Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't know what to do about that. It's a free file sharing and syncing site. Everybody using that service gets a public link that begins files.getdropbox.com/u/ followed by a unique identifier. My public folder is 1 6 0 4 2 4 7. I know I haven't uploaded any Malware but if someone else

RE: More on K7 electronic tilt feature

2009-08-05 Thread Chris Mitchell
Yes, they look this tilted in the viewfinder. Chris -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Anthony Farr Sent: 05 August 2009 05:06 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: More on K7 electronic tilt feature It's a pretty

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:50 -0400, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: It was the only appropriate title... http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20deathtakesaholiday.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6 I got the

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Doug, I've been poking around the getdropbox forums looking for this issue and it seems that Google Chrome was reporting it as a problem about a month ago. What browser are you using? I'll post a question there and see what answer I get. Doug Brewer wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: It was the

RE: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread Bob W
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 01:14:14AM -0400, P. J. Alling wrote: It was the only appropriate title... http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20deathta kesaholiday.html Brilliant title. It looks like with the poor economy he's fretting about the possibility of a down

Re: awkward family photos

2009-08-05 Thread Cotty
On 4/8/09, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: In so many of these photos, I can see the clever idea they had, as well as why it went wrong: http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com LOL. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

RE: I'm bacccckkkkkk!!!

2009-08-05 Thread John Coyle
Welcome back Marnie - and you just enumerated all the reasons why they'll have to take me out of where I live kicking and screaming, or in a wooden box! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eactiv...@aol.com Sent:

Re: Dream Cruise Blog in NY Times

2009-08-05 Thread Cotty
On 4/8/09, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: The best time for viewing the cruise is the friday night preceding the event. That would be August 14. On cruise day, the street gets clogged with the SUVs and minivans of spectators. Still fun, because there's a lot of food and bands and

Re: I'm bacccckkkkkk!!!

2009-08-05 Thread Cotty
On 4/8/09, eactiv...@aol.com, discombobulated, unleashed: The hardest thing was getting the turkey poop stains out of the concrete on the patio Oh I pay well for a good vintage turkey poop stain. Breaks the ice at parties ;-) Welcome back Marnie. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: I'm bacccckkkkkk!!!

2009-08-05 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Anyway, I am back. Now, that's good news. Nice to see you back on again, Marnie. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web :

The difference in Post Processing

2009-08-05 Thread Larry Colen
My friend Candice saw the night lightning shots I got about a month ago and told me to give her a copy of the raw files. Here's the difference between my quick and dirty in lightroom, and someone who knows what she's doing in photoshop: flickr gallery

RE: The difference in Post Processing

2009-08-05 Thread Bob W
My friend Candice saw the night lightning shots I got about a month ago and told me to give her a copy of the raw files. Here's the difference between my quick and dirty in lightroom, and someone who knows what she's doing in photoshop: flickr gallery

Re: How precise is your K-7's spirit level?

2009-08-05 Thread David Mann
On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:11 PM, William Robb wrote: Check it with a known accurate level. Count how many dits out it is. Use that mark as your level mark. It's not rocket science. I'm so glad I have such low standards. Sounds like too much hard work. Just rotate your lens in its mount by a

Re: More on K7 electronic tilt feature

2009-08-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 05/08/2009, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: It's a pretty useless feature if it can't outperform the naked eye. I could do better at midnight after a sixpack of Boag's Premium. Or two. Does anyone remember Rob Studdert's complaint about the 'twisted' sensor in his K10D. I

Noise test target

2009-08-05 Thread Larry Colen
I just built a fixture for doing noise tests. The glue is drying, it's being held in place with masking tape, but shots of the setup as I was building the light trap and target board are posted at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157621826942359/ (They are quick and dirty shots, with

Re: Noise test target

2009-08-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 05/08/2009, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I just built a fixture for doing noise tests. The glue is drying, it's being held in place with masking tape, but shots of the setup as I was building the light trap and target board are posted at:

Re: Noise test target

2009-08-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 08:09:33PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: On 05/08/2009, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I just built a fixture for doing noise tests. The glue is drying, it's being held in place with masking tape, but shots of the setup as I was building the light trap and target

was (What's your K7D spirit level)?

2009-08-05 Thread Roman Melihhov
My K7D spirit level is low. I'm skipping it for the sake of 645D perhaps. I got K20D and now Toshiba Camileo H20 $200 for full HD video capturing. It does great job and uses same SDHC memory cards I have purchased in various sizes... just my 2¢ Roman.

Re: Interesting exhibition coming up

2009-08-05 Thread mike wilson
Joseph McAllister wrote: On Aug 4, 2009, at 15:53 , Bob W wrote: Starting in October: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8184122.stm Bob BBC News has to hire a new editor soon. Never seen such crap in one article. He said: Its invention in the opened up a whole

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread Jack Davis
Ideal title! Alert catch. Jack --- On Tue, 8/4/09, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO -- Death takes a holiday To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 10:14 PM It was the only

Re: Noise test target

2009-08-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 05/08/2009, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: That is indeed where I got my inspiration for the light trap. It's very tempting, but at $54, it's a fair chunk of change. It's not cheap but it's very utilitarian and must admit that I did sacrifice a Kodak gray card and a white reference

Getting ready for the web.

2009-08-05 Thread David J Brooks
Hey gang. The D200 files look WAY better when shot in RAW, so i have been using this for the past few weeks. I have run into a snag when getting them ready for my web site. Doing one or two for photo dot net is one thing, but getting 150 files ready for the web is another. Jalbum does not allow

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread David J Brooks
I get an attack warning when i click on the site. Dave On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:14 AM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: It was the only appropriate title... http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20deathtakesaholiday.html Equipment:  Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA

Re: I'm bacccckkkkkk!!!

2009-08-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: Welcome back! Straight in at number one: Well, the list is endless and rather nauseating. Mark! Actually, I had The hardest thing was getting the turkey poop stains out of the concrete as the winner from that post. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Noise test target

2009-08-05 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:01 AM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: What I'd love is a program that I could give a JPEG, or a PEF and get back a measurement of the SNR, though I suspect with images you are interested in both the amplitude of the noise, and the percent of pixels that have that

Re: A series 200mm F4* Macro

2009-08-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 04/08/2009, Peter camera.ja...@bluebottle.com wrote: Someone was looking for one of these and I have no clue who it was.. Rob in Oz? It was a while back so forgive my unerring inaccuracy. It's not a very pretty example, think KEH bgn grade for the cosmetics, but it will be fairly

Re: Getting ready for the web.

2009-08-05 Thread Doug Franklin
David J Brooks wrote: I have run into a snag when getting them ready for my web site. Doing one or two for photo dot net is one thing, but getting 150 files ready for the web is another. [...] Anything i can do to get the conversion process to under an hour.?? Shoot less? :-) -- Thanks,

Re: The difference in Post Processing

2009-08-05 Thread Doug Franklin
Larry Colen wrote: Here's the difference between my quick and dirty in lightroom, and someone who knows what she's doing in photoshop: flickr gallery http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157621826796513/ Mine: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/3790961517_792f82b65f_b.jpg Hers:

Ultra Macro Alternatives - was RE: A series 200mm F4* Macro

2009-08-05 Thread J.C. O'Connell
For anyone looking for cheap but ultra perfomance long macro setups (135mm-210mm range) on a budget, I would highly recommend a bellows setup and using a top quality enlarging lens as a taking lens. Yes a bellows is bulky, awkward, slow to work with, usually manual exposure, ususally manual

Re: The difference in Post Processing

2009-08-05 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 5, 2009, at 4:37, Bob W wrote: My friend Candice saw the night lightning shots I got about a month ago and told me to give her a copy of the raw files. Here's the difference between my quick and dirty in lightroom, and someone who knows what she's doing in photoshop: flickr gallery

RE: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread Desjardins, Steve
Good shot, shot and title combined is great. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 1:14 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO -- Death takes a holiday It was the only appropriate

Re: The difference in Post Processing

2009-08-05 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:30 AM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: Here's the difference between my quick and dirty in lightroom, and someone who knows what she's doing in photoshop: Each has some aspects I prefer, but at least on my uncalibrated work monitor, I like your color balance a lot

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:00 -0400, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I get an attack warning when i click on the site. Yes - I'm now getting the warning too now. I've checked the Dropbox forums and the workaround while they sort things out is to change the URL in Peter's link to:

Re: The difference in Post Processing

2009-08-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: The difference in Post Processing My friend Candice saw the night lightning shots I got about a month ago and told me to give her a copy of the raw files. Here's the difference between my quick and dirty in lightroom, and someone

RE: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling It was the only appropriate title... http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20deathtakesaholiday.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6 I'm getting the following warning: Reported Attack Site! This web site at files.getdropbox.com

RE: The difference in Post Processing

2009-08-05 Thread Desjardins, Steve
I feel your pain. ;-p Her version is overprocessed, but I think most folks (not from the PDML) would prefer the vivid look of her version. The use of PS has shifted tastes in that direction. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of

Re: Getting ready for the web.

2009-08-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
You could try exporting from Lightroom as full size jpegs. Jalbum may resize them faster than making Lightroom do a two step process. Just a suggestion. That's the way I do it, 'cause my SO wants the full size jpegs to share w/family and friends on Snapfish. I haven't compared the times to

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: RE: PESO -- Death takes a holiday From: P. J. Alling It was the only appropriate title... http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20deathtakesaholiday.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6

Re: I'm bacccckkkkkk!!!

2009-08-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Welcome back, Marnie! -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Getting ready for the web.

2009-08-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson Subject: Re: Getting ready for the web. You could try exporting from Lightroom as full size jpegs. Jalbum may resize them faster than making Lightroom do a two step process. Just a suggestion. That's the way I do it, 'cause my SO wants

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread Doug Brewer
P. J. Alling wrote: I don't know what to do about that. It's a free file sharing and syncing site. Everybody using that service gets a public link that begins files.getdropbox.com/u/ followed by a unique identifier. My public folder is 1 6 0 4 2 4 7. I know I haven't uploaded any Malware

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread Doug Brewer
P. J. Alling wrote: Doug, I've been poking around the getdropbox forums looking for this issue and it seems that Google Chrome was reporting it as a problem about a month ago. What browser are you using? I'll post a question there and see what answer I get. Firefox 3.0.11 -- PDML

Re: OT: Dream Cruise Blog in NY Times

2009-08-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Cool! On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Paul Stenquistpnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I'm writing and photographing a series of blog entries for the New York Times. The Woodward Dream Cruise is the subject. One of the pics in the first installment is from last year and was seen here before. The

Re: I'm bacccckkkkkk!!!

2009-08-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Welcome back, Marnie! Good to hear from you again. :-) -- Godfrey www.gdgphoto.com www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto www.twitter.com/godfreydigiorgi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: I'm bacccckkkkkk!!!

2009-08-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/5/2009 5:04:26 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, m...@robertstech.com writes: Bob W wrote: Welcome back! Straight in at number one: Well, the list is endless and rather nauseating. Mark! Actually, I had The hardest thing was getting the turkey poop stains out of the

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/4/2009 10:17:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, webstertwenty...@gmail.com writes: It was the only appropriate title... http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20deathtakesaholiday.ht ml Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6 -- The free

Re: Getting ready for the web.

2009-08-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/5/2009 6:36:54 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, war...@gmail.com writes: Export them as a Lightroom website (you get to specify how big) and then extract the files from the directory that Lightroom makes for it? William Robb == Second that. I do that sometimes to

Re: PESO: Third base is thataway!

2009-08-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/25/2009 8:09:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: In the rain this morning: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9539773 The K7 and DA* 60-250 took a bit of a soaking, but performed well. Paul Awww. Cute. Nice shot. Love her

Re: PESO - Markham Street Blues

2009-08-05 Thread ann sanfedele
He's off list at the moment, I think... but I agree... The guy in the background makes it especially good ann eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 7/16/2009 8:08:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes:

Re: PESO - On Guard

2009-08-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/27/2009 3:10:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentko...@gmail.com writes: On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Rick Womerrwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: My first US PESO since March; taken 3 weeks ago in upstate New York. I don't know whether the cottage is occupied or

Re: I'm bacccckkkkkk!!!

2009-08-05 Thread Jack Davis
I'm grateful for whatever it took to get you back here, Marnie. Your niggling list was well done but wore me out. ;) I just caught up to this post and this was doubtless asked before, but turkey poop on your patio? I've never had to deal with that. 8-P Best with the sale! Jack --- On Tue,

Re: I'm bacccckkkkkk!!!

2009-08-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/5/2009 7:23:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jdavi...@yahoo.com writes: I'm grateful for whatever it took to get you back here, Marnie. Your niggling list was well done but wore me out. ;) I just caught up to this post and this was doubtless asked before, but turkey poop on

GESO Some vacation snaps

2009-08-05 Thread Rob Studdert
Hi Team, I've just spent a week down the coast recovering from fairly intense work over the previous month. Apart from enjoying some rare peace and quiet I did get out, walk hard and take some snaps (I wasn't really focused on the pics). I did take my digital recorder and captured some pretty

Re: Getting ready for the web.

2009-08-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:15 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 8/5/2009 6:36:54 A.M. Pacific  Daylight Time, war...@gmail.com writes: Export them as a Lightroom website  (you get to specify how big) and then extract the files from the directory  that Lightroom makes for it?

Re: Yet another GESO - San Franzisco

2009-08-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/26/2009 3:54:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, sa...@asobol.com writes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/sets/72157621833843130/ CC welcome! OT: my K7 seems to be dead :( after shooting this set it just did not turn on. Actually when I turn it on it thinks for few seconds

Re: GESO Some vacation snaps

2009-08-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/5/2009 7:32:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, distudio.p...@gmail.com writes: Not my best work, mainly record shots, hopefully they will be interesting: http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/MurramarangNP2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCK3S3tv WvOHqKg# Enjoy Cheers, -- Rob Studdert

Re: Getting ready for the web.

2009-08-05 Thread P. J. Alling
David J Brooks wrote: Hey gang. The D200 files look WAY better when shot in RAW, so i have been using this for the past few weeks. I have run into a snag when getting them ready for my web site. Doing one or two for photo dot net is one thing, but getting 150 files ready for the web is

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread P. J. Alling
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: RE: PESO -- Death takes a holiday From: P. J. Alling It was the only appropriate title... http://files.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20deathtakesaholiday.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA

Re: I'm bacccckkkkkk!!!

2009-08-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Wait a minute, You were gone? eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 8/5/2009 7:23:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jdavi...@yahoo.com writes: I'm grateful for whatever it took to get you back here, Marnie. Your niggling list was well done but wore me out. ;) I just caught up to this

Re: Ping

2009-08-05 Thread AlunFoto
2009/8/3 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: Does MS Expression Media Run on a Mac? Alledgedly. Download page at microsoft here, to those who want to find out: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E531E1F5-5042-4CBE-AFD8-FFF625E9110Fdisplaylang=en Jostein --

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
I suppose it would have been to much to ask him to hold a scythe... ;} Like the pix - perfect title. -p Doug Brewer wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: I don't know what to do about that. It's a free file sharing and syncing site. Everybody using that service gets a public link that begins

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Not freaked exactly, just that when you don't pay for a service it's hard to demand anything be fixed. It appears that the proprietors are very obliging however, thought it looks like just one asshat was responsible and there may be restrictions placed on HTML in the future because of it.

Re: GESO Some vacation snaps

2009-08-05 Thread Jack Davis
I did enjoy as you had asked, Rob. ;) Beautifully chosen collection! Jack --- On Wed, 8/5/09, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: From: Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com Subject: GESO Some vacation snaps To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009,

Re: The difference in Post Processing

2009-08-05 Thread AlunFoto
Larry, I dunno... It's a photo that's pretty open to PP'ing. My immediate reaction to your version is that it looks a bit too dull. However I'm not sure if your friend's rendering is what I would have preferred from the same starting point. For one, I think the lightning looks far too yellow in

RE: GESO Some vacation snaps

2009-08-05 Thread Bob W
Hi Team, I've just spent a week down the coast recovering from fairly intense work over the previous month. Apart from enjoying some rare peace and quiet I did get out, walk hard and take some snaps (I wasn't really focused on the pics). I did take my digital recorder and captured some

Re: I'm bacccckkkkkk!!!

2009-08-05 Thread mike wilson
Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: Welcome back! Straight in at number one: Well, the list is endless and rather nauseating. Mark! Actually, I had The hardest thing was getting the turkey poop stains out of the concrete as the winner from that post. Surely calling all of us

Re: How precise is your K-7's spirit level?

2009-08-05 Thread AlunFoto
2009/8/5 David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz: Just rotate your lens in its mount by a degree or two. I've found that the more input of spirits, the less level things become. I've no need for a drunk camera. Jostein :-) -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML

Re: Yet another GESO - San Franzisco

2009-08-05 Thread Sasha Sobol
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 7:40 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 7/26/2009 3:54:18 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, sa...@asobol.com  writes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/sets/72157621833843130/ CC  welcome! OT: my K7 seems to be dead :( after shooting this set it just  did not

Re: GESO Some vacation snaps

2009-08-05 Thread Igor Roshchin
Rob, There are some very nice images that I enjoyed. I particularly like the second flower. The first flower also grows in Southern California (San Diego): http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Flowers3/pages/DCP_0152.htm I suspect that Australia at some point broke off from Southern California.

Re: The difference in Post Processing

2009-08-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 06:38:54PM +0200, AlunFoto wrote: Larry, I dunno... It's a photo that's pretty open to PP'ing. My immediate reaction to your version is that it looks a bit too dull. However I'm not sure if your friend's rendering is what I would have preferred from the same starting

Re: Getting ready for the web.

2009-08-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:05 AM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Anything i can do to get the conversion process to under an hour.?? Dave Faster Processor, more memory... Then i will have to live with slow. Dave -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread Ken Waller
I get a note from McAfee stating 'this email contains potentially unsafe links to this site - getdropbox.com' further - In our tests, we found a small fraction of downloads on this site that some people consider adware or other potentially unwanted programs. Kenneth Waller

Re: How precise is your K-7's spirit level?

2009-08-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Graydono...@uniserve.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 03:05:07PM -0400, paul stenquist scripsit: You should use a bubble level to test it accurately. Flat and level is not necessarily flat and level. For that matter, a hardware store bubble level might not be

Re: GESO Some vacation snaps

2009-08-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Rob Studdertdistudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Team, I've just spent a week down the coast http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/MurramarangNP2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCK3S3tvWvOHqKg# Enjoy Cheers, Love the geology shots. Dave -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE

OT Success

2009-08-05 Thread David J Brooks
Spent the last few weeks, off and on, trying to down load the 135meg XP version of the latest LR2 up grade. It would crap out at about 30-40 meg. Finally went through today. Yipe. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York

RE: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread Bob W
Nobody wants to catch Death, that's the problem. But Death is nothing to be afraid of. He just wants a biscuit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2MQthEYGsI I get a note from McAfee stating 'this email contains potentially unsafe links to this site - getdropbox.com' further - In our

Re: The difference in Post Processing

2009-08-05 Thread Miserere
2009/8/5 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Straightening the horizon was a good move though... :-) Jostein Larry's spirit level must be off :-) Larry, I agree with most people here and would prefer a goldilocks version: not as flat as yours, but not as overdone as your friend's. --M. --

Re: The difference in Post Processing

2009-08-05 Thread Ken Waller
In your version the foreground seems more believeable - it was somewhat dark right. Yours is tilted BTW/ Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Subject: RE: The difference in Post Processing My friend Candice saw the

Re: More on K7 electronic tilt feature

2009-08-05 Thread Miserere
My K10D has a tilted sensor. I have found two ways around this: 1) I line up the VF with the line I want parallel within the picture, then I tilt the camera clockwise a smidgen (pardon the technical jargon). 2) I just say f...@k it and turn the camera in either direction so nothing is parallel to

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread P. J. Alling
This link should be clean. http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20deathtakesaholiday.html Ken Waller wrote: I get a note from McAfee stating 'this email contains potentially unsafe links to this site - getdropbox.com' further - In our tests, we found a small fraction of

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread David J Brooks
That's better. Nice, good title. Dave On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:22 PM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: This link should be clean. http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20deathtakesaholiday.html Ken Waller wrote: I get a note from McAfee stating 'this email

Re: More on K7 electronic tilt feature

2009-08-05 Thread P. J. Alling
I find non-level horizons are like Jazz: Two tilted horizons are a mistake; three are 'style'. MARK! Sounds like a t-shirt for Frank. Miserere wrote: My K10D has a tilted sensor. I have found two ways around this: 1) I line up the VF with the line I want parallel within the picture,

Re: More on K7 electronic tilt feature

2009-08-05 Thread Ken Waller
If you're shooting RAW using Photoshop CS2, maybe earlier, the tilt is easily corrected in the RAW convertor. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Miserere miser...@gmail.com Subject: Re: More on K7 electronic tilt feature My K10D has a tilted

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread Ken Waller
Sorry PJ, I get the same warning. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday This link should be clean.

Re: GESO Some vacation snaps

2009-08-05 Thread Christian
Nice, Rob. I liked the audio. Those birds sound cool. Can't wait to get there... only 4 months 10 days. Kerry and Alex are actually in Melbourne now, coming home Friday. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, I've just spent a week down

GESO - Alberta skies

2009-08-05 Thread Tim Bray
A couple of selections from a series I did recently featuring Alberta storm-clouds: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/07/22/Alberta-Skies-Dorothy-School and http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/07/21/Alberta-Skies-Showing-Off -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Interesting exhibition coming up

2009-08-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 5, 2009, at 03:58 , mike wilson wrote: On Aug 4, 2009, at 15:53 , Bob W wrote: Starting in October: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/ 8184122.stm Bob BBC News has to hire a new editor soon. Never seen such crap in one article. He said: Its invention in

Re: GESO Some vacation snaps

2009-08-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
Nice sounds, nice photos. Would love to go along some day, but you're too far away for my wallet. :-) On Aug 5, 2009, at 07:32 , Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, I've just spent a week down the coast recovering from fairly intense work over the previous month. Apart from enjoying some rare

Re: How precise is your K-7's spirit level?

2009-08-05 Thread Margus Männik
Joseph McAllister wrote: IF the K-7 had a bubble level inside, you could expect accurate readings. But it only has a digital IF it has a function like this, it should be accurate. At least as accurate as naked eye. K-7 is a serious tool, not a toy and inaccurate functions are decreasing it's

Linkdelight booty

2009-08-05 Thread Larry Colen
It only took about a week to get my package from link delight, http://linkdelight.com The big ticket was the Benro MC-66 M8 carbon fiber monopod: http://www.linkdelight.com/index.php/Tripods-Heads/Benro-8x-Carbon-Fiber-MC-66n6-5-sections-Monopod/Detailed-product-flyer.html or

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:30 -0400, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Sorry PJ, I get the same warning. Well, that's odd. I was getting the warning on the original URL but the new one loads fine with my browser (Firefox 3) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters

Re: Ink Jet Print Spray update (formerly Photo Lacquer..)

2009-08-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
Naw, I used it out in the garage so there was good ventilation. I don't know what the VOC rating is on the spray but it wasn't very strong. -Brendan - Original Message From: Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, August 4,

Re: OT: Dream Cruise Blog in NY Times

2009-08-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
Nice job, Paul. Well written and engaging. Oh yeah, I like the pictures, too. ;-) -Brendan - Original Message From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 10:01:12 AM Subject: OT: Dream Cruise Blog in NY

Re: How precise is your K-7's spirit level?

2009-08-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 5, 2009, at 09:46 , AlunFoto wrote: 2009/8/5 David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz: Just rotate your lens in its mount by a degree or two. I've found that the more input of spirits, the less level things become. I've no need for a drunk camera. Jostein :-) Perhaps it would help if

Re: The difference in Post Processing

2009-08-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
Ya know, you can always slip in to live view (K20, K-7) and display the grid to help get a straight horizon. That's what it's for when hand held. On Aug 5, 2009, at 11:44 , Miserere wrote: 2009/8/5 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Straightening the horizon was a good move though... :-)

Re: GESO Some vacation snaps

2009-08-05 Thread Brian Walters
As soon as I saw the thumbnails with Pigeon House mountain, I knew I was going to enjoy these :-) One of my favourite parts of the world, although I usually go a bit further south. I really like the rock patterns around Ulladulla. Cheers Brian ++ Brian

Re: PESO -- Death takes a holiday

2009-08-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Well I can;t do anything about that at this point. It seems that Google is a.) being over cautious or b.) is the microsoft of search engines and can be a dick if it wants to... According to the getdropbox forii it should be clean. Ken Waller wrote: Sorry PJ, I get the same warning.

DA 12-24 pricing

2009-08-05 Thread Frits Wüthrich
I have noticed a small price increase for the above lens. I bought it from Technik direkt, for 600 euro's. It is now 1172 euros http://www.technikdirekt.de/main/en/foto/objektive/objektive-pentax/768703/-/article-pentax-da-4-0-12-24.html? TeKaDe has it for 1119 euro

Re: How precise is your K-7's spirit level?

2009-08-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 5, 2009, at 14:28 , Margus Männik wrote: Joseph McAllister wrote: IF the K-7 had a bubble level inside, you could expect accurate readings. But it only has a digital IF it has a function like this, it should be accurate. At least as accurate as naked eye. K-7 is a serious tool, not a

Re: Ping

2009-08-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Bob Wp...@web-options.com wrote: I'm not interested in running Windows on a Mac -I don't need emulators adding another layer of complication. ... Bob, Just to correct what seems a misconception: Parallels and Fusion allow you to run both Mac OS X and Windows

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