Re: Stupid test

2009-06-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Probably not, but my previous e-mail accounts worked that way and I can be a creature of habit, and I'm an engineer, the definition of which is: Someone who'll spend two man weeks to devise a method to do a 5 minute task preformed once a month in one minute... or words to that effect. This

Re: Stupid test

2009-06-03 Thread P. J. Alling
steve harley wrote: they whom i call P. J. Alling wrote: Well now I the PDML messages I send in my Thunderbird inbox. I had to set up another G-mail account, a couple of filters, and use about triple the bandwidth or more to get them, but the end result looks the way I want it to. perhaps

PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-03 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All, Your opinion is needed: which of these shots work for you, and which don't, and (if possible) - why. http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7077.jpg http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7077-2.jpg http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7077-3.jpg

RE: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread Bob W
it's because as we get older, and as this little blue ball continues its voyage through the darkness, infinity gets closer and closer. Bob -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of webstertwenty...@gmail.com Sent: 03 June 2009 03:44

Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity! it's because as we get older, and as this little blue ball continues its voyage through the darkness, infinity gets closer and closer. When we are young, our decisions are few, our

RE: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread David Savage
Oooohhh I like that. So much so I'm going to steal it. DS -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Wednesday, 3 June 2009 3:20 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to

Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: RE: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity! Oooohhh I like that. So much so I'm going to steal it. Interesting that it's when I'm stinking drunk the Aussies find me brilliant. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

RE: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread David Savage
You make no sense the rest of the time. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Wednesday, 3 June 2009 3:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity! -

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-03 Thread AlunFoto
2009/6/3 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: In all your shots, I'm a bit bothered about the specular highlights. Flash? http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7077.jpg I think this one conveys the droplet pretty well. The arched highlight at the top defines the droplet very nicely, and

Re: Stupid test

2009-06-03 Thread AlunFoto
2009/6/3 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: I don't like stupid machinery deciding what I can and cannot do. You know, P. J., I think there have been people around saying roughly the same thing ever since the wheel was invented. :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: Quick GFM Gallery

2009-06-03 Thread Cotty
On 2/6/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: We arrived at judging HQ on Sunday morning to find one of the GFM employees had equipped the stools at the judges table with fake bearskin rugs from the gift shop (presumably as a reasonable substitute for ermine). They also left some chocolate

Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread Tim Øsleby
I just had a similar problem with my K-500/4,5. It was unable to focus at infinity. Maybe a bit soft at other focus distances too, but infinity was the main problem. I fiddled with it, and discovered that the front part of the lens had unscrewed itself, moving the front element forward. It was

Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread Christian
Bob W wrote: it's because as we get older, and as this little blue ball continues its voyage through the darkness, infinity gets closer and closer. h if the universe is expanding wouldn't infinity be getting farther and farther? -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ --

Re: 300mm AF lens

2009-06-03 Thread David Mann
On Jun 3, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: David Mann wrote: A previous owner of my F*300 had taken some heavy machinery to the foot to reduce its height. Yikes! I like the foot because it gives me a good handhold when I'm not using the monopod. With IS, it's an eminently

Re: Autopano let loose

2009-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6/3/09, Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote: Rob, in a fast scan I can't see those stitching errors. For an automated process, looks good. Hi Team, Thanks to all that commented (and those that didn't), I think I may now be encouraged enough to make an effort to turn the

Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands

2009-06-03 Thread David Mann
On Jun 3, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: One thing I have noticed is that the directional pad, because of the larger LCD, is moved farther to the right, and I'm having some slowness in getting used to that. I think I'd like that. I occasionally bump the pad with my nose on my K10D

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Igor, among the first pack none works for me. I'll explain why. The way you chose to frame the droplets is so that there is no sense of dropping down. So all of them are more like statement of the fact without much additional merit. From the second pack the last one is most interesting. Mainly

Re: OT - Oz is a big place.

2009-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 5/28/09, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Good to hear from you Rob! And thanks for the phone number. Somebody was wondering about cell-phone reception at GFM - now we have a valid number we can use to test and compare different carriers... You guys are all talk ;-) -- Rob

The cost of buying locally

2009-06-03 Thread Leon Altoff
HI All, I want to buy a couple of lenses. I've priced them locally and via mail order from BH. If I buy locally it will cost me an extra AU$900 (after GST, shipping and currency exchange, etc). That's over half a K7! The disadvantage is a USA warranty so I would have to ship it over if

Re: GESO: The New Generation

2009-06-03 Thread Christian
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Just as my heart was hardening, on Sunday the spring fawns made there appearance. Who can get angry at such cute critters? http://danmatyola.blogspot.com/ http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9283867size=lg That first one is a classic -- Christian

Re: The world's greatest Pentax service has just gone down the drain. :-(

2009-06-03 Thread Bong Manayon
:-| We can only dream of good service here in the Philippines ... where Pentax bodies are assembled(!). If something goes wrong and it get sent off to Japan! Bong 2009/6/3 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de: My K10D has contracted a focussing problem. Optimum sharpness in the viewfinder and

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Leon, may I please remind you the ill-fated DA* 16-50/2.8? On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Leon Altoff leon.alt...@gmail.com wrote: HI All, I want to buy a couple of lenses.  I've priced them locally and via mail order from BH.  If I buy locally it will cost me an extra AU$900 (after GST,

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-03 Thread David Savage
My second 31mm (black) went tits up 2 weeks after I picked it up. Warranty's are good. Cheers, Dave 2009/6/3 Leon Altoff leon.alt...@gmail.com: HI All, I want to buy a couple of lenses.  I've priced them locally and via mail order from BH.  If I buy locally it will cost me an extra AU$900

Re: OT - Big Changes

2009-06-03 Thread AlunFoto
2009/6/3 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Which Tom or is any Tom good enough?  What about Dick and Harry? Why, a metric Tom, of course. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Infinity cant get farther away, its already Further than than the farest. J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net ) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christian Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 5:13 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6/3/09, Leon Altoff leon.alt...@gmail.com wrote: I like to support my local traders and importers, but $900 is a lot of money and for something that is not likely to go wrong having an international warranty is not much of a justification for spending it. Does anyone have reasons for me

Re: Quick GFM Gallery

2009-06-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: On 2/6/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: We arrived at judging HQ on Sunday morning to find one of the GFM employees had equipped the stools at the judges table with fake bearskin rugs from the gift shop (presumably as a reasonable substitute for ermine). They also left

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-03 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Leon Altoff leon.alt...@gmail.com wrote: I want to buy a couple of lenses. I've priced them locally and via mail order from BH. If I buy locally it will cost me an extra AU$900 (after GST, shipping and currency exchange, etc). That's over half a K7! Is that including customs duties,

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-03 Thread Leon Altoff
Hi Rob, I am considering SDM lenses - 17-70 and 60-250. If they will price match or at least come close I will happily give them my money. Do you know who I need to contact or can you point me to the original thread? The time to buy is soon given the state of our dollar and the US dollar.

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-03 Thread Leon Altoff
Hi Ralf, There are no customs duties on photographic gear in Australia. There is a 10% GST if the value is over AU$1,000 (including shipping) which this would be. This makes bringing things in from overseas into Australia interesting as it can work out cheaper to pay several lots of shipping

PESO - iridiscent camouflage

2009-06-03 Thread AlunFoto
In blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/iridiscent-camouflage.html Direct to image: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_VWBjZjc1fI4/SiQYWS8cvTI/Ajo/W2qNPxXGUCU/s1600-h/20090531-0011.jpg or: http://turl.no/3ug It's been a while since I took insect macros. CC most appreciated. Jostein --

Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread P. J. Alling
I would have thought that as the universe expanded infinity got further away... Bob W wrote: it's because as we get older, and as this little blue ball continues its voyage through the darkness, infinity gets closer and closer. Bob -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net

Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread P. J. Alling
I had a problem like that with the M* version of this lens, the entire front element group would unscrew and come entirely off. I never had unsharp photos from it. because when I noticed it start to come un screwed, I could just tighten it up again. The A* is solidly connected. I'm not sure

Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Christian wrote: Bob W wrote: it's because as we get older, and as this little blue ball continues its voyage through the darkness, infinity gets closer and closer. h if the universe is expanding wouldn't infinity be getting farther and farther? Damn Christian beat me to it. I could

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-03 Thread Doug Franklin
Leon Altoff wrote: Has anyone ever had a lens go faulty under warranty? Not a Pentax lens, though I did have a Sigma lens come undone internally. They fixed it as quickly as Pentax has fixed the cameras I've had to send in. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6/3/09, Leon Altoff leon.alt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rob, I am considering SDM lenses - 17-70 and 60-250. If they will price match or at least come close I will happily give them my money. Do you know who I need to contact or can you point me to the original thread? The time to buy is

Re: GESO 2009 - Greek Festival, San Jose - GDG

2009-06-03 Thread Brian Walters
An enjoyable set and nicely rendered. I like it that you've captured people behind the scenes and others simply enjoying themselves rather than concentrating on pure spectacle. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

Re: Peso Tree and plowed field

2009-06-03 Thread Brian Walters
That's really nice as it is but it would be interesting to see the shadow effects on those furrows in more angled light. Well seen. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:54

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-03 Thread P. J. Alling
The VAT is usually the difference price. Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Leon Altoff leon.alt...@gmail.com wrote: I want to buy a couple of lenses. I've priced them locally and via mail order from BH. If I buy locally it will cost me an extra AU$900 (after GST, shipping and currency

Re: Quick GFM Gallery

2009-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6/3/09, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery13/ More later, maybe. Gotta catch up on a lot of things that were left undone while I was away at the mountain. There's some poster prints in them thar falls! Very nicely captured in pixels!

Re: PESO - Fixed Gear at Dusk

2009-06-03 Thread Brian Walters
On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:09 -0400, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I felt like I was really in a rut this past weekend using my 28-105 zoom, so just for the fun of it I stuck my old 19mm Vivitar manual focus on and had a blast! Sometimes trying something a little different is

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6/3/09, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: The VAT is usually the difference price. The 55/1.4 currently costs AU$1,599.00 (inc 10% GST) from one of the better web/brick-n-mortar suppliers, that's a measly US$1,299.00 at todays rates. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel

Re: GFM shots from Ted

2009-06-03 Thread Mark Roberts
tbei...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Figured how to put a few shots on my site: http://www.beilbyvisualarts.com/id7.html Very nice stuff, indeed! Did you also experience the best shots taken after 3:00 p.m. Saturday phenomenon? ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Photographers recollections - Tiananmen

2009-06-03 Thread Cesar
Came across this on the NY Times. Four different photographers - four different views of the man against the tank - their recollections of the moment... http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/behind-the-scenes-tank-man-of-tiananmen/?hp Cesar Panama City, Florida -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: GESO: The New Generation

2009-06-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Unfortunately, I posted those images on an old blog I haven't used for a long time, and it cut off the right side of all the images. I hope this is better: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?webtag=djm1963 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-03 Thread William Robb
Title is self explanatory. Does anyone know what it is? http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/mysterycar.html Thanks William Robb -- 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

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-03 Thread Christian
William Robb wrote: Title is self explanatory. Does anyone know what it is? http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/mysterycar.html Thanks William Robb Rusty _ Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO: The New Generation

2009-06-03 Thread Luiz Felipe
Very interesting photos - really liked them, the first is my favorite. You live in a very interesting place, Daniel. Keep posting... LF Daniel J. Matyola escreveu: Last week, I spent a lot of time on my little rose garden in front of our house. I pruned and fertilized the surviving rose

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-03 Thread Scott Loveless
On 6/3/09, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Title is self explanatory. Does anyone know what it is? http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/mysterycar.html Do you have a better picture of the emblem on the grill? That could potentially be helpful. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since

Re: GESO: The New Generation

2009-06-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I live in New Jersey. If you have ever watched The Sopranos or The Real Housewives of New Jersey, then you know just how interesting. Thanks for looking, and thanks for your kind comments. Yes, the first image is the best, but I like the last two because that is the way I most often see them --

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-03 Thread mike wilson
William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Title is self explanatory. Does anyone know what it is? http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/mysterycar.html Thanks What does the badge on the side say? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - iridiscent camouflage

2009-06-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very nice image and a very interesting insect. Dab On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:13 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: In blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/iridiscent-camouflage.html Direct to image:

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 38, Issue 29

2009-06-03 Thread tbeilby
snip -- Message: 7 Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:00:49 -0400 From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Subject: Re: GFM shots from Ted To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Message-ID: 3usc25tmct0obb3q71pt366gc9p5uf2...@4ax.com Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-03 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jun 3, 2009, at 6:06, Leon Altoff wrote: The disadvantage is a USA warranty so I would have to ship it over if anything went wrong. Has anyone ever had a lens go faulty under warranty? I've only ever owned ONE lens that had a warranty.. and I used it. My DA* 16-50 had a screw go loose in

Re: Home from GFM

2009-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:40 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Bob Sullivan Not enough deer butt in that one... On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:54 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Cory Waters Forgot an a there... Stef is A natural. ?REALLY good mushroom

Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread mike wilson
P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Which begs the question, does anyone have experience with a reputable and capable repair service that has the equipment to columnate a lens properly after tearing it down for repair? Collimate. I hate to think what columnation would do

Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
PJ, I can recommend Eric Hendrickson also known as Pentaxrepair on the internet. He's an experienced Pentax repair guy from Chicago now retired in Tennessee. http://pentaxs.com/index.html Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:11 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I thought

Pentax 67 - More waterfall shots

2009-06-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Just got a roll of slide film scanned in. Here are a few 67 shots of the same waterfall you've probably seen before: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/waterfall/ No cropping or exposure compensation (not even Levels or Curves adjustments yet). These are just what you'd see if you put thePrintFile

Re: Chris Pound from Pentaximaging - no nonsense promo vid on K-7

2009-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
It does look a bit smaller than the K10D but bigger than the istD which was to small for me. I find the K10D and the D200 just about right for my sausage fingers.:-) I stopped the video just before the end, but i would be concered about flash capabilities. I have trouble with the K10D and 360,

Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands

2009-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
Any one try it with a flash.?? Dave On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Desjardins, Steve wrote: Doug, How does it feel in your hands?  I was very fond of the *ist D and DS but less so of the K10D.  I'm kind of hoping for a cross between the *ist D and the

Re: Peso Tree and plowed field

2009-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: That's really nice as it is but it would be interesting to see the shadow effects on those furrows in more angled light. Well seen. Cheers Brian Yes, i agree. I drove by this morning, and the tree is looking more

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:01 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Title is self explanatory. Does anyone know what it is? Well used.?? Dave http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/mysterycar.html Thanks William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Pentax 67 - More waterfall shots

2009-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
05, 06 and 10 look great. Dave On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Just got a roll of slide film scanned in. Here are a few 67 shots of the same waterfall you've probably seen before: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/waterfall/ No cropping or exposure

Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:43 PM, webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Just what the subject says.  I was out walking with a relatively full kit and I spied what I thought was a Cormorant, but turned out to be what looked like a diving duck of some kind.  I mounted the the F 1.7x adapter and the

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Igor, I like the 5th shotof the 1st batch the best. There seems to be a bit of extra sharpness to the flower. Having the drop in sharp focus is great, but I need more of the flower itself in sharp focus. Also, the white highlights are a bit distracting. Can you simplify the background? Regards,

Re: GESO: The New Generation

2009-06-03 Thread Luiz Felipe
Spent almost two weeks in the area one winter looong ago, mostly indoors in bed... and found no deer around, only people - granted, some people are strange indeed. :-) Other than that I kept to that wild and dangerous island nearby, patches of NC, GA, FL, SC, NE and DF... and never staying as

Re: PESO - iridiscent camouflage

2009-06-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jostein, Always a nice image when you get the stripes on the antenna! I appreciate how the iridescence is mirrored in the leaf. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:13 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: In blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/iridiscent-camouflage.html Direct

Re: Pentax 67 - More waterfall shots

2009-06-03 Thread Bruce Walker
Mark Roberts wrote: Just got a roll of slide film scanned in. Here are a few 67 shots of the same waterfall you've probably seen before: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/waterfall/ No cropping or exposure compensation (not even Levels or Curves adjustments yet). These are just what you'd see if

Re: GESO: The New Generation

2009-06-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Well, they are mostly a threat to flowers and shrubs, but they are also host to deer ticks, which spread Lime disease. That has been a major health concern around here, and a lot of people I know have been affected -- by being infected. My township hire hunters to thin our the local herd in the

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-03 Thread Bruce Dayton
Looks like a 2 year old Chrysler PT Cruiser - Of course, this one is in better shape than most... :) -- Bruce Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 7:01:13 AM, you wrote: WR Title is self explanatory. Does anyone know what it is? WR http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/mysterycar.html WR Thanks WR

Re: Pentax 67 - More waterfall shots

2009-06-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Oh so nice... On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Just got a roll of slide film scanned in. Here are a few 67 shots of the same waterfall you've probably seen before: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/waterfall/ No cropping or exposure compensation (not

Re: Autopano let loose

2009-06-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Rob, It's good to have you back! Lynn and I still talk of the tour of Sydney you gave us one night. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:34 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/3/09, Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote: Rob, in a fast scan I can't see those

Re: Pentax 67 - More waterfall shots

2009-06-03 Thread Jack Davis
All good stuff, Mark. Beautifully exposed! I gave a positive review of what was either 3309 or 10 when posted earlier. I did, however, feel the slightest twinge of guilt for not grading it down a nit notch for the OOF foreground leaves. Silly I suppose, but that piece of log debris in the

Re: Pentax 67 - More waterfall shots

2009-06-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: All good stuff, Mark. Beautifully exposed! I gave a positive review of what was either 3309 or 10 when posted earlier. I did, however, feel the slightest twinge of guilt for not grading it down a nit notch for the OOF foreground leaves. Silly I suppose, but that piece of log

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-03 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 08:01:13AM -0600, William Robb wrote: Title is self explanatory. Does anyone know what it is? http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/mysterycar.html Thanks William Robb CarGeek It's a 1949-1953 Ford Prefect E493A

GESOs- just a pop-rock concert...

2009-06-03 Thread Bong Manayon
Sigh (GFM envy...) stuck with events and cookie cutter portraiture projects except for a recent pop-rock concert which makes life interesting: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/sets/72157618957762781/ The fun part is I got to shoot with my son Khalil who was in his environment (like I'm

Re: Chris Pound from Pentaximaging - no nonsense promo vid on K-7

2009-06-03 Thread John Francis
The K-7 is deeper than the *ist-D (although mostly because the hand grip is significantly larger), but aprt from that it's practically the same size (a mere 2mm wider and higher). If you felt the *ist-D was too small, you might feel the same way about the K-7. On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 10:46:17AM

Re: Pentax 67 - More waterfall shots

2009-06-03 Thread jdavisf8
Oh, I see. Hadn't considered the breeze to have been the problem. Their proximity to the camera and the fact that I don't see it in any other area, lead me to that conclusion. WRT the log, guess I just bother more easily. ;-) Jack --- On Wed, 6/3/09, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:

RE: PESO - iridiscent camouflage

2009-06-03 Thread John Whittingham
Great capture, nice OOF background too. Regards, John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of AlunFoto [alunf...@gmail.com] Sent: 03 June 2009 13:13 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - iridiscent camouflage In blog:

Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity! Christian wrote: Bob W wrote: it's because as we get older, and as this little blue ball continues its

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-03 Thread Joseph McAllister
Either of these two appeal to me more than the rest, because the water droplet is the center of attention, and has a better image contained therein. On Jun 2, 2009, at 23:22 , Igor Roshchin wrote: http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7084.jpg

Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread Joseph McAllister
Recorded in my list of quotes with depth and meaning. Thanks. Or something. Should that be a Mark? On Jun 3, 2009, at 00:20 , William Robb wrote: When we are young, our decisions are few, our choices infinite. The more we choose, the more we limit our choices. Infinity becomes finite,

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Francis Subject: Re: OT: help identifying this car On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 08:01:13AM -0600, William Robb wrote: Title is self explanatory. Does anyone know what it is? http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/temp/mysterycar.html Thanks William Robb

Re: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Jun 3, 2009, at 02:13 , Christian wrote: Bob W wrote: it's because as we get older, and as this little blue ball continues its voyage through the darkness, infinity gets closer and closer. h if the universe is expanding wouldn't infinity be getting farther and farther? You are

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-03 Thread Ken Waller
None of the two batches work for me ;+{ You've included too much distracting background, although the second batch is somewhat better in this regard. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org Subject: PESO - water droplet

Re: PESO - iridiscent camouflage

2009-06-03 Thread Ken Waller
Nice capture, but I'd crop out about a third from the LH edge giving some room to the antennae. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - iridiscent camouflage In blog:

Re: Chris Pound from Pentaximaging - no nonsense promo vid on K-7

2009-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:40 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: The K-7 is deeper than the *ist-D (although mostly because the hand grip is significantly larger), but aprt from that it's practically the same size (a mere 2mm wider and higher). If you felt the *ist-D was too small, you

Re: Pentax 67 - More waterfall shots

2009-06-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
All very nice. Excellent work! Paul On Jun 3, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Jack Davis wrote: --- On Wed, 6/3/09, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Subject: Pentax 67 - More waterfall shots To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, June 3,

RE: SMC A* 300mm f4.0 no longer focuses to infinity!

2009-06-03 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Today, I would define infinity in Pentax terms as The number of years remaining before Pentax releases A full frame DSLR camera J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net ) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 38, Issue 29

2009-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:32 AM, tbei...@sbcglobal.net wrote: snip You better believe it! I don't think I had recovered from the night before till after 3:00 PM. I felt I was trying to force myself to do the work for the contest, but then I would remember raising my hand and vowing to: Not

Re: GESO: The New Generation

2009-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
Nice to see. The first and last ones are good. Dave On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately, I posted those images on an old blog I haven't used for a long time, and it cut off the right side of all the images.  I hope this is better:

Re: GESO: The New Generation

2009-06-03 Thread Joseph McAllister
Interesting. The first time I looked at these photos on the old blog, they were fine. Now when I go back to see what you meant by it cut off the right side they are in fact cut off. Hm… On Jun 3, 2009, at 06:56 , Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Unfortunately, I posted those images on an old

Re: PESO - iridiscent camouflage

2009-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
Love the colours in this and how you have the head and antenna infront of the other leaf, to hi lite that feature. Dave On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:13 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: In blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/iridiscent-camouflage.html Direct to image:

Re: Pentax 67 - More waterfall shots

2009-06-03 Thread Ken Waller
Nice set. I like 3306 the best. Is that a 100% viewfinder on the 67 ? Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Subject: Pentax 67 - More waterfall shots Just got a roll of slide film scanned in. Here are a few 67

Re: GESO 2009 - Greek Festival, San Jose - GDG

2009-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
Very nice gallery and well rendered. Dave On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: A small set of street photos from the Greek Festival at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in San Jose: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157619035288055/ All

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-03 Thread tbeilby
Please don't put down PT''s, my five year old PT made the trip to GFM without a hiccup. Don't want it's feelings hurt. Ted snip -- Message: 6 Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 08:17:40 -0700 From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com Subject: Re: OT: help identifying this

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-03 Thread Adam Maas
Say what you will about the PT's mediocre design, build or handling, but they lasted as long in Chrysler's catalog for a reason. Useful design and a reasonable balance between reliable and cheap to fix. The PT's arguably the best cheap car of the last decade, especially at current pricing. -Adam

Re: Pentax 67 - More waterfall shots

2009-06-03 Thread tbeilby
Mark, I prefer 7d903308. The exposure looks perfect to me and you can do what you want with it in post. I really like your composition and the tonal range is outstanding. My only problem is, and not just your shots but everyone I know of, is the lack of a new way to represent or capture the

RE: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-03 Thread J.C. O'Connell
The funny part it was aimed at car buffs and young adults But failed there and instead it became a big hit with the silver haired retirees crowd J.C. O'Connell ( mailto:hifis...@gate.net ) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of

Re: got the K7 in my hot little hands

2009-06-03 Thread tbeilby
I saw a few shots done with the onboard. Close ( 2-3 ft), no hot spots, blown highlights, ok, if you want to use the onboard. I would think a dedicated flash would fare as well or probably better. I do know that once it was in my hand, my hand didn't want to release it's grip. Fit my hand like

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