Re: OT: Something to think about
That's a great story, Paul. In case it wasn't a story, tho', and speaking purely from logic (not experience) get a roll of paper towels, a set of gloves and a bottle of Windex. While the cab is still in the garage, wipe down all possible places you might have touched the car. Put on the gloves to open the door and leave the car. Then at dusk, put on the gloves again and drive the cab two blocks away, turn the corner, park it legally and walk home around the block. That's purely just a guess and a made-up story too. I have no advise as to what to do... g Might even decide to visit my senile Auntie the next day... if I had one... me On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:09 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: This gave me an early AM serious chuckle, Paul. Made my morning. Thanks! Jack From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 7:45 PM Subject: OT: Something to think about With the Holidays upon us I would like to share a personal experience with my friends on the list about drinking and driving. As you may know some of us have been known to have brushes with the authorities from time to time on the way home after a night out with friends. Well, two days ago I was at a car company Christmas party and had several cocktails followed by some rather nice red wine. Most of the bottle, I believe. Feeling jolly, I still had the sense to know that I may be slightly over the limit. That's when I did something that I've never done before - I took a cab home. Sure enough on the way home there was a police road block, but since it was a cab they waved it past. I arrived home safely without incident. This was a real surprise as I had never driven a cab before, I don't know where I got it and now that it's in my garage I don't know what to do with it. 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: PESO - Dennis
What's a Spart (Sparc?) Select? keith == also wears shorts year 'round... On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:21 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Bruce! Dennis wears shorts all year 'round. Even when jt gets down below -20C if you can imagine that. He'll wear gloves, ear muffs and a thick jacket (as in this photo taken on a cool day but all he does for his legs is cover his knees (again, see this photo). Don't know how (or why) he does it... Thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Sent: November 15, 2012 11/15/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Dennis Awesome: Shaft Rides Again. :-) I love it, Frank. On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:18 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Dennis is certainly one of the characters in Toronto's bike messenger community: http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2012/11/dennis.html?m=0 Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. Cheers, frank If the world were clear, art would not exist. -- Albert Camus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Totally OT - philosophical question (Was: Structural engineering question)
Totally depends on the end use. How is the structure loaded? Would you put the fastener in shear or tension? Makes all the difference in the world, mechanically. In any case, a screw hammered in with a hammer is stupid. Works less efficiently then a nail would, and is pitiful in tension (pulling along the axis of the fastener.) keith whaley On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 9:30 AM, William Robb wrote: then use nails for the mechanical fasteners (nails are stronger than screws) What is stronger: a nail screwed with a screwdriver or a screw hammered with a hammer? Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Linguistic peeve: minty
Bill Owens wrote: My linguist peeve is preventative instead of preventive * Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 1 definition(s) found Preventative \Pre*venta*tive\, n. That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. * :-D *** keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Looking for d-SLR body
Bruce Walker wrote: Nick David Wright wrote: I am definitely looking at the lower end cameras (I'm assuming that's what you mean by bridge). The upper end cameras are nice but really don't do anything for me that the less expensive models don't do too. The definition I'm used-to is that bridges are those SLR lookalikes with built-in (ie non-detachable) zoom lenses. They bridge the dSLR models to the compact PS offerings. Like Oly's C- series prosumer cameras. The C-8080 was one of the best. I own several examples of both marques, film and digital, but I don't know of a comparable Pentax camera, or I'd have mentioned it. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor
Thibouille wrote: Mmm Nikon is rumoured to introduce a medium format lineup (MX format) based on a sensor of 54x54 mm. If this is true, Pentax MF'd better be cheap enough, and Leica is screwed ;) Anyway, rumours ... :p A tiny bit smaller than the old time 2 1/4 square format. What would the point be? keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor
JC OConnell wrote: Rectangle Definition : From Latin: rectus right + angle, A 4-sided polygon where all interior angles are 90° = JC O'Connell As far as you go, your statement is totally correct. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor
Bob W wrote: Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a square is a rhombus, or a trapezoid. While all 4 corners of both a square and a rectangle must be 90 degrees, the commonly accepted (preferred) definition states that a rectangle has adjacent sides of UNequal length. I think it's really stretching it to call a square a rectangle, since a square's sides MUST be of equal length. I'm in favor of differentiating the two. I mean, if I was asked... :-D They must teach you some strange things in your schools. JCO is quite correct - at least, our schools taught us that a rectangle is a quadrilateral with 4 right angles, so a square is a rectangle. A rectangle with unequal sides is an oblong. Bob C'mon, Bob. You're putting me on, right? Or making jokes. An oblong is a squashed circle. keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor
JC OConnell wrote: A square is a special rectangle, but it IS a rectangle. I just googled it last night, nowhere in any of the definitions does it say that a rectangle has to have any requirements on side lengths. Its just has to have all 4 corners at 90 degreees. There is differentiation, the square is a subset or special rectangle, but to say a square is NOT a rectangle is not correct per any definition geometric or otherwise. I dont know where you are getting this UNequal adjacent length requirement from, but its not case. thats the crux of the argument. Squares and rectangles are not exclusive, squares are just a special rectangle with all four sides equal lenght. JC O'Connell As you wish, JC. keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor
Larry Colen wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 09:50:16PM -0500, JC OConnell wrote: # Whiz? In what class?, remedial school? # # a square IS a rectangle. a square photo format is still a rectangular # format. # its just a rectangle with all four sides equal length. Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a square is a rhombus, or a trapezoid. While all 4 corners of both a square and a rectangle must be 90 degrees, the commonly accepted (preferred) definition states that a rectangle has adjacent sides of UNequal length. I think it's really stretching it to call a square a rectangle, since a square's sides MUST be of equal length. I'm in favor of differentiating the two. I mean, if I was asked... :-D keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Street Portraits
frank theriault wrote: On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Everyone: 1) The point of this exercise was to shoot closer engage with people more, which really doesn't come naturally to me. For the bit of street stuff I've done, I have used the DA* 50 - 135mm, which obviously allows for greater distance between the camera subject--as you know--sorry about stating the obvious here :-). I found shoot close really hard at first--and I was so nervous, but folks who were out and about today were cheerful very willing. This helped. 2) There's a bit of irony to this shoot: I had to kill 2 hours on the street because I had to wait for new prescription lenses to be mounted on my eye glass frames, which left me with no glasses! It was really disconcerting to shoot without glasses. Thank the gods for autofocus :-). My distance vision is not what it used to be, but it's not that bad, but if I had had to manual focus, there's no way I would have hit the focus. http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/Shooting%20Closer%20Street%20Portraits/index.html Comments/critique welcome. Brilliant stuff! I especially enjoyed the lady with the cigarette in the cigarette holder and the guy with the trojan horse. I like to do both candids and posed stuff (as the situation requires) on the street. In fact I used to a lot more stealthy stuff and lately I've been working on my street portraits. I really like yours! cheers, frank I need a new Toronto map! I've been there several times, and have never run across a GESO Steet! Whereabouts IS it? keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO Street Portraits
Bob W wrote: I've been there several times, and have never run across a GESO Steet! keith Very well done, Keith. You're a good boy for always stopping on the kerb, looking left, right and left again (or perhaps the other way where you live) and only when the street is clear walking briskly across without running. Bob Okay, I deserved that... g keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Stop all email
AlunFoto wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea0CDieb4yMhl=no Cheers, Jostein Outstanding! That led me to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d9P26fvVpwfeature=related Fine guitar work! Ooops! I hope it's a Pentax Acoustic! :-D keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: 11 years
Pedro Oliveira wrote: Hi. My first post was in November, 1997. My second post is this one... ;-) Pedro Oliveira Hah! I don't believe that! The earliest post I can find for myself is 2006, which I know is wrong! I was on much earlier than that, but...in the meanwhile I had changed my username and my ISP (3 times: AOL, Earthlink, and now DSĹExtreme!). Somewhere along the way, evidence of all my previous posts vanished. Oh well. I stay, enjoying myself! I'm an old timer even tho' it seems I'm a short timer! :-D Nice to hear from you, Pedro! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Good News
Cotty wrote: And on-topic. My son Stefan has been accepted for some work experience in the photography dept. at our local paper, The Oxford Mail (and sister paper The Oxford Times) for a week in July :-) Not without a little brow- beating from yours truly of course, but nonetheless, here's the chap in action: http://www.seeingeye.tv/pages/video.html Yes, that's a Pentax. -- Cheers, Cotty Oh! Is that Stephan in the co-pilot seat? Great! Second question, who shut the trip camera off before they were about to set down? Fun, tho'. I happen to LIKE small planes. I flew in them for many hours, long before you were even a gleam in your Pop's eye! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Good News
Cotty wrote: On 16/2/09, keith_w, discombobulated, unleashed: Oh! Is that Stephan in the co-pilot seat? Great! Stefan. Yah. Ooops! Most humble apologies! Your Stefan is the only one I've ever known! I won't do that again! * * * * I damn near solo'd in '45 in a light plane (Piper Cub). Had a LOT of hours dual, and was close, but...just the way it went. Yup. I like 'copters too! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Good News
Cotty wrote: On 16/2/09, keith_w, undiscombobulated, lashed out: I damn near solo'd in '45 in a light plane (Piper Cub). Had a LOT of hours dual, and was close, but...just the way it went. I thought you flew with the USAF? -- Cheers, Cotty I flew when I was very young, out of a CAA/CAP (?) dirt field airport. We flew tail-draggers, mostly. Civilians one and all, tail end of WWII. I washed airplanes in return for rides, most of which I turned into learning sessions. :-D When I got old enough, I joined the Navy. Became a Corpsman ~ a surgical nurse. Did time in Guantanamo Bay Naval Hospital, 1950 - 1953. That was F. Batista days, pre-Castro. When I was there, I trekked across the bay to the Naval airfield, and cadged rides from the pilot who flew base sanitation runs with a twin-engined F7F Grumman Tigercat, spraying kerosene and DDT to kill 'skeeters. Got to handle the controls to and from the spray sites. Yeah, I had fun! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Good News
Scott Loveless wrote: On 2/16/09, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 16/2/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.seeingeye.tv/pages/video.html Out on a limb here, but you didn't let him pick the music, did you? Har. Royalty free music - choice is not magnificent. I came across the footage on the computer, popped a few shots together, rifled for some music, any music, tidied it up. Just under an hour. It's not going in for an award ;-) http://www.magnatune.com/ I like Jami Sieber's music, as long as I don't have to read about what his/her/it's explanation of it all is supposed to connote... keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: 4 years
Scott Loveless wrote: I was sitting here drinking, wondering if I spouted off too much on the list tonight and reading through the quotes lists, when I realized I've been subscribed to the list for 4 years this month. Please accept my apologies. Uhhh, for stopping smoking, or for belonging to this list for 4 years? Okay by me! :-D keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 thought experiment involving acetone
Rick Womer wrote: Acetone dissolves polycarbonate very nicely. One of =my= friends discovered this many years ago. Try this: Get some DEET-containing insect repellent. Immerse the camera in it. The DEET will dissolve the camera, and leave the superglue pellet behind. Remove the pellet. Consult a chemist about precipitating the camera again from the DEET. Easy! Rick There are super glue dissolvers. Any place that stocks Super Glue might have some. If you can't locate any, I'll look on the back of my bottle, give you contact info... keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 thought experiment involving acetone
Cotty wrote: On 15/2/09, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Obviously nobody would be so stupid as to do a thing like this, but let's just suppose that you had a friend - yea, let's say a friend, that's good - who was a complete dork and accidentally dripped cyanoacrylate superglue onto the OK button at the back of his camera (it could, theoretically speaking and only in your imagination - this could never happen in the real world - be an Olympus E-1), such that the button became jammed. If said imaginary but stupid friend were to try and remove the superglue using acetone, what would (theoretically) be the effect on the body seals and possibly on the electronics, plastics, etc of this non-existent but theoretically possible camera? What about Nitromethane? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitromethane -- Cheers, Cotty Yes indeed. Perhaps that's what the Super Glue dissolver I mentioned is! I'm sure my bottle of it cost ME $3.50 or more, whilst the manufacturer spent all of $.09 on it! And most of that was the bottle and label! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Ralf's Field
Cotty wrote: Actually I decided I don't like it but wtf... http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/index.html R-D1 + 15/4.5 -- Cheers, Cotty I still like your Squall At Sunset! Lovely catch, well done. keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Holly Golightly
Derby Chang wrote: Bob W wrote: http://www.web-options.com/HG1.jpg http://www.web-options.com/HG2.jpg Bob Very tasty, especially the 2nd. Her shoes don't look like much in the 1st, but really catch my eye in the 2nd. Minor thing, if only we could see all of the shoes. I like gamine. D Mais Oui! Who doesn't! :-D keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Smokin'
Cotty wrote: On 12/2/09, Monica, discombobulated, unleashed: ...hat I'd given up several times, included 2 separate periods of a year each. Each time I went back to it was because I thought I could enjoy the pleasure of a cigar in a park on a beautiful spring day, and not get instantly addicted again. -- Cheers, Cotty I think what Cotty's trying to tell us is, smokers manage to mirror each other's posts with their tales of quitting. I was once a 2 1/2 pack a day smoker, tried to quit uncountable times, twice for 13 months, and fell for the old One cigar won't hurt me ploy that has apparently done a number of us in! The last time I fell off the wagon, I peaked at about a pack and a half, but finally quit about 10 years ago. I needed the help of Zyban, a mild anti-depression drug. It worked miracles for me! I must say, without *total* dedication, a hooked (addicted) smoker will NOT make it. Zyban was just enough of the edge I needed to maintain, until 2 or 3 months later I could go off it entirely. As I say, over 10 years now, but...I cannot touch a smoke, the rest of my life. I know that. By now, even the then-constant urges have tapered off so I'm not stunned when one shows up! You know what I'm talking about... :-D Good for you! Best thing you could have done for an overall improvement in your health (and longevity!) Be proud!! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Smokin'
Scott Loveless wrote: On 2/12/09, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: The biggest part of when i quit, was to keep my mind busy, But instead i just made toasted BTL sandwiches.:-) Yeah, I've put on a little weight. Don't let 'em tell you it's all psychological... Oh, it IS, but...quite frankly I'd rather be 15 lb. overweight than unable to take a deep breath without hacking my brains out! Hang in there, Scott. keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: short tele primes
JC OConnell wrote: the K85/1.8, K105/2.8 and K120/2.8 are better lenses... JC O'Connell True! I have an SMC Pentax 85/1.8 I'd part with, but it will cost you. I bought it for $450 US, 6 years ago and will part with it for the same. Beautiful lens! Body 99% perfect, glass 100%. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - The Stare
frank theriault wrote: On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Peter Alling webste...@mindspring.com wrote: At the resolution presented I can't tell it's a ring or some other artifact. Severely cropped, full resolution, oversharpened, it looks like it might be a ring but not a wedding band or engagement ring that I've ever seen. http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/ring.html Hope springs eternal, guys! ;-) cheers, frank Looks very like it's probably brass knuckles...self-protection stuff... keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: just the faqs, man
John Celio wrote: I can host it on my site. Is graywolf not able to host it anymore? John Did you get an answer to that, John? Haven't heard from him in a long time. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - website video test
Cotty wrote: Hi gang, I'm testing some video on my website - if you'd like to try it on your computer and connection, please feel free. it's a 3 minute test and is currently too small, and judders a bit (have to republish with de-interlaced video and a bit bigger but it's getting there) - I would be interested to see if both PC and Mac users can see and hear it. If you can, please let me know your platform and browser, and if you can't same thing. Thanks v much. http://www.seeingeye.tv/pages/webvideo.html -- Cheers, Cotty I like it! 20 2.0 Ghz Intel C2D iMac, OSX 10.5.6 SeaMonkey (Gecko based) mail and news client v. 1.1.13 The video clip ran smoothly and the technique used (keep the subject fully framed and medium close-up) is excellent. IMMHO. One small complaint: Looking for the pause icon, I inadvertently pressed the stop button, which, after I restarted dutifully put me back at the beginning! Realizing my error, I tried to fast forward with the f.f. icon, except it didn't work! I looked for a moving cursor that I might manually slide along, but didn't find any. Should there be? Anyhow, I had to let the clip play out again from the start. The clip itself is well done, and other than that single glitch, it's a fine product as is, on my equipment! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: FF Monday - Optio S4i
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: FF means for free. I just got an Optio A40 (so maybe I can take a pic for the PUG now and then). Haven't used it yet, but it seems heavy enough that it won't be too hard to use (light PS's are a problem, move too much). That leaves me with the Optio S4i. It's too old now for me to really get any money selling it. So I'll post this to the list and see what happens. === Optio S4i, 4mp - in really good shape with an extra battery (and charger). No case, no card (originally didn't come with either). It takes decent pictures. I'd prefer it go to someone in the third world with no camera at all. Get them started. But I don't know anyone like that. (If you have a great place to donate it to, please email me about tell me about it. If I donate it, I will include a card.) Or maybe you know someone personally who can't afford a camera? Or someone's kid (on list or not). Son, daughter, niece, nephew. Get them started. If you are interested please email me off list and tell me a little about who would get it. Not first come, first serve. I'll see if I get any replies to this and go from there. Depending, you pay shipping, or I will. Thanks, Marnie :-) Still available, I'll take it and reimburse you the post $$$. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Americans
Cotty wrote: On 23/1/09, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: If you come to DC, a pdml group outing could be organized. Airfares are not bad from Chicago to DC right now... But the pound is. This time last year I would get 2 bucks for a pound. Now - $1.36 !!! Add to that I have just engaged a new contract with reduced guaranteed days, so I'll be pursuing other clients, and a separate venture producing web site videos. If it takes off, so will I :-) -- Cheers, Cotty Much good luck, Cotty! I wish you well! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Phone calls
John Graves wrote: Since it seems rant time...My phone just rang again with an unknown caller! I am being killed by robo-calls. They don't seem to have to pay attention to anything. One call, for the tenth, (at least) time says this is the last time they will call me to reduce my credit card interestLike I'm going to give all my credit card info to some random caller who uses a robo-dialer to call me. Maybe it's because you live in WA1-land? I don't know. Possible, I suppose! ;-D keith whaley Former WA6-land holder -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Good Listeners
Paul Stenquist wrote: Thanks Bruce, Marnie, Ken, Dave and all who had a look. Yes, I think I'm going to re-title it body language. The woman seems to be defensive and the man anxious to speak. They probably aren't good listeners. Paul I think it's a great catch! A few seconds either way might have made it simply an ordinary shot, but this is perfect! You could analyze (rightly or wrongly!) the many elements of the photograph, on and on, and have a field day with it! I like it! keith whaley On Jan 17, 2009, at 6:29 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Not sure I go with the title, but a good moment caught. I almost get the feeling that they are involved in a conversation but neither is really listening - almost like each one has thoughts far away from the conversation. Perhaps listening, but not really hearing. Anyway, nice shot. -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Wh...Whe...Where Am I ???
Cotty wrote: On 16/1/09, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: Gee, Toto... I don't think we're in Philly anymore... http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8507667size=lg Rick It looks like it, doesn't it! Look at all the chimley pots! Lovely! keith whaley That wouldn't be Observatory Street in Oxford by any chance? http://flickr.com/photos/harshilshah/2435207082/in/photostream/ It's a rat run from the Woodstock Road through to Jericho I'll have a Havana Extra Large please :-) -- Cheers, Cotty -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Sick Transit
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: My idea of a christmas photo - taken on Dec. 25, 7:50 p.m.: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/15672899 Rejoyce! Ralf An exclamation under the photo's title says Frohlocket'. My translator says that is Glad-Lured! What?! Can you do better, please? keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Sick Transit
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: keith_w keit...@dslextreme.com wrote: An exclamation under the photo's title says Frohlocket'. My translator says that is Glad-Lured! What?! Can you do better, please? Rejoyce! Ralf As you already posted in one message! :-D Thanks! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Arctic invasion
John Francis wrote: Here's a picture of my back deck around lunchtime today: http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/Jan2009.jpg The temperatures are in the 70s for the fourth day running Maybe all that power running thru those overhead lines melted the snow? ...or maybe not... keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Atctic invasion
Joseph McAllister wrote: Jeeez Keith, that makes you older than me, by a bunch... Hell, I'm rapidly getting older than ANYone else, so...not much surprises me anymore! :-D keith On Jan 13, 2009, at 16:03 , keith_w wrote: Bill Owens wrote: Out local media is reminding me of Dave's recent post about the Toronto blizzard. We're expecting lows in the upper teens and highs in the mid to upper 30's and they call this an Arctic invasion. I remember living in the Chicago and Indiana area when this would be considered a heat wave. Bill Hah! In the Winter of '49 I had to stand perimeter 'fence watch' at Great Lakes Naval, and I 'bout froze my little butt off! I learned what the breezes and lake moisture would do, acting together! From then on, I knew what bitter cold really WAS! :-D I was born and raised in northern Ohio, a couple of miles from Lake Erie, and I thought I knew what lake weather was all about. I was wrong... keith whaley Joseph McAllister -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Cotty's birthday
Scott Loveless wrote: It's Cotty's birthday where Cotty is. Somebody call him, please, and pass on the birthday wishes. Where IS Cotty these days? keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Do I go naked before my friends?
Cotty wrote: On 14/1/09, m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com, discombobulated, unleashed: Happy Birthday, Cot. New translation, sadly truncated. Enjoy. http://www.elwp.com/Joe%20Cocker.html Har!!! -- Cheers, Cotty Happy birthday, Cotty! Seriously I gotta say, Cocker is certifiably NUTS! I used to listen to him many years ago, and the songs he sang that were decipherable were great. Today, sadly, that's not possible. You need a printed or displayed cheat-sheet to help you understand lyrics that (taken together) make no sense at all... He's lost it. keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Atctic invasion
Bill Owens wrote: Out local media is reminding me of Dave's recent post about the Toronto blizzard. We're expecting lows in the upper teens and highs in the mid to upper 30's and they call this an Arctic invasion. I remember living in the Chicago and Indiana area when this would be considered a heat wave. Bill Hah! In the Winter of '49 I had to stand perimeter 'fence watch' at Great Lakes Naval, and I 'bout froze my little butt off! I learned what the breezes and lake moisture would do, acting together! From then on, I knew what bitter cold really WAS! :-D I was born and raised in northern Ohio, a couple of miles from Lake Erie, and I thought I knew what lake weather was all about. I was wrong... keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - William Stone
Cotty wrote: Hi gang, Posting this pic again because today William Stone passed away, aged 108. I have filmed him for the news many times over the years, and photographed him once: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/portraits/images/pic19.html Canon 1D mark II + Pentax A*85mm 1.4 wide open. Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7824999.stm -- Cheers, Cotty Outstanding photo, Cot! Let's see, only another 29 years... Hmmm. That will fit my plans. Yup. Might make it! ;-D keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Dear Santa
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 1/9/2009 1:30:13 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, bkday...@daytonphoto.com writes: I thought you all might enjoy seeing what my little girl created for Christmas. On Christmas Eve she worked really hard all on her own to write a letter to Santa to leave on the hearth with a plate of cookies and milk. There was no urging on our part to do this, just a little help from Dave Brooks, her spelling teacher to get the letter written. I will miss this kind of thing as she grows up... http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6275.htm Christmas morning after Santa 'Came thru' for her. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6290.htm To her right, that looks like a long black mouton coat! Good stuff, to be sure! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Quite possibly the best photo I have ever taken
Derby Chang wrote: I know I have had some copious amounts of wine tonight, but I may have inadvertently hit my peak I am ever likely to attain. Darnit http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_01/09_01_belly/01.htm Hah! I love it! However, just wait 'til he finds out he kissed a sister! Or, maybe not! :-D Good one, indeed, keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: WOWs
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: [...] I had my modest shoulder bag, the G1 fitted with Olympus 25mm lens... The G1 being a micro 4/3 format, which Oly 25mm, please? Thanks, keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: GFM link
David J Brooks wrote: Considering when the original elevation was run, 20' is not to bad. Then again another nail in the surveyor f***ked up, coffin If this was triangulated as apposed to hand run, that is. I have worked on level projects were the grade was extremely steep, and good closures are hard to come by. :-) Dave Sure. You were too close. But then, you already know that... g keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: sic transit optio w60
ann sanfedele wrote: You have to remember, PS cameras are not made to appeal to advanced photographers like us. They're made for lowest-common-denominator users, and as such have to be as simple and user friendly as possible. Alas, they are not in any way simple and user friendly Hear, hear! A true point and shoot is a throw away camera that has a fixed focal length and speed and DOF Precisely. Like the old Kodak Brownie. The only moving parts were s shutter release and a film rewind knob! The w60,for instance, comes with a book that has over 100 pages! My Pentax Optio S5i has 147 pages! Hardly a point and shoot. In fact, most features consume only 1 or 2 pages of instruction. That will tell you how many 'features' the camera offers! More in the Pentax mind-set of trying to be all things to all people. While this camera IS quite small, and concealable, it is NOT a PS camera, by ANY sort of definition! They want you to read the whole book first! Exactly so! Says that on the front cover of my manual! ...before using the camera. You and I don't really have to, but someone who just wants to take some snaps is never going to do that. I have several friends who thought they would like digital for the obvious reasons -- no film charges, ease of getting prints, fits in your pocket, SIMPLE TO USE the Z10 and the W60 both have tons of confusing choices aimed at us, actually - they want to put it all in one. My point exactly. Pentax and other companies have to assume that someone taking snapshots is going to want the camera to perform exactly the same way every time they use it, so they make the camera reset itself unless someone like you tells it not to. It may not make a lot of sense to you, but I'm sure there are a lot of people who appreciate it. John No one over 30, does, I guarantee. these cameras are designed for people who grew up with computers and like cutsey pie little icons... they may know nothing about lighting, timing, composing, but they do seem to like to have lots of little buttons to push... Pentax tried to make a camera especially to appeal to EVERYONE... and that is what is screwed up. THe z10 and w60 DOESN'T do it all for you -- the choices are part of there selling schtick - The very worst element , which is one that has nothing to do with photography at all is simply that the on-off switch is VERY close to the shutter release... and the buttons feel very much alike... shooting quickly I hit the wrong one a number of times... that has nothing to do with my skills as a photographer. That's a common complaint. As time goes on, some makers have done what they could to modify that, and make it more distinctive. But, you're right again. [...] sigh - sorry for the digression -- but it is part of the same fabric of our hyper-techno world... and it's a damn shame. ann keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen
Christine Aguila wrote: Hey, that's a cool recipe--a bit like my beef stew but with out the wine mushrooms--I'll have to try that. Happy New Year, Ann. Cheers, Christine Christine, That 1/4 cup (2 oz.) of white wine will lose all its alcohol by heating, leaving only the subtle taste it imparts. However, if you have an allergy to wine, forget I said anything... Ann, I've been on a low to no nightshade diet for years, and it does work to relieve some of the arthritis pains... Add to that self-imposed dietary restriction, I have tried to stay away from as many carbohydrates as I can. That really helps my blood chemistry, in terms of lowering my blood sugar and bad cholesterol. I absolutely love Italian foods and it's really a tough call for me! Occasionally I fall off the wagon, and have some pasta with meat sauce (heavy on the tomatoes) so that ruins both dietary goals, but if I keep it down to once a month sort of thing, it still works... Good luck! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: sic transit optio w60
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: John Celio Subject: Re: sic transit optio w60 Quoting Ann S. Whoever said I wouldn't be happy with a bitsy camera , you were right... I can't stand not having a viewfinder, and can't hold the damn thing steady. The lack of viewfinder is becoming more and more common. They'll be all but extinct soon, I think. As for steadiness, you're out of luck if you want a small camera, unless you get one with stabilization. The Optio A series is the only Pentax PS series that has it. more w60 annoyances - AWB might as well not exist This is one of Pentax's weak points. In all their cameras, I think. noisy as hell at anything over 400 Another downside to PS cameras. They are ALL noisy like that. It's the main problem with small sensors. Actually, Fuji Finepix PS cameras with the Super CCD used to produce some amazing high-ISO results back when I was selling them. They're probably still pretty good. doesn't hold onto the last setting when you shut off camera ... There should have been a Memory setting that allowed you to set what the camera would remember when turned off. But I guess it's all moot since you returned it. Too bad. I bought my wife an A60 for her birthday last year. She loves the thing. She is, however, what is referred to as the lowest common denominator in this regard. William Robb As I'm about to buy a replacement small digital camera for my wife (I'm absconding with her Optio S5i) I'll keep reading to determine what the consensus is on really small digitals. The W60 doesn't seem to be much of a bargain! My wife's complaint about her S5i is the tiny viewfinder! And of course, you can't SEE the LCD viewfinder in sunlight, so... She's been using a film camera ~ her Samsung AF-SLIM-R, which is a really nice small 35, and it's okay but not what she is really looking for. She thinks she wants a digital. So, we're still looking. I gave my beloved Optio S4 to a grand-daughter, and since my wife is not keen on the S5i, I offered to take it off her hands... Ahemmm. Keep up the test results on small digitals! :-D keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: SD memory card for *istDS
John Francis wrote: On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 07:11:55PM -0800, keith_w wrote: Oh, and since the image numbers start with IMGP0001.JPG, I know they were the first images ever recorded with that camera. Not necessarily - the camera owner may well have had the camera set to restart numbering from IMGP0001 every time a clean card was used. Point well taken, John. I hadn't considered that! I assume that each individual card has it's own index and instructions on it's identity? Which is to say, all that info is stored on the card itself, not in the camera? Thanks for the education! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESOS - I went, I bought, I shot a couple of frames
ann sanfedele wrote: [...] guess ya didn't like the cat :-) best, ann Hah! LOVED that independent ol' Cat! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Never buy from Amazon
Bob Blakely wrote: 1.I don't give a flying f about discussing who you, I, or anyone else will or will not do business with unless they are cheating customers regarding photography related items. This is because: 2.This forum is no place for this post. You should find or start another forum where this topic is appropriate. 3.My bet is you don't like my attitude. Read tag line. Regards Bob... You're getting nastier, Bob. Like it or not, it's true. keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Wanted to buy: Optio - need advice
ann sanfedele wrote: Keith - Joe McAllister has recommended the z10... it sounds spectacular and within my budget... 7x optical zoom and up to 3200 ISO... The Pentax Optio Z10 is a small, compact digital camera http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews_pentax_optio_z10.php# with a twist - despite being the same size as a pack of playing cards, it features a 7x optical zoom lens equivalent to 38-266mm. Furthermore the lens is internal and doesn't extend from the camera, protected by a plastic screen and a sliding lens cover. The Pentax Z10 has an 8 megapixel sensor, digital shake reduction mode for both still pictures and video, a 2.5 inch LCD monitor http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews_pentax_optio_z10.php#, ISO 64-3200 and Face Recognition. A 7x zoom camera is something of a departure from the norm for Pentax, who usually specialise in more conservative 3x zoom models. Have they bitten off more than they can chew with the Z10? Mark Goldstein reviewed the Pentax Optio Z10 to find out. I know 11x17 50mg 300 dpi is printing talk -- its a matter of being able to interpolate up to that... 300 dpi = 300ppi SOunds pretty neat to me... and BHhas one for $124... I'm going there tomorrow to buy printer ink and paper anyway ann I was pretty tempted myself, but...I visited the site you included above, and find it has no viewfinder, so I quit reading about it. Chimping has never appealed to me... My S4 has an optical viewfinder that zooms in and out in concert with the lens, so you always see exactly what the lens sees! Well, not exactly, as the viewfinder is 1 1/4 offset from the center of the lens, so it's sort of like a small rangefinder camera in that respect... I find framing the shot in the viewfinder gets me very close to the image composition I want, and as I can always manipulate the image (crop and such) later, it works for me. Which to me relieves me of the task of checking everything on the external LCD all the time! I can do that back home, if I feel the need. After all, it IS a snapshot camera! People seem to quickly lose sight of that, and criticize it for it's shortcomings, but I have used mine for a long time now and find it's a marvelous little camera, and in truth, 4 Mpixels is pretty decent resolution for most things. In fact, if you found a good price on the S5i or the S6, that's even better! Identical in size and handling, but the 30-50% increase in resolution might make all the difference to you... On the street, I prefer the old style of eyeballing the scene, composing and framing it in the eyepiece just before pressing the shutter. It's always worked for me...and has the additional benefit of being very fast. All things considered. But, to each his own. If you can handle one, and use the eyepiece while observing the scene zooming in and out...you might find you really like it. That it has worked very well for me is merely hearsay evidence, anyhow! :-D Good luck tomorrow! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Wanted to buy: Optio - need advice
ann sanfedele wrote: not sure I can afford it but it would certainly be good for me , since I drowned one of my cameras by accident. ann Must be a hair after 5 PM in your neck o' the woods, so...what'd you get? Share, please! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
SD memory card for *istDS
You won't believe this, but...I have a 512MB SD memory card, and it has 6 photos on it. The EXIF data says they were recorded on a *istDS, back on June 29th of 2006. I must have bought this card from eBay for my Optio S4, 'cause I don't own a DS, and none of the images mean anything to me. Does this ring a bell with anyone? Three of the images are of a good lookin' black cat, the rest are a painting and a few shots of stuffed animals. If any of you *istDS owners sold an SD card on eBay, might this have been yours? I'll gladly send the images back! I know the chances are slim, but...had to try it. Oh, and since the image numbers start with IMGP0001.JPG, I know they were the first images ever recorded with that camera. Nothing ventured... keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Wanted to buy: Optio - need advice
ann sanfedele wrote: I got a little bit of money for my birthday I very much liked the Optio Bill Robb had at GFM - I want a used one cheap... Beyond one of you selling it to me... Do any of these point and shoots shoot raw? The Optios won't. They record at 2304 X 1728 pixels at best, and that ends up being a jpeg (Exif 2.2) The fastest setting is ASA (ISO) 200. Which has the largest sensor? All the small Optio series, thru S6 at least, have the same sensor, 1/2.5. Can I just hook it up to my computer to load? Yes. Can I use my Canon Zoom browser to load stuff? Recommendations for one for no more than $150 ? The usual asking price for one today is right around that level. I'd like to be able to pull images out of it big enough for submitting stuff to stock (their min requirement is 11 x 17 at 300 ppi and at least 50 mgs) Can't help you there. The specs you quoted are printing specs, not photographic terms. but ask any camera store how large a print can you make from a good 6 MP CCD sensor. The Pentax lens is a beaut and well-corrected, and the physical size of the camera mean nothing. It's the sensor size and pixel count! want something I can carry with me for quick grab stuff without taking my more expensive gear every time I go out. See: http://www.flickr.com/cameras/pentax/optio_s6/ And http://reviews.pricegrabber.com/digital/m/12660620/ I'm going to BH on Sunday to buy printer ink and paper - THey have a few listed but not enough detail Refurbished is fine thanks for help ann keith whaley I have an S4 and an S5i. Love both of them, for what they are... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO 2008 - emergence - GDG
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Some stuff I've been working on ... http://www.gdgphoto.com/emergence/ All at ISO 800-1600 using the Pentax M50/1.4 near wide open, fitted to the Olympus EC14. Comments and critique always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey Since I didn't recognize that nomenclature, I Googled it. Over $500 (list) for a 1.4X teleconverter? H. BTW, I liked your leaf arrangements... keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Wanted to buy: Optio - need advice
Dario Bonazza wrote: The Panasonic LX3/Leica Dlux4 approaches the quality of a SRL in most respects. Noise is better than that of Pentax PS, but cannot match that of a DLSR. Pros: Fast, excellent lens, Excellent dynamic range, 24mm shorter focal length, A meter hard to fool, RAW capture. Cons: High price, 60mm longer focal length, Bad user interface (a nightmare). Dario Hi Dario! You seem to be fond of Leicas, so what can you tell me about my almost brand new Leica zoom C1, pro and con? I'm not particularly impressed with it, so it sits in it's leather case, essentially unused... keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Askance
Marco Alpert wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo07/peso9.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco Heh...got hooked and watched 'em all, Marco! You have a good eye. In most cases, you seem invisible to your 'audience'! With rare exception, nobody pays attention to the photographer. Well done. I particularly liked 'contract seating.' :-D keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Progress never stands still - is this the next sensor design?
Sandy Harris wrote: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heineken, *probably* the best beer in the world... At one point, I hung around with some Belgian and Dutch people who kidded each other a lot, mostly in English so te rest of us could understand. One of the Beligians' better shots: Heineken? Just a poor Dutch copy of Stella Artois. I'll buy that! g keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: celebrity photo ?
ann sanfedele wrote: I have a book called BIS: Jonvelle - I think it is fairly well known (snicker snicker) [...] here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/557kwm not a big issue -- but I'm curious ann Hi Anne, In your URL, it was stated, Alas, on ebay we can no longer accept money orders or personal checks through the mail. It's been over two years since I did any transactions with eBay. Were those your words? If so, what ARE the preferred or accepted methods? I'd strongly suspect PayPal... Thanks, keith whaley === who plans to sell a lot of Pentax stuff soon. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)?
JC OConnell wrote: Huh? The whole point of a M42 DSLR is to get the convenience of the M42 automatic aperture function which WAS invented over 50 years ago. There is no M42 DSLR or DSLR adapter on the market that enables the M42 lenses to operate fully (yet). That's my point. This M42 DSLR would fill a demand that already exists, not create a new one or expect buyers starting from scratch to use M42 bodies and lenses althought there could be a good argument to do that too. Its nothing more than a better M42 camera to use the massive quantity of M42 lenses ALREADY in circulation. Necessity is the mother of invention... JC O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] My thought is that a manufacturer builds a body so that he can sell his rather expensive lenses for it, not the other way around. Sort of like a manufacturer practically gives away a printer, because you sell tons of paper and ink cartridges ~ that's where the profit, your R.O.I. is. Isn't it that way with a body? Isn't the much profit in the interchangeable lenses? That's why the question mark. I suspect it to be true, but don't know. Leica comment below John's message. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Celio Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:35 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)? Leica is an exception, but for good reason: their M system is used primarily by professionals and wealthy amateurs who are more concerned with status symbols than convenience. Also, if I recall correctly, Leica has been on the brink of bankruptcy for ages. They're not exactly a good example of old tech turning a big profit. John I've an opinion on this too. (Full of 'em tonight! :-D Does anyone believe Leica's bodies and lenses justify their obscene prices, from a manufacturing and assembly cost standpoint? Is there THAT much labor in either one? Are they essentially hand made, like some outrageously expensive cars are? Some of the well-known marques are essentially hand made and hand fit, with incredible number of man-hours in them. Is it like that way with Leica? At least their renown M series rangefinders and lenses? It seems to me they're on the perpetual brink of bankruptcy because they're too bloody expensive except for those professionals (well off or otherwise) who simply must have a Leica, not because they're honestly that good... Capable and durable? So it seems, but worth the tab? That's the question. It seems you're primarily paying for the name, as with many products, but the purchase price of a Leica seems untoward, for what you're getting... Just my opinion...not necessarily the truth. g keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)?
Joseph McAllister wrote: John, I was in the Navy back in the 60s. When a new version of a lens or camera came out and was listed in the catalog of new gear, we bought it. It was my job, when the new stuff arrived, to sit on the loading dock at the rear of the photolab and use a hammer and a straight slot screwdriver to drive a hole through the cameras, and through the glass in the lenses. Watch many a Nikon and lenses die in my hands. It was a good thing. The same should be done with the old M42 glass if the owner can't sell it for the price they want, does not have a public collection of Pentax memorabilia, or no longer has a camera to use them with. Maybe it will make the remaining lenses in the world sooo valuable that someone will build you a digital camera to use them as you wish them used, in exchange for a couple of spare lenses. Joseph McAllister The bottom of the Pacific Ocean is littered with electronic gear the U.S. Navy no longer wanted, simply because they had some insane idea it should never get into the hands of civilians. I had a relative, an officer in the Navy, who spent time in the clink, because when he was assigned to dump so many perfectly good and essentially new top quality vacuum tubes into the ocean, he saved one from oblivion, to use in his ham gear. To be used in worldwide communication, for the uses most avid hams do, is a good thing, and no commercial benefit derives from it. But, the Navy said Destroy It, and he didn't. So he paid for it... Yeah, I know what Joseph means... The U.S. Navy was/is an ass when it comes to logical decisions of that ilk... keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)?
Bob W wrote: Keith Whaley wrote: I've an opinion on this too. (Full of 'em tonight! :-D Does anyone believe Leica's bodies and lenses justify their obscene prices, from a manufacturing and assembly cost standpoint? Is there THAT much labor in either one? You're paying 80% of the money for the 20% quality increase you get over the competition. Once a certain level of quality is reached, the cost of making it even better rises out of proportion to the cost of the baseline, so to speak. Professionals who buy them must think the price is justified. Magnum photographers, for example, are not fools. It's unlikely that the prestige of them cuts a lot of ice. Amateurs don't have to justify them. Professionals and amateurs alike are also entitled to enjoy the history romance attached to owning a Leica, and the pleasure of using (or even just admiring) a beautiful object. I think it was Ruskin, or perhaps William Morris, who said 'You should have nothing in your house that is not useful or beautiful'. Leicas are both useful and beautiful. Part of their beauty is their prestige, I suppose. My watch is a very nice Tag Heuer, and I know other people who have Rolexes, Breitlingers and Omegas. These watches are all beautifully made. None of them tells the time any better than the £25- plastic Timex I also own. Few people can justify owning these watches on utilitarian grounds - even scuba divers can get perfectly good diving watches for a lower price - but they're beautiful, well-made objects which work extremely well. The appeal of Leicas is the same sort of thing. I understand your justification message very well. Thanks for that... Years and years ago, I sacrificed a fair bit of personal cash to buy a nearly perfect Contax IIIa. Absolutely loved that bit of machinery you could take lovely photographs with! In time I had to trade it off for cash to cover other exigencies... Stuff happens when you're young and foolish. As the years passed, I found myself blessed with spare cash from time to time, and the memory of that lovely IIIa came back, and oddly enough I bought one. The silky smoothness of it's action was unchanged. Matched my hoary old memories perfectly. A fantastic piece of the camera building art. Totally worth every cent... Problem is, my hands and joints are no longer happy assuming the Contax R.F. position, and it's not worth it to use that camera any more. So, here I am with what to me is a Leica R.F. equivalent I can't effectively use. Yes, having such a camera in your hands is an experience few other cameras can match. I still think their price is too high, just for that red dot. But I do appreciate the excellence of the build. Thanks to one and all for the insight and opinion. After all, that's why we are here, no? keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Emergency Strip
PN Stenquist wrote: Well done. Nice model, nice photo. Paul On Nov 20, 2008, at 2:45 AM, Cotty wrote: On 19/11/08, Walter Hamler, discombobulated, unleashed: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/gallery/4592986_mrB5J#420702323_i4KP4-XL-LB Maybe a little OT but a fun story. A gent in our church flew B-25's in WWII, in New Guinea, Phillippines, and Japan. He joined in 44 at age 19 and by age 20 had flown 27 combat missions. We were talking a few weeks ago and he described the B-25 he flew, a J model with the solid nose and 8 machine guns as opposed to the clear nosed versions. He even described the nose that had a Wolf's head with barred teeth, as their squadron was called the Wolf Pack. I went on the web looking for models of the J version. Only one was ever made and was pretty hard to find, but luckily I found one here in Orlando at the local Camera and Hobby store. I just finished it today and tonight I took it to him at our Wed night Aviation Group meeting. He was in tears as he looked it over closely. He said that it was from the same squadron as his, the 38th Bomber Group. He didn't recognize the painting of the Naked Lady on the side but allowed that one may have been painted like that at some time. :-) Looks like the tail gunner needs to diet ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty When they load all the ammo needed to supply those .30 and .50 caliber guns in the nose, the nose wheel will depress and level the fuselage! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: California fires
Cotty wrote: On 17/11/08, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: I believe Cotty's net worth is about £17-, and he still has more money than brains. You bastard! £18 I'll have you know. \ Hell, I'll gladly give him the extra two £ so he can be a £20-innaire! Good onya, lad! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: California fires
Bob W wrote: Some good photos of the fires in CA here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7731706.stm I particularly like #5, which confirms all our prejudices about Californians :o) Bob What's our? Use of a Segway confirms someone's prejudices? What might those be? keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: California fires
Bob W wrote: Bob W wrote: Some good photos of the fires in CA here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7731706.stm I particularly like #5, which confirms all our prejudices about Californians :o) Bob What's our? Use of a Segway confirms someone's prejudices? Everyone in Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, South America and the contiguous states of the USA east of whatever is next to California on the map. Oh. That DO make a difference! What might those be? 1. use of Segway to flee disaster, dude Use 'em if ya got 'em. 2. use of mobile phone while on said Segway See #3. 3. excessively laid-back attitude in the face of disaster, man Yeah, that's So. Cal. alright. 4. not lookin' where you're going See #3. 5. use of Japanese-style mask, probably with scent of Sushi 6. driving on the wrong side of the road Ain't no wrong side. There's only your country's side... 7. all the leaves are brown and the sky is orange As it is now in So. Cal! Been that way for several days now. OtOH, Winter brings brown leaves all the time. It's the fires that bring that brown talcum powder, and blows it onto your car and everywhere else! 8. white socks Only if you're an accountant. I'm retired, so I wear slaps year-round! ;-D In fact, I'm heading over to Hawai'i at Christmas time, to get a few more! They know how to make them over there. Thanks for the enlightenment! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 MX questions - follow up
Derby Chang wrote: mike wilson wrote: From: keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/11/05 Wed PM Cotty wrote: On 4/11/08, keith_w, discombobulated, unleashed: Ya know, I need a set of magnifying lenses that fit on my regular glasses. I think jewelers have them... I have one of these: http://www.anglersrendezvous.co.uk/f ishingkitsclothingandaccessories.php?id=1487 not cheap but mine comes with two lenses of differing magnitudes and absolutely brilliant for close work. Couldn't get that first URL to open, Cotty. Does this help? http://tinyurl.com/58xojb Nope. The requested URL /fishingkitsclothingandaccessories.php?id=1487 was not found on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Man, those must be passion-killers when you have them on in front of your SO. D I reserve passion for the other workshop... keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 MX questions - follow up
Cotty wrote: On 6/11/08, keith_w, discombobulated, unleashed: The requested URL /fishingkitsclothingandaccessories.php?id=1487 was not found on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. Hi Keith, Just tried these links and they both work fine for me: http://www.anglersrendezvous.co.uk/f ishingkitsclothingandaccessories.php?id=1487 http://tinyurl.com/65p8z5 -- Cheers, Cotty Worked like a champ, sir...Many thanks! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: 8 PM PST
DagT wrote: I´ve noticed that. Almost every US citicen I´ve met the past years has started by appologizing for George W. Bush :-) Anyway, one thing we Scandinavians though were funny was that the Republicans warned that the US would end up like Sweden if Obama won. Sweden is pretty much like Norway (except that we´ve oil and they´ve got industry). This was about the same time as I found this comic strip: http://russellsteapot.com/images/comics/2007/Image089.jpg Note that there is a place in Norway called Hell... DagT I really like this, Dag! keith whaley US of A I've known a few Norvegians! Lovely folks! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Message to Our American Friends
ann sanfedele wrote: Well said, both Frank and Derby. It was amazing here (on my street) last night - or rather , this morning... I needed Ralf's skills in night photography to capture it - :-) Regardless of what you think of the outcome, and I'm unabashedly delighted, Why is that not a surprise. you would have all be impressed by the celebratory cheer and exuberance that erupted when the numbers were in and continued til at last 2 am on the street outside my window... I wish I had gotten dressed and gone down for that moment in history and shot a few frames - it was touching and wonderful. ann Oh well, consider the source. N.Y. as a state is lost to reason, politically, so your experience is understandable. Enjoy him while you can, and I hope your personal future adequately shields you from the coming disaster Obama will cause. Be patient... keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 MX questions - follow up
mike wilson wrote: From: keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/11/04 Tue PM 07:25:46 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax MX questions - follow up Cotty wrote: On 4/11/08, keith_w, discombobulated, unleashed: Ya know, I need a set of magnifying lenses that fit on my regular glasses. I think jewelers have them... I have one of these: http://www.anglersrendezvous.co.uk/f ishingkitsclothingandaccessories.php?id=1487 not cheap but mine comes with two lenses of differing magnitudes and absolutely brilliant for close work. Couldn't get that first URL to open, Cotty. I unwrapped it properly, but...no go. Any idea what might be wrong with it? Did you take the end bracket () off? Yessir, both of 'em. keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 MX questions - follow up
keith_w wrote: I took the back off my lovely MX, to find out when it was assembled (Oct. 1980) and noticed a lot of black deposits on the light-seal ridges of the back, top and bottom. Thinking that was deteriorated foam seal stuff, I got out the denatured (isopropyl) alcohol and a bunch of swabs. Well, it dissolves whatever-it-is well, but it keeps coming off, like tar! I'm not down to the base metal of the back, but thought I'd stop and ask what mild solvent is recommended. This stuff acted like acetone or MEK! I checked the label three times, to be sure! The rest of the body is really perfect, but on the back there's some black stuff coming off, like I was dissolving paint! What say ye? keith whaley Someone answered me, and I inadvertently tossed the message out, but essentially they said it probably WAS foam in that channel. With MY poor ol' eyes, I didn't even know there WAS a channel! So, I got out my flip-down magnifier glasses, and sure enough, I was dissolving whatever was in the foam, which kept coming off on the Q-tips! I've let it 'dry' overnight and will clean up and reassemble tomorrow. Actually, the foam strip seems to have survived my ministrations, in spite of inept intentions, and if it's still a little bouncy when daylight comes, I'll just reassemble the back on it! Ya know, I need a set of magnifying lenses that fit on my regular glasses. I think jewelers have them... Anyhow, mystery solved. Thanks for the help. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 MX questions
Derby Chang wrote: I've never replaced mirror box seals, but seals on the back are pretty easy to do. I got some foam from this fellow on eekbay http://myworld.ebay.com.au/interslice/ The little bamboo tool is good for cleaning out the old gunk, with a little alcohol help (naturally). The new foam just packs into the grooves, or has a self-adhesive backing for the door areas. Saved the lives of two Fuji 645s and a Mamiya TLR D Good source, Derby... thanks! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 MX questions - follow up
Joseph McAllister wrote: On Nov 4, 2008, at 00:16 , keith_w wrote: Ya know, I need a set of magnifying lenses that fit on my regular glasses. I think jewelers have them... Your optometrist should have or be able to get you clip-on magnifiers like I use. They flip up, and clip to the frame around the lenses of your glasses. Mine are 7x, plastic, come with a case. Joseph McAllister Thanks for the input, Joseph! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 MX questions - follow up
Cotty wrote: On 4/11/08, keith_w, discombobulated, unleashed: Ya know, I need a set of magnifying lenses that fit on my regular glasses. I think jewelers have them... I have one of these: http://www.anglersrendezvous.co.uk/f ishingkitsclothingandaccessories.php?id=1487 not cheap but mine comes with two lenses of differing magnitudes and absolutely brilliant for close work. Couldn't get that first URL to open, Cotty. I unwrapped it properly, but...no go. Any idea what might be wrong with it? keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Big day today
Bob W wrote: One of my friends became a British citizen today: http://www.web-options.com/Citizenship/ Bob Some really outstanding shots there, Bob! Fifth from last, lower right, is filled with raw emotion! You can really feel it. Everybody is going thru their own strong feelings. Love the shot. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Pentax MX questions
I took the back off my lovely MX, to find out when it was assembled (Oct. 80) and noticed a lot of black deposits on the light-seal ridges of the back, top and bottom. Tbinking that was deteriorated foam seal stuff, I got out the denatured (isopropyl) alcohol and a bunch of swabs. Well, it dissolves whatever-it-is well, but it keeps coming off, like tar! I'm not down to the base metal of the back, but thought I'd stop and ask what mild solvent is recommended. This stuff acted like acetone or MEK! I checked the label three times, to be sure! The rest of the body is really perfect, but on the back there's some black stuff coming off, like I was dissolving paint! What say ye? keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 MX questions
Bob Sullivan wrote: It's the old light seals. Clean them off, clean out the groves, install new ones. Regards, Bob S. It was/is. Under magnification, they DO look pretty clean now! Wonder why!? I'll deliver it to my local repair guy, about a mile away. if he's still in business, that is! Thanks a lot. keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Garmin GPS Maps
Doug Franklin wrote: Howdy, folks, If you have the urge to buy a Garmin product, STOP, DON'T DO IT. They're a worthless bunch of sackless wankers who are more than willing to steal your money and then try to silence you if you complain. Don't even try to post a negative review of their *shit* software products or you'll see your online accounts disappear: tigergps and newegg have both apparently deleted my accounts within hours of my posting a negative, truthful, and calm review of their crap. I'll be making a small crusade of seeing their bullshit painted clearly across the internet and every other medium I can access. If you're interested in the whole sordid story, send me an email. Please tell me, does anyone know who makes the GPS I have in my '07 Toyota Prius Touring? My owners manual says it uses DENSO maps, whatever that means. I just Googled DENSO and it's likely my car uses DENSO's own unit. They make the whole thing, and get their maps from Tele Atlas. Okay, now *I* know, it's not a Garmin, but thought it would be of some interest to others online. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Covered Bridge
Brian Walters wrote: Very nice, Jack. The covered bridge is an interesting design. I suppose they must have been constructed in other places but they seem (to me, anyway) to be a real American icon. I often wonder why they were covered. Was it just for shelter or was there some other reason? Covering doesn't seem to be a structural requirement. Cheers Brian To keep the planks that comprise the roadway free of rain and falling snow, which makes wood VERY slippery! And when the night comes, covering the planks keeps the wetness from looking at the sky, and freezing so quickly. All in all, safety. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Govt Agency doctors photograph to sanitize history
John Celio wrote: It's just a stamp. I'd much rather have the government not portray smoking as cool than accurately reproduce a tiny version of an old photo. John Sorry, John. No, it's NOT just a stamp. Even a stamp should portray visual fact. Visual reality. Correcting history should be permanently buried in the past. The Russians, the Germans, whoever else perpetrated this unconscionable editing to change reality of what was, were wrong. Almost literally everyone who sees this stamp says, Where's her cigarette? Suckin' on a smoke is Bette Davis! Stupid thinking, stupid act, almost perfect photograph. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: !!
Norm Baugher wrote: Bullshitt. If he was shooting digital and he had the exposures on his computer no one would say a thing Norm Oh, I think some would, as it's not a matter of what media was used, at all... Seems to me, the entire object of recording an image is so you or others can view that scene, exactly as you saw it through your eyes, whenever desired. All the rest obtains from that image capture and storage, no matter where and how it's stored. Unless and until those images are made available for viewing, even the photographer's own personal viewing, might just as well not have taken them. If you take the camera out of the equation, just do the traveling, and let the memory (the images) of the entire experience remain only in your brain cells. If the _act_ of taking a photograph is all there is, why bother with film or a memory card? Keep your battery charged and go thru the motions, because capturing the image is not the end product ~ being in a place of your choosing to experience the environment at that very moment and clicking the shutter is. In light of which, absent the image, it boils down to being a wholly selfish act, doesn't it. Sharing is absent, too, isn't it. That's not being critical, it's simply an observation of the process. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Subject: Re: !!
John Sessoms wrote: From: keith_w [EMAIL PROTECTED] If the _act_ of taking a photograph is all there is, why bother with film or a memory card? Keep your battery charged and go thru the motions, because capturing the image is not the end product ~ being in a place of your choosing to experience the environment at that very moment and clicking the shutter is. In light of which, absent the image, it boils down to being a wholly selfish act, doesn't it. Sharing is absent, too, isn't it. That's not being critical, it's simply an observation of the process. Y'all are leaving out of the equation that he died fairly young of a rare cancer, and was probably fairly sick for some time before he died. He died from gall bladder cancer down in Tijuana at height of the Laetrile scam. Might have been kind of frantic towards the end trying to get it all done ... knowing only he could get the shots, and could edit them later when he got to feeling better. Genius has often been linked to madness, and it doesn't take much of a push to topple from the former into the latter, so I wouldn't put a whole lot of emphasis on his alleged selfishness. Thanks for that clarification, John. It was needed. You've answered a number of otherwise unanswerable questions. I appreciate the heads-up. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: !!
Norm Baugher wrote: Bittte me Mark. You forgot to say bitte. keith Mark Roberts wrote: Norm Baugher wrote: Bullshitt. If he was shooting digital and he had the exposures on his computer no one would say a thing You misspelled Bullshit Norm. Try to get these things right in the future, ok? ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: !!
Norm Baugher wrote: Winogrand. ann sanfedele wrote: One quite prominent BW film shooter with the first name of Gary last name starts with W And two R's in Garry. keith whaley (no R's) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: !!
Rick Womer wrote: From the New York Times Magazine, March 13 1988: Stashed away in bureau drawers and plastic garbage bags in his Los Angeles home were more than 2,400 rolls of exposed but undeveloped film, as well as 6,500 rolls of developed film that had not been proofed. Contact sheets of an additional 3,000 rolls of film had been made but showed only a few editing marks. In other words, during the last six years of his life, spent mainly in Los Angeles, Winogrand made more than a third of a million black-and-white exposures and, inexplicably, did not stop to see what he had done. Pick your number! Rick Taking nothing away from the man, but...IMMHO, he had a real problem. That's obsession in the worst degree. Perhaps other diagnostic labels would fit better, but he was far from normal. I'd say he turned into an automaton, merely going thru the mechanical motions of being a prolific photographer, but not completing the task. He did a few. Perhaps several proof sheets. From less than half his exposures he made contact sheets. How many prints from those? For him, the end point was anathema. He wanted to search out the subject, pick all the other elements, but...once the shutter was pressed, his work ~ and his interest ~ was over. So it seems! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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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William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: Re: Philosophy Of course old is a relative term, isn't it? ;-) Well, the more I shoot (or older I become, or whatever else) the more reluctant I feel to sit down and process the photos right away. Though some times I feel that irresistible itch :-). In 2004, I shot my last roll of film while traveling. I have yet to put them on a lightbox and look at them. I'm sure there's some nice stuff there, too. William Robb That's a pretty blasé attitude, even for you, Mr. Billiam Sir! The time you spent selecting your subject matter, composing and pressing the shutter button must have been worth SOMEthing to you at the time. Yet, you pass it off today as tho' it weren't! Oh well! Que sera, sera... keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Southeast 9, gusting 10
Cotty wrote: On 7/10/08, Ralf R. Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed: Last Friday in Dunkirk: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/14514788 Shot taken from under the tailgate. No way of doing anything without the shelter provided by the car, not even with the heavy 300 mm and the wooden Berlebach tripod. On the beach in the background, I could lean into the wind without falling. As always, your comments... :-) Excellent as usual! -- Cheers, Cotty Yes it is! But...wouldn't Southeast be Südost? Keith, with really rusty German! g -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Guitars
Cotty wrote: On 7/10/08, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Whichever guitar you end up with, this instructional video is sure to help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU LOL -- Cheers, Cotty That was a wonderful find, Mark! And thanks for passing it along, Cotty! g keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: GFM sold
AlunFoto wrote: Here's more meat to the bone: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/408/story/219105.html Jostein That sounds pretty clear to me! The historic owners are joining the buyers in making sure the land stays clean and clear of destructive practices. If it all happens as intended, that is. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - sad celebrity passing
Bob Blakely wrote: Geez Paul, I didn't know I was flaming. I certainly didn't intend to. I'm all alone here, and I just wanted to be conversational. Nevertheless, I'm sorry. It won't happen again. Regards Bob... Don't worry about it, Bob. You've been around long enough so folks don't have to worry 'bout _you_! g keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Important: Orphan Works is being HOTLINED today - OUT OF BOUNDS!
Rick Womer wrote: This list is, and should remain, a politics-free zone. Rick Not all subjects are so black and white. I'd think an exception could be made for notifying photographers about important laws being proposed that would affect copyright law! Those who publish their photographs would have a real need to know. Is this list made up of all amateur photographers who will never run across copyright issues or want to know about them? keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: All Good Things Update
Cotty wrote: On 21/9/08, Joseph McAllister, discombobulated, unleashed: What Cotty wants is more like this... http://www.416-1100.com/gallery/4751616_7oJ2S#281667185_7JDgD-A-LB But that link was atrocious! This is much better: http://www.macvideo.tv/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=102409 -- Cheers, Cotty I was really enjoying that site, until I saw: # £5695 ex-vat GAASP! Choke!! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Tough times
Bob W wrote: Things are starting to get really bad. Even in the darkest days of the Irish Potato Famine, even in the worst of 14th-century plague years, even in the depths of the Great Depression I don't think ordinary people had to make sacrifices like this unfortunate woman: http://chasemeladies.blogspot.com/ Bob This is unquestionably the dumbest blog I've ever read! No, nobody asked ~ I'm offering that opinion free of charge! keith w (no relation...) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Photographer harassed by unidentified Ass. Producer.
P. J. Alling wrote: Not entirely true, I have a friend who's the legal mind behind a local studio. His opinion is that releases are necessary. You never know when someone is going to be a b*d. If it's outside, in the open, I.E. exposed to the public, it's your legal friend who's full of it! Bastard or not, he's wrong. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Disturbing News
Mark Roberts wrote: Bob Blakely wrote: I usually buy my gear from Samy's as they have a local store just down the road in Santa Ana. I stopped in to pick up another walking around bag and found that all the Pentax gear is now gone from their shelves. The have only left over stock. It's not that they don't want to sell Pentax. It's because they can't get a hold of any reps to deal with because Pentax USA has (as the folks at Samy's told me) let all their reps go. What the bloody hell is happening to Pentax (Hoya)? Are they rolling over? Are we eventually going to be left high and dry because someone, somewhere doesn't have the guts to market Pentax effectually? Move over Minolta, Konica users. If this keeps up we'll be joining you down memory lane. Old news: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2008/04/pentax-sky-offi.html The dealer may not have been entirely truthful to you about this being the *reason* they aren't carrying Pentax any longer, because several other camera makers have moved to this sales structure (that is, by type/size of retailer rather than by geographic location) some time ago. I read it and sort of understand, but to be blunt, and perfectly clear about it, if the walk-in customer decides s/he is NOT served by the odd changes in marketing and servicing of old Pentax customers, he is just as likely to decide this might be the time to change the camera line... I question any tack that makes customers worry and wonder about the health of their chosen line of camera gear. Pentax have been pretty quiet as to what long term customers might expect from thie merger, and what little I have read, here and there has NOT been light and upbeat about it. I think that's a serious error in judgment. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: For Sale Friday
Cotty wrote: Last call for Pentax A20mm 2.8 really nice condition. Genuine front and rear caps, pouch, box. All mint minus. Before it goes on eekbay, make me an offer. Also exc + K 50mm 1.4 with trick LENS HOOD suitable for 1.5 crop sensor DSLR: 85 1.8 / 100 4 / 105 2.8 hood Going on eekbay shortly. -- Cheers, Cotty Hi Sr. Cot Sir... I'll trade you straight across for a like-new Vivitar 19mm f/3.5, Pentax KA/Ricoh lens, or give you $125 PayPal. Avoid the eeks if you can! keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - What About Me?
frank theriault wrote: Yet another hommage to Elliot Erwitt: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-about-me.html Comments always welcome. thanks, frank Absolutely *love* these, Frank, but the display app will not let me pause and spend some time looking at individual snaps! keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
