Re: Android Apps

[John Francis]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 05:04:38PM -0600, William Robb wrote:
> I finally gave in and bought myself a cute little Asus tablet that
> runs on the Android OS.

Transformer Prime?


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Re: PESO - Good Morning, Mr. Grebe

[Ann Sanfedele]

On 6/22/2012 23:25, Mark C wrote:

On 6/15/2012 10:02 PM, frank theriault wrote:

Last Saturday I got down to the lake nice and early and got some good
light on this red-necked grebe who gave me a nice close-up:

http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/06/good-morning-mr-grebe.html

Hope you enjoy.  Comments welcome.

cheers,
frank


Great shot - I like that we can see the foot under water.




I like the whole thing :-)

Frank , you should see "THE BIG YEAR"

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Re: PESO - Good Morning, Mr. Grebe

[Mark C]

On 6/15/2012 10:02 PM, frank theriault wrote:

Last Saturday I got down to the lake nice and early and got some good
light on this red-necked grebe who gave me a nice close-up:

http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/06/good-morning-mr-grebe.html

Hope you enjoy.  Comments welcome.

cheers,
frank


Great shot - I like that we can see the foot under water.


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PESO - a pair of 'em

[Ann Sanfedele]

A big thunderstorm hit early afternoon - broke the terrible he after it 
stopped raining I went out around 4 this afternoon to gather provisions 
so only took my darkside P&S.


two scenes from the 'hood that tickled me.

http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2012-and-all-that/21847075_D88Ngw/1/1921825843_TQCmx6B/Large


http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2012-and-all-that/21847075_D88Ngw/1/1921826403_7bggtqG/Large


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Re: PESO - Just Hanging Around, Having a Smoke

[Paul Stenquist]

Excellent. A ready-made photo op.
Paul
On Jun 22, 2012, at 10:25 PM, frank theriault wrote:

> Walking around town and I noticed this fellow at the ~top~ of a
> doorway, looking down on the rest of the world:
> 
> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/06/just-hanging-around-having-smoke.html
> 
> He seemed to like being up there.  We chatted.  He's one of these
> fellows who jumps and runs and climbs about on buildings and other
> public structures (can't remember the name of the activity just now).
> I do know it's rather illegal.
> 
> He said he was very comfortable up on his perch, that he could have
> stayed there all day.
> 
> Interesting guy.
> 
> Hope you enjoy.  Comments welcome
> 
> cheers,
> frank
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Re: PESO - pals

[Paul Stenquist]

Thanks Jack.

The K5 was developing that mirror/shutter problem, where it just clicks and 
won't function. It only happened a few times. I believe the battery was fully 
charged two of those  times, and it was very hot the other time. I also noticed 
the shutter got louder on occasion. So I thought it was time to get it fixed. I 
think it has more than 30,000 frames, and I have a three day, all-day shoot 
coming up in August in what will probably be very hot weather. Both of my 540s 
were having problems with battery contact, even after cleaning, and one had an 
inoperative zoom, so I sent them both in. They have had a lot of use as well. 

Paul
On Jun 22, 2012, at 10:12 PM, Jack Davis wrote:

> I think Grace is a little intimidated. ;-)  One for the album.
> What happened with the K5? 
> AF 540 been laid up?.
> 
> Jack Davis
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> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: Paul Stenquist 
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
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> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 6:55 PM
> Subject: PESO - pals
> 
> At the school farm this afternoon. Great to have one of my AF 540s  back. 
> Works well again. This was shot with the K7. K5 still at CRIS.
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PESO - Just Hanging Around, Having a Smoke

[frank theriault]

Walking around town and I noticed this fellow at the ~top~ of a
doorway, looking down on the rest of the world:

http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/06/just-hanging-around-having-smoke.html

He seemed to like being up there.  We chatted.  He's one of these
fellows who jumps and runs and climbs about on buildings and other
public structures (can't remember the name of the activity just now).
I do know it's rather illegal.

He said he was very comfortable up on his perch, that he could have
stayed there all day.

Interesting guy.

Hope you enjoy.  Comments welcome

cheers,
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Re: PESO - pals

[Jack Davis]

I think Grace is a little intimidated. ;-)  One for the album.
What happened with the K5? 
AF 540 been laid up?.

Jack Davis
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Subject: PESO - pals

At the school farm this afternoon. Great to have one of my AF 540s  back. Works 
well again. This was shot with the K7. K5 still at CRIS.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15967108&size=lg
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PESO - pals

[Paul Stenquist]

At the school farm this afternoon. Great to have one of my AF 540s  back. Works 
well again. This was shot with the K7. K5 still at CRIS.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15967108&size=lg
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Re: OT: no Jobs...

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
>> Y'all are arguing about who did the best job of stealing ideas from Xerox.
>
> It's worth reading the Steve Jobs bio just to get the straight goods
> on that somewhat apocryphal story. Xerox were being really stupid with
> that technology and basically sold it to Apple for pennies on the
> dollar.

Yup. SJ weaseled it out of Xerox legitimately, Microsoft stole the
ideas from Apple.


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Re: Android Apps

[Miserere]

William Robb  wrote:

> I finally gave in and bought myself a cute little Asus tablet that
> runs 
> on the Android OS.
> Anyone have any good websites for apps bookmarked?
> Paid or free, doesn't matter much. Apps seem pretty cheaply priced
> anyway.
> 
> Thanks
> -- 
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> William Robb
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You could always just go to the Google Play store and browse apps (both free 
and paid). Straight from the horse's mouth; direct from the source; etc...

Your first installed app should be Angry Birds. Trust me, it's a rite of 
passage.

Cheers,


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Re: Android Apps

[Mark Roberts]

William Robb wrote:

>I finally gave in and bought myself a cute little Asus tablet that runs 
>on the Android OS.
>Anyone have any good websites for apps bookmarked?
>Paid or free, doesn't matter much. Apps seem pretty cheaply priced anyway.

I use RawDroid for viewing raw files and QuickPic as a basic image
viewer (nicer than the default image app).. I have both Firefox and
Opera web browsers and an ebook reader. And that's all.

I'll dig up the URLs for you...
 
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Re: Android Apps

[Brian Walters]

Quoting William Robb :

I finally gave in and bought myself a cute little Asus tablet that  
runs on the Android OS.

Anyone have any good websites for apps bookmarked?
Paid or free, doesn't matter much. Apps seem pretty cheaply priced anyway.




I just bought my first Android smart phone - which I use as a hand  
held computer that occasionally makes phone calls (it's almost always  
in Airplane Mode).


Anyway - this site is useful for free apps:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-android-apps.htm?page=0,0\




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Android Apps

[William Robb]

I finally gave in and bought myself a cute little Asus tablet that runs 
on the Android OS.

Anyone have any good websites for apps bookmarked?
Paid or free, doesn't matter much. Apps seem pretty cheaply priced anyway.

Thanks
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Re: OT: no Jobs...

[William Robb]

On 22/06/2012 3:02 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:


On Jun 21, 2012, at 17:00 , J.C. O'Connell wrote:


MS isn't dominant already? Something like 90% of computers run windows OS.



See? Micro¢oft  fanboys are fanatical too!


When did stating the truth become fanboyism.


Apple aimed at a different demographic. Good people with kind dispositions and 
deep pockets.


At this point, deep pocketed suckers might be more to the point..


MS offered Melba toast. Stale and crunchy.



You are still living in 1996.

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Re: OT: no Jobs...

[Bruce Walker]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 6:33 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> From: Joseph McAllister
>
>> On Jun 21, 2012, at 17:00 , J.C. O'Connell wrote:
>>
>>> MS isn't dominant already? Something like 90% of computers run windows
>>> OS.
>>>
>>
>> See? Micro?oft  fanboys are fanatical too!
>>
>>
>> Apple aimed at a different demographic. Good people with kind dispositions
>> and deep pockets.
>>
>> MS offered Melba toast. Stale and crunchy.
>>
>
> Y'all are arguing about who did the best job of stealing ideas from Xerox.

It's worth reading the Steve Jobs bio just to get the straight goods
on that somewhat apocryphal story. Xerox were being really stupid with
that technology and basically sold it to Apple for pennies on the
dollar.

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Re: OT: no Jobs...

[Jeffery Smith]

I think Ecco still has a following, and can be downloaded from a site. When I 
was in administration and practicing GTD, I used it constantly. Now that I'm 
back in teaching, I don't Get Things Done nearly as much.

Regards,

Jeffery
_
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On Jun 22, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:

> 
> On Jun 22, 2012, at 07:07 , Charles Robinson wrote:
> 
>> On Jun 21, 2012, at 19:07, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>> The best PIMs for Windows went belly up as they could not compete with 
>> *free*. I continued to use my beloved Ecco for several more years with no 
>> upgrades.
>>> 
>> 
>> Holy crap, I'd forgotten about Ecco.
>> 
>> -Charles
> 
> So has everyone else. Except one.
> 
> Joseph McAllister
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Re: OT: no Jobs...

[John Sessoms]

From: Joseph McAllister


On Jun 21, 2012, at 17:00 , J.C. O'Connell wrote:


MS isn't dominant already? Something like 90% of computers run windows OS.



See? Micro?oft  fanboys are fanatical too!

Apple aimed at a different demographic. Good people with kind dispositions and 
deep pockets.

MS offered Melba toast. Stale and crunchy.



Y'all are arguing about who did the best job of stealing ideas from Xerox.

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Re: OT: no Jobs...

[Brian Walters]

Quoting Joseph McAllister :


On Jun 21, 2012, at 17:00 , J.C. O'Connell wrote:


MS isn't dominant already? Something like 90% of computers run windows OS.



See? Micro¢oft  fanboys are fanatical too!

Apple aimed at a different demographic. Good people with kind  
dispositions and deep pockets.


MS offered Melba toast. Stale and crunchy.



You left out "affordable".  Whatever the limitations of DOS, the PCs  
that ran it were accessible to the masses.


If Apple had been even remotely affordable when I bought my first  
computer (an Amstrad - remember them?), I might have bought one and  
been a happy Mac user today.  But they weren't, I didn't and hell will  
freeze over before I do.


:-)>


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Re: The oldest living Nikon user.

[Bruce Walker]

She'd have found that she can get useful fill light for backlit
situations. Nice catchlights? No.

Not unless you consider tiny pinpoints of light like somebody was
inspecting the subject with a penlight to be nice.

To get good catchlights you need a large light source relative to the
distance from the eyes.


On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 5:35 PM, John Francis  wrote:
>
> Maybe she's found that a flash adds nice catchlights to the eyes.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 02:07:27PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote:
>> After all these years, still hasn't learned to get the flash off the camera. 
>> :-)
>>
>> Great!
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Don Guthrie  wrote:
>> >
>> > Last weekend I was photographing at a local dog show when I noticed I had
>> > some competition. This lovely lady next to me agreed to my taking her
>> > picture only if she could take a picture of me taking a picture of her.
>> >
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Re: Peso: In Pentax We Trust

[Steven Desjardins]

I gave into the "$320 for a used one" on Amazon. ;-)  For that price,
it's a really nice little compact.  With the K adapter, it has some
fun macro/tele capabilities, but only with 2.8 or better lenses.  It
makes those "nifty fifties" interesting if hard to focus.

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Christine Aguila
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> When did you get the Q, Steve?
>
> Cheers, Christine
>
> On Jun 22, 2012, at 3:29 PM, Steven Desjardins  wrote:
>
>> http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-N2VG2FS/0/L/quarter-14a-L.jpg
>>
>> Trying to use a Pentax Q for Macro work.  Unfortunately, my attempts
>> have shown fabulous magnification for the M 50 macro f4 but even wide
>> open diffraction effects hurt the ultimate resolution,.  Here's a K50
>> 1.4 wide open, almost full crop, converted to B&W.
>>
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Re: The oldest living Nikon user.

[John Francis]

Maybe she's found that a flash adds nice catchlights to the eyes.


On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 02:07:27PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote:
> After all these years, still hasn't learned to get the flash off the camera. 
> :-)
> 
> Great!
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Don Guthrie  wrote:
> >
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> > some competition. This lovely lady next to me agreed to my taking her
> > picture only if she could take a picture of me taking a picture of her.
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Re: 2012 Photo Annual - Mark

[Postmaster]

Mark Roberts wrote:

>Jack Davis wrote:
>
>>Mark,
>>Do you have an estimated posting date for the 2012 annual preview?
>
>If the tracking information from FedEx is correct... later today!

Tracking web site just updated: No joy till tomorrow :(

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Re: OT: no Jobs...

[Joseph McAllister]

On Jun 22, 2012, at 07:07 , Charles Robinson wrote:

> On Jun 21, 2012, at 19:07, Jeffery Smith wrote:
> The best PIMs for Windows went belly up as they could not compete with 
> *free*. I continued to use my beloved Ecco for several more years with no 
> upgrades.
>> 
> 
> Holy crap, I'd forgotten about Ecco.
> 
> -Charles

So has everyone else. Except one.

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Re: OT: no Jobs...

[Joseph McAllister]

On Jun 21, 2012, at 17:00 , J.C. O'Connell wrote:

> MS isn't dominant already? Something like 90% of computers run windows OS.
> 

See? Micro¢oft  fanboys are fanatical too!

Apple aimed at a different demographic. Good people with kind dispositions and 
deep pockets.

MS offered Melba toast. Stale and crunchy. 


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Re: OT: no Jobs...

[Joseph McAllister]

On Jun 21, 2012, at 06:02 , William Robb wrote:

> On 21/06/2012 12:58 AM, Bob W wrote:
>> part of Apple's appeal seems to have come from Steve Jobs and the cool way
>> he managed product announcements. Somehow Steve Ballmer was never quite as
>> effective on stage, so it's no surprise to see someone else announcing
>> Windows Phone 8.
> 
> Funny thing is if it weren't for Jobs pretending he was the Second Coming 
> every time he had something to say to "his public" I might actually have 
> considered a Mac product.

I was under the impression that you considered yourself among that lot. Are you 
stepping down?

>> 
>> Ladies & gentlemen - give it up for...
>> 
>> ...Mr. Adolf Hitler!! Yaa-aa-aay!
> 
> That is a most unfortunate similarity.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I wonder what the reception's like in a bunker.
>> 
> So far I'm hearing very good things about Win8 (except from people who were 
> sucked in by Jesus Jobs, and who are still thinking Windows is Win95 on 
> crappy hardware).

It'll be a long time before Mr. Bill can hire enough ex-Apple employees to 
bring Windows along.

 
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Re: OT: no Jobs...

[Igor Roshchin]

And here is what's in the pipeline:
TaiChi from ASUS - hybrid vehi... err.. tablet.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/04/asus-taichi-notebook-tablet/

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Re: The oldest living Nikon user.

[Bruce Walker]

After all these years, still hasn't learned to get the flash off the camera. :-)

Great!


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> Last weekend I was photographing at a local dog show when I noticed I had
> some competition. This lovely lady next to me agreed to my taking her
> picture only if she could take a picture of me taking a picture of her.
>
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Re: pesos keeping cool today

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On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 1:52 AM, David Mann  wrote:
> On Jun 21, 2012, at 12:45 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
>
>> I usually hit the elephants, tigers, hippos and reptiles areas. Only
>> managed to get a few of this guy/gal trying to keep cool:
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15956174
>
> That's a very nice photo but I wish that blurred bit of fence wire wasn't 
> there.

I agree, but its dam hard not to get a bit of that big thick fence
with a 4.5-5.6 zoom. One day ill take the D200 and 70-200 f2.8 VR and
see if thats enough to get rid of the blur.

Dave
>
> I've been wondering what would happen if you tried shining a laser pointer 
> towards a tiger... would they chase it?
>
>> They have a bit of a mist falling from a fake umbrella tree, and this
>> one was utilizing it today:
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15956175
>
> I also have a soft spot for elephants.
>
> Dave
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Re: The oldest living Nikon user.

[David J Brooks]

Perfect

Dave

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> some competition. This lovely lady next to me agreed to my taking her
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>
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Re: The oldest living Nikon user.

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Great!  Cheers, Christine 



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> Last weekend I was photographing at a local dog show when I noticed I had 
> some competition. This lovely lady next to me agreed to my taking her picture 
> only if she could take a picture of me taking a picture of her.
> 
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The oldest living Nikon user.

[Don Guthrie]

Last weekend I was photographing at a local dog show when I noticed I 
had some competition. This lovely lady next to me agreed to my taking 
her picture only if she could take a picture of me taking a picture of her.



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Re: Peso: In Pentax We Trust

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When did you get the Q, Steve?

Cheers, Christine 

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> 
> Trying to use a Pentax Q for Macro work.  Unfortunately, my attempts
> have shown fabulous magnification for the M 50 macro f4 but even wide
> open diffraction effects hurt the ultimate resolution,.  Here's a K50
> 1.4 wide open, almost full crop, converted to B&W.
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Re: In Pentax We Trust

[kwaller]

The worst case of acne I've ever seen.   ;+]

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Subject: Peso: In Pentax We Trust



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Trying to use a Pentax Q for Macro work.  Unfortunately, my attempts
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open diffraction effects hurt the ultimate resolution,.  Here's a K50
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Re: OT - Lens Chess Set

[Igor Roshchin]

Or, better yet, - with _wizard_ chess pieces. ;-)

Igor


Thu Jun 21 21:06:13 EDT 2012
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

> Now that's a silly thing... Y'all know that the ONLY way to play chess
> properly is with human chess pieces. ]'-)
> 
> G
> 
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Igor Roshchin 
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Wow!
> > http://www.lensrentals.com/rent/canon/lenses/supertelephoto/lensrentals-chess-set
> > for less than $10k for 7 days, you can play chess with photo lenses.
> > (No Pentax lenses are damaged in the game.)
> >
> > Or you can purchase it for just over $151k (is that including $10k, - as
> > in RTO, or not?)
> > That's less than $5k a piece! WhatABurg.. WhatABargain!
> >
> > Say Cheese! :-)
> >
> > Igor

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Re: OT: no Jobs.

[Don Guthrie]

Let me weigh in on the original Windows Tablet as I bought one and still 
use it almost every day. It was functional and the handwriting worked as 
well or better than the Pilot but you could use natural letter structure 
unlike the Palms.


I would say the drawback was the 2 hr battery and the weight. Cradled in 
your arm while walking around was murder after about 30 min. My version 
was from HP and was a decent conventional small expensive laptop when 
not folded into tablet form. I use it daily to do the crossword puzzle 
of the day.


That said, otherwise I am a total Mac house now including a new Ipad.


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Re: Peso: In Pentax We Trust

[Bruce Walker]

I'd say that could use more side-light to add depth, Steve. It's
reasonably sharp but kinda flat looking. Sure is close and big though.
:-)

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> Trying to use a Pentax Q for Macro work.  Unfortunately, my attempts
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> open diffraction effects hurt the ultimate resolution,.  Here's a K50
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Re: PESO - PAD - Public Sculpture - Print-a-Day-21

[Bruce Walker]

This one really appeals to me, George. You used the flash masterfully
here -- hi-lighting the graffiti really makes the shot for me.

Tagging, this kind of mindless graffiti, is the new bird-droppings.
Unavoidable, inevitable, largely ignorable.


On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:05 AM, George Sinos  wrote:
> This is number 21 in the series "Print-a-Day for 30 Days."
>
> 
>
> This is a sculpture located in downtown Omaha.  I wonder if the artist
> considers the graffiti as a defacement or if it was expected as part
> of a public living art project?
>
> I selected this photo for the printing project because of the two
> strong colors and the gradient in the sky.  By the way, even though
> the photo was taken in bright sunlight, fill flash was needed to light
> the graffiti.
>
> gs
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Peso: In Pentax We Trust

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http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-N2VG2FS/0/L/quarter-14a-L.jpg

Trying to use a Pentax Q for Macro work.  Unfortunately, my attempts
have shown fabulous magnification for the M 50 macro f4 but even wide
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Re: 2012 Photo Annual - Mark

[Mark Roberts]

Jack Davis wrote:

>Mark,
>Do you have an estimated posting date for the 2012 annual preview?

If the tracking information from FedEx is correct... later today!
 
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2012 Photo Annual - Mark

[Jack Davis]

Mark,
Do you have an estimated posting date for the 2012 annual preview?
 
Thanks, 

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Re: OT: no Jobs...

[Charles Robinson]

On Jun 21, 2012, at 19:07, Jeffery Smith wrote:
 The best PIMs for Windows went belly up as they could not compete with *free*. 
I continued to use my beloved Ecco for several more years with no upgrades.
> 

Holy crap, I'd forgotten about Ecco.

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PESO - PAD - Public Sculpture - Print-a-Day-21

[George Sinos]

This is number 21 in the series "Print-a-Day for 30 Days."



This is a sculpture located in downtown Omaha.  I wonder if the artist
considers the graffiti as a defacement or if it was expected as part
of a public living art project?

I selected this photo for the printing project because of the two
strong colors and the gradient in the sky.  By the way, even though
the photo was taken in bright sunlight, fill flash was needed to light
the graffiti.

gs

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Re: Good SD card deal

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On Jun 22, 2012, at 4:56 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

> 
> On Jun 21, 2012, at 11:38 PM, Anthony Farr wrote:
> 
>> HP brand 32GB class 10 SD card for $20.99 at Amazon.com
>> 
>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007X7U224/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=photo-12-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007X7U224
> 
> I did some poking around, it looks like it's 15 or 20 MB/s, or about the same 
> as a SanDisk Extreme Class 6 by their calculations
> 
> The SanDisk Extreme 45 MB/s  32 GB card seems to go for just about $37 with 
> shipping from about five sources on Amazon.  It'll be $32 with $5 shipping, 
> $37 with free shipping and a few combinations in between.
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004Q3C98S/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
> 
> And it turns out that the SanDisk Extreme 16GB 45MB/s goes for $19 with 
> shipping, or $38 for 32GB.
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0037FLUYU/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all

And $19.95 from a vendor you can trust. SanDisk counterfeits were once quite 
common. Not sure about now.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=sandisk+extreme+sdhc+16&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma
> 
> 
>> 
>> I saw it here:
>> http://www.photographybay.com/2012/06/16/32gb-class-10-sdhc-card-for-21/?awt_l=CE3oF&awt_m=K4EXCNiEUv62xu
>> 
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A couple of pesos from tonight's dance

[Larry Colen]

A couple shots that I particularly liked from tonight's dance:

Andrew and someone whose name I've forgotten:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7419178864/

Kat and Ryan:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7419181652/

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Re: Good SD card deal

[Jeffery Smith]

That is the ONLY card that will work in my M8. I bought five of them.

Sent from my iPad

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> HP brand 32GB class 10 SD card for $20.99 at Amazon.com
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007X7U224/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=photo-12-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007X7U224
> 
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> http://www.photographybay.com/2012/06/16/32gb-class-10-sdhc-card-for-21/?awt_l=CE3oF&awt_m=K4EXCNiEUv62xu
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Re: Good SD card deal

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On Jun 21, 2012, at 11:38 PM, Anthony Farr wrote:

> HP brand 32GB class 10 SD card for $20.99 at Amazon.com
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007X7U224/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=photo-12-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007X7U224

I did some poking around, it looks like it's 15 or 20 MB/s, or about the same 
as a SanDisk Extreme Class 6 by their calculations

The SanDisk Extreme 45 MB/s  32 GB card seems to go for just about $37 with 
shipping from about five sources on Amazon.  It'll be $32 with $5 shipping, $37 
with free shipping and a few combinations in between.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004Q3C98S/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

And it turns out that the SanDisk Extreme 16GB 45MB/s goes for $19 with 
shipping, or $38 for 32GB.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0037FLUYU/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all


> 
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> http://www.photographybay.com/2012/06/16/32gb-class-10-sdhc-card-for-21/?awt_l=CE3oF&awt_m=K4EXCNiEUv62xu
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Re: OT: no Jobs...

[Christine Aguila]

I've got the same set up as Steve.  I see lots of similarities, but I do like 
using Mac hardware--very elegant.  Cheers, Christine 



On Jun 21, 2012, at 2:32 PM, Steven Desjardins  wrote:

> I use Win7 at work and have a Mac at home and I have no strong
> preference.  I'd like to see MS challenge Apple simple because I
> don't' like to see any company become too dominant.
> 
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 9:02 AM, William Robb
>  wrote:
>> On 21/06/2012 12:58 AM, Bob W wrote:
>>> 
>>> part of Apple's appeal seems to have come from Steve Jobs and the cool way
>>> he managed product announcements. Somehow Steve Ballmer was never quite as
>>> effective on stage, so it's no surprise to see someone else announcing
>>> Windows Phone 8.
>> 
>> 
>> Funny thing is if it weren't for Jobs pretending he was the Second Coming
>> every time he had something to say to "his public" I might actually have
>> considered a Mac product.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Ladies & gentlemen - give it up for...
>>> 
>>> ...Mr. Adolf Hitler!! Yaa-aa-aay!
>> 
>> 
>> That is a most unfortunate similarity.
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I wonder what the reception's like in a bunker.
>>> 
>> So far I'm hearing very good things about Win8 (except from people who were
>> sucked in by Jesus Jobs, and who are still thinking Windows is Win95 on
>> crappy hardware).
>> 
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Re: OT: no Jobs...

[Anthony Farr]

  IIRC, tablet PCs had about the same On 22 June 2012 12:49, Daniel J.
Matyola  wrote:
> Microsoft's first tablet was just as worthless.  There were no "apps,"
> and that is what produces the utility of the iPad and its knock-offs.
> Dan Matyola
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
>

That comment puzzled me, so I did some reading.  FWIW, Wikipedia's
page on Tablet PC had this statement,
'According to a 2001 Microsoft definition[5] of the term, "Microsoft
Tablet PCs" are pen-based, fully functional x86 PCs with handwriting
and voice recognition functionality.'  So how can you say there were
'no apps' for it, when it could run any Windows software that its
hardware resources could support?  Obviously Photoshop would have been
too big an ask for one of these computing lightweights, but Windows
compatible software with a small footprint has always been there for
anyone lacking a big-brand fixation.  For example IrfanView has been
around since 1996, and has such a tiny footprint that even my old
400MHz Win98 box hardly knew when it was running  Over the years I've
used plenty of tiny apps, and probably half of those were pre 2001
when I was finding my way around a PC for the first time.

My understanding is that Tablet PC never took off because stylus input
was unpopular.  Apple did away with the stylus, expanded on the
flexibility of gesture controls, and scored a hit with an otherwise
similar form factor.

regards, Anthony

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