Re: OT - Dumb PayPal Question

2006-04-27 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:23:21PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: After $2,000 in credit card purchases, they want you to register a bank account. Listening to other people's comments about bad transactions, I don't use Paypal any more. Me too. They aren't getting access to my bank accounts -

Re: PESO new baby

2006-04-27 Thread David Mann
On Apr 27, 2006, at 8:31 AM, mike wilson wrote: Not what we were expecting: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/channel/54/extra/new/display/ 5529649 It can't be Zippy without the zip. He was definitely my favourite character on the show... - Dave

Re: PESO - Cell Phone Building

2006-04-27 Thread David Mann
On Apr 27, 2006, at 7:31 AM, Aaron Reynolds wrote: Shel, just think of them as miniturized Wurlitzers. http://www.deutsche-wurlitzer.de/index.php/article/articleview/ 1976/1/1313 - Dave

RE: OT: My book is in

2006-04-27 Thread Bob W
Looks good. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Juan Buhler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 April 2006 02:58 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: My book is in On 4/26/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't get Juan's original post. What did you

Re: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue Heron

2006-04-27 Thread mike wilson
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/26 Wed PM 09:33:58 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue Heron I stopped at my favorite wild bird spot on the way to work today. I had only planned to spend 5 minutes but it turned into a half hour. I was on

Re: Re: List Question

2006-04-27 Thread mike wilson
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/26 Wed PM 11:08:04 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: List Question Well THAT'S STUPID! One would think the software would be smart enough to see that the header line had changed and start a new thread. Do you mean I've been

Re: Re: PESO new baby

2006-04-27 Thread mike wilson
From: David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/27 Thu AM 06:08:34 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO new baby On Apr 27, 2006, at 8:31 AM, mike wilson wrote: Not what we were expecting: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/channel/54/extra/new/display/ 5529649

Re: PESO new baby

2006-04-27 Thread Cotty
On 26/4/06, Sylwester Pietrzyk, discombobulated, unleashed: It resembles somewhat you, Mike doesn't it? :-) LOL He has a point ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

RE: PESO - The Texan

2006-04-27 Thread Tim Øsleby
I wish the bottle growing down from his chin was half an inch lower. The bottle it self improves the composition, but I don't like that it has contact with the chin. If moved down a bit, it makes a good line leading the eye to the guys face. There's is one more thing. I don't like the circles

RE: PESO - Jelly Bellies

2006-04-27 Thread Tim Øsleby
I hear the slow waltz :-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25. april 2006

RE: PESO - Woman With Dog Eating Lunch

2006-04-27 Thread Tim Øsleby
I smiled back to her. The shot is spontaneous, direct, and it does work. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- From: Shel Belinkoff

RE: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue Heron

2006-04-27 Thread Tim Øsleby
Good catch Tom. I think everything works well here. BTW. To get this close to a Grey Heron (that's the most common specie we have) here in Norway, it has to been stuffed. It makes me wonder. Is it because your Herons are near tamed, or is a specimental (I had to invent a word here) differences?

RE: PESO - Just A Tree (Lone Cypress Envy)

2006-04-27 Thread Tim Øsleby
It makes me think about the tree shepherds in the Ring of the Lords. I could imagine this tree walking around. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original

Re: RE: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue Heron

2006-04-27 Thread mike wilson
From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/27 Thu AM 09:39:54 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue Heron Good catch Tom. I think everything works well here. BTW. To get this close to a Grey Heron (that's the most common specie we have) here

Re: PESO new baby

2006-04-27 Thread David Mann
On Apr 27, 2006, at 8:25 PM, mike wilson wrote: 8-) Just added to and corrected some of the details. Cath took it with the Tamron 90/2.5(Kmount adaptall) in green mode. When you think of the chances of it coming out properly in those circumstances... Next, Bungle. George blew out of

RE: PESO: All Hands Starboard!

2006-04-27 Thread Tim Øsleby
Adorable is the right word for it. About the electric outlet: You may need it later, so my advice is to leave it there. If you decide to move it, don't do it as DIY job, hire an electrician ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large

Re: PESO - trees in the park

2006-04-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
I agree with your assessment. With this kind of shot, where all the subject objects are the same, the foreground should usually be in focus. Anything else simply comes across as a mistake. Paul On Apr 26, 2006, at 11:21 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: Taken a couple weeks ago at a nearby park.

Re: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue Heron

2006-04-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice one. You might crop a bit of water off the top, but that's perhaps a personal preference. Good work. Paul On Apr 27, 2006, at 3:40 AM, mike wilson wrote: From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/26 Wed PM 09:33:58 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue

Re: OT: My book is in

2006-04-27 Thread Bob Shell
I was reading your page about your book and broke down laughing. dark grey faux swede gloved spine. Bob

RE: gESO: What we've seen so far

2006-04-27 Thread Tim Øsleby
Too many photos to make real comments. But generally it is WOW! A lot of good shots, and really some real good one. Looks like you and the DS are in for a long term relation. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely

Re: My book is in

2006-04-27 Thread Derby Chang
Congrats, Juan. Looks good. You got a mention in Mike Johnson's blog too. But you probably already know that. http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_theonlinephotographer_archive.html Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Juan Congratulations for your book, and I like your photos! greetings

RE: RE: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue Heron

2006-04-27 Thread Tim Øsleby
I was using the word stuffed, in the meaning dead. To many donuts and such, are more a near death experience ;-) BTW. Now you used a smilie Mike, you are not very consistent with this. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds

OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Jostein
Dear gang, I discovered the need more storage thread just now, by looking in the archives. Long term storage is a hot topic among my friends over here at the moment, but nobody seems to have any best practice to point to. Nobody includes me too :-) but I would very much like to establish a

RE: PESO - Guys and Phones

2006-04-27 Thread Tim Øsleby
I really like how the body pose of the persons nearly blends together. Almost like _one_ statue. BTW. Wonder if Boris has a thing with feats. Tim, running and ducking. Not always harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after

RE: PESO -- Connecticut Zen III

2006-04-27 Thread Tim Øsleby
The first in this series was a bit too Zenish for my taste. This and the second photo is more my cup of tea. On this photo I tend to be with Godfrey, it semms to be let down by the conversion. But the composition is very good IMO. A peaceful image made for the wall. Tim Mostly harmless (just

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread brooksdj
So far, a back up onto a 120 gig Maxtor as well as a CD or DVD burn.For small files a CD burn and for larger files a DVD burn, so i have them backed up twice. With shooting Pef's and Nef's it does not take long to get a large folder, so its mostly Maxtor and DVD now. I'm thinking now that i

RE: RE: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue Heron

2006-04-27 Thread mike wilson
From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/27 Thu AM 10:36:03 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: RE: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue Heron I was using the word stuffed, in the meaning dead. To many donuts and such, are more a near death experience ;-) BTW. Now you used a

Re: OT - Dumb PayPal Question

2006-04-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, The credit card company is not really on your side. Your bank is, I think, because of banking laws. You don't want to test the system, like when the bank transfered $5,348 to a Frenchman for me, instead of the $53.48 I had requested. It took 10 days to refresh my account!!! Regards, Bob S.

Re: OT - Dumb PayPal Question

2006-04-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Boris, Small purchases (under $75US), I use cash - Euros or Pounds. Larger amounts will be a US Postal Money order in their currency. Bank transfers are possible, complicated, and cost me $20+ each. I avoid using these. Regards, Bob S. On 4/26/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi!

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Mark Roberts
This looks interesting: http://www.imaginginfo.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=3id=1641

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Jostein
Thanks Dave, How long do you expect your backup copies to last? Jostein Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: So far, a back up onto a 120 gig Maxtor as well as a CD or DVD burn.For small files a CD burn and for larger files a DVD burn, so i have them backed up twice. With shooting Pef's and

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Jostein
Very interesting indeed. Long-life media is a good start. If even the minimum estimate of 80 years holds, media lifetime will not be the limiting factor. Second question: Will there be any CD-R readers to go round in 80 years from now? Personal computers have been with us for 25 years, and

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread David Savage
On 4/27/06, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Second question: Will there be any CD-R readers to go round in 80 years from now? Probably only in museums landfill. Personal computers have been with us for 25 years, and we've already passed through several generations of storage media that can

Re: List Question

2006-04-27 Thread Steve Jolly
Tom C wrote: Well THAT'S STUPID! One would think the software would be smart enough to see that the header line had changed and start a new thread. Sometimes you want to change the subject line but keep to the old thread - eg I sometimes add OT: to the start of the subject if my reply is

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Leon Altoff
Storage is not just for computers any more. When CD's came out the vinyl record disappeared, you can still get record players. Computers have become so tied up with the whole multi-media thing that they NEED to maintain compatibility with people's CD and DVD collections. My DVD collection

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nobody includes me too :-) but I would very much like to establish a good practice for myself. I keep all my negatives in nice safe box. Kevin -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Rick Womer
That's ducky, but who will have equipment to read a DVD in 300 years??? Rick --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This looks interesting: http://www.imaginginfo.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=3id=1641 http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW

Re: Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread mike wilson
From: Leon Altoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/27 Thu PM 12:59:58 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity? Storage is not just for computers any more. When CD's came out the vinyl record disappeared, you can still get

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Jostein
Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: True. But there is usually a transition period where you can copy your data to whatever new storage medium is coming through. Exactly. Whatever media one choose, it has to be renewed regularly. Question is how often. Every five years seems to be a good

RE: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Malcolm Smith
Jostein wrote: Very interesting indeed. Long-life media is a good start. If even the minimum estimate of 80 years holds, media lifetime will not be the limiting factor. Second question: Will there be any CD-R readers to go round in 80 years from now? Personal computers have been with

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Rob Studdert
On 27 Apr 2006 at 23:41, Kevin Waterson wrote: This one time, at band camp, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nobody includes me too :-) but I would very much like to establish a good practice for myself. I keep all my negatives in nice safe box. Is it hermetically sealed and what's

Re: PESO - trees in the park

2006-04-27 Thread Rick Womer
Scott, I agree with you. I enjoy this sort of picture, but placing the plane of focus is always troublesome. I think the only solution is a sturdy tripod and a small aperture. Rick --- Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taken a couple weeks ago at a nearby park. Kodachrome 200. I'm

Re: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue Heron

2006-04-27 Thread Rick Womer
Beautiful, Tom. Great colors and nice composition. Rick --- Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I stopped at my favorite wild bird spot on the way to work today. I had only planned to spend 5 minutes but it turned into a half hour. I was on the wrong side of the Heron light-wise. It was

Re: PESO - No Coffee, No Ice Cream (Street Photography)

2006-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On 4/26/06, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Get two GIANT steps closer... I think Bob's got the idea here. The people are so small in the frame that they become effectively lost in the photo. They may have interesting body language or whatever, but it's difficult to discern given the

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Joseph Tainter
Mark Roberts wrote: This looks interesting: http://www.imaginginfo.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=3id=1641 - Some time ago when I was backing up to CDs I researched this on the web. The consensus for archival quality seemed to point to the gold CDs made by Mam-a -- a Japanese

Re: PESO: Old Stone Wall--repost

2006-04-27 Thread David J Brooks
I like it. Nice detail on the tree trunks and the stone pattern is appealing. Plus i like old fences. Cotty can verify.:-) Dave Quoting Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sending this again, because after 5 hours it has still not appeared on the list. Three weeks ago we were

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Rob Studdert
On 27 Apr 2006 at 22:59, Leon Altoff wrote: Computers have become so tied up with the whole multi-media thing that they NEED to maintain compatibility with people's CD and DVD collections. My DVD collection is only about 100 or so, but I know people with over 500 DVD's and countless CDs.

Re: PESO - i

2006-04-27 Thread David J Brooks
Super shot Dave Quoting DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=232428 Comments are welcome. DagT Equine Photography in York Region

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread pnstenquist
General interest photos are stored on a hard drive and backed up to DVD. Important photos are stored on two hard drives and backed up to two DVDs. It's convenient and adequate for my needs. I burn DVDs on a regular basis while doing something else. That way it doesn't become a burden. Paul

Re: My book is in

2006-04-27 Thread Joseph Tainter
Derby Chang wrote: You got a mention in Mike Johnson's blog too. But you probably already know that. http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_theonlinephotographer_archive.html - And I see from the same page that Adolf Gasser died recently. When I was a teenager in San

Re: PESO - Jelly Bellies

2006-04-27 Thread David J Brooks
Nice shot./ Love the rich blue colour. Smidge of motion blur works for this shot. Dave Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This is not the sharpest, not the worse, not the best, but I liked the juxtaposition of the two. Remember shot through, glass, water, and with a large f stop.

Re: PESO -- Connecticut Zen III

2006-04-27 Thread Joseph Tainter
Re: http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_connzen3.html I have been greatly enjoying your Zen series. Thanks, Joe

Re: PESO: All Hands Starboard!

2006-04-27 Thread David J Brooks
Nice. Pose is great, as is the smile. Dave Quoting Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4380996 Equine Photography in York Region

Re: OT: My book is in

2006-04-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
What's so funny about that? Shel [Original Message] From: Bob Shell I was reading your page about your book and broke down laughing. dark grey faux swede gloved spine. Bob

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Apr 27, 2006, at 9:14 AM, Jostein wrote: Whatever media one choose, it has to be renewed regularly. Question is how often. Every five years seems to be a good number to me. I gravitate towards this because it's a number that has been mentioned for life-time expectancy of both CD/DVDs and

Re: OT: My book is in

2006-04-27 Thread Adam Maas
Swede isn't Suede ;-) -Adam Shel Belinkoff wrote: What's so funny about that? Shel [Original Message] From: Bob Shell I was reading your page about your book and broke down laughing. dark grey faux swede gloved spine. Bob

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Jack Davis
It does..look interesting. My skipping style of reading may have missed the method of 'pressing' vs 'burning'. I store all CD's in individual styrene (?) cases, some clear, some colored. I wonder if the colored cases would provide a further light inhibiting advantage. Seems possible. Interesting

Re: OT: My book is in

2006-04-27 Thread David Savage
Fake Swedish spine in a glove? Dave S. :-) On 4/27/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's so funny about that? Shel [Original Message] From: Bob Shell I was reading your page about your book and broke down laughing. dark grey faux swede gloved spine. Bob

Re: OT: My book is in

2006-04-27 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Apr 27, 2006, at 9:59 AM, Adam Maas wrote: Swede isn't Suede I think the Swedish Chef is a faux Swede. -Aaron

Re: List Question

2006-04-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I don't think it's the mail client. It may be me by doing something similar to what Tom does. There are times when I'll reply to a message that I've read in the archive and use the same subject line. It seems that starts a new thread. Shel [Original Message] From: Steve Jolly OTOH,

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
The size of files created by PEFs (and I suppose some other raw formats) doesn't seem particularly large or cumbersome, considering that a scanned color 35mm file is about 140mb or so (Nikon Coolscan, 4000ppi), while a PEF (from the DS) is only about 10mb, and as little as about 1/2 that if

Aperture

2006-04-27 Thread Derby Chang
I'm not terribly interested in mac software, since I don't use it. But I am interested in design processes and quality controls as a part of my day job. I think someone at Apple took their eye off the ball with Aperture. You can learn a lot when things go wrong. I wonder where I can read

Re: OT: My book is in

2006-04-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Ahh ... thanks. I missed that one. Shel [Original Message] From: Adam Maas Swede isn't Suede ;-) -Adam Shel Belinkoff wrote: What's so funny about that? Shel [Original Message] From: Bob Shell I was reading your page about your book and broke

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Apr 27, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I don't recall people complaining, or commenting, g about large-sized scanned files as much as they do the smaller RAW files. Think of me -- the 4000 dpi scans from 6x7 clock in at well over 500mb apiece. What knocks me out is how my

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Ryan Lee
Hi Jostein, To help out with your statistics (and to pass some time) I thought I'd take a shot at a response. I've recently reevaluated my storage situation after deciding I'd like to switch to shooting RAW primarily, and realising my 80gb notebook had run out of space. I've had one 40gb

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
1) make high quality prints of the stuff you want to keep around forever and put them into high quality storage binders. 2) digital images ... As has been said many times before, the key to storage and archiving of digital images is replication and maintenance, not permanence of the media.

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Id does? Why is that? I've not noticed any significant difference between large scanned file and raw files. Maybe it's the software you're computer is having trouble with, not specifically the files. Shel [Original Message] From: Aaron Reynolds Think of me -- the 4000 dpi scans from

Re: PESO: All Hands Starboard!

2006-04-27 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks to David and all who commented on this pic. The critiques offered led to some worthwhile thought and discussion regarding the difference between studio portraits and candid portraits and how one might choose to process each. Paul -- Original message --

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Ryan K. Brooks
I store all my photos and scans on a dedicated RAID 5 setup.In my case, I built one using a 3ware card, my old PC, a gig-e card and FreeBSD. Today, I'd probably buy something like the ReadyNAS NV. I make backups to firewire disks and store those off-site. To me, this is the only way

Email File Overhead

2006-04-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi, Sometimes I receive pics as attachments, and I've noticed that the file size shown is often larger - sometimes much larger - than the actual size of the attachment. Yesterday I was sent a 3.1mb file, with no email message but here it is! yet I had to download a 4.4mb file. What's up with

Re: PESO - Jelly Bellies

2006-04-27 Thread Eactivist
Cool. Marnie aka Doe :-) === I hear the slow waltz :-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) Remember shot through, glass, water, and with a large f

Re: PESO - Jelly Bellies

2006-04-27 Thread Eactivist
Thanks, Dave. I should get a jelly fish gallery up sometime in the next three days. Yes, Boris, I'll show some of the sharper ones. Although none are super sharp -- they were moving, even if somewhat slowly. Marnie == Nice shot./ Love the rich blue colour. Smidge of motion blur

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread brooksdj
I would hope as lomg as a negative would hold out. I know the longevity numbers thrown out are from lab tests, but i would hope as long as computers are made to read my formats, or atleast give me time to upgrade them to what ever format comes along in the future. 30-50 years would be nice as

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Jostein wrote: Will there be any CD-R readers to go round in 80 years from now? That will probably be determined by things like these gold archival disks: If enough people and institutions use these disks or something like them for long-term storage, then there will be a market for equipment to

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it hermetically sealed and what's the fire rating? not sure if they are hermitically sealed, but they are sealed. and the fire rating is 2 hours. UL72 Class 350 / ECBS.S says the panel on the back. Kind regards Kevin --

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Eactivist
I have my pictures on my desktop hard drive. And since I have a laptop I am thinking of copying pictures I don't want to lose to it as well. I could easily lose 80-90% of my photos. :-) Only some do I really, really like. I make backups of various picture directories to DVDs periodically. I

Re: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Jostein Subject: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity? I still depend on film if it is really important. William Robb

Re: PESO - No Coffee, No Ice Cream (Street Photography)

2006-04-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 4/27/2006 6:24:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think Bob's got the idea here. The people are so small in the frame that they become effectively lost in the photo. They may have interesting body language or whatever, but it's difficult to discern given

Re: PESO - The Texan

2006-04-27 Thread Gonz
Tim Øsleby wrote: I wish the bottle growing down from his chin was half an inch lower. The bottle it self improves the composition, but I don't like that it has contact with the chin. Thanks for the comments. I agree with you about the bottle, I just dont know if the picture is worth the

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread brooksdj
Its mostly a jpeg or raw thing for me Shel. My equine work is 99.9% jpeg, so i can get a 3 day weekend on a CD assuming 700mb of data or less. However, if i do my personal shooting over a weekend, i might have enough pef's or nef's to fill 3-4 CD's, so i use dvd's to keep space in my

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Apr 27, 2006, at 10:27 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Id does? Why is that? I've not noticed any significant difference between large scanned file and raw files. Maybe it's the software you're computer is having trouble with, not specifically the files. Could be -- but regardless, if the

Re: List Question

2006-04-27 Thread Gonz
Tom C wrote: I, as many others are having problems receiving all the messages fron the list, often not my own. I'm not blaming this on any of the PDML list inner workings. Is is in general aggravating. I am curious though... Sometimes I'll reply to an existing PDML e-mail in order to

Re: PESO - Just A Tree (Lone Cypress Envy)

2006-04-27 Thread Eactivist
Hehehehe. You're right. Marnie === It makes me think about the tree shepherds in the Ring of the Lords. I could imagine this tree walking around. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke,

Re: PESO - Cell Phone Building

2006-04-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Tks ... I vacillated on this one quite a bit, also made several shots with slightly different framing ... your comments are appreciated. Shel [Original Message] From: Joseph Tainter http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/cellbldg.html - Nice composition and juxtaposition, Shel.

RE: PESO - Woman With Dog Eating Lunch

2006-04-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks, Tim ... Shel [Original Message] From: Tim Øsleby I smiled back to her. The shot is spontaneous, direct, and it does work. Just a little QuikSnap with the old Sony DSC-S85. http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/wwd_eating_lunch.html

Re: OT: My book is in

2006-04-27 Thread Bob Shell
On Apr 27, 2006, at 9:54 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: What's so funny about that? I found the idea of a fake Swede pretty funny at the time. Bob

RE: PESO - Guys and Phones

2006-04-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Your comments are appreciated. This was another about which I was unsure. Shel [Original Message] From: Tim Øsleby I really like how the body pose of the persons nearly blends together. Almost like _one_ statue. http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/2cellguys.html

Re: OT - Dumb PayPal Question

2006-04-27 Thread Gonz
I use a credit card exclusively (through the Are you sure process), unless the seller demands a non-credit card transaction. But I keep a separate cheapo bank account at a different bank with a small amount of money in it just to keep it active. I transfer money in and out as needed. Unca

Re: OT: My book is in

2006-04-27 Thread Juan Buhler
I just fixed it. Sorry I typed Swede without a capital. :) On 4/27/06, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 27, 2006, at 9:54 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: What's so funny about that? I found the idea of a fake Swede pretty funny at the time. Bob -- Juan Buhler Water Molotov:

Re: RE: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue Heron

2006-04-27 Thread Tom C
From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/04/27 Thu AM 09:39:54 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue Heron Good catch Tom. I think everything works well here. BTW. To get this close to a Grey Heron (that's the

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Apr 27, 2006, at 6:14 AM, Jostein wrote: ... However, from a consumer perspective I think it sucks big time that you have to migrate your archive every five years to maintain your memories. With film, memories could pass down through generations without much maintenance. I can't

Re: PESO - Lucky Peak Great Blue Heron

2006-04-27 Thread Tom C
Thanks to all who commented. Tom C.

RE: PESO - Jelly Bellies

2006-04-27 Thread Sandra Hermann
I like then a lot. sandy http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/698154 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Jelly Bellies Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:39:43 EDT I feel I shouldn't just dump PESOs out there without making a

Re: PESO - The Texan

2006-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On 4/25/06, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Opinions needed. Do the bottles take too much away from the image? Is it worth doing PS work to remove at least the one on the left? http://www.g0nz.com/images/thetexan.html Thanks in advance, I find the darkness on the bottom left to be far more

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Jostein
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] And after I'm gone, well, I figure my interest in the work will likely diminish. It will be someone else's affair as to whether it is worth keeping around. I think private persons have higher stakes in this than do professionals; it's the the

Re: PESO: The home stretch

2006-04-27 Thread frank theriault
On 4/26/06, Fred Widall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwwidall/135655181/ I recently went to Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto to watch some horse racing. Naturally I took my *istDS along, together with my F 70-210mm zoom. I found that the zoom wasn't quite powerful for

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread Jostein
The option to propagate the original without quality loss is indeed one of the major advantages of digital over film. My point, though, was how to establish a good practice. :-) Jostein - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can re-copy my digital

Re: PESO - Jelly Bellies

2006-04-27 Thread brooksdj
Thanks, Dave. I should get a jelly fish gallery up sometime in the next three Please do. On a side note, last year while visiting Las Vegas, i shot some pictures of the White Tigers at the Mirage Hotel, while they were behind glass. I though i would

Re: OT: How do you store your precious moments for posterity?

2006-04-27 Thread graywolf
Hum...? Do you really want to know what I really don't do which is back all images up to DVD, or what I think should be done which is: 1. Store copy on file server with mirrored hard drives and an uninterruptible power supply. 2. Make 2 DVD backup sets. 3. Keep one DVD set on premises 4. Keep

Re: PESO: The home stretch

2006-04-27 Thread Doug Brewer
frank theriault wrote: Love it! You've captured the excitement of the track quite nicely. I went to Woodbine about 5 years ago with a friend; her company was having a corporate day there. It was nice (except the weather was bad: cold and rainy). I took a wrong turn and ended up downstairs

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