Looking for a good site for low light photography tips.

2004-01-20 Thread Leon Altoff
A friend at work has asked me to teach him how to use his camera better. I can do that but his main interest is low light photography and I have a little experience in that so I am hoping that someone here can recommend a good site to aid calculating exposure and so forth. unfortunately he

Re: VIRUS: Re: Pentax needs USM and IS

2004-01-20 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 20.01.04 0:08, Cotty at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh my GOD Robert, I just opened a PIF file - and guess what happened ?!?!? Nothing? ;-) Sometimes it is really good to be different :-) -- Best Regards Sylwek

RE: OT: Re: Another Bike Photo

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 19/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Smooth tire, or knobby, Cotty? Or do I want to know? g -frank Studded. Har! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk

Re: VIRUS: Re: Pentax needs USM and IS

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 19/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Oh my GOD Robert, I just opened a PIF file - and guess what happened ?!?!? Cheers, Cotty I don't know :o) You won a million dollars? I wish. What happened? Nothing. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: AF 280 mod/ LX fill flash

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 19/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Cotty wrote: On 19/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I'd really like a pentax K to Leica screw 39 adapter so I could use a couple of my M/K lenses on my V*er Bessas, possible do you think? Entirely possible with a

Re: AF 280 mod/ LX fill flash

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 19/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Gosh, Cotty, how many times have I wished I had a little machine shop. There are always little parts I need I could toss off in an hour or so. Right now there are about three of them, and not even a little job shop in this area that I have been able to

Re: AF 280 mod/ LX fill flash

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 19/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: No reason you can't machine the proper helical and cam on the adapter. Would just require that the K-mount lens be set to infinity when used on the RF camera. Yes! Of course. What a fabulous idea. I'm not switched on with RF technology. That sounds a

Re: VIRUS: Re: Pentax needs USM and IS

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 19/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Well, if I get an e-mail wherein the subject line thanks me for buying them lunch, I ~know~ it's gotta be fake!! So Frank is it true that you have the deepest pockets and the shortest arms east of the Rockies? ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O)

Re: Unusual subjects to photograph.

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 19/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I have always wanted to visit England just so I could go somewhere for a drink that wasn't called, Joe's Bar Grill grin. Hey, you know Joe? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps

Re: Why digital cameras = better photographers - BBC news

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 19/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Walking on thin ice on that tainted beef thing, Bill. Didn't it turn out that the infected cow had a link to Canada? Like, it's feed was traced to a rendering plant near Edmonton or something? Or maybe not, I don't really know. I just figure if we're

Re: Why digital cameras = better photographers - BBC news

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Sure, in the pages of What Photo! or Digicams Rock magazines, but come on - this is the BBC. The BBC has been dumbing itself down steadily over the years - I'm in no way surprised to find that nowadays (especially in a web presence) it is no different

Re: Why digital cameras = better photographers - BBC news

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Selling advertising is what media does today. That is all they are interested in. Long gone are the days when they were interested in helping their readers. Except, of course, Public Radio and Television which are only interested in providing a media for

Re: Suggestion

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I think it would be a great idea if all PDMLers going to GFM would put together a modest portfolio of favorite shots. Think of the fun around PDML central. I will be bringing some prints. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

OT: Fake or Foto

2004-01-20 Thread Ryan Lee
Something interesting http://www.alias.com/eng/etc/fakeorfoto/quiz.html I managed an 8/10.. one of them, I must say, is particularly well done. Cheers, Ryan

kmount/leica 39 adapter

2004-01-20 Thread Clive evans
Hi all Thanks for the input on this. Two points: Focussing not a problem as long the register is correct as it will be only wide angles [sp.17mm fisheye and poss. 28mm] so zone focussing etc. is no problem. I actually have a spare t6 converter [the aperture linkage jammed and it seemed cheaper to

RE: Unusual subjects to photograph.

2004-01-20 Thread Malcolm Smith
Nick Clark wrote: Hi Malcolm The King and Tinker is actually in Whitewebbs Lane. It's at the opposite end of the golf course to the Rose and Crown, to the right of Whitewebbs House, which is now a restaurant. If you come out of the drive to Whitewebbs House, turn right, it's in the dip

Re: OT: Fake or Foto

2004-01-20 Thread Boris Liberman
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 19:51:16 +1000 Ryan Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Something interesting http://www.alias.com/eng/etc/fakeorfoto/quiz.html I managed an 8/10.. one of them, I must say, is particularly well done. Cheers, Ryan 6/10 here, but I did not look at the answers. I might do that

Re: Why digital cameras = better photographers - BBC news

2004-01-20 Thread Keith Whaley
Cotty wrote: On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: [. . .] My point exactly. Except that the BBC is more than just Public Television, as I understand the term as used in north America. The BBC is there to provide a service of information and, overseen by 12 governors who stand

Re: OT now -- Why digital cameras = better photographers - BBC news

2004-01-20 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Keith Whaley wrote: Which brings up a question. Is it only BBC programming one pays for, or do you have to add a bit for ITV? I can't imagine ITV is free! ITV is free, as are Channel4 and Channel5. And if you pay for a digital encoder (from 30 pounds I believe, one off)

Re: WWII RAF photos on line

2004-01-20 Thread cbwaters
I believe it's Tuesday today and the link is dead. Was it working ONLY on Monday? ;) Cory - Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 9:05 AM Subject: Re: WWII RAF photos on line I did say that it would be starting on

Re: Why digital cameras = better photographers - BBC news

2004-01-20 Thread Chris Stoddart
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Keith Whaley wrote: Which brings up a question. Is it only BBC programming one pays for, or do you have to add a bit for ITV? I can't imagine ITV is free! Keith, In the UK everyone with a televison set pays a licence fee (about £10/$15 a month). The money raised pays

Re: Why digital cameras = better photographers - BBC news

2004-01-20 Thread keller.schaefer
Germany has a similar system. Sven Zitat von Chris Stoddart [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Keith Whaley wrote: Which brings up a question. Is it only BBC programming one pays for, or do you have to add a bit for ITV? I can't imagine ITV is free! Keith, In the UK everyone

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-20 Thread cbwaters
Batteries were dead meaning the camera wouldn't work or just that the indicator was showing them as empty? As you've read, there's no trusting the battery indicator. Cory - Original Message - From: Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 18,

Re: Why digital cameras = better photographers - BBC news

2004-01-20 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! mw Chris Stoddart wrote: So come to the UK, the only country where you need a licence to own a TV set :-) Sorry, I am jumping in the middle of it. But in Israel situation is exactly the same - you have a TV - you pay the tax. The tax is about $120 per year. Boris

Re: OT (but what isn't): Digital Ice`

2004-01-20 Thread Shel Belinkoff
What is meant by the strength of the cleaning? If you choose low does that mean some subtle spots are overlooked, and if you choose high everything is zapped. Or does it mean that on low a spot just won't be eradicated completely? Mark Cassino wrote: No - all you can do is choose the

Re: Why digital cameras = better photographers - BBC news

2004-01-20 Thread mike wilson
mike wilson wrote: Chris Stoddart wrote: So come to the UK, the only country where you need a licence to own a TV set :-) Or a VCR with a monitor. Or even just a VCR with no way of viewing. It's the TV frequency receiver that's licensed. Bizzare but true. Or bizarre and properly

Re: Why digital cameras = better photographers - BBC news

2004-01-20 Thread Anders Hultman
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, mike wilson wrote: So come to the UK, the only country where you need a licence to own a TV set :-) Or a VCR with a monitor. Or even just a VCR with no way of viewing. It's the TV frequency receiver that's licensed. Bizzare but true. It's the same in Sweden. A

Re: Vs: AF 280 mod/ LX fill flash

2004-01-20 Thread graywolf
Wow! I wonder how Leica ever made their cameras work then. Oh! That must be why they are so expensive. Raimo Korhonen wrote: But machining the cam and proper linkages might be nearly impossible. -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com You might as well accept people as they are, you are not

Re: kmount/leica 39 adapter

2004-01-20 Thread graywolf
A sudden ah-ha experience here. A short 'K' extention tube (12 or 9 mm?), into a 'K to M42 adapter (both of these are stock parts), screwed into a M42 to M39 adapter. (Custom, so it is the correct thickness to make the stack 16.6mm long?) Should be a much cheaper way to go. Any machine shop

Re: OT: Fake or Foto

2004-01-20 Thread Bob W
Hi, most of the flying saucer photos have been fake snapshots and the remainder have been what? -- Cheers, Bob

Re: rechargeable NiMH batteries, ist-D and last night

2004-01-20 Thread Peter Alling
But the did have lovely plumage. At 09:49 AM 1/20/04, you wrote: The camera wouldn't work. At all. I tried the turn off then on again trick. Nada. I removed the batteries and put them back in. Zip! The batteries were dead, flat, they had ceased to be! they were non-batteries! even nailing

Re[2]: Windows Freeware Imaging Program

2004-01-20 Thread Harold Owen
Hello Shel, Tuesday, January 20, 2004, 6:27:09 PM, you wrote: SB It might be helpful to know which programs you're comparing it to ... I should have clarified that! It is no Photoshop but compares well with mid-priced imaging programs and its free. For a freeware program it is fairly well

RE: OT: Fake or Foto

2004-01-20 Thread Bob Blakely
Democrat Presidential candidates. Regards, Bob... There are rotten people in the world that cannot be cured by magical hippy love. -- Lynda Barry From: Bob W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, most of the flying saucer photos have been fake

Re: OT: Fake or Foto

2004-01-20 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Fake movies? Bob W wrote: Hi, most of the flying saucer photos have been fake snapshots and the remainder have been what? -- Cheers, Bob

Re: kmount/leica 39 adapter

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: So now all i need is who/ where to do the job [guys like this are not exactly thick on the ground here...!] Clive Antibes France Clive, have a mooch around here: www.srbfilm.co.uk Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People,

Re: Why digital cameras = better photographers - BBC news

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Which brings up a question. Is it only BBC programming one pays for, or do you have to add a bit for ITV? I can't imagine ITV is free! Any TV receiver has to be licensed. One license covers a household (about £100 a year). ITV is funded purely by

Magicstor

2004-01-20 Thread Bruce Dayton
I have been looking at getting more storage cards and have looked at the microdrive angle. I know that Magicstor 2.2gb cards have been reputed to have problems. But in careful reading, it appears that there are some incompatible devices (that is the ones who keep complaining - RebelD, D100,

OT: Beagle virus update info

2004-01-20 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Virus Characteristics: This is a mass-mailing worm with a remote access component.  The worm arrives in an email message with the following characteristics: From: (address may be forged) Subject: Hi Body:  Test =) (random characters) -- Test, yep. Attachment: (random filename) 15,872 bytes

RE: WWII RAF photos on line

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I believe it's Tuesday today and the link is dead. Was it working ONLY on Monday? ;) Cory HTTP://www.evidenceincamera.co.uk I got the hang of the weekly calendar in the end and tried yesterday, with the same result as you had today. Mike said it

Re: Why digital cameras = better photographers - BBC news

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: So come to the UK, the only country where you need a licence to own a TV set :-) Or a VCR with a monitor. Or even just a VCR with no way of viewing. It's the TV frequency receiver that's licensed. Bizzare but true. Yes, that's right. Well spotted

Hello, I'm back. Am I a newbie again?

2004-01-20 Thread Flavio Minelli
Hi again everybody! For those who don't know me or don't remember I'm from Rome, Italy and I've been subscribing the PDML from 1998 to oct 2002 when I gave up as I couldn't afford the time to wade through all the traffic and chatter. Now that I have a brand new DSL connection and a new machine

Re: Hello, I'm back. Am I a newbie again?

2004-01-20 Thread Brendan
Flavio!!! Good to see you again. Any more calendars? --- Flavio Minelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi again everybody! For those who don't know me or don't remember I'm from Rome, Italy and I've been subscribing the PDML from 1998 to oct 2002 when I gave up as I couldn't afford the time

RE: Asahiflex Takumar ?

2004-01-20 Thread David Madsen
It almost looks like an incomplete enlarger lens. ??? David Madsen mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.davidmadsen.com -Original Message- From: Chris Brogden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:14 PM To: Pdml Subject: Re: Asahiflex Takumar ? It's a section of

Vs: Vs: AF 280 mod/ LX fill flash

2004-01-20 Thread Raimo Korhonen
You can try if you like. But remember that we are not talking about a simple adapter here, because the person I answered to suggested that it be rangefinder-coupled. It´s easier if you do not have to deal with a K mount lens barrel at first - so you can just put the proper inner sleeves and cams

Re: OT: Fake or Foto

2004-01-20 Thread graywolf
Not proven? Bob W wrote: Hi, most of the flying saucer photos have been fake snapshots and the remainder have been what? -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com You might as well accept people as they are, you are not going to be able to change them anyway.

Re: kmount/leica 39 adapter

2004-01-20 Thread graywolf
And they offer his adapter right there for 69.95. Cotty wrote: On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: So now all i need is who/ where to do the job [guys like this are not exactly thick on the ground here...!] Clive Antibes France Clive, have a mooch around here:

Re: Hello, I'm back. Am I a newbie again?

2004-01-20 Thread graywolf
Good to have you back. -- Flavio Minelli wrote: Hi again everybody! For those who don't know me or don't remember I'm from Rome, Italy and I've been subscribing the PDML from 1998 to oct 2002 when I gave up as I couldn't afford the time to wade through all the traffic and chatter. Now that I

Re: Vs: Vs: AF 280 mod/ LX fill flash

2004-01-20 Thread graywolf
You missed my point. One can ignor the on lens focusing and build a focusing mount into the adapter. Only problem with that is you would need to match the adapter to a specific lens. However, that is all moot because Cotty has posted a link to a company that sells adapters that will do what the

Re: OT: Fake or Foto

2004-01-20 Thread Dag T
På 20. jan. 2004 kl. 19.55 skrev Bob W: Hi, most of the flying saucer photos have been fake snapshots and the remainder have been what? When even the photographer thinks it´s for real. Not all fakes are intentional. DagT

Re: Hello, I'm back. Am I a newbie again?

2004-01-20 Thread Flavio Minelli
Hello Brendan. No, actually I've been doing very little photography. I'll try to amend that, now. Thanks for the welcome. I've seen you're enjoying yourself... Ciao, Flavio Brendan wrote: Flavio!!! Good to see you again. Any more calendars? --- Flavio Minelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

Re: Hello, I'm back. Am I a newbie again?

2004-01-20 Thread Flavio Minelli
Thanks Tom. How's with you? One of the first thing I noticed coming back was your comment on the BBC program, where you said: Skill at anything takes study and practice. I have always wondered why there are so many people who do not think that applies to photography. Woa. Great. Can I borrow it?

RE: Good database for wedding clients?

2004-01-20 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] she wants contact management software, not a database. Act! is one that i hear a lot of good things about. it's not specific to photographic uses and i don't see why she needs something that is that specific. I'm

OT Sundance, Word Wars, my pics (taken with a pentax)

2004-01-20 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Clipping and pasting from my Scrabble list - this was an exciting bit of news My poker buddy . just called me from Sundance and said Word Wars is the most popular film there by light years. He showed up 90 minutes early yesterday and was unable to get in, and today was 2 hours early and

Re: Slide show

2004-01-20 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Mark Cassino wrote: At 11:41 PM 1/16/2004 -0500, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I enjoy reviewing my slides that way, but doing it too often, of course, is dangerous and lingering too long on one when you look at it, too, is bad (not that you are not aware of that.) Bad for the slide, right? I

Re: Hello, I'm back. Am I a newbie again?

2004-01-20 Thread Brendan
You had better start shooting some more !! --- Flavio Minelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Brendan. No, actually I've been doing very little photography. I'll try to amend that, now. Thanks for the welcome. I've seen you're enjoying yourself... Ciao, Flavio Brendan wrote:

Re: OT Sundance, Word Wars, my pics (taken with a pentax)

2004-01-20 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip My poker buddy . just called me from Sundance and said Word Wars is the most popular film there by light years. He showed up 90 minutes early yesterday and was unable to get in, and today was 2 hours early and

Re: Magicstor

2004-01-20 Thread Rob Studdert
On 20 Jan 2004 at 12:06, Bruce Dayton wrote: I have been looking at getting more storage cards and have looked at the microdrive angle. I know that Magicstor 2.2gb cards have been reputed to have problems. But in careful reading, it appears that there are some incompatible devices (that is

RE: Cameras in the Snow-was: Digital good

2004-01-20 Thread frank theriault
This weekend, I went toboganning with my youngest daughter. Brought along the LX with Viv S1 24-48. We had a blast - the temp warmed up (!) to around -8C, and there was plenty of snow and sun. We were taking turns going down, and Claire had the camera around her neck when it way my turn.

RE: Hello, I'm back. Am I a newbie again?

2004-01-20 Thread frank theriault
Hey, Flavio, Glad to see you back. And glad to see you're submitting to February PUG. Your photographs have always inspired me. cheers, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Flavio Minelli [EMAIL

Re: OT: Fake or Foto

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: most of the flying saucer photos have been fake snapshots and the remainder have been what? Flying cups Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free

Re: Hello, I'm back. Am I a newbie again?

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Now that I have a brand new DSL connection and a new machine at home, I can easily download all the stuff in a moment and allow the message count to go up. I'll still have to do the wading, though, but I finally admitted to myself that I was getting

RE: Good database for wedding clients?

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I'm not sure, but I think it was Act! that hosed my hard drive last week. Hi Tom, I thought you'd been a bit quiet lately. Never mind lad, it's kept you out of trouble... Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

RE: OT: Fake or Foto

2004-01-20 Thread frank theriault
I didn't take the test yet. I might go back later an look again, if I have time. I just posted to say that Alias/Wavefront is a Canadian company, based here in Toronto. I think they came up with some sort of computer animation software that blew everyone else out of the water, and AFAIK,

Re: Good database for wedding clients?

2004-01-20 Thread Mark Roberts
tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] she wants contact management software, not a database. Act! is one that i hear a lot of good things about. it's not specific to photographic uses and i don't see why she needs something

Re: OT Sundance, Word Wars, my pics (taken with a pentax)

2004-01-20 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Christian wrote: - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip My poker buddy . just called me from Sundance and said Word Wars is the most popular film there by light years. He showed up 90 minutes early yesterday and was unable to get in, and today

OT - paper not quite dead yet

2004-01-20 Thread Cotty
Just spent a few hours doing something I've meant to do for ages. I printed off a quick contact sheet for every frame of digital I have shot since getting the camera in Sept 2002. They're all in a binder now, and there's nothing quite like leafing through, just like the good old days ;-) I love

Re: Hello, I'm back. Am I a newbie again?

2004-01-20 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Flavio Minelli wrote: Hi again everybody! For those who don't know me or don't remember I'm from Rome, Italy and I've been subscribing the PDML from 1998 to oct 2002 when I gave up as I couldn't afford the time to wade through all the traffic and chatter. Flavio? Flavio. hmmm, name has a

Re: OT: Fake or Foto

2004-01-20 Thread frank theriault
I'll ask Them about it tonight, once they're done their probing. It's so hard to sit on a bike seat the next day... vbg from the Mother Ship, frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: graywolf [EMAIL

Re: OT: Fake or Foto

2004-01-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: most of the flying saucer photos have been fake snapshots and the remainder have been what? Well, visiting aliens, of course. Duh! ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Suggestion

2004-01-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I think it would be a great idea if all PDMLers going to GFM would put together a modest portfolio of favorite shots. Think of the fun around PDML central. I will be bringing some prints. I always bring a batch of prints.

RE: Suggestion

2004-01-20 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Mark Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I think it would be a great idea if all PDMLers going to GFM would put together a modest portfolio of favorite shots. Think of the fun

Re: OT: Fake or Foto

2004-01-20 Thread John Francis
I just posted to say that Alias/Wavefront is a Canadian company, based here in Toronto. I think they came up with some sort of computer animation software that blew everyone else out of the water, and AFAIK, they're now world leaders in the field. Originally Canadian, but bought some

Re: Virus - latest infection

2004-01-20 Thread Bob Rapp
I went to Infinex.com and their site has a message that states that : mail Virus Warning: Somebody send virus through email these days! If you get a email from [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the subject is your account ,pease don't open it and delete this kind of email , then run anti-virus software to

OT: TV License Cost (Was Why digital cameras = better photographers)

2004-01-20 Thread Doug Franklin
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:45:05 +, Cotty wrote: 'The BBC is financed by a TV licence paid by households. [...] It's dreadfully off topic, but I've always wondered just how much those TV licences cost, how frequently, whether it's flat rate or apportioned by something, like maybe the size of

Re: and..just in..yet another one

2004-01-20 Thread Andre Langevin
??? WOW, this a message I sent in march! Resent-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:59:36 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: host24.websitesource.com: dbrewer set sender to [EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:59:30 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Andre Langevin

RE: WWII RAF photos on line

2004-01-20 Thread Doug Franklin
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 20:16:19 +, Cotty wrote: On Sunday I went with a reporter to film a bloke who flew in the PR unit (Photo Recon. unit) in a Spitfire during WWII for a piece about the up and coming online pics mentioned above. He's fairing well for 84 and recounted some great air

Re: Virus - latest infection

2004-01-20 Thread John Francis
I got a similar email from Keith . . . About the only thing you can be certain of nowadays is that the one person who *didn't* send you that virus-laden email is the person whose name appears in the From: field. Viruses grab From addresses as well as To addresses (and may even relay the virus

OT: TV License (Was Why digital cameras = better photographers)

2004-01-20 Thread Doug Franklin
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 14:02:47 + (GMT), Chris Stoddart wrote: In the UK everyone with a televison set pays a licence fee (about œ10/$15 a month). Oops, guess I should've waited a little longer. :-) TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

RE: Cameras in the Snow-was: Digital good

2004-01-20 Thread Peter Alling
With the Aliens apparently, just to mix the threads a bit. At 07:02 PM 1/20/04, you wrote: Did he leave them somewhere? -Original Message- From: Brendan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 6:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Cameras in the Snow-was:

Re: PUG down?

2004-01-20 Thread Peter Alling
I've got the same problem, the browser times out trying to reach the web site. At 07:22 PM 1/20/04, you wrote: Just tried the Pentax User's Gallery and couldn't connect. Anyone know what's up? I was going to send in a photo for the next gallery. (Today's the deadline, right?) -- Mark Roberts

Re: OT: TV License Cost (Was Why digital cameras = better photographers)

2004-01-20 Thread Bob W
Hi, It's dreadfully off topic, but I've always wondered just how much those TV licences cost, how frequently, whether it's flat rate or apportioned by something, like maybe the size of the picture tube or something. Care to enlighten me Cotty, or any of our other UK bretheren (and sisteren

Re: OT: TV License Cost

2004-01-20 Thread Doug Franklin
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 02:09:58 +, Bob W wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/licencefee/ it's free if you're blind! Harumph! Bureaucracy at work. :-| TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

RE: Cameras in the Snow-was: Digital good

2004-01-20 Thread frank theriault
I just want you all to note two (2) things: 1) I changed the subject line to reflect my throwing a new topic into Cory's Funeral Thread (and that was even before Wheatfield, in another thread, so correctly pointed out the poor manners in not doing so), and; 2) At least I had some Pentax

Re: PUG down?

2004-01-20 Thread frank theriault
Moi aussi. Mon ordinateur a dit quelque chose comme could not make a connection. Heureusement, mon photo pour fevrier etait deja envoyer. salut a tous, francois theriault doing my bit for the global village The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it

Re: OT: TV License Cost (Was Why digital cameras = better photographers)

2004-01-20 Thread Peter Alling
How magnanimous of them. At 09:09 PM 1/20/04, you wrote: Hi, It's dreadfully off topic, but I've always wondered just how much those TV licences cost, how frequently, whether it's flat rate or apportioned by something, like maybe the size of the picture tube or something. Care to enlighten

Re: Suggestion

2004-01-20 Thread frank theriault
I'll think about it. I'll pull mine out once everyone gets good and hammered. vbg -frank The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: PUG down?

2004-01-20 Thread Peter Alling
And what in the past has ever give you the impression that I could speak French? Especially with that Canadian accent of yours? :- At 09:52 PM 1/20/04, you wrote: Moi aussi. Mon ordinateur a dit quelque chose comme could not make a connection. Heureusement, mon photo pour fevrier etait deja

Re: PUG down?

2004-01-20 Thread frank theriault
Hey, just trying to broaden the cultural horizons of the list, is all. Besides: 1) You don't have to speak French, only read it, 2) I doubt that whatever I wrote is anything resembling real French (I was just faking it), and, 3) Even if you couldn't read it, don't lose any sleep over it.

Re: PUG down?

2004-01-20 Thread Peter Alling
Looking at the mangled syntax of that last message, I should add English to my list of problematic languages. Oh, well I could still grow up to be President. At 10:01 PM 1/20/04, you wrote: And what in the past has ever give you the impression that I could speak French? Especially with that

RE: Cameras in the Snow-was: Digital good

2004-01-20 Thread Brendan
Your forgiven Frank :D --- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just want you all to note two (2) things: 1) I changed the subject line to reflect my throwing a new topic into Cory's Funeral Thread (and that was even before Wheatfield, in another thread, so correctly pointed out

Re: Website update

2004-01-20 Thread Brendan
Nice, now your going to force me to finally finish mine! --- graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Been finally doing things to my website. I would like folks to take a look and let me know what they think of the changes. -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com You might as well accept

Re: OT: TV License Cost (Was Why digital cameras = better photographers)

2004-01-20 Thread Lawrence Kwan
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Bob W wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/licencefee/ it's free if you're blind! Incredibly, no; you still have to pay even if you are blind! (albeit half price) -- --Lawrence Kwan--SMS Info Service/Ringtone Convertor--PGP:finger/www-- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT - paper not quite dead yet

2004-01-20 Thread wendy beard
At 07:09 PM 20/01/2004, Cotty wrote: Just spent a few hours doing something I've meant to do for ages. I printed off a quick contact sheet for every frame of digital I have shot since getting the camera in Sept 2002. They're all in a binder now, and there's nothing quite like leafing through,

Re: OT: TV License Cost (Was Why digital cameras = better photographers)

2004-01-20 Thread Chris Brogden
Well, of course. You can still listen to the dialogue, right? :) chris On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Lawrence Kwan wrote: On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Bob W wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/licencefee/ it's free if you're blind! Incredibly, no; you still have to pay even if you are blind! (albeit

Re: Suggestion

2004-01-20 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: I think it would be a great idea if all PDMLers going to GFM would put together a modest portfolio of favorite shots. Think of the fun around PDML central. I will be bringing some prints. I

Re: PUG down?

2004-01-20 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Still down here at 1230am wed sigh (at least I got my wet picture sent a couple of days ago) annsan