEF is not as well compressed as Pentax created DNG which is not as well compressed as Adobe created DNG. So for best compression, create PEFs in camera then convert to DNG when importing into Lightroom or ACR. what is ACR? just

Re: OT: Online Photography Certification Courses

2013-07-11 Thread John
Likely NOT. Looks like a meaningless certification from some no name diploma mill. The paper it's printed on would be far too coarse brittle to use for the only thing it would really be worth; not squeezably soft enough. Each course includes a full trial version of the software for each class.

Re: PESO: 'Seney Sunrise'

2013-07-11 Thread John
I like the light the color. A bit of the foreground reflection could be cropped away without losing the effect. The implied reflection would work just as well for me as the actual one. That would move the horizon off of dead center. The bright patch behind the trees on the left appears a bit

Re: Rolling down the track

2013-07-12 Thread John
A shortage of restorable USA built locomotives may be a factor as well. On 7/11/2013 9:19 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Brian, I believe the last steam engines manufactured in the USA were pre-1950. That's a 63+ year old rusting teapot to deal with. New is easier. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jul 11,

FS Friday: *ist-D - D-BG1 - FA J 18-35,

2013-07-12 Thread John
Feeling really ambivalent about this, but I have the K10D to back up my K20D and I don't think I'm ever going to use the *ist-D the way it should be used. It's currently relegated to the shelf in the closet only gets used I can remember to pull it down, put it together run a few frames to make

Re: PESO - Red Dawn

2013-07-14 Thread John
Looks like there's a city down there on the horizon. If you have an earlier shot while the most of lights were still on from overnight it might make a good composite. On 7/13/2013 3:08 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: It was a boring sunrise as sunrises go. Dark clouds to the east but it

Re: PESO - Backyard Sunset

2013-07-14 Thread John
Beautiful light, but how can it be late winter down there when it's only mid summer up here? A couple of weeks ago would have been early summer here? On 7/13/2013 5:06 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all A couple of weeks ago some late winter fog combined with the setting sun to produce a

OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-14 Thread John
I finally gave in to the badgering installed the latest version of Firefox. Got rid of the nag tab, but it ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE slower to load anything than the previous version I was using. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-14 Thread John
just a tool. Everything you do online is tracked regardless of which browser you use. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 10:56 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: Firefox - a follow up I finally gave

Re: Help request, who knows a lens repair service that will even look at older third party lenses?

2013-07-14 Thread John
I expect that any third party lens good enough to be worth repairing is going to be nearly impossible to replace. On 7/14/2013 11:33 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Can it be that simply hunting down another sample on KEH/PentaxForums/used dept of BH and/or Adorama/etc would be a more optimal way to

Re: OT: SENIOR MOMENTS

2013-07-14 Thread John
Ritual helps. Since I can barely see WITH my glasses, when I take them off there are only a couple places I will put them, so I don't have to be able to see them to find them. I may forget *why* I always put them there, but muscle memory will find them. I really need to get an eye

Re: K-5 SD card capacity

2013-07-14 Thread John
On 7/14/2013 6:09 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 06:04:19PM -0400, Paul Stenquist wrote: A 16 gig card in a k-5 holds 460 frames RAW. Many of my photos were of senseis teaching on solid colored blue mats. I suspect that my photos were more amenable to compression than many

Re: K-5 SD card capacity

2013-07-15 Thread John
On 7/14/2013 11:51 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Just because I'm an engineer, and professionally paranoid about things going wrong. As the airline pilot said nothing can go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go wrong. I thought it was Don't worry Mr. President, there's another parachute

Re: SENIOR MOMENTS

2013-07-15 Thread John
The best way I have come up with to locate missing items is to buy a replacement. That almost absolutely guarantees you'll trip over the (formerly) missing item as soon as you get back to the house. On 7/15/2013 4:05 AM, John Coyle wrote: Still waiting to check in to the lounge, but I spent

Re: PESO - The Bed Redux

2013-07-15 Thread John
If it ain't being sold at auction, I don't think I want to know. On 7/15/2013 8:35 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I love the expressions on the line of women! I don't understand why they are all around a bed; what's going on here? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

This week starting out with a great big load of SUX!

2013-07-15 Thread John
I finally dredge up enough motivation to actually go out and do some photography. Got on site my favorite lens takes a crap on me. My workhorse has been a Tokina ATX-Pro 287 28-70mmf/2.8. I got two frames camera won't fire the shutter. Aperture shows F--. I do everything I can to make sure

Re: This week starting out with a great big load of SUX!

2013-07-15 Thread John
on experience comparing either of them with the Tokina ATX-Pro? On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:59 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: I finally dredge up enough motivation to actually go out and do some photography. Got on site my favorite lens takes a crap on me. My workhorse has been a Tokina ATX-Pro

Re: K-5 Arrived! - now I have a question :-)

2013-07-15 Thread John
I've gotten that on a few occasions. It's usually one of a few things. 1. If you've got an older multi-function card reader, it might not read larger capacity SD cards. I ran in to that when I switched from the *ist-D CF cards to the K10D SD cards. SDHC cards hadn't been invented when I

Re: K-5 Arrived! - now I have a question :-)

2013-07-15 Thread John
I've found these to be very reliable. They're OEM'd under a whole bunch of names http://www.amazon.com/computers-accessories/dp/B000Z9R2QQ I get them from Tiger Direct for $4 each, but I'm shopping at the local retail outlet. You can probably also find them at Target, Walgreens, Walmart,

Re: Fw: K-5 Arrived! - now I have a question :-)

2013-07-15 Thread John
It's also a menu choice under File Format. See page 202 in the K-5 manual (available as a free PDF file from Pentax). On 7/15/2013 4:01 PM, Jack Davis wrote: The RAW/jpg is a button on the camera marked RAW over Fx located just above the AF selector. Jack - Original Message - From:

Re: This week starting out with a great big load of SUX!

2013-07-15 Thread John
into the 'A' position or not is wearing out. On 7/15/2013 4:24 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: And John, Did you clean the contacts on the camera as well? Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:40 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: On 7/15/2013 1:03 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: Did you try cleaning the contacts

Re: Peso - Ashley with the K-5

2013-07-15 Thread John
On 7/15/2013 4:26 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: at 6400 ISO. http://annsan.smugmug.com/The-KItty-Corner/Ashley-ultimate-alpha-tabby/2526444_dnhbv8/1/2636664336_nF8DXsM/Medium The camera isn't quite plug and play but less fiddling to get a jump start than I thought. I'm in love. Do I need to

Re: Someone in Italy is selling 21 pieces of Pentax-A* 300mm f4

2013-07-15 Thread John
Good thing they included the photos. I thought at first it might be a typo or mistranslation - a Pentax-A* 300mm f4 in 21 pieces. On 7/15/2013 6:43 PM, Darren Addy wrote: This is rather wild: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/photographic-equipment-sale/231479-sale-21-pieces-300-4-italy.html

Re: Wedding photographer with gag order clause in contract

2013-07-15 Thread John
If you're only telling the truth, how can it be a negative review? On 7/15/2013 8:19 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: A wedding photog has a fine-print clause in his contract that prohibits customers from posting negative reviews of his services:

Re: PESO - Avenue des Gobelins

2013-07-16 Thread John
Should'a ordered the Royale with Cheese ;-D On 7/15/2013 8:50 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Thanks, Bruce! Actually, we scouted the menus along there, and they looked lousy. A lunch at a cafe nearby was lousy, too. Yes, it is possible to have bad food in Paris. Cheers, Rick

Re: This week starting out with a great big load of SUX!

2013-07-16 Thread John
:24 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: And John, Did you clean the contacts on the camera as well? Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:40 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: On 7/15/2013 1:03 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: Did you try cleaning the contacts? There isn't an communication between the lens

Re: Fw: K-5 Arrived! - now I have a question :-)

2013-07-16 Thread John
- I have a print copy - that's what _I_ consider handy:-) It fits in my camera bag. My phone dumb ann On 7/15/2013 21:35, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 7/15/2013 20:02, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2013, John wrote: It's also a menu choice under

Re: GESO - Stack Focusing Dragonflies in the Field

2013-07-16 Thread John
Those collapsible reflector/diffuser kits can be used as wind modifiers as well as light modifiers. On 7/15/2013 9:57 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Mark, Advise I got from an Arboretum class with an old published 4x5 film pro was to forget about focus stacking if it was windy. Regards, Bob S. On

Re: PESO: Scratchy

2013-07-16 Thread John
I remember something similar if not that one. On 7/16/2013 11:03 AM, Jack Davis wrote: May have put this up in the past, but not certain. Rustling through some files this AM and it stopped me for a re- review. Shot this past spring in that tiny range of mountains (so they're termed) about 10

Re: This week starting out with a great big load of SUX!

2013-07-16 Thread John
BIG brass ones I got, but no interest in messing around with little teeny tiny ones. On 7/16/2013 11:05 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: You need the brass balls. On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:58 AM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Definitely sounds like the kind of headache I'd rather pay someone

Re: PESO not daifuku (and enablement)

2013-07-16 Thread John
On 7/16/2013 3:24 AM, Larry Colen wrote: After dinner last night, we stopped at a Japanese grocery store to get some mochi creams. I thought they were rather pretty and snapped a wee bit of food porn: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9296461425/in/set-72157634663357464 I dunno. When the

Re: Any new flagship camera rumors?

2013-07-16 Thread John
Rumor has it that *SOMEDAY* there's going to be a FF Pentax DSLR. On 7/16/2013 12:11 PM, John Celio wrote: Anyone heard any recent rumors about a new flagship Pentax camera? It bothers me that all of their current models have 16MP sensors. I really want to upgrade my K-5 (the blob on the sensor

Re: Semi-OT (maybe): For the Off Camera Flash Enthusiast (aka Strobist)

2013-07-16 Thread John
the Yongnuos, but most likely well worth it. On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:07 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I got on these guy's email list when buying stuff from them at the PPNC convention trade show. They sent me a message about a new strobe from LumoPro. Looks like it might prove

Re: This week starting out with a great big load of SUX!

2013-07-16 Thread John
: This is the first, and possibly only, dirty joke my Dad ever told his boys: Q: how did orang utans get their name? A: because they've got big brass balls, and when they swing through the trees they go 'ora-a-a-ang! Uta-a-a-ang!' B On 16 Jul 2013, at 16:32, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: BIG brass

Re: OT: wolf chases bike

2013-07-16 Thread John
On 7/16/2013 3:40 PM, Bob W wrote: Fantastic story. Not something I've experienced commuting in London, but we do get chased by 18-wheelers from time to time. Dead is dead. When Dervla Murphy cycled from Ireland to India she had the good sense to take a revolver, so when she was attacked by

Re: Eyebrow clarity: handheld vs tripod (was Re: Any new flagship camera rumors?)

2013-07-16 Thread John
On 7/16/2013 3:43 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: Zos, eyebrows are my litmus test for system sharpness. Get a well-lit headshot of somebody and examine their eyebrows. You should clearly see the individual hairs. Any time I handhold to get such a shot the

Re: Eyebrow clarity: handheld vs tripod (was Re: Any new flagship camera rumors?)

2013-07-17 Thread John
, 2013 at 5:03 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: On 7/16/2013 3:43 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: Zos, eyebrows are my litmus test for system sharpness. Get a well-lit headshot of somebody and examine their eyebrows. You should clearly see the individual

Re: Semi-OT (maybe): For the Off Camera Flash Enthusiast (aka Strobist)

2013-07-17 Thread John
. Correct me if I'm wrong. But this is why when you order a Metz you need to buy one for your camera brand. This flash *has* no such differentiation (and needs none if being used as a slave off-camera). On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 1:48 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Also, it's available through

Re: PEso - Birthday girl

2013-07-17 Thread John
It's a nice image. Especially being able to get a cat to just sit still look at the camera. But, there's a lot of noise. Looks like some of the under-exposed images from when I first got my *ist-D tried to rescue them by pushing the exposure slider in Photoshop. It seems to leach the color

Re: Any new flagship camera rumors?

2013-07-17 Thread John
Sure there's a perfect camera. It's just no one is manufacturing it yet. On 7/16/2013 7:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 03:26:57PM -0700, Rick Womer wrote: Well, no, Tom, the situations aren't at all parallel. I'm very, very happy to be using MRIs and PET/CTs. I'm also very

Re: Semi-OT (maybe): For the Off Camera Flash Enthusiast (aka Strobist)

2013-07-17 Thread John
). It is designed for strobist-style off-camera use. Correct me if I'm wrong. But this is why when you order a Metz you need to buy one for your camera brand. This flash *has* no such differentiation (and needs none if being used as a slave off-camera). On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 1:48 PM, John

Re: Any new flagship camera rumors?

2013-07-17 Thread John
to be a FF Ricoh DSLR. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: John johnsess...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Any new flagship camera rumors? Rumor has it that *SOMEDAY* there's going to be a FF Pentax DSLR. On 7/16/2013 12:11 PM, John Celio

Re: PESO - Stained Glass and Stone

2013-07-17 Thread John
And perhaps the even tinier sliver along the left edge. On 7/16/2013 9:45 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: second presentation for me - I might lose the extra sliver of window top right Nice to be there with that certain slant of light ... too bad about the clutter under the window.. bet that wasn't

Re: 6x7 Takumar 1:4 600mm, local estate sale

2013-07-17 Thread John
There's an 800/4 currently on offer down in South Carolina - $2700. Ad posted back in February. Don't know if it's still there or not, but if anyone is interested, contact me off list I'll send you the URL. Or just Google Pentax 800mm f4; that's how I found it. On 7/16/2013 11:32 PM, Paul

Re: OT: wolf chases bike

2013-07-17 Thread John
like something most bicyclists would eschew. On 7/16/2013 6:17 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: FWIW transporting a gun thru Ca Na Da is illegal. -Original Message- From: John johnsess...@yahoo.com Sent: Jul 16, 2013 5:00 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: wolf

Re: PESO: Loon

2013-07-17 Thread John
On 7/17/2013 3:46 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: I spent a few days up North on Lake Vermilion this past weekend. Near our cabin (really a house) was a loon who pretty much hung out near our dock - much more social than your common hermit-like bird. I

Re: [meta] Reply-to list (was Re: FS: Low-mileage K-7 body, WR kit zoom, Tamron 24-135 lens)

2013-07-17 Thread John
Well, hopefully no one's going to screw around and change the settings now that I've finally figured them out. On 7/17/2013 10:25 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: Remember, you have no privacy. More seriously, does anyone remember why this list is set for reply-to list? Very few other lists I'm on

Re: OT: wolf chases bike

2013-07-17 Thread John
between cameras guitars I'll never have any money left over to buy guns anyway. On 7/17/2013 11:14 AM, Bill wrote: On 17/07/2013 8:38 AM, John wrote: Henry Repeating Arms sells the AR-7 through Canadian dealers. The AR-7 is classed as a restricted weapon in Canada due to it's barrel length

Re: OT: wolf chases bike

2013-07-17 Thread John
renting a lane for an hour or so. Actually, I know an indoor range down near Ft. Bragg that has slightly more exotic toys for rent. On 7/17/2013 10:38 AM, John wrote: Henry Repeating Arms sells the AR-7 through Canadian dealers. On 7/17/2013 2:14 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: They've relaxed their laws

Semi-OT: The true reasons for a full frame camera

2013-07-17 Thread John
I ran across this in a discussion thread in DPReview comparing the Nikon D600 to the Nikon D7100. I've mentioned here before that I've been looking closely at the Nikon D600 and consider its specifications to be a minimum starting point for what any Pentax FF must offer. Still, it has some

Re: Help request, who knows a lens repair service that will even look at older third party lenses?

2013-07-17 Thread John
http://dangerousintersection.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/problem-solving-flow-chart.jpg On 7/17/2013 3:42 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Lens Repair Rates (per hour): If you watch us.. $55 If you give us advice$65 If you help or assist us$75 If you worked on it

Re: PESO - 'Sharp-shinned Hawek

2013-07-17 Thread John
Very nice. On 7/17/2013 4:14 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Caught this guy on my deck looking for lunch http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17465095 K20D 300mm FA 800 ISO Comments appreciated. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Help request, who knows a lens repair service that will even look at older third party lenses?

2013-07-17 Thread John
Let us know how that works out. If it's reasonably good news my Tokina AT-X Pro 28-70 will likely be following it. On 7/17/2013 12:04 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I'd like to thank every one who replied, and especially whoever suggested sending it to Erik Hendricson, I'd dealt with him before, but

Re: Semi-OT: The true reasons for a full frame camera

2013-07-17 Thread John
reduction system might require a slightly different form factor, but then again it might not. On 7/17/2013 5:18 PM, John wrote: I ran across this in a discussion thread in DPReview comparing the Nikon D600 to the Nikon D7100. I've mentioned here before that I've been looking closely at the Nikon D600

Re: Semi-OT: The true reasons for a full frame camera

2013-07-17 Thread John
, but then again it might not. On 7/17/2013 5:18 PM, John wrote: I ran across this in a discussion thread in DPReview comparing the Nikon D600 to the Nikon D7100. I've mentioned here before that I've been looking closely at the Nikon D600 and consider its specifications to be a minimum starting

Re: OT: wolf chases bike

2013-07-17 Thread John
On 7/17/2013 7:11 PM, Bob W wrote: On 17 Jul 2013, at 18:48, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Basically all moot for me, because between cameras guitars I'll never have any money left over to buy guns anyway. Spend the money on guns, and take up mugging. That way you can have it all. B

Re: PESO for the foot enthusiasts

2013-07-18 Thread John
On 7/18/2013 1:09 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: One in a red shoe, one escaped ... http://flic.kr/p/fbCZ2z -- -bmw Took about 15 minutes to load? -- 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: PESO for the foot enthusiasts

2013-07-18 Thread John
On 7/18/2013 2:30 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 2:07 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: On 7/18/2013 1:09 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: One in a red shoe, one escaped ... http://flic.kr/p/fbCZ2z Took about 15 minutes to load? Try it again, John. Flickr has occasionally

Re: [meta] Reply-to list (was Re: FS: Low-mileage K-7 body, WR kit zoom, Tamron 24-135 lens)

2013-07-19 Thread John
Cool kitty. You ought to submit that one to The Online Photographer. On 7/19/2013 5:41 AM, Gerrit Visser wrote: I'll oblige, anything to change the subject :-) http://photo.psgv.ca/chillin/ My wife took the photo with her K100D. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML

Re: just got FA 50mm f 1.4 back

2013-07-19 Thread John
On 7/19/2013 4:32 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Murphy's Law of parts departments: If you have the part in stock you will never need it again. It will sit on the shelf until the end of time. Unless someone needs two of them. On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com

Re: [meta] Reply-to list (was Re: FS: Low-mileage K-7 body, WR kit zoom, Tamron 24-135 lens)

2013-07-19 Thread John
Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 1:04 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: [meta] Reply-to list (was Re: FS: Low-mileage K-7 body, WR kit zoom, Tamron 24-135 lens) Cool kitty. You ought to submit that one to The Online

Re: Question about Tokina Zoom 28-210 vis a vis Pentax

2013-07-19 Thread John
picture of the mount) http://www.kehblog.com/2011/12/lens-mount-guide-part-1.html http://www.kehblog.com/2011/12/lens-mount-guide-part-2.html http://www.kehblog.com/2011/12/lens-mount-guide-part-3.html On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Thanks JOhn

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-19 Thread John
The one I've got is like a bake-lite box with a compartment the big roll goes in a smaller compartment the cartridge goes in. There's a slot in the loader with a felt wiper similar to the slot on the film cartridges, so all that gets exposed is the leader you attach to the cartridge the

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-20 Thread John
provides other obvious protections, as well. I'd also add that if you are rolling different sizes that it is also important to put the number of FRAMES on your label. On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: On 7/19/2013 11:37 PM, John wrote: Half my refrigerator

Re: Peso The annual plowing demo

2013-07-20 Thread John
Good lord! Fifty-five horse power? Must have taken you all day just to hitch 'em up. Heck, they only used 20 horse power (mule power?) for hauling Borax. 8-D On 7/20/2013 11:23 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: Wow an old Massey! The farm I worked at a long time ago had an old 55hp Massey. It was a

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-21 Thread John
crimp the end cap. I'm not sure how many times you can reuse it, though. Look here: http://www.adorama.com/KRCO.html Jeffery On Jul 20, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: On 7/20/2013 11:18 AM, John Sessoms wrote: I seem to have inherited the pack-rat gene as a dominant from

re: Re: Geso A gallery from the plow demo

2013-07-22 Thread John
, son) long before I had a license. This is the long way to say that I enjoyed the pictures and they did bring back memories Thanks, John Graves -- 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: PESO: Best Buds

2013-07-22 Thread John
Oh yeah. I can see it all now, them starring in a whole new series of Road movies: The Road to Longwood; The Road to Arizona Sonora Desert; The Road to Keukenhof; The Road to Ryōan-ji ... On 7/22/2013 10:06 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468795 Comments

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-22 Thread John
Maybe that was the source of some company in China had bought all of the production machinery. On 7/22/2013 11:59 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I think that Kodak outsourced production to a firm in China... On 7/22/2013 11:06 AM, John Sessoms wrote: I wonder if there's any hope of Plus-X or the like

Re: Bulk Film Loading

2013-07-22 Thread John
/2013 12:04 PM, John Sessoms wrote: It's just a short stub - 1/4 to 3/8 inch sticking out of the cartridge. Taking as an example my K1000, the distance between where the film comes out of the cartridge the nearest edge of the shutter window is about 1/2 inch. I think that's about right. I

Re: KEH has an A* 135mm f1.8

2013-07-22 Thread John
Never cared for either Rolex or Timex. The former is too expensive the latter is too cheap (in all the various definitions of the word). I'll stick with the Swiss Army Watch (actual Victorinox) that I've worn for the last 30 years. And the days when I lusted after the A* 135mm f/1.8 are past

Re: KEH has an A* 135mm f1.8

2013-07-22 Thread John
Beat off doesn't have quite the same meaning in the U.S. On 7/22/2013 4:25 PM, Bob W wrote: The difference between a Rolex and a Timex is that you can beat off potential muggers with a Rolex and you won't damage the watch, whereas with a Timex no-one wants to mug you. B On 22 Jul 2013, at

Re: KEH has an A* 135mm f1.8

2013-07-22 Thread John
So you didn't care what it's worth, you just wanted to rub it in. On 7/22/2013 6:33 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Ah, but I can ask because I have one, bought around 15 years ago for $800usd. -Original Message- From: P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: KEH has an A* 135mm

Re: Should I send my K-5 in for service?

2013-07-23 Thread John
exactly what it is (i.e dust under the AA filter or flaw in the sensor). On 7/23/2013 11:59 AM, John Celio wrote: If you take a look at the four pictures in the following gallery, you will see two little blobs on the right side that become clearer as the aperture is stopped down: http://imgur.com

Re: PESO 2013 - Guggenheim - GDG

2013-07-24 Thread John
9356262623 is the most excellent abstract. What are the people lying on the floor looking at? On 7/24/2013 9:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Back home from my NY trip. Travel home was difficult. However, New York was fun ... On Sunday, my brother and I had a moment to get down to the

Re: Just got an Amazon Deal alert!

2013-07-24 Thread John
You didn't even mention the Pentax K110D 6.1MP Digital SLR kit for $829.99 or the Pentax K100D 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera for $829.99 On 7/24/2013 8:44 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I don't know what's more amazing, that they think that anyone would pay $600. for it or that they still have 5 brand new

Re: OT: anyone familiar with UK copyright (for publishing in the U.S.)?

2013-07-25 Thread John
On 7/25/2013 6:14 PM, Darren Addy wrote: I have an interesting situation that I just bumped across. I've found a long out-of-print title (published in 1980) by a now deceased author (died 2009) who, in a 1997 USENET post, gave permission to reproduce (photo/ copy) his book if anyone found a

Re: OT: Why Digital is Dead for me in Street Photography

2013-07-27 Thread John
On 7/26/2013 9:31 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Rob Studdert wrote: I nearly had to resort to a barf-bag on reading that article, he sounds like a reformed smoker or a born again... I didn't even look at it because I expected as much. I genuinely like a lot of street photography (Juan Buhler and

Re: What if Pentax did a Kickstarter?

2013-07-27 Thread John
On 7/26/2013 11:48 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: I'd bet that the parts for a lens come from many different sources that specialize in the part they are producing for such a lens, or even a camera body. Ricoh - Pentax may design a lens, but with some in-house exceptions, the parts, barrel,

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread John
with feature creep in the newer version. On 7/27/2013 12:01 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sun, Jul 14, 2013, John wrote: I finally gave in to the badgering installed the latest version of Firefox. Got rid of the nag tab, but it ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE slower to load anything than the previous version I

Re: Cheap extension tubes and reverse lense adaptors (and other photo accessories)

2013-07-27 Thread John
The only two instances where I found the word Pentax on the page were for adapters to use Pentax lenses on non-Pentax cameras. On 7/27/2013 2:18 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Hi All, I suspect some people might know this source, but some - might not. So, I hope it might be useful for somebody.

Re: What if Pentax did a Kickstarter?

2013-07-27 Thread John
/commercial/charleston/ Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: John johnsess...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: What if Pentax did a Kickstarter? On 7/26/2013 11:48 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: I'd bet that the parts for a lens come from many

Re: Fw: PESO: Tarky House

2013-07-27 Thread John
The main difference dry heat seems to make is you get dehydrated a lot faster, but you don't really notice it as soon because the sweat evaporates so fast. On 7/27/2013 3:52 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Shot this several year ago with an LX w/20mm A* lens. Thistles weren't there at that time, but I

Re: OT: Anyone here built a hackintosh?

2013-07-27 Thread John
On 7/27/2013 6:24 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sat, Jul 27, 2013, John Sessoms wrote: I'm thinking about it. Only a mild intellectual curiosity at the moment, but if anyone has ideas I'd be interested in hearing them. Haven't done that (nor seen anyone who has), but I have seen someone using

Re: Cheap extension tubes and reverse lense adaptors (and other photo accessories)

2013-07-27 Thread John
of the word. On 7/27/2013 5:30 PM, John wrote: The only two instances where I found the word Pentax on the page were for adapters to use Pentax lenses on non-Pentax cameras. On 7/27/2013 2:18 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Hi All, I suspect some people might know this source, but some - might

Re: PESO Weiner decay

2013-07-29 Thread John
Doesn't the Weiner part sort of imply some kind of a sausage; chicken fried hot-dogs? On 7/28/2013 8:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Well you could say Chicken Fried steak is White trash schnitzel :-) ann On 7/28/2013 18:13, Larry Colen wrote: On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 04:15:39PM -0400, Igor

Re: PESOs - delightful details

2013-07-29 Thread John
It's more legible than my own handwriting. On 7/28/2013 8:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I like the patterns in the first one... I'm getting bad with cursive - I couldn't tell it said Caribbean ann On 7/28/2013 19:29, Paul Stenquist wrote: Shot the Concours d'Elégance of America today for The

Re: PESO: René Magritte, Postmaster General

2013-07-29 Thread John
There's probably a Jimmy Buffett song in there somewhere. On 7/28/2013 6:43 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I'd go crazy trying to maintain mine. On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I have no sanity to maintain ann On 7/28/2013 12:02, Gerrit Visser wrote: Put

Re: Article on Leica cameras on BBC online

2013-07-29 Thread John
On 7/29/2013 8:58 AM, Walt wrote: On 7/29/2013 7:44 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2013-07-29 7:03, Walt wrote: I've never heard [much of a muchness] before. Is that a common British colloquialism? I've heard that one, but it's been years. I've only ever heard it from a Brit or in a book

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