Re: Introduction

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: Re: Introduction Welcome aboard Jeffery. I've been shooting Pentax since 1971 and now shoot with Nikon (2001) and Pentax (2004) digital equipment. I kept my 6x7 for when every one comes to their senses. Dave Brooks PS I'm in

Re: Introduction

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Introduction Anyhoo, welcome to the group, Jeffery. Please try to be an ass for the group, too, just like those two ]=) I wonder sometimes why I bother to try. William Robb Don't bother, it wouldn't be you. You need to

RE: Macro lens recommendation needed. [Scanned][Spam score:8%]

2010-04-30 Thread John Whittingham
Focus limiters help alot with prevent the lens from racking back and forth through the entire focus throw, but you still end up with a lens with an unusually long throw even over the limited range which results in pedestrian AF speeds. Adam A quote from the following test of the Pentax

Re: OT - Open letter from Steve Jobs

2010-04-30 Thread David Mann
On Apr 30, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Cotty wrote: About Adobe http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ I hate Flash but I hate obnoxious animated ads even more. I run a Flash blocker to get rid of them... but if Flash disappears they'll use HTML5 / javascript, and turning those off

Re: Camera pr0n

2010-04-30 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 29, 2010, at 2:40 PM, Sam L wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:20 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 4:51 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts Bob Sullivan wrote: Well at least you had the good sense to put some Pentax

Re: OT: Free, as in time

2010-04-30 Thread David Mann
On Apr 30, 2010, at 8:39 AM, Bob W wrote: Well, the long-trailed process of redundancy finally began today with a meeting of all of us who are 'at risk of redundancy'. They have to follow a clearly-defined process but some time in the next 2-6 weeks I'll be available again. It sounds like

Re: Ridiculous AF Macro

2010-04-30 Thread David Mann
I must have missed the quoted post. I often use my macro lens for non-macro work and I find the AF to be very useful. It has a distance limiter which helps to limit any hunting. Saves me from having to buy a non-macro 100mm :) Cheers, Dave On Apr 30, 2010, at 3:58 AM, Jerry in Arizona

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 28, 2010, at 02:40 , eckinator wrote: 2010/4/27 CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com: Another PDML'd Yogism: I never blame myself when my images aren't in focus. I just blame the autofocus and if it keeps up, I change brands. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that my images aren't

Re: Macro lens recommendation needed. [Scanned][Spam score:8%]

2010-04-30 Thread David Mann
On Apr 30, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Adam Maas wrote: Focus limiters help alot with prevent the lens from racking back and forth through the entire focus throw, but you still end up with a lens with an unusually long throw even over the limited range which results in pedestrian AF speeds. You need

Re: Macro lens recommendation needed. [Scanned][Spam score:8%]

2010-04-30 Thread Leon Altoff
On 29 April 2010 23:40, CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com wrote: IMHO, autofocus on a macro lens is ridiculous. In a lot of cases yes. Without quick shift yes. But when you are hanging in a precarious position using one hand to stop you from falling into the ocean and the other to hold the

Re: OT - Open letter from Steve Jobs

2010-04-30 Thread Tim Bray
I was unable to hold my peace: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/04/29/Flash-History -T On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: About Adobe http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ -- Cheers,  Cotty ___/\__ ||   (O)  |     People,

RE: OT - Open letter from Steve Jobs

2010-04-30 Thread Bob W
I don't think I've ever heard of an OS vendor doing something like this before. Surely the only inference one can draw from it is that their OS is not good enough to protect itself properly. That or they're just out to get Adobe. That wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing - the latest versions of

Re: PESO and ... Effectively off list for a bit... see some of you in Chicago

2010-04-30 Thread AlunFoto
Sorry to hear about your loss, Ann. See you in Chicago. Jostein 2010/4/30 ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: I say effectively, because I won't actually unsub.. but I have 0 time to look at it.. I'm not leaving NY until Monday, but the gods have conspired to make sure I have no time at all

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread eckinator
2010/4/30 Graydon gray...@marost.ca: As a camera company, the only thing Pentax has to sell is a particular aesthetic.  (The good small primes thing is a part of the aesthetic. So are the specifics of the in-camera image rendering.) Apple was at this point as a computer maker several times

Re: OT: Free, as in time

2010-04-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/4/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: One of the fascinating aspects of long-term participation in the PDML is the soap opera aspect - reading and hearing about the changes in everyone's lives - marriages, babies, house moves, illnesses, work and so on. I hope you get what you want Bob.

Re: OT - Samsung Jumping in on the Stormtrooper Look

2010-04-30 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 29, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Brian Walters wrote: http://www.photographyblog.com/news/samsung_nx10_white/?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+photographyblog+PhotographyBLOG http://tinyurl.com/2c9eqo9 I wonder if they'll release it next Tuesday, which I just found out

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 29, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Adam Maas wrote: My experience is that pretty much all of the 1st party 50/1.4's are weak wide open. The FA's probably the best of the lot, but it's weak until f2, the Canon is very bad, the old Nikon 50/1.4 is mediocre, the new version is somewhat better but still

Re: OT - Samsung Jumping in on the Stormtrooper Look

2010-04-30 Thread AlunFoto
2010/4/30 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I wonder if they'll release it next Tuesday, which I just found out is Star Wars day: May the fourth. Initiated by programmers fond of parentheses? Jostein the cryptic punster -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/4/10, Graydon, discombobulated, unleashed: Pentax has missed that train, and is now eight miles west of the tracks at a canoe launch in the wilderness. Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/4/10, Jeffery Smith, discombobulated, unleashed: Wooo! I like it here. And I don't disagree with anyone. Mark!! Bless the newbie. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

Re: Peso First sighting

2010-04-30 Thread Cotty
On 29/4/10, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10960332 First one around our yard, but not the first one i have seen. Nice parrot ! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: PESO Putting a cap on it

2010-04-30 Thread Cotty
While you could use a condom to protect your lens from the weather, I assume that you cut the tip off That would certainly bring things to a head. -- 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

Re: PESO Putting a cap on it

2010-04-30 Thread eckinator
2010/4/30 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: While you could use a condom to protect your lens from the weather, I assume that you cut the tip off That would certainly bring things to a head. Would you put one on a Fong Dong though? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Samsung Jumping in on the Stormtrooper Look

2010-04-30 Thread John Mullan
Are you perhaps thinking of LISP? FORTH is RPN. -- From: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:17 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT - Samsung Jumping in on the Stormtrooper Look 2010/4/30 Larry

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread paul stenquist
On Apr 30, 2010, at 4:30 AM, eckinator wrote: 2010/4/30 Graydon gray...@marost.ca: As a camera company, the only thing Pentax has to sell is a particular aesthetic. (The good small primes thing is a part of the aesthetic. So are the specifics of the in-camera image rendering.) Apple

Re: PESO and ... Effectively off list for a bit... see some of you in Chicago

2010-04-30 Thread paul stenquist
Sorry to hear that your friend has passed. I remember you mentioning her before. I wish I was going to see you in Chicago, but it's not likely that I'll be able to make it. Best, Paul 2010/4/30 ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: I say effectively, because I won't actually unsub.. but I

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread eckinator
2010/4/30 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Apple was at this point as a computer maker several times throughout their company history after they'd run out of killer apps. They made a monster comeback and have been responsible for some of the most annoying trends in the world such as

Woo hoo! Imagewrap books on their way to Chicago!

2010-04-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Just checked the Blurb account and the special order of image wrap PDML books has been finished and shipped to Chicago! The anticipated ship date was May 3 (Monday), but the books got done early and actually shipped yesterday. They were printed in St. Louis, so Chicago is a fairly short trip:

RE: Woo hoo! Imagewrap books on their way to Chicago!

2010-04-30 Thread Chris Mitchell
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: 30 April 2010 13:00 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Woo hoo! Imagewrap books on their way to Chicago! Just checked the Blurb account and the special order of image

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Adam Maas wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Rob Studdert wrote: On 30/04/2010, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I concur. It's already been demonstrated that almost all the modern (ie available to buy) Pentax glass vignettes on FF.

Re: Free, as in time

2010-04-30 Thread Christine Aguila
HI Bob: Sorry to hear about your job news. Hope you find something soon. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:39 PM Subject: OT: Free, as in time One of the

Re: David J Brooks

2010-04-30 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:34 PM Subject: From: David J Brooks From: David J Brooks I have those progression zoom glasses, which are basically one big bi focal, but its the floaties that really

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/30/2010 8:40 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Adam Maas wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Rob Studdert wrote: On 30/04/2010, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I concur. It's already been demonstrated that almost all the modern (ie

Re: PESO and ... Effectively off list for a bit... see some of you inChicago

2010-04-30 Thread Christine Aguila
Sorry to hear about your friend, Ann. We'll toast her when you come to Chicago. See you then. xxoo Christine - Original Message - From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:21 PM Subject: PESO and ...

Re: Woo hoo! Imagewrap books on their way to Chicago!

2010-04-30 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:13 AM Subject: RE: Woo hoo! Imagewrap books on their way to Chicago! -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net

Re: We'll be streaming the opening live from Chicago

2010-04-30 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 4:22 PM Subject: We'll be streaming the opening live from Chicago I just tested the video link for streaming and it seems to be working. Cotty just

Re: OT - Samsung Jumping in on the Stormtrooper Look

2010-04-30 Thread AlunFoto
2010/4/30 John Mullan k...@hotmail.com: Are you perhaps thinking of LISP? FORTH is RPN. Could hardly be thee-tharp, though, could it? -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Introduction

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: Introduction There's always the PDML PUG ... Technically, it's just the PUG. William Robb Former gallery maintainer. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? On 29/4/10, Jeffery Smith, discombobulated, unleashed: Wooo! I like it here. And I don't disagree with anyone. Mark!! Bless the newbie. IIRC, the first thing I wrote to the PDML was What is wrong with you

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: paul stenquist Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? Of course Apple did it with innovation as well. The first practical GUI interface, a music player that actually worked and a library to go with it, and a phone that was truly smarter than the herd. Exclusivity

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:59 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Apr 29, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Adam Maas wrote: My experience is that pretty much all of the 1st party 50/1.4's are weak wide open. The FA's probably the best of the lot, but it's weak until f2, the Canon is very bad, the old

Re: OT - Open letter from Steve Jobs

2010-04-30 Thread Adam Maas
Microsoft, Java/Javascript in IE. Any console system, every other cell phone except Android and webOS Based phones. In this case, Apple is NOT an OS Vendor, they're selling a box and a way to distribute content to said box, then saying they're not going to give a 3rd party control of part of the

Re: Please comment on my Diner Blog

2010-04-30 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Dan: What a fantastic idea! Love it. The pictures of the diners are great--love the interior shots. Keep taking them. The independently owned Chicago diner has just about gone the way of the dodo bird--we still have some, of course, but not as much as we used to, as they say. As to

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:07 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: IIRC, the first thing I wrote to the PDML was What is wrong with you people?. To this day, and it has been more than 10 years, that question remains unanswered. I propose that the above text should introduce Doug's

The New Life: Part II (new skin)

2010-04-30 Thread Roman Melihhov
http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20100430162536 ^^^ its a Grass Snake to the lover of repltiles in you... -- 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: Introduction

2010-04-30 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/30/2010 9:03 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: Introduction There's always the PDML PUG ... Technically, it's just the PUG. William Robb Former gallery maintainer. That may be technically true, but if you just Google PUG you end

Re: We'll be streaming the opening live from Chicago

2010-04-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Aguila wrote: I just tested the video link for streaming and it seems to be working. Cotty just got to see our cat via Internet video linkup. Ain't technology wonderful? Here's the link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pdml-photo-annual-gallery-opening We'll turn it on at 6:00 p.m.

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Adam Maas wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:59 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Where do you rate the 55/1.4? Sharp, soft, exotic or not close enough to 50 to count? From what I've seen, the 55/1.4's on the border of the exotic range price-wise. What I've seen from it looks good,

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Adam Maas wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:59 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Where do you rate the 55/1.4? Sharp, soft, exotic or not close enough to 50 to count? From what I've seen, the 55/1.4's on the

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Rob Studdert
On 01/05/2010, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Frankly I think the DA* 55's a damned good lens, but it should be $6-700CDN, not $900CDN. Hmm, it's 1,049.00 AUD here or about 988.182 CAD, a bit ridiculous but a lot better than it was just a few months back. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image

OT: N Y Times Article and Slide Show on Henri Cartier-Bresson

2010-04-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2010/apr/28/slide-show-henri-cartier-bresson/ -- 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.

Peso Catching Rays

2010-04-30 Thread P N Stenquist
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10962159size=lg DA*60-250, f14 @ 1/60th, ISO 200, 170mm -- 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: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Jack Davis
I think we all need to go in for an analysis while still under an extended warranty. Jack --- On Fri, 4/30/10, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: From: William Robb war...@gmail.com Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, April 30, 2010,

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 30, 2010, at 4:34 AM, paul stenquist wrote: Of course Apple did it with innovation as well. The first practical GUI interface, a music player that actually worked and a library to go with it, and a phone that was truly smarter than the herd. Exclusivity and product appeal aren't

Re: OT: N Y Times Article and Slide Show on Henri Cartier-Bresson

2010-04-30 Thread CheekyGeek
Thank you for the link Daniel. One of the images in the slideshow struck me: http://www.pixelsmithy.com/img/waistLevel.png I've named the file that because, looking at the people's expressions, it occurs to me that these people would not have these expressions if the camera was at eyelevel and

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Tom C
LOL. No you're not.. It's lightened up a bit from the past, as we generally play nice together now. Tom C On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: Wooo! I like it here. And I don't disagree with anyone. But after 10 years on the Leica Users Group where

Re: Peso Catching Rays

2010-04-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, My favorite color tulips! Very Pretty! Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:02 AM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10962159size=lg DA*60-250, f14 @ 1/60th, ISO 200, 170mm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Please comment on my Diner Blog

2010-04-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for looking and thanks for your comments, Sasha! Your comment on the appearance of the blog puzzles me. I don't see any such line on my monitor, nor do I see what you refer to as endless gray. If it is on your monitor, it must be on others as well. Since I don't see it, it is hard for

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Tom C
I can see it now. Pentax news flash: We have decided not to support Adobe Flash on our DSLR's. Tom C. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 4:30 AM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/4/30 Graydon gray...@marost.ca: As a camera company, the only thing Pentax has to sell is a particular aesthetic.  

Re: Please comment on my Diner Blog

2010-04-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Christine: Thanks for looking at my blog, and thanks for your encouragement. I used the bold to try to make it easier to read; it looks better on my monitor, but if it is distracting on other monitors, I should change it. What kind of background would you suggest? Thanks again, Dan On Fri,

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread CheekyGeek
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Apple is very good at making it easy to do the things that they think you should do. It can be very challenging however if you think differently. While this is a fairly obvious troll line, I must respectfully disagree.

Re: David J Brooks

2010-04-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:34 PM Subject: From: David J Brooks From: David J Brooks I have those progression zoom

Re: The New Life: Part II (new skin)

2010-04-30 Thread Jack Davis
That's a relief, I thought it was going to be a new covering for your camera. ;) Good catch. A bit dark? Jack --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Roman Melihhov ro...@blakout.net wrote: From: Roman Melihhov ro...@blakout.net Subject: The New Life: Part II (new skin) To: pdml pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday,

Re: Introduction

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:51 AM Subject: Re: Introduction On 4/30/2010 9:03 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: Introduction There's always the PDML PUG ... Technically, it's

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bruce Walker Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? From what I've seen, the 55/1.4's on the border of the exotic range price-wise. What I've seen from it looks good, and it's better than the FA 50 at wide apertures, but I don't think it comes close to

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? From what I've seen, the 55/1.4's on the border of the exotic range price-wise. What I've seen from it looks good, and it's better than

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: CheekyGeek Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Apple is very good at making it easy to do the things that they think you should do. It can be very challenging however if you think

Re: Macro lens recommendation needed.

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: Macro lens recommendation needed. I expect that this is where a focus limiter would be useful. I just had a look at my A100/2.8 Macro (which is a lens I would not reccomend to anyone with a DSLR). Is there any reason for

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread CheekyGeek
I suspect that at this point about the only thing that seperates a Mac from a PC from a customer's POV is that the PC will set you back a lot less money to get a machine that will perform in a similar manner. As a user and supporter of both operating systems, I can assure you that your

Re: Macro lens recommendation needed.

2010-04-30 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:24 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: The A100/2.8 Macro is somewhat prone to picking up reflections off the sensor and sending them back as image forming light. I've had that same problem with a different imaging system.

A friend is selling a Nikon 14-24

2010-04-30 Thread Larry Colen
There are a couple of folks with D700s on this list that might be interested: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/pho/1717303833.html -- 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: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Tom C
Random ramblings follow: The question in all of this is, does Pentax, Hoya, whoever they are, really want to compete in the marketplace or are they content with being a 2nd tier semi-pro niche brand? Quite frankly I don't care, because I've concluded Pentax will most likely be a day late and a

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: CheekyGeek Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? I suspect that at this point about the only thing that seperates a Mac from a PC from a customer's POV is that the PC will set you back a lot less money to get a machine that will perform in a similar manner. As

Re: Introduction

2010-04-30 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/30/2010 11:40 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:51 AM Subject: Re: Introduction On 4/30/2010 9:03 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: John Sessoms Subject: Re: Introduction There's always

Re: David J Brooks

2010-04-30 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/30/2010 11:59 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: - Original Message - From: John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com To:pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:34 PM Subject: From: David J Brooks

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread CheekyGeek
As an IT person in the business world... There you go. Windows?PCs provide IT people with a great deal of job security by creating a heck of a lot of more confused discombobulated users and hardware support issues. You have a horse in this race, but one that makes the point opposite the one you

Re: Introduction

2010-04-30 Thread Tom C
A Pug is just a dog that had it's faced kicked in. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:55 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/30/2010 11:40 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:51 AM Subject: Re: Introduction On

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Larry Colen
On 4/30/2010 8:49 AM, CheekyGeek wrote: On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: Apple is very good at making it easy to do the things that they think you should do. It can be very challenging however if you think differently. While this is a fairly obvious troll

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Tom C
My job has nothing to do with supporting users running PC's. The fact that 99% of the business world runs on PC's and not Macs is significant. And I'm sure that if I wanted to use a Mac to do a lot of the things I use a PC for in the business world, I'd find similar issues, possibly one's that

Re: Introduction

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Introduction On 4/30/2010 11:40 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:51 AM Subject: Re: Introduction On 4/30/2010 9:03 AM, William Robb wrote: -

Re: Introduction

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: Introduction A Pug is just a dog that had it's faced kicked in. Many of the Chinese or Asian breeds share the short muzzle. The Shar-Pei is pretty short muzzled, as is the Chow. It doesn't take away from the character of the dog,

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: CheekyGeek Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? As an IT person in the business world... There you go. Windows?PCs provide IT people with a great deal of job security by creating a heck of a lot of more confused discombobulated users and hardware support

Re: Macro lens recommendation needed. [Scanned][Spam score:8%]

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Rob Studdert Subject: Re: Macro lens recommendation needed. [Scanned][Spam score:8%] My V125/2.5 has a 540 degree focus throw but I still use it for concert photography and everything else in between. The DA35/2.8 macro is fine as a general purpose AF

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? I also suspect that if Macs had become the defacto industry standard as opposed to Windows-based platforms, that Apple would like Microsoft. I think you mean would be like Microsoft. Apple is not without it's faults,

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread eckinator
2010/4/30 William Robb war...@gmail.com: We have LTD lenses. That has to count for something. They are not white. Cheers Ecke -- 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: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Tom C
Correct I meant to say 'look like Microsoft'. Part of MS's problem is the staggering growth rate they sustained. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:33 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? I also suspect that if Macs had

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Jack Davis
Regardless of the toy, don't you think spending more money, as long as others know it, is often the deciding factor? :=( Jack --- On Fri, 4/30/10, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: From: William Robb war...@gmail.com Subject: Re: K-7 replacement? To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread eckinator
ROFL now that is my kind of thread =) I think they should go further and design an artists' camera that ignores artificial light. Cheers Ecke 2010/4/30 Tom C caka...@gmail.com: I can see it now.  Pentax news flash: We have decided not to support Adobe Flash on our DSLR's. Tom C. On Fri, Apr

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Mark Roberts
CheekyGeek wrote: As an IT person in the business world... There you go. Windows?PCs provide IT people with a great deal of job security by creating a heck of a lot of more confused discombobulated users and hardware support issues. I use both Windows and Mac machines, at home and at the

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread Tom C
Example... my son says I like iPods, not so much iTunes. I can't help but agree. How can a product with top notch quality control lose half my album artwork when I sync it? Tom C. On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:33 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C

Re: Introduction

2010-04-30 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/30/2010 1:14 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Introduction On 4/30/2010 11:40 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:51 AM Subject: Re: Introduction On 4/30/2010

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/30/2010 1:33 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/4/30 William Robbwar...@gmail.com: We have LTD lenses. That has to count for something. They are not white. Cheers Ecke But you can get three of them in silver. -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread eckinator
2010/4/30 Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com: IIRC, the first thing I wrote to the PDML was What is wrong with you people?. To this day, and it has been more than 10 years, that question remains unanswered. I propose that the above text should introduce Doug's Foreword in the 2011 PDML Annual.

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread P. J. Alling
I've been dealing with Microsoft since I actually the direct phone number to a Windows development engineer, (the company I worked for at the time was an early adopter of, Win. 2.11). Part of it may be rapid growth, but part is they were always kind of a**holes. On 4/30/2010 1:38 PM, Tom C

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread eckinator
2010/4/30 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: Regardless of the toy, don't you think spending more money, as long as others know it, is often the deciding factor? :=( That's part of the sexiness of some stuff, like the Nikon D3 and EOS 1D that most people really don't need and that end up on eBay

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread eckinator
2010/4/30 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: We have LTD lenses. That has to count for something. They are not white. But you can get three of them in silver. Are they painted or anodized or powder coated or...? At least they were so thoughtful as to release a limited silver K-7

Peso Back yard deer

2010-04-30 Thread David J Brooks
Even though there is construction in town, we live close enough to farms and bush areas. Deer have popped into our back yard before, but never before the garden had been planted. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10960333 He stood still long enough to get this. K10D, Sigma 300 f4 APO

2010 PDML Annual

2010-04-30 Thread John Sessoms
When I ordered, Blurb said it would ship by May 5 or so. Got a Order Shipment Confirmation from them this morning that says it's already on the way, and should be here by May 4. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-04-30 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/30/2010 1:52 PM, eckinator wrote: 2010/4/30 P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com: We have LTD lenses. That has to count for something. They are not white. But you can get three of them in silver. Are they painted or anodized or powder coated or...? At least

Re: A friend is selling a Nikon 14-24

2010-04-30 Thread eckinator
2010/4/30 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: There are a couple of folks with D700s on this list that might be interested: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/pho/1717303833.html I have no D-anything but at less than 8% off market lowest NIB I can't see anyone buying it Cheers Ecke -- PDML

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