RE: Happy Purim

2010-03-01 Thread Bob W
Hi there. To everyone who practices Judaism or simply likes to have fun as often as possible. Happy Purim! In principle you should be very drunk. Enough not to be able to tell Aman and Moderchai apart ;-). Cheers! Enough not to be able to tell Aman and Moderchai apart ;-). I'm

Re: GESO: Fantail

2010-03-01 Thread David Mann
On Mar 1, 2010, at 6:20 AM, Christian wrote: What you find, with patience, is that they return to the same perches over and over again. The trick is to pre-focus on a perch and stare, unblinking, into the viewfinder until the little bastards return. Never think, oh that other perch is

Re: Big Don's helmet

2010-03-01 Thread mike wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: http://north.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.24321 I have to agree with Bob, Don's big helmet is worth seeing. The photos weren't as well lit as I would have liked but they are his own prints, one of which is accompanied by his instructions for printing.

Re: Congratulations!

2010-03-01 Thread David Mann
On Mar 1, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Congratulations New Zealand on winning the 20-20 cricket match against Aus yesterday. :-) Both of them (the women won as well). Not that I care for 20-20 but we have to take what we can against Aus. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT PESO - No Wensleydale

2010-03-01 Thread David Mann
On Mar 1, 2010, at 7:47 PM, David Savage wrote: Say this at the Freo Markets and I broke down in a fit of laughter: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/4396986213/ Brilliant! We have a very good cheese shop here but I try not to go there too often. You walk into the cool room and

Re: OT PESO - No Wensleydale

2010-03-01 Thread Brian Walters
On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:47 +0800, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, Say this at the Freo Markets and I broke down in a fit of laughter: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/4396986213/ Direct link (~150kb) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2745/4396986213_0df9c47283_o.jpg

Re: K7 movies

2010-03-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 01/03/2010, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: They've AVI files. Something I never heard of. Apparently, IMovie has never heard of it as well. I want to be able to burn HD DVDs and watch them on my plasma monitor. I think the latest version of Toast will let me burn them, but

Re: PESO Rusty

2010-03-01 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:43 +0100, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: I wanted to check if my old K10D and 18-55 kitlens got rusty and I did find lots of rust ;) http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/119-rusty Good texture in that. I like grotty old machinery and the more rust the

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-01 Thread Rob Studdert
On 01/03/2010, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: My technique was to undergo serious sleep deprivation before hand, staying awake most of 24 hours before arriving at the new location so that when I got there, my internal clock was totally scrambled and easy to reset. My prescription too,

Re: PESO - Golden Celebration

2010-03-01 Thread paul stenquist
Nice to see that the medal brought such happiness. Excellent pic. Paul On Mar 1, 2010, at 12:27 AM, frank theriault wrote: On my way home a couple of hours ago, there were still a few young people on the street, celebrating our gold medal win in hockey:

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-01 Thread David Savage
Get your company to spring for business class seats. :-) On 1 March 2010 14:27, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I have traveled across 7 time zones back and forth twice in the past 4 weeks. And this time the recovery is rather tiresome. I wonder what kind of advice (except,

Re: Geso Air and Space Museum

2010-03-01 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:45 -0500, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: As promised, here is the gallery from the charter. http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2010-airmuseum/album/index.html No adjustments made, just dragged jpeg's into jalbum. Notes: 4136 is the cockpit of one of our

Re: GESO: Fantail

2010-03-01 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:18 +1300, David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz wrote: My partner was out in the back yard doing some gardening when this little fellow turned up to help. After a few minutes his (or her, I can't tell) friend joined us as well. I think they're both quite young.

Re: Congratulations!

2010-03-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Brian Walters wrote: On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:14 -0800, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Congratulations Canada on your hockey gold medal! Congratulations New Zealand on winning the 20-20 cricket match against Aus yesterday. And congratulations to Leon Haslam on winning his first World

Re: PESO - Spadina Cars

2010-03-01 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted today). http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2010/02/spadina-cars.html Frank, if you ever put together a book of your night-time urban photography I'll buy a copy without hesitation. -- PDML

Re: OT PESO - No Wensleydale

2010-03-01 Thread Mark Roberts
David Savage wrote: G'day All, Say this at the Freo Markets and I broke down in a fit of laughter: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/4396986213/ Direct link (~150kb) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2745/4396986213_0df9c47283_o.jpg Cracking photograph, Gromit! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-03-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: paul stenquist Subject: Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest,February 2010 I am loyal to the country that has guaranteed my freedom. There is a difference between unwavering loyalty and unquestioning obeidience. William Robb

Re: Congratulations!

2010-03-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Congratulations! On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Congratulations Canada on your hockey gold medal! Jack -- 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: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-03-01 Thread Tom C
It looks like it'll take an act of congress to get one. On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I hadn't looked at this thread in a while.  Clearly the Pentax FF issue is far more complicated than I realized. On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 12:11 AM, P. J. Alling

Re: OT PESO - M

2010-03-01 Thread David Savage
On 1 March 2010 14:43, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: Wow!  How did I miss this one? I dunno? :-)  One thing that is really cool here is how well exposed (pardon the pun) she is.  I mean in relation to the background.  Seems you work very well with this D700.  Nice job. In

Re: PESO - Spadina Cars

2010-03-01 Thread Jack Davis
Nice perspective shot, Frank. Snow looks to be on it's way out. Jack --- On Sun, 2/28/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Spadina Cars To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010,

Re: Congratulations!

2010-03-01 Thread Jack Davis
Yeah, we about saw another miracle. :) Jack --- On Sun, 2/28/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Congratulations! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 8:46 PM On Sun, Feb 28,

Re: PESO - Golden Celebration

2010-03-01 Thread Jack Davis
I can imagine how they feel this AM. (been there, done that..uuug) Jack --- On Sun, 2/28/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Golden Celebration To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Sunday, February

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-01 Thread Rick Womer
Boris, Get hold of this book: How To Beat Jet Lag, by Dan Oren. He is a chronobiologist at NIH (National Institutes of Health), who devised a beautiful method that only involves a sleep mask, ear plugs (optional), sunglasses, and a watch. I used to be utterly disabled by jet lag for 4 or 5

Re: Geso Air and Space Museum

2010-03-01 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Looks like a great museum and a good record of the visit.  I think you could probably cull it down to the top (say) 20-25 shots to get a really interesting gallery. Yes, your right, but i just like to show

Re: PESO - Spadina Cars

2010-03-01 Thread David J Brooks
And the driver is awake and at the wheel. Good catch. (local TTC humour) DAVE On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:42 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted today).

Re: OT PESO - M

2010-03-01 Thread David J Brooks
What Bob said, well done. Dave B On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, Excellent shot!  I love the way everything is blown out except her. It makes it a stunner.  You've been holding back on us... Regards,  Bob S. On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:39

Re: OT PESO - No Wensleydale

2010-03-01 Thread David J Brooks
Grommit sure looks pissed. Good eye and i did laugh Dave On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:47 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, Say this at the Freo Markets and I broke down in a fit of laughter: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/4396986213/ Direct link (~150kb)

Re: PESO Rusty

2010-03-01 Thread David J Brooks
Love the grainy pattern in this Dave On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: I wanted to check if my old K10D and 18-55 kitlens got rusty and I did find lots of rust ;) http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/119-rusty Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO - Plum Blossoms

2010-03-01 Thread David J Brooks
I'm partial to the first shot. Love the richness of the sky back ground Dave On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: The plums have blossomed already.  This shot was taken at dusk.  I have presented two versions - one showing more silhouette than the

Re: PESO: Frosty the Wolverine

2010-03-01 Thread David J Brooks
Lovely shot. Good job on the fill Dave On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 8:04 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Another from this afternoon. K7, DA 16-50 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10746672 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Angel

2010-03-01 Thread David J Brooks
Nice. Grace must have a constant smile me thinks. Dave On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 7:59 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: We had a good time outside today. K7 and DA* 16-50 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10746655size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-03-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
Careful Bill or you might find some surprises on the unquestioning obedience/civil disobedience issues. Some of us are children of the '60's and were in Chicago for the '68 Democratic Convention fuss. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:00 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: -

Re: DA 18-250 Working Again

2010-03-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
Not seated quite right? Sometimes they get bent a bit out of shape... On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:29 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/28/2010 12:00 AM, Tom C wrote: I've been complaining about my fairly new and little used DA 18-250 not being able to auto focus and that

Re: Happy Purim

2010-03-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
Have a hamentashen for me! On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there. To everyone who practices Judaism or simply likes to have fun as often as possible. Happy Purim! In principle you should be very drunk. Enough not to be able to tell Aman and

Re: DA 18-250 Working Again

2010-03-01 Thread Tom C
Possibly, but I'd taken it on/off several times. Happy it's working now. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Not seated quite right?  Sometimes they get bent a bit out of shape... On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:29 PM, P. J. Alling

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-03-01 Thread P N Stenquist
On Mar 1, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Careful Bill or you might find some surprises on the unquestioning obedience/civil disobedience issues. Some of us are children of the '60's and were in Chicago for the '68 Democratic Convention fuss. Regards, Bob S. I was at the Battle of

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
You need 1 day per time zone to get back to normal. Make sure you are hydrated, water is your friend! Sleep when you can and get some exercise. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:27 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I have traveled across 7 time zones back and forth twice

Re: PESO - Spadina Cars

2010-03-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
Frank, Lovely shot and lots of nostalgia for me. (Chicago grew along the horse car/street car lines like Milwaukee Avenue.) Regards, Bob S On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:42 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted

Re: PESO - Plum Blossoms

2010-03-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
What Dave said... Lovely! Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:16 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I'm partial to the first shot. Love the richness of the sky back ground Dave On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: The plums

Re: PESO - Spadina Cars

2010-03-01 Thread P N Stenquist
On Mar 1, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Frank, Lovely shot and lots of nostalgia for me. (Chicago grew along the horse car/street car lines like Milwaukee Avenue.) Regards, Bob S When I was a wee one, there was a street car line down the median strip of the South Side's Stony

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-03-01 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:22:03 -0600 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Careful Bill or you might find some surprises on the unquestioning obedience/civil disobedience issues. Some of us are children of the '60's and were in Chicago for the '68 Democratic Convention fuss. I remember the

Re: Congratulations!

2010-03-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Congratulations Canada on your hockey gold medal! Well, I gotta tell ya, our local hockey pundits were predicting that the USA wouldn't be a medal threat and that Canada had a good chance for the

Re: GESO - Film, LX and the 31 Ltd

2010-03-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brendan MacRae Decided to see if my LX was still working the other day. So, I grabbed some Kodak Gold 200 I had sitting around, loaded into my LX, slapped the 31 Ltd on it, and took the kids and my corgi for a walk. It still works. Yea film!

Re: Congratulations!

2010-03-01 Thread Jack Davis
Finland: Bronze J --- On Mon, 3/1/10, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: Congratulations! To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, March 1, 2010, 8:13 AM From: frank theriault On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Jack Davis

RE: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: Boris Liberman Hi! I have traveled across 7 time zones back and forth twice in the past 4 weeks. And this time the recovery is rather tiresome. I wonder what kind of advice (except, Boris, go visit a doctor) you could offer me in dealing with the jet lag. Initially I thought that

Re: Congratulations!

2010-03-01 Thread Steven Desjardins
I wonder when this will appear on Speed. I'm not a big fan of motocross and that's all we have now. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Brian Walters wrote: On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:14 -0800, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Congratulations Canada on

Re: Congratulations!

2010-03-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Mann On Mar 1, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Congratulations New Zealand on winning the 20-20 cricket match against Aus yesterday. :-) Both of them (the women won as well). Not that I care for 20-20 but we have to take what we can against Aus. I vaguely

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-03-01 Thread Steven Desjardins
If that's true then Cotty's hat is safe. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: It looks like it'll take an act of congress to get one. On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I hadn't looked at this thread in a while.  Clearly the

Re: Congratulations!

2010-03-01 Thread Mat Maessen
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder when this will appear on Speed.  I'm not a big fan of motocross and that's all we have now. It was on Speed last night. My Tivo recorded both races. I'm sure they'll be rebroadcast later in the week. -Mat --

Re: OT: Congratulations...

2010-03-01 Thread Charles Robinson
On Mar 1, 2010, at 0:10, steve harley wrote: On 2010-02-28 18:47 , Jim King wrote: BTW, I think that the game was one of the best I've ever seen - like a Stanley Cup 7th game without the fighting... i really dislike ice hockey in general, but i watched portions of this game and really

Re: GESO - Film, LX and the 31 Ltd

2010-03-01 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks! There were a couple of shots of the dog but not very interesting. I was trying to hold his leash and shoot at the same time. I have some good pics of him at iStock though: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=5288440 - Original Message From: John Sessoms

Re: K7 movies

2010-03-01 Thread DagT
On my mac I can play .avi-movies with ordinary Quicktime, VLC, DivX player, realplayer and MPlayer. Some of them may have problems with the sound codec, but VLC handles most cases. DagT Den 1. mars 2010 kl. 00.51 skrev Brendan MacRae: check that. you'll need to covert it to .mov first.

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest,

2010-03-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: P N Stenquist On Mar 1, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Careful Bill or you might find some surprises on the unquestioning obedience/civil disobedience issues. Some of us are children of the '60's and were in Chicago for the '68 Democratic Convention fuss. Regards, Bob S. I

Re: K7 movies

2010-03-01 Thread P N Stenquist
On Mar 1, 2010, at 12:15 PM, DagT wrote: On my mac I can play .avi-movies with ordinary Quicktime, VLC, DivX player, realplayer and MPlayer. Some of them may have problems with the sound codec, but VLC handles most cases. DagT Hi Dag, I can play them with QuickTime, but I want to edit

Re: Congratulations!

2010-03-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Mat Maessen wrote: On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I wonder when this will appear on Speed.  I'm not a big fan of motocross and that's all we have now. It was on Speed last night. My Tivo recorded both races. I'm sure they'll be rebroadcast later in

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest,

2010-03-01 Thread P N Stenquist
On Mar 1, 2010, at 12:19 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: P N Stenquist On Mar 1, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Careful Bill or you might find some surprises on the unquestioning obedience/civil disobedience issues. Some of us are children of the '60's and were in Chicago for

Re: Boris PESO #14

2010-03-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Beg pardon? On 3/1/2010 4:22 AM, Thomas Cakalic wrote: Of course Jack Davis was named after the famous actor Jack Elam. On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Jack Davisjdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Maybe I excess on it, but I'm usually not comfortable with an image if it's too lop sided. Note I

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-01 Thread Ken Waller
After traveling thru numerous time zones I try to stay on the time at my destination, regardless of what my body's time zone is. I find I'm in much better shape the first full day there. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman

Re: OT: Congratulations...

2010-03-01 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com Subject: Re: OT: Congratulations... On Mar 1, 2010, at 0:10, steve harley wrote: On 2010-02-28 18:47 , Jim King wrote: BTW, I think that the game was one of the best I've

Re: OT: Congratulations...

2010-03-01 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com Subject: Re: OT: Congratulations... On Feb 28, 2010, at 22:24 , Cotty wrote: On 28/2/10, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: To my American friends on winning the

Re: PESO Rusty

2010-03-01 Thread Ken Waller
Very nice, but I'd like a little more room from the subject to the top edge. Any ides as to what it is ? Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: PESO Rusty On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:43 +0100, Toine

Photogito Ergo Sum (c) -- Selected photos of Igor

2010-03-01 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All, Photogito Ergo Sum [(c) I.R.] For many years, I've been thinking about putting together a gallery of some selected photos of mine that I like for one or another reason. This weekend, while procrastinating, I managed to quickly put together a gallery of such selected photos. (Thanks to

Re: Photogito Ergo Sum (c) -- Selected photos of Igor

2010-03-01 Thread Igor Roshchin
PS. If anybody likes Minority Report / iPhone -like interface, you can use the browser plugin from CoolIris - http://www.cooliris.com/ (formerly known as PicLens). I noticed that many popular photo-hosting site have enabled support for that recently (including CNN and some other news websites).

Re: PESO Rusty

2010-03-01 Thread Toine
Thanks, It's the back part (exhaust pipe) of a wood stove. The subject doesn't allow more room on the top edge. Toine On 1 March 2010 19:38, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Very nice, but I'd like a little more room from the subject to the top edge. Any ides as to what it is ? Kenneth

Re: Boris PESO #14

2010-03-01 Thread Jack Davis
Yeah..me too! :( Jack --- On Mon, 3/1/10, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Boris PESO #14 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, March 1, 2010, 10:02 AM Beg pardon? On 3/1/2010 4:22 AM, Thomas Cakalic wrote:

RE: Congratulations!

2010-03-01 Thread Bob W
Not that I care for 20-20 but we have to take what we can against Aus. I vaguely know what cricket is, but what is 20-20 cricket? Each team bowls a maximum of 20 overs. It's fast and furious, over pretty quickly and there's lots of money in it (relatively). Unlike the traditional test

RE: Congratulations!

2010-03-01 Thread Bob W
The commentators comment mostly on the quality of the cheery cake that Mrs. Featherstonehaugh sent them. That should, of course, read 'cherry cake'. You'd never get anything cheery from Mrs. Featherstonehaugh. Miserable cow. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Metering - K7

2010-03-01 Thread Bruce Dayton
It has been stated by several K7 owners that the metering has improved quite a bit over the K20D. I am curious as to the details of this difference. Are we talking about matrix metering and automatic modes on the camera, or are we talking about center weighted and manual exposure settings...

Re: K7 movies

2010-03-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/3/10, P N Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: I can play them with QuickTime, but I want to edit them and maybe burn them to Blu-Ray DVD. I think I need the latest version of toast to accomplish the latter. Hi Paul, Once converted from AVIs in QTP, you can burn a DVD using iDVD - fairly

Re: K7 movies

2010-03-01 Thread paul stenquist
On Mar 1, 2010, at 2:46 PM, Cotty wrote: On 1/3/10, P N Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: I can play them with QuickTime, but I want to edit them and maybe burn them to Blu-Ray DVD. I think I need the latest version of toast to accomplish the latter. Hi Paul, Once converted from

Re: K7 movies

2010-03-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/3/10, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: iDVD burn HD DVDs? Gimme 5... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Boris PESO #14

2010-03-01 Thread Igor Roshchin
Boris, The composition is fine - technically, but not very inspiring. The light is far from the best - but you discussed that already. I would try to play with the contrast/brightness. Since you mentioned you are going back there, I would entertain one possibility, - to frame so that the RHS

Re: K7 movies

2010-03-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/3/10, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: iDVD burn HD DVDs? It won't, they import into iDVD as SD (standard def) so Toast might be better for you. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: K7 movies

2010-03-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/3/10, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: It won't, they import into iDVD as SD (standard def) so Toast might be better for you. FYI: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=627360 -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: OT: Congratulations...

2010-03-01 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Mar 1, 2010, at 10:35 , Ken Waller wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com Subject: Re: OT: Congratulations... On Feb 28, 2010, at 22:24 , Cotty wrote: On 28/2/10, William Robb, discombobulated,

Re: PESO Rusty

2010-03-01 Thread Charles Robinson
On Mar 1, 2010, at 12:52, Toine wrote: On 1 March 2010 19:38, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Very nice, but I'd like a little more room from the subject to the top edge. Any ides as to what it is ? Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From:

RE: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-01 Thread Chris Mitchell
Rick Womer wrote Boris, Get hold of this book: How To Beat Jet Lag, by Dan Oren. I heard about this some time ago and wanted to get it but forgot the author's name. So thanks, Rick, for reminding me. Just looked on UK Amazon - 42.95 GB pounds per 141 page paperback copy! Luckily they had a

Re: Metering - K7

2010-03-01 Thread paul stenquist
On Mar 1, 2010, at 2:46 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: It has been stated by several K7 owners that the metering has improved quite a bit over the K20D. I am curious as to the details of this difference. Are we talking about matrix metering and automatic modes on the camera, or are we talking

Re: K7 movies

2010-03-01 Thread paul stenquist
Excellent. Thanks for doing the research! So I can make 20 minute HD movies on standard DVDs with Toast. That's good news. It also means I can make HD slide shows without purchasing a Blu Ray burner. More good news. Paul On Mar 1, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Cotty wrote: On 1/3/10, Cotty,

A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-01 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Got my A400/5.6 lens about a month ago, took it out today and gave it a try. It requires extreme care in focussing but it is sharp lens when you do that. Sample image at: http://www.jchriso.com/temp/BIRD02.jpg this is my backyard, gonna take it to the beach next week if I get the time --

OT - Tea

2010-03-01 Thread John Celio
So I've been asking everyone I can think of who might know something about tea and have been coming up emptea. My friend in Connecticut introduced me to a German tea, called Braunschweiger Löwentee, that she got during her last trip there. It was a really good blend of oolong and black teas with

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-01 Thread Tim Øsleby
Haven't seen this thread before. Glad to hear that to you found out what it is. I hope you are feeling better now. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/2/5 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: glad to announce: - was released from hospital saturday after a major cardio nervous

Re: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-01 Thread Jack Davis
IX can't display.. --- On Mon, 3/1/10, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: From: J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net Subject: A400/5.6 Shots a bird To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, March 1, 2010, 1:00 PM Got my A400/5.6 lens about a month ago, took it out today

Re: OT PESO - M

2010-03-01 Thread Derby Chang
David Savage wrote: G'day All, Rediscovered this shot of Casey in my archive today and thought it was quite nice: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/4394279576/ Direct Link (~125kb) http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4394279576_c65f25d1ff_o.jpg D700, AF-S 24-70mm f2.8 @ 35mm, 1/500 @

Re: PESO - Plum Blossoms

2010-03-01 Thread Derby Chang
Bruce Dayton wrote: The plums have blossomed already. This shot was taken at dusk. I have presented two versions - one showing more silhouette than the other. Pentax K-x, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6, Handheld ISO 500, 1/320 sec @ f/7.1 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp2635.htm Pentax K-x,

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-01 Thread eckinator
2010/3/1 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com: Haven't seen this thread before. Glad to hear that to you found out what it is. I hope you are feeling better now. Actually I was just pondering whether or not to post an update yet - there was finally news today that are hopefully worth their weight

RE: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-01 Thread J.C. O'Connell
the photo loads in IE ok for me. Don't no of any problems with it. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From:

Re: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-01 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Mar 1, 2010, at 13:11 , Jack Davis wrote: IX can't display.. Opens fine in Safari and Firefox. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com “ It is still true, as was first said many years ago, that people are the only sophisticated computing devices that can be made at low cost by unskilled

Re: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-01 Thread eckinator
That looks quite sharp to me indeed =) Cheers Ecke 2010/3/1 J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net: Got my A400/5.6 lens about a month ago, took it out today and gave it a try. It requires extreme care in focussing but it is sharp lens when you do that. Sample image at:

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-01 Thread eckinator
2010/3/1 John Celio n...@neovenator.com: 2) A way to order the tea from Germany. This may be too expensive for me, but I'd like to find out for sure. I'm in Germany; I'll see what I can do for you Please let me know all you found out offlist Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-01 Thread Joseph McAllister
Very glad to hear that you are upbeat and healthy again. Take good care of that body, because without it, well, you know. :-) Just received good news myself. Checkup shows no signs of diabetes, all organ functions are nominal, cholesterol is good. Not bad for a 120# overweight computer

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-01 Thread P N Stenquist
Good to hear you're on the mend. I think the Yankees are looking for a switch hitter:-). Paul On Mar 1, 2010, at 4:31 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/3/1 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com: Haven't seen this thread before. Glad to hear that to you found out what it is. I hope you are feeling better

RE: A400/5.6 Shots a bird part two

2010-03-01 Thread J.C. O'Connell
heres another one: http://www.jchriso.com/temp/BIRD01.jpg -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-01 Thread eckinator
2010/3/1 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: Not bad for a 120# overweight computer nerd who is sitting at his computer when the sun is shining and his new K-7 is screaming for exercise. DANG BUDDY what are you DOING??? Get OUT THERE!!! ]=) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-01 Thread Jack Davis
I chose to have IX diagnose the problem and up popped a cormorant siting on a Canada Goose decoy. First time I've had a hitch in downloading one of your images. I cleared it and tried again, for kicks, and got the same can't display... (?) I like the shot, Peter. Glad I was able to bring it up.

RE: A400/5.6 Shots a bird part two

2010-03-01 Thread Jack Davis
Had to go the same route to access this one as well. Kind of prefer the orig. Both nice. Jack --- On Mon, 3/1/10, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: From: J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net Subject: RE: A400/5.6 Shots a bird part two To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Date:

Re: A400/5.6 Shots a bird part two

2010-03-01 Thread P N Stenquist
Both are nice shots and well rendered. The second is my favorite. I have that lens as well and have shot quite a few birds with it. It's a lot of lens for the money. Gets some nasty CA when branches against white sky are part of the scene, but that's to be expected. In normal use it's

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-01 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Mar 1, 2010, at 13:48 , eckinator wrote: 2010/3/1 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: Not bad for a 120# overweight computer nerd who is sitting at his computer when the sun is shining and his new K-7 is screaming for exercise. DANG BUDDY what are you DOING??? Get OUT THERE!!! ]=)

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-01 Thread eckinator
2010/3/1 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: 2) A way to order the tea from Germany. This may be too expensive for me, but I'd like to find out for sure. OK found the shop that makes and sells it. Have a relative in that town, too. Postage goes by weight and whether or not you want insured or

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