Sigma 150mm macro on PK?

2008-09-29 Thread timber
http://www.warehouseexpress.com/product/default.aspx?sku=1007376 Probably a mistake... or am I missing something? 150mm Macro is one of the very best lenses on the world... if it comes to Pentax I am 100% sure to grab one. But so far I know it doesn't comes to Pentax... Cheers, .timber --

Re: Happy Birthday, David!

2008-09-29 Thread Mme RD
Bon anniversaire !! i think i'll use that 29+ trick from now on lol ... dom Bob Sullivan a écrit : Happy birthday Dave. If it's 30, it's a high milage 30... ;-) Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, by all means Dave, you

Re: PESO: Now We Are Four!

2008-09-29 Thread mike wilson
You certainly know how to celebrate Christmas and New Year. From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/09/27 Sat PM 12:56:30 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Now We Are Four! Thanks Boris. We have three September birthdays: my son and youngest

Re: Sigma 150mm macro on PK?

2008-09-29 Thread Adam Maas
Mistake, the lens is only available in Nikon, Canon, Sigma and 4/3rds mounts. -Adam On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 3:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.warehouseexpress.com/product/default.aspx?sku=1007376 Probably a mistake... or am I missing something? 150mm Macro is one of the very

Re: PESO 2008 - 149 - GDG

2008-09-29 Thread Christine Aguila
I agree with Cotty. Lovely, Godfrey. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 12:42 AM Subject: Re: PESO 2008 - 149 - GDG On 28/9/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: A quiet

Re: PESO Shoemobile

2008-09-29 Thread Christine Aguila
Good one, Boris :-) and thanks for looking. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] I should say that this is totally heel-arious ;-). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Pentax Sighting

2008-09-29 Thread mike wilson
From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/09/28 Sun PM 05:03:24 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Subject: Pentax Sighting I'm watching a docu-drama about the Challenger accident. As they do with these things nowadays they have re-enactments of pivotal events. In

Re: Happy Birthday, David!

2008-09-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Happy birthday Dave. If it's 30, it's a high milage 30... ;-) 30 was a long time ago, and still hard mileage to.:-) 56, btw Dave Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: OT PS question

2008-09-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know what you consider minimal PP. I suppose thats a bad phrase to use. If i look at any other photo in Vueprint, unless i blow the shot, i can see a nice sharp image, even before any processing. If i look at

Re: OT PS question

2008-09-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect that Dave is referencing shooting events. They are quite different from what you are doing. It is more like taking the 300 images and getting rid of the few that didn't work and then processing all the rest

Re: OT PS question

2008-09-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 6:10 PM, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i know i'm a pain MARK ! Kenneth Waller Saw that did you.:-0 Dave http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML

Re: Geso Straw art

2008-09-29 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks Godfrey. Just a bit of light hearted photography to help with the shorter days now.:-0 Dave On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice stuff, Dave! G On Sep 28, 2008, at 10:22 AM, David J Brooks wrote: You can always tell its the fall time

Re: OT PESOs - Text Pictures Long Day

2008-09-29 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks, i'll look into that plug in. I'm still impressed though. Dave On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 1:54 PM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Dave :-) I have a Firefox EXIF reader add on that gives the data as a right click option. Here is the exposure details Text Pictures D700,

Re: OT PS question

2008-09-29 Thread George Sinos
David - There is a lot of info in the previous replies and I'm not sure what I have to add helps, but this is on a slightly different topic. I'm only bringing this up because you mentioned shots looking sharp in other editors, but not looking sharp in photoshop. In photoshop versions before

book maiking with BLURB - anyone try it?

2008-09-29 Thread ann sanfedele
I was browsing around smugmug stuff for their calendar prices (looks like they stopped offering those) and came up with a page on BLURB for making books - Anyone here try it? ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: book maiking with BLURB - anyone try it?

2008-09-29 Thread Walter Hamler
Ann, I have had three books published through Blurb with several reprints/reorders. The quality is excellent. One is a picture book that I have had a lot of positive feedback on. The other two are novels but have pics on front and back and inside of dust cover. Again, lots of positive feedback. I

Re: OT PS question

2008-09-29 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks George, its filed info now.:-) I think i mislead. The shots from all of my Nikons and the K10D look sharp in PS, LR and Vueprint, my old on site editor. Its just the D200 and action shots are soft, and a lot of sharpening is needed, so much so it looks it. The portrtrat stuff is ok, not

Re: book maiking with BLURB - anyone try it?

2008-09-29 Thread ann sanfedele
Walter Hamler wrote: Ann, I have had three books published through Blurb with several reprints/reorders. The quality is excellent. One is a picture book that I have had a lot of positive feedback on. The other two are novels but have pics on front and back and inside of dust cover. Again,

PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread Thibouille
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/pentax_and_samsung_partnership_not_perfect/ -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML

Confusion Clarified

2008-09-29 Thread Joseph Tainter
Straight from the horse's mouth: An interview with Pentax Imaging's Sales and Marketing Director: http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/pentax_and_samsung_partnership_not_perfect And at the very end: Similarly, Hoya aren’t planning to sell the lens-maker Tokina, which they

Re: Confusion Clarified

2008-09-29 Thread Thibouille
Ah just posted the same link :p Yes indeed although it is not toally clear if this is a comment from the interviewer or the interviewed guy. I suppose the interviewer has enough journalistic ethic which would mean Tokina is indeed owned by Hoya. On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Joseph Tainter

Re: book maiking with BLURB - anyone try it?

2008-09-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
Ann - I've also used Blurb, have been very happy with the results and won't hesitate to use them again. Their free software is relatively easy to use and comes with a plethora of templates. One very important step in creating your Blurb publication is to make sure all your images are

GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread Bill Owens
I just saw on the local Charlotte news that the State of North Carolina ia buying Grandfather Mountain. Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread Scott Loveless
Bill Owens wrote: I just saw on the local Charlotte news that the State of North Carolina ia buying Grandfather Mountain. Well, there goes our camp site. -- Scott Loveless New Cumberland, PA http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/9/08, Bill Owens, discombobulated, unleashed: I just saw on the local Charlotte news that the State of North Carolina ia buying Grandfather Mountain. I had heard about this from another source. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

RE: Confusion Clarified

2008-09-29 Thread JC OCONNELL
There has been a Hoya/tokina connection for years, not sure exactly what it was, but in the early 80's there were a pair of matching series of excellent Hoya HMC and Tokina RMC lenses that were obviously made by the same mfgr, with just very slight trim differencesThese lenses are excellent

PESO - mountain plain

2008-09-29 Thread AlunFoto
Hi gang, My trip this week-end was successful in many ways. A lot of keepers has been registered on the SD cards, and it will take a good while to sort them through. I also got to test a newly bought goose down sleeping bag, and some really long-time exposures with the K20D. I also landed myself

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread Cotty
The 09 NPW is still listedbut could it change? I gather that escalators will be replacing the ladders, and the gravy and grits will attract a health warning ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread P. J. Alling
Bill Owens wrote: I just saw on the local Charlotte news that the State of North Carolina ia buying Grandfather Mountain. Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/9/08, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: The 09 NPW is still listedbut could it change? oops forgot link http://www.grandfather.com/planning_your_visit/events/nphoto.php -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: PESO - mountain plain

2008-09-29 Thread P. J. Alling
Looks bleak. AlunFoto wrote: Hi gang, My trip this week-end was successful in many ways. A lot of keepers has been registered on the SD cards, and it will take a good while to sort them through. I also got to test a newly bought goose down sleeping bag, and some really long-time exposures with

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread AlunFoto
Here's more meat to the bone: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/408/story/219105.html Jostein 2008/9/29 Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I just saw on the local Charlotte news that the State of North Carolina ia buying Grandfather Mountain. Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: book maiking with BLURB - anyone try it?

2008-09-29 Thread ann sanfedele
Paul Thanks -- all my shots that are loaded onto smugmug were converted to srgb on uploading if I had not done that in photoshop - but I'll always check the color space... is that true even if you are doing black and white photos do you know? anyway - good to know - you are smugmugger too

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread P. J. Alling
Thibouille wrote: http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/pentax_and_samsung_partnership_not_perfect/ It seems that more questions were raised than answered, actually. -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. --

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread P. J. Alling
That could change at any time... NC is a state government, state web sites in most US states, unless directly connected with taxes are notoriously out of date, and the GFM deal hasn't yet been consummated. I don't expect that it won't happen, just that any changes will happen afterward.

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread Rebekah
eek!! Now I'm NEVER gonna get to got to NPW! Never! Never! Never! *sigh* I hope the state doesn't change the place up too much. rg2 On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 1:03 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That could change at any time... NC is a state government, state web sites in most US

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread Dario Bonazza
I may add that a Samsung manager said the following to the audience on occasion of their press conference in Cologne: 1) The technical partnership with Pentax is going ahead. Samsung never discussed the possibility to buy Pentax camera division from Hoya, and they currently have no plan to do

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread AlunFoto
I'll have to book my tickets around Christmas. Hope nothing changes between then and June... Still, I think it looks good from that article in the Charlotte Observer. What with the Morton family still running the park and all. Sounds like a deal to escape property taxes, if you ask me... :-)

Re: PESO - mountain plain

2008-09-29 Thread Jack Davis
Your trip sounds a little athletic for me, but glad you found yourself well equipped for all activities. Difficult to determine scale of this scene and, therefore, what your options might have been. Is the plain dry grass, dirt or (?). Deep blue sky indicates you may have been a few thousand

PESO: Ano 1720

2008-09-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread Ken Waller
Well, there goes our camp site. Think globally... there goes the mountain. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: GFM sold Bill Owens wrote: I just saw on the local Charlotte news that the State

Re: PESO - mountain plain

2008-09-29 Thread Ken Waller
Appears well done technically, but it might be a scene where you put the camera down enjoy the view. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - mountain plain Hi gang, My trip this week-end was successful in

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread Timber
Pentax would join Micro 4/3? But the question will there be MFT - PK adapter with possible AF with the built in motorized SDM lenses? :) .t Thibouille wrote: http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/pentax_and_samsung_partnership_not_perfect/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Ano 1720

2008-09-29 Thread Ken Waller
Well seen captured but ya gotta get rid of the light. I'd also crop a little off the top to rid it of the bright strip of background sky. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Ano 1720

Re: Ano 1720

2008-09-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for the helpful comments. I did notice the sky, but the light fixture didn't bother me until you pointed it out. Now, I can see how discordant it is with the age and architectural style of the wall and door. Dan M On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: PESO: Ano 1720

2008-09-29 Thread Jack Davis
What Ken said. Also, many a shot of this ilk, works well centered in the frame. Jack --- On Mon, 9/29/08, Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Ano 1720 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, September 29,

RE: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread John Celio
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/pentax_and_samsung_partnership_not_perfect/ Sounds like a lot of good news. - Cotty won't have to eat his hat and the rest of us won't have to re-invest in new 35mm lenses. - The 645D will likely see the light of day, reaffirming

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
PJ, What a sorry negative attitude you have. Did you read this article that Jostein posted. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/408/story/219105.html It sounds very positive to me. Making this a state park adds to it's protected status. Having met Hugh, Crae, and a number of the other Mortons, I have

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/9/08, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: Here's more meat to the bone: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/408/story/219105.html Jostein Thanks for posting - that seems very positive. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/9/08, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/ pentax_and_samsung_partnership_not_perfect/ Sounds like a lot of good news. - Cotty won't have to eat his hat and the rest of us won't have to re-invest in new 35mm lenses. - The

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread Adam Maas
Interesting, it also indicates that Tokina is indeed owned by Hoya, not sure how accurate that is. -Adam On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/pentax_and_samsung_partnership_not_perfect/ -- Thibault

Re: Happy Birthday, David!

2008-09-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, I've got you beat, but I won't grow a beard because it's too gray. I regularly ask the barber to trim off only the gray hairs. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 8:38 AM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread P. J. Alling
Sure it will be protected, that's positive. Special events, which were money making endeavors, however will be curtailed, after all can't allow outsiders the opportunity to damage the state's property. What was the center of a lively community will become at best a specimen frozen in amber

Re: Happy Birthday, David!

2008-09-29 Thread David J Brooks
HAR. Don't for get its grey until you get it, then its Silver.:-) Dave On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, I've got you beat, but I won't grow a beard because it's too gray. I regularly ask the barber to trim off only the gray hairs. Regards, Bob S.

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread David J Brooks
I don't see how a bunch of people walking around a nature preserver area, already paved, is in danger from the state of NC. But then again, i have no experience with the US Parks. I could see the camping for the two weekends stopped, but maybe Crae and family might keep that. Dave On Mon, Sep

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:42:31PM -0700, John Celio wrote: http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/pentax_and_samsung_partnership_not_perfect/ Sounds like a lot of good news. - Cotty won't have to eat his hat and the rest of us won't have to re-invest in new 35mm

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread P. J. Alling
Don't worry Cotty, the decision on weather to build the K[X]D as a 24x36mm sensor or the 645D boils down to which is most likely to make money for the Pentax imaging division. Still plenty of possibility for a gustatory Gatsby rendezvous. Cotty wrote: On 29/9/08, John Celio,

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread pnstenquist
i'm sure there will be further enhancements to the APS-C DSLR line. I think that has been covered previously in Pentax announcements. I expect we'll see a K30D with better autofocus and faster write speeds. Paul -- Original message -- From: John Francis [EMAIL

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread pnstenquist
Doesn't sound like full frame is a viable option. Note the comments about the lens line conflict. Pentax will undoubtedly remain in the APS-C fold for at least the next few years. Paul -- Original message -- From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't worry

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread keith_w
AlunFoto wrote: Here's more meat to the bone: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/408/story/219105.html Jostein That sounds pretty clear to me! The historic owners are joining the buyers in making sure the land stays clean and clear of destructive practices. If it all happens as intended,

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread William Robb
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 5:31 AM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't see how a bunch of people walking around a nature preserver area, already paved, is in danger from the state of NC. But then again, i have no experience with the US Parks. I could see the camping for the two

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread Cotty
On 30/9/08, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: State parks generally have camping. Recreation areas don't neccessarily. There is a good possibility that the picnic area could morph into a campground. SHOWERS :- -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread John Francis
I'm sure there will, too. But I also expect any putative K30D would be aimed at or below the K20D price point. I'd like to know whether we were still likely to see a K2D or whatever; a somewhat more costly camera, perhaps, but with some of the more esoteric features such as a faster maximum

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread pnstenquist
I'd love to see a second card slot. When I shoot a wedding, my heart is in my throat until I get home and download the files to the comuter. A second card would be very reassuring. I dont care if they call it K20D, or K2D, but we eventually need the next step upgrade. Paul --

OT: Singapore Grand Prix photos

2008-09-29 Thread Mike Hamilton
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/the_singapore_grand_prix.html For those of you who like racing photos, here is a great set from the Singapore GP, the first F1 race held at night. Mike -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Sorta Semi OT: Grandfather Mountain

2008-09-29 Thread John Sessoms
The State of North Carolina purchased Grandfather Mountain for $12 million dollars today. The Morton family will continue to operate the nature center, wildlife habitat and swinging bridge through a new nonprofit group, but 2600 acres of undeveloped land, along with a 600 acre conservation

RE: Sigma 150mm macro on PK?

2008-09-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.warehouseexpress.com/product/default.aspx?sku=1007376 Probably a mistake... or am I missing something? 150mm Macro is one of the very best lenses on the world... if it comes to Pentax I am 100% sure to grab one. But so far I know it doesn't comes to Pentax...

Re: Singapore Grand Prix photos

2008-09-29 Thread Ken Waller
All I can say is WOW. some really exceptional images. Thanks for posting. One of the more interesting F1 races in a while. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Mike Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Singapore Grand Prix photos

Interesting bit of Trivia

2008-09-29 Thread John Sessoms
Y'all probably already knew this ... I may have forgotten it. Reading an article on full-frame DSLRs today, and it said the *FIRST* FF DSLR was Pentax's MZ-D 6MP prototype shown at Photokina and PMA in 2001. First PRODUCTION FF DSLR was the Contax N Digital, using the same Phillips CCD image

RE: Confusion Clarified

2008-09-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Straight from the horse's mouth: An interview with Pentax Imaging's Sales and Marketing Director: http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/pentax_and_samsung_partnership_not_perfect And at the very end: Similarly, Hoya aren?t planning to

Re: Geso Straw art

2008-09-29 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Dave: Those are delightfully playful fun-- quite vivid for sure :-) Nice job. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Barbara Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Rod Pipher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September

Re: Ano 1720

2008-09-29 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Dan: Love the colors! The light that Ken mentioned doesn't bother me that much--but it would probably look better without it. Anyway, very nice shot. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll have to book my tickets around Christmas. Hope nothing changes between then and June... Still, I think it looks good from that article in the Charlotte Observer. What with the Morton family still running the park and all. Sounds like a deal to escape

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread David Savage
2008/9/30 John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Cotty won't have to eat his hat and the rest of us won't have to re-invest in new 35mm lenses. Most of mine are 35mm. DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont care if they call it K20D, or K2D, but we eventually need the next step upgrade. Such a camera was said to be in the works in an interview with one of the higher-ups at Pentax last year. (It's on the web somewhere but I've lost the URL). I was afraid it

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread P. J. Alling
David Savage wrote: 2008/9/30 John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Cotty won't have to eat his hat and the rest of us won't have to re-invest in new 35mm lenses. Most of mine are 35mm. All of mine so far... DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GFM sold

2008-09-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't see how a bunch of people walking around a nature preserver area, already paved, is in danger from the state of NC. But then again, i have no experience with the US Parks. I could see the camping for the two weekends stopped, but maybe Crae and

Re: Confusion Clarified

2008-09-29 Thread Bruce Dayton
Well, YOU'RE WRONG!!! grin -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, September 29, 2008, 4:52:39 PM, you wrote: JS But I remember, when Hoya bought Pentax, mentioning that Hoya already JS owned Tokina, and being told here that I was wrong; Hoya DIDN'T own JS Tokina, they just had a marketing deal with

RE: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread JC OConnell
ALL of my dozens of lenses are 35mm, save for a few 4x5 and 8x10 Format lenses. I haven't bought any DA's yet. No real need to up to This point JC O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Savage Sent: Monday,

PESO: BWI Window

2008-09-29 Thread Rick Womer
A Godfrey moment overtook me as I waited for a flight at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7922416size=lg K10D, DA 50-200, ISO 100, f/8 @ 1/250, RAW via LR. Now that I have confessed my moment of minimalist weakness, I am absolved... Rick

Re: PESO: Farmacia

2008-09-29 Thread Rick Womer
I like the colors and the top 3/4 of the composition; but the guy who is amputated at the hips in the lower left detracts, and I want to see the bottom of the facade. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 9/25/08, Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Daniel J. Matyola

Re: Interesting bit of Trivia

2008-09-29 Thread Rick Womer
Yup. Read that a few places. The Contax N bombed because of image quality problems. If only... Rick --- On Mon, 9/29/08, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Y'all probably already knew this ... I may have forgotten it. Reading an article on full-frame DSLRs today, and it said the

Re: Sorta Semi OT: Grandfather Mountain

2008-09-29 Thread Rick Womer
Nothing having to do with GFM is =ever= the slightest bit OT on this list. Rick --- On Mon, 9/29/08, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The State of North Carolina purchased Grandfather Mountain for $12 million dollars today. The Morton family will continue to operate the nature

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread Jim King
John Celio wrote on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:43:14 -0700 http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/pentax_and_samsung_partnership_not_perfect/ Sounds like a lot of good news. (snip) One surprising comment at the end of the interview refers to Tokina as a subsidiary of Hoya. I

Re: PESO: Soccer Practice

2008-09-29 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks Bruce, Dave, and Dave. I shot several more pix of the practice, but it's an urban park and the backgrounds were very distracting; so I chose a shot with no background! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 9/28/08, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: David Savage

Re: PESO: BWI Window

2008-09-29 Thread ann sanfedele
a good candidate for the October PUG :-) ann Rick Womer wrote: A Godfrey moment overtook me as I waited for a flight at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7922416size=lg K10D, DA 50-200, ISO 100, f/8 @ 1/250, RAW via LR. Now that I have

Re: Tokina Hoya (was PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting)

2008-09-29 Thread Rick Womer
If you go to http://www.hoya.co.jp, Pentax is listed as a subsidiary but not Tokina. Searching the site for Tokina gets zero hits. Wikipedia and a few other sites indicate that Hoya supplies glass to Tokina, but that Tokina is an independent company. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW ---

Re: PESO: Avian Runes

2008-09-29 Thread Rick Womer
Me too. I like the composition, lighting, and color. Nice. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 9/18/08, Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know exactly why this interested me, but it did: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7829197 Comments welcome.

Re: Tokina Hoya (was PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting)

2008-09-29 Thread Ira H. Bryant IV
In Japan, it is very common for a company to hold another company's stock. That's especially true when one company is a supplier to another company. It seems likely to me that this is true of Hoya and Tokina, though I don't know where a person could go to check on it. Ira On Mon, 29 Sep

Re: PESO: Ano 1720

2008-09-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I cropped it to incorporate some of these suggestions: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7923073 Dan M On Mon, Sep 29,I 2008 at 3:12 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What Ken said. Also, many a shot of this ilk, works well centered in the frame. Jack --- On Mon, 9/29/08,

Re: Ano 1720

2008-09-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for looking and thanks for your kind comments. Dan M On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dan: Love the colors! The light that Ken mentioned doesn't bother me that much--but it would probably look better without it. Anyway, very nice shot.

Re: PESO: Avian Runes

2008-09-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for looking and commenting. Dan M On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me too. I like the composition, lighting, and color. Nice. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 9/18/08, Daniel J. Matyola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know

Re: PESO: Farmacia

2008-09-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I know what you mean about the gentleman. I waited quite a while for him to move on, but he didn't. So, I settled for a moment when he was looking at the door in anticipation, waiting for whomever was inside shopping. This was really all the facade there was; below what you see in the photo

Re: PhotographyBlog: Pentax Interview, quite interesting (Samsung deal etc.)

2008-09-29 Thread John Celio
- Cotty won't have to eat his hat and the rest of us won't have to re-invest in new 35mm lenses. Most of mine are 35mm. Er, I meant digital-optimized 35mm lenses (like the D-FA macros). All I know is, the DA lenses I own or have used perform immensely better than older 35mm lenses on