Re: Save your pennies: Leica M9

2009-09-06 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 5, 2009, at 21:32 , Boris Liberman wrote: Peter, there're other dom's beside Christen. Together, it just might be, that we would be able to pull this one off ;-). On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 6:37 AM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: There aren't enough pennies in all of

Re: September PUG is up

2009-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm not sure I approve of a transportation and girls /not/ naked theme... Luiz Felipe wrote: Ann, I was trying to submit one too... but mine was - is still in the future when the gallery arrived. Will be posted later. Probably... it fits both transportation and girls not naked themes. :-) lf

Re: Peso - Old and new

2009-09-06 Thread Igor Roshchin
I like the composition, including the tree branches. However, I am not seeing that much of the old-new contrast in it. The brick building does not look that old in this photo. Manhattan has a few places where this contrast is more striking. It's even stronger in Boston, near Newbury Street,

Re: Interesting K7 review

2009-09-06 Thread AlunFoto
2009/9/6 Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca: The irony there being the one thing MS gets consistently right is Office, particularly Excel. Office is excellent from a user perspective. It's a nightmare for most other things. I could tell you many a horror story from where I work. :-( Microsoft's OS'es

Re: PESO: Pentaxcon

2009-09-06 Thread AlunFoto
Ralf, The image quality looks great from the full-size pic, but what has blogspot done to the size embedded in your blog? That looks scary... I remember I saw an old Pentacon lens in a pawn shop about 14 years ago. It was a 200mm, possibly f/3.5. Don't remember very many details about it, but was

RE: Save your pennies: Leica M9

2009-09-06 Thread Bob W
18 megapixels Full-frame sensor 16-bit Raw files (DNG format!) http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photograph er/2009/09/leaked-leica-m9.html Bastards The E-P2 sounds interesting though, for lesser mortals. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K-7 file size?

2009-09-06 Thread AlunFoto
Had a look at some folders on the hard drive. Average DNG size is about 15.2 MB, based on 200 files from 6 different shoots. Jostein 2009/9/6 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: What is the typical file size of an image produced by k7 (or a typical range)?  I am interested in PEF and in DNG

Re: Save your pennies: Leica M9

2009-09-06 Thread AlunFoto
Interesting that they've allied themselves with Adobe to provide a version of Lightroom... But I guess adding a full license of LR to the price of that camera is just throwing a packet of peanuts into the bargain. Makes me wonder what kind of market the D645 will launch into next spring. Jostein

Re: Save your pennies: Leica M9

2009-09-06 Thread AlunFoto
2009/9/6 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: There aren't enough pennies in all of Christendom that I'll ever be able to afford an M9... 1. Don't limit yourself to one religion. 2. Ask the fractions in all of them that regularly produce shrapnel. Jostein --

Re: Save your pennies: Leica M9

2009-09-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Dom in Russian means House... On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Joseph McAllisterpentax...@mac.com wrote: On Sep 5, 2009, at 21:32 , Boris Liberman wrote: Peter, there're other dom's beside Christen. Together, it just might be, that we would be able to pull this one off ;-). On Sun, Sep 6,

Re: Interesting K7 review

2009-09-06 Thread David Mann
On Sep 5, 2009, at 7:33 PM, Cotty wrote: http://www.red.com/epic_scarlet/ Borg making cameras! I want the 6x17 one. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

Re: Save your pennies: Leica M9

2009-09-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: Re: Save your pennies: Leica M9 Peter, there're other dom's beside Christen. And all of them are more fun. VW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: More Lyndsaye

2009-09-06 Thread William Robb
Thanks all for your kind comments on my attempt at art. Christine, I didn't even notice that pendant until late in the shoot. (I'm so bad that way) Dan, thanks for commenting. Bob, I did some PS work on the skin imperfections, probably I should have taken it somewhat further. Thanks Paul, the

Re: PESO: Pentaxcon

2009-09-06 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: The image quality looks great from the full-size pic, but what has blogspot done to the size embedded in your blog? That looks scary... I've been having this a few times, lately. No idea what might be causing it. But it certainly is quite annoying. Ralf --

Re: PESO--Making Tracks

2009-09-06 Thread David J Brooks
Good one Rick. I like the composition here. Dave On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Rick Womerrwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Work has been very demanding, and I'm way behind on the list (again). Our transit agency in Philadelphia is preparing to replace some of the trolley (tram) tracks in our

Re: Interesting K7 review

2009-09-06 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 6:59 PM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, for the good old days of Windows 3.x where a simple one line change in an INI file would turn your PC into a dedicated machine for playing Solitaire. I still have mine downstairs.:-) Just in case. Dave

Re: OT The date has been set

2009-09-06 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 06:00:42PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: Eckehard Wegner wrote: When Dave Brooks walks in a forest, the trees clap with one hand. Only Dave Brooks can ask Adobe for a chainsaw plug-in and actually get one. Dave Brooks can shoot with a Nikon D1 and get a 6-megapixel

Re: GESO Play

2009-09-06 Thread David J Brooks
The Tony Seet effect IIRC.:-) I like this effect,and you have a couple of good ones here. I have tried to do things like this but i'm not happy with my out put. Yet Dave On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Christine Aguilacagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Probably not to everyone's taste, but I

Re: GESO Play

2009-09-06 Thread David J Brooks
That should be Tony Sweet Dave On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:37 AM, David J Brookspentko...@gmail.com wrote: The Tony Seet effect IIRC.:-) I like this effect,and you have a couple of good ones here. I have tried to do things like this but i'm not happy with my out put. Yet Dave On Sat, Sep

Re: Save your pennies: Leica M9

2009-09-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: Re: Save your pennies: Leica M9 Dom in Russian means House... In English it means fun, in an off colour sort of way. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Peso - Old and new

2009-09-06 Thread David J Brooks
I like the framing with the tree branches. Dave On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 10:31 PM, ann sanfedeleann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-New-York/2564371_i3HHm/1/640499085_n8Sg8/Large the old is the Carl Fisher building at Astor Place in New York... The

Re: Save your pennies: Leica M9

2009-09-06 Thread Boris Liberman
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 11:12 AM, AlunFotoalunf...@gmail.com wrote: Makes me wonder what kind of market the D645 will launch into next spring. As a programmer I often deal with void... -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

RE: Save your pennies: Leica M9

2009-09-06 Thread Bob W
It's apparently going to be the price of a small car. So let's say it will cost the same as a Fiat 500, which was the best small car of last year, according to some poll or other. http://www.channel4.com/4car/rt/fiat/500/2162/2 Taking the midpoint of the price range, let's say you're going to pay

RE: Save your pennies: Leica M9

2009-09-06 Thread Bob W
In German it means 'cathedral'. So Christendom is the cathedral of Christine, before whose altar we all kneel... Dom in Russian means House... On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Joseph McAllisterpentax...@mac.com wrote: On Sep 5, 2009, at 21:32 , Boris Liberman wrote: Peter, there're

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-09-06 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 8:56 PM, William Robbwar...@gmail.com wrote: One thing I noticed right away when I switched over to the K-7 was how fast the mirror returns. The unheralded advantage of a fast frame rate is a fast viewfinder. William Robb The responsiveness necessary to exceed 4fps

RE: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-09-06 Thread J.C. O'Connell
You would probably love one of those non reflex micro 4/3 type cameras, they don't black out much if at all from what I read, no mirror. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Home Page - www.jchriso.com Join the Audio CD PLAYER DISCUSSION list -

Re: Save your pennies: Leica M9

2009-09-06 Thread AlunFoto
2009/9/6 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 11:12 AM, AlunFotoalunf...@gmail.com wrote: Makes me wonder what kind of market the D645 will launch into next spring. As a programmer I often deal with void... :-) http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.php?page=Void_Trilogy

OT: Privacy / mail-archive.com

2009-09-06 Thread eckinator
I google myself now and then to see what data is availble about me on the iNet (answered research questions about my work relationship with a past supervisor once and what I said was published under my real name without my permission or even a word to me so I guess I've gotten a bit cautious) and

Re: OT: Privacy / mail-archive.com

2009-09-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
Ecke, Every word and picture you post here goes into the public domain. Until I adopted gmail some years ago, my email address was more criptic. But now I just live with being out there and only say nice things... :-) Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 6:33 AM, eckinatoreckina...@gmail.com

Re: OT: Privacy / mail-archive.com

2009-09-06 Thread Derby Chang
eckinator wrote: I google myself now and then to see what data is availble about me on the iNet (answered research questions about my work relationship with a past supervisor once and what I said was published under my real name without my permission or even a word to me so I guess I've gotten a

Re: OT: Privacy / mail-archive.com

2009-09-06 Thread paul stenquist
The archive has always been available on the web. It doesn't worry me in the least. The world is no longer a private place. Participation in almost any web activity leads to public exposure. I find that to be a positive thing for the most part. Paul On Sep 6, 2009, at 7:33 AM, eckinator

Re: Open Source Photo Editing?

2009-09-06 Thread Graydon
On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 09:50:21AM -0400, Doug Franklin scripsit: We've talked several times around the PDML about using Open Source systems in your photo workflow. In the past, there really hasn't been much for the advanced amateur photographer due to two main issues: lack of 16-bit

Re: OT: Sony Releases A850 FF Camera for $2,000

2009-09-06 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 6:37 AM, J.C. O'Connellhifis...@gate.net wrote: You would probably love one of those non reflex micro 4/3 type cameras, they don't black out much if at all from what I read, no mirror. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) No mirror, but they reset the Live

Re: Open Source Photo Editing?

2009-09-06 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Graydono...@uniserve.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 09:50:21AM -0400, Doug Franklin scripsit: We've talked several times around the PDML about using Open Source systems in your photo workflow.  In the past, there really hasn't been much for the advanced

Re: OT: Privacy / mail-archive.com

2009-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
There is no opt out. Since anyone can join anyone can compile and display archived e-mails as this is a public list. Yes you are paranoid. Even paranoids have enemies. Unfortunately the only way to protect your privacy is to never post anything. eckinator wrote: I google myself now and

ACP - The Lake, The Immortals and the Glomesh Project

2009-09-06 Thread Derby Chang
Popped into the Australian Centre for Photography yesterday afternoon for a floor talk by two of the artists, Michelle Lord (all the way from Birmingham, UK) and Nairn Scott (all the way from College of Fine Arts up the street) in the current exhibition

Re: PESO: Chicago View

2009-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
I think you imparted a subtle skew to the right, when you corrected the lean. Not much, less than the width of the grid lines in Photoshop but enough that I noticed it anyway. Bob Sullivan wrote: Thanks Marnie, I tried straightening and stretching this one a bit. I had actually pointed the

Re: ACP - The Lake, The Immortals and the Glomesh Project

2009-09-06 Thread Derby Chang
Derby Chang wrote: Popped into the Australian Centre for Photography yesterday afternoon for a floor talk by two of the artists, Michelle Lord (all the way from Birmingham, UK) and Nairn Scott (all the way from College of Fine Arts up the street) in the current exhibition

Re: K-7, quick question about battery indicator

2009-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan Subject: Re: K-7, quick question about battery indicator Boris, Battery is still good to go with substantial charge left. I bought a 2nd battery, but the K7 is not like the K10. I had several days of shooting left after it

Re: PESO: Chicago View

2009-09-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks PJ. I've gone back and looked for it again. Using the crop box is the easiest way for me to check verticals. The error is a couple of line widths, less than my eyes can tell. With a big astigmatism since childhood, I'm pretty flexible on straight lines. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Sep

RE: ACP - The Lake, The Immortals and the Glomesh Project

2009-09-06 Thread Bob W
PS, grabbed these two snaps on the way to the gallery. In both, I do not pretend I am an disembodied entity capturing the image. Nor do I consider them constructed artworks. Its just that spring is in the air, and Oxford St is a fun place to be.

ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit

2009-09-06 Thread Mark Roberts
The release of next year's PDML Photo Annual will coincide with an exhibition of photos from the book at the Dank Haus gallery in Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 7th through June 12th, 2010. After much planning and discussion, the PDML's own Christine Aguila succeeded in facilitating an agreement

RE: ACP - The Lake, The Immortals and the Glomesh Project

2009-09-06 Thread Bob W
[...] http://tmp.acp.org.au/current/index.php#the_lake [...] The City of the Immortals stuff looks pretty interesting. Interesting chat ensued. One issue raised by the curator - he notices within the ACP audience, the general public are quite willing to suspend their belief and enjoy

RE: Privacy / mail-archive.com

2009-09-06 Thread Bob W
I google myself now and then to see what data is availble about me on the iNet (answered research questions about my work relationship with a past supervisor once and what I said was published under my real name without my permission or even a word to me so I guess I've gotten a bit

RE: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit

2009-09-06 Thread Bob W
Awesome! -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: 06 September 2009 13:59 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit The release of next year's PDML

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit

2009-09-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
Wow, that's GREAT indeed! My hat off to you all, dear folks involved in this project. Dario - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 2:58 PM Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo

Re: Viewfinder screens with focussing aids for K-7 available at last

2009-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: I wonder how it compares to KatzEye Quite frankly, I coudn't care less. Call me a cheapskate but I'd find it outrageously frivolous to spend 200 euros on a stupid little piece of plastic. Ralf That's a stupid

Re: Save your pennies: Leica M9

2009-09-06 Thread Desjardins, Steve
Well, here in Stevedom there ain't gonna be a Leica M9 anytime soon. An E-p2, however. . . Steve Desjardins - Original Message - From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net pdml-boun...@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sun Sep 06 04:24:30 2009 Subject: Re: Save your pennies:

Re: Viewfinder screens with focussing aids for K-7 available at last

2009-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
KatzEye is presumably building them from the ground up like to be matched to the metering system of the K-7. The screens produced by focusingscreen.com are cut down from existing mass produced products, for other cameras matched to their meters. How much difference that will make is the

Re: OT: Privacy / mail-archive.com

2009-09-06 Thread Eactivist
eckinator wrote: Am I just being paranoid or is this a concern for anyone else, too? Cheers Ecke === I worry more about private emails (not to a list) which should be protected by law. In a message dated 9/6/2009 5:17:40 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, webstertwenty...@gmail.com

Re: ACP - The Lake, The Immortals and the Glomesh Project

2009-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Bob W wrote: PS, grabbed these two snaps on the way to the gallery. In both, I do not pretend I am an disembodied entity capturing the image. Nor do I consider them constructed artworks. Its just that spring is in the air, and Oxford St is a fun place to be.

RE: ACP - The Lake, The Immortals and the Glomesh Project

2009-09-06 Thread Bob W
Bob W wrote: PS, grabbed these two snaps on the way to the gallery. In both, I do not pretend I am an disembodied entity capturing the image. Nor do I consider them constructed artworks. Its just that spring is in the air, and Oxford St is a fun place to be.

PESO 2009 - 165 - GDG

2009-09-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
A week of thoughts about perception ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/165-reach-of-leaves Your comments always appreciated. Thanks for looking! Godfrey -- http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

2009-10 PDML Annual

2009-09-06 Thread Jack Davis
Mark, Congratulations and thanks to all who have divined the 2009-2010 annual. Significant evolutionary progress. Couple questions, Mark. If such have been decided at this point, will the image file size be the same? (actually, I don't recall what it was last year) Also, must submissions have

Re: PESO: Hummer

2009-09-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/5/2009 9:03:55 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rf.sulli...@gmail.com writes: Here's a keeper from yesterday. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9740173size=lg K7 and A400/5.6 1/250th @ F8 and ISO 800 They are tiny creatures but pretty fearless. I was nearly at the

Re: Save your pennies: Leica M9

2009-09-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Looks lovely, I'd love one. But I'd rather have the Panasonic GF1, to be perfectly honest. I like its size, shape and features more. Without even thinking of the money... :-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Pentaxcon

2009-09-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/5/2009 4:35:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, fotor...@gmx.de writes: http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2009/09/pentaxcon.html Built like the proverbial battleship and with a tripod collar that makes everything more recent look like toys, the optical performance isn't

RE: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit

2009-09-06 Thread Chris Mitchell
Well done all! I feel a PDML meet in Chicago coming on... Chris -- 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: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit

2009-09-06 Thread ann sanfedele
Super news ! Would you remind us all about the time frame in which the photos had to have been taken? ann http://annsan.smugmug.com Mark Roberts wrote: The release of next year's PDML Photo Annual will coincide with an exhibition of photos from the book at the Dank Haus gallery in

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit

2009-09-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Great news. Time to start thinking and working on these photos... On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Mark Robertsm...@robertstech.com wrote: The release of next year's PDML Photo Annual will coincide with an exhibition of photos from the book at the Dank Haus gallery in Chicago, Illinois, USA,

Some Grousing about the On Line Photographer.

2009-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
I've just read Mike Johnston's blog and his call for a Digimat kind of burns me. Back in the dim days when he was a regular poster on this list, I and probably a few others suggested just such a camera, (I don't remember who, but I wasn't alone). Simple no frills digital, maybe even manual

Re: Some Grousing about the On Line Photographer.

2009-09-06 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:43 AM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I've just read Mike Johnston's blog and his call for a Digimat kind of burns me. Back in the dim days when he was a regular poster on this list, I and probably a few others suggested just such a camera, (I don't

RE: Some Grousing about the On Line Photographer.

2009-09-06 Thread Bob W
I've just read Mike Johnston's blog and his call for a Digimat kind of burns me. Back in the dim days when he was a regular poster on this list, I and probably a few others suggested just such a camera, (I don't remember who, but I wasn't alone). Simple no frills digital, maybe even

Re: 2009-10 PDML Annual

2009-09-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Jack Davis wrote: Mark, Congratulations and thanks to all who have divined the 2009-2010 annual. Significant evolutionary progress. Couple questions, Mark. If such have been decided at this point, will the image file size be the same? (actually, I don't recall what it was last year) Also,

Re: Some Grousing about the On Line Photographer.

2009-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Adam Maas wrote: On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:43 AM, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I've just read Mike Johnston's blog and his call for a Digimat kind of burns me. Back in the dim days when he was a regular poster on this list, I and probably a few others suggested just such a

VESO - 2009 Worldwide Photowalk - Omaha Edition

2009-09-06 Thread George Sinos
It's been a few weeks since the 2009 photowalk and I'm still finding time to edit the images. I ran several of the photos through Animoto.com and made this short video that might give you a feel for the Omaha, Nebraska group's day. All but three of the images were shot with the K20, the DA21,

I had a lot of time on my hands so I found this K-7 Review

2009-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Actually playing it straight here. I don't know how much I trust Trusted Reviews but it's one of the most positive Pentax Camera Reviews I've ever seen. http://www.trustedreviews.com/digital-cameras/review/2009/09/03/Pentax-K-7-Digital-SLR/p1 -- The free man owns himself. He can damage

Re: PESO: Pentaxcon

2009-09-06 Thread Graydon
On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 11:31:47AM +0200, Ralf R. Radermacher scripsit: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: The image quality looks great from the full-size pic, but what has blogspot done to the size embedded in your blog? That looks scary... I've been having this a few times, lately. No

Strange book

2009-09-06 Thread Bob W
This book cover caught my eye yesterday as I was walking through Bloomsbury: http://www.web-options.com/L1001054.jpg I went into the shop to have a look at it, and it turns out to be a strange mixture of reportage photography and cartoon drawings of the Herge / Tintin type, called Strong Line, I

Re: PESO: Hummer

2009-09-06 Thread Graydon
On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 12:13:41AM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: Bob Sullivan wrote: Here's a keeper from yesterday. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9740173size=lg K7 and A400/5.6 1/250th @ F8 and ISO 800 They are tiny creatures but pretty fearless. I was nearly at the close

I'll be back

2009-09-06 Thread William Robb
In a couple of weeks. Back to New Denver/Rosebery from the 8th to the 15th in case anyone is in the vicinity. Look for a largish guy and an equally largish Rottweiler walking with a very pretty woman and a Belgian Shepherd. I'm told I'm much nicer in person than I am on the internet. William

Re: PESO: Pentaxcon

2009-09-06 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: Blogspot (as I've experienced it, anyway) flatly will not allow images larger than 1600 pixels in width, and resizes anything uploaded to conform to this. This doesn't seem to be the problem, since the large picture you get to see by clicking on the smaller

Re: 2009-10 PDML Annual

2009-09-06 Thread Jack Davis
Glad I asked. Thanks, Mark. Jack --- On Sun, 9/6/09, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Subject: Re: 2009-10 PDML Annual To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 7:55 AM Jack Davis wrote: Mark,

Re: 2009-10 PDML Annual

2009-09-06 Thread Graydon
On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 10:55:30AM -0400, Mark Roberts scripsit: [snip] File size for book submissions will be the same (3 megabytes) but we'll probably request larger files for the shots that are selected for the exhibit. 3 MB JPEG? 3 MB PNG? TIFF that's been 7zipped from hell to breakfast?

Big trouble for little Annie

2009-09-06 Thread Bob W
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/default.stm -- 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: PESO: Pentaxcon

2009-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
It's not the HTML per se that's the problem. They actually resize to a smaller dimension than the page will display and use the HTML to upres the picture. Nothing will give optimal results when you do that, though some applications are better than others. Browsers are very bad a it. Ralf

Re: 2009-10 PDML Annual

2009-09-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Graydon wrote: On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 10:55:30AM -0400, Mark Roberts scripsit: [snip] File size for book submissions will be the same (3 megabytes) but we'll probably request larger files for the shots that are selected for the exhibit. 3 MB JPEG? 3 MB PNG? TIFF that's been 7zipped from

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit

2009-09-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Sounds good. Thanks to all for putting this together. Paul On Sep 6, 2009, at 8:58 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: The release of next year's PDML Photo Annual will coincide with an exhibition of photos from the book at the Dank Haus gallery in Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 7th through June 12th, 2010.

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit

2009-09-06 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Mark Robertsm...@robertstech.com wrote: The release of next year's PDML Photo Annual will coincide with an exhibition of photos from the book at the Dank Haus gallery in Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 7th through June 12th, 2010. Great news Mark. I was going to

Re: 2009-10 PDML Annual

2009-09-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
The pics were 3 meg compressed, right? That's a fairly large file once it's opened. On Sep 6, 2009, at 12:33 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Graydon wrote: On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 10:55:30AM -0400, Mark Roberts scripsit: [snip] File size for book submissions will be the same (3 megabytes) but

Re: VESO - 2009 Worldwide Photowalk - Omaha Edition

2009-09-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
George, Wow, you've been watching too much CSI Las Vegas. The 2:15 video has so much going on it's hard to follow. I've been to Omaha. It doesn't move that fast! :-) Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:02 AM, George Sinosgsi...@gmail.com wrote: It's been a few weeks since the 2009

Re: 2009-10 PDML Annual

2009-09-06 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Graydono...@uniserve.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 10:55:30AM -0400, Mark Roberts scripsit: [snip] File size for book submissions will be the same (3 megabytes) but we'll probably request larger files for the shots that are selected for the exhibit. 3

Re: 2009-10 PDML Annual

2009-09-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Graydon wrote: 3 MB max file size, some preferred pixel size, 85% quality in the JPEG? 90%? Graydon, it's way early to be getting into technical specifications for a submittal period that doesn't begin until January, but for the record it's: JPEG format 3MB file size sRGB color space

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit

2009-09-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/9/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Any PDML member in good standing Oh shit. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Privacy / mail-archive.com

2009-09-06 Thread Cotty
On 6/9/09, eckinator, discombobulated, unleashed: I google myself now and then Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit

2009-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Cotty wrote: On 6/9/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Any PDML member in good standing Oh shit. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ I think we can make a just

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit

2009-09-06 Thread AlunFoto
2009/9/6 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Great news. Time to start thinking and working on these photos... I'll skip the thinking part. :-) I have a strong feeling, however, that my contribution will be shot in November. :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit

2009-09-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: On 6/9/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Any PDML member in good standing Oh shit. Any PDML member in good standing. Plus Cotty. ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: PESO: Hummer

2009-09-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
Graydon, Thanks, you are a wealth of information! Getting humming birds in focus is a real challenge. What surprised me was seeing the feather detail on the back/wings. I'll have to see if I can do better on the head. I have some with head feathers, but the pose is not so good. Regards, Bob S.

Re: PESO Enablement: Mattis Bendix and the DFA 100

2009-09-06 Thread Larry Colen
On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 01:08:20AM +0200, Eckehard Wegner wrote: Picked up an eBayed DFA 100 today, new, 25% beneath lowest internet I'm envious, the DFA 100 has been on my wishlist for a while. For a lot of things the 50 is just too short and you need to get in too close. Closer than physically

Re: 2009-10 PDML Annual

2009-09-06 Thread Graydon
On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 12:31:18PM -0500, Bob Sullivan scripsit: Graydon, This are the photos I sent in last year, but a bit smaller than 3000x2400 pixels I sent. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7161607size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7410100size=lg The 3 MB file size

Re: PESO: Pentaxcon

2009-09-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/6/2009 8:58:17 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, fotor...@gmx.de writes: Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: Blogspot (as I've experienced it, anyway) flatly will not allow images larger than 1600 pixels in width, and resizes anything uploaded to conform to this. This doesn't

Re: GESO Play

2009-09-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/5/2009 8:14:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jdavi...@yahoo.com writes: Seems an in fashion, current style. Have seen it with some regularity lately. Might just accidentally 'smear' something that turns out attractive, but...(?) Don't believe it's my thing. Jack

Re: 2009-10 PDML Annual

2009-09-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
Graydon, This are the photos I sent in last year, but a bit smaller than 3000x2400 pixels I sent. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7161607size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7410100size=lg The 3 MB file size was not a problem, and you've got to trust Mark who is a good printer

Re: 2009-10 PDML Annual

2009-09-06 Thread Graydon
On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 12:47:56PM -0400, Paul Stenquist scripsit: On Sep 6, 2009, at 12:33 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Graydon wrote: [3 MB file size for submissions to the annual] 3 MB JPEG? 3 MB PNG? TIFF that's been 7zipped from hell to breakfast? JPEG. Same as last year. Was not, alas,

Re: 2009-10 PDML Annual

2009-09-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Graydon wrote: As I said, I have a reflexive hatred of JPEG as a format; too many cases of this was fine before several someones re-sampled this at 75% five or six times over the course of a couple of years; it's not rational, and I don't think it's rational. Prepare your image in whatever

Re: 2009-10 PDML Annual

2009-09-06 Thread Graydon
On Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 01:08:40PM -0400, Mark Roberts scripsit: Graydon wrote: 3 MB max file size, some preferred pixel size, 85% quality in the JPEG? 90%? Graydon, it's way early to be getting into technical specifications for a submittal period that doesn't begin until January,

Re: Peso - Old and new

2009-09-06 Thread ann sanfedele
Igor Roshchin wrote: I like the composition, including the tree branches. However, I am not seeing that much of the old-new contrast in it. The brick building does not look that old in this photo. It may not look that old in the photo, but trust me, it is. but then old is a relative

Re: Peso - Old and new

2009-09-06 Thread ann sanfedele
Ken Waller wrote: Nice catch Ann - good composition and subjects. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f Ken and Jack and Paul and Igor and Dave -- thanks for comments -- btw -- jsut point of info, it is Carl FISCHER not Fisher... - I just checked it when I walked by this

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2009-2010 PDML Photo Annual... and exhibit

2009-09-06 Thread Christine Aguila
A couple points everyone needs to know: 1) Sue Barton is a friend of mine, and I sent her the blurb.com link to last year's annual. She was so impressed with the PDML talent that she expressed interest in doing an exhibit (and she bought a copy of the book). So big congrats to

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