Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/6/2005 11:27:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I can't take responsibility for my mouth after a couple of beers. Or even a cup of coffee, it seams. Cable stitch or blanket? Darn! Well I guess that just about sews things up then. I think we

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread Tom C
Bravo! That wraps it up! Tom C. From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Yet another enablement. Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:51:21 +1000 On 7 Dec 2005 at 0:33, Kenneth Waller wrote: Not another one of these.threads

Pentax (and others) online shop in Europe?

2005-12-07 Thread Thibouille
Do you know a good photo shop located in EU? No the ones which only sell a couple bodies but something looking more like BH, KEH etc... Need a couple lenses ;) -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ...

PESO - On the Cold Side

2005-12-07 Thread Tom C
Looking north from our house. This is actually the warm side since it's the south facing slope. Not a masterpiece, but just the way it was Saturday, December 3, 2005 in this place in Idaho. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3931911

RE: GESO: East Africa

2005-12-07 Thread Tom C
Some great shots there. I especially liked many of the the Lion, Zebra, and Cheetah shots. Thank you for sharing them. Tom C. From: Jon Paul Schelter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: GESO: East Africa Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:30:12

Re: A better 70-200mm F. 2.8

2005-12-07 Thread Jostein
I have tried that. With manual adjustment, focus is at the same point on the matte screen as on the chip. I perfomed the same test with MZ-S and Z-1, btw, and both were accurate. A whole inch difference seems a lot. Is this discrepancy the same with different lenses in the same focal range?

Re: Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread mike wilson
From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/12/07 Wed AM 01:24:47 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Sony's at it again. On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 22:05:50 +, mike wilson wrote: Silicon life forms will have no problem. Whether they will belong

Re: OT Airbus A380 test bed pics

2005-12-07 Thread mike wilson
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/12/07 Wed AM 02:50:24 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: OT Airbus A380 test bed pics Not my pics but interesting and pretty unique I guess: http://samchuiphotos.com/A380Sydney/A380_Australia_visit_November_2005.html Thanks for

Re: Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread mike wilson
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/12/07 Wed AM 02:06:45 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Yet another enablement. William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: mike wilson I can't take responsibility for my mouth after a couple of beers. Or even a cup of

Re: Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread dagt
Not necessarily. The potential information dentity is higher in analog information, but the analog information is more difficult to handle. A more advanced sivilication may be able to do this, and in that case it would be very difficult for us to find them. The signals would be difficult to

Re: PESO - On the Cold Side

2005-12-07 Thread Peter McIntosh
Tom C wrote: Looking north from our house. This is actually the warm side since it's the south facing slope. Not a masterpiece, but just the way it was Saturday, December 3, 2005 in this place in Idaho. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3931911 Wow! I'd love to experience

Re: PESO - On the Cold Side

2005-12-07 Thread Tom C
It was in the mid 20's F (-4C) then. About 10F (-12C) right now. Invigorating! Tom C. From: Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - On the Cold Side Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:07:37 +1100 Tom C wrote: Looking

RE: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread Tom C
I expect they'll follow the smell. -- Cheers, Bob Now how will alien civilzations find us :-) Tom C. I suspect you may be right. :-)

Re: PESO - On the Cold Side

2005-12-07 Thread John Forbes
Nice pic, Tom, and I envy you the view. John On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:41:56 -, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was in the mid 20's F (-4C) then. About 10F (-12C) right now. Invigorating! Tom C. From: Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To:

Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread Bob Shell
On Dec 6, 2005, at 6:53 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Any sufficiently advanced Alien civilization will be digital. They probably can't find us now because most of our signals are analog... The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to

Cheap man's IR (was Re: GESO: B+W is so much fun)

2005-12-07 Thread Derby Chang
frank theriault wrote: On 12/4/05, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/index5/05_12_bw/index.htm Great stuff! The second one (with the white tree) has an IR look to it. Is it some sort of digital IR thing? It's very cool. -frank -- Sharpness

RE: Pentax (and others) online shop in Europe?

2005-12-07 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
It seems that tekede.de is a kind of reference in the Pentax world. I have bought a digicam for a friend here: www.pixmania.com They have sites all over Europe and, in Barcelona at least, they have also a couple of physical stores. Here is a link of the Pentax lenses available in their Spanish

Re: Pentax (and others) online shop in Europe?

2005-12-07 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Thibouille wrote on 07.12.05 8:56: Do you know a good photo shop located in EU? No the ones which only sell a couple bodies but something looking more like BH, KEH etc... Need a couple lenses ;) www.fotokoch.de www.ac-foto.de www.nycamera.de -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards

Re: Pentax (and others) online shop in Europe?

2005-12-07 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: www.nycamera.de Nycamera have gone belly up a good while ago. You might want to add: www.technikdirekt.de (mailorder operation of Foto Duttenhofer, Würzburg) www.oehlig.de www.allesfoto.de (Foto Brenner) Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG -

Re: Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: Re: Yet another enablement. I can't take responsibility for my mouth after a couple of beers. Or even a cup of coffee, it seams. Cable stitch or blanket? Darn! Well I guess that just about sews things up then. I thought

DS Firmware breaks EXIF DATE field?

2005-12-07 Thread Cory Papenfuss
I've finally sucked off some pictures I've taken since I updated my -DS firmware to 2.0. My scripties are set to date the file as per the Shooting date field in the exif data. Now, the pictures show this: $ exiftool imgp3293.pef | grep -i date File Modification Date/Time : 2005:12:07

Re: Pentax (and others) online shop in Europe?

2005-12-07 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote on 07.12.05 13:04: Nycamera have gone belly up a good while ago. Their site still works under the same domain, just it has new name. Try to enter it. -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Pentax (and others) online shop in Europe?

2005-12-07 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 07 Dec 2005 08:56:29 +0100 schreef Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Do you know a good photo shop located in EU? No the ones which only sell a couple bodies but something looking more like BH, KEH etc... Need a couple lenses ;) One of the biggest on-line retailers in the Netherlands

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
Shel et al, Thanks for the insights on printing. It is more complex than I imagined. As for the information I have used, I think it is closer to 6.5mb than 2.2mb. I stiched 4 images, each 2000x3000 pixels into 1 image 5000x3000 pixels. If there was no overlap, it would be 8000x3000 pixels so I

Re: Big Print (24x36 inches)

2005-12-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
rest of the thoughts... The 3,000x5,000 jpeg is about the limits of what would be sharp in a 24x36 print. Overall, It will head to the daughter's college apartment wall as decor. Thanks agaon for the insights. Bob S. On 12/7/05, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shel et al, Thanks for

Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread Bob Shell
On Dec 6, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: That's not a Sony thing. It's pretty standard for any electronics company. Spares only to Authorized Service Centres. I certainly saw a lot of that in my time as an Electronics Tech. Not unheard of but hardly standard. When I was an electronics

Re: PESO: A Cappuccino and the Paper

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/6/05, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: CLASSY Frank. I like it! A word rarely applied to me or anything I do. Thanks, Tom! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PAW: People Portraits #48 - GDG

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/6/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Continuing my PAW catch-up ... another Panny LX1 image: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/48.htm Great one! Combines Theriaultean blur with an Annsan compositional style (and great

Re: GESO: East Africa

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/6/05, Jon Paul Schelter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Frank.. sorry about the size. I've since replaced the photos online with some smaller ones (1024xwhatever). I'll probably put up the full res shots as well, mostly for a couple I met there who'd had their gear stolen. So, here it

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/6/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The new Elise, though, seems to be the modern-day successor to the 7; totally impractical power-to-weight ratio, no luggage space, etc., etc. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/pages/parts17.htm :-P

Re: PESO - On the Cold Side

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/7/05, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looking north from our house. This is actually the warm side since it's the south facing slope. Not a masterpiece, but just the way it was Saturday, December 3, 2005 in this place in Idaho. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3931911

Re: PESO - On the Cold Side

2005-12-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
Frank, you're so, so American! vbg Are you sure you didn't grow up in Cleveland? Paul On Dec 7, 2005, at 8:34 AM, frank theriault wrote: On 12/7/05, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looking north from our house. This is actually the warm side since it's the south facing slope. Not a

Re: New Gallery at photo.net

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 11/28/05, Thrainn Vigfusson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally got around to subscribing to photo.net and uploading some photos. Some of them have appeared before in various PUG gelleries. I would appreciate if anyone with some time on their hands would comment on them. The gallery is at

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: mike wilson I can't take responsibility for my mouth after a couple of beers. Or even a cup of coffee, it seams. Cable stitch or blanket? Darn! Well I guess that just about sews things up then. I thought this thread had dyed a natural

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/6/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The new Elise, though, seems to be the modern-day successor to the 7; totally impractical power-to-weight ratio, no luggage space, etc., etc.

Re: PAW: People Portraits #48 - GDG

2005-12-07 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/6/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Continuing my PAW catch-up ... another Panny LX1 image: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/48.htm Great one! Combines Theriaultean blur with an

Re: PESO - On the Cold Side

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/7/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, you're so, so American! vbg Are you sure you didn't grow up in Cleveland? Well, honestly, there are far more similarities than differences between our two countries. It's pretty much the right to bear arms (you guys) and the right

Re: PESO: Harpist revisited

2005-12-07 Thread Rick Womer
Photo.net must have been having problems. They're coming up fine now. --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are the modified shots: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3930524 http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3930529

Re: Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread mike wilson
From: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/12/07 Wed PM 01:10:03 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Sony's at it again. On Dec 6, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: That's not a Sony thing. It's pretty standard for any electronics company. Spares only to Authorized

Re: Which Optio?

2005-12-07 Thread E.R.N. Reed
On Dec 5, 2005, at 2:22 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: Thanks for the answers (not too many though--I guess people here have SLRs, plus the 60 and S60 are quite new) Speaking strictly for myself, Juan, I have an Optio 550 as my constant walkaround camera; I've had it a year longer than I've

Re: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread mike wilson
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/12/07 Wed PM 01:43:36 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/6/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Francis [EMAIL

Re: Pentax (and others) online shop in Europe?

2005-12-07 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Thibouille wrote: Do you know a good photo shop located in EU? No the ones which only sell a couple bodies but something looking more like BH, KEH etc... Need a couple lenses ;) -- Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SFXn,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ...

Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread E.R.N. Reed
frank theriault wrote: Pretty. You are the master of raindrops on hoods/fenders. ;-) Raindrops on car hoods and whiskers on Maine coons ... What else are among PDML's favourite things? :D ERNR

Re: PESO - On the Cold Side

2005-12-07 Thread pnstenquist
I know, just teasing. It took me a few seconds to get the Walter reference, so I found it amusing that it came from north of the border, which, of course, is south of the border in these parts :-). Actually, we have an abundance of both Tim Horton's and Hockey in Michigan. And we have much more

Re: DS Firmware breaks EXIF DATE field?

2005-12-07 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 7, 2005, at 6:34, Cory Papenfuss wrote: I've finally sucked off some pictures I've taken since I updated my -DS firmware to 2.0. My scripties are set to date the file as per the Shooting date field in the exif data. Now, the pictures show this: $ exiftool imgp3293.pef | grep

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread John Forbes
You punsters have a warped sense of humour. John On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:44:43 -, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: mike wilson I can't take responsibility for my mouth after a couple of beers. Or even a cup of coffee, it seams.

Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread John Forbes
I had to get a part for my Rolex (hangs head in shame) and was told that in the UK Rolex would not permit parts to be sold except to their own distributors, whilst in the US the law forced them to sell to anybody. John On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:10:03 -, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread mike wilson
From: E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/12/07 Wed PM 02:38:54 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom? frank theriault wrote: Pretty. You are the master of raindrops on hoods/fenders. ;-) Raindrops on car hoods and

Re: PAW: People Portraits #48 - GDG

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/7/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well yeah, that pedestrian is tack sharp by your standards! What's your point? -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Pentax (and others) online shop in Europe?

2005-12-07 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, E.R.N. Reed wrote: Peter of Sunny Brighton still about, anyone know? Yes he is. K

Re: Which Optio?

2005-12-07 Thread danilo
Hi all, I'm interested in PS camera too. Not directly, though. A friend of mine would like to buy a digital camera (he is un-literate, is this a right term). I'd like him to buy one of those that have a wide angle zoom lens, rather than one of those 40-420 paparazzi-zoom ones. I was thinking to

RE: PAW: The Word, According to Ninja

2005-12-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank, I've looked at this pic several times and I just can't get my head around it. I asked myself why, since it is an interesting and likeable pic. This morning it became clear to me: it looks awful on my screen. It literally hurts my eyes. Some of the blacks and shadows are just blobs

Re: DS Firmware breaks EXIF DATE field?

2005-12-07 Thread Cory Papenfuss
OK, found it. Looks good from here (not shooting PEF files, though): Shooting Date/Time : 2005:12:05 07:44:37 Date/Time Of Digitization : 2005:12:05 07:44:37 Hrm... I'll double-check the camera later tonight. I *know* I set the date and time after upgrading the

Velvia Photoshop plug-in

2005-12-07 Thread Tom Reese
Someone from our local camera club sent me this. I forward this to the Pentax list with great reluctance. I feel like I'm selling crack to kids. Anyway, if you don't want to be a real photographer and use real Velvia and you're willing to settle for some phony baloney digital horsepockey

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread Doug Brewer
Cotty wrote: I can't take responsibility for my mouth after a couple of beers. Or even a cup of coffee, it seams. Cable stitch or blanket? Darn! Well I guess that just about sews things up then. I think we could string em a yarn, though. This is just another useless thread

Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread Bob Shell
On Dec 7, 2005, at 9:55 AM, John Forbes wrote: I had to get a part for my Rolex (hangs head in shame) and was told that in the UK Rolex would not permit parts to be sold except to their own distributors, whilst in the US the law forced them to sell to anybody. Hmmm. That's what I

Re: Re: Language - Britian, England, or United Kingdom?

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/7/05, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then maybe Meister von Regentropfen auf Mütze would be better. I think so... -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Which Optio?

2005-12-07 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Op Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:11:07 +0100 schreef danilo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, I'm interested in PS camera too. Not directly, though. A friend of mine would like to buy a digital camera (he is un-literate, is this a right term). I'd like him to buy one of those that have a wide angle zoom lens,

RE: Cheap man's IR (was Re: GESO: B+W is so much fun)

2005-12-07 Thread Anthony Farr
Over $100 sounds a bit steep, unless you're looking for a 72mm or above diameter. Just a few months ago I purchased a 58mm Hoya R72 for about AUS $60 give or take a couple of dollars, at my local Camera House. It isn't labelled as multicoated, but it was the only R72 in their range anyway. Hoya

Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread Adam Maas
mike wilson wrote: It probably made sense to limit supply to those who had an at least rudimentary knowledge of what they were doing when TVs and radios had tubes and you could create death very easily. Today, you would have to try very hard to hurt yourself with the electricity in

Re: PAW: People Portraits #48 - GDG

2005-12-07 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 12/6/2005 10:17:17 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Continuing my PAW catch-up ... another Panny LX1 image: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/48.htm This one has potential in color too, the light is quite unusual. Comments, critique, flames all

Re: Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread mike wilson
From: Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/12/07 Wed PM 03:05:33 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Sony's at it again. mike wilson wrote: It probably made sense to limit supply to those who had an at least rudimentary knowledge of what they were doing when TVs

Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread Adam Maas
Bob Shell wrote: On Dec 7, 2005, at 9:55 AM, John Forbes wrote: I had to get a part for my Rolex (hangs head in shame) and was told that in the UK Rolex would not permit parts to be sold except to their own distributors, whilst in the US the law forced them to sell to anybody. Hmmm.

Re: A better 70-200mm F. 2.8

2005-12-07 Thread Bruce Dayton
Seems you may have misunderstood me. What I am suggesting is that the sensor area is greater than the tiny red dot. So when you focus on something that has contours, it is possible for the sensor to focus forward or backward from what you intended. An example would be a face - where the sensor

Re: PESO - On the Cold Side

2005-12-07 Thread Bruce Dayton
Looks like you live in a beautiful location. It does look a bit cold, however. Certainly looks like it had the makings of a masterpiece - I'm curious as to the circumstances - just a quick snap? -- Bruce Wednesday, December 7, 2005, 12:16:29 AM, you wrote: TC Looking north from our house.

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread Kenneth Waller
I'm sitting here on pins needles waiting for a post that will blanket all the others. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:56 AM Subject: Re: Yet another enablement. I

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread Kenneth Waller
What a tale you've woven.. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 2:51 AM Subject: Re: Yet another enablement. On 7 Dec 2005 at 0:33, Kenneth Waller wrote: Not another one of

Re: DS Firmware breaks EXIF DATE field?

2005-12-07 Thread graywolf
Getting a little ahead of yourself there aren't you, Cory? I would guess you just mis-set the year. Easy enough to do with digital devices. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Cory Papenfuss wrote: I've finally sucked

Re: PESO - On the Cold Side

2005-12-07 Thread Kenneth Waller
Looks like a rough place to live BG but somebody's got to do it. How do you stand it? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 3:16 AM Subject: PESO - On the Cold Side Looking north from our

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread Kenneth Waller
I've come to the end of my string with this yarn. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Yet another enablement. William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: mike wilson I can't take responsibility for my mouth after a couple of

Re: A better 70-200mm F. 2.8

2005-12-07 Thread Fred
Based on the picture you showed, I'm wondering why you don't manually focus anyway and get exactly the focus you want. That's what is really needed for proper lens testing, anyway (especially with fast lenses). (And, it's worth making the focusing as accurate as possible - using a tripod for

Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread graywolf
When they had tubes every Drug Store had a tube tester and a supply of the common tubes. So much for that idea. On Pentax, I just remembered that they insisted on you giving them the part number of the part you wanted. Which is understandable as it is too easy to mix up verbal descriptions.

Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread keith_w
John Forbes wrote: I had to get a part for my Rolex (hangs head in shame) and was told that in the UK Rolex would not permit parts to be sold except to their own distributors, whilst in the US the law forced them to sell to anybody. John I was a gunsmith in the U.S. for over 45 years,

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread graywolf
Yes, it is a whole other ball of yarn. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Kenneth Waller wrote: What a tale you've woven.. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: Velvia Photoshop plug-in

2005-12-07 Thread Doug Brewer
Hey Tom, I've been wondering where you went. Good to see you. Speaking of film, I had to move some out of the way to get to the Hershey Bars in the fridge last night. . chocolate. Tom Reese wrote: Someone from our local camera club sent me this. I forward this to the Pentax list with

Re: Velvia Photoshop plug-in

2005-12-07 Thread Jack Davis
Kostas! Jack --- Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone from our local camera club sent me this. I forward this to the Pentax list with great reluctance. I feel like I'm selling crack to kids. Anyway, if you don't want to be a real photographer and use real Velvia and you're willing to

Re: PESO - On the Cold Side

2005-12-07 Thread Tom C
I was outside, after helping the satellite TV guy dig his truck out of the ditch, after attempting to warn him from coming, after convincing him to not drive his truck any further towards my house and giving him a ride, after attempting to dissuade him from climbing up on my snow covered roof.

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Doug Brewer wrote: On Dec 6, 2005, at 10:41 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Yet another enablement. I can't take responsibility for my mouth after a couple of beers. Or even a cup of coffee, it seams. Cable stitch or

Re: PESO - On the Cold Side

2005-12-07 Thread Tom C
It's the solitude... I take it your comment is tongue-in-cheek... On the warm side, we usually have a good three months of 85F+ degrees in the summer, with 10 or more days over 100F. Tom C. From: Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To:

Re: PAW: Waiting for the Bathurst Car

2005-12-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Obviously spoken by a man who lives in a city. David Mann wrote: On Dec 7, 2005, at 6:09 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This has a certain charm. Though I could live without the car. A world without cars... bliss! - Dave -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream

Re: PESO - On the Cold Side

2005-12-07 Thread Tom C
Thanks John. Tom C. From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - On the Cold Side Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 10:29:09 - Nice pic, Tom, and I envy you the view. John On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:41:56 -, Tom C

Re: SV: A better 70-200mm F. 2.8

2005-12-07 Thread P. J. Alling
I've tried it with mine. The difference from expected was quite a bit smaller... Jens Bladt wrote: No, Im not shure. You may very well be right. Anyone else tried this with the D? Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: P. J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PAW: Waiting for the Bathurst Car

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/7/05, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Obviously spoken by a man who lives in a city. Or a cyclist - or both. cheers, frank, whose collarbone was (as we all know) broken in two places by the negligence of a car driver -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Then again maybe they have, and gave up... Bob Shell wrote: On Dec 6, 2005, at 6:53 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Any sufficiently advanced Alien civilization will be digital. They probably can't find us now because most of our signals are analog... The surest sign that intelligent life

Re: Which Optio?

2005-12-07 Thread danilo
thank you, Lucas, I'll investigate. I'd really wish he could buy a pentax gear, I know they are good. danilo

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread P. J. Alling
All I have to say is Woof. John Forbes wrote: You punsters have a warped sense of humour. John On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:44:43 -, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: mike wilson I can't take responsibility for my mouth after a couple

Re: Sony's at it again.

2005-12-07 Thread John Francis
You don't need to put 20KV through a tube to test it Most valve testers just check for simple things like broken filaments - 6V is quite enough for that. On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 11:24:37AM -0500, graywolf wrote: When they had tubes every Drug Store had a tube tester and a supply of the

Re: Yet another enablement.

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/7/05, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 7, 2005, at 5:33 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: This is just another useless thread Is knot... Is sew! -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: OT Airbus A380 test bed pics

2005-12-07 Thread Powell Hargrave
Very interesting. He got a bit carried away with the wide angle. I wanted an exterior shot which showed the scale of the aircraft. Normal lens shot of the whole plane with people near the engines or wheels. Powell Not my pics but interesting and pretty unique I guess:

Re: PAW: The Word, According to Ninja

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/7/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Frank, I've looked at this pic several times and I just can't get my head around it. I asked myself why, since it is an interesting and likeable pic. This morning it became clear to me: it looks awful on my screen. It literally hurts

Re: PAW: Waiting for the Bathurst Car

2005-12-07 Thread Adam Maas
frank theriault wrote: On 12/7/05, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Obviously spoken by a man who lives in a city. Or a cyclist - or both. cheers, frank, whose collarbone was (as we all know) broken in two places by the negligence of a car driver -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.

Re: OT Airbus A380 test bed pics

2005-12-07 Thread frank theriault
On 12/6/05, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not my pics but interesting and pretty unique I guess: http://samchuiphotos.com/A380Sydney/A380_Australia_visit_November_2005.html That is one Big Mother of an Airplane!!! I recall hearing the figure early in the planning stages, but I've

RE: PAW: The Word, According to Ninja

2005-12-07 Thread Powell Hargrave
At 07:14 AM 07/12/2005 , Shel wrote: I wonder what the problem may be. Any thoughts anybody? Taste? Sometimes black is black. Very nice frank. I really like the skyscrapers in the background. Powell

Re: PESO - Life and death

2005-12-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! This image sets me 50-60 years back in time, making me think about how people lived their lives back then. It was hard work, and many where lost while fishing. http://www.photosight.org/photo.php?photoid=26026 Olumpus 5050W. 64 ISO, f4, 1/400s Tim, the funniest thing here is that there

Re: OT Airbus A380 test bed pics

2005-12-07 Thread Cotty
On 7/12/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: How many will it hold? 3,752. Bicycles. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: PESO: The Christmas Boat

2005-12-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Hello list Every year a Christmas Boat is visiting our small town. From the island of Bornholm. To sell all kinds of nice things manufactured on this small island (45.000 inhabitants). I wanted a rather clear sky or snow for this shot. Well, maybe next year :-) This applet will be running

Re: PESO: More from the new toys

2005-12-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Or should I greet you with privet? ;-) One of the first presentable shots from the *istDS: http://www.photosight.ru/photo.php?photoid=1163787ref=author The last remaining blast furnace in the Liège region sitting like a mountain over the roofs of Sclessin. This one will be closed down by

Re: PESO PAW - Blue in my Lap

2005-12-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Blue is my friend Linda's cat. He's an affectionate Maine Coon. One afternoon he was especially friendly, and made himself at home in my lap for a while. Grabbed this with the little Sony DSC-S85. http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/blue/lap1.html Shel, this cat really really really

RE: Velvia Photoshop plug-in

2005-12-07 Thread Tom C
I've used Digital Velvia from Fred Miranda occasionally. I can't get to this vendor's page. It's pretty nice in that you have a lot of control over the saturation level. Tom C. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Reese) Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject:

Re: GESO: Harpist

2005-12-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Last year, I posted a photo of a harpist friend along with some other shots from a musical soiree. This year I tried a few more, with a bit more light on the subject. http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=549685 PZ-1p, FA 24-90, Kodak P3200, spot metered off her face; exposures

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