Re: DA DA* on FF

2008-11-27 Thread Thibouille
Paul, I don't think the point is to see if Pentax is going FF. IMO the point is only to test which lenses can/might/will be used on an FF body, be it digital or film. On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 5:26 AM, PN Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rather good? They vignette predictably. But as others have

Re: PESO - (and a question) - Love on the Dancefloor

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm fairly certain it will happen in Foveon sensors as well, any digital recording device with a grid pattern in fact. The best way to avoid it is to not over expose especially at high ISO values. John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling Banding can be a problem with all DSLRs, it usually

Re: Custom Machinist doing gods work...

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
That was my question, maybe it was originally supplied with a 67 mount, and the owner wanted it to work on the K1000 without any adapter, or maybe the mount was lost... Jim King wrote: P. J. Alling wrote on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:30:17 -0800: I don't know exactly why you'd need a custom made

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Puts me in mind of the time I had to develop a time/date control, because the out of the box control was so annoying to the users, and management didn't think it was worth buying something so simple, then endlessly complained about how much time it was taking me to build one. (So it's a run

Re: Black Friday Pentax deals?

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
John Sessoms wrote: From: David Savage Joseph McAllister Sent: As an aside, I'm not quite convinced that getting a new K20D was the best replacement for my stolen 67 gear, but I am enjoying the boxes of DA and DA* lenses. The downside, as I told my insurance company, was if/when

Re: GESO: Autumn Memories

2008-11-27 Thread mike wilson
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/11/25 Tue PM 04:06:37 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: GESO: Autumn Memories They look like they could be oak leaves, which are full of tannins. That would stain the concrete and eventually be weathered away.

Re: GESO: Autumn Memories

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Tea stains are not particularly easy to remove. Tannins are relatively soluble at certain PH values and less so at others IIRC. mike wilson wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/11/25 Tue PM 04:06:37 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: GESO: Autumn

Re: OT: Mumbi Terrorism

2008-11-27 Thread Carlos Royo
Subash escribió: i am at the other eastern side of the country, but i do have a lot of friends in mumbai. but, as i write, terrorists are holed up in three five star hotels in mumbai, usually frequented by foreign tourists, holding an unknown number as hostages. the army has been called up,

Re: Black Friday Pentax deals?

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
Well at the very least you can use them. IIRC Canon cropped sensor lenses can't be used on their FF digi bodies. Cheers, Dave 2008/11/27 P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: John Sessoms wrote: From: David Savage Joseph McAllister Sent: As an aside, I'm not quite convinced that getting a

Re: OT: Mumbi Terrorism

2008-11-27 Thread Subash
On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:06:18 +0100 Carlos Royo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I stayed in one of the attacked hotels (Taj Mahal) some years ago when visiting Mumbai. I hope the Indian police are able to free the hostages without any more casualties. thanks Carlos, but that seems extremely unlikely.

Re: OT PESO: Listen

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
t does look good at web size, looks pretty sweet full size too. :-) Thanks for looking. Cheers, Dave 2008/11/25 PN Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nice portrait. And very clean. No apparent noise to my eye. Paul On Nov 24, 2008, at 5:45 PM, David Savage wrote:

Re: OT PESO: Listen

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
Thanks Bob. Cheers, Dave 2008/11/25 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nicely done, and atmospheric. I like the blurred guy in the background about to take a slug. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Savage Sent: 24 November 2008

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread mike wilson
From: PN Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/11/27 Thu AM 01:15:04 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT - Canadian Meteor If the advertising didn't work, it wouldn't be there. Web advertisers carefully record hits and compare them to sales. I'm not happy

Re: OT PESO: Listen

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
2008/11/25 ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED]: G'day Dave Nicely done Ann, you even got the accent right :-) love it! Good :-) Thanks for looking. Cheers, Dave David Savage wrote: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/3055207349_a6e8a59b2c_o.jpg D700, AF-D 50mm f1.4, 1/60 @ f1.4, ISO 2500.

Re: OT PESO: Listen

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
2008/11/25 Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]: David Savage wrote: G'day All, http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/3055207349_a6e8a59b2c_o.jpg Nicely done, Dave. Thank you sir. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT PESO: Listen

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
2008/11/26 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: In a message dated 11/24/2008 2:45:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/3055207349_a6e8a59b2c_o.jpg D700, AF-D 50mm f1.4, 1/60 @ f1.4, ISO 2500. === Very nice. Good DOF, like the way he is

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread mike wilson
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] My next site will have galleries based on flash presentation for a variety of reasons. I fully expect half of PDML will boycott it. Mark! (for the underestimation) - Email sent from

Re: OT PESO: Listen

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
2008/11/26 Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 11/24/08, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day All, http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/3055207349_a6e8a59b2c_o.jpg That's very nice. Love the composition and the guy in the background. Just one little nit - it seems your subject's

Re: OT PESO: Listen

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
2008/11/26 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 11/24/08, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day All, http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/3055207349_a6e8a59b2c_o.jpg That's very nice. Love the composition and the guy in the background. Just one little nit - it seems your subject's left

Re: OT PESO: Listen

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
2008/11/26 frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:45 PM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/3055207349_a6e8a59b2c_o.jpg D700, AF-D 50mm f1.4, 1/60 @ f1.4, ISO 2500. I like this one a lot! Thank you knarF. Cheers, Dave -- PDML

Re: OT PESO: Listen

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
2008/11/25 David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:45 PM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day All, http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/3055207349_a6e8a59b2c_o.jpg D700, AF-D 50mm f1.4, 1/60 @ f1.4, ISO 2500. Also the restaurant isn't as brightly lit as this

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread PN Stenquist
But the marketers test those web ads by counting click throughs and comparing that number to sales of featured products. They have to work, or they're gone. That being said, it's probably a bit too soon to say for sure how well the Adorama ads on photo.net work, but I suspect they already

Re: OT PESO: Listen

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
While it wasn't very bright the 2 light sources that are illuminating either side of his face did a fine job. BTW, the light is mainly coming from the dessert counter camera right, a drinks fridge camera left :-) Cheers, Dave 2008/11/25 Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Nice one, Dave.

RE: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread mike wilson
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/11/26 Wed PM 08:13:20 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: OT - Canadian Meteor I have a cause - to rid the world of advertising. I'm putting double-page spreads in all the national dailies tomorrow, and having a poster

Re: PESO - More Chimping on the Tube

2008-11-27 Thread PN Stenquist
The mild fisheye distortion works well here. Another excellent shot. Paul On Nov 27, 2008, at 1:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/26/2008 1:10:11 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I love subways. I'm sure a Freudian would have fun with that. I love

Re: GESO: Autumn Memories

2008-11-27 Thread PN Stenquist
I believe that the leaves are from sycamore tree. Other leaves don't seem to leave such a distinct impression. Paul On Nov 27, 2008, at 3:42 AM, mike wilson wrote: From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/11/25 Tue PM 04:06:37 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject:

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread PN Stenquist
I think the Adorama advertising okay. It's not horribly intrusive, yet it gets noticed by most. I tend to mentally turn off my ad recognition mode when I'm just having fun on the web. When I'm working, on the other hand, I may go looking for ads. But I know how to leave it at the

Re: # of PDML Subscribers?

2008-11-27 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:23:22 +, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: From: John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/11/26 Wed PM 06:19:02 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: # of PDML Subscribers? From: Steve Desjardins Yo Pavol. OK, let's just count off. One.

Re: # of PDML Subscribers?

2008-11-27 Thread mike wilson
From: John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/11/26 Wed PM 06:19:02 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: # of PDML Subscribers? From: Steve Desjardins Yo Pavol. OK, let's just count off. One. forty two That's your answer to everything, isn't it?

Re: OT: Mumbi Terrorism

2008-11-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Unfortunately I just read in our local news that they've found 40 or so bodies in one of the hotels... Today is very sad day. On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Carlos Royo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I stayed in one of the attacked hotels (Taj Mahal) some years ago when visiting Mumbai. I hope the

Re: OT PESO: Listen

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
2008/11/27 Anthony Farr [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think it's always better to focus on the nearer eye. Although another piece of wisdom is to focus on the lit side rather than the shadow side. It's six of one and a half dozen of the other in this shot, which is excellent by the way, Dave.

Re: Some what OT Pricing question for the Guru's. Long

2008-11-27 Thread David J Brooks
I do like it, i like being around the shows, the people, the horses. It is, however, getting harder to do each year. Feet, knees and back all seem to get very sore at 9-10 am instead of 2-3pm as when i first started. That, and the lack of profit, is why i;m having to make this, to stay or not

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread David J Brooks
Ok, i'm going against what seems to be a norm here, and say, i do like to watch TV. HOWEVER, since the invention of reality, yuck, TV, and the infomercial,, i find i am watching far less the past while. I like GOOD sitcoms, those from the 50's and 60's, and to watch hockey, baseball etc. I DO

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 26, 2008, at 10:40 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/27/08, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the spirit Christine - don't let a hoard of grumpy old men bring down the party! I'm not old... I'm not grumpy... I'm not a man. Wait. What? Oh you

Re: Black Friday Pentax deals?

2008-11-27 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:15 AM, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: David Savage Joseph McAllister Sent: As an aside, I'm not quite convinced that getting a new K20D was the best replacement for my stolen 67 gear, but I am enjoying the boxes of DA and DA* lenses. The

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 9:40 AM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, i'm going against what seems to be a norm here, snip There's only one Norm here, and he's been pretty quiet lately and I for one would prefer that it stay that way. Let's just leave him out of it, okay? ;-) cheers,

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/27/08, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the spirit Christine - don't let a hoard of grumpy old men bring down the party! I'm not old... I'm not grumpy... I'm not a man. Wait. What?

Re: Black Friday Pentax deals?

2008-11-27 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:15 AM, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: David Savage Nikon's DX lenses work on the D3/D700. Admittedly at a cropped resolution, but they do work. What's the point of shelling out the bucks for a full frame DSLR, if you're only going to be able to

Re: Black Friday Pentax deals?

2008-11-27 Thread Adam Maas
Canon EF-S crop lenses can't even be used on their 1.3x crop bodies. -Adam On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 4:39 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well at the very least you can use them. IIRC Canon cropped sensor lenses can't be used on their FF digi bodies. Cheers, Dave 2008/11/27 P.

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I won't buy from Adorama anyway. Their service isn't great. :-) Godfrey - www.gdgphoto.com On Nov 27, 2008, at 5:49 AM, PN Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the Adorama advertising okay. It's not horribly intrusive, yet it gets noticed by most. I tend to mentally turn off my ad

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
2008/11/27 David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 1:40 AM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/27/08, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the spirit Christine - don't let a hoard of grumpy old men bring down the party! I'm not old... I'm not

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
I actually really like a good ad, the problem is most are crap. Here are 2 of my current fave's that are on the TV at the moment: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Z2gKT7B6Yfeature=related http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_RqrdRqAr1Q Cheers, Dave 2008/11/27 David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ok,

Re: OT: Mumbi Terrorism

2008-11-27 Thread Christine Aguila
Subash: I hope your friends are safe; and yes, a sad day. Christine - Original Message - From: Subash [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 12:48 AM Subject: Re: OT: Mumbi Terrorism On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:57:22 +1100 Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread Adam Maas
Couple of great ads, but neither would ever make it to TV here in North America. They're insufficiently Politically Correct. -Adam On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:04 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I actually really like a good ad, the problem is most are crap. Here are 2 of my current

Re: Custom Machinist doing gods work...

2008-11-27 Thread Walter Hamler
Jim, I think that the 500mm that was modified was a screw mount lens. I know the one that I saw locally for sale is, and my big concern is all that weight hanging on a flimsy M-42 adapter. Walt What am I missing here? My Pentax K500/4.5 mounts just fine on both my K1000 film body and my K20D

Re: Custom Machinist doing gods work...

2008-11-27 Thread David Savage
Shouldn't be an issue. With big lenses the camera hangs off them, not the other way around. Cheers, Dave 2008/11/28 Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Jim, I think that the 500mm that was modified was a screw mount lens. I know the one that I saw locally for sale is, and my big concern is all

Re: Custom Machinist doing gods work...

2008-11-27 Thread Walter Hamler
In theory I agree, however the 300mm f/4 screw mount I had on a DL was heavy enough to cause some torqueing that I was uncomfortable with. Of course, I was also using one of the cheapie Hong Kong adapters at first. Walt On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:26 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Custom Machinist doing gods work...

2008-11-27 Thread Mat Maessen
On 11/27/08, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In theory I agree, however the 300mm f/4 screw mount I had on a DL was heavy enough to cause some torqueing that I was uncomfortable with. Of course, I was also using one of the cheapie Hong Kong adapters at first. I've had no problems

Re: OT: Mumbi Terrorism

2008-11-27 Thread Subash
On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:41:00 +0200 Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately I just read in our local news that they've found 40 or so bodies in one of the hotels... Today is very sad day. possibly but not officially confirmed as the police have not released any figures or any

Re: OT: Mumbi Terrorism

2008-11-27 Thread Subash
On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:08:18 -0600 Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subash: I hope your friends are safe; and yes, a sad day. Christine thanks Christine. much appreciated. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27 Thread Jack Davis
G'morning all, Because I was taught from an early age, it's impolite to type with my mouth full, let me extend a sincere wish that your day be filled with nature's bounty and, especially, true friends and loving family(ies). Best, Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: 3 PESOs: Nephew (or: The Joys of Slave Flash Photography)

2008-11-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 26, 2008, at 6:14 PM, John Celio wrote: On sunday my family had a little mini Thanksgiving dinner, since some of us would be travelling this weekend. I used the opportunity to take lots of photos of my 6-month old nephew Anthony, who learned to crawl a month ago and is just

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 26, 2008, at 7:45 PM, John Francis wrote: Rather an exaggeration. There are ways to watch TV that don't involve watching a show at the time of broadcast. They're not free, of course (except for shows streamed over the web from the major networks, but those are even worse - the ads

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 27, 2008, at 3:55 AM, mike wilson wrote: My next site will have galleries based on flash presentation for a variety of reasons. I fully expect half of PDML will boycott it. Mark! (for the underestimation) LOL ... well, the website obviously isn't intended for the PDML

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: Marnie aka Doe Advertising isn't entertainment, unfortunately. Sometimes it is. But you don't need a TV for those. You can usually find the entertaining ones on You Tube. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: # of PDML Subscribers?

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
At least he's consistent... mike wilson wrote: From: John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/11/26 Wed PM 06:19:02 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: # of PDML Subscribers? From: Steve Desjardins Yo Pavol. OK, let's just count off. One. forty two That's your answer to

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread PN Stenquist
I won't buy from Adorama either. I'm strictly a BH customer. But a lot of newbies who are thinking about buying a camera for Christmas will sit down at the computer and start looking. Where to start? Maybe www.photo.net . OK, lots of photography stuff. And there's a camera store up there in

Re: OT PESO: Listen

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Well the skill is certainly there, (but you already knew that I hate you), the actual low light response of the camera is very impressive. Now every time someone says that Pentax doesn't need a full frame sensor I can point to this. David Savage wrote: 2008/11/26 Scott Loveless [EMAIL

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread PN Stenquist
Those are great. Beer makes a lot of things possible, including good advertising. Paul On Nov 27, 2008, at 10:04 AM, David Savage wrote: I actually really like a good ad, the problem is most are crap. Here are 2 of my current fave's that are on the TV at the moment:

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
So you won't buy from them, but you think it's a good idea that they strut their stuff as all the novices who go to photo.net might, and that advertising on photo.net is great to further this cause. My opinion: Bleck. HTD! G On Nov 27, 2008, at 8:08 AM, PN Stenquist wrote: I won't buy

Re: OT: Mumbi Terrorism

2008-11-27 Thread ann sanfedele
Subash, I thought of you as well... glad you are not _there_... I've just awoken and have not heard any news yet but things sounded a bit less grim at 1 am NY time according to CNN. What a world. ann Subash wrote: On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:57:22 +1100 Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: PESO - More Chimping on the Tube

2008-11-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 26, 2008, at 1:09 PM, frank theriault wrote: I love subways. I'm sure a Freudian would have fun with that. I love what people do on subways - there's so much more room on a subway car than a bus or a streetcar (our city's term for trams) that people seem to engage in all manner of

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread PN Stenquist
What's more, they're a lot longer than 30 seconds. Almost no one buys 60s any more. (That being said, half the commercials on my reel are 60s, but I'm a relic:-). I think the political incorrectness would pass muster for some advertisiers. Have you seen the VW commercials that poke fun at

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread PN Stenquist
I watch sports for the most part. The only series I try not to miss is Boston Legal. It's brilliantly written and has a stellar cast. But I believe this will be its last season. So I may watch only sports:-). Paul On Nov 27, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Nov 26, 2008, at

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
What, he has your phone number and you're afraid he'll call at some inconvenient time? frank theriault wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 9:40 AM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, i'm going against what seems to be a norm here, snip There's only one Norm here, and he's been

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread PN Stenquist
Do I think it's a good idea? I think this is a free society, and the marketplace is open to all. And, yes, they should make the ad buy that is most likely to help them achieve their goals. Paul On Nov 27, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: So you won't buy from them, but you think

Re: Name that bird

2008-11-27 Thread Margus
Well, yes, it is definitely ugly. Actually it well be used to illustrate an article about photo equipment curiosities. But lets vote the most beautiful film SLR for your eyes! (just the design of camera/lens, not it's technical level). My vote will go to... errr, I have to think a bit more

Re: Black Friday Pentax deals?

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Hum, last I herd the Pentax 12-24 was pretty decent, and that doesn't cost anywhere near to $2000. The Tokina version might or might not be SMC but it has a pretty good reputation. I always considered 18mm pretty much ultra wide on 35mm. Adam Maas wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:15 AM,

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
I think they'd do fine in Texas, and I bet there are worse in Mexico. Adam Maas wrote: Couple of great ads, but neither would ever make it to TV here in North America. They're insufficiently Politically Correct. -Adam On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:04 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
Right back at ya, Jack. :-) -Brendan --- Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'morning all, Because I was taught from an early age, it's impolite to type with my mouth full, let me extend a sincere wish that your day be filled with nature's bounty and, especially, true friends and loving

Re: Shots of dancers, upcoming article

2008-11-27 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a series for a magazine article about Myrna Galle, a local dance teacher. Myrna is a former soloist of the NYC Ballet and was a member of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. She also coregraphed many Broadway shows

Re: Custom Machinist doing gods work...

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
The the adapter is quiet strong, made from the same stainless steel as the lens mounts on the cameras. I'd worry that those high quality lens mounts aren't attached directly to the camera frame but seem to be screwed into the plastic of the body. I don't think I'd carry anything heavier than

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:19 AM, PN Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I watch sports for the most part. The only series I try not to miss is Boston Legal. It's brilliantly written and has a stellar cast. But I believe this will be its last season. So I may watch only sports:-). Its the

Re: Shots of dancers, upcoming article

2008-11-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks, Frank. -Brendan --- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a series for a magazine article about Myrna Galle, a local dance teacher. Myrna is a former soloist of the NYC Ballet and was a member

Re: GESO: Autumn Memories

2008-11-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: mike wilson From: P. J. Alling They look like they could be oak leaves, which are full of tannins. That would stain the concrete and eventually be weathered away. What I find odd is that they are (presumably) quite water soluble, to be leached out of the leaf into the concrete by rain

Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27 Thread Christine Aguila
Same to you, Jack! And Everyone else on PDML. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 9:46 AM Subject: Happy Thanksgiving! G'morning all, Because I was taught from an

Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right back at ya, Jack. :-) Same here Dave -Brendan --- Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'morning all, Because I was taught from an early age, it's impolite to type with my mouth full, let me extend a sincere

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Damn, those are funny... David Savage wrote: I actually really like a good ad, the problem is most are crap. Here are 2 of my current fave's that are on the TV at the moment: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Z2gKT7B6Yfeature=related http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_RqrdRqAr1Q Cheers, Dave

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I hear it also makes potential sex partners more attractive. Just wear the goggles ... G On Nov 27, 2008, at 8:12 AM, PN Stenquist wrote: Those are great. Beer makes a lot of things possible, including good advertising. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Black Friday Pentax deals?

2008-11-27 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Cory Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not that I expect them from our friendly Neighborhood Pentax marketing folks (it is still plural, surely), but are there any deals out there for the holidays? Amazon: Buy a Pentax K20D DSLR, Get a Free Optio A40 Digital

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I've seen one or two episodes of Boston Legal while stuck in a motel room and too tired to read. Not bad. I'll pick up the series on DVD. Sports? on TV? Yuck. If I want to watch sports I go to the field or the race track. I catch an occasional motor racing event on the boob tube. Ball

Re: # of PDML Subscribers?

2008-11-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: mike wilson From: John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/11/26 Wed PM 06:19:02 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: # of PDML Subscribers? From: Steve Desjardins Yo Pavol. OK, let's just count off. One. forty two That's your answer to everything, isn't it?

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Savage I actually really like a good ad, the problem is most are crap. Here are 2 of my current fave's that are on the TV at the moment: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Z2gKT7B6Yfeature=related http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_RqrdRqAr1Q You'll never see anything like those on

Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'morning all, Because I was taught from an early age, it's impolite to type with my mouth full, let me extend a sincere wish that your day be filled with nature's bounty and, especially, true friends and loving

Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27 Thread John Sessoms
Like my ol' First Sergeant used to say, It's a great day to be above ground. Hope all y'all have a good one, whether it's a holiday where you live or not. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

PESO - Looking Outward for Inspiration?

2008-11-27 Thread frank theriault
I rather like the light in this one: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2008/11/looking-for-inspiration.html Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Name that bird

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
The Asahi Pentax Spotmatic. Simple straight forward elegant with clean lines no frills. Close second the LX with the FA2 finder. When you start to add accessory shoes to the prisms cameras begin to look more business like. and blocky in spite of what otherwise might be clean lines, well at

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen one or two episodes of Boston Legal while stuck in a motel room and too tired to read. Not bad. I'll pick up the series on DVD. Sports? on TV? Yuck. If I want to watch sports I go to the field or the race

Re: PESO - Looking Outward for Inspiration?

2008-11-27 Thread David J Brooks
Well titled. Interior is well lit, and a very good catch. Dave On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:56 PM, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I rather like the light in this one: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2008/11/looking-for-inspiration.html Comments welcome. cheers, frank --

Re: Black Friday Pentax deals?

2008-11-27 Thread Adam Maas
And that's a crop lens. So it would be one of the ways of saving $2000 dollars by running in DX crop mode. It sucks at 18mm on FF (Been there, done that with the Tokina on an F100, it's not anything approaching a solution for FF use). Truly good ultra-wide zooms for F mount come down to the 14-24

Re: PESO - Looking Outward for Inspiration?

2008-11-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
This one is interesting, Frank. You've got total darkness and total light. The gentleman in the chair sits right in the middle of the two; half in shadow, half in light. Nice. -Brendan --- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I rather like the light in this one:

Re: PESO - Looking Outward for Inspiration?

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Normally the blown out window would have bothered me, it's just too much of the frame, but you got it two work for you. frank theriault wrote: I rather like the light in this one: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2008/11/looking-for-inspiration.html Comments welcome. cheers, frank

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread P. J. Alling
David J Brooks wrote: On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen one or two episodes of Boston Legal while stuck in a motel room and too tired to read. Not bad. I'll pick up the series on DVD. Sports? on TV? Yuck. If I want to watch sports I go to

Re: OT: Mumbi Terrorism

2008-11-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Yes, fortunately it has been said in the news that Rabbi's toddler sun has been released in the morning. Subash wrote: On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:41:00 +0200 Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately I just read in our local news that they've found 40 or so bodies in one of the

Re: Name that bird

2008-11-27 Thread Dario Bonazza
MX forever! Dario (Small) size matters. Margus wrote: Well, yes, it is definitely ugly. Actually it well be used to illustrate an article about photo equipment curiosities. But lets vote the most beautiful film SLR for your eyes! (just the design of camera/lens, not it's technical

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread Cotty
On 26/11/08, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: the next time I'm in England, I hope I can buy you a pint and toast A pint and a pie would be better - yes I know, those silly Brits and their warm beer, 'n shit ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread Cotty
On 26/11/08, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Sure, Mr. AllMyTextIsWeenieLittleGifsThatAreImp ossibleToReadOnaBigMonitorButThat'sFineBecauseIuseAMacAndThatMakesMeSpecial. LOL Love it. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: OT - Canadian Meteor

2008-11-27 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:53:51AM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Nov 26, 2008, at 7:45 PM, John Francis wrote: Rather an exaggeration. There are ways to watch TV that don't involve watching a show at the time of broadcast. They're not free, of course (except for shows streamed over the

Re: Name that bird

2008-11-27 Thread John Francis
I think the Olympus OM-1 actually looked nicer than the MX On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 07:40:17PM +0100, Dario Bonazza wrote: MX forever! Dario (Small) size matters. Margus wrote: Well, yes, it is definitely ugly. Actually it well be used to illustrate an article about photo equipment

Re: # of PDML Subscribers?

2008-11-27 Thread ann sanfedele
Joseph McAllister wrote: OK. Another 90 minutes out of my ever shortening life. I went through the month of November and compared it to my address book. Now I have 111 cards. It should be illegal for people to have single names, or 'handles', that differ from their real names. And

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