RE: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread Bob W
I was so angry I was on the verge of cursing. Quite angry then? Sometimes I get so angry I almost purse my lips and frown. We should go on an anger management course together. :o) Sorry to hear about your grief with the digital world. There's a lesson there for all of us. I know I'm at risk

RE: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread Bob W
So if you ever see that it's gone you'll know I failed, and at that point you have carte blanche to roast me to a nasty, blackened crisp. or suggest you try again. been off since march 26 1999 but I have no idea how many times I quit and started again before that. its not

RE: 50 Famous Views of Paris

2009-02-12 Thread Bob W
Still, you have to keep trying: http://www.web-options.com/Paris2009/ Comments welcome. I know there are a few little typos in the captions, and odd tweaks to be done to some of the pictures. Bob lots of good stuff here! Thanks Ann. [...] all Elliot's ahd HCBs

Re: long lens lust

2009-02-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 08:59:25AM +0100, AlunFoto wrote: # evening proceeded. When the puffins returned they were almost # literally walking between our feet. IIRC, Tim has a good story about # that and an old German lady with a compact camera... :-) Tim, a puffin and an old German lady with a

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 08:27:56AM -, Bob W wrote: # Sorry to hear about your grief with the digital world. There's a lesson # there for all of us. I know I'm at risk big time, and keep putting off doing # something about it. My father had a poem taped to his computer monitor: I really hate

Re: long lens lust

2009-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/2/09, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: Tim Ø. Not O. Saturn, not Jupiter ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Very OT - Villeneuve vs. Arnoux, 1979

2009-02-12 Thread John Francis
He lost everything except one gear (5th?) IIRC. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:08:57AM -0500, Ken Waller wrote: Don't remember where or when but I recall Shoey losing a gear or two during the race and still winning. That sold me. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/2/09, Monica, discombobulated, unleashed: hat I'd given up several times, included 2 separate periods of a year each. Each time I went back to it was because I thought I could enjoy the pleasure of a cigar in a park on a beautiful spring day, and not get instantly addicted again. --

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread David Savage
ROTFL 2009/2/12 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: On 12/2/09, Monica, discombobulated, unleashed: hat I'd given up several times, included 2 separate periods of a year each. Each time I went back to it was because I thought I could enjoy the pleasure of a cigar in a park on a beautiful spring day, and

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/2/09, Evan Hanson, discombobulated, unleashed: 2 out of 10 of the CD's have failed. How do you know this? Did you try the CD's in the computer with the dead HD? Do they work in any other computer? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: OT - Very OT - Villeneuve vs. Arnoux, 1979

2009-02-12 Thread David Savage
Spanish GP @ Circuit de Catalunya. 2009/2/12 John Francis jo...@panix.com: He lost everything except one gear (5th?) IIRC. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:08:57AM -0500, Ken Waller wrote: Don't remember where or when but I recall Shoey losing a gear or two during the race and still winning. That

watching vs. doing

2009-02-12 Thread Larry Colen
The discussion of auto racing legends, has brought to mind another way in which I'm probably pretty weird, I've never really understood spectating. My bank account, or lack thereof, stands as testament to my being a bigger racing fanatic than the vast majority of race fans. LBA is cheap compared

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread m.9.wilson
Evan Hanson impossibletot...@earthlink.net wrote: I was so angry I was on the verge of cursing. Mark! (and my sympathies) -- 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: watching vs. doing

2009-02-12 Thread Rick Womer
I love looking at good photos (and even my own photos occasionally). I've gone well out of my way to see exhibits several times. Unfortunately, much of what is hanging on gallery walls should just be composted. I also don't have any appetite for the bottomless

Re: long lens lust

2009-02-12 Thread Tim Øsleby
2009/2/12 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Tim has a good story about that and an old German lady with a compact camera... :-) Jostein Do I? h ... I must be geting old :-) Unless you are thinking about the territorial german man and _his_ spot. But he was a he, not a she. -- MaritimTim --

Re: watching vs. doing

2009-02-12 Thread Beaker
Hi- I bought my first SLR (A black Yashica TL Electro X and 50mm f1.4 lens) from a Photo major in college. He enjoyed the process of photography enough that he would occasionally go out with and take pictures with no film in his camera. He did admit that it was a little weird. Cheers Mike On

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

2009-02-12 Thread Luiz Felipe
John, there are good advices galore, so I'm just fill in some points: It's not about our favorite photos - get the bride and groom favorites, and add things you like. They know your pics, right? Whatever you plan, someting different will happen. Sometimes not so different, but keep ready to

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

2009-02-12 Thread David Savage
Oh and remember, don't f^k it up because you only get one try. HTH Dave :-D 2009/2/12 Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br: John, there are good advices galore, so I'm just fill in some points: It's not about our favorite photos - get the bride and groom favorites, and add things you

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

2009-02-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
I've put some of my favorites (and the brides' favorites) on my web site gallery page. The site is here: http;//www.paulstenquist.com If you'd like to see the master's work go here: http://www.bigdayphoto.com This guy is also good: http://www.fotografz.com/ If you want to see what people in

Re: OT - Very OT - Villeneuve vs. Arnoux, 1979

2009-02-12 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:54 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: As you say, it depends on the era in which you got the bug. I got bitten early on, so I still think nostalgically of the days when drivers were gentlemen, not players. That's probably why I pick Jim Clark. Schumacher was a

Benefits of recession: PDML Book ships early

2009-02-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Apparently business is slow at Blurb.com because I was just notified that the PDML book, ordered just this past Saturday, has shipped and is due to be delivered tomorrow. I'll keep ya posted. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: 50 Famous Views of Paris

2009-02-12 Thread Fernando
Hi Bob, Just went through them, lots of great stuff there. I really like 21 and 48, but also 5, 2, 17, 22, 25. Thanks for posting On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: ...more or less. This is a selection of stuff from my weekend in Paris. Nothing brilliant,

Re: watching vs. doing

2009-02-12 Thread Bruce Dayton
I'm always looking at other's work. It is a source of learning and of ideas. It also helps identify new techniques and trends in the industry that I would be otherwise unaware of. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, February 12, 2009, 1:31:49 AM, you wrote: LC The discussion of auto racing

Re: Benefits of recession: PDML Book ships early

2009-02-12 Thread David J Brooks
Looking forward to your review Dave On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: Apparently business is slow at Blurb.com because I was just notified that the PDML book, ordered just this past Saturday, has shipped and is due to be delivered tomorrow. I'll keep

PESO - Peoplewatching

2009-02-12 Thread frank theriault
http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/02/peoplewatching-at-dusk.html At first it was called Guy watching, but then I noticed that one of the three walking away was wearing a skirt. ;-) Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson --

Re: PDML Book: Uploaded and underway

2009-02-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: On Feb 11, 2009, at 14:26 , David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: I'm probably only good for guarding the beer and campfire building. Could you all trust

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Christine and Marnie and everyone else who chimed in. It's been almost 2 months and most days are OK at this point. It does have it's moments. I spent most of Monday thinking about nothing else. The line in

Re: PDML Book: Uploaded and underway

2009-02-12 Thread m.9.wilson
Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: IF I were to get my shit together enough to attend the PDML GFM this year, what would it take? Fly into Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Roanoke? Who would be passing by and could pick me up? Need to bring my own tent etc.? Food?

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread David J Brooks
I'm suprised at the number of people i know, shooting digital, that do not back up their photos. Years sitting on a HD on a PC. I tell them of the vertues of back up drives and DVD's but fall on deaf ears. My old boss, at the survey company, lost years of family photos in 2007. Dave --

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread Scott Loveless
On 2/12/09, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: The biggest part of when i quit, was to keep my mind busy, But instead i just made toasted BTL sandwiches.:-) Yeah, I've put on a little weight. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008

Re: PESO - Peoplewatching

2009-02-12 Thread David J Brooks
Frank your framing in these street shots are very good. Dave On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:55 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/02/peoplewatching-at-dusk.html At first it was called Guy watching, but then I noticed that one of the three

Re: PDML Book: Uploaded and underway

2009-02-12 Thread Scott Loveless
On 2/12/09, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: On Feb 11, 2009, at 14:26 , David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: I'm probably only

Re: PDML Book: Uploaded and underway

2009-02-12 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: Hire onto a steamer through the Panama canal to New York. Hop a freight train out of NCY to Nashville. Walk and hitchhike the rest of the way, living off the land as you go. I think this is how Doug gets there. Ever since Dave and Frank spoiled the Canadian entry points,

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, I've put on a little weight. Every time you want to have a smoke, get on your bike... ;-) Seriously, Scott, keep it up. I used to smoke (I think I bummed a couple of yours @ GFM), and tried to quit many times.

Re: PESO - Kertesz in Toronto

2009-02-12 Thread m.9.wilson
Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Sometimes I see great work it's so motivating. Other times I see great work I think to myself, Who am I kidding? Mark! If nobody else already has. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:19:47 -0500 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Every time you want to have a smoke, get on your bike... ;-) funny thing there is that when I packed up for a century or double I included a pack of smokes for every 50 miles or so. I even had this brilliant

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

2009-02-12 Thread Christian
John Celio wrote: The wedding I'm shooting draws closer every day, and I get more and more nervous every time I think about it. It's just under a month away now. I'd like to ask for a little help: What are your favorite wedding photos? Photos you've shot, someone has shot of you, or

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

2009-02-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
John - You can get some good tips here - http://www.adorama.com/Catalog.tpl?op=academy_newarticle=070706 and David Ziser's blog has some decent tutorials, especially the ones for lighting. http://digitalprotalk.blogspot.com/ -p John Celio wrote: The wedding I'm shooting draws closer every

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread ann sanfedele
David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Christine and Marnie and everyone else who chimed in. It's been almost 2 months and most days are OK at this point. It does have it's moments. I spent most of Monday thinking about

Re: PESO - Peoplewatching

2009-02-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Frank, I look, but don't comment very often. I am drawn to this photo. There is something about the bench and shelter. The bench lines, the repeat of lines behind the seated figure, the light, the repeated window pattern in the top left... There is a real inside and outside world in this picture.

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:49 AM, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: snip Glad you like bike riding , and working in the darkroom -- all things that require you don't have a cig in you paw. snip You can certainly smoke whilst riding! Used to do it all the time. cheers, frank --

Re: Film-days

2009-02-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Dayton It is one thing to be hard nosed with existing customers, but with weddings, you are trying to get the booking. So what the brides are looking for is all this 'artsy' stuff. Quite honestly, it is more a female/male thing. Women are more into romantic, dreamy stuff and men

Re: PESO - Peoplewatching

2009-02-12 Thread Jack Davis
Girl, guy, girl watching.(?) Well caught, Frank. J --- On Thu, 2/12/09, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO - Peoplewatching To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 7:05 AM Frank your

Re: One of the best budget DSLRs available?

2009-02-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Dayton Even if Pentax makes a product to challenge the other makers, it is no challenge when it is so difficult to purchase. I just did a check in the Sacramento, California region to see if I could find a store that had one in stock. Seems that Pentax is all but gone from this

Re: long lens lust

2009-02-12 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: snipUnless you are thinking about the territorial german man...snip ...Memo from the department of redundancy... ;-) cheers, frank ps: attention to all our German friends: just joking. No offense intended. -f --

Re: ebay question

2009-02-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Adam Maas Pretty common eBay scam. Don't reply. Report to eBay (who is death on this sort of thing). Must have been some big changes at eBay recently. Used to be they didn't care who got screwed as long as they got their cut. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: February and January PUG

2009-02-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Joseph McAllister The year the Macintosh was released, 1984. So I guess it's 25 years for me. On Feb 6, 2009, at 23:25 , John Francis wrote: On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 12:02:23AM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Subash Subject: Re: February and January

Re: ebay question

2009-02-12 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:42:09AM -0500, John Sessoms wrote: From: Adam Maas Pretty common eBay scam. Don't reply. Report to eBay (who is death on this sort of thing). Must have been some big changes at eBay recently. Used to be they didn't care who got screwed as long as they got their

Re: One of the best budget DSLRs available?

2009-02-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bertil Holmberg This is where Pentax is going - to the places where they can reach lots of potential customers. We may not like it but it is where the money is and Pentax needs it to make new cutting edge cameras and lenses for the enthusiasts. I think the complaint here is

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread keith_w
Cotty wrote: On 12/2/09, Monica, discombobulated, unleashed: ...hat I'd given up several times, included 2 separate periods of a year each. Each time I went back to it was because I thought I could enjoy the pleasure of a cigar in a park on a beautiful spring day, and not get instantly

Re: OT - Obviously not a H2G2 fan

2009-02-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Peter Alling Say Luis how do you know if a politician is lying? Same way you know when a used car salesman or an Army recruiter is lying. -- 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

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread keith_w
Scott Loveless wrote: On 2/12/09, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: The biggest part of when i quit, was to keep my mind busy, But instead i just made toasted BTL sandwiches.:-) Yeah, I've put on a little weight. Don't let 'em tell you it's all psychological... Oh, it IS,

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread ann sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:49 AM, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: snip Glad you like bike riding , and working in the darkroom -- all things that require you don't have a cig in you paw. snip You can certainly smoke whilst riding! Used to do it all

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread Ken Waller
Sometimes I get so angry I almost purse my lips and frown. MARK ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Subject: RE: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now) I was so angry I was on the verge of cursing. Quite angry

Re: watching vs. doing

2009-02-12 Thread Ken Waller
I also don't have any appetite for the bottomless life-is-horrible-and-these-BW-prints-prove-it genre. Me three ! If you want some of that just turn your TV on. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com Subject: Re:

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread Evan Hanson
Cotty wrote: On 11/2/09, Evan Hanson, discombobulated, unleashed: 2 out of 10 of the CD's have failed. How do you know this? Did you try the CD's in the computer with the dead HD? Do they work in any other computer? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:45 PM, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: You can certainly smoke whilst riding! Used to do it all the time. cheers, frank Well, the few times I rode a bike I sure couldnt :-) ann the klutz I'm sure you're not a klutz. All ya have to do when smoking on a

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

2009-02-12 Thread Ken Waller
Would also help to ask the bride groom before hand if they have any specific shots they'd like. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br Subject: Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos John, there are good

Re: Auto 110 lenses on G1

2009-02-12 Thread John Sessoms
It shows a photo of the adapter, and it doesn't look like it has any kind of adjustable aperture. The Auto 110 lenses don't; f/2.8 is all you get. From: Peter Alling Interesting, the Auto 110 lenses don't have aperture rings if I remember correctly so the adapter must be supplying one. I

Re: watching vs. doing

2009-02-12 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 5:31 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: I love looking at good photos (and even my own photos occasionally). I've gone well out of my way to see exhibits several times. Unfortunately, much of what is hanging on gallery walls should just be composted. I also

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread Ken Waller
I'm suprised at the number of people i know, shooting digital, that do not back up their photos. Possible an indication of how much they value their images ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re:

Re: PDML Book: Uploaded and underway

2009-02-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: On 11/2/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: BTW: Also included at no extra charge is my annual Saturday morning Attic Window Peak photo excursion. Bring your hiking boots. Don't bring your fear of heights! The man speak the truth

Update on DA* 16-50 Autofocus Problem

2009-02-12 Thread jtainter
Last night I tested the new lenses for focus adjustment. The DA* 50-135 benefited from a -1 adjustment. No big deal. To my surprise, the DA* 16-50 needed no focus adjustment. Today I took the DA* 16-50 outside again to see if it still has the problem of not autofocusing to infinity at 16 mm. I

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread Scott Loveless
On 2/12/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:45 PM, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: You can certainly smoke whilst riding! Used to do it all the time. cheers, frank Well, the few times I rode a bike I sure couldnt :-)

Re: February and January PUG

2009-02-12 Thread Ken Waller
In another time, when cigarettes were $0.25/pack, my brother brought home a seabag full of cartons of Camels, upon his release from a stint in the Navy. He had recently broke up with his fiancée and proceeded to go through that seabag full of cigarettes in a few weeks time. I was 13 or 14 at

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:43 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I'm sure you're not a klutz. All ya have to do when smoking on a bike is to let is dangle out the corner of your mouth. All the smoke and ashes are blown over your shoulder, into the face of the bike behind

Re: PDML Book: Uploaded and underway

2009-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/2/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: By the way: Did you ever finish that video? I did a 5 minute version that i was going to use for pitching, but work keeps getting in the way... I think you've seen it. When I get some spare time I'll put it up again... -- Cheers, Cotty

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/2/09, keith_w, discombobulated, unleashed: Cotty wrote: On 12/2/09, Monica, discombobulated, unleashed: ...hat I'd given up several times, included 2 separate periods of a year each. Each time I went back to it was because I thought I could enjoy the pleasure of a cigar in a park on a

Re: February and January PUG

2009-02-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:12 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Back then cigarettes only cost $.25 a pack and you could get them from vending machines. You could support the habit picking up pop bottles from the side of the road and taking them to the grocery store for the

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/2/09, Evan Hanson, discombobulated, unleashed: What really gets me is that Apple knew that they had a batch of seagate drives prone to self destruction and didn't warn us. Evidently the arms have a habit of smashing the heads into the platters destroying the data. I've got just the thing

Re: PDML Book: Uploaded and underway

2009-02-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Hire onto a steamer through the Panama canal to New York. Hop a freight train out of NCY to Nashville. Walk and hitchhike the rest of the way, living off the land as you go. I think this is how Doug gets

Re: PDML Book: Uploaded and underway

2009-02-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/12/09, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: On Feb 11, 2009, at 14:26 , David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:11

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

2009-02-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:05 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: Oh and remember, don't f^k it up because you only get one try. Not with most of my friends. Dave HTH Dave :-D -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada --

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: I've got just the thing for you: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary Even better: http://is.gd/iYLg (this is the one that Wheatfield posted yesterday, filled with profanities, so if yer

PESO - Jericho snowfall

2009-02-12 Thread Rick Womer
Two more from one of our three snowstorms last week. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8582550size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8582555 I know that all of you from places like Michigan and Alberta and Scandanavia won't be impressed, but it was pretty and brought Oxford to a

Re: PESO - Jericho snowfall

2009-02-12 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Two more from one of our three snowstorms last week. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8582550size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8582555 I know that all of you from places like Michigan and Alberta

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

2009-02-12 Thread ann sanfedele
Christian wrote: John Celio wrote: The wedding I'm shooting draws closer every day, and I get more and more nervous every time I think about it. It's just under a month away now. I'd like to ask for a little help: What are your favorite wedding photos? Photos you've shot, someone has

Re: Update on DA* 16-50 Autofocus Problem

2009-02-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
That's pretty much how my 16-50 behaved when autofocusing to infinity through the window. Haven't tried it outdoors. But my lens performs beautifully for everything I do. I'll have to remember to check focus with a manual twist if I shoot something at infinity, but that's a rare case for

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

2009-02-12 Thread ann sanfedele
Ken Waller wrote: Would also help to ask the bride groom before hand if they have any specific shots they'd like. I just wrote that in a separate more longwinded post ;-) I'd say it is essential. ann Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message -

RE: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread Bob W
On 12/2/09, Monica, discombobulated, unleashed: hat I'd given up several times, included 2 separate periods of a year each. Each time I went back to it was because I thought I could enjoy the pleasure of a cigar in a park on a beautiful spring day, and not get instantly addicted

Re: watching vs. doing

2009-02-12 Thread Rick Womer
Frank, your pix =definitely= do not fall into the bottomless genre. They are excellent. Salgado is a great photographer, but is in the bottomless genre. Agency VII has brilliant photographers, most of whom shoot color, but most of their stuff is in the bottomless category too. W. Eugene

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread Scott Loveless
On 2/12/09, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: rotfo Monica rotfo? Oh, my. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: watching vs. doing

2009-02-12 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Frank, your pix =definitely= do not fall into the bottomless genre. They are excellent. I was pretty certain you weren't referring to me, but thanks for confirming that. ;-) Salgado is a great photographer, but is in

Re: PESO - Jericho snowfall

2009-02-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Rick, Still like those bikes! Keep warm. Bob S. On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Two more from one of our three snowstorms last week. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8582550size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8582555 I know that

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Feb 12, 2009, at 07:04 , David J Brooks wrote: I'm suprised at the number of people i know, shooting digital, that do not back up their photos. Years sitting on a HD on a PC. I tell them of the vertues of back up drives and DVD's but fall on deaf ears. My old boss, at the survey company,

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Evan Hanson impossibletot...@earthlink.net wrote: I've got four computers here and the two bad CD's won't work on any of them. What really gets me is that Apple knew that they had a batch of seagate drives prone to self destruction and didn't warn us.

Re: You win some, and you lose some

2009-02-12 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: It's simple. Improvement relies on practice. One of the best motivations for practice is having a new toy, such as a lens, to play with. So new lenses improve my photography by getting me to take more pictures. I guess my

Re: ebay question

2009-02-12 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:42 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Adam Maas Pretty common eBay scam. Don't reply. Report to eBay (who is death on this sort of thing). Must have been some big changes at eBay recently. Used to be they didn't care who got screwed as long as

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 11, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Evan Hanson wrote: So last night the hard drive on my 2.5 year old mac died. Don't even get me started on the fact that Apple knew the seagate drive used on my mac was prone to failures. Can happen to any individual piece of hardware. I buy Seagate drives

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

2009-02-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I shot weddings in 1974-5. I did candids, all BW, with a Nikon F and two lenses (35mm, 85mm). The pro who booked the gigs did all the color, posed work in medium format. The clients seemed to really like my BW candids, although they never liked the particular photos I liked. But I hate

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

2009-02-12 Thread Christian
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: But I hate weddings and don't like to shoot them ... I feel my distaste for the event become too evident in photographs I take. now those pictures I gotta see! :-) -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: 50 Famous Views of Paris

2009-02-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 11, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Bob W wrote: Overall, what I see is that you need to get closer ... use more intimate distances ... with your people shots. It'd be easier if I could figure out which bloody framelines I was supposed to be using, and if the M8 respected the framelines

Re: PESO: Cemetary Mary

2009-02-12 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Here's one with the 135 f/2.5 I shot this afternoon in the local cemetary: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3262153424 I liked the way that lining her up with a boquet on one of the other graves gave her a halo. I

Re: Survey: Your Favorite Wedding Photos

2009-02-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 12, 2009, at 12:24 PM, Christian wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: But I hate weddings and don't like to shoot them ... I feel my distaste for the event become too evident in photographs I take. now those pictures I gotta see! :-) Unfortunately, most of those negatives went to the

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Adam Maas On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Evan Hanson impossibletot...@earthlink.net wrote: I've got four computers here and the two bad CD's won't work on any of them. What really gets me is that Apple knew that they had a batch of seagate drives prone to self destruction and

Re: Smokin'

2009-02-12 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: On 12/2/09, Monica, discombobulated, unleashed: hat I'd given up several times, included 2 separate periods of a year each. Each time I went back to it was because I thought I could enjoy the pleasure of a cigar in a park on a beautiful spring day, and not get instantly

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
Evan - DISCLAIMER: Not a Mac user, don't know anything about the Mac OS and processor lineage. But... I just had a HD problem on a Windows box and thought my data was gone. I even took the drive out and tried to see the data using a USB adapter to another Windows machine. Out of ideas,

Re: That's it I'm Done with Digital (for now)

2009-02-12 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 3:54 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Adam Maas On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Evan Hanson impossibletot...@earthlink.net wrote: I've got four computers here and the two bad CD's won't work on any of them. What really gets me is that

Re: PDML Book: Uploaded and underway

2009-02-12 Thread Joseph McAllister
I thank you all for filling me in on the ins outs (especially) of PDML GM. Marnie, Frank, David J., Scott, Cotty, Mark, AnnSan, and Bob. I will be consulting my financial advisor (me) to see if we can afford this jaunt on my fixed income, and what lenses I'll have to wait on purchasing

Re: PDML Book: Uploaded and underway

2009-02-12 Thread Scott Loveless
On 2/12/09, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: I thank you all for filling me in on the ins outs (especially) of PDML GM. Marnie, Frank, David J., Scott, Cotty, Mark, AnnSan, and Bob. I will be consulting my financial advisor (me) to see if we can afford this jaunt on my fixed

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