Re: Metering - K7

2010-03-02 Thread Boris Liberman
Bruce, assuming that center weighted simulation with matrix metering sensor is done reasonably well, I see no reason to have major discrepancies between center weighted meters of various cameras. Thus, Bill's mention surprises me as well... On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Bruce Dayton

Re: OT: Congratulations...

2010-03-02 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Mar 1, 2010, at 15:20 , William Robb wrote: How nice of them to invite the U. S. so we could garner the MOST medals ! [: } They had to invite us. We had the television rights. We wanted to invite you so we could whip your sorry asses at both mens and womens hockey. :-) Just so

RE: OT - Tea

2010-03-02 Thread Bob W
[...] I'm asking my friend what size package it was that she had, because I've never actually bought loose tea before and have no idea how much I should get. [...] One teaspoon (theres a clue in the name!) per person, and one for the pot. Multiply by the number of pots of tea you want to

RE: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-02 Thread Bob W
Avast! Is reporting a trojan (JS:FakeAV-EE [Trj]) on that page http://94.102.52.50/index.html -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: 02 March 2010 04:17 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A400/5.6

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-02 Thread Tim Øsleby
Thank you for the good news. Don't overdo the RR. To much reading and reviewing can be stressful. And stress is not what you need now. Just kidding. I had to look RR up, and reading and reviewing was one of the suggestions wikipedia made. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
also read this: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090222144538AANpafR that answer is somewhat correct - cheap crapola tea tends to be little bits and pieces of leftover/broken so it has higher density and weighs more to the teaspoon, the more expensive it gets the less weight per

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-02 Thread Keith Whaley
Bob W wrote: [...] I'm asking my friend what size package it was that she had, because I've never actually bought loose tea before and have no idea how much I should get. [...] One teaspoon (theres a clue in the name!) per person, and one for the pot. Multiply by the number of pots of tea

Re: Metering - K7

2010-03-02 Thread William Robb
Yup, it sure should. William Robb - Original Message - From: drd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:58 PM Subject: Re: Metering - K7 Should the second K7 be K20? --Original Message-- From: William Robb Sender:

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-02 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: OT/2: back from repair I can't imagine the torment that poor lefties went through being forced to write with their right hand. And later consequences? Who knows? My brother was one of those. It ruined his life. He became

OT PESO - Spectre

2010-03-02 Thread David Savage
G'day All, From down town Fremantle near sunset on a hot summer day: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/4396975359/ Direct Link (~300kb) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2730/4396975359_a3d3b1fa8c_o.jpg D700, AF-D 35mm f2, 1/1600 f6.3, ISO 400. Enjoy. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
2010/3/1 P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Good to hear you're on the mend. I think the Yankees are looking for a switch hitter:-). Paul ROFL... good one! I'm too old but it sure sounds tempting... Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: But beyond that, the *quality* of what we received is way up. You've all risen to the occasion, apparently. I wouldn't have thought that was possible, but it's good news indeed! Thanks again for your hard work. -- PDML

Re: Wind Rows

2010-03-02 Thread John Graves
Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 1, 2010, at 8:31 PM, John Graves wrote: Frank, It didn't miss...It/they (that a clump of 3 three trees) blew out the window in the end, hit the top of my chimney, and tore out and chewed up the rail on the end of the porch, as well as the concrete holding it

Re: peso - girl

2010-03-02 Thread paul stenquist
Nice moment, well captured. Good conversion as well. Paul On Mar 2, 2010, at 1:46 AM, Sasha Sobol wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4395234619/ critique and comments welcome --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Sharing Subway Tunes?

2010-03-02 Thread paul stenquist
A nice shot of an intimate moment. Paul On Mar 1, 2010, at 11:42 PM, frank theriault wrote: I find people and their personal electronic devices to be most interesting, especially when those devices are being shared. I love traveling on the subway as it's a great place for people-watching.

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
Remember, left-handed people are in their right minds. that is where it all took place... and the correlations brought it to light. well it explains how well i handled my small axe cutting branches also with my left arm when my right arm was exhausted and a bunch of other stuff such as eating

Re: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-02 Thread Jack Davis
I'm currently having problems doing so. Was not the case in the past. Jack --- On Mon, 3/1/10, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: A400/5.6 Shots a bird To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, March 1,

Re: PESO - Sharing Subway Tunes?

2010-03-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
What Paul said. Igor Tue Mar 2 06:31:51 CST 2010 paul stenquist wrote: A nice shot of an intimate moment. Paul On Mar 1, 2010, at 11:42 PM, frank theriault wrote: I find people and their personal electronic devices to be most interesting, especially when those devices are being shared.

Re: K7 movies

2010-03-02 Thread Thibouille
Mmm I remember I opened them directly in iMovie. The file format is AVI but the most important thing is the codec, as some others said, Mjpeg. It produces huge files but are very easy to edit on the computer since that codec doesn't require a lot of power to compress/decompress. Edit: I just

Re: peso - girl

2010-03-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
Sasha, I saw this photo earlier, when you posted the photo of the seals. I liked that photo, but the composition was a bit disturbing to me eye. I am not sure, - it's probably the combination of the light and the details, - but I'd like to have some more on the lower side and probably a bit on

Re: PESO - Shopping in the Snow

2010-03-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
I think the guy is an interesting counterpoint. I spent time examining his clothing and head position versus the ladies. Aged with a cane and knit hats vs youth without. Interesting catch Frank. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:48 AM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: I like the

Re: Wind Rows

2010-03-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tue Mar 2 06:33:46 CST 2010 John Graves wrote: Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 1, 2010, at 8:31 PM, John Graves wrote: But we are still here and just waiting for the adjuster. Then I can schedule the tree guy. So what is a guy to doother that take photographssigh???

Re: Metering - K7

2010-03-02 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Bruce, I don't have K20D but I have K10D. So my comparison would be between K10 and K-7. Here goes. Generally, my shooting workflow with K10D was to get on location, make a shot or two and watch the histogram. Then I

Re: K7 movies

2010-03-02 Thread P N Stenquist
On Mar 2, 2010, at 8:58 AM, Thibouille wrote: Mmm I remember I opened them directly in iMovie. The file format is AVI but the most important thing is the codec, as some others said, Mjpeg. It produces huge files but are very easy to edit on the computer since that codec doesn't require a lot

Re: OT PESO - Spectre

2010-03-02 Thread David J Brooks
Love the mood, shadow detail and composition on this. Dave On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:15 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, From down town Fremantle near sunset on a hot summer day: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/4396975359/ Direct Link (~300kb)

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: . But beyond that, the *quality* of what we received is way up. You've all risen to the occasion, apparently. So, mine are out then.;-) The submission period was extended a day, by the way, to give some extra time for

Re: PESO - Shopping in the Snow

2010-03-02 Thread David J Brooks
Good snow flake blur.:-) I like this one very much Dave On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:11 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: We got some snow late last week.  Saturday it was mildish, but in the afternoon it was coming down pretty good.  I took this photo:

Re: peso - girl

2010-03-02 Thread David J Brooks
Very nice crisp photo. Dave On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4395234619/ critique and comments welcome --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO - Sharing Subway Tunes?

2010-03-02 Thread David J Brooks
Very good. I like the facial expressions Dave On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:42 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I find people and their personal electronic devices to be most interesting, especially when those devices are being shared. I love traveling on the subway as it's a

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread mark
David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: In other news, we also received submissions from someone who *isn't* on the PDML and, as far as Doug can tell, never has been! He gets several points for ambitiousness, but loses

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread Stan Halpin
Thank you Mark and also your fellow editors. I was just poking around on your site trying to se the final list of contributors. I saw it before when it popped up after I had done my submissions, but I can't find a link now that would take me back there... stan On Mar 1, 2010, at 9:27 PM, Mark

PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread Luiz Felipe
message from Stan reads: . .Thank you Mark and also your fellow editors. . .I was just poking around on your site trying to se the final list of contributors. I saw it before when it popped up after I had done my submissions, but I can't find a link now that would take me back there... . .stan

Peso After the snow Feb 27, 2010

2010-03-02 Thread David J Brooks
Hi all I took a few shots around the yard after the snow fall we had on Saturday. Nice big flakes but gone as soon as the sun came out. Hereis the first one.: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10753871 Still cannot copy and paste a link from photo.net. Arg, Comments welcome K10D and

Re: Metering - K7

2010-03-02 Thread AlunFoto
2010/3/1 Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com: 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

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread Miserere
Surely we'd be called The Asahi... :-) --M. On 02/03/2010, m...@robertstech.com m...@robertstech.com wrote: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: In other news, we also received submissions from someone who

Re: PESO Rusty

2010-03-02 Thread frank theriault
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 ;) Very cool shot! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: peso - girl

2010-03-02 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4395234619/ critique and comments welcome Soft and pretty and happy. Wonderful photo! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread Stan Halpin
Got it - thanks Luiz. On Mar 2, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Luiz Felipe wrote: message from Stan reads: . .Thank you Mark and also your fellow editors. . .I was just poking around on your site trying to se the final list of contributors. I saw it before when it popped up after I had done my

Re: Peso After the snow Feb 27, 2010

2010-03-02 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hmmm... Stark contrast to my plum blossoms taken about the same time. It certainly gives you a feeling for the weather you're having. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 8:27:14 AM, you wrote: DJB Hi all DJB I took a few shots around the yard after the snow fall we had on DJB

Re: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: paul stenquist On Mar 1, 2010, at 10:51 PM, John Celio wrote: JCO, every time I try to visit your website, my browser gives me a virus/malware warning. This time, I clicked through the warning since it was just a jpg, but then AVG said it blocked a threat from your site. It said,

RE: Wind Rows

2010-03-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Graves When things get interesting, it helps to get a camera out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhg2/sets/72157623535053242/ Looks like it missed the house. I hope it DID; a pain to clean up, but not as bad as if you had major structural repairs as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Bay area photo opportunity

2010-03-02 Thread Larry Colen
There are a couple of steampunk events coming up in the next few weeks. If you enjoy photographing people in rather inventive costumes, you may want to check them out. http://www.steampunkexhibition.com/ http://peers.org/legion.html -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est --

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread ann sanfedele
m...@robertstech.com wrote: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: In other news, we also received submissions from someone who *isn't* on the PDML and, as far as Doug can tell, never has been! He gets

Re: peso - girl

2010-03-02 Thread CheekyGeek
Nice photo. Improvements? Main light is at 7 O-clock which puts nose shadow over eye. Would be improved with the main light to 10-11 O-clock. I'd also prefer the eyes be sharp, rather than the close hair. You've got a cute model there. I'd employ her often! Darren Addy Kearney, NE On Tue, Mar

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread Miserere
On a more serious note, having just spent a whole weekend moving my blog/website to its new theme, I have even more respect for the the work Mark is putting in to this whole affair. Not only did he implement the upload form, but he's also going to deal with all the software pains of getting our

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:31 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: snip I am actually neurologically left handed. I've lived right handed for almost 40 years... Remember, left-handed people are in their right minds. They call mine a concealed left handedness.

Re: peso - girl

2010-03-02 Thread Miserere
Cute :-) -- http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 2 March 2010 01:46, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4395234619/ critique and comments welcome --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-02 Thread mark
John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I didn't get it this time, but I've seen it on several previous occasions. I think the company that hosts JCO's site is somewhat behind the power curve when it comes to patching holes. That's my take. And if JCO is using plain FTP to transfer files,

Re: 3 PESOS - In the 'hood today

2010-03-02 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:54 PM, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: stayed hunkered down with sniffles yesterday but had to get out today... all three of these were taken with Pentax 28mm f 2.8 SMC (about 35 years old) on the Canon digital rebel (about 3 years old) If Frank doesn't like

Re: Thanks!!

2010-03-02 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Tim Bob:  Point taken.  Thanks!  :-)  Cheers, Christine Lovely pix - you two are a terrific looking couple! Glad you had a wonderful birthday. Don't worry about that certain age thing. I passed that certain age

Re: PESO -- Julies

2010-03-02 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 7:13 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Somehow this didn't get pasted in http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20julies.html I like it! Yes, not sharp in all the right places, but to me that implies movement (which cats are known to involve

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: snip I think now I know why Mark is losing his hair... snip Losing? g,dr cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Metering - K7

2010-03-02 Thread Thibouille
I do not own a K10 anymore but I remember I 'brutaly' tested integrated flash exposure by firing it in front of a mirror. * The K10 shot was almost unusable, the whole mirror completely eaten by the flash light. * The K7 shot however was different, still eaten by the flash light of course, but I

Re: Wind Rows

2010-03-02 Thread John Graves
John, Thanks for your kind wishes. Yes, It mostly missed but did enough that we will have an adjuster visit. As others have mentioned, the important thing is we are all right, and all else is mostly ok. My ham antenna (a vertical aluminum pole ) was demolished but it is replaceable one way

Re: K7 movies

2010-03-02 Thread Thibouille
You're welcome, Paul. Happy if I can help. I have to say I'm very impressed by the quality of the video. Comparison with my LX3 (720p as well) isn't fair at all. The LX3 compresses data way more (in theory the Codec has not that much influence but bitrate has a lot more). On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tim Bray On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:27 PM, 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, Boris, go visit a doctor) you

Re: OT: Congratulations...

2010-03-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Joseph McAllister On Mar 1, 2010, at 15:20 , William Robb wrote: How nice of them to invite the U. S. so we could garner the MOST medals ! [: } They had to invite us. We had the television rights. We wanted to invite you so we could whip your sorry asses at both mens

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread mark
frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: snip I think now I know why Mark is losing his hair... snip Losing? g,dr I've been donating it to Cotty... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: 3 PESOS - In the 'hood today

2010-03-02 Thread ann sanfedele
Thanks Frank, I wondered where you were... if you hadn't seen/liked my totally Frank themed snaps I'd have been very disappointed :) I'm always behind on email - skim skim skim xo, ann frank theriault wrote: On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:54 PM, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
On 3/2/2010 11:26 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: frank theriault On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:31 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: snip I am actually neurologically left handed. I've lived right handed for almost 40 years... Remember, left-handed people are in their right minds. They

Re: Peso After the snow Feb 27, 2010

2010-03-02 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: Hmmm... Stark contrast to my plum blossoms taken about the same time.  It certainly gives you a feeling for the weather you're having. -- Best regards, Bruce Its been nice here the past two days, sunny and above

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: I think now I know why Mark is losing his hair... We blame it on Doug. Dave Thanks, Mark!  --M. --    http://EnticingTheLight.com    A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 1 March 2010 22:27, Mark Roberts

RE: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-02 Thread J.C. O'Connell
these files are ftp uploaded and seem to work fine on ebay for many many many times (1000's)all without incident or failure to display on my system nor any reports thru ebay or direct from any ebay buyers reporting either. Not sure why a few don't like them, pretty basic stuff. I use CA antivirus

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
2010/3/2 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: In other news, we also received submissions from someone who *isn't* on the PDML and, as far as Doug can tell, never has been! He gets several points for ambitiousness, but loses a lot more for treachery ;-) I suppose we should consider it a

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
2010/3/2 Miserere miser...@gmail.com: On a more serious note, having just spent a whole weekend moving my blog/website to its new theme, I have even more respect for the the work Mark is putting in to this whole affair. Not only did he implement the upload form, but he's also going to deal

Re: Wind Rows

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
2010/3/2 John Graves jh.gra...@verizon.net: When things get interesting, it helps to get a camera out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhg2/sets/72157623535053242/ Holy Mackerel... Glad to read farther down the thread that you're all safe sound Looks like a nice backyard, too =) Cheers Ecke --

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-03-02 12:47, John Sessoms wrote: A small amount of red wine can actually help relax you to enable you to sleep. So can a dose of benadryl and a dose of your favorite liquor. :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Wind Rows

2010-03-02 Thread John Graves
Thanks. Our reaction exactly. John / WA1JG eckinator wrote: 2010/3/2 John Graves jh.gra...@verizon.net: When things get interesting, it helps to get a camera out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhg2/sets/72157623535053242/ Holy Mackerel... Glad to read farther down the thread that

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Melatonin... enter Germany with it in your luggage - they're unlikely to catch you but if they do you are importing illegal medicines which is not a narc offense but still a crime subject to official prosecution so whoever catches you or gets your case on their

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-02 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: I can't imagine the torment that poor lefties went through being forced to write with their right hand. And later consequences? Who knows? Becoming a famous drummer in the world's most successful rock band? Seriously. Ringo Starr is left-handed but as a child was forced

Re: K7 movies

2010-03-02 Thread Cotty
On 2/3/10, Thibouille, discombobulated, unleashed: (in theory the Codec has not that much influence but bitrate has a lot more). 35 mbps is professional territory. Best BBC quality requirements is 50mbps. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Developing Chemical Disposal

2010-03-02 Thread John Graves
I am considering developing my own BW film. My film cameras are beckoning. Before I do this, I would like to understand how to dispose of the required chemicals. I would be using something like Ethol UFG on TMax or equivalents. It looks like fixer with a simple treatment (desilvering) is

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-02 Thread gldnbearz
Ooh... that combination might put you to sleep for a good while. Some days, the liquor leaves less of a hangover... - Pat plays a pharmacist in real life On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: On 2010-03-02 12:47, John Sessoms wrote: A small amount of

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-02 Thread gldnbearz
Actually sent that info to Boris via off-line b/c not everyone can legally use melatonin. - Pat On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:25 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Melatonin... enter Germany with it in your luggage - they're unlikely to catch you but if

Re: peso - girl

2010-03-02 Thread Sasha Sobol
Thanks for your constructive feedback! --Sasha On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Cute   :-) --    http://EnticingTheLight.com    A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 2 March 2010 01:46, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote:

Peso - another girl

2010-03-02 Thread Sasha Sobol
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4396004182/ Comments and critique are welcome (I really appreciate your time and effort spent on giving me feedback). Thanks, --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: OT: Congratulations...

2010-03-02 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: OT: Congratulations... From: Joseph McAllister On Mar 1, 2010, at 15:20 , William Robb wrote: How nice of them to invite the U. S. so we could garner the

RE: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread Bob W
So much for secret societies.;-) I have a name in mind, lets guess. If we're a secret society devoted to photography, how could we call ourselves anything but The Illuminati? The Phalacrocorax Deceitful Masonic Lodge? In Paradise Lost the cormorant is a symbol of deception,

RE: OT - Tea

2010-03-02 Thread Bob W
Bob W wrote: [...] I'm asking my friend what size package it was that she had, because I've never actually bought loose tea before and have no idea how much I should get. [...] One teaspoon (theres a clue in the name!) per person, and one for the pot. Multiply by the number

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-02 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com Subject: Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag On 2010-03-02 12:47, John Sessoms wrote: A small amount of red wine can actually help relax you to enable you to sleep. So can a dose

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-02 Thread Ken Waller
During my elementary schooling in the early 50s -I was constantly harassed for being a left handed writer - got rapped with a ruler by teachers trying to get me to change. I fixed em by injuring my right hand so I had to write with my left (in all other aspects of handed ness, I'm a righty)

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-02 Thread Sasha Sobol
eckinator, thanks. I did not know that melatonin was illegal in Germany --S On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com Subject: Re: Off Topic:

Re: Peso - another girl

2010-03-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 2, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Sasha Sobol wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4396004182/ Comments and critique are welcome (I really appreciate your time and effort spent on giving me feedback). Nice composition and I love the smile in her eyes. Color balance seems a bit off, it;s

Re: Wind Rows

2010-03-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 2, 2010, at 4:33 AM, John Graves wrote: Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 1, 2010, at 8:31 PM, John Graves wrote: Frank, It didn't miss...It/they (that a clump of 3 three trees) blew out the window in the end, hit the top of my chimney, and tore out and chewed up the rail on the end of

Boston PDML Thursday?

2010-03-02 Thread Mark Roberts
OK, the Boston PDML is me and Miserere, but if there are any other Boston PDML lurkers... The Photographic Resource Center of Boston University is having a photoslam (kind of like a poetry slam but with photos) on Thursday evening at 6:00 at the Wonder Bar, 186 Harvard Ave. Members (such as

Re: Developing Chemical Disposal

2010-03-02 Thread ann sanfedele
John Graves wrote: I am considering developing my own BW film. My film cameras are beckoning. Before I do this, I would like to understand how to dispose of the required chemicals. I would be using something like Ethol UFG on TMax or equivalents. It looks like fixer with a simple

Re: Boston PDML Thursday?

2010-03-02 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: snip Non-members...can stare in slack-jawed wonder at our awesomeness.snip Almost makes me want to fly down. Almost... ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: Peso - another girl

2010-03-02 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4396004182/ Comments and critique are welcome (I really appreciate your time and effort spent on giving me feedback). Seems a bit dark on my (uncalibrated) monitor, but otherwise it's a

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Oh Hell, what did Milton Berl know anyway! On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: So much for secret societies.;-) I have a name in mind, lets guess. If we're a secret society devoted to photography, how could we call ourselves anything but The Illuminati? The

Re: Boston PDML Thursday?

2010-03-02 Thread Sam Longley
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: OK, the Boston PDML is me and Miserere, but if there are any other Boston PDML lurkers... The Photographic Resource Center of Boston University is having a photoslam (kind of like a poetry slam but with photos) on

Re: Wind Rows

2010-03-02 Thread John Graves
Larry, Well, I tend to be on 80 M (3.5 MHz), 40M (7.0 MHz), and 20M (14.0 MHz).using either code or sideband. I do have 2 M (144.0) transceiver in the car for chats on FM through several of the local repeaters. Since you have been gone, the morse code requirement has been dropped and there

RE: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: J.C. O'Connell these files are ftp uploaded and seem to work fine on ebay for many many many times (1000's)all without incident or failure to display on my system nor any reports thru ebay or direct from any ebay buyers reporting either. Not sure why a few don't like them, pretty basic

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Doug Franklin On 2010-03-02 12:47, John Sessoms wrote: A small amount of red wine can actually help relax you to enable you to sleep. So can a dose of benadryl and a dose of your favorite liquor. :-) Thanks, but no thanks. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-02 Thread paul stenquist
On Mar 2, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com Subject: Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag On 2010-03-02 12:47, John Sessoms wrote: A small amount of red wine can actually

Re: Boston PDML Thursday?

2010-03-02 Thread David J Brooks
You want to meet Mark first.?? I'd start slow, maybe Cotty or Frank Dave On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Sam Longley samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: OK, the Boston PDML is me and Miserere, but if there are any other Boston

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Oh Hell, what did Milton Berl know anyway! Fashion statements.?? Dave On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: So much for secret societies.;-) I have a name in mind, lets guess. If we're a

Re: Developing Chemical Disposal

2010-03-02 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:19 PM, John Graves jh.gra...@verizon.net wrote:  I am on a septic system and don't want to spoil a good system. Use Scott's, he won;'t mind Dave Any suggestions either in disposal or alternative products is welcome. John / WA1JG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Peso - another girl

2010-03-02 Thread David J Brooks
Looks a bit dark on the ibook, but ist a nice portrait, nice smile to Dave On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4396004182/ Comments and critique are welcome (I really appreciate your time and effort spent on giving me

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread CheekyGeek
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:24 AM, m...@robertstech.com wrote: If we're a secret society devoted to photography, how could we call ourselves anything but The Illuminati? If we're going to abide by the Truth in Advertising law, shouldn't we at least spell it: Illuminaughty? Darren Addy Kearney,

Re: Developing Chemical Disposal

2010-03-02 Thread John Sessoms
John Graves wrote: I am considering developing my own BW film. My film cameras are beckoning. Before I do this, I would like to understand how to dispose of the required chemicals. I would be using something like Ethol UFG on TMax or equivalents. It looks like fixer with a simple

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