Re: When did equipment get so cheap?
The first computer I ever used was a HP85, built in monitor, tape drive, and BASIC. I forget what these cost, but we used a quite a few of these as instrument controllers at work in both engineering and production. On 2/13/2014 2:42 AM, John Coyle wrote: Very first computer I ever specified and bought for my employer was an HP86A, green screen, 2 * 5.25 floppies, plug-in 64k memory module, Epson M1500 printer and an HP plotter - bargain at $13,500! My *istD I bought for a heavily discounted $1900 direct from the importer. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of CollinB Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2014 10:47 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: When did equipment get so cheap? Yeah, that's it. The same sort of thing happened with PC's. Remember what the first XT's cost? Alan C When I was selling Apple ][ plus computers, people would spend $2500+ on the system to run a $200 VisiCalc program. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Anti virus spyware programs
I second John's suggestion but I use Comodo firewall instead of the MS product, far more configurable. On 13 February 2014 18:23, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Bill, if you are using Windows 7 or later, MS Security Essentials does a pretty good job, without needing anything more. I also use Trend Micro's Titanium Maximum Security on older Pc's, and I have not had a virus slip through for a very long time. Of course, I'm also careful about what I open in email or download from anywhere! HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Thursday, 13 February 2014 2:19 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: Anti virus spyware programs After a decade at least of not running any sort of antivirus, I am giving some thought to installing some sort of anti virus/spyware program. What's the consensus on what is a good but not bloated AV program. The last one I ran was a Norton program that was almost worse than getting a virus, so if they have suddenly become good, it might take some convincing. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Bare Tree
Superb, Frank! Very high contrast, beautifully balance. There's a crunch to it -- I don't know what made me say that, but there you go. Definitely one of my faves of yours. On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 11:00 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: It was snowing down at The Lake last weekend. Such a difference down there as compared to the lush summer, but still beautiful in its own way: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2014/02/bare-tree.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Anti virus spyware programs
I'm generally not a fan of Microsoft products, but this one is free and actually works very well: Microsoft Security Essentials http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download It is not only virus protection, but also protects you from spyware (like Malwarebytes does, which is another excellent product but costs $29 to turn on the real time protection). It also does not bog down your system as Symantec/Norton/MacAfee do. On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:28 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com: After a decade at least of not running any sort of antivirus, I am giving some thought to installing some sort of anti virus/spyware program. What's the consensus on what is a good but not bloated AV program. The last one I ran was a Norton program that was almost worse than getting a virus, so if they have suddenly become good, it might take some convincing. Another vote for Avast (free). It updates itself regularly and hasn't (as far as I know) let anything nasty through. You do get regular messages suggesting you upgrade to the paid version but they're easily ignored... -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: F104's revisited - especially for Frank!
I remember an RAF Vulcan (44 Sqn) stationed in Salisbury, Rhodesia in 1959/60 for a couple of months (still in the days of the Federation of Rhodesia Nyasaland) mostly on an aerial photography mission to aid the updating of maps. I suppose that would all be done by satellite photography today. Alan C -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 5:10 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: F104's revisited - especially for Frank! Every aircraft has to be judged by its function and service era. The Starfighter F-104 was an interceptor designed to climb quickly to high altitude and fire missiles at incoming bombers. That mission was taken over by ground based missiles almost before the Starfighter came into service. The USAF tried to use it in Viet Nam, but it was totally unsuited to the climate and mission. It was, however, one of the sexiest designs ever. The Vulcan was a heavy bomber, designed for the type of air-ground missions that fortunately were never required. It was an innovative machine with a unique, memorable design, and served many nations quite well. The F-4 Phantom II was one of the most versatile aircraft ever made, fulfilling several functions over a long period of time. Its Mach 2 speed and ability to carry almost any weapon, made it the vehicle of choice in the West for several decades. I always though it a beautiful aircraft, with its coke-bottle fuselage, dihedral wings and anhedral horizontal stabilizer, but I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. G The other airplane in which I flew, the A-6 Intruder, is what I consider to be an ugly bird: http://www.veteran.com/content/a6a-intruder http://www.veteran.com/content/a6a-intruder-vma%28aw%29533-nighthawks For sheer beauty, my favorite military airplane is the gull-winged F-4U Corsair from WW II: http://www.aviation-history.com/vought/f4u.html That was a very tough plane to land and take-off, from what I have heard, but in the air, it's distinctive shape is unforgettable. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Anti virus spyware programs
El 13/02/2014 5:19, Bill escribió: After a decade at least of not running any sort of antivirus, I am giving some thought to installing some sort of anti virus/spyware program. What's the consensus on what is a good but not bloated AV program. The last one I ran was a Norton program that was almost worse than getting a virus, so if they have suddenly become good, it might take some convincing. I use AVG in all my computers, both at home and at work. It is fast and doesn't suck up the OS resources. Carlos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Incipient Beer
Sounds lovely, Rick. I'm guessing that your primary fermenter is a 5 gallon carboy (not a 6) by the lack of headspace. You might want to build a Burton Union, if you haven't already, to help reclaim some of that blown off yeast: http://byo.com/stories/item/351-build-a-burton-union-system-projects On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Maris Otter malt, crystal malt, Target and Kent Goldings hops, Wyeast London Ale III yeast... In a month, it should be lovely. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17681808 or http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17681808-lg.jpg (K-5, FA 24-90, lit with an LED flashlight) Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: When did equipment get so cheap?
What were the exchange rates back then and how much of that cost was VAT or other import duties? On 2/13/2014 2:42 AM, John Coyle wrote: Very first computer I ever specified and bought for my employer was an HP86A, green screen, 2 * 5.25 floppies, plug-in 64k memory module, Epson M1500 printer and an HP plotter - bargain at $13,500! My *istD I bought for a heavily discounted $1900 direct from the importer. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of CollinB Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2014 10:47 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: When did equipment get so cheap? Yeah, that's it. The same sort of thing happened with PC's. Remember what the first XT's cost? Alan C When I was selling Apple ][ plus computers, people would spend $2500+ on the system to run a $200 VisiCalc program. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Winter Weather Advisory ... again UPDATE II - Crisis Point
I'VE RUN OUT OF LIMES! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Winter Weather Advisory ... again UPDATE II - Crisis Point
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:49 AM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: I'VE RUN OUT OF LIMES! Scurvy shouldn't set in for at least another hour or two. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: When did equipment get so cheap?
Thinking back on it, I don't even know what the first computer I used was. We handed in our punch cards at the window came back the next day to get a printout so we could see if the program had run. Besides that, the only thing I remember is the telephone bill came on an IBM punch card that had to be returned with payment, and those cards fit into the card punch machine so I could write rude messages to the phone company before sending them back. The first computer I ever owned was a 16Mhz Emerson PC-AT clone with a 40meg harddrive 5-14 floppy drive DOS 3.3 and a modem. I don't remember now, but it may have even had a CGA display. On 2/13/2014 3:10 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: The first computer I ever used was a HP85, built in monitor, tape drive, and BASIC. I forget what these cost, but we used a quite a few of these as instrument controllers at work in both engineering and production. On 2/13/2014 2:42 AM, John Coyle wrote: Very first computer I ever specified and bought for my employer was an HP86A, green screen, 2 * 5.25 floppies, plug-in 64k memory module, Epson M1500 printer and an HP plotter - bargain at $13,500! My *istD I bought for a heavily discounted $1900 direct from the importer. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of CollinB Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2014 10:47 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: When did equipment get so cheap? Yeah, that's it. The same sort of thing happened with PC's. Remember what the first XT's cost? Alan C When I was selling Apple ][ plus computers, people would spend $2500+ on the system to run a $200 VisiCalc program. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Winter Weather Advisory ... again UPDATE II - Crisis Point
On 2/13/2014 9:54 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:49 AM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: I'VE RUN OUT OF LIMES! Scurvy shouldn't set in for at least another hour or two. Yeah, but some time later today, I'm going to have to brave the elements and go out to forage for supplies. Just to be on the safe side, I better pick up a bottle of tonic as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - Think I'll stay in today
http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Anti virus spyware programs
On 2/12/2014 11:19 PM, Bill wrote: After a decade at least of not running any sort of antivirus, I am giving some thought to installing some sort of anti virus/spyware program. What's the consensus on what is a good but not bloated AV program. The last one I ran was a Norton program that was almost worse than getting a virus, so if they have suddenly become good, it might take some convincing. bill PC Magazine has an article about antivirus software online this month where they tested 45 programs. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372364,00.asp I use a combination of AVG, NoScript and a Hosts file. I think McAffee has a deal with Mozilla, because I used to get a prompt to install McAffee whenever there was an update to Firefox. Another free anti-virus that I've heard good things about is Avast. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Winter Weather Advisory ... again UPDATE II - Crisis Point
It's time you learned to take your Tequila straight. Jack - Original Message - From: John johnsess...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 6:49 AM Subject: Re: Winter Weather Advisory ... again UPDATE II - Crisis Point I'VE RUN OUT OF LIMES! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Love that. Very painterly. Subtle color and a gentle feel. Paul On Feb 13, 2014, at 10:11 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Slide digitizer: 2 people with the same idea
the words 'simply modification' are not my friend Dave On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Digitizing large numbers of slides has been mentioned by some PDMLers in the past. You may have seen this post on Petapixel of a Canon user that can scan almost 1,000 slides per hour, almost entirely automatically. http://petapixel.com/2014/02/11/neat-diy-projector-rig-lets-digitize-15-slides-per-minute-automatically/#more-129774 On the heels of that post yesterday, a Pentax user on dpreview posts his setup which he claims 1800 slides/hour semi-automatically http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/53102651 -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Great shot! And I agree... :-) Godfrey On Feb 13, 2014, at 7:11 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
You captured the day exactly, Ann. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: Great shot! And I agree... :-) Godfrey On Feb 13, 2014, at 7:11 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Love this, Ann. Nice angle and bicycle wheels emphasizing the snow depth. Soft tones are very appealing. Jack - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 7:11 AM Subject: PESO - Think I'll stay in today http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Love it, Ann! Have some cocoa. -- Walt On 2/13/2014 9:11 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: When did equipment get so cheap?
The first computer I ever used was at the Canadian National Exhibition when I was about ten. I gave the lady fifty cents and after a minute I was handed five punch cards with my fortune printed on them. I became very suspicious of this almost immediately and I've never really trusted computers since then. On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:03 AM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Thinking back on it, I don't even know what the first computer I used was. We handed in our punch cards at the window came back the next day to get a printout so we could see if the program had run. Besides that, the only thing I remember is the telephone bill came on an IBM punch card that had to be returned with payment, and those cards fit into the card punch machine so I could write rude messages to the phone company before sending them back. The first computer I ever owned was a 16Mhz Emerson PC-AT clone with a 40meg harddrive 5-14 floppy drive DOS 3.3 and a modem. I don't remember now, but it may have even had a CGA display. On 2/13/2014 3:10 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: The first computer I ever used was a HP85, built in monitor, tape drive, and BASIC. I forget what these cost, but we used a quite a few of these as instrument controllers at work in both engineering and production. On 2/13/2014 2:42 AM, John Coyle wrote: Very first computer I ever specified and bought for my employer was an HP86A, green screen, 2 * 5.25 floppies, plug-in 64k memory module, Epson M1500 printer and an HP plotter - bargain at $13,500! My *istD I bought for a heavily discounted $1900 direct from the importer. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of CollinB Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2014 10:47 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: When did equipment get so cheap? Yeah, that's it. The same sort of thing happened with PC's. Remember what the first XT's cost? Alan C When I was selling Apple ][ plus computers, people would spend $2500+ on the system to run a $200 VisiCalc program. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO: Today's Snow
My back deck this morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682394 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
You still in Hawaii? Jack ;-) - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:12 AM Subject: PESO: Today's Snow My back deck this morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682394 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: When did equipment get so cheap?
I first encountered computers when I was a physics major at Dartmouth College. My math prof was John Kemeny, then chairman of the Math Department, and later president of the college: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Kemeny Kemeny wanted some of the physics majors to work with him on a computer language he was developing -- which turned out to be the original form of BASIC, also know as Dartmouth BASIC. We went to the computer building and did a few of the exercises, but the whole process of punch cards and print outs took took much time and patience. Besides, we had our slide rules, so why would we want to use computers? Kemeny and BASIC went on to success and fame, Dartmouth got some money from the copyright to BASIC for years, and I switched from Physics to International relations and eventually to law school, and that has made all the difference. G Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: The first computer I ever used was at the Canadian National Exhibition when I was about ten. I gave the lady fifty cents and after a minute I was handed five punch cards with my fortune printed on them. I became very suspicious of this almost immediately and I've never really trusted computers since then. On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:03 AM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Thinking back on it, I don't even know what the first computer I used was. We handed in our punch cards at the window came back the next day to get a printout so we could see if the program had run. Besides that, the only thing I remember is the telephone bill came on an IBM punch card that had to be returned with payment, and those cards fit into the card punch machine so I could write rude messages to the phone company before sending them back. The first computer I ever owned was a 16Mhz Emerson PC-AT clone with a 40meg harddrive 5-14 floppy drive DOS 3.3 and a modem. I don't remember now, but it may have even had a CGA display. On 2/13/2014 3:10 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: The first computer I ever used was a HP85, built in monitor, tape drive, and BASIC. I forget what these cost, but we used a quite a few of these as instrument controllers at work in both engineering and production. On 2/13/2014 2:42 AM, John Coyle wrote: Very first computer I ever specified and bought for my employer was an HP86A, green screen, 2 * 5.25 floppies, plug-in 64k memory module, Epson M1500 printer and an HP plotter - bargain at $13,500! My *istD I bought for a heavily discounted $1900 direct from the importer. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of CollinB Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2014 10:47 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: When did equipment get so cheap? Yeah, that's it. The same sort of thing happened with PC's. Remember what the first XT's cost? Alan C When I was selling Apple ][ plus computers, people would spend $2500+ on the system to run a $200 VisiCalc program. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
I think it works better if it is cropped vertically with everything from the yellow poles - right gone. Looks like it is coming down in CLUMPS. On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Love it, Ann! Have some cocoa. -- Walt On 2/13/2014 9:11 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
Obviously not; I'm back home in New Jersey. I missed three major snow storms, but lived through a few smaller ones before leaving for Maui, and now I get clobbered with this monster storm. Of course, I have two important transactions scheduled for today at work. So far, the township has not touched my street or the feeder leading to it, so I am snowbound, for the time being. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: You still in Hawaii? Jack ;-) - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:12 AM Subject: PESO: Today's Snow My back deck this morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682394 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
It was SO obvious, I thought I'd play a bit. Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:32 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Today's Snow Obviously not; I'm back home in New Jersey. I missed three major snow storms, but lived through a few smaller ones before leaving for Maui, and now I get clobbered with this monster storm. Of course, I have two important transactions scheduled for today at work. So far, the township has not touched my street or the feeder leading to it, so I am snowbound, for the time being. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: You still in Hawaii? Jack ;-) - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:12 AM Subject: PESO: Today's Snow My back deck this morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682394 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: When did equipment get so cheap?
I first encountered computers when I was a physics major at Dartmouth College. My math prof was John Kemeny, then chairman of the Math Department, and later president of the college: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Kemeny Kemeny wanted some of the physics majors to work with him on a computer language he was developing -- which turned out to be the original form of BASIC, also know as Dartmouth BASIC. We went to the computer building and did a few of the exercises, but the whole process of punch cards and print outs took took much time and patience. Besides, we had our slide rules, so why would we want to use computers? Kemeny and BASIC went on to success and fame, Dartmouth got some money from the copyright to BASIC for years, and I switched from Physics to International relations and eventually to law school, and that has made all the difference. G Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: The first computer I ever used was at the Canadian National Exhibition when I was about ten. I gave the lady fifty cents and after a minute I was handed five punch cards with my fortune printed on them. I became very suspicious of this almost immediately and I've never really trusted computers since then. On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:03 AM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Thinking back on it, I don't even know what the first computer I used was. We handed in our punch cards at the window came back the next day to get a printout so we could see if the program had run. Besides that, the only thing I remember is the telephone bill came on an IBM punch card that had to be returned with payment, and those cards fit into the card punch machine so I could write rude messages to the phone company before sending them back. The first computer I ever owned was a 16Mhz Emerson PC-AT clone with a 40meg harddrive 5-14 floppy drive DOS 3.3 and a modem. I don't remember now, but it may have even had a CGA display. On 2/13/2014 3:10 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: The first computer I ever used was a HP85, built in monitor, tape drive, and BASIC. I forget what these cost, but we used a quite a few of these as instrument controllers at work in both engineering and production. On 2/13/2014 2:42 AM, John Coyle wrote: Very first computer I ever specified and bought for my employer was an HP86A, green screen, 2 * 5.25 floppies, plug-in 64k memory module, Epson M1500 printer and an HP plotter - bargain at $13,500! My *istD I bought for a heavily discounted $1900 direct from the importer. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of CollinB Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2014 10:47 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: When did equipment get so cheap? Yeah, that's it. The same sort of thing happened with PC's. Remember what the first XT's cost? Alan C When I was selling Apple ][ plus computers, people would spend $2500+ on the system to run a $200 VisiCalc program. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PDML Photo Annual
Submissions are still being accepted for the sixth annual PDML photo book. You have a little over two weeks left to send in your best 3 shots. Please don't wait till the end! http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/pdmlbook.php We have some great photos thus far but there's still room for more... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Well Ann, you managed to make the city in snowstorm look wonderful. It is 35 and sunny here today so help is on the way. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 1 Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 10:11:50 -0500 From: Ann Sanfedeleann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Think I'll stay in today Message-ID:52fce0b6.2060...@nyc.rr.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
Remember kids, February is Check the batteries in your humor detector Month. Each year, hundreds of people are injured or die simply due to ignoring this simple maintenance procedure. Don't let it happen to YOU. On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: It was SO obvious, I thought I'd play a bit. Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:32 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Today's Snow Obviously not; I'm back home in New Jersey. I missed three major snow storms, but lived through a few smaller ones before leaving for Maui, and now I get clobbered with this monster storm. Of course, I have two important transactions scheduled for today at work. So far, the township has not touched my street or the feeder leading to it, so I am snowbound, for the time being. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: You still in Hawaii? Jack ;-) - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:12 AM Subject: PESO: Today's Snow My back deck this morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682394 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
Gosh Dan, I hope you took that with a remote camera whilst you were on the beach. If not welcome back to mainland madness. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 10 Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 11:12:43 -0500 From: Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Today's Snow Message-ID: CAOmwt1zVbUhh1V6nZhs5KpHhTqfTOKy=mldjvfqcicp95mc...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 My back deck this morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682394 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmaty -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Love the shot! The colors, the streaks of snow and sleet, the umbrella, the bicycle, the colors--just great! However, I did not particularly love walking a mile to work through this crap (8 inches of it, more coming), and the way home won't be much fun either. Rick On Feb 13, 2014, at 10:11 , Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Sunny and 45 degrees in Nebraska. Our accumulation is melting. It is rare we get to brag about any weather in Nebraska, so have to take advantage of it. :) On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Love the shot! The colors, the streaks of snow and sleet, the umbrella, the bicycle, the colors--just great! However, I did not particularly love walking a mile to work through this crap (8 inches of it, more coming), and the way home won't be much fun either. Rick On Feb 13, 2014, at 10:11 , Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Ann Very nice capture and to be honest glad the bulk of all that snow has missed us here in Nashville. It is rather funny it is way South of us and to the North but this year just a dusting has landed here. On 2/13/2014 11:02 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: Well Ann, you managed to make the city in snowstorm look wonderful. It is 35 and sunny here today so help is on the way. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 1 Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 10:11:50 -0500 From: Ann Sanfedeleann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Think I'll stay in today Message-ID:52fce0b6.2060...@nyc.rr.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- Jeffery Johnson Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Stop Presses! Sigma announces lens for Pentax mount
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014, Miserere wrote: The 30mm f/1. 4: http://photorumors.com/2014/02/10/sigma-announced-30mm-f1-4-dc-hsm-lens-for-pentax-and-sony-cameras/ Is it me our has it been a while since any 3rd party lenses came out in K mount? Yeah, it's you. According to dpreview.com, the following lenses have been announced recently:: Sigma 18-200 Samyang 10mm Samyang 16mm Sigma 18-35 -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
Dan, Looks a lot like mine, but several days of sunshine have caused some melting. Welcome home... Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: My back deck this morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682394 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: When did equipment get so cheap?
On 13/2/14, John, discombobulated, unleashed: What were the exchange rates back then When I was in my early teens in California, my grandmother back in England would send mea 1 pound note in my birthday card. U gave it to my dad, and he gave me nearly 5 bucks for it !! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Lovely! (And, FWIW, I love the crop.) - Marco On Feb 13, 2014, at 7:11 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?
I'm impressed! I think that looks as good as my K100D, when it's set to ISO 800. On 2/9/2014 3:45 AM, Larry Colen wrote: With the K-5, I often shoot in excess of ISO 6400. This set of a burrowing owl was shot with the K-5 at ISO 10,000. I consider it much better than merely satisfactory. http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157634684347823/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?
Thanks everyone, for all the very helpful comments! The more I research it, the more I believe buying a used K-30 is the camera that will give me the most value for my money. I've seen reviews that said the video mode had some limitations, but I'm not buying a DSLR for video. Any little video-mode quirks, like the lack of an external microphone jack, aren't very important to me. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Fluctuating between 31 33 degrees with mixed snow, sleet rain. On 2/13/2014 12:12 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Sunny and 45 degrees in Nebraska. Our accumulation is melting. It is rare we get to brag about any weather in Nebraska, so have to take advantage of it. :) On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Love the shot! The colors, the streaks of snow and sleet, the umbrella, the bicycle, the colors--just great! However, I did not particularly love walking a mile to work through this crap (8 inches of it, more coming), and the way home won't be much fun either. Rick On Feb 13, 2014, at 10:11 , Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: When did equipment get so cheap?
On 2/13/2014 12:50 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 13/2/14, John, discombobulated, unleashed: What were the exchange rates back then When I was in my early teens in California, my grandmother back in England would send mea 1 pound note in my birthday card. U gave it to my dad, and he gave me nearly 5 bucks for it !! The pound sterling was worth something back when there was still a British Empire. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
Do you believe in global warming? Alan C -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 6:12 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Today's Snow My back deck this morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682394 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Winter Weather Advisory ... again UPDATE II - Crisis Point
Mission accomplished. I got limes and another bottle of tonic. The governor wants everyone to stay off the roads. Fortunately there's a small grocery within walking distance of my house. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
A Few K-30 Questions
I was hoping someone could answer a few questions I have about the Pentax K-30. Some of these are a bit obscure, and aren't things you commonly find mentioned in most online reviews. 1) I know it has live view, but can that live view be displayed on an external monitor of some sort? 2) Is it possible to control the camera's aperture and shutter speed remotely? 3) Is it possible to shoot tethered at all? 4) It's not a deal breaker for me, if the K-30 can't do those first 3 things, but it would be a huge bonus. If the K-30 can't do those things, is there a Pentax DSLR that can? 5) With my old Pentax DSLR, it's extremely difficult for me to achieve critical focus when using manual lenses. (It has no live view, and no focus peeking.) Since the K-30 has live view, with magnification and focus peeking, I would think accurately focusing an older manual lens would be very easy. Am I correct? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Winter Weather Advisory ... again UPDATE II - Crisis Point
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Winter Weather Advisory ... again UPDATE II - Crisis Point It's time you learned to take your Tequila straight. Or Gin. Jack - Original Message - From: John johnsess...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 6:49 AM Subject: Re: Winter Weather Advisory ... again UPDATE II - Crisis Point I'VE RUN OUT OF LIMES! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A Few K-30 Questions
K-30 manual available here (under Support section of US Ricoh site): http://c758710.r10.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/support/manual/1340052607_Manual_K-30_EN.pdf Might address your questions… stan On Feb 13, 2014, at 1:57 PM, Glen Berry g...@glenvision.com wrote: I was hoping someone could answer a few questions I have about the Pentax K-30. Some of these are a bit obscure, and aren't things you commonly find mentioned in most online reviews. 1) I know it has live view, but can that live view be displayed on an external monitor of some sort? 2) Is it possible to control the camera's aperture and shutter speed remotely? 3) Is it possible to shoot tethered at all? 4) It's not a deal breaker for me, if the K-30 can't do those first 3 things, but it would be a huge bonus. If the K-30 can't do those things, is there a Pentax DSLR that can? 5) With my old Pentax DSLR, it's extremely difficult for me to achieve critical focus when using manual lenses. (It has no live view, and no focus peeking.) Since the K-30 has live view, with magnification and focus peeking, I would think accurately focusing an older manual lens would be very easy. Am I correct? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO: House on Wheels
I managed to take some more photos of the house having its foundation repairs yesterday. I've included the recent peso as the first image. 6 photos. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/gallery/54/#geso Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Winter Weather Advisory ... again UPDATE II - Crisis Point
On Feb 13, 2014, at 1:59 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Mission accomplished. I got limes and another bottle of tonic. The governor wants everyone to stay off the roads. Fortunately there's a small grocery within walking distance of my house. Hopefully you didn’t have to walk in the road! Wouldn’t want to annoy the Gov. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Nice capture Ann. Enjoy the scene. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: PESO - Think I'll stay in today http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A Few K-30 Questions
Thanks for the link. That might help a bit. I noticed this odd warning near the beginning of the manual: Depending on your individual factors or physical condition, the use of the camera may cause itching, rashes or blisters. In case of any abnormality, stop using the camera and get medical attention immediately. I know that's just a CYA sort of statement, but they make it sound like the camera body is made from molded radioactive toxic waste or something! lol On 2/13/2014 2:17 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: K-30 manual available here (under Support section of US Ricoh site): http://c758710.r10.cf2.rackcdn.com/files/support/manual/1340052607_Manual_K-30_EN.pdf Might address your questions… stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO : 'Snow More'
With all the talk about snow, I thought the list might be interested in seeing what the seasonal total is so far as of February 7th in Suttons Bay, Michigan. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682550 This has been a 'good old' winter around here. We haven't had one like this since the 70's. The keeper of the 'snow meter' is worried he won't have enought room on the meter to finish out the season! Suttons Bay is located in the Leelanau Peninsula, in the northern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan, about 10 miles north of my place in Traverse City, Michigan. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Lovely scene. Captured beautifully as always, Ann. Cheers, frank On 13 February, 2014 10:11:50 AM EST, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: When did equipment get so cheap?
On 2/12/2014 7:46 AM, CollinB wrote: Yeah, that's it. The same sort of thing happened with PC's. Remember what the first XT's cost? Alan C When I was selling Apple ][ plus computers, people would spend $2500+ on the system to run a $200 VisiCalc program. John I remember John Dvorak writing in PC magazine that what Moore's Law really meant was that while computing power would double every 18 months or so, the computer you'd *want* would always cost $2500. One other thing: Retail price points. A retailer will keep whatever price point is necessary to make a living. That's why kit packages exist -- combined margin. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
I don't like that word believe. Has too many meanings. And it's loaded. I prefer to say I ~accept~ that global warming (itself a loaded term - climate change is better) is a reality, based on the evidence. Cheers, frank On 13 February, 2014 1:57:32 PM EST, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: Do you believe in global warming? Alan C -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 6:12 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Today's Snow My back deck this morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682394 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Pentax images from CP+ yesterday
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawari/sets/72157640923259795/with/12498902424/ A lot of shots of the new 645D 2014 and a couple of the film duplicator. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
An excellent shot, Ann. Provides a very strong argument in favour of staying inside. :) On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
Since this is an empistemological matter, perhaps 'accept the premise' would be more precise. I don't like that word believe. Has too many meanings. And it's loaded. I prefer to say I ~accept~ that global warming (itself a loaded term - climate change is better) is a reality, based on the evidence. Cheers, frank On 13 February, 2014 1:57:32 PM EST, Alan C cole at lantic.net wrote: Do you believe in global warming? Alan C -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO : 'Snow More'
I'm sure much of that snow was expected to fall on California. We're in a severe drought situation and the ski resorts are trying to get by on the man-made stuff. So, all the snow talk out here is about how much Michigan owes us. Jack - Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 11:40 AM Subject: PESO : 'Snow More' With all the talk about snow, I thought the list might be interested in seeing what the seasonal total is so far as of February 7th in Suttons Bay, Michigan. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682550 This has been a 'good old' winter around here. We haven't had one like this since the 70's. The keeper of the 'snow meter' is worried he won't have enought room on the meter to finish out the season! Suttons Bay is located in the Leelanau Peninsula, in the northern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan, about 10 miles north of my place in Traverse City, Michigan. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I'm Back
Quoting sup8pdct sup8p...@clubtelco.com: This is a different view of the bungles in wa. It is from a lookout that one has to walk to. It is a panorama merged from 4 images in photoshop and cropped. No other work was done to it. http://i1325.photobucket.com/albums/u626/sup8pdct/bungles_zpsa5f81e29.jpg Excellent pano although it probably needs to be seen much larger to fully appreciate that landscape. Still jealous of your trip :-) -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Photo Annual
Hi Mark, On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 12:00:53 -0500 Mark Roberts wrote: Submissions are still being accepted for the sixth annual PDML photo book. You have a little over two weeks left to send in your best 3 shots. Please don't wait till the end! I'll try to select and send in three over the next week or so. Have not been well enough (health wise) the last month to do anything useful, but slowly recovering, and don't want to miss the books deadline :) http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/pdmlbook.php We have some great photos thus far but there's still room for more... Good :) Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- This email was Anti Virus checked by Astaro Security Gateway. http://www.astaro.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Winter Weather Advisory ... again UPDATE II - Crisis Point
On 2/13/2014 2:18 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: On Feb 13, 2014, at 1:59 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Mission accomplished. I got limes and another bottle of tonic. The governor wants everyone to stay off the roads. Fortunately there's a small grocery within walking distance of my house. Hopefully you didn’t have to walk in the road! Wouldn’t want to annoy the Gov. stan I didn't vote for him. Don't matter to me whether he's annoyed or not. But, I did stay on the sidewalks (where they exist). Wouldn't be a big deal if I'd driven. The one major street I have to use was plowed clear. I walked because I need the exercise I don't want to be another of those idiots out on the roads. I could handle it if I had a job that required me to be out there, like a cop or fireman who had to go to work, but I don't, so I get to leave the car home. The street I live on never gets plowed. It's not important enough. For that I have dig myself out. Tomorrow is supposed to be up in the low 40s I think the schools will be open again, so all the soccer moms in their SUVs will be running up down the street and friction heating should take care of the slush. I don't know what's going on with the weather right now. I went outside a few minutes ago there's a light misty rain AND snow falling simultaneously. Local weather is showing temperature dew point the same. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Lenovo Computers
A year ago, I bought my wife a Lenovo laptop. Apparently these machines aren't the best there is, but this was for very light home use, my wife does nothing with a home computer beyond a bit of web surfing. She doesn't even have a home email address. Anyway, she told me a month ago that the keyboard was faulty, and several keys didn't work. Apparently, the Lenovo warranty is one year, and the machine was off warranty by manufacture date. Eventually, I was able to get Lenovo to extend the warranty to the retail sales date, so I took it in to the shop where a bad keyboard was diagnosed. The repair depot has now decided that they have no knowledge of the computer coming in to be looked at, and now the warranty has expired. Note to self, do not EVER buy another Lenovo computer. Friends don't let friends buy Lenovo. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Announcement: Pentax 16GB FLU-CARD delayed
It appears that Pentax announced yesterday that they aren't going to meet their previously announced late Feb. release date (if I'm interpreting my Google Chrome's translation of japanese correctly) http://news.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/rim_info/2014/20140213_004712.html -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Announcement: Pentax 16GB FLU-CARD delayed
On 13/02/2014 3:37 PM, Darren Addy wrote: It appears that Pentax announced yesterday that they aren't going to meet their previously announced late Feb. release date (if I'm interpreting my Google Chrome's translation of japanese correctly) http://news.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/rim_info/2014/20140213_004712.html My pusher called me yesterday with the news. Apparently the disaster in the Philippines is responsible. I told her to go ahead and order me a Fuji X-T1 and 23mm lens. Yes, I over react sometimes. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO: Rowing at Dawn
Some more (8) photos from Wanaka. I'm not too happy with the rendering on some of them, there was a little haze in the air which made the sky hard to work with. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/gallery/55/#geso Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
On Feb 13, 2014, at 3:13 PM, CollinB coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Since this is an empistemological matter, perhaps 'accept the premise' would be more precise. I don't like that word believe. Has too many meanings. And it's loaded. I prefer to say I ~accept~ that global warming (itself a loaded term - climate change is better) is a reality, based on the evidence. One can never go wrong with “climate change.” The climate always changes, whereas “global warming” keeps running up against obstinate reality, such as a north pole that’s warmer and a south pole that’s colder. Cheers, frank On 13 February, 2014 1:57:32 PM EST, Alan C cole at lantic.net wrote: Do you believe in global warming? Alan C -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Lenovo Computers
They used to be good quality back when IBM owned the company. They weren't the fastest or the most bang for the buck, but their quality was ROCK SOLID. Who does give you good value for your money in a laptop PC nowadays? On 2/13/2014 4:32 PM, Bill wrote: A year ago, I bought my wife a Lenovo laptop. Apparently these machines aren't the best there is, but this was for very light home use, my wife does nothing with a home computer beyond a bit of web surfing. She doesn't even have a home email address. Anyway, she told me a month ago that the keyboard was faulty, and several keys didn't work. Apparently, the Lenovo warranty is one year, and the machine was off warranty by manufacture date. Eventually, I was able to get Lenovo to extend the warranty to the retail sales date, so I took it in to the shop where a bad keyboard was diagnosed. The repair depot has now decided that they have no knowledge of the computer coming in to be looked at, and now the warranty has expired. Note to self, do not EVER buy another Lenovo computer. Friends don't let friends buy Lenovo. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Announcement: Pentax 16GB FLU-CARD delayed
Actually, now that I read it again it appears that it is saying that the former late February has now been changed to a definite release date of Feb. 27th (the exact opposite of what I was thinking it said). Those clever japanese have fooled me! (Are we sure they actually surrendered at the end of WWII?) On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 13/02/2014 3:37 PM, Darren Addy wrote: It appears that Pentax announced yesterday that they aren't going to meet their previously announced late Feb. release date (if I'm interpreting my Google Chrome's translation of japanese correctly) http://news.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/rim_info/2014/20140213_004712.html My pusher called me yesterday with the news. Apparently the disaster in the Philippines is responsible. I told her to go ahead and order me a Fuji X-T1 and 23mm lens. Yes, I over react sometimes. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
i like Ann's photo, sort of an artistic journal shot … on 2014-02-13 10:12 Darren Addy wrote Sunny and 45 degrees in Nebraska. Our accumulation is melting. It is rare we get to brag about any weather in Nebraska, so have to take advantage of it. a few puffy clouds and low 60s here in Denver, patchy snow and ice berms slowly melting off of lawns and alleys; various buds starting to form; we sometimes have flowers in January, but haven't seen any yet this year meanwhile our mountains are getting feets of snow, repeatedly -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Am 13.02.14 16:11, schrieb Ann Sanfedele: From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Lovely, Ann. One can almost hear and smell the whole scenery. We haven't had any winter at all this time, here in Cologne. Not a single snowflake and only a few days with sun-zero temperatures. Life is unfair. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Rowing at Dawn
Dave, That's the NZ we love! Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:47 PM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: Some more (8) photos from Wanaka. I'm not too happy with the rendering on some of them, there was a little haze in the air which made the sky hard to work with. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/gallery/55/#geso Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:19 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: a few puffy clouds and low 60s here in Denver, patchy snow and ice berms slowly melting off of lawns and alleys; various buds starting to form; we sometimes have flowers in January, but haven't seen any yet this year meanwhile our mountains are getting feets of snow, repeatedly That is very good news for those of us downstream from you! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: Do you believe in global warming? No. Global Warming is a simplistic dogma created by Al Gore and others for political propaganda. Climate change, on the other hand, is undeniable. It is creating havoc all over the planet. It has many causes, many natural and several caused by human activity. I see no hope of reversing the process, or even modifying its effects to any significant effect at this point. We must, however, do what we can to limit the effect we are having on the planet and to deal with the short and long term effects of climate change. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Lenovo Computers
On 13/2/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: Note to self, do not EVER buy another Lenovo computer. Friends don't let friends buy Lenovo. FWIW, swapping a keyboard out on a laptop is easier than picking your nose. There will be a video on Youtube somewhere of how to do it. And a replacement eekbay unit shouldn't cost more than a few bucks. Just sayin XX -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Lenovo Computers
My suspicions were aroused when IBM dropped Lenovo as their Chinese manufacturer 9couple of years ago?), and Lenovo started manufacturing and marketing under their own brand name. IBM generally has a good reason for such actions! In Australia, the law is that the retailer has responsibility for repairs to defective items - and , IMHO, a keyboard should last more than a year or so, so it was defective - 'not up to purpose' is the legal phrase, I think. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Friday, 14 February 2014 7:33 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: Lenovo Computers A year ago, I bought my wife a Lenovo laptop. Apparently these machines aren't the best there is, but this was for very light home use, my wife does nothing with a home computer beyond a bit of web surfing. She doesn't even have a home email address. Anyway, she told me a month ago that the keyboard was faulty, and several keys didn't work. Apparently, the Lenovo warranty is one year, and the machine was off warranty by manufacture date. Eventually, I was able to get Lenovo to extend the warranty to the retail sales date, so I took it in to the shop where a bad keyboard was diagnosed. The repair depot has now decided that they have no knowledge of the computer coming in to be looked at, and now the warranty has expired. Note to self, do not EVER buy another Lenovo computer. Friends don't let friends buy Lenovo. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Lenovo Computers
On 13/02/2014 4:03 PM, John wrote: They used to be good quality back when IBM owned the company. They weren't the fastest or the most bang for the buck, but their quality was ROCK SOLID. Who does give you good value for your money in a laptop PC nowadays? That was my next question. I only have two criteria that must be met. It must be Windows 7, and it must not be Lenovo. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
on 2014-02-13 15:47 Darren Addy wrote On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:19 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: a few puffy clouds and low 60s here in Denver, patchy snow and ice berms slowly melting off of lawns and alleys; various buds starting to form; we sometimes have flowers in January, but haven't seen any yet this year meanwhile our mountains are getting feets of snow, repeatedly That is very good news for those of us downstream from you! i am downstream from, and depend for water upon, that same snow too; snowpack is currently above median, but it could still end the season low (and/or melt too quickly) i'm about 1000 steps from the South Platte River, which feeds Nebraska and is the biggest segment of Denver's water supply; most of the rest of our water comes from snow falling on the other side of the divide (Colorado River drainage) anyhow, i grew up in the northeast and have two siblings in NYC, so i'm empathetic to east coast weather too -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Lenovo Computers
On 13 Feb 2014, at 21:34, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: A year ago, I bought my wife a Lenovo laptop. Apparently these machines aren't the best there is, but this was for very light home use, my wife does nothing with a home computer beyond a bit of web surfing. She doesn't even have a home email address. Anyway, she told me a month ago that the keyboard was faulty, and several keys didn't work. Apparently, the Lenovo warranty is one year, and the machine was off warranty by manufacture date. Eventually, I was able to get Lenovo to extend the warranty to the retail sales date, so I took it in to the shop where a bad keyboard was diagnosed. The repair depot has now decided that they have no knowledge of the computer coming in to be looked at, and now the warranty has expired. Note to self, do not EVER buy another Lenovo computer. Friends don't let friends buy Lenovo. I've had a couple of Thinkpad X100e netbooks. They are very well built. The first one came to an abrupt end when someone spilt a glass of water on it and screwed the motherboard. The replacement still works, but overheats, especially running Windows. It was bought as a couch-potato machine, and I now use an iPad for that, so the TP is just for mucking about with experimental operating systems. One of these days I will swap the heat sink from the dead machine, but i'm in no hurry. At work we used to supply Thinkpads to the people who go around jumping out of helicopters and driving Landcruisers around dusty places. The Thinkpads were fairly bomb-proof, but I think we ended the contract for reasons other than the quality of the machines. I still have a working IBM TP 760ED from 1995. I think it's made of cast iron. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Winter Weather Advisory ... again UPDATE II - Crisis Point
On 13 Feb 2014, at 14:50, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: I'VE RUN OUT OF LIMES! Limes are out of season. It's your perverse cravings that are responsible for this weather. You'll just have to have a slice of cabbage in your gin instead. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Very nice. Even in colour it makes me think of W E Smith. B On 13 Feb 2014, at 15:10, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Anti virus spyware programs
I'm using Microsoft security essentials on my main desktop and laptop (Win 7 Vista). My scanning machine which has to run XP to support Nikon Scan is using AVG - I used to use MSE on it but when the hard drive failed and I had to reinstall I went with AVG on a whim. On all machines I run Malware Bytes periodically - it is an on demand scan program and is pretty good at getting anything that may have slipped through. Mark On 2/12/2014 11:19 PM, Bill wrote: After a decade at least of not running any sort of antivirus, I am giving some thought to installing some sort of anti virus/spyware program. What's the consensus on what is a good but not bloated AV program. The last one I ran was a Norton program that was almost worse than getting a virus, so if they have suddenly become good, it might take some convincing. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: When did equipment get so cheap?
In those days the Australian $ was worth about 55c US. No VAT or GST, and I have no idea whether there was an import duty on computers - probably was, but effect unknown. For the camera, the A$ was probably about 66c US by then, and 10% GST. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sent: Friday, 14 February 2014 12:53 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: When did equipment get so cheap? What were the exchange rates back then and how much of that cost was VAT or other import duties? On 2/13/2014 2:42 AM, John Coyle wrote: Very first computer I ever specified and bought for my employer was an HP86A, green screen, 2 * 5.25 floppies, plug-in 64k memory module, Epson M1500 printer and an HP plotter - bargain at $13,500! My *istD I bought for a heavily discounted $1900 direct from the importer. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of CollinB Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2014 10:47 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: When did equipment get so cheap? Yeah, that's it. The same sort of thing happened with PC's. Remember what the first XT's cost? Alan C When I was selling Apple ][ plus computers, people would spend $2500+ on the system to run a $200 VisiCalc program. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Lenovo Computers
My stepson is still using my ThinkPad from about the same time - with Windows ME, no less! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob W-PDML Sent: Friday, 14 February 2014 9:25 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Lenovo Computers On 13 Feb 2014, at 21:34, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: A year ago, I bought my wife a Lenovo laptop. Apparently these machines aren't the best there is, but this was for very light home use, my wife does nothing with a home computer beyond a bit of web surfing. She doesn't even have a home email address. Anyway, she told me a month ago that the keyboard was faulty, and several keys didn't work. Apparently, the Lenovo warranty is one year, and the machine was off warranty by manufacture date. Eventually, I was able to get Lenovo to extend the warranty to the retail sales date, so I took it in to the shop where a bad keyboard was diagnosed. The repair depot has now decided that they have no knowledge of the computer coming in to be looked at, and now the warranty has expired. Note to self, do not EVER buy another Lenovo computer. Friends don't let friends buy Lenovo. I've had a couple of Thinkpad X100e netbooks. They are very well built. The first one came to an abrupt end when someone spilt a glass of water on it and screwed the motherboard. The replacement still works, but overheats, especially running Windows. It was bought as a couch-potato machine, and I now use an iPad for that, so the TP is just for mucking about with experimental operating systems. One of these days I will swap the heat sink from the dead machine, but i'm in no hurry. At work we used to supply Thinkpads to the people who go around jumping out of helicopters and driving Landcruisers around dusty places. The Thinkpads were fairly bomb-proof, but I think we ended the contract for reasons other than the quality of the machines. I still have a working IBM TP 760ED from 1995. I think it's made of cast iron. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Lenovo Computers
I have a 7 year old Toshiba Satellite that is still running well. The dual core processor and 4 gigs of ram are good enough to support Photoshop CS5.1. It's taken its licks over the years and the pins that hold the top cover/screen down broke off when I dropped it a few years ago, but otherwise I have no complaints about the machine. I'm not a fan of the Vista OS but aside from unduly long bootup times and the annoying habit of disabling the USB ports after downloading updates (re-enabled on the next reboot) it is OK. My wife bought a Toshiba 4 or 5 years ago and it has also held up very well. When I go to get a new laptop someday I'll check out Toshiba - I'm not current on whether or not they are still good. The HP Elite Books that the IT folks at work give me are pretty nice as well. Mark On 2/13/2014 6:20 PM, Bill wrote: On 13/02/2014 4:03 PM, John wrote: They used to be good quality back when IBM owned the company. They weren't the fastest or the most bang for the buck, but their quality was ROCK SOLID. Who does give you good value for your money in a laptop PC nowadays? That was my next question. I only have two criteria that must be met. It must be Windows 7, and it must not be Lenovo. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Incipient Beer
Nice! Using a blow off tube instead of an airlock? I tried my hand at home brewing for a few years but decided that I was a much better consumer of beer than producer, and decided to focus on what I do best... Mark On 2/12/2014 8:14 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Maris Otter malt, crystal malt, Target and Kent Goldings hops, Wyeast London Ale III yeast... In a month, it should be lovely. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17681808 or http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17681808-lg.jpg (K-5, FA 24-90, lit with an LED flashlight) Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: Lenovo Computers
I also have a Toshiba Satellite Pro, purchased July 2009, with Vista for Business. I had to have the keyboard replaced after a grandchild stood on it shortly after purchase (Toshiba did it for free!), but apart from that t's been excellent. Slow start-up, as Mark said., but quick in operation. Two years ago I bought my wife a Toshiba Netbook, and that's a pretty neat little machine for her use. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark C Sent: Friday, 14 February 2014 10:18 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Lenovo Computers I have a 7 year old Toshiba Satellite that is still running well. The dual core processor and 4 gigs of ram are good enough to support Photoshop CS5.1. It's taken its licks over the years and the pins that hold the top cover/screen down broke off when I dropped it a few years ago, but otherwise I have no complaints about the machine. I'm not a fan of the Vista OS but aside from unduly long bootup times and the annoying habit of disabling the USB ports after downloading updates (re-enabled on the next reboot) it is OK. My wife bought a Toshiba 4 or 5 years ago and it has also held up very well. When I go to get a new laptop someday I'll check out Toshiba - I'm not current on whether or not they are still good. The HP Elite Books that the IT folks at work give me are pretty nice as well. Mark On 2/13/2014 6:20 PM, Bill wrote: On 13/02/2014 4:03 PM, John wrote: They used to be good quality back when IBM owned the company. They weren't the fastest or the most bang for the buck, but their quality was ROCK SOLID. Who does give you good value for your money in a laptop PC nowadays? That was my next question. I only have two criteria that must be met. It must be Windows 7, and it must not be Lenovo. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Incipient Beer
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: I tried my hand at home brewing for a few years but decided that I was a much better consumer of beer than producer, and decided to focus on what I do best... That is my philosophy as well. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
Deck? what Deck? ;-) ann On 2/13/2014 11:12, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: My back deck this morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682394 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Lenovo Computers
My workplace supplies one with a Lenovo laptop unless one scrapes together funds to buy something else. The damned things are as disposable as Kleenex. I've had my MacBook Pro for over 5 years (knock on wood), and a colleague has been through 3 Lenovo laptops in the same time, with less intense use. Rick On Feb 13, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Bill wrote: A year ago, I bought my wife a Lenovo laptop. Apparently these machines aren't the best there is, but this was for very light home use, my wife does nothing with a home computer beyond a bit of web surfing. She doesn't even have a home email address. Anyway, she told me a month ago that the keyboard was faulty, and several keys didn't work. Apparently, the Lenovo warranty is one year, and the machine was off warranty by manufacture date. Eventually, I was able to get Lenovo to extend the warranty to the retail sales date, so I took it in to the shop where a bad keyboard was diagnosed. The repair depot has now decided that they have no knowledge of the computer coming in to be looked at, and now the warranty has expired. Note to self, do not EVER buy another Lenovo computer. Friends don't let friends buy Lenovo. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Incipient Beer
Yup; 7 gallon carboy with a blow-off tube. Makes the beer much smoother than using a plastic tub. An airlock gets plugged with the debris early fermentation produces. Rick On Feb 13, 2014, at 7:33 PM, Mark C wrote: Nice! Using a blow off tube instead of an airlock? I tried my hand at home brewing for a few years but decided that I was a much better consumer of beer than producer, and decided to focus on what I do best... Mark On 2/12/2014 8:14 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Maris Otter malt, crystal malt, Target and Kent Goldings hops, Wyeast London Ale III yeast... In a month, it should be lovely. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17681808 or http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17681808-lg.jpg (K-5, FA 24-90, lit with an LED flashlight) Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
It's under there someplace, along with out picnic table and chairs! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Deck? what Deck? ;-) ann On 2/13/2014 11:12, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: My back deck this morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682394 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Thanks all 16 of you who have commented and liked the shot - the most recent comment *read/that arrived in my mailbox anyway) is Bob's so figured I'd do the thank everyone thing here... So very glad you all like the shot - it means a lot. I had been not feeling much like shooting the last few weeks and suddenly looking out the window this morning after Ashley woke me up too early (meow,meow, feed me feed me) I grabbed the K-5, started shooting through the window, then opened it.. fortunately, the wind wasn't blowing the snow in my direction.. but the scene was exciting to me - enormous snowflakes, sometimes blowing sometimes almost holding still, it seemed. Made me feel good. The snow stopped by 11 am ... got so much warmer the sidewalks were clear by 1pm after people did easy shoveling.. but the street corners were lakes. Had to ship something and it was a challenge walking to the post office a few blocks away... but the walk felt good... I didn't take the camera with me - well, I took the little dark side PS but didn't use it. Lucky to live where I do with this kind of weather - with everything I need close by - ann On 2/13/2014 18:50, Bob W-PDML wrote: Very nice. Even in colour it makes me think of W E Smith. B On 13 Feb 2014, at 15:10, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lenovo Computers
There is a big difference between the consumer class laptops and the enterprise class machines. In the case of Lenovo the Thinkpad is an enterprise class machine, made for businesses. The Ideapad is a consumer class machine and is made for a price point. In the case of HP Probook and Elitebook are enterprise class machines. Most still ship with Win7 or Win7 Pro as that is what businesses demand. jm -Original Message- From: Rick Womer Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:48 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Lenovo Computers My workplace supplies one with a Lenovo laptop unless one scrapes together funds to buy something else. The damned things are as disposable as Kleenex. I've had my MacBook Pro for over 5 years (knock on wood), and a colleague has been through 3 Lenovo laptops in the same time, with less intense use. Rick On Feb 13, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Bill wrote: A year ago, I bought my wife a Lenovo laptop. Apparently these machines aren't the best there is, but this was for very light home use, my wife does nothing with a home computer beyond a bit of web surfing. She doesn't even have a home email address. Anyway, she told me a month ago that the keyboard was faulty, and several keys didn't work. Apparently, the Lenovo warranty is one year, and the machine was off warranty by manufacture date. Eventually, I was able to get Lenovo to extend the warranty to the retail sales date, so I took it in to the shop where a bad keyboard was diagnosed. The repair depot has now decided that they have no knowledge of the computer coming in to be looked at, and now the warranty has expired. Note to self, do not EVER buy another Lenovo computer. Friends don't let friends buy Lenovo. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
The snow is starting again, at least here in the Jersey suburbs. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Thanks all 16 of you who have commented and liked the shot - the most recent comment *read/that arrived in my mailbox anyway) is Bob's so figured I'd do the thank everyone thing here... So very glad you all like the shot - it means a lot. I had been not feeling much like shooting the last few weeks and suddenly looking out the window this morning after Ashley woke me up too early (meow,meow, feed me feed me) I grabbed the K-5, started shooting through the window, then opened it.. fortunately, the wind wasn't blowing the snow in my direction.. but the scene was exciting to me - enormous snowflakes, sometimes blowing sometimes almost holding still, it seemed. Made me feel good. The snow stopped by 11 am ... got so much warmer the sidewalks were clear by 1pm after people did easy shoveling.. but the street corners were lakes. Had to ship something and it was a challenge walking to the post office a few blocks away... but the walk felt good... I didn't take the camera with me - well, I took the little dark side PS but didn't use it. Lucky to live where I do with this kind of weather - with everything I need close by - ann On 2/13/2014 18:50, Bob W-PDML wrote: Very nice. Even in colour it makes me think of W E Smith. B On 13 Feb 2014, at 15:10, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Stayi9ng In = Good plan! I hope things thaw soon. We are closing in on our first 100 inches for the season, but it has been coming slow and steady, not so bad... On 2/13/2014 10:11 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Today's Snow
As long as you didn't lose the doggie a On 2/13/2014 21:01, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: It's under there someplace, along with out picnic table and chairs! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Deck? what Deck? ;-) ann On 2/13/2014 11:12, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: My back deck this morning. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17682394 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today
Only rain here in the east village.. lots of it.. noisy I guess I'll see your snow here in an hour or so ann On 2/13/2014 21:43, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: The snow is starting again, at least here in the Jersey suburbs. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Thanks all 16 of you who have commented and liked the shot - the most recent comment *read/that arrived in my mailbox anyway) is Bob's so figured I'd do the thank everyone thing here... So very glad you all like the shot - it means a lot. I had been not feeling much like shooting the last few weeks and suddenly looking out the window this morning after Ashley woke me up too early (meow,meow, feed me feed me) I grabbed the K-5, started shooting through the window, then opened it.. fortunately, the wind wasn't blowing the snow in my direction.. but the scene was exciting to me - enormous snowflakes, sometimes blowing sometimes almost holding still, it seemed. Made me feel good. The snow stopped by 11 am ... got so much warmer the sidewalks were clear by 1pm after people did easy shoveling.. but the street corners were lakes. Had to ship something and it was a challenge walking to the post office a few blocks away... but the walk felt good... I didn't take the camera with me - well, I took the little dark side PS but didn't use it. Lucky to live where I do with this kind of weather - with everything I need close by - ann On 2/13/2014 18:50, Bob W-PDML wrote: Very nice. Even in colour it makes me think of W E Smith. B On 13 Feb 2014, at 15:10, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Very-recent-NYC/31835949_JqDbwJ#!i=3073496896k=2tRcqhXlb=1s=A From my window this morning iso 800 K-5 with the DA18-55 Storm is stormier than expected Multiple reasons for not checking in much in a couple of weeks - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
