Re: The Big Bang Club
That would then become the Bang Bang Theory? 2011/4/23 Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: Dan - yours was the last PDML message I received before the list apparently died. For an explanation of the list weirdness, and in your honor, I am developing what will come to be know as the Big Bang Theory. stan On Apr 22, 2011, at 9:58 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Actually, I mistyped. The name of the Film is The Bang Bang Club. Dan On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Never seen the movie, but I read the book when it came out - excellent stuff. B -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola Sent: 22 April 2011 17:19 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: The Big Bang Club The Big Bang Club I never heard of this movie until receiving Ebert's email this morning. He gives it two stars, but as a photographer, I need to see it. To quote Roger: Many of the photos of the bloody final months of apartheid were taken by four photographers who became famous as The Bang Bang Club, because of their willingness to risk death for great pictures. Two of them won Pulitzers. One of them was killed, one committed suicide, one was shot four times before retiring. The word often used about them was “courageous,” but another word that comes to mind is foolhardy. The full Ebert review is here: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110421/REVI EWS/110429997/-1/email_headlines The Pulitzer Prize winning image that makes these photographers significant is one you have all seen: http://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/kevin-carter- vulture.jpg?w=700h=466 -- 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. -- 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: Pysanky
very elaborate and beautiful - are these empty eggs painted to keep or will they be eaten? cheers ecke 2011/4/23 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: Thanks for looking, Bob and Jeffery. I wanted to take and post something with a spring or Easter feel, and the weather here is so cold and rainy, I resorted to looking around inside for something seasonal, and this was it. Dan On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dan, Nice documentation, great work on that egg! Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: A tradition in my father's family, and among many Russians, Ukrainians and Rusyns: Easter eggs made by a wax-resist technique. http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=80 Comments, Suggestions, Criticisms and Abuse are all Welcome. Dan -- 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. -- 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: Powered DSLR CCD Sensor Cleaning Kit - Photo Camera
It looks like it might suck. The real question is, does it blend? 2011/4/19 Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com: On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Krisjanis Linkevics krisjanis.linkev...@exigenservices.com wrote: As for whether this particular solution sucks.. I have no experience. Most of what DealExtreme sells sucks. I say that as a satisfied customer who will shop with them again. When you want stuff that's ridiculously cheap and of dubious quality (and even legality), they're the place to go. The immediate vicinity of my CCD, however, is not the place that I want DealExtreme-quality merchandise. More generally, I get nervous about motors and vacuums around (and in contact with) a CCD, as they are static-sensitive devices. Maybe it's OK, but the idea makes me nervous. -- 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: The Big Bang Club
2011/4/22 Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: The Pulitzer Prize winning image that makes these photographers significant is one you have all seen: http://iconicphotos.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/kevin-carter-vulture.jpg?w=700h=466 not me. sure as hell hurts to look at. -- 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 A short Tim Hetherington legacy
Whoa. Stop and think material. Bless his poor soul. 2011/4/23 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: On 23/4/11, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: Utter madness http://vimeo.com/18497543 Agreed. Thanks for posting. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.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. -- 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: PUG Special Edition - PDML Photo Annual Refusés
2011/4/22 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: What about the images that you decided last minute weren't worth submitting? The server couldn't possibly be that big. -- 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: The silliest thing you ever did with your camera
Packed my Canon T-90, flash and three lenses into a bright yellow bag marked Kodak in plain view in one of Paris's worst parts of town. Put it on the backseat, covered it with a jacket and walked off to buy a quick snack before driving back to Germany. First one broke the window and stole the T-90, second one took the jacket (or so said five-0). All of my childhood savings gone in less than five minutes. 2011/4/23 David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz: On Apr 23, 2011, at 2:52 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: When I take my card out to download files, I make it a point to leave the door on the camera open. This way, I never pick up an empty camera and assume it's ready to shoot. I take the opposite approach. Because I only have one card it stays in the camera. I download files with the camera's USB cable, then format it later when I'm sure all the files have copied across OK. No I don't shoot much :) 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: 645D pro-grade service arrangement
Want me to payJens Petersen a visit and tell him to hurry up? It is only a 10 minute drive ]=) Cheers Ecke 2011/4/16 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: My 645D is currently in Belgium for realignment of the mirror and/or matte screen position. There was a mismatch between viewfinder focus and AF focus. The AF was correct, so it took me a while to realise there actually was a problem. It was negligable at normal focal lenghts, noticeable at 300mm, and a true nightmare for macro focusing. According to the repair guy, mirror/matte misalignment is one of the most common problems with both Nikon and Pentax in general (those are the only brands he repairs), and that it is an easy fix on most cameras. However, he said, he was not allowed to do his magic on the 645D. The camera had to go to a contracted repair shop authorised by Pentax. Since I really trust the skills of our local repair guy, that's a downer. The good news is that he told me he has a special padded suitcase with prearranged express delivery reserved for the 645D. There is apparently also a policy to keep workshop time down to max 3 days. To me this sounds like the kind of pro-grade service arrangement that we have often lamented the lack of. I guess Pentax would really shoot themselves in the foot if no such thing was arranged for the 645D, but it can't hurt to spread the rumor of its actual excistence either. If the camera is back in my hands before Easter, I may even resort to being impressed. :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.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. -- 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: Another reason not to buy photos from stock agencies
awesome. nice job =) 2011/4/17 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: The U.S. Postal Service wanted to make a Statue of Liberty stamp. So they bought a photo of the Statue of Liberty from a stock photo agency, made it into a stamp and printed three billion of them. Turns out the photo was of the replica Statue of Liberty in Las Vegas, not the real thing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13101814 :-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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. -- 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: Tilt-shift lenses or adaptors
The Zörkendörfer MFS (Multi Focus System) might do the trick for you - it is basically a tilt convertor for enlarger lenses (other lenses can also be adapted but the default is M39 screwmount). They show up on eBay from time to time. Expect to pay 150-250 w/o a lens. Zörk also builds a shift adaptor to go with it. Problem with all aftermarket t/s conversions is that you can't really shoot wide angles. HTH Ecke BTW you can borrow my Novoflex t/s bellows if you can afford to replace/repair it should it come to that. 2011/4/5 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com: I'm looking into getting a T/S lens. I don't care much if not Pentax or if I need an adaptor. However I care about price. Those things are usually very pricey. I might even accept a Canon lens, if it is what I need to get Tilt/shift. I know Pentax only did a Shift but no tilt. If anybody has an 'affordable' way of doing this, please speak ;) -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 Mamiya C330+80/2.8 Sekonic L-208 FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- 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: Help Naming A Bird
Hey, watch your spelling, it is Aaahnoult!! 2011/4/12 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: I thought it was Arnold. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Help Naming A Bird It is probably named Henery Hawk then =) 2011/4/11 Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net: Thank You so much Matthew Hunt for helping me identify that my captured bird is a Cooper's Hawk. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jeffery Johnson Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 8:35 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Help Naming A Bird I need help from someone that knows birds. I captured a bird today and I am not sure what the bird is named. Let me know and I will send you a picture of the bird. Thanks, Jeffery -- 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: Help Naming A Bird
It is probably named Henery Hawk then =) 2011/4/11 Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net: Thank You so much Matthew Hunt for helping me identify that my captured bird is a Cooper's Hawk. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jeffery Johnson Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 8:35 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Help Naming A Bird I need help from someone that knows birds. I captured a bird today and I am not sure what the bird is named. Let me know and I will send you a picture of the bird. Thanks, Jeffery ___ Pictures that I have taken on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -- 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: A graphic demonstration...
2011/4/6 Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: I took the mighty FJ1200 for a spin a few days ago. Was nice to get back in the saddle! 100+ HP and 588 lbs = zoom! Lovely bike. I ride the similarly mighty XJR1300 and I still get that grin every time =) -- 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: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
did I mention that beside a place in my heart you also have one on my hate list? enjoy Ecke 2011/4/5 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Sometimes one has to forgo precious posessions to acquire others. I just sold my FA* 600/4 to raise money for a package of 645 optics that emerged on a Norwegian forum: 645N camera house 645FA 45/2.8 645FA 75/2.8 645FA 120/4 macro 645FA* 300/4 645FA 400/5.6 LowePro SuperTrekker The price matched what I got from the sale, so in balance I believe I made a bargain. Even if it was tough to see the 600 leave the household. I don't plan to hold on to everything in the 645 package. I have to ruminate a little on exactly what to keep, but the 645N and the 75/2.8 will be put up for sale shortly. Contact me off list if interested. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.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. -- 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: Life becomes interesting for vegans
2011/4/1 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: I can see it now. All the health food stores will be advertising 100% all natural vegan polyethylene. maybe. but I've yet to see a vegan eat polyethylene. on the other hand who says the oil used to make their plastic now is fauna free? imho using something that would otherwise be disposed of is good. no matter what. plus by not eating chicken vegans for all practical purposes make sure no feathers are plucked on their behalf. hence at least until chickens are raised for plastic and their meat is disposed of, plastic will still be ethically safe for vegans. of course this is non-vegan opinion so YVMMV (your vegan mileage may vary) cheers ecke -- 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 was amused to see this ad on facebook
2011/4/5 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm: So, would that be a Penton or a Cantax? A Pentax with a Canoprism instead of the usual Canon with a pentaprism of course. -- 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: More Pentax quality grief
Most of the problems I've had were with a piece of equipment made slightly over 50 years ago, and came without a warranty. one that can be made in minutes by cheap unskilled labor? well what do you expect? -- 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: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS
2011/4/5 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Like you apparently have two hearts - one for love and one for hate... So then, Ecke, sir, you're not an earthling, but rather a time lord from that planet, what is its name again? Boris, my friend it is much simpler than that. my heart is the duct tape that holds together the bright side and the dark side of the force. or the universe? metaphorically speaking anyway =) -- 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: More Pentax quality grief
2011/4/5 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: By my calculations it was about 380,000 minutes, though only about the last day of the process is usually referred to as labor. I do expect that while the initial assembly likely took less than an hour, the technicians involved may object to the term unskilled. by initial assembly you mean rod and barrel injection molding? if that takes less than an hour, unskilled is the word for it =P -- 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: Hasselblad lenses on Pentax DSLRs
2011/4/4 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: But do you have those 'Blad lenses, Bulent? if I am not mistaken, blad means something not so pleasant in russian. pun intended, gospodin liberman? -- 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 was amused to see this ad on facebook
Actually use your Pentax like a pro to them probably means sell it to pay for a Canon so it all makes sense ]=) 2011/4/4 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: I always wanted a Pentax with a Canon sticker on the prism. On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Apr 4, 2011, at 15:27, Larry Colen wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5590158980/ Funny! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: Life becomes interesting for vegans
how so? you mean their boneless rubber chickens may no longer be vegan? 2011/4/1 Bob W p...@web-options.com: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12904777 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: Damned customs - F 85 Soft
I've never managed to get anything by them... have you? 2011/4/1 Krisjanis Linkevics krisjanis.linkev...@exigenservices.com: One of my new acquisitions - the F 85 soft - is held hostage in customs now. Damn those heartless bastards. I know it's their job but still.. will end up costing me way more than I ever wanted to pay for it. Any comments on it while I wait with my wallet open? kris -- 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: As big as a submarine
Actually the case weighs 1.5 times more than the lens. It is a run of the mill Otterbox type. There were two of these lenses in the bay from an official sigma outlet after photokina, one Canon, one Nikon. they went for 7K€ each compared to a list price of 20. seems demand or appreciation isnt that huge. not surprisingly so, seeing this is a specialist lens such as for vehicle mounted wildlife shooting etc. 2011/3/30 Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net: Yeah and so is that price and for that price wonder if they have someone that comes along with it to carrying for you. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of drd1...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:14 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: As big as a submarine Attack or missile? Damn that's big. They need to attach it to a Olympus Pen with an adapter for maximum contrast. -- 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: New Pentax System...April fools'?
I think April fool's, too. That's not an EVIL/MILC but an interchangeable lens PS. Why would anyone in their right mind spend money for a system camera where sensor IQ is the limiting factor? 2011/3/30 Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com: http://k-rumors.com/first-pictures-of-the-pentax-nc-1-system/ -- 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 using a 12 powerbook for showing photos
I received a mail this evening that I can pick up my iPad 2 WiFi 3G 64 GB tomorrow morning. They had me over a barrel because I needed one Monday latest so they sold me the biggest one saying it is the only one I can have. Had to buy it for my business. I doubt it will see much use and it upsets me that I have no money to replace my dying K10D but need to buy that thing which sure is nice but adds no productivity whatsoever to my life. oh well, might as well try to get some mileage out of it now that I have it. and some time in winter I will be required to buy an Android Honeycomb tablet. I guess that means no camera replacement for a while yet to come... 2011/3/30 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: If I had unlimited funds, I'd get one of the new notepads just for showing off my photos. Sometimes I have at least a tenuous grasp on reality, so I'm not going to get one, at least not this week. My 12 iPod, aka my G4 power book, might actually do well for showing photos, and would be easier to carry than a stack of albums. What software options are there for showing photos on an older mac? I abhor iPhoto, though it may work for this purpose, the bar isn't very high for there to be something better. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: Got da blurries
sure as heck don't =) 2011/3/25 Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com: Damn, a 100mm f2.8 prime doesn't have much depth of field, does it? -T -- 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 pics from Japan
Very painful to look at. Thank you, Rob, for sharing that link. Photographic interest grinds to a halt when I see these. They are just that compelling. 2011/3/22 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: http://www.andrewburtonphoto.com/blog/ -- 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. -- 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 network assistance needed
colin the 4100n will try to obtain a dhcp address on the network. if you have a router it should get one. you can then either refer to your router status page or use a network scanner to determine that Ip address. such a scanner would be ipswitch wsping pro pack to name just one. i can mail it to you if you want (and if gmail lets me or we may have to go through another mailbox) if all else fail i can give you remote support cheers ecke 2011/3/23 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: On 2011-03-22 16:59 , John Coyle wrote: Have you remembered to share the printer on the PC to which it is linked? which makes me ask -- is the printer plugged into a router or switch via ethernet or some other way? the former is generally the easier way -- 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 network assistance needed
also on the printer menu you should be able to print a network information status page which should contain the IP address. connecting the printer is fairly straightfoward once you know the IP, you run the add new printer wizard and create a new tcp/ip connection and it will be detected then 2011/3/23 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: colin the 4100n will try to obtain a dhcp address on the network. if you have a router it should get one. you can then either refer to your router status page or use a network scanner to determine that Ip address. such a scanner would be ipswitch wsping pro pack to name just one. i can mail it to you if you want (and if gmail lets me or we may have to go through another mailbox) if all else fail i can give you remote support cheers ecke 2011/3/23 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: On 2011-03-22 16:59 , John Coyle wrote: Have you remembered to share the printer on the PC to which it is linked? which makes me ask -- is the printer plugged into a router or switch via ethernet or some other way? the former is generally the easier way -- 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: Off Topic thread limit?
2011/3/21 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 3/21/2011 4:46 AM, mike wilson wrote: Wait until your child picks up your camera and produces superb pictures with it. It's a whole new world of pain and humiliation. Nope. Only because your name isn't Smokey =P BTW can anyone recommend a camera for a 3yo? -- 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 amazing images out of Libya
Great images, thanks for sharing. I pray they find the freedom and peace they seek. The international community IMO let them down in a most shameful way until a few days ago. And I find the conduct of my government in the matter just plain despicable. Too many EU countries were silently hoping Gaddafi would win and things (i.e. oil supply and refugee control) would go back to normal... have to applaud Sarkozy on this one! Cheers Ecke 2011/3/21 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: http://www.abc.net.au/news/photos/big/3148981.htm -- 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. -- 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: Off Topic thread limit?
2011/3/21 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Easy. Any waterproof/shockproof camera with lens that does not come out. If it gets dirty, you'd simply wash it under tap water. Additionally, the kid will have to learn to hold it so that their fingers won't obscure the lens. Galia's first camera was Optio W30. you mean I have an excuse to buy a successor for the WP I gave to Mum Dad??? -- 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: Off Topic thread limit?
2011/3/22 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: BTW can anyone recommend a camera for a 3yo? Nikon or Canon, any model. So D3x is actually short for Digital for any 3 year old then? And D300s is one that can be used by hundreds of them? -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at,, PayPal
2011/3/20 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Under the U.S. system there's no penalty if the lawyer lies in court as long as he's not under oath. Good point. same goes for politicians and lying in public =P -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at,, PayPal
2011/3/20 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: 2011/3/20 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Under the U.S. system there's no penalty if the lawyer lies in court as long as he's not under oath. Good point. same goes for politicians and lying in public =P oops, wrong. from a certain level upwards they're all under oath and there is still no penalty. -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal
Peter I hope you're reading this. Because damn, coming from you that hurts. You're one of the people I've always seen as sincere and genuine in a discussion. You always stand your ground and that's admirable in its own right no matter what your opinions are. And I trust you to not be someone who condones the deliberate hurting of people. In fact I think if you felt something was torture you'd be against it. In other words, I love you too, man. I'm open to fact and logic.And I ask the same of you. If AI or the UN say it wasn't torture I'll accept their judgement. If 'not for a long time to be privately fucking civilian' Manning says it was I'll believe him, too. I have to give him that. If an ex CIA staffer says publically that extraordinary renditions work like: If you want someone harshly questioned, send them to Jordan. If you want them tortured, send them to Syria. And if you want someone to disappear for good, send them to Egypt. Not the exact wording but I'll find the name and source for you if you want it. By the same token I fully believe you when you say they wouldn't do it for lack of percentage. But believe me in my 25 or so years of thinking teen and adult life I've seen vast numbers of people do vast numbers of very odd things for vast numbers of very odd perceived percentages that would never even occur to me. What I'm saying is that just because you're in your right mind doesn't make everyone else that way. Sincerely Ecke 2011/3/20 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: You know, Ecki man, I love you but I'm bowing out of this conversation. There's no reasoning with you. You seem to be completely paranoid on this matter. You seem to be impervious to fact and logic. Oh, and by the way, I'm getting pretty tired of hearing that water boarding is torture. I have friends who have undergone training to withstand interrogation, and being water boarded is part of the training. It's a thoroughly unpleasant experience, but calling it torture is like saying being slapped with a wet towel is the same as being whipped with a bull whip. One will cause your flesh to sting, the latter will rip it off. -- 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 free software offer
haha =) seriously it is an offer that was posted on xing for xing users and while they probably don't care who gets it I didn't want to make it public in such a way that they can track that back to me. it is a non-upgradeable version of a tool that normally costs € 595 (upgradeable) and a cebit award winner of some sort. just trying to be helpful cheers ecke 2011/3/20 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On Mar 19, 2011, at 8:24 AM, eckinator wrote: hi gang thanks to mail being archived and thus essentially public I can't go into detail here but it is useful for programmers, consultants and basically everyone dealing with structures of cause and effect. please contact me offlist if interested. Why do I get the feeling that the current xkcd is right on topic for this post: http://www.xkcd.com/874 cheers ecke -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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.
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Larry: (in an offlist mail to me) Oh, right. You foreigners all look alike to me. Especially in plain text. -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal
2011/3/20 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Flying an airplane full of civilians into a building is torture. Beheading a journalist on videotape so his family can see him die is torture. Waterboarding is just damn unpleasant. uncontestedly waterboarding is less evil. but perpetrating something less evil to possibly prevent something more evil makes you just that: less evil. but nonetheless evil. not good. and by a far cry not morally superior. maybe you're a bit farther down on the food chain but still an evildoer. -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal
2011/3/20 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: But this debate is a far cry from Ecke's snide little remarks about those who oppose wikileaks. back to where I started: DONATE FOR JAPAN, Eckeleaks notwithstanding -- 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: Off Topic thread limit?
Larry, all I can say is I've yet to see a single thread on this list that doesn't stop by itself - they all end eventually. and the signal to noise ratio and signal quality on this list are among the best I've seen. in fact PDML is my only list for precisely that reason and I value the opinion of everyone here very much, even of those with whom I disagree from time to time or who don't share my political views. Now I just wish my confidence in my photos would come back up to a level where I'd once again feel entitled to both posting my own and commenting on others. I'm about as deep down in the all my photos are crap stage as one can get... 2011/3/20 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I'm certainly not going to suggest some ridiculous rule that limits permissible subjects on this list, but I've noticed a trend for threads on various topics to rapidly devolve to the point that the produce heat, but no light. Lets face it, if you haven't convinced someone of your point of view after a few posts, you aren't going to. Internet arguments, special olympics. 'nuff said. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: Off Topic thread limit?
David W. Robbs? Sounds good to me! 2011/3/20 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On Mar 20, 2011, at 11:42 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net wrote: You're wrong. ;) F**k you. cheers, frank, defending his right to be a curmudgeon, especially on this list ;-) Well, you're no Bill Robb... Unless Bill learned to spell from Dave. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal
Thank you Paul. You were a good man in my book before that, too =) 2011/3/20 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: On Mar 20, 2011, at 1:37 PM, eckinator wrote: 2011/3/20 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: But this debate is a far cry from Ecke's snide little remarks about those who oppose wikileaks. back to where I started: DONATE FOR JAPAN, Eckeleaks notwithstanding I did so today. Costco was offering to match donations, so I added some cash to my tally. A worthy cause that we can all agree on. I think:-). Paul -- 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: Off Topic thread limit?
2011/3/20 Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: Interestingly, the only thread I can remember that virtually went on forever was one about marmots. Sometime in the previous millennium you mean when they groundhogged the list ?? I remember that thread and you're both wrong. It only lasted for a day. Seemed like forever though... -- 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-20 and DA* 16-50 frustrations
Tim, how about a K-r - costs about as much as a good lens Cheers Ecke 2011/3/20 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: You really need a fine line scale to determine focus. Do you have a meter stick? Focus on a number midway down the stick, with it lying on the floor. Come at it from a 45 degree angle. If you're getting inconsistent results, I suspect your test method is askew. Paul On Mar 20, 2011, at 2:28 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: Shit. Redid the test. On tripod, focused at a remote control (don't have a proper test chart). This time it back focused a bit at 16mm, back focus a lot at 28mm, and spot on at 50mm. Same result in tungsten light. Am I doing something wrong, or is the lens a wreck? Or is it the camera? -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2011/3/20 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com: Just did a formal test using the AF-assist light. It did OK at the long end, but front focuses heavily at 16mm. Hm. I'll redo the test, and include the mid range. But it does not look good so far. Will test it in the studio later. Right now it is occupied by a college. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.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. -- 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: Off Topic thread limit?
2011/3/20 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Don't think you were around for that circus, Ecke. I definitely wasn't. I was justlookingfor an excuse for a groundhog day movie reference -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal
2011/3/20 Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com: One particular FB wants to use a baseball bat. I'll supply the bat. the text is making that FB sound like his is a pet fruitbat named Eric. ministry of housinge looney detector van, anyone? -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal
2011/3/19 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: From what I've read, seriously disturbed sounds much more likely. If you look at how he's treated in prison there will be no telling how sane he may have been once they're done with him. He's on POI watch and in isolated confinement. He walks figure 8s for a while once a day and the rest of the day (and night if his face is not visible) he is asked if he is OK every 5 minutes. that is sleep and interaction deprivation torture. sorry but that makes wikileaks even more necessary. his lawyer, david r coombs has all the details if you care -- 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 free software offer
hi gang thanks to mail being archived and thus essentially public I can't go into detail here but it is useful for programmers, consultants and basically everyone dealing with structures of cause and effect. please contact me offlist if interested. cheers ecke -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal
2011/3/19 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: I deal with lawyers every day, so it's not as if I'd believe the one of them at this point. Manning's lawyer not a neutral observer, he's an advocate, and there's no penalty if he lies, unless he's actually in court. There's even less penalty if the Government lies. as well. However I find the story of torture to be unbelievable for a number of reasons not the least of which is that there's no percentage in it There''s no new information the military can squeeze out of him, and if he ever actually goes to trial, any actual torture will come out. that is why prevention of injury watch is so smart - the argument is they had to do it to keep him from committing suicide. they did it for his own good. asking someone if he is ok every five minutes around the clock has enormous impact on mental stability in the long run. combined with the monotony it breaksup your life into a repetitive 5 minute cycle. you lose track of time in a matter of days and temporal disorientation is known to accelerate all sorts of other ill effects. -- 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: iPad - how much memory is enough?
roflmao these are brilliant... seems I will have to get an iRack for my iPad =) 2011/3/19 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: Ecke, You should watch this old clip about iPad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8QPhs I also hope you saw these old clips about i-products: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw2nkoGLhrE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZKjJt-TkU Cheers, Igor PS. And it blends well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAl28d6tbko Fri Mar 18 20:44:44 CDT 2011 eckinator wrote: thanks, guys my problem is I have no idea what the iPad is practical for; thus far I've ignored iProducts altogether - what are the most common storage intensive things that you use it for? thanks again ecke -- 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: iPad - how much memory is enough?
thanks godfrey - does it handle ms office and pdf files? and how much do you spend on apps? and i hear it doesn't support flash - how much of a problem is that? also what about content restrictions you read about? thanks again ecke 2011/3/19 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com: On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 6:44 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: my problem is I have no idea what the iPad is practical for; thus far I've ignored iProducts altogether - what are the most common storage intensive things that you use it for? For me, it works for: - the usual stuff (mobile access to web, email, address book) - audio playback of podcasts and music - ebooks (epubs and kindle) - viewing photos and videos - drawing, sketching, etc - showing and viewing photographs It's also a testing platform for a couple of products I'd like to develop. It can do a lot more, all a matter of what you want to do and what software is out there. There's tons. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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. -- 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: iPad - how much memory is enough?
thanks steve - you wrote most apps useless I'm a bit worried i might wind up with a 700 € movie player plus browser status symbol can it for example be used to provide remote support or for system/network documentation purposes? are there IT tools available to run on it? thanks again ecke 2011/3/19 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: On 2011-03-18 19:44 , eckinator wrote: thanks, guys my problem is I have no idea what the iPad is practical for; thus far I've ignored iProducts altogether - what are the most common storage intensive things that you use it for? i have a 16GB iPhone 4, which is comparable to an iPad in some important respects; i don't do much video, but at the moment i have about 1000 photos, 200+ apps (most of them relatively useless) and about 9 hours of music on my iPhone; you can see what that amounts to in storage here: http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3510446/1/iOS%20storage?h=797439 apps are generally small, a couple contain reference databases and are larger than 100MB; the iPhone is a great notebook, and i do things like transfer PDFs to it that i need to be able to look at in a meeting; iPads can do the same and are big enough to better as a reading device and more comfortable for video, detailed presentations and fairly serious writing (with an external keyboard); you can plug them into an HDMI monitor as well (i think you'll get 720p) -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal
2011/3/19 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Once again, you are postulating torture for torture sake. There's no percentage in it. The Government gains nothing and can lose everything. Rational beings don't risk that. Manning is a known prisoner. Even the most repressive government would think twice about the public relations disaster actually torturing such a prisoner would be. You are exhibiting a fairly paranoid attitude about this. No officer in the US military that cared about his career would allow this to happen, because eventually someone will have to be punished, and they know it wouldn't be a politician. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20029688-503543.html even the UN are investigating it. the brig commander at quantico was replaced following a complaint by coombs. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1365493/Pentagon-tells-Obama-Bradley-Mannings-prison-treatment-appropriate--gets-just-hour-outside-cell.html oh and this quote says it all: Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told ABC News: ‘Assertions by liberal bloggers, or network reporters or others that he is being mistreated, or somehow treated differently than others, in isolation, are just not accurate.’ liberal seems to be the new communist. mccarthy rears his ugly head if you ask me... can't agree with you at all about my attitude being paranoid - what makes Manning so dangerous that he is on 23 hour lockdown with all of his clothes and his prescription eyeglasses taken away from him? but hey I guess anythingshort of extraordinary rendition is fair treatment if you're a liberal... obama should return his nobel peace prize - it was an advance payment and he didn't deliver -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal
2011/3/19 Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com: liberal seems to be the new communist. mccarthy rears his ugly head if you ask me... If it's any consolation, conservative has been the new Nazi for many years now. haha yes it is - to each their own flavour of fascism I guess =/ -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal
2011/3/20 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: It's not the government that's rational, but the humans who run it and do it's bidding that are. If you think that there are no consequences improper behavior should, just ask the General in charge of Abu Ghraib, she no longer has a career in the US military, the subordinates that were directly responsible were court-martialed and most received long prison sentences. If Manning is being mistreated it will come out and heads will roll. Maybe not the heads you want to roll but someone in the chain of responsibility will pay. Hell, the US Navy just relieved the Skipper of the Enterprise for actions he took as the executive officer, that didn't even come close to mistreating a prisoner. His immediate superiors who knew of his actions and tacitly allowed them to continue will be taking early retirement with loss of pay and rank. Their careers ruined as his. yes but how many get away with similar things? and how do you know those weren't just pawn sacrifices... my impression is you don't do such things unless you are in an athmosphere that condones or encourages such conduct... any government that allows waterboarding and other forms of torture must not act surprised when their executives vary the routine a bit... -- 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: couldn't get the 540 to work as a wireless slave
just a quick somewhat related question on the side: I recently picked up in the bay four hotshoe adaptors F and two spiral cords to connect them. two of the Fs have a broken casing and will ultimately fail although I think that may be some time away yet. hence my question: with the AF-540FGZ I can plug the cable directly into the flash; is there any benefit from using the adaptor F other than for daisychaining with two adaptors stacked underneath the flash? and, for lack of a manual, can I safely stack themwithout ill effect on my gear? thanks Ecke 2011/3/18 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On Mar 18, 2011, at 1:24 AM, John Francis wrote: On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:03:45PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 17, 2011, at 2:46 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Tonight, I was trying the K-5 out with flashes. I was mostly trying to use the pop-up and the AF540 as fill flash with the stage lighting. I was having an expected amount of difficulty, when I tried to set the pop up to control, rather than master, and all it would do is fire the 540 as preflash, but wouldn't actually fire the 540 for the shot. Except for once, right after power up. Also, even in slave mode, the 540, which I can never get to stay in M on the camera, would only go into M or A in wireless, and would never work as wireless P-TTL. I did RTFM, Page 192 of the K-5 manual If I Recall Correctly. I'm sure that there is something simple, that I'm missing, but I'm missing it. The answer actually came from the DPR Pentax SLR forum: [ . . . ] Ah. But you said you'd checked with the 540 FGZ manual... The last bullet in the Advanced Functions checklist for wireless mode says to confirm the slave mode is set to SL1 Aha! I did check the manual, but it looked like it ended on page 36, with pictures on 37. It didn't dawn on me to turn the page. :-( -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 Thirty Five years ago.
My first year in school and also the year I met one of my best friends still. Don't remember much of that year but I know I was a happy kid all in all =) Ecke 2011/3/18 Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com: I wish I had more remaining unchanged from that period, though ;) I mean; knees, vertebrae and eyes, to say the least!. Bulent The Mature One - http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun -- 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.
OT: iPad - how much memory is enough?
I need to buy one as a demonstration system for my business and can't decide whether to be sensible and buy el cheapo 16 gb or one of the bigger ones - does anyone have experience with one? thanks Ecke -- 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: iPad - how much memory is enough?
thanks, guys my problem is I have no idea what the iPad is practical for; thus far I've ignored iProducts altogether - what are the most common storage intensive things that you use it for? thanks again ecke 2011/3/19 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com: On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 4:44 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: On 2011-03-18 17:20 , eckinator wrote: I need to buy one as a demonstration system for my business and can't decide whether to be sensible and buy el cheapo 16 gb or one of the bigger ones - does anyone have experience with one? i have a little experience, and have been planning a purchase of a 16GB iPad 2 for my partner ... My partner is a whole enchilada kinda guy so I'm buying him the iPad 2 64G ATT network model. My own needs are more modest. An iPad 2 32G WiFi-only will do me fine. (I use a Verizon 3G MiFi on pay-as-you-go for a mobile hotspot, does the same thing as having one or the other 3G cellular connect in the iPad and services my iPod Touch and MBP as well when I'm out of range of an established WiFi hot-spot too.) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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. -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal
2011/3/19 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: I find the left's enthusiasm for wikileaks to be rather simplistic. I was a conservative voter much of my adult life. I stopped when I realized how much more corrupt the moderate right is than the moderate left and how much more they are willing to bend the law to the breaking point if there is anything to be gained from it. I only vote for the moderate left for lack of a political home where my opinions lie. I find the constant left-bashing of dissenters to be rather simplistic. Privacy is necessary in personal life, in business dealings, and -- yes -- in government as well. Government officials have to be able to correspond in confidence at times. sure. no denying that. some things that were said in private had better not been thought though Strategies to defend against terrorism have to remain confidential. definitely. torture can't happen in public in the land of the free And don't forget that wikileaks released the names of Afthan citizens who had tried to help defeat the Taliban, putting them in grave danger. Even Assange's cohorts said that action was despicable. and so do I Earlier, someone said it's only the U.S. that has a problem with wikileaks . That's not at all true. Almost all European nations have spoken out against the groups actions. the governments of these nations. maybe not the people. but I have no idea about numbers. There are government officials both in the U.S. and other countries who have and will violate the people's trust. But when exposing the few puts the many at risk, it's a bad deal. the few are rather too many. wikileaks wouldn't be doing this if they weren't genuinely fed up. there is nothing to be gained from it but static If wikileaks has accomplished anything good, it would be that it has led the government to tighten security. The U.S. serviceman who provided much of the classified information that was released will spend most of his life in jail. That will undoubtedly prove to be a deterrent to others. And access to classified information will undoubtedly be more restricted than it has been. I rather think the good will come from governments realizing the power of free media. look to North Africa. the internet enabled those revolutions. the govts of the so called free world have every reason to fear freedom of information. they have enough to hide to stumble over. -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan
well you could take it one step further and use the reservoir as a pumped storage plant to compensate the fluctuation of the whirly things =) 2011/3/17 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: On Mar 16, 2011, at 23:12 , David Mann wrote: On Mar 17, 2011, at 8:08 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: As I discussed with some friends yesterday, I think any reactors built in the future should be situated uphill from the ocean, and downhill from a gazillion gallon water source, like a lake or man-made reservoir, that could gravity feed reactors for a few weeks in an emergency. It would need to be much higher than the plant, as it takes quite a but of pressure to pump water into a pressurized containment vessel. In that case they may as well use the reservoir to build a hydroelectric power station. Not that you'll get the same power rating but if you have such a reservoir you may as well make use of it. Dave Excellent solution! The hydroelectric generated power could power the rural areas, supplementing those big whirly things. The nuclear generated power could be sent to urban environs, to keep the neon nice and bright… In a catastrophe, cut off the rural users, after all, they have their whirly things to heat their hen houses, and send the water around the water wheel and on down the hill to the reactors! Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com I couldn't remember most of what I know today if it weren't for others sharing their knowledge of my past on the Internet. Thank 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. -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at PayPal
PayPal Germany adds 50% to all donations for Japan. money goes to the German Red Cross. probably there are similar offers for other countries. time to punish them for messing with Wikileaks! Cheers Ecke -- 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: Yowayowa! Explanation from one lurker
On 08/03/2011 17:55, Morris Galloway wrote: Don't believe it. No sign of a remote and, as anyone who has used one knows, the chances of getting even one of those shots with a self-timer is slim. May Miss Yowayowa thrash me mercilessly if I'm wrong. Or right. could it just be a case of a big memory card, a high frame rate interval timer and some sprayjutsu? -- 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 finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at PayPal
what I was really saying is, donate for Japan. and if you can get the PayPal offer in your country, why not make three bucks out of two. of course I was also saying I don't like PayPal for a plethora of reasons, Wikileaks being only the latest one or rather one before latest... just had fun with them the other day in an eBay buyer protection case where seller and I had agreed upon a partial reimbursement whereas PayPal reimbursed the whole amount and said that that was that and everything beyond that was mine to deal with... anyhoo: DONATE FOR JAPAN =) 2011/3/17 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Huh??? On Mar 17, 2011, at 5:04 AM, eckinator wrote: PayPal Germany adds 50% to all donations for Japan. money goes to the German Red Cross. probably there are similar offers for other countries. time to punish them for messing with Wikileaks! Cheers Ecke -- 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: OT finally a chance to get even with those f***ers at, PayPal
2011/3/17 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Just because they stuck a knife in the back of U.S. Government policy on Iraq and Afghanistan don't make Wikileaks good guys. Looking at their overall effect, they harmed a lot more innocents than they exposed any bad guys. In that case Wikileaks and the US govt would have roughly the same track record for Iraq and Afghanistan... =P *dons flameproof suit* -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan
2011/3/15 Keith Whaley keit...@dslextreme.com: I don't believe the quote at all. It's pure braggadocio... He argued it was so because they had double layer containments. This is a totally deceiving statement. Nuclear power plants use water to cool, and then return the water to the source. They do not _use it up_! They do not destroy it! Once the power plant is done with it's cooling properties, it's returned to 'nature.' yes, in the form of more or less hot water. which as you know promotes algae growth and reduces oxygen levels in rivers which as you know affects the aquatic fauna or in other words kills fish. which in turn results in power plants being shut down to protect said fish. that is what happened. during the great droughts of the last decades a number of plants in france and spain had to shut down. incidentally at a time of rising power consumption caused by increased load from air conditioners. nuclear power plants very much do destroy water in that they make it uninhabitable to fish if you just let them run full throttle. oh and speaking of water, in the past 1000 years of recorded history and not counting 2011 in Japan 150.000+ tsunami victims are documented. not counting the unsung. someone with a little more brains and a little less greed would not have placed their nuke plants on the shore line for lack of inland water but installed aqueducts and pumps instead and taken their plants to dryer grounds... the nuclear power industry has no genuine interest in safety where costs can be avoided. and no genuine interest in transparency either if you look at Tepco's record (or Vattenfall's or ... well you name them) for messing up, forging records and then resorting to salami tactics. -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan
neither is of any import to me, Larry =P you can give me a Canon or Nikon any day; I'll take it. just don't force your fuel rod on me... 2011/3/16 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: Debating the pros and cons of nuclear power on the PDML is rather less productive than discussing the relative merits of Canon vs Nikon, and a lot less likely to change anyone's opinion. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan
2011/3/16 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I'd never force my fuel rod on you, and might even take you out for dinner and a movie first. hehe...you had me at butterscotch popcorn.. -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan
2011/3/16 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: As I discussed with some friends yesterday, I think any reactors built in the future should be situated uphill from the ocean, and downhill from a gazillion gallon water source, like a lake or man-made reservoir, that could gravity feed reactors for a few weeks in an emergency. It would need to be much higher than the plant, as it takes quite a but of pressure to pump water into a pressurized containment vessel. much higher is your problem here, Joe - it would need to be probably something like at least a a mile higher if my guess of the pressure is anywhere near realistic... but I do agree that there is much still to be invented in that field... -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan
2011/3/16 John Francis jo...@panix.com: Oh, I don't think anybody would argue too strongly with you there. It's just that you seem to have some quaint belief that this is is some way unique to nuclear power, and that coal/oil/gas/whatever is in some way a safer option. unique: not really. I hold the firm believe that large corporations have no ethics whatsoever. all they care about is profit. it is called shareholder value. and their managers had better be some place safe on the day of the grand awakening. safer: yes. depends of course. dams can break. coal is dirty. oil is dirty. gas is somewhat dirty. deepwater horizon told its own story. shell in nigeria is yet another story. photovoltaics are IMO safe but produce lots of toxic waste in panel manufacture. wind turbines... well, they kill birds and the offshore wheels apparently disorient whales and dolphins. solar thermal plants seem fairly safe. sodium acetate waste heat storage looks pretty promising. they all have one advantage though: nothing they do has anywhere nearly the half life of plutonium or MOX. The main difference is that the nuclear industry concentrates their risk into highly-visible incidents such as the one we see at present, while other methods of power generation spread their level of risk uniformly over the time period. That doesn't mean that the total level of risk over time is lower, though. -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan
2011/3/16 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: I agree with that as well. If I recall though, to get a good water flow into a reactor with pump failure, one needs to vent the pressure from the containment vessel, normally through the Torus in these units, though in an emergency greater than that there are valves that can be opened to vent the steam from the boiling water out the top of the vessel. The downside of that is, if you remember from science class, if you have superheated water under pressure, removing the pressure lowers the boiling point of the liquid, which causes a great amount of steam to be generated that needs to be released. Sort of a cascading problem, because at some point so much water is being turned to steam that it lowers the water level, perhaps faster than water can be pumped in to replace it. this is actually something that has been boggling my mind since I started thinking about what these poor people at fukushima who are still their and giving their lives for what amounts to palliative care of the plant and hopefully turning a 100% disaster into an 80% disaster are doing all day. I would kind of think that all this pumping of water onto fuel rods glowing at somewhere between 800 and 2500 °C would cause instant evaporation and the corresponding shock waves of pressure rises; AFAIK water expands 1700fold from liquid to vapor/gaseous after all. wouldn't that cause enormous stress and ultimately fatigue of the containment vessel? and are the pressure relief valves designed to withstand this abuse for an extended period? I do not claim to know everything about the operation of the GE reactors in trouble in Japan right now. I did learn the basics as a teenager some 50 years ago, conversing with my father as well as listening in on many conversations over dinners with several of the big names in the Atomic Energy business. R.G. McAllister was a Nuclear Health Physicist sent to represent the the U.S.A. Insurance Pool at several ISO conventions held at the Hague in the 1950's and 60's where the many safety measures in the use of these radioactive materials, from dentists and hospital use up to weapons production, were discussed and agreed upon. The reason for these month long meetings was that no insurance company, nor any country's insurance industry, could afford to cover a catastrophic event such as the one we are currently witness to in Japan. The risk had to be covered on a global scale. just don't get me started on weapons. this is bad enough as it is. Don't be surprised if some of the large insurance companies in the world start selling off assets such as downtown buildings and other properties in the next year or three. sounds probable indeed. -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan
INES level is up to 6 from 4 now according to French ASN. Chernobyl was 7. The situation is different in that Fukushima 1 (Daiichi) is not graphite moderated so there can be no graphite fire but a steam explosion isn't so bad either. All 6 blocks in varying degrees trouble now, at least 200 tons of spentfuel rods in cooling basins outside the containments, a broken containment in block 2, radiation levels too high in the control room etc... One expert named Mycle Schneider was quoted saying all being done now was palliative. Oh, and two block cooling failures in Fukushima 2 (Daini) yet to evolve. Tokai and Onagawa look safe so far. Speaking of safe, French Sarkozy just announced there will be no stop to French nuclear plans as French reactors are (quote) ten times safer than those in Japan. Same from a number of other countries or to a similar vein. Fukushima Daiichi was built using a 60s GE design and hasn't been upgraded much since. So much for lessons learned from Chernobyl. Not even the Wallmann valves were redundant apparently. And Tepco was involved in a number of cover up scandals including forged maintenance docs. It scares the living daylights out of me to think that noone seems to learn a thing from this. No matter how safe you make a nuke plant, you can never reach 100% and any failure of this order of magnitude will have similar effects. And it will happen again. Probably still in my lifetime. 2011/3/15 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 3/15/2011 1:28 PM, Larry Colen wrote: A friend of mine who is a Nuclear Physicist, and lives in Los Alamos, read and vetted the original post in this series, which has been moved to the MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering website: http://mitnse.com/ Thanks, Larry. Bookmarked. Boris -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan
Bob, there is a rule in IT operations that says whenever someone becomes indispensable [you must] fire them right away [before their damage potential gets even greater]. if there are no good alternatives to dangerous nuclear power plants, i.e. no safe nuclear power plants, then the world will have to do without nuclear power plants altogether or at least make an effort to do so. We can't just keep building new ones and pretend we're aware of the risks (well they're NOT risks but FACTS) and feverishly looking for a way out of that technological dead end. Not to mention that Uranium is running low so the price of nuclear energy is going to go up, not down. There are alternatives and I'll prefer any of them no matter what other ill effects they may harbour. and besides, the best alternative is to cut down consumption. In Germany there are presently two nuclear plants running exclusively to feed the goddamn STANDBY circuitry of home and office electronics. I don't want to see the world go down the drain because some fatass needs a FUCKING STANDBY LED on their bloody 42 couch potato illumination!!! 2011/3/15 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Ecki, It's not the learning from the thing, but the doing that's at fault. Nobody has found good alternatives... Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:06 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: INES level is up to 6 from 4 now according to French ASN. Chernobyl was 7. The situation is different in that Fukushima 1 (Daiichi) is not graphite moderated so there can be no graphite fire but a steam explosion isn't so bad either. All 6 blocks in varying degrees trouble now, at least 200 tons of spentfuel rods in cooling basins outside the containments, a broken containment in block 2, radiation levels too high in the control room etc... One expert named Mycle Schneider was quoted saying all being done now was palliative. Oh, and two block cooling failures in Fukushima 2 (Daini) yet to evolve. Tokai and Onagawa look safe so far. Speaking of safe, French Sarkozy just announced there will be no stop to French nuclear plans as French reactors are (quote) ten times safer than those in Japan. Same from a number of other countries or to a similar vein. Fukushima Daiichi was built using a 60s GE design and hasn't been upgraded much since. So much for lessons learned from Chernobyl. Not even the Wallmann valves were redundant apparently. And Tepco was involved in a number of cover up scandals including forged maintenance docs. It scares the living daylights out of me to think that noone seems to learn a thing from this. No matter how safe you make a nuke plant, you can never reach 100% and any failure of this order of magnitude will have similar effects. And it will happen again. Probably still in my lifetime. 2011/3/15 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 3/15/2011 1:28 PM, Larry Colen wrote: A friend of mine who is a Nuclear Physicist, and lives in Los Alamos, read and vetted the original post in this series, which has been moved to the MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering website: http://mitnse.com/ Thanks, Larry. Bookmarked. Boris -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan
So is mine but I am doing much to bring it down (mot saying you are not). 2011/3/15 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Ecki, Then it's time to look to yourself. How much bigger is your energy footprint than your grandfather's was? Mine is surely much bigger. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:48 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: Bob, there is a rule in IT operations that says whenever someone becomes indispensable [you must] fire them right away [before their damage potential gets even greater]. if there are no good alternatives to dangerous nuclear power plants, i.e. no safe nuclear power plants, then the world will have to do without nuclear power plants altogether or at least make an effort to do so. We can't just keep building new ones and pretend we're aware of the risks (well they're NOT risks but FACTS) and feverishly looking for a way out of that technological dead end. Not to mention that Uranium is running low so the price of nuclear energy is going to go up, not down. There are alternatives and I'll prefer any of them no matter what other ill effects they may harbour. and besides, the best alternative is to cut down consumption. In Germany there are presently two nuclear plants running exclusively to feed the goddamn STANDBY circuitry of home and office electronics. I don't want to see the world go down the drain because some fatass needs a FUCKING STANDBY LED on their bloody 42 couch potato illumination!!! 2011/3/15 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Ecki, It's not the learning from the thing, but the doing that's at fault. Nobody has found good alternatives... Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:06 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: INES level is up to 6 from 4 now according to French ASN. Chernobyl was 7. The situation is different in that Fukushima 1 (Daiichi) is not graphite moderated so there can be no graphite fire but a steam explosion isn't so bad either. All 6 blocks in varying degrees trouble now, at least 200 tons of spentfuel rods in cooling basins outside the containments, a broken containment in block 2, radiation levels too high in the control room etc... One expert named Mycle Schneider was quoted saying all being done now was palliative. Oh, and two block cooling failures in Fukushima 2 (Daini) yet to evolve. Tokai and Onagawa look safe so far. Speaking of safe, French Sarkozy just announced there will be no stop to French nuclear plans as French reactors are (quote) ten times safer than those in Japan. Same from a number of other countries or to a similar vein. Fukushima Daiichi was built using a 60s GE design and hasn't been upgraded much since. So much for lessons learned from Chernobyl. Not even the Wallmann valves were redundant apparently. And Tepco was involved in a number of cover up scandals including forged maintenance docs. It scares the living daylights out of me to think that noone seems to learn a thing from this. No matter how safe you make a nuke plant, you can never reach 100% and any failure of this order of magnitude will have similar effects. And it will happen again. Probably still in my lifetime. 2011/3/15 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 3/15/2011 1:28 PM, Larry Colen wrote: A friend of mine who is a Nuclear Physicist, and lives in Los Alamos, read and vetted the original post in this series, which has been moved to the MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering website: http://mitnse.com/ Thanks, Larry. Bookmarked. Boris -- 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. -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rollingblackouts in Japan
2011/3/15 Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it: On a side note, wouldn't it be time to 'verboten' the sales of standby-equipped devices? Manufactures have all the technology required to get rid of that utter nonsense. since when is omission a technology? =) or are referring to simple on/off switches like they had before all that crap was introduced? but I totally agree. obviously. seeing my previous rant... -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because ofrollingblackouts in Japan
2011/3/15 Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it: What are governments waiting for putting standby outlaw like plastic bags? the right campaign donation (or bribe maybe?) from the right people... if the industry can pay off politicos why can greenpeace et al. not do so? greenpeace is a big buck corporation itself after all... hell, even the hells angels's german president is close friends with ex chancellor schröder... I doubt he'd have been above taking money from sea shepherd or peta etc... -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan
2011/3/15 Keith Whaley keit...@dslextreme.com: You simply don't know what you're talking about. Quite apparently, you know little ot nothing abouto the entire nuclear power industry. To say there is no such thing as safe nuclear power is fatuous. Also incorrect! My suit is flame proof but not radiation proof. Next thing you'll tell me nuclear waste disposal is a problem solved long ago? -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan
2011/3/15 Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com: My son is able to easily separate the issues and tell me that nuclear energy is safe without considering the disposal issue. How the two are not permanently entwined escapes me, but he's able to do it. what was the name of that John Carpenter movie starring Rowdy Roddy Piper once again? as long as we're all free to choose our favorite brainwash... -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because of rolling blackouts in Japan
2011/3/15 Keith Whaley keit...@dslextreme.com: Didn't say that. It's not solved. Is that the only problem you see? no I see tons more but since you see fit to call me clueless I expect you to substantiate your assertion over to 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because ofrollingblackouts in Japan
2011/3/15 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: Indeed, it's very easy to oversimplify. The combination of use patterns, utility and power consumption during standby must be considered. Computers are a case in point, in order to be power efficient they need to consume some standby power, in good systems the standby power is now in the order of 1W for off and 2W for standby (instant on). The fact is that people will be happier to set their power saving functionality to power down the system over a shorter period of non-activity if the unit will spring back into action at the touch of the keyboard or power button. I know I will hit the power button now when I walk away from my computer knowing that it will take mere seconds to reactivate. This type of system functionality and user behaviour will generally promote net savings in energy use over a day, so the standby power is worth the expenditure. Everyone should have or have access to a precision power meter so that they can analysis the power consumption of all their electrical equipment. Some items are surprisingly efficient others are woeful but without a proper means of assessment it's all a big guess. good point with regard to more complex systems. different for mere on/off functionality replaced by standby. NVRAM and EEPROM are cheap and fast. saving settings shouldn't be such a big whoop. and there are more energy efficient ways to do that. a simple AA rechargeable. or you could even go one step further and store settings in the remote which has a battery anyway. plus if you take into the equation the additional production footprint for the standby function even a standby that makes sense otherwise may become totally pointless. meaning if the energy saved by using standby instead of just letting the system run is less over the lifetime of the device than the energy spent to add the standby function... -- 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: pentax to close customer service center etc because ofrollingblackouts in Japan
2011/3/15 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: Honestly these days it's probably cheaper to manufacture a system with soft power control than a physical power switch, power control is built into virtually all modern switch mode power controllers. good point, maybe I was wrong there. thanks! -- 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: Japan
2011/3/13 Bob W p...@web-options.com: This is the paragraph that puzzles me: To keep things in perspective, no nuclear accident has caused anything approaching the 1,000 short-term fatalities stemming from Friday's earthquake and tsunami. that is so disgustingly cynical. if you care to know what severe nuclear contamination does, point your google fu to fallujah depleted uranium - the faint hearted may not want to do an image search... makes you wonder what payroll the author is on... -- 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: Re: Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7
there was a newer version of that released in the days of the K-7 so you may want to check Pentax Japan's download area! hth ecke 2011/3/13 Jens p...@planfoto.dk: Well, it seems that there was a Remote Assistant for the K20D. That's good enough for me. The K20D is a very capable camera, quite capable of making splendid studio recordings at ISO 100. I used it for this, which has a quite good image quality, regardless of the fact, that I edited it in Portrait Professional later on: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/5512893505/ The K20D is a fine studio camera, some reviews even siad that the image quality is better than the one of the K-7. I will give it a try with the remote assistant software provided with the camera :-) Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Mar 13, 2011 13:56 Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Thanks Pete. I remeber reading something about some guys making attampts to design thrid party software for this kind of operation (tethering). I don't know where or how I can get hold of this software. What I really need is being able to store images on the fly to the laptop. I think the manual says I can do this :-) This is the most important thing to me. -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Mar 13, 2011 13:32 Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 March 2011 23:10, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Hi list Does anyone know if I can use a Laptop as a monitor for the K-5, please. I remember the *ist D had this option if I instaled special software for this on my laptop. Can I do thsi with the K-5. And - in case it's a YAE, will I have to use Live View? One more question: Do I need all the formware updates, or will the 1.03 contain all previous updates? Thanks in advance. Jens, You just need firmware 1.03. It is cumulative - also has 1.01 and 1.02 included. I don't remember the specifics, but I don't believe you can tether the K5 to a laptop. There was some recent discussion (last 3-4 months) on this - before I bought mine, so I paid scant attention. The archives may cough it up if you search. Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- 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: Japan
2011/3/13 John Francis jo...@panix.com: that is so disgustingly cynical. if you care to know what severe nuclear contamination does, point your google fu to fallujah depleted uranium - the faint hearted may not want to do an image search... makes you wonder what payroll the author is on... Really? Should we also wonder if you are on the payroll of a coal or oil company, because you produce a one-sided condemnation of nuclear power? John, IMO it is a valid question to ask - almost all media pursue a political agenda of some kind and almost all political powers try to control the media in some way, either by ownership or other direct/indirect influence or by censorship. my statement on the other hand was an expression of my disbelief of the statement quoted and my puzzlement at what the author was trying to say. I'm still not sure but the impression on me is he is trying to make it look not all that bad... what would be the point of that? I can't think of anything else but to convince people that nuclear contamination to the point of potentially causing 200K+ people to lose their homes isn't such a big deal. but I am open to another explanation if you feel I misread that paragraph. but there was nothing in my statement to make oil or coal look better. I prefer sustainable energy and I even more prefer reducing my consumption. You might want to take a look at a short science fiction story from 1954, On the Feasibility of Coal Driven Power Stations, written by O.R. Frisch. That might put some things into perspective. I will. Even though I am not a coal man at all. -- 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: Japan
2011/3/13 John Francis jo...@panix.com: Try reading that part of the argument as saying: Don't lose perspective. There's a whole lot more disruption and death caused by other aspects of these natural disasters; focussing too much attention on the nuclear power plant will only cause attention to shift from more pressing problems. I'm not sure that's the whole message (or even part of the message) that the author was trying to push. But I think it's at least as plausible a reading as shifting blame away from nuclear power. OK I'm prepared to blame that on my being a non native speaker but I fail to read any of that in the paragraph - how do others feel about this? And does being that ambivalent/ambiguous make it poor writing? Thanks Ecke -- 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: Autofocus issue with 16-50 f2.8 DA*
I remember when I posted that info as received from Pentax German HQ most of the list were calling PHQ liars and the explanation impossible... oh well =) 2011/3/10 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: On Mar 9, 2011, at 7:36 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Just before I boxed up this lens for shipping to C R I S for repair I thought I'd pop it back onto my K20D just to see if it would auto focus as it had not consistently auto focused for quite some time (bought new in 2/09) - and guess what - it began to auto focus, intermittently at first, and the longer it stayed on the camera body, the less frequently it refused to auto focus. It seems (?) to be auto focusing alright at the moment. I had previously done all the usual - check contacts, switched the lens auto/manual focus switch etc all to no avail. Any ideas out there as to what the heck is going on with this lens? Doesn't make sense to sent it in for repair since it now appears to be functioning ok, but I don't know how it will perform the next time I go to use it. It is probably my least used lens. I remember some discussion here about the lens needing to be on the camera body for awhile for it to auto function properly - something about charging IIRC. I remember hearing something about SDM lenses needing a few minutes to power up. That doesn't seem to be true of any of mine. I do make a point of using them all from time to time. My 60-250 and 16-50 both get a lot of use just as a matter of need. But I make an effort to mount my least-used 50-135 from time to time as well, just to give it a workout. Paul 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. -- 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: Autofocus issue with 16-50 f2.8 DA*
hard to believe is fine. but I take exception at people saying it was a lie without producing so much as a shred of proof or a better explanation. imho that is just unnecessary and uncalled for. I don't recall who said it and it is all bygones but I remember at the time I found that pretty weak, Not saying it was you, I honestly can't remember. 2011/3/10 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: I still find the need-to-power-up explanation hard to believe. But I do believe that SDM problems can be intermittent. On Mar 10, 2011, at 4:11 AM, eckinator wrote: I remember when I posted that info as received from Pentax German HQ most of the list were calling PHQ liars and the explanation impossible... oh well =) 2011/3/10 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: On Mar 9, 2011, at 7:36 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Just before I boxed up this lens for shipping to C R I S for repair I thought I'd pop it back onto my K20D just to see if it would auto focus as it had not consistently auto focused for quite some time (bought new in 2/09) - and guess what - it began to auto focus, intermittently at first, and the longer it stayed on the camera body, the less frequently it refused to auto focus. It seems (?) to be auto focusing alright at the moment. I had previously done all the usual - check contacts, switched the lens auto/manual focus switch etc all to no avail. Any ideas out there as to what the heck is going on with this lens? Doesn't make sense to sent it in for repair since it now appears to be functioning ok, but I don't know how it will perform the next time I go to use it. It is probably my least used lens. I remember some discussion here about the lens needing to be on the camera body for awhile for it to auto function properly - something about charging IIRC. I remember hearing something about SDM lenses needing a few minutes to power up. That doesn't seem to be true of any of mine. I do make a point of using them all from time to time. My 60-250 and 16-50 both get a lot of use just as a matter of need. But I make an effort to mount my least-used 50-135 from time to time as well, just to give it a workout. Paul 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. -- 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: K-5 firmware v1.03
there is a wonderful German word, Verschlimmbesserung - meaning an improvement that makes (more or other) things worse. can anyone give an English equivalent? Cheers Ecke 2011/3/10 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: That should resolve the tungsten light, screwdrive focus problem that has been mentioned. Hopefully, it won't affect all the things that have been working splendidly, like autofocus with SDM lenses. Paul On Mar 10, 2011, at 12:34 AM, Phil Northeast wrote: this is the latest firmware update for the K-5. according to Pentax it provides: Improved the accuracy of auto focus in low-intensity light condition. http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-5_s.html Phil -- 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: K-5 firmware v1.03
traumatic would be more like it ]=) 2011/3/10 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 3/10/2011 2:04 PM, eckinator wrote: there is a wonderful German word, Verschlimmbesserung - meaning an improvement that makes (more or other) things worse. can anyone give an English equivalent? Cheers Ecke Dramatic improvement may be? -- 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: K-5 firmware v1.03
Mark! 2011/3/10 Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com: Service Pack On 3/10/2011 6:04 AM, eckinator wrote: there is a wonderful German word, Verschlimmbesserung - meaning an improvement that makes (more or other) things worse. can anyone give an English equivalent? Cheers Ecke 2011/3/10 Paul Stenquistpnstenqu...@comcast.net: That should resolve the tungsten light, screwdrive focus problem that has been mentioned. Hopefully, it won't affect all the things that have been working splendidly, like autofocus with SDM lenses. Paul On Mar 10, 2011, at 12:34 AM, Phil Northeast wrote: this is the latest firmware update for the K-5. according to Pentax it provides: Improved the accuracy of auto focus in low-intensity light condition. http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-5_s.html Phil -- 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: Autofocus issue with 16-50 f2.8 DA*
2011/3/10 Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com: I still believe that explanation to be either impossible or evidence of something having gone terribly wrong in their design department. positively nothing wrong with believing the latter IMO =) Ecke -- 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: Autofocus issue with 16-50 f2.8 DA*
2011/3/10 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Criticizing Pentax is one of the things we do best. we must. we're their QC dept. after all. =) no offense taken Ecke -- 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: Test
oh please use a snoot, willya? 2011/3/11 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com: MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.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. -- 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 Australian slang translation help solicited
Hi Australian list members A fellow translator is having some problems with Australian slang - she has three questions and asked me to forward them to any Australians willing to help. Please contact me and I'll pass them on. Quick help as well as colourful explanations will be appreciated Cheers Ecke -- 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-5 firmware v1.03
2011/3/11 Bob W p...@web-options.com: one step forward, two steps back. reminds me of Paula Abdul - she was quite the babe back then. need to look up what's become of her... -- 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: Test
Tim to move on then =) 2011/3/11 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com: I had a brief moment of panic. It's over now. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2011/3/11 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: oh please use a snoot, willya? 2011/3/11 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com: MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.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. -- 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: OT: Free Time Management Workshop
2011/3/9 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: That's our prime condition. hey, don't zoom in on it... We got to get to the root of it, Ecke. you mean you need to get your rear element checked? Never mind the quality, feel the focal length. This act is turning into a complex number. Is that real or imaginary ? Which part? The part that tickles Steve Jobs. I guess I'll have to start filtering this thread, its getting too polarizing. a filter thread? man, that's measured in millimeters... I had no idea... I see you fell for my pitch... Bet the rest of the list is yawed by the way we roll. Everyone will wake up when it ends in a colorful F-stop. Is that an iris diagnosis? No, it's based on a viewfinder prognosis informed by shuttering experience. you're making it sound like matrix metering - I take it the bu on your mode dial means bullet time? -- 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: Free Time Management Workshop
2011/3/9 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: That's our prime condition. hey, don't zoom in on it... We got to get to the root of it, Ecke. you mean you need to get your rear element checked? Never mind the quality, feel the focal length. This act is turning into a complex number. Is that real or imaginary ? Which part? The part that tickles Steve Jobs. I guess I'll have to start filtering this thread, its getting too polarizing. a filter thread? man, that's measured in millimeters... I had no idea... I see you fell for my pitch... Bet the rest of the list is yawed by the way we roll. Everyone will wake up when it ends in a colorful F-stop. Is that an iris diagnosis? No, it's based on a viewfinder prognosis informed by shuttering experience. you're making it sound like matrix metering - I take it the bu on your mode dial means bullet time? The B setting is for shooting tulips and onions. Now we're finally getting to the roots here! And the 'A' setting is for shooting A** holes Who wants to take pics of their X anyway? The Tv people sometimes need a reminder... -- 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.
