Re: [Pentax] warranty and rebates: how does that work outside US ?

2007-07-04 Thread Thibouille
OK, it seems an International warranty card is of no problem at all (see Godfrey's link) Of course warranty would be one year instead of two in Europe but better than nothing, for sure. About VAT, well yes in theory :) AFAIK the toll (both out US and into Europe) do not bother much as far as you

Hoya outlines Pentax camera plans

2007-07-04 Thread Roman
Hoya outlines Pentax camera plans /Chris Cheesman/ Pentax camera plans Hoya has hinted at plans to cut digital camera production costs as part of restructuring needed after completion of its bid for Pentax - a process which formally begins today, July 3rd. In a statement spelling out the

Re: New Carl Zeiss lenses for Pentax K mount!

2007-07-04 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
- Mensaje original De: Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Enviado: martes, 3 de julio, 2007 21:32:18 Asunto: Re: New Carl Zeiss lenses for Pentax K mount! They way I understand the last paragraph on the web page, the lenses will indeed be KA

Re: OT: I need to vent (warning bad language)

2007-07-04 Thread David Mann
On Jul 3, 2007, at 6:20 PM, Brian Walters wrote: I guess we've all been bitten by the failed to back-up bug at some stage. I'm paranoid about loosing data. I've got everything on an external hard drive and two DVDs but I still worry about it. My data is backed up to about the same

Indepemdence Day

2007-07-04 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Dusting off an oldie ... http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/independenceday.html Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: New Carl Zeiss lenses for Pentax K mount!

2007-07-04 Thread Alastair Robertson
why is there no A setting on the aperture ring then? Alastair On 7/4/07, Jaume Lahuerta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Mensaje original De: Toralf Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Enviado: martes, 3 de julio, 2007 21:32:18 Asunto: Re: New Carl Zeiss

RE: Indepemdence Day

2007-07-04 Thread Bob W
good to see you back! -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff Sent: 04 July 2007 09:58 To: PDML Subject: Indepemdence Day Dusting off an oldie ... http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/independenceday.html

Re: New Carl Zeiss lenses for Pentax K mount!

2007-07-04 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
The end of the picture caption says (...), like this Planar 85 mm f1.4 for Nikon So the picture shows a Nikon mount lens, not Pentax KA. - Mensaje original De: Alastair Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Enviado: miƩrcoles, 4 de julio, 2007

Re: New Carl Zeiss lenses for Pentax K mount!

2007-07-04 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Because lens on the photo is in Nikon F mount! :-) Cheers, Sylwek On 04.07.2007, at 11:12 , Alastair Robertson wrote: why is there no A setting on the aperture ring then? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Geso The Great Whistle Off was a success

2007-07-04 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks Lots of local vendors had burger stands set up. These were the Lions i think Dave On 7/3/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/2/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.caughtinmotion.com/WhistleOff/ Just a few quick shots. I made a Jalbum to show the

Re: Indepemdence Day

2007-07-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Welcome back, Shel. Paul On Jul 4, 2007, at 4:57 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Dusting off an oldie ... http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/independenceday.html Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Indepemdence Day

2007-07-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
Hey...good to see you posting again. -p Shel Belinkoff wrote: Dusting off an oldie ... http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/independenceday.html Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Strip lynchets, a gathering storm and the lamb of God

2007-07-04 Thread ann sanfedele
Bob W wrote: Before breaking my arm, I managed to spend an evening and a day cycling and photographing in West Dorset. The only time I knelt in any of these little churches was to steady the camera on the back of the pew. Maybe there's a reason why I broke my arm...

Re: Hoya outlines Pentax camera plans

2007-07-04 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 04/07/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wholly owned must mean something different over there. Here you need 100% of the shares. Controlling interest which is what they seem to be talking about is somewhat different. It's a loose interpretation I guess, the latests Pentax press

Re: Hoya outlines Pentax camera plans

2007-07-04 Thread graywolf
Wholly owned must mean something different over there. Here you need 100% of the shares. Controlling interest which is what they seem to be talking about is somewhat different. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Hoya outlines Pentax camera plans

2007-07-04 Thread P. J. Alling
Between translation, and differing business methods, (and Romans penchant for posting old news), I don't think we have any idea of what the hell is really happening. graywolf wrote: Wholly owned must mean something different over there. Here you need 100% of the shares. Controlling interest

Re: Hoya outlines Pentax camera plans

2007-07-04 Thread P. J. Alling
De listing a company with large numbers of shares outstanding borders on theft. Doing that may not be legal in some places. Digital Image Studio wrote: On 04/07/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wholly owned must mean something different over there. Here you need 100% of the shares.

PESO: Christ Church College Cathedral

2007-07-04 Thread Rick Womer
Skipping nimbly across the pond, here is a shot from my day of shooting in Oxford in May. ttp://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6155646 K10D, DA 10-17 fisheye, 1/10 @ f/5.6, ISO 1600, RAW, via Lightroom and PE4. Comments appreciated! Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW

Re: GESO - Patti Smith

2007-07-04 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jul 4, 2007, at 11:45, Dario Bonazza wrote: Here is a selection of that evening off: http://www.dariobonazza.com/smith07e.htm Nicely done! Well... it may not have been a Pro camera but those are certainly professional-quality results. Thanks for sharing. -Charles -- Charles

Re: [Pentax] warranty and rebates: how does that work outside US ?

2007-07-04 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jul 4, 2007, at 2:16, Thibouille wrote: AFAIK the toll (both out US and into Europe) do not bother much as far as you don't move with 20 of those. I'll see with my friend. If I were in that scenario I can see slinging the camera over my shoulder and then (gasp!) scuffing parts of it a bit

Re: PESO - Subway Waif

2007-07-04 Thread AlunFoto
Very interesting shot, Frank. Looks like both you and Claire got an eye...:-) Jostein 2007/7/3, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Actually, she's no waif, she's my daughter Claire. We were on our way home after a long hard day treking through The Royal Ontario Museum (aka the ROM) here in

Re: Indepemdence Day

2007-07-04 Thread Joseph Tainter
Welcome back, Shel. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Golden Years of British Press Photography

2007-07-04 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks for posting, Bob. Very interesting collection. I see too few of that kind of pics. Jostein 2007/7/3, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6260858.stm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net --

Re: GESO - demostration photos

2007-07-04 Thread AlunFoto
Spent five hours trying to pan flying puffins a week ago, with a hit rate like one in 30 or 40 or so. :-( Thanks for sharing, George. Jostein 2007/7/3, George Sinos [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I needed more demonstration photos for my photography class, so I spent a few hours at the local zoo. These

Re: GESO - demostration photos

2007-07-04 Thread P. J. Alling
When I first read this I thought Jostein was Pan Frying Puffins... Probably easier than his real intentions. AlunFoto wrote: Spent five hours trying to pan flying puffins a week ago, with a hit rate like one in 30 or 40 or so. :-( Thanks for sharing, George. Jostein 2007/7/3, George

Re: PESO - Metamorphosis

2007-07-04 Thread AlunFoto
It's a good catch nonetheless. Ever thought of processing at home and then bring them along on a USB stick? :-) Cheers, Jostein 2007/7/3, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=uyIEbvPYJ7 Okay, it's not perfect. I've got a couple of better shots (no

Re: GESO - Patti Smith

2007-07-04 Thread Joseph Tainter
Here is a selection of that evening off: http://www.dariobonazza.com/smith07e.htm Thanks for any comment, being it OK or KO. Dario - Dario, your Romans Celts page is a lot of fun. Where was that shot? Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Storm

2007-07-04 Thread AlunFoto
I have a PUG shot from what must be the pub next door, I think it's called the Yacht Club or something. http://pug.komkon.org/00dece/millenium.html Jostein 2007/7/4, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: it's the Cutty Sark pub - you've almost certainly been in it. -- Bob -Original Message-

Re: GESO - demostration photos

2007-07-04 Thread AlunFoto
LOL. Probably. Jostein 2007/7/4, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: When I first read this I thought Jostein was Pan Frying Puffins... Probably easier than his real intentions. AlunFoto wrote: Spent five hours trying to pan flying puffins a week ago, with a hit rate like one in 30 or 40 or

Re: If you don't know the words...

2007-07-04 Thread Rick Womer
...but otherwise they're nice! --- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The wings are blurred... Mark Roberts wrote: Just hum along! http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d701618.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d701630.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d701633.jpg A couple

Re: If you don't know the words...

2007-07-04 Thread P. J. Alling
The wings are blurred... Mark Roberts wrote: Just hum along! http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d701618.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d701630.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d701633.jpg A couple of weeks after GFM, my SO and I went back down to NC just to hang with our friends

Re: GESO - Patti Smith

2007-07-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
STUPID STUFF. SECURITY ET AL HAVE LOST THEIR MINDS THESE DAYS. But darn good photos anyway. ;-) Thanks for posting them. G On Jul 4, 2007, at 9:45 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: So I was there, shooting Patti with slow-sync to balance available light mood and good sharpness, when I was told by

RE: If you don't know the words...

2007-07-04 Thread Bob W
that first one, without the feeders, is superb. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: 04 July 2007 17:29 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: If you don't know the words... Just hum along!

Re: GESO - Some from the Trip

2007-07-04 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks, Doug. I enjoyed them thoroughly. Jostein 2007/7/3, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm working my way through photos, and threw some together. There is no theme, just some photos. Enjoy. http://photos.drivingtheflies.com/index.php?page=list.5 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: The same, but different

2007-07-04 Thread AlunFoto
This one's nice too. I think it's hard to rate one over the other. Jostein 2007/7/4, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: One last shot of the Senate Office Building stairwell: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6155544size=lg Comments welcome! Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW

RE: GESO - Patti Smith

2007-07-04 Thread Bob W
I agree, both ways. Sure this isn't the Fonz, though? http://www.dariobonazza.com/smith/patti03e.htm -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: 04 July 2007 18:54 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO

Re: PESO: Christ Church College Cathedral

2007-07-04 Thread AlunFoto
I really like this one Rick. I think the lighting is absoulutely fabulous. Jostein 2007/7/4, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Skipping nimbly across the pond, here is a shot from my day of shooting in Oxford in May. ttp://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6155646 K10D, DA 10-17 fisheye,

Re: PESO - another one from GFM

2007-07-04 Thread ann sanfedele
Mat Maessen wrote: I finally got around to installing and playing around with Lightroom on the Big Mac (TM) tonight. This is the first shot I tackled with it. Nothing really special, but I got a bit of practice with the new curves adjustments, and with adding some fill light.

Re: If you don't know the words...

2007-07-04 Thread David J Brooks
Great stuff. Number 1 is my favorite. I sent a thank you email, but i'm not sure if he got it. Dave On 7/4/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just hum along! http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d701618.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d701630.jpg

RE: Storm

2007-07-04 Thread Bob W
I remember that. The Yacht, next door to the Trafalgar, and about 200 metres upstream from the Cutty Sark pub, where I was. http://ultimatepubguide.com/images/pubs/292_1.jpg -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AlunFoto Sent:

Re: Hoya outlines Pentax camera plans

2007-07-04 Thread Thibouille
Indeed but I remember one of the last updates from Pentax stated that Pentax and Hoya agreed Hoya wouldn't necessarily buy 100% but only more than 50%. Of course Hoya wants to be as much near 100% as possible. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t

Re: New Carl Zeiss lenses for Pentax K mount!

2007-07-04 Thread Thibouille
Lens with aperture ring on chich you can read two writing for each aperture value are Nikon lens (yeah Tamron Adaptall2-K adapter had that too for aperture in the viewfinder trick). 2007/7/4, Alastair Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: why is there no A setting on the aperture ring then? Alastair

Re: If you don't know the words...

2007-07-04 Thread AlunFoto
Well done. Great shots, Mark. Do you use the flash attached to the camera, or do you have some contraption near the front of the lens? Jostein 2007/7/4, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Just hum along! http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d701618.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d701630.jpg

PESO 2007 - 29b, 29c - GDG

2007-07-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I have a Pentax 10-17mm fisheye zoom for a bit, trying to figure out what to do with this odd lens. So the other evening in San Francisco, I started doing pans ... http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/29b.htm http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/29c.htm Larger versions

Re: [Pentax] warranty and rebates: how does that work outside US ?

2007-07-04 Thread Thibouille
That's probably what I will tell him to do. My SMC-F 35-70 will do the trick. I will give it to him before he goes over there and will ask him to buy a little Extreme3 2GB at the same time :) -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ...

Re: Hoya outlines Pentax camera plans

2007-07-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Having read this brief, I am just as much in the dark as to what Hoya plans to do with Pentax as I was before I opened it. There's no information of any use there... Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Indepemdence Day

2007-07-04 Thread Peter Lacus
http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/independenceday.html sad but true. Cheers, Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: [Pentax] warranty and rebates: how does that work outside US ?

2007-07-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jul 4, 2007, at 11:49 AM, Thibouille wrote: That's probably what I will tell him to do. My SMC-F 35-70 will do the trick. I will give it to him before he goes over there and will ask him to buy a little Extreme3 2GB at the same time :) Tell him to get a pair of Transcend 150x 2G cards

PESO: Calladium II

2007-07-04 Thread Walter Hamler
Here is a second attempt at the Caladium. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/Caladiums-II.jpg Not as much contrast and color curve tweaking this time and also showing all the leaves. Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Calladium II

2007-07-04 Thread ann sanfedele
Walter Hamler wrote: Here is a second attempt at the Caladium. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/Caladiums-II.jpg Not as much contrast and color curve tweaking this time and also showing all the leaves. Walt MUCH better than the other -- which had looked like you had

Re: New Carl Zeiss lenses for Pentax K mount!

2007-07-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi On Jul 3, 2007, at 8:18 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Any views on Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 glass vs the Pentax version(s)? Or the Zeiss 25mm f/2.8 vs. Pentax SMCP-A 24mm f/2.8? Having had the Pentax-A lens, and based on the stuff I've seen with the Zeiss, I'd take the Zeiss.

Re: PESO - another one from GFM

2007-07-04 Thread ann sanfedele
OOOPS Don't know how this happened and no reflection on your shot Mat :) But I meant my comments for Cory's portfolio on smugmug... probably pretty obvious I'm even more scatterbrained than usual today ann ann sanfedele wrote: Mat Maessen wrote: I finally got around to installing and

Re: PESO: Calladium II

2007-07-04 Thread AlunFoto
What Ann said. Still great colours, too. :-) Jostein 2007/7/4, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Here is a second attempt at the Caladium. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/Caladiums-II.jpg Not as much contrast and color curve tweaking this time and also showing all the

Re: Hoya outlines Pentax camera plans

2007-07-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Having read this brief, I am just as much in the dark as to what Hoya plans to do with Pentax as I was before I opened it. There's no information of any use there... There's a thread about it on the DP Review Pentax forum. On which I posited that this press release

Changed the link to my last Geso, the Strawberry Festival shots

2007-07-04 Thread David J Brooks
http://pages.ca.inter.net/~brooksdj/WhistleOff/ New link, i was running out of space at the other one and i have a show this weekend. Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Senate Stairwell BW

2007-07-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: This one is for Godfrey...and I think it works well (though I'm no champ at BW conversion!): http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6155564size=lg Nice. The BW look suits this photograph. I can rarely get good color results with mixed lighting (which I think is what's

Re: RE: If you don't know the words...

2007-07-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: that first one, without the feeders, is superb. Thanks Bob. I despise hummingbird feeders, at least in my photographs. Unfortunately, humingbirds seem to prefer them to flowers (more food with less effort would be my guess). Next time I'm down there I may try loading a couple of

Re: If you don't know the words...

2007-07-04 Thread Mark Roberts
AlunFoto wrote: Well done. Great shots, Mark. Do you use the flash attached to the camera, or do you have some contraption near the front of the lens? I don't have a telephoto Fresnel flash attachment, if that's what you mean. I've considered getting one but I'm not sure how often I'd use it.

Re: New Carl Zeiss lenses for Pentax K mount!

2007-07-04 Thread Adam Maas
John Sessoms wrote: From: Godfrey DiGiorgi On Jul 3, 2007, at 8:18 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Any views on Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 glass vs the Pentax version(s)? Or the Zeiss 25mm f/2.8 vs. Pentax SMCP-A 24mm f/2.8? Having had the Pentax-A lens, and based on the stuff I've seen with the Zeiss,

Re: New Carl Zeiss lenses for Pentax K mount!

2007-07-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jul 4, 2007, at 12:38 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Besides, you can't buy an SMC Pentax-A 24mm f/2.8 new anywhere that I know of. If I didn't already have it, that might be a consideration. But since I *do* already have one, I'm more interested to know if there's sufficient blow your socks

Re: If you don't know the words...

2007-07-04 Thread AlunFoto
Not a lot of hummingbirds up here in the Frostpit...:-) I was actually thinking of some kind of telephoto flash bracket, like this one from ReallyRightStuff: http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/rrs/items.asp?Cc=FlashTeleiTpStatus=0Tp=Bc= But you've already answered my question, really. :-) Cheers,

Re: PESO - A Jupiter Storm

2007-07-04 Thread AlunFoto
hehehe... Never thought of that, Frank. And to all of you; Frank, Jack, Mark, BobW and TomC, thanks for looking and commenting. There may come more PESOs from the same planet later, but I will have little time for raw processing the coming days. :-( Cheers, Jostein 2007/7/3, frank theriault

Re: Sigma 70-200/2.8 (non DG non macro version)

2007-07-04 Thread David J Brooks
On 7/1/07, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thibouille wrote: How is that lens on digital (K10D) and whatwould it worth? I could probably get one optically perfect but not very good state otherwise for about 400 euros. I'm short on budget so I really do not want to regret t in any

Re: RE: If you don't know the words...

2007-07-04 Thread David J Brooks
How long did you have to wait. I think i was about 1 1/2 hours before i got mine. Dave On 7/4/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob W wrote: that first one, without the feeders, is superb. Thanks Bob. I despise hummingbird feeders, at least in my photographs. Unfortunately,

Re: PESO: Calladium II

2007-07-04 Thread David J Brooks
Yes i like version II better. Good colours and more to look at Dave On 7/4/07, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What Ann said. Still great colours, too. :-) Jostein 2007/7/4, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Here is a second attempt at the Caladium.

Re: GESO - demostration photos

2007-07-04 Thread David J Brooks
On 7/4/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I first read this I thought Jostein was Pan Frying Puffins... What's it taste like. It tastes like bloody albatros.:-) I like the one looking through the fisheye portal. Dave Probably easier than his real intentions. AlunFoto wrote:

K1D Mystery Solved

2007-07-04 Thread Cotty
That got yer attention. Actually no mystery. Just no K1D. Yawn ;-) Meanwhile, a happy 4th of July to our American listers. It's an important day for them and I respect that. Wish I could pop over for a BBQ somewhere. Post some pics eh. Been v busy with work. Actually it's fun and they pay me

Re: [Pentax] warranty and rebates: how does that work outside US ?

2007-07-04 Thread Cotty
On 3/7/07, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: And your friend will probably have to pay VAT on the camera. Prude! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO - A Jupiter Storm

2007-07-04 Thread Cotty
On 3/7/07, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: A small piece of geology with heavenly associations. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-37 :-) Comments et. al. most appreciated. It is easier for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, than a camel. -- Cheers, Cotty

Re: Peso One from the Strawberry Festival Parade

2007-07-04 Thread Cotty
On 3/7/07, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: I have added some crowd shots to the album. Still about 25 or so to add. Wednesday i suppose, after driver training I knew there was something not quite right Dave, when you took me up to the Swinging Bridge car park at GFM in your

Re: PESO: Senate Stairwell BW

2007-07-04 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Mark. It was daylight, fluorescent, and incandescent. Godders is right, though, this one needs some darkroom work that I don't have the time or skill for. Rick --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick Womer wrote: This one is for Godfrey...and I think it works well (though

Re: New Carl Zeiss lenses for Pentax K mount!

2007-07-04 Thread Cotty
On 3/7/07, Bertil Holmberg, discombobulated, unleashed: Any views on Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 glass vs the Pentax version(s)? Yeah, you can see through the Pentax version. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: PESO: Christ Church College Cathedral

2007-07-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/7/07, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: Skipping nimbly across the pond, here is a shot from my day of shooting in Oxford in May. ttp://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6155646 K10D, DA 10-17 fisheye, 1/10 @ f/5.6, ISO 1600, RAW, via Lightroom and PE4. Comments appreciated!

Re: PESO: The same, but different

2007-07-04 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Jostein! Fortunately, one doesn't have to! Rick --- AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This one's nice too. I think it's hard to rate one over the other. Jostein 2007/7/4, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: One last shot of the Senate Office Building stairwell:

Re: If you don't know the words...

2007-07-04 Thread ann sanfedele
Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: that first one, without the feeders, is superb. Ditto... nice bokeh :) ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: The same, but different

2007-07-04 Thread Cotty
On 3/7/07, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: One last shot of the Senate Office Building stairwell: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6155544size=lg Comments welcome! I'd like it better if they were going down. Still, this is better than the first one IMO. Good work. --

Re: PESO: Christ Church College Cathedral

2007-07-04 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Jostein! It was a grey, dreary day, which diffused the light nicely. Love that anti-shake, too! Rick --- AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really like this one Rick. I think the lighting is absoulutely fabulous. Jostein 2007/7/4, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Skipping

Re: RE: If you don't know the words...

2007-07-04 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: How long did you have to wait. I think i was about 1 1/2 hours before i got mine. I had to wait about 15 seconds ;-) Seriously, there were about a dozen of them bombing each other and the feeders constantly. I could just sit there and blast away. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO - Subway Waif

2007-07-04 Thread ann sanfedele
David J Brooks wrote: What he said.. Dave On 7/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cute. Love the way she's eyeing you. Paul - Like _ Dad, do you HAVE to take this picture? ann - Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PESO 2007 - 29b, 29c - GDG

2007-07-04 Thread Rick Womer
It must be the week of the San Francisco Panning Festival... I like these. The arc that the background lights make is especially intriguing. I love that lens. My current Christ Church College Cathedral PESO was taken with it, as was this http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5465563

Re: Strip lynchets, a gathering storm and the lamb of God

2007-07-04 Thread mike wilson
AlunFoto wrote: Thanks Bob, It's indeed hard to imagine there being any truly primeval forest left in Europe at all, not just UK. The definition of ancient woodland is quite interesting, particularly the first two bullet points: # Ancient woodland is land continuously wooded since AD1600

Re: Strip lynchets, a gathering storm and the lamb of God

2007-07-04 Thread mike wilson
frank theriault wrote: On 7/3/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Indians, (Native Americans to the PC crowd), practiced slash and burn agriculture. There wasn't nearly that much Virgin Forest. It's unlikely that the Native American population in what is now North America

Re: OT: I need to vent (warning bad language)

2007-07-04 Thread mike wilson
Mark Roberts wrote: David J Brooks wrote: On 7/3/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/3/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep. Tell it to look for TIFFs. When it recovers everything, change the extensions from tif to pef. Tif to Pef - check! Soon grasshopper,

Re: GESO - Some from the Trip

2007-07-04 Thread mike wilson
Doug Brewer wrote: I'm working my way through photos, and threw some together. There is no theme, just some photos. Enjoy. http://photos.drivingtheflies.com/index.php?page=list.5 http://photos.drivingtheflies.com/index.php?page=album.5.32 Ruddy Duck? These are over here and, like grey

Re: If you don't know the words...

2007-07-04 Thread mike wilson
Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: that first one, without the feeders, is superb. Thanks Bob. I despise hummingbird feeders, at least in my photographs. Unfortunately, humingbirds seem to prefer them to flowers (more food with less effort would be my guess). Next time I'm down there

Re: PESO - A Jupiter Storm

2007-07-04 Thread mike wilson
Cotty wrote: On 3/7/07, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: A small piece of geology with heavenly associations. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-37 :-) Comments et. al. most appreciated. It is easier for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, than a camel.

Re: PESO - A Jupiter Storm

2007-07-04 Thread mike wilson
AlunFoto wrote: A small piece of geology with heavenly associations. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-37 :-) Comments et. al. most appreciated. Jostein Do I really need to say excellent? 8-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Indepemdence Day

2007-07-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Peter Lacus Subject: Re: Indepemdence Day http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/independenceday.html I was hoping for flying saucers nuking the White House Happy Fireworks Day to my good friends to the south. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO: Senate Stairwell BW

2007-07-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: Thanks, Mark. It was daylight, fluorescent, and incandescent. Godders is right, though, this one needs some darkroom work that I don't have the time or skill for. You're t8ight, it can certainly be improved. But as long as you keep the Raw file you can have another go any

Re: PESO - A Jupiter Storm

2007-07-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
Not sure why a rich man would want to enter a camel, but then... -p Cotty wrote: On 3/7/07, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: A small piece of geology with heavenly associations. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-37 :-) Comments et. al. most appreciated. It is

Re: PESO: Senate Stairwell BW

2007-07-04 Thread Jack Davis
Ditto..what Mark said. Jack --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick Womer wrote: This one is for Godfrey...and I think it works well (though I'm no champ at BW conversion!): http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6155564size=lg Nice. The BW look suits this photograph. I

Re: K1D Mystery Solved

2007-07-04 Thread Jack Davis
Well..the same to you, Cotty! After all, I assume you chaps were graceful losers. ;-DDD Jack --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That got yer attention. Actually no mystery. Just no K1D. Yawn ;-) Meanwhile, a happy 4th of July to our American listers. It's an important day for them and

Re: OT: I need to vent (warning bad language)

2007-07-04 Thread graywolf
Hum? I thought pretending to a title was a beheading offense? graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- mike wilson wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: David J Brooks wrote: On 7/3/07, frank

K10D: date/time strange behavior (bug?)

2007-07-04 Thread Pedro Oliveira
Hi. Today I detected a strange behavior with my K10D bought in Dec.2007 and with firmware version 1.20: the date and time are, always 2051/11/12 (yy/mm/dd) and 02:43. When I correct the settings and press OK and return to the adjustment menu the date and time are always 2051/11/12

Happy Fourth: Red, White and Blue!

2007-07-04 Thread Walter Hamler
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/Red-White-Blue.jpg It tastes great!! Happy Fourth to all, including you great pdml'ers in other fine parts of the world! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: K10D: date/time strange behavior (bug?)

2007-07-04 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 05/07/07, Pedro Oliveira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did someone notice this problem? No not on the English language settings, I would re-flash the firmware as a precaution. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PESO: Christ Church College Cathedral

2007-07-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent. Well framed, and as Jostein noted, great light. Paul On Jul 4, 2007, at 2:03 PM, AlunFoto wrote: I really like this one Rick. I think the lighting is absoulutely fabulous. Jostein 2007/7/4, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Skipping nimbly across the pond, here is a shot from my

Re: Hoya outlines Pentax camera plans

2007-07-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
That's an even looser translation:-). You guys are a hoot. Paul On Jul 4, 2007, at 9:44 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote: On 04/07/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wholly owned must mean something different over there. Here you need 100% of the shares. Controlling interest which is what

Re: Hoya outlines Pentax camera plans

2007-07-04 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 05/07/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's an even looser translation:-). You guys are a hoot. Pentax is no longer, and what 100% ownership actually means is that all existing Pentax shares which have not been bought by Hoya will be converted to Hoya shares. Hoot or not. --

Re: Happy Fourth: Red, White and Blue!

2007-07-04 Thread graywolf
I put on 3 pounds just looking at the photo. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Walter Hamler wrote: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/Red-White-Blue.jpg It tastes great!!

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