Re: Tis the season

2007-12-25 Thread Brian Walters
And the same to you and yours.

Down here it's a mid summer festival and so far it's been very festive..




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Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 Have a happy mid winter festival, however you choose to recognize
 it.
 
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Re: PESO: X-mas West Oz Style (part 1 of maybe more)

2007-12-25 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 From lunch:
 
 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/2135036256_644d52c7e8_o.jpg
 


I'm sure that gravy tasted better than it looks. (at least I hope that's 
the case).




 And for all those in the frozen north. Maybe this'll warm you up:
 
 http://farm3.static.flickr.com//2135037256_8572f258e3_o.jpg
 


A very comfortable 26 degrees over here, thank you.






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Re: OT: The modern world confuses me

2007-12-25 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 
 - Original Message - 
 From: Brian Walters
 Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
 
 
  Actually, 16 bit editing under Linux is possible using
 Cinepaint.
 
  I haven't used it although I'd be prepared to give it a try if I
 could 
  find a way of adequately calibrating my monitor under Linux.  The
 
  brightness/contrast controls on my monitor are next to useless
 and the 
  video card doesn't have Linux drivers that allow calibration of
 the 
  display via the card.  Consequently, on my monitor, images in
 Linux show 
  poor detail in the shadows.


 
 Kind of defeats the purpose of 16 bit editing, doesn't it?
 
 William Robb 
 
 



Well, yes,  it does for me at present.  But others might be able to get a 
reasonable monitor calibration under Linux.


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Re: PESO: Caught this one late - autumn tree and clouds

2007-12-25 Thread Brian Walters
Hi Charles

Wonderful sky and the colour of the foliage sets it off nicely but the lower 
quarter is just a bit too cluttered.  Not much you could do about it, I know - 
but it would have been nice if the tree had been sitting in the middle of a 
paddock.  :-)


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Quoting Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 Digging through the archives as I was burning stuff to DVD, I found
  
 this image which I'd forgotten I'd taken.
 
 I tried to do it just the top of the tree or just the clouds
 and  
 couldn't quite make it work.  Out of 12 exposures,  this framing
 seems  
 to be the most effective (for me, anyways).
 
 http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2007/best/pages/page_80.html
 
 Something about the way those clouds just seem to radiate from the 
 
 tree really struck me.
 
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Re: OT: OMG...

2007-12-25 Thread keith_w
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
 On Dec 24, 2007, at 2:26 PM, keith_w wrote:
 
 Beyond my ken.
 How does one do that?
 I suspect it wholly depends on what/which email client you use...


 yes.

 G


 Now there's a cogent response.
 Many thanks, Godfrey.
 If you don't have time to provide an appropriate and rational answer,
 why not just ignore it?


 I thought it an appropriate and rational answer: I confirmed your  
 conjecture. Sorry you find that offensive.

No, I didn't find it offensive, just a bit curt.

 I don't use the mail client you do so I cannot tell you how to do it  
 with that mail client. If you were using Apple's Mail client, I would  
 be happy to tell you.
 
 G

Okay then. Thank you.

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Re: OT: OMG...

2007-12-25 Thread keith_w
Adam Maas wrote:
 On 12/24/07, keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
 On Dec 24, 2007, at 10:48 AM, keith_w wrote:

 If I am really annoyed, I both filter your email to trash and
 configure the filter to bounce it back to the sender.
 Beyond my ken.
 How does one do that?
 I suspect it wholly depends on what/which email client you use...

 yes.

 G

 Now *there's* a cogent response.
 Many thanks, Godfrey.
 If you don't have time to provide an appropriate and rational answer,
 why not just ignore it?

 keith


 Keith,
 
 Given the incredible option in email clients/servers, Godfrey gave the
 only cogent response possible from a general perspective. I can think
 offhand of a dozen ways to do this, from using procmail, regex's and
 perl to Outlook filters. How to do it entirely depends on what
 software you're using.
 
 -Adam

Okay, your point is well taken. I over-reacted.

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Re: PESO: X-mas West Oz Style (part 1 of maybe more)

2007-12-25 Thread David J Brooks
On Dec 25, 2007 3:54 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

  From lunch:
 
  http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/2135036256_644d52c7e8_o.jpg
 


 I'm sure that gravy tasted better than it looks. (at least I hope that's 
 the case).




  And for all those in the frozen north. Maybe this'll warm you up:
 
  http://farm3.static.flickr.com//2135037256_8572f258e3_o.jpg
 


 A very comfortable 26 degrees over here, thank you.

Minus 8 C here. Just right for shorts and T shirt

Dave






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Re: Mini GESO Ashdown Forest

2007-12-25 Thread David J Brooks
The flower and fog shots are nice.

Dave

On Dec 24, 2007 3:46 PM, drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi all...

 We have had a cold snap in the UK for a few days, on Friday it thawed
 and with it came a pretty heavy fog. Driving home from work I stopped on
 Ashdown Forest to take a walk with the Pentax.
 Taken with *ist-DL and 28-80 FA.

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/sets/72157603523565455/

 Appreciate any comments/suggestions.

 Have a good Crimbo...

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Re: OT: The modern world confuses me

2007-12-25 Thread David J Brooks
On Dec 25, 2007 3:44 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 
  - Original Message -
  From: Brian Walters
  Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me
 
 
   Actually, 16 bit editing under Linux is possible using
  Cinepaint.
  
   I haven't used it although I'd be prepared to give it a try if I
  could
   find a way of adequately calibrating my monitor under Linux.  The
 
   brightness/contrast controls on my monitor are next to useless
  and the
   video card doesn't have Linux drivers that allow calibration of
  the
   display via the card.  Consequently, on my monitor, images in
  Linux show
   poor detail in the shadows.


 
  Kind of defeats the purpose of 16 bit editing, doesn't it?

If you edit an 8bit jpeg, but have two monitors, is that not a 16 bit
file now.:-)

Dave
 
  William Robb
 
 



 Well, yes,  it does for me at present.  But others might be able to get a 
 reasonable monitor calibration under Linux.


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Re: Merry Christmas from Germany

2007-12-25 Thread David Savage
On Dec 25, 2007 7:54 AM, Kristian-Heinrich Schussler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Living in the Black Forest / Germany,
 which used to be white in these days ten years ago,
 and today sunny black without any snow in great parts
 of this whole country,

 I wish all of you a very happy X-mas (Weihnachten in german)
 and a peacefull, safe,healthy and successfully New Year 2008.

 Cheers  all the best,

 Kristian - Heinrich Schuessler

Right back at you Kristian.

Have a good  safe day.

Cheers,

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PESO: ...a little late

2007-12-25 Thread Bong Manayon
I shot this Sunday morning (Dec 23) while walking around the church.
The leaves of the shrubs seemed soft and restful with the way early
morning sunlight lit them.  My after thought was that I should have
submitted this for the January PUG.  Of course, it was way too late
for that...

http://www.bong.uni.cc/peso/2007-02.htm

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Re: PESO: X-mas West Oz Style (part 1 of maybe more)

2007-12-25 Thread David Savage
On Dec 25, 2007 10:36 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On Dec 25, 2007 3:54 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
   And for all those in the frozen north. Maybe this'll warm you up:
  
   http://farm3.static.flickr.com//2135037256_8572f258e3_o.jpg
  
 
 
  A very comfortable 26 degrees over here, thank you.

 Minus 8 C here. Just right for shorts and T shirt

-8 I can handle. :-)

Turns out today was the hottest X-mas day in 40 years.

I just got back from a very pleasant evening with family at a poolside
party  here it is 11:30pm  it's only dipped down to 30° C :-)

Cheers,

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Season's Greetings

2007-12-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
May all your holidays be healthy and full of good cheer!

best,
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Re: Season's Greetings

2007-12-25 Thread David J Brooks
And to you to Sir.:-)

Dave

On Dec 25, 2007 10:51 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 May all your holidays be healthy and full of good cheer!

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Re: PESO: Caught this one late - autumn tree and clouds

2007-12-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The tree and sky are great, but the scene is cluttered with the house  
and other trees. I can't see how you would have improved on it given  
the situation ...

G


On Dec 24, 2007, at 9:18 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:

 I tried to do it just the top of the tree or just the clouds and
 couldn't quite make it work.  Out of 12 exposures,  this framing seems
 to be the most effective (for me, anyways).

 http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2007/best/pages/page_80.html

 Something about the way those clouds just seem to radiate from the
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PESO: Christmas day

2007-12-25 Thread Stan Halpin
One more - taken this morning on my daily walk down to the river in  
front of my in-law's house. A counter-point to the heat in Western Oz...

(My apologies for the title - but if I can't wax philosophical today,  
then when?)

http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p612914030/?photo=h340D09BF#873269695

All the best today and through the coming year!

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Re: Juan is too modest

2007-12-25 Thread graywolf
I do not understand this thread. I have met Juan, and the last thing I would 
call him is modest. I have met Mike too, and if he had praised a cat photo by 
Juan, then I would be impressed...

Need I add the GRIN!?

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Greetings from the Grinch

2007-12-25 Thread graywolf
Hi all, sorry I was not able to get around to all your houses last night, so 
some of you will have to dispose of that nasty dead tree yourself, and you will 
have to listen to your kid bang that toy drum for a week until she breaks it.

And many of you will wind up with tummy aches because I did not get the roast 
beast and stuffing.

You people do not seem to appreciate the great service I do for you. Instead 
you 
praise that old guy in the red suit when all he is after is causing you a lot 
of 
misery, one day of happiness and 364 of woe. I try, I try...

To everyone, may you have only one day of woe in your next year,


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Re: PESO: X-mas West Oz Style (part 1 of maybe more)

2007-12-25 Thread graywolf
Har, 5C (41F) and sunny with a very light breeze here in the mountains. Just 
about perfect for a brisk walk. Which I think I shall do in justs a few 
minutes. 
Sometimes I really do like it here.

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David J Brooks wrote:
 On Dec 25, 2007 3:54 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 From lunch:

 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/2135036256_644d52c7e8_o.jpg


 I'm sure that gravy tasted better than it looks. (at least I hope that's 
 the case).




 And for all those in the frozen north. Maybe this'll warm you up:

 http://farm3.static.flickr.com//2135037256_8572f258e3_o.jpg


 A very comfortable 26 degrees over here, thank you.
 
 Minus 8 C here. Just right for shorts and T shirt
 
 Dave





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Re: PESO: X-mas West Oz Style (part 1 of maybe more)

2007-12-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
That's some nice greasy gravy. Just the thing for a really hot day:-)).
Seriously, it looks tasty. I can see dunking some good crusty bread  
in that.
Paul
On Dec 25, 2007, at 1:53 AM, David Savage wrote:

 G'day All,

 From lunch:

 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/2135036256_644d52c7e8_o.jpg

 And for all those in the frozen north. Maybe this'll warm you up:

 http://farm3.static.flickr.com//2135037256_8572f258e3_o.jpg

 Cheers,

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Re: PESO: Christmas day

2007-12-25 Thread David J Brooks
Like the framing of this one.

Best wishes as well

Dave

On Dec 25, 2007 11:24 AM, Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 One more - taken this morning on my daily walk down to the river in
 front of my in-law's house. A counter-point to the heat in Western Oz...

 (My apologies for the title - but if I can't wax philosophical today,
 then when?)

 http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p612914030/?photo=h340D09BF#873269695

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Re: PESO: ...a little late

2007-12-25 Thread Jack Davis
Nice, Bong! I agree with your soft restful reaction.
Congratulations for not removing the two smaller leaves. This way it
appears to be more of an accidental event. 

Jack
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 I shot this Sunday morning (Dec 23) while walking around the church.
 The leaves of the shrubs seemed soft and restful with the way early
 morning sunlight lit them.  My after thought was that I should have
 submitted this for the January PUG.  Of course, it was way too late
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 http://www.bong.uni.cc/peso/2007-02.htm
 
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Re: Juan is too modest

2007-12-25 Thread David J Brooks
Praise a cat photo from anyone i'll be impressed.

Dave

On Dec 25, 2007 11:32 AM, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I do not understand this thread. I have met Juan, and the last thing I would
 call him is modest. I have met Mike too, and if he had praised a cat photo by
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 Need I add the GRIN!?

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Re: Greetings from the Grinch

2007-12-25 Thread David J Brooks
Sounds like Cindy Loo Who, has finally gotten to you.

Have a good day.:-)

Dave

On Dec 25, 2007 11:42 AM, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi all, sorry I was not able to get around to all your houses last night, so
 some of you will have to dispose of that nasty dead tree yourself, and you 
 will
 have to listen to your kid bang that toy drum for a week until she breaks it.

 And many of you will wind up with tummy aches because I did not get the roast
 beast and stuffing.

 You people do not seem to appreciate the great service I do for you. Instead 
 you
 praise that old guy in the red suit when all he is after is causing you a lot 
 of
 misery, one day of happiness and 364 of woe. I try, I try...

 To everyone, may you have only one day of woe in your next year,


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Re: Greetings from the Grinch

2007-12-25 Thread Jack Davis
I wondered who drank the rest of those two half bottles of scotch I
didn't get around to putting back in the cupboard last night.
Your hangover simptoms serve you right! (glote)

Jack
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 Hi all, sorry I was not able to get around to all your houses last
 night, so 
 some of you will have to dispose of that nasty dead tree yourself,
 and you will 
 have to listen to your kid bang that toy drum for a week until she
 breaks it.
 
 And many of you will wind up with tummy aches because I did not get
 the roast 
 beast and stuffing.
 
 You people do not seem to appreciate the great service I do for you.
 Instead you 
 praise that old guy in the red suit when all he is after is causing
 you a lot of 
 misery, one day of happiness and 364 of woe. I try, I try...
 
 To everyone, may you have only one day of woe in your next year,
 
 
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Re: PESO: Caught this one late - autumn tree and clouds

2007-12-25 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 25, 2007, at 10:34, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

 The tree and sky are great, but the scene is cluttered with the house
 and other trees. I can't see how you would have improved on it given
 the situation ...


Sadly, the only other option I had was to get closer to the tree and  
point the camera higher.

This results in very little tree in the shot...

http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2007/IMGP7854_tree_sky_2_small.jpg

Still a neat sky, but I don't think this one works too great  
either.  Oh well, it was still a pretty scene to stumble across - so  
I've got that going for me.

(original link left below for whoever cares to compare)


 http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2007/best/pages/page_80.html

 Something about the way those clouds just seem to radiate from the
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Re: PESO: X-mas West Oz Style (part 1 of maybe more)

2007-12-25 Thread P. J. Alling
David Savage wrote:
 G'day All,

 From lunch:

 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/2135036256_644d52c7e8_o.jpg
   
Funny how most sauces look like something you've already digested.
 And for all those in the frozen north. Maybe this'll warm you up:

 http://farm3.static.flickr.com//2135037256_8572f258e3_o.jpg
   
Seems you could simmer that sauce just by leaving it in the sun.
 Cheers,

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Re: OT: The modern world confuses me

2007-12-25 Thread P. J. Alling
Only if you have a two bit brain...

David J Brooks wrote:
 On Dec 25, 2007 3:44 AM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
 Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 
 - Original Message -
 From: Brian Walters
 Subject: Re: OT: The modern world confuses me


   
 Actually, 16 bit editing under Linux is possible using
 
 Cinepaint.
   
 I haven't used it although I'd be prepared to give it a try if I
 
 could
   
 find a way of adequately calibrating my monitor under Linux.  The
 
 brightness/contrast controls on my monitor are next to useless
 
 and the
   
 video card doesn't have Linux drivers that allow calibration of
 
 the
   
 display via the card.  Consequently, on my monitor, images in
 
 Linux show
   
 poor detail in the shadows.
 
 
 Kind of defeats the purpose of 16 bit editing, doesn't it?
   

 If you edit an 8bit jpeg, but have two monitors, is that not a 16 bit
 file now.:-)

 Dave
   
 William Robb


   

 Well, yes,  it does for me at present.  But others might be able to get a 
 reasonable monitor calibration under Linux.


 Cheers

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Re: OT: Spitfire

2007-12-25 Thread mike wilson

 
 From: Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Date: 2007/12/24 Mon AM 08:50:15 GMT
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 Subject: OT: Spitfire
 
 Alas I noticed this too late for Christmas!
 
 I doubt if many of you have one in the garage and have been waiting for this
 to put it back together, but it seems fun.
 
 http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1844254623/interactiveda3358-21
 
 Happy Christmas.
 
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OT: to Professor Graywolf

2007-12-25 Thread Christine Aguila
test
Only 72%.  You must redo it.
Professor, you're right; I forgot the ing.  May I have my Christmas 
pudding now?

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Re: OT: to Professor Graywolf

2007-12-25 Thread P. J. Alling
I think he ate it already.  Better luck next year.

Christine Aguila wrote:
 test
   
 Only 72%.  You must redo it.
 
 Professor, you're right; I forgot the ing.  May I have my Christmas 
 pudding now?

 Happy Holidays,
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PAW 2007 - 53 - GDG

2007-12-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Nothing like those mornings when the kids fall asleep clutching their  
favorite gift...

   http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/53.htm

enjoy!

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Re: PESO: Christmas day

2007-12-25 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Stan for the nice picture, you have a safe trip.  Regards,  Bob S.

On Dec 25, 2007 10:24 AM, Stan Halpin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 One more - taken this morning on my daily walk down to the river in
 front of my in-law's house. A counter-point to the heat in Western Oz...

 (My apologies for the title - but if I can't wax philosophical today,
 then when?)

 http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p612914030/?photo=h340D09BF#873269695

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The Grinch just finished the roast beast

2007-12-25 Thread graywolf
Turkey, corn bread stuffing, mashed taters, gravy, veggies, and beer. Being 
solo 
I can do beer on a feast day. Forgot to get rolls so I had to make do with 
plain 
old bread (life is so difficult). In good old feast day tradition I ate three 
times as much as I should have. And there was still had enough left to make a 
couple of giant sized TV-Dinners with.

All that was after the stroll in the park. Boone is such a peaceful place on 
Christmas day.

There is one problem with this solo thing, the cook has to do the dishes too.

I hope everyone else's day is as nice as mine,

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Peso: Another Stephanie

2007-12-25 Thread William Robb
Well, same one, actually, but another picture.
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/new/steph2.html

I'm playing with a plug in that is supposed to make skin tones nicer.
This image has been pretty heavily stepped on.

Technical:
K10, A85/1.4 stopped well down, around F11.

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Photo Ops Missed

2007-12-25 Thread graywolf
During my walk I saw several photos waiting to be made. I did not expect the 
very peaceful atmosphere about he Greenway Park. I guess I should start 
carrying 
a camera again. laziness and apathy are my only excuse for not doing so.

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Re: The Grinch just finished the roast beast

2007-12-25 Thread Jack Davis
Burp...

Jack
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 Turkey, corn bread stuffing, mashed taters, gravy, veggies, and beer.
 Being solo 
 I can do beer on a feast day. Forgot to get rolls so I had to make do
 with plain 
 old bread (life is so difficult). In good old feast day tradition I
 ate three 
 times as much as I should have. And there was still had enough left
 to make a 
 couple of giant sized TV-Dinners with.
 
 All that was after the stroll in the park. Boone is such a peaceful
 place on 
 Christmas day.
 
 There is one problem with this solo thing, the cook has to do the
 dishes too.
 
 I hope everyone else's day is as nice as mine,
 
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Re: The Grinch just finished the roast beast

2007-12-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/12/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:

Turkey, corn bread stuffing, mashed taters, gravy, veggies, and beer.
Being solo 
I can do beer on a feast day. Forgot to get rolls so I had to make do
with plain 
old bread (life is so difficult). In good old feast day tradition I ate
three 
times as much as I should have. And there was still had enough left to
make a 
couple of giant sized TV-Dinners with.

All that was after the stroll in the park. Boone is such a peaceful place on 
Christmas day.

There is one problem with this solo thing, the cook has to do the dishes too.

I hope everyone else's day is as nice as mine,

Hi Tom,

You seem in good spirits, that's nice to see.

I did the cooking today as well - for three. I realised a few years ago
that I actually loathe turkey, so since then we've had the biggest corn-
fed free range chicken we could get each time.

And I did the pans as well ;-)

The rest of my family are at my sister's on a small island in the
Scottish Hebrides (pronounced heh'brid'eez) but I am working three days
this week so we can't go. Such is life for the self-employed contractor!

I have a power inverter in the Land Rover now, gives me 1500 watts
continuous at 230volts AC so I can power up a DVCam deck, a pair of
speakers, audio mixer, macbook, lighting, etc. I'm relaunching myself in
january to potential new clients who need to shoot and edit on location.
I'm hopeful that it will work out.

the Land Rover has to have a new main gearbox! After only 35k miles I've
managed to shag it! Apparently a layshaft bearing (on 5th) is U/S and as
a standard practice for vehicles still under warranty, they replace all
the cogs, everything. Good thing they won't touch the transfer case,
other wise they'd find a pair of non-standard gears to bring up the
ratios a bit - the Defender final drive is better for mud-plugging and
rock-climbing, but I spend more time on the highway, so had some higher
gearing installed. The engine is actually de-tuned for the Defender (Td5
5 cyl diesel) as its got a bit more poke in the Discovery. So I paid
extra to have it brought up to its proper power :-/   but there ya go.
Remember the CJ-5 - people discovered what happened when you treated a
vehicle with high CoG like a sports car and they ended up decapitating
people's daughters. The roll on the Defender is horrendous - but nothing
to beat it off road in this country. I have the long wheel base (110
inches) the shorter version (92 inches) will give a CJ-7 a great run for
its money. Dunno about the YJs - they've lowered them a bit haven't they?

Anyway, babbling. How's the Chevy?

Speaking of more money than sense - I've nabbed an Epson R-D1 from eBay.
Already picked up a Voigtlander 28 Ultron 1.9 so am waiting to give it a
go. I'm in the photo-doldrums again and need a pick-me-up. Usually a
thumb through some of my big B+W heroes' books will do it, but I needed
a bit of enablement therapy :-)

I'm hoping to hit GFM again next year so it would be great to see you
again there. Hope things are as well as your email suggest, and I'll see
if I can bring any sound goodies with me in May!

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Re: OT: to Professor Graywolf

2007-12-25 Thread Polyhead
On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:11:04 -0600
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 test
 Only 72%.  You must redo it.
 Professor, you're right; I forgot the ing.  May I have my Christmas 
 pudding now?

HOW CAN YOU HAVE ANY PUDDING BEFORE YOU EAT YOUR MEAT!

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Re: The Grinch just finished the roast beast

2007-12-25 Thread Cotty
Oops, finger trouble. Apologies, that was meant off-list.

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Christmas Spirit

2007-12-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Mine turned out to be a single-malt!

Hope everyone else's was suitably festive. :-)



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Re: Christmas Spirit

2007-12-25 Thread Scott Loveless
Mark Roberts wrote:
 Mine turned out to be a single-malt!
 
 Hope everyone else's was suitably festive. :-)
 
Me, too!  Me, too!  g

Something from Islay, I believe.

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Re: Christmas Spirit

2007-12-25 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 5:22 PM -0500 12/25/07, Mark Roberts wrote:
Mine turned out to be a single-malt!

Hope everyone else's was suitably festive. :-)

Black Bush. :^)

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Re: Peso: Another Stephanie

2007-12-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Something about this photo's rendering makes me think of Pris, the  
replicant in Blade Runner. It's a little spooky.

Godfrey

On Dec 25, 2007, at 12:40 PM, William Robb wrote:

 Well, same one, actually, but another picture.
 http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/new/steph2.html

 I'm playing with a plug in that is supposed to make skin tones nicer.
 This image has been pretty heavily stepped on.

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Re: The Grinch just finished the roast beast

2007-12-25 Thread ann sanfedele
Cotty wrote:

Oops, finger trouble. Apologies, that was meant off-list.

  

I, for one, am glad you sent it to the list by mistake - an enjoyable 
read :)

I, like Tom, cooked for one today  (yesterday I was with friends helping 
one of them move)

My traditional Crhistmas breakfast has always included popovers - so I 
made 'em for myself  - the cat
wasn't interested.  

dinner was beef stew  and creamed spinach - left overs from two separate 
meals from the weekend.
and a slice of pumpkin pie with nice British cheddar cheese.

Now I'm trying to find something to watch on the tube that isnt a 
Christmas story or a  sappy hollywood flick.

I loved walking around my neighborhood in NY with all the NYU students 
gone and hardly anyone on the streets
at all.  Although I would have liked it if one of the grocery stores had 
been open or at least the place I rent
my DVD's.  

Happy New Year to all

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Re: Christmas Spirit

2007-12-25 Thread Jack Davis
Haven't as yet savored any the few single-malts tried. I'd love to keep
trying, but need some brand suggestions.
JW Black Label and Pinch are now my go-to's.

Jack
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 Mark Roberts wrote:
  Mine turned out to be a single-malt!
  
  Hope everyone else's was suitably festive. :-)
  
 Me, too!  Me, too!  g
 
 Something from Islay, I believe.
 
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Re: Christmas Spirit

2007-12-25 Thread Scott Loveless
Jack,

My bottle is McClelland's Islay, which is a 5 year Bowmore whisky.  It's 
definitely not sweet.  Smokey is probably an accurate way to describe 
it.  I guess my bottle is a lower priced Scotch, but so far I like it.

Jack Davis wrote:
 Haven't as yet savored any the few single-malts tried. I'd love to keep
 trying, but need some brand suggestions.
 JW Black Label and Pinch are now my go-to's.
 
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Re: The Grinch just finished the roast beast

2007-12-25 Thread P. J. Alling
Heck I enjoyed reading it.

Cotty wrote:
 Oops, finger trouble. Apologies, that was meant off-list.

   


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Re: The Grinch just finished the roast beast

2007-12-25 Thread P. J. Alling
Now you can look for that Pentax f1.9 43mm special in Leica mount, it 
really is special on an APS sized sensor, IMNSHO.

Cotty wrote:
 On 25/12/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:

   
 Turkey, corn bread stuffing, mashed taters, gravy, veggies, and beer.
 Being solo 
 I can do beer on a feast day. Forgot to get rolls so I had to make do
 with plain 
 old bread (life is so difficult). In good old feast day tradition I ate
 
 three 
   
 times as much as I should have. And there was still had enough left to
 
 make a 
   
 couple of giant sized TV-Dinners with.

 All that was after the stroll in the park. Boone is such a peaceful place on 
 Christmas day.

 There is one problem with this solo thing, the cook has to do the dishes too.

 I hope everyone else's day is as nice as mine,
 

 Hi Tom,

 You seem in good spirits, that's nice to see.

 I did the cooking today as well - for three. I realised a few years ago
 that I actually loathe turkey, so since then we've had the biggest corn-
 fed free range chicken we could get each time.

 And I did the pans as well ;-)

 The rest of my family are at my sister's on a small island in the
 Scottish Hebrides (pronounced heh'brid'eez) but I am working three days
 this week so we can't go. Such is life for the self-employed contractor!

 I have a power inverter in the Land Rover now, gives me 1500 watts
 continuous at 230volts AC so I can power up a DVCam deck, a pair of
 speakers, audio mixer, macbook, lighting, etc. I'm relaunching myself in
 january to potential new clients who need to shoot and edit on location.
 I'm hopeful that it will work out.

 the Land Rover has to have a new main gearbox! After only 35k miles I've
 managed to shag it! Apparently a layshaft bearing (on 5th) is U/S and as
 a standard practice for vehicles still under warranty, they replace all
 the cogs, everything. Good thing they won't touch the transfer case,
 other wise they'd find a pair of non-standard gears to bring up the
 ratios a bit - the Defender final drive is better for mud-plugging and
 rock-climbing, but I spend more time on the highway, so had some higher
 gearing installed. The engine is actually de-tuned for the Defender (Td5
 5 cyl diesel) as its got a bit more poke in the Discovery. So I paid
 extra to have it brought up to its proper power :-/   but there ya go.
 Remember the CJ-5 - people discovered what happened when you treated a
 vehicle with high CoG like a sports car and they ended up decapitating
 people's daughters. The roll on the Defender is horrendous - but nothing
 to beat it off road in this country. I have the long wheel base (110
 inches) the shorter version (92 inches) will give a CJ-7 a great run for
 its money. Dunno about the YJs - they've lowered them a bit haven't they?

 Anyway, babbling. How's the Chevy?

 Speaking of more money than sense - I've nabbed an Epson R-D1 from eBay.
 Already picked up a Voigtlander 28 Ultron 1.9 so am waiting to give it a
 go. I'm in the photo-doldrums again and need a pick-me-up. Usually a
 thumb through some of my big B+W heroes' books will do it, but I needed
 a bit of enablement therapy :-)

 I'm hoping to hit GFM again next year so it would be great to see you
 again there. Hope things are as well as your email suggest, and I'll see
 if I can bring any sound goodies with me in May!

 Take care big fellah.



   


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Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread Scott Loveless
Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are 
you using?  Which chargers?

I know we've been over this before, but I'm too lazy to dig through the 
archives.

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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread Mat Maessen
On 12/25/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are
 you using?  Which chargers?

I was running some of the Energizer NiMH batteries in my DS2, with a
small wall charger that came with them. I got sick of them
self-discharging when the camera sat around, so I use the Energizer
Lithium AA's now.

For non-camera use, I'd make sure I charge them just before use, or if
they've been sitting around awhile. They also don't work well in flash
units, because of the slightly lower voltage than equivalent AA
batteries.

-Mat

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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread Polyhead
On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:55:26 -0500
Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are 
 you using?  Which chargers?

I've been using Energizer nickel metal hydride cells and their 15minute 
charger.  It gets hot, damn hot... the cells seem to take it ok.  I'm sure i'm 
losing electrolyte with every charge, but with as cheap as they are, if I get 
50 cycles out of them, I'll be happy.  However, don't waste your money on their 
c or d cells, they are just AA cells in an adapter case.  Keep in mind, you 
want to top these cells off before you go do anything important, and probably 
charge them once ever 2 or 3 weeks weather you have used them or not.  The self 
discharge rate of NIMH is pretty high.

I think at some point i'm going to get an RC-car / airplane charger, one of the 
programable units, and charge that way.

 I know we've been over this before, but I'm too lazy to dig through the 
 archives.
 
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Re: Peso: Another Stephanie

2007-12-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
I like this, and I'm sure she will. It gives her face a nice shape,  
and her teeth aren't so priminent. Skin tones look good to me.  
Perhaps a bit artificial but well within the bounds of portraiture.  
Nice work.
Paul
On Dec 25, 2007, at 3:40 PM, William Robb wrote:

 Well, same one, actually, but another picture.
 http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/new/steph2.html

 I'm playing with a plug in that is supposed to make skin tones nicer.
 This image has been pretty heavily stepped on.

 Technical:
 K10, A85/1.4 stopped well down, around F11.

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Re: The Grinch just finished the roast beast

2007-12-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
Happy New Year to you, Ann. Now go home and watch a Christmas movie.  
It's required! :-).
Paul
On Dec 25, 2007, at 7:51 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:

 Cotty wrote:

 Oops, finger trouble. Apologies, that was meant off-list.



 I, for one, am glad you sent it to the list by mistake - an enjoyable
 read :)

 I, like Tom, cooked for one today  (yesterday I was with friends  
 helping
 one of them move)

 My traditional Crhistmas breakfast has always included popovers - so I
 made 'em for myself  - the cat
 wasn't interested.

 dinner was beef stew  and creamed spinach - left overs from two  
 separate
 meals from the weekend.
 and a slice of pumpkin pie with nice British cheddar cheese.

 Now I'm trying to find something to watch on the tube that isnt a
 Christmas story or a  sappy hollywood flick.

 I loved walking around my neighborhood in NY with all the NYU students
 gone and hardly anyone on the streets
 at all.  Although I would have liked it if one of the grocery  
 stores had
 been open or at least the place I rent
 my DVD's.

 Happy New Year to all

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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread P. J. Alling
Interesting my results are much different.  But then I keep to a 
charging regimen.

Mat Maessen wrote:
 On 12/25/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
 Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are
 you using?  Which chargers?
 

 I was running some of the Energizer NiMH batteries in my DS2, with a
 small wall charger that came with them. I got sick of them
 self-discharging when the camera sat around, so I use the Energizer
 Lithium AA's now.

 For non-camera use, I'd make sure I charge them just before use, or if
 they've been sitting around awhile. They also don't work well in flash
 units, because of the slightly lower voltage than equivalent AA
 batteries.

 -Mat

   


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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread Walter Hamler
The Eneloops are very good at holding a charge over a long period of
time. They are around 2200 amphr or maybe a little more. The price has
been droping on them lately and are around 10.00 per set of 4, maybe
less. Any Nickle Metal Hydride charger will work with them I believe.
At least the one I have does.
I have used the batteries with my DL and the Sigma flash unit and like
the performance in both.

Walt

On 12/25/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are
 you using?  Which chargers?

 I know we've been over this before, but I'm too lazy to dig through the
 archives.

 Merry Christmzs anf a hwppu nwe uwsr,

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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread P. J. Alling
Energizer Rechargeable NiMH 2500 mAh batteries.  They're fairly 
inexpensive if you buy them at a warehouse club like Sam's.  I use the 
charger that comes with them in the combination pack, (eight AA four AA 
and the 8 hour charger).  They last about two weeks between charges or 
abut 5-6 hundred images if used heavily.  I have four sets and two 
chargers which all told cost me less than $40l.00, (but I have two DSLRs 
that take AA batteries so that seems reasonable).  I replaced eight of 
the batteries after two years because they got to the point that they 
wouldn't keep the Ds or D running for longer than a couple of hours on a 
full charge, but these still work fine in less power intensive/voltage 
consistent applications such as Electronic Flash units.  I've been happy 
with the results

Scott Loveless wrote:
 Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are 
 you using?  Which chargers?

 I know we've been over this before, but I'm too lazy to dig through the 
 archives.

 Merry Christmzs anf a hwppu nwe uwsr,

   


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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread P. J. Alling
Damn those batteries are expensive, that should be less than $40.00 
not $401.00, if they could get that much for a set of AA batteries, I'd 
go into the battery importing business.

P. J. Alling wrote:
 Energizer Rechargeable NiMH 2500 mAh batteries.  They're fairly 
 inexpensive if you buy them at a warehouse club like Sam's.  I use the 
 charger that comes with them in the combination pack, (eight AA four AA 
 and the 8 hour charger).  They last about two weeks between charges or 
 abut 5-6 hundred images if used heavily.  I have four sets and two 
 chargers which all told cost me less than $40l.00, (but I have two DSLRs 
 that take AA batteries so that seems reasonable).  I replaced eight of 
 the batteries after two years because they got to the point that they 
 wouldn't keep the Ds or D running for longer than a couple of hours on a 
 full charge, but these still work fine in less power intensive/voltage 
 consistent applications such as Electronic Flash units.  I've been happy 
 with the results

 Scott Loveless wrote:
   
 Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are 
 you using?  Which chargers?

 I know we've been over this before, but I'm too lazy to dig through the 
 archives.

 Merry Christmzs anf a hwppu nwe uwsr,

   
 


   


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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread Scott Loveless
I was starting to wonder which Sam's Club saw you coming a mile away.

P. J. Alling wrote:
 Damn those batteries are expensive, that should be less than $40.00 
 not $401.00, if they could get that much for a set of AA batteries, I'd 
 go into the battery importing business.
 
 P. J. Alling wrote:
 Energizer Rechargeable NiMH 2500 mAh batteries.  They're fairly 
 inexpensive if you buy them at a warehouse club like Sam's.  I use the 
 charger that comes with them in the combination pack, (eight AA four AA 
 and the 8 hour charger).  They last about two weeks between charges or 
 abut 5-6 hundred images if used heavily.  I have four sets and two 
 chargers which all told cost me less than $40l.00, (but I have two DSLRs 
 that take AA batteries so that seems reasonable).  I replaced eight of 
 the batteries after two years because they got to the point that they 
 wouldn't keep the Ds or D running for longer than a couple of hours on a 
 full charge, but these still work fine in less power intensive/voltage 
 consistent applications such as Electronic Flash units.  I've been happy 
 with the results

 Scott Loveless wrote:
   
 Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are 
 you using?  Which chargers?

 I know we've been over this before, but I'm too lazy to dig through the 
 archives.

 Merry Christmzs anf a hwppu nwe uwsr,



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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread Polyhead

 For non-camera use, I'd make sure I charge them just before use, or if
 they've been sitting around awhile. They also don't work well in flash
 units, because of the slightly lower voltage than equivalent AA
 batteries.

Not true at all.  The voltage going into a flash unit is pretty meaningless, as 
that will be stepped up by the triacs and such inside the strobe.  They tend to 
charge faster, MUCH faster than alkelines.  Why? good question, simple answer.  
Internal resistance.  An alkaline battery at 1/4 discharged will already have 
close to 1 ohm of internal resistance.  A NimH cell will top out at 1.2 ohms, 
and maintain less than .5ohm resistance down to about 80% discharged.  The drop 
in voltage is negated by the much higher current a NimH cell will put out.

  Not buying me? Check out the manaul for the old Vivitar 283.  (or any modern 
strobe, you usually find the same thing)  The manual states that the recharge 
time is 11 seconds for Alkaline, but only 8 seconds for Nicad.  Nicad and NimH 
have similar voltage curves, and therfore, similar voltages and voltage drop.  
So, with most strobes, you will get much better performance from Nicad or NimH 
or the new NioX stuff compared with alkelines.  This is because of voltage 
drop.  You may have available 1.5 volts, but say on a 4 cell strobe, y ou now 
have 4ohms of internal resistance (at best, near 80% discharge an alkeline will 
be as high as 4 ohms per cell), which means the voltage will drop big time!  
However, with a Nimh or Nicad, your only looking at 2ohms of internal 
resistance, so half the voltage drop!

  Charging a strobe has nothing to do with volts, its all about the amps.

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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread J
I been using Duracell 2500 mah AA and also Energizer 2300 mah AA. 
Like them both seem to last long.. Joe


At 09:55 PM 12/25/07, you wrote:
Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are
you using?  Which chargers?

I know we've been over this before, but I'm too lazy to dig through the
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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread P. J. Alling
4 maybe 5 glasses of wine and I'm lucky that I can still type at all.

Scott Loveless wrote:
 I was starting to wonder which Sam's Club saw you coming a mile away.

 P. J. Alling wrote:
   
 Damn those batteries are expensive, that should be less than $40.00 
 not $401.00, if they could get that much for a set of AA batteries, I'd 
 go into the battery importing business.

 P. J. Alling wrote:
 
 Energizer Rechargeable NiMH 2500 mAh batteries.  They're fairly 
 inexpensive if you buy them at a warehouse club like Sam's.  I use the 
 charger that comes with them in the combination pack, (eight AA four AA 
 and the 8 hour charger).  They last about two weeks between charges or 
 abut 5-6 hundred images if used heavily.  I have four sets and two 
 chargers which all told cost me less than $40l.00, (but I have two DSLRs 
 that take AA batteries so that seems reasonable).  I replaced eight of 
 the batteries after two years because they got to the point that they 
 wouldn't keep the Ds or D running for longer than a couple of hours on a 
 full charge, but these still work fine in less power intensive/voltage 
 consistent applications such as Electronic Flash units.  I've been happy 
 with the results

 Scott Loveless wrote:
   
   
 Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are 
 you using?  Which chargers?

 I know we've been over this before, but I'm too lazy to dig through the 
 archives.

 Merry Christmzs anf a hwppu nwe uwsr,
 



   


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Re: Christmas Spirit

2007-12-25 Thread Mat Maessen
On 12/25/07, Steve Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 (And an Epson R1800!)

Don't try drinking the ink...

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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 10:04:42PM -0500, Mat Maessen wrote:
 On 12/25/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are
  you using?  Which chargers?
 
 I was running some of the Energizer NiMH batteries in my DS2, with a
 small wall charger that came with them. I got sick of them
 self-discharging when the camera sat around, so I use the Energizer
 Lithium AA's now.

I find the Energizer rechargeables to be terrible at holding a charge.
(I've tried some Duracells, too, but they appear to be even worse).
They're so bad that I too switched to using Energizer Lithiums, but
that brings its own set of problems.  In my *ist D the initial drain
when I first switch the camera on after three days of non-use is so
high that the battery voltage drops, causing the *ist D to register
'half power'.  I also get that indication (and, in some cases, the
'low battery' indicator) quite often during shooting sessions.
I rarely had those kind of problems when I was using my old Ray-O-Vac
rechargeables (although in those days I had the battery grip mounted,
with batteries in it and in the camera), so when about ten days ago
I saw 2500mAh Ray-O-Vacs in the local hardware store I picked up a
set to try them out.  So far they have been problem free, so I may
well pick up another pack or two and switch back to rechargeables.

For a charger I use the Maha MH-C401.  The important thing is to
get a charger with individual charging circuits - the cheap ones
that come with the batteries often only charge cells in pairs.
I also always use the slow charge - it's better for the battery.


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Re: Christmas Spirit

2007-12-25 Thread David Savage
On Dec 26, 2007 7:22 AM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Mine turned out to be a single-malt!

Mine was vodka  Red Bull.

:-D

Cheers,

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First impression of the Veho (VuPoint) scanner

2007-12-25 Thread Bill Owens
I scanned about 150 of my father's slides dating from 1955 to 1958 today.
There is a lot of vignetting in the outdoor shots, but if IIRC he used
indoor film with a filter in front of the 45mm lens on the Agfa Super
Solina. The vignetting is visible on eyeball examination but seems to be
worse when scanned.  The majority of the indoor shots are pretty good, but
many of the outdoor ones show blown highlights.  For what I'm using it for
it's sufficient and I hope to post some later for your perusal.  The
exposure on many leaves a lot to be desired but I hope to adjust some of
them in PSE 5.0

Matter of fact, I'll scan the next tray into PSE instead of Arcsoft.

Bill


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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread Brian Walters
I agree with Walt.

I used several no name brands as well as Energisers and found them all 
unsatisfactory.

I've been using the Eneloops for about 8 months and find them excellent in 
holding a charge.  I'm about to order some more.

I use the Energiser charger to re-charge them but have disposed of the 
Energiser batteries



Cheers

Brian

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 Quoting Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 The Eneloops are very good at holding a charge over a long period
 of
 time. They are around 2200 amphr or maybe a little more. The price
 has
 been droping on them lately and are around 10.00 per set of 4,
 maybe
 less. Any Nickle Metal Hydride charger will work with them I
 believe.
 At least the one I have does.
 I have used the batteries with my DL and the Sigma flash unit and
 like
 the performance in both.
 
 Walt
 
 On 12/25/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries
 are
  you using?  Which chargers?
 
  I know we've been over this before, but I'm too lazy to dig
 through the
  archives.
 

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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread Ken Waller
I've been using Rayovacs  their 15 minute charger, model PS6.

Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f

- Original Message - 
From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Subject: Rechargeable batteries and chargers


 Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are 
 you using?  Which chargers?
 
 I know we've been over this before, but I'm too lazy to dig through the 
 archives.
 
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RE: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread Bill Owens
Energizer batteries and charger

Bill

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I've been using Rayovacs  their 15 minute charger, model PS6.

Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f

- Original Message - 
From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Subject: Rechargeable batteries and chargers


 Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are 
 you using?  Which chargers?
 
 I know we've been over this before, but I'm too lazy to dig through the 
 archives.
 
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Re: Happy Holidays!

2007-12-25 Thread Christine Aguila
Dave:  You got it.  Way too much rum in the eggnog.  :-)  Cheers, Christine

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Subject: Re: Happy Holidays!


 On Dec 25, 2007 3:04 PM, Christine  Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Title:  Grandfather Paul

 On walks
 He looks for catch
 Light in girlish shadow
 Play, then surrenders to the joy
 And Grace.


 Happy Holidays,
 Christine

 P.S. I can tell you about the poetic form I used if you're interested. 
 Just
 let me know.

 So that's poetry. I just thought you'd hit the sauce rather hard.

 :-D

 Cheers,

 Dave

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Re: PESO -- Detour

2007-12-25 Thread Boris Liberman
Lovely... Reminds me of that red button from the Men In Black movie...

;-)

Boris

P. J. Alling wrote:
 Just a snapshot really.  I passed this scene at least three times, each 
 time, traffic conditions wouldn't let me stop and get the shot.  Finally 
 I decided to shoot it through the windshield.  I actually rather like 
 the effect.  However my angle was constrained, and the people behind me 
 were most likely unhappy with me.  Still here it is:
 
 http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20%20detour.html
 
 Equipment:  Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax Fa 43mm f1.9 limited.
 
 Notes:  The ISO for this was 3200.  I used a famious noise reduction 
 package to lower the noise level, and it's not half bad.
 
 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.
 


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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread Boris Liberman
I use the following:

1. GP 2700 MAh for my wireless mouse (used to be for my *istD and the 
flash).

2. Sanyo Eneloop 2000 MAh for my flash (they last forever in storage)

3. LaCrosse BC-900 charger - really excellent machine.

Cheers.

Boris


Scott Loveless wrote:
 Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are 
 you using?  Which chargers?
 
 I know we've been over this before, but I'm too lazy to dig through the 
 archives.
 
 Merry Christmzs anf a hwppu nwe uwsr,
 


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Re: PESO: X-mas West Oz Style (part 1 of maybe more)

2007-12-25 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi!

David Savage wrote:
 G'day All,
 
 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2109/2135036256_644d52c7e8_o.jpg

No comment ;-)

 And for all those in the frozen north. Maybe this'll warm you up:
 
 http://farm3.static.flickr.com//2135037256_8572f258e3_o.jpg

Impressive, even by local summer standards...

Boris


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Re: The Grinch just finished the roast beast

2007-12-25 Thread Bob Sullivan
Happy holidays Graywolf.
Glad to see you in good spirits the last few weeks.
Drove 1:15 to my sister's for a family gathering.
My brother was sick at the last minute and didn't make it.
Ate too much, drank a little bit, and snapped a few pictures.
Drove 1:15 back home.
Time for bed now.
Regards,  Bob S.

On Dec 25, 2007 2:37 PM, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Turkey, corn bread stuffing, mashed taters, gravy, veggies, and beer. Being 
 solo
 I can do beer on a feast day. Forgot to get rolls so I had to make do with 
 plain
 old bread (life is so difficult). In good old feast day tradition I ate three
 times as much as I should have. And there was still had enough left to make a
 couple of giant sized TV-Dinners with.

 All that was after the stroll in the park. Boone is such a peaceful place on
 Christmas day.

 There is one problem with this solo thing, the cook has to do the dishes too.

 I hope everyone else's day is as nice as mine,

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 Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/
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Re: Another Stephanie

2007-12-25 Thread Christine Aguila
William:  I'm too new to photography to say anything meaningful about skin 
tones other than obvious problems; my eye isn't trained enough, but I do 
like the photograph and see an intriguing girlish edginess here.  Cheers, 
Christine



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Subject: Peso: Another Stephanie


 Well, same one, actually, but another picture.
 http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/new/steph2.html

 I'm playing with a plug in that is supposed to make skin tones nicer.
 This image has been pretty heavily stepped on.

 Technical:
 K10, A85/1.4 stopped well down, around F11.

 William Robb

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Re: Christmas Spirit

2007-12-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Glen Rothes Select Reserve

Mmm

G


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Re: Rechargeable batteries and chargers

2007-12-25 Thread William Robb

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From: Scott Loveless
Subject: Rechargeable batteries and chargers


 Who's using rechargeable AA or AAA batteries, and which batteries are
 you using?  Which chargers?

When I used AA rechargales in the istD I used Energizer NIMH and a Kodak 
charger.
When I got tired of the high maintenance whores that those batteries can be, 
I went to CR-V3 or whatever the heck they are lithiums.

William Robb 


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