RE: GESO: Itty Bitty Soccer Stars

2009-06-04 Thread Bob W
Grace played soccer this year. Her team was composed of all four-year olds. The first couple of games focused mainly on getting them to kick the ball in the right direction, but by the fifth and last game, they were actually playing the game. Our record was 2 and 3, but all the

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

2009-06-04 Thread Bob W
Put a drop of finger-nail polish across the joint when the front piece is screwed all the way tight. It'll stop it from working out again, but all you need is regular finger-nail polish remover if you ever do want to take the front piece off. Hmm. Never thought of that - thanks

Re: GESO: Itty Bitty Soccer Stars

2009-06-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Paul, it so happens that I am going to photograph slightly different event today, but Galia is taking part and as usual (being official class photog of her class) I am aiming for something just like you did - sweet memories of those good old days when were young and our hearts were the open

RE: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Bob W
Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Task Manager in the first place, and I wouldn't have clicked on the End Task button. It is a regrettable feature of many modern systems that they constantly ask you if

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread mike wilson
Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: It is much like buying those jeans that are already worn with holes in them as new. This is just doing the same for a car - you can pay new price for a car that looks like it has already rusted away. :) :) -- Best regards, Bruce

UK guys, beware (price hike)

2009-06-04 Thread Thibouille
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=32041151 Move fast if you need to. :( -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML

Re: Pentax 67 - More waterfall shots

2009-06-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Some seriously hateful stuff. Brilliant, Mark, just brilliant. On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:46 PM, 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:

Re: PESO - iridiscent camouflage

2009-06-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Unless you require me to nitpick, I see nothing particularly wrong with this image. May be the only thing is that the point of interest is almost in the center of the frame... Though here it does not distract at all. On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 3:13 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: In blog:

Re: GESOs- just a pop-rock concert...

2009-06-04 Thread Boris Liberman
I am afraid Bong, your son outshot you fairly and squarely. His images pack much more emotion and expression than yours. Hope you take no offense in this comment. Boris On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: Sigh (GFM envy...) stuck with events and cookie

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

2009-06-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Bong, you live only one degree of relation distance from the real source of enlightenment ;-). Shame on you... Ralf, perhaps it is time you changed your camera anyway? I realize it may no be the most pleasant thing to do, but none the less... On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Bong Manayon

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-04 Thread mike wilson
Paul Ewins paulew...@optusnet.com.au wrote: FWIW, Vanbar is advertising the K7 for AU$1545 (US$1238), so it is just the new lenses that are outrageously expensive. Interesting. I just looked at the biggest retailer in the UK to see if it was listed there - and it no longer stocks

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-04 Thread Leon Altoff
Hi Rob, Well the e-mail and all the maths has been sent (I didn't have time this morning unfortunately). I'll let you know what the offer and how it goes. Wish me luck. Leon 2009/6/3 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: On 6/3/09, Leon Altoff leon.alt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Rob, I am

Re: PESO: Feet

2009-06-04 Thread Derby Chang
Paul Stenquist wrote: DA* 60-250, f6.7 @ 1/1500, ISO 400, 60mm. Continuous autofocus on K20D. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9278935size=lg Late coming to this one, but that is one of the most joyous pics I've seen in a while. Excellent D -- der...@iinet.net.au

Re: Peso, Birds

2009-06-04 Thread Derby Chang
Larry Colen wrote: Went to Pete's for lunch today and birds were nesting in the tile roof. I put the 18-250 on, snapped a few shots, and went in for lunch. After lunch, I was wishing I had a better lens with me (like my bigma) when I remembered I had the A* 200/2.8 in the trunk. I lamented how

GESO - Ali Baba

2009-06-04 Thread Sasha Sobol
I made few photos at Ali Baba performance. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/sets/72157619138275457/ All actors are kids as you can see. Comments and critique are welcome! Thanks, --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

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

2009-06-04 Thread Sasha Sobol
Eric is great, he helped me with similar problem. Some ring was slightly bent and it was repairable. Probably your have the same problem. Most likely you dropped or hit the lens. --S On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Put a drop of finger-nail polish across the

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

2009-06-04 Thread Peter Loveday
Hmm. Never thought of that - thanks for the idea. The lens hood on my Voigtlander 28/2 Ultron keeps unscrewing itself and falling off. I've twice had to retrace my steps looking for it in the last couple of weeks. I'd been toying with the idea of superglue, but recent unhappy experiences of

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

2009-06-04 Thread Cory Waters
If you don't like it, please send that one down here to me. I'll find a home for it somewehre. CW On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:36 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: 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

Re: GESO: Itty Bitty Soccer Stars

2009-06-04 Thread Jack Davis
All involved should be grateful you were there to thoroughly record the action and feeling of the day. Pro level stuff, Paul. Jack --- On Wed, 6/3/09, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: GESO: Itty Bitty Soccer Stars To:

Re: The cost of buying locally

2009-06-04 Thread David Savage
Good luck. :-) Cheers, Dave 2009/6/4 Leon Altoff leon.alt...@gmail.com: Hi Rob, Well the e-mail and all the maths has been sent (I didn't have time this morning unfortunately).  I'll let you know what the offer and how it goes. Wish me luck. Leon 2009/6/3 Rob Studdert

Re: GESOs- just a pop-rock concert...

2009-06-04 Thread Derby Chang
Bong Manayon wrote: 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

Re: GESOs- just a pop-rock concert...

2009-06-04 Thread Bong Manayon
No offense at all! Like I said...its now his element/territory (I'm getting old this...). Bong :-) On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: I am afraid Bong, your son outshot you fairly and squarely. His images pack much more emotion and expression than yours.

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Christian
paul stenquist wrote: The 300 was a great car, snip and the styling which came strictly from Chrysler design studios. If not heavily borrowed from Bentley. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

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

2009-06-04 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Ralf, perhaps it is time you changed your camera anyway? I realize it may no be the most pleasant thing to do, but none the less... It still isn't quite clear if this is a camera problem or related to my no-line glasses in which case a change of camera

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Christian
John Sessoms wrote: Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Task Manager in the first place, and I wouldn't have clicked on the End Task button. Yesterday a DBA asked me if there was any way to recover a file that he

Re: PESO - Savagenator

2009-06-04 Thread David Savage
T2 is one of my all time fave movies. Will report my thoughts on the new movie ASAP. Cheers, Dave 2009/6/4 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: The second one is the best, IMO. Send us your reviews. Dave On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:52 PM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 08:28:10AM -0400, Christian scripsit: John Sessoms wrote: Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Task Manager in the first place, and I wouldn't have clicked on the End Task button. Yesterday

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Christian
Graydon wrote: On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 08:28:10AM -0400, Christian scripsit: John Sessoms wrote: Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Task Manager in the first place, and I wouldn't have clicked on the End Task

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 09:18:19AM -0400, Christian scripsit: Graydon wrote: On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 08:28:10AM -0400, Christian scripsit: John Sessoms wrote: Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Task Manager in

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Scott Loveless
On 6/3/09, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Daimler also seriously decontented the Chrysler cars interiors and was repsonsible for absolutely gutting the smaller FWD platforms. Sit in a 300M and a pre-2008 300C sometime. The interior of the 300M is significantly better than even the current

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread paul stenquist
At great cost to Chrysler. The retooling alone was enough to bankrupt most companies. Paul On Jun 3, 2009, at 10:35 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: Daimler did away with the cab-forward design philosophy and predominance of front-wheel-drive that was prevalent at Chrysler and started the trend

Re: GESO: Itty Bitty Soccer Stars

2009-06-04 Thread Scott Loveless
On 6/3/09, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Grace played soccer this year. Her team was composed of all four-year olds. The first couple of games focused mainly on getting them to kick the ball in the right direction, but by the fifth and last game, they were actually playing the

Re: OT PESO - Juggernaut

2009-06-04 Thread mike wilson
John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: mike wilson David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All Speaking of trains: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3545844358/ Direct link (~100kb)

GESO - A great project !!! (not mine) - GDG

2009-06-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
My buddy Jack did a little project for the students at Stanford U ... So cool! http://gallery.me.com/ojack#100337view=gridbgcolor=blacksel=0 enjoy! Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: GESO: Itty Bitty Soccer Stars

2009-06-04 Thread Mark Roberts
paul stenquist wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=915175 Great stuff, Paul! Lisa and I sometimes go running in Schenley park here in Pittsburgh and one of our favorite things to watch there is kids' soccer practice. You've really captured the spirit of it here. -- PDML

Re: Geso Jays in the yard

2009-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I'm so anal, I would have just published -09 (which is truly great) and nuked the rest, which merely tell a nice little story.  I like it that other people like David will give you the whole roll (For you young 'uns, by

Re: UK guys, beware (price hike)

2009-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
I did not do that well in my grade 12 economics's class(but i did pass it) but wouldn't it make more sense in hard times, to lower the prices a bit, to drive sales, then bump them back up when things get better.?? Dave On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 4:32 AM, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Pentax lenses at GFM

2009-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
The shot of Bill and his glasses looks very crisp Bob. Looks like the lens is a winner, just to damn expensive for us part timers.:-) Dave On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Here are some photos with the new DA60-250/4, the DA200/2.8, and the DA55/1.4.

67 vibration myth video

2009-06-04 Thread Scott Loveless
Bill Robb's video about the 67 vibration myth has been up at http://pdmlpug.org/?page_id=12 for quite some time. After yesterday's discussion I decided to convert it to mp4 from MOV. Both versions are now available. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008

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

2009-06-04 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6/4/09, Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de wrote: And quite frankly I wouldn't know what to buy instead. The German Pentax service now is just as bad as the mess we've been having with Canon for years and there's no hope of anything full format from Pentax in the foreseeable future. I

Re: Pentax lenses at GFM

2009-06-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
Expensive for us retirees as well Dave... On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:04 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: The shot of Bill and his glasses looks very crisp Bob. Looks like the lens is a winner, just to damn expensive for us part timers.:-) Dave On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:23 PM,

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

2009-06-04 Thread David Savage
2009/6/4 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: On 6/4/09, Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de wrote: And quite frankly I wouldn't know what to buy instead. The German Pentax service now is just as bad as the mess we've been having with Canon for years and there's no hope of anything full

Re: 67 vibration myth video

2009-06-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Scott Loveless Subject: 67 vibration myth video Bill Robb's video about the 67 vibration myth has been up at http://pdmlpug.org/?page_id=12 for quite some time. After yesterday's discussion I decided to convert it to mp4 from MOV. Both versions are now

Re: UK guys, beware (price hike)

2009-06-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: Re: UK guys, beware (price hike) I did not do that well in my grade 12 economics's class(but i did pass it) but wouldn't it make more sense in hard times, to lower the prices a bit, to drive sales, then bump them back up when things

RE: UK guys, beware (price hike)

2009-06-04 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Depending on the business model, some of which have Margins less than 10%, you could never make up dropping Your prices 10%, you'd be losing money on every sale. It all depends on how much you have already trimmed Your margins down. Pricing and competion is complex interaction, there Are no

Re: UK guys, beware (price hike)

2009-06-04 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 09:27:16AM -0600, William Robb wrote: Everything I learned about pricing, I learned from Klaus Bohn, a particularly talented and successful portrait shooter who makes his home in Moose Jaw, of all places. Heres what he said: If you drop your prices 10%, you need a

Re: GESOs- just a pop-rock concert...

2009-06-04 Thread Bong Manayon
Thanks! They're just quick samples; tabloids here in the Philippines have a nasty habit of grabbing photos of mildly famous persons off wherever they find them... On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Bong Manayon wrote: Sigh (GFM envy...) stuck with events

PESO - Gooderham Nights

2009-06-04 Thread Adam Maas
I so rarely get a chance to post an actually on-topic PESO here, but here goes. It's probably my favourite building, The Gooderham Building. This is the oldest Flatiron type building still in existence and arguably the first real Flatiron. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/3595734702/

Re: PESO - Gooderham Nights

2009-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
That angle works quite well. It also seems to hide a lot of the wires around. Dave On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: I so rarely get a chance to post an actually on-topic PESO here, but here goes. It's probably my favourite building, The Gooderham Building. This

Re: GESO: Itty Bitty Soccer Stars

2009-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: All involved should be grateful you were there to thoroughly record the action and feeling of the day. Pro level stuff, Paul. Just imagine how good those would be if you had a Pro camera, eh Paul :-) For some reason, i

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 08:57:31PM -0400, John Sessoms scripsit: Why does Task Manager ask me if I want to end a task? If I hadn't wanted to end the task, I wouldn't have opened Task Manager in the first place, and I wouldn't

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows But you might have clicked End Task on the *wrong* task, and the dialogue is giving you a chance to save yourself from this grim fate. Mine end when ever they feel like it.

Re: GESO - A great project !!! (not mine) - GDG

2009-06-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: My buddy Jack did a little project for the students at Stanford U ... So cool! http://gallery.me.com/ojack#100337view=gridbgcolor=blacksel=0 Fun stuff! Is there any kind of explanation as to what's going on? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Luiz Felipe
Well, to protect you from yourself... If you end the process and explode your system you may suit MS - of course you will lose and turn into a pauper. So your friend MS will ask you three times if you're sure of doing ANYTHING in your MS pee-cee. They know best. LF John Sessoms escreveu:

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Scott Loveless
On 6/4/09, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows But you might have clicked End Task on the *wrong* task, and the dialogue is giving you a chance to save yourself from this

Re: PESO - iridiscent camouflage

2009-06-04 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks everyone for your comments. I agree with Ken and Boris that the composition isn't optimal. The shot is made with snap-in focus, which dictates use of the centre focus point. Didn't cross my mind to make a crop there and then. Thanks for the good reminder. :-) Jostein 2009/6/4 Boris

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/3/09, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Daimler also seriously decontented the Chrysler cars interiors and was  repsonsible for absolutely gutting the smaller FWD platforms. Sit in a  300M and a pre-2008 300C sometime.

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Scott Loveless
On 6/4/09, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Being 6'3 Cab Forward was an absolute godsend to me, my 94 Eagle Vision is still one of the most comfortable cars I've ever sat in. The full-size LH's were not small-people cars though, no bones about it. The Japanese, designing for a fairly small

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: Jeep should not have anything with a uni-body chassis. Ever. You've probably never gotten over them adding electric start, have you? ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: OT: help identifying this car, MOPAR

2009-06-04 Thread Larry Colen
My '96 1-ton Dodge Van is pushing 200,000 miles, though I've only put about 120,000 on it in the 8 years I've owned it. I did have to replace the transmission a year or so ago. The fuel injected 360 gets about 13mpg around town and about 10mpg towing. It's been a while since I've checked but it

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Scott Loveless
On 6/4/09, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: Jeep should not have anything with a uni-body chassis. Ever. You've probably never gotten over them adding electric start, have you? ;-) I almost bought an Enfield a few years back. Not because I thought it was

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: The worst part is they stuck Jeep with the damned thing too. Jeep should not have anything with a uni-body chassis.  Ever. -- Scott Loveless The best Jeep product of the last 30 years is Unibody. I speak of the

Re: PESOs: down the stairs and a portrait

2009-06-04 Thread Luiz Felipe
Very interesting images, Luka. Can't choose one as best, since they're kind of different but I like them. Good perception on the stairs - that's not easy to do. LF Luka Knezevic-Strika escreveu: down the stairs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamoneki/3591090140/ Pentax K10d - DA*16-50

PESO 2009 - 085, 086, 087 - GDG

2009-06-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Three more from the Contax Tix ... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3370/3593995915_5307fe069a_o.jpg 085 - Protection - Sunnyvale 2009 flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/3593995915/ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2013/3594803350_550c60b6d0_o.jpg 086 - Light Peeks Through -

Re: Redbud rebirth

2009-06-04 Thread Luiz Felipe
Interesting set - at a glance I'd choose #3 or #4 - the clear patch in the background being the problem with them. #4 without the stone - or whatever it is - would be my favorite. LF tbei...@sbcglobal.net escreveu: Playing in my front yard a few minutes ago. Comments wanted. I know which I

Re: Quicktime...

2009-06-04 Thread Luiz Felipe
Clearly Apple is some religion... now once upon a time there was a difference - long ago, before they all started using the same hardware. Granted, their OS is better than windows - but then, what isn't??? :-) LF Joseph McAllister escreveu: Apple has released QuickTime 7.6.2, which addresses

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: On 6/4/09, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: Jeep should not have anything with a uni-body chassis. Ever. You've probably never gotten over them adding electric start, have you? ;-) I almost bought an Enfield a few years back. Not

Re: PESO - Savagenator

2009-06-04 Thread Luiz Felipe
That would be Alien vs. Predator? Last Tango in Paris?? Bambi??? LF David Savage escreveu: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3592874923/ K20D DA 21mm Guess which movie I'm excited about seeing tomorrow. :-D Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Geso Jays in the yard

2009-06-04 Thread Luiz Felipe
Very interesting set, David - my fave is jay6-7649, even while I found the tree's expression very good on the last. LF David J Brooks escreveu: Spent some time between bus runs this past two days, sitting out the back, and watching wild life. Not mine, the birds and squirrels.:-) Just a

RE: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Malcolm Smith
Sorry Bill, No idea what it is - have I missed the identifying post? On another OT car subject, does anyone know of a website or publication which lists cars (new and old) by dimension? I really want to find a list of cars no wider than 66 inches - a Google search proved fruitless. Malcolm --

Re: GESO: Itty Bitty Soccer Stars

2009-06-04 Thread Luiz Felipe
Great moments Paul - my fave as image would probably (still working so this is a first view) be the fourth - 9286993. I believe every year is unique - my son is 7, and that's precisely as amazing as last year, as the year before... he's just a little harder to carry home after we're tired.

Re: Peso, Birds

2009-06-04 Thread Luiz Felipe
Interesting set Larry, make mine the first - unusual but I like it more than the others. Your fave is very interesting too, but for me the wings are too blurred (?). LF Larry Colen escreveu: Went to Pete's for lunch today and birds were nesting in the tile roof. I put the 18-250 on, snapped

Re: PESO 2009 - 085, 086, 087 - GDG

2009-06-04 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 11:19:19AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Three more from the Contax Tix ... http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3370/3593995915_5307fe069a_o.jpg 085 - Protection - Sunnyvale 2009 flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/3593995915/

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Malcolm Smith Subject: RE: OT: help identifying this car Sorry Bill, No idea what it is - have I missed the identifying post? Ford Prefect from the late 40s, early 50s. John Francis gets the canoe on this one. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Christian
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Malcolm Smith Subject: RE: OT: help identifying this car Sorry Bill, No idea what it is - have I missed the identifying post? Ford Prefect from the late 40s, early 50s. John Francis gets the canoe on this one. William Robb Funny

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Christian
Christian wrote: William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Malcolm Smith Subject: RE: OT: help identifying this car Sorry Bill, No idea what it is - have I missed the identifying post? Ford Prefect from the late 40s, early 50s. John Francis gets the canoe on this one.

RE: Quicktime...

2009-06-04 Thread Bob W
Clearly Apple is some religion... now once upon a time there was a difference - long ago, before they all started using the same hardware. Granted, their OS is better than windows - but then, what isn't??? :-) I'm reliably informed that Marburg Disease isn't. Bob -- PDML

RE: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Malcolm Smith
William Robb wrote: Ford Prefect from the late 40s, early 50s. John Francis gets the canoe on this one. Ah! The only one I've seen has been highly modified by a different generation (V8 Jaguar auto box). So that's what they really look like. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: 67 vibration myth video

2009-06-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: Bill Robb's video about the 67 vibration myth has been up at http://pdmlpug.org/?page_id=12 for quite some time. After yesterday's discussion I decided to convert it to mp4 from MOV. Both versions are now available. I'll keep quiet about the 90-degrees thing. :) -- PDML

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

2009-06-04 Thread Thibouille
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:46 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I stopped the video just before the end, but i would be concered about flash capabilities. I have trouble with the K10D and 360, but very few problems with the D200 and SB800 Dave AFAIK PTTL protocol has't evolved and

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread David Mann
On Jun 5, 2009, at 12:28 AM, Christian wrote: Yesterday a DBA asked me if there was any way to recover a file that he did rm on a linux system. sometimes the Are you sure you want to do that? prompts are a good thing. :-) We have such a prompt set up on our production system at work. If

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread John Mullan
I share your pain. While I am only 5'8, I have very short legs and a very tall torso, sitting next to my 6'7 friend on a bench, I am as tall as he is. Finding a vehicle that fits me is hard. As a general rule, if it has a sunroof, I cannot fit (except maybe when the sunroof is open if it is

Consumer Reports on cool cameras

2009-06-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
For those who do not live in the US, Consumer Reports is published by Consumers Union, the world's largest independent consumer product testing organization. The cover story of the July 2009 issue of Consumer Reports is entitled: Cool Cameras -- best point-and-shoots SLRs of 77 we tested (some

Re: Consumer Reports on cool cameras

2009-06-04 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 05:26:21PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: True, more expensive Canon and Nikon models are rated higher that the Optio M50 overall, and Nikon and Canon top the Advanced SLR category, in which the K20 ranks 6 out of 6, but that ain't bad at all for a little company

Re: Consumer Reports on cool cameras

2009-06-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
OOOPS! Obviously, I meant K-7, not D-7. I have got to start proof-reading before I hit Send! Dan On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 05:26:21PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: True, more expensive Canon and Nikon models are rated

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Larry Colen
Warning, extreme geekage follows. If you don't speak bash, just skip it. On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 08:52:46AM +1200, David Mann wrote: On Jun 5, 2009, at 12:28 AM, Christian wrote: We have such a prompt set up on our production system at work. If you're already really sure you can use rm -f

Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows

2009-06-04 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Jun 4, 2009, at 10:24 , Scott Loveless wrote: On 6/4/09, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: Re: OT: Something I don't understand about windows But you might have clicked End Task on the *wrong* task, and the dialogue is

Pentax sightings... (and a GESO)

2009-06-04 Thread Charles Robinson
I went to a concert at a small club on Monday evening. John Vanderslice and Tallest Man on Earth. I only saw two other DSLRs in there besides mine - both were K200Ds! The one woman who was standing right next to me was shooting with the K200D and an old f1.7/50mm-A lens. Towards the end

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Jun 4, 2009, at 11:30 , Mark Roberts wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: On 6/4/09, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: Jeep should not have anything with a uni-body chassis. Ever. You've probably never gotten over them adding electric start, have you? ;-) I

GFM--One

2009-06-04 Thread Christine Aguila
(Probably best to read this with a wink ;-) and a smile :-) all the way through.) When we drove into the campsite after registration, we 1st saw Cotty Stef setting up camp, and I was a little disappointed because I thought Cotty would be taller. I asked him if he knew the directions to

Re: PESO - Savagenator

2009-06-04 Thread David Savage
GzI thought it was obvious: Scarface!! :-) Dave 2009/6/5 Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br: That would be Alien vs. Predator? Last Tango in Paris?? Bambi??? LF David Savage escreveu: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3592874923/ K20D DA 21mm Guess which movie I'm

Re: GFM--One

2009-06-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Aguila wrote: Darrel I joined PDML Central with a bottle of Glenfiddich in hand. I poured snorts for the takers. Oh yes, I forgot to thank you for the Glenfiddich! Much appreciated :) *any Jane Austen fans? See Pride and Prejudice. Do you have the new version? You know, the one

Re: GFM--One

2009-06-04 Thread Christine Aguila
Darrel I are partial to the BBC version done probably in the late 70s. We've rented newer versions, but we never finish watching them--they are pretty stinky in our view. - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent:

Re: GFM--One

2009-06-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/6/09, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: I was just so damn glad it got up. Ne'er a truer word was spoken ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

RE: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Bob W
You and Subash could have started a Pentax/Enfield owner's club! My Enfield. http://vcrai.com/Lee-Enfield_Rifle.jpg that's what we used to shoot at school. I was a teenage marksman! Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: GFM--One

2009-06-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/6/09, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Darrel I joined PDML Central with a bottle of Glenfiddich in hand. I poured snorts for the takers. There we met Cotty (I think Stef was sleeping), Stan, Gonz, Ted, Matt, Cory, Scott, Doug, Mark, and John--all really, really nice folk.

OT - When a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Debates

2009-06-04 Thread Joseph McAllister
From todays New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/arts/design/04abroad.html?themc=th To see something is to face the prospect of becoming inured to it, even if only slightly. Photographs reveal horrors to which they also accustom viewers. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread David Savage
2009/6/5 Christian christ...@skofteland.net: William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Malcolm Smith Subject: RE: OT: help identifying this car Sorry Bill, No idea what it is - have I missed the identifying post? Ford Prefect from the late 40s, early 50s. John Francis gets

Re: GFM--One

2009-06-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Aguila wrote: *any Jane Austen fans? See Pride and Prejudice. Do you have the new version? You know, the one with the zombies? Darrel I are partial to the BBC version done probably in the late 70s. We've rented newer versions, but we never finish watching them--they are pretty

Re: Quicktime...

2009-06-04 Thread Doug Franklin
Bob W wrote: Granted, their OS is better than windows - but then, what isn't??? :-) I'm reliably informed that Marburg Disease isn't. Windows is /bound/ to be better than a muriatic acid enema. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

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