LOL! Tom C.
>From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Clueless - on Yahoo Groups *istD >Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 15:38:59 -0400 > >Seahorses do it. > >Tom C wrote: > > You're a mom? :-) > > > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > >> From: "cbwaters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Clueless - on Yahoo Groups *istD > >> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 14:59:35 -0400 > >> > >> I have two girls, 7 & 8 years old. > >> I totally understand where this mom is coming from. > >> It's easy to read mindless drivel on the inter-web (pdml?) with kids > >> running > >> around. Reading for comprehension? Well, lets just say I didn't read >a > >> novel for years after Dana was born. > >> > >> CW > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 2:38 PM > >> Subject: Re: Clueless - on Yahoo Groups *istD > >> > >> > >> > >>> She's probably a very sweet mom, which isn't a bad thing nowadays. >Just > >>> > >> a > >> > >>> little technically challenged. :-) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Tom C. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> From: "wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >>>> Subject: Re: Clueless - on Yahoo Groups *istD > >>>> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 14:35:46 -0400 > >>>> > >>>> kiss a booboo? > >>>> > >>>> On 5/1/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> There is a very silly conversation that just occured in the Yahoo > >>>>> > >> *istD > >> > >>>>> group. I've omitted the names to protect the innocent. > >>>>> > >>>>> QUESTION: OK let me preface this by saying that I know I could > >>>>> > >> probably > >> > >>>> get > >>>> > >>>>> the > >>>>> answer by reading my user manual. However... I have 3 kids uner 5 >and > >>>>> they have not given me any time to read. Pictures I can take while > >>>>> they go wild, reading however doesn't sink in when you have to stop > >>>>> every 10 seconds to correct them or kiss a booboo. > >>>>> > >>>>> OK what is the little red square that blinks and beeps while I am > >>>>> looking the the viewfinder? Why won't it let me take a picture until > >>>>> that beeps? Its driving me nuts, I have missed many good shots > >>>>> > >> because > >> > >>>>> of it. > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> > >>>>> ANSWER: That is the auto focus working, You can use the camera in > >>>>> manual > >>>>> > >>>> and > >>>> > >>>>> this will not happen but you will have to focus the camera manually. > >>>>> > >>>> Hope > >>>> > >>>>> this helps > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> > >>>>> RESPONSE: I have tried in manual and it does the same thing. If its > >>>>> > >> not > >> > >>>>> focused "properly" it won't let me take the picture, even if it > >>>>> appears focused to me or it is how I want the photo to look. > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> > >>>>> NEXT ANSWER: Push the little button down on the side to manual > >>>>> > >> instead > >> > >>>> of > >>>> > >>>>> auto focus, and it will fire whether it is in focus or not. > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> > >>>>> NEXT ANSWER: Ooops, I see that is what you just said. Sorry, I >can't > >>>>> > >>>> think > >>>> > >>>>> of anything else. Is the lens mounted tight? > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> > >>>>> It's funny that there's time to sit in front of the 'puter, read and > >>>>> > >>>> write > >>>> > >>>>> e-mail, but not time to look at the manual. Probably not a person > >>>>> > >> that > >> > >>>>> needs or should have a DSLR. > >>>>> > >>>>> Tom C. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> No virus found in this incoming message. > >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >>> Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/782 - Release Date: >5/1/2007 > >>> 2:10 AM > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > > > > > > > >-- >Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf >thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
