RE: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Bob W
Sometimes the dynamics of wind set-down at Suez and the eastern Nile delta can be just the thing you need: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11383620 You can't fool me. They didn't have computers back then. I think you haven't been reading your Bible: 19:3. And Moses went

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 22, 2010, at 11:48 PM, Bob W wrote: 19:5. If therefore you will READ THE F*CKING MANUAL, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine. marketh -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Minor enablement in a manner of speaking

2010-09-23 Thread John Coyle
Go for it Boris! Lately I've fed my MZ-S some Fujicolor Pro400H, and I'm blown away by getting back to using film: the SO also commented on how much she liked the print quality too. Time for some Delta 400 in the Rolleicord, methinks... John Coyle Brisbane, Australia Subject: Re: Minor

Re: mini geso - fograin

2010-09-23 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 08:14 -0700, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: I went went to a short hike yesterday. When I left home it was hot and sunny. Half an hour drive and I am in fog (or cloud actually) and then rain. Five minutes by car from that place - and it is summer again.

Re: Geso Car show

2010-09-23 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:22 -0400, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Thirty nine shots from the show Saturday. http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2010-carshow/album/index.html No adjustments, just added the jpg's to jalbum and created. Good work, Dave. Car shows (and similar) are

Re: 102-year-old lens on a modern DSLR

2010-09-23 Thread Cotty
On 22/9/10, CheekyGeek, discombobulated, unleashed: Not on a Pentax, but no reason it couldn't be: http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?p=133996 Why am I thinking about an old codger with his todger hanging out when I see that !?! Wonderful images - love the vignetting. This lad is no

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread Cotty
On 22/9/10, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: But since when have we ever associated you with panache? This is true. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread Cotty
On 22/9/10, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: Ermmm, thanks, but my wife kindly requests that you leave that to her, if you don't mind. With this kind of fanaticism - you're married??? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: Peso: More Sunflowers

2010-09-23 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:50 -0400, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: This time with the K7 and the FA135: http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=viewcurrent=sunflower2.jpg http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=viewcurrent=sunflower3.jpg

Re: 102-year-old lens on a modern DSLR

2010-09-23 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:33 +0100, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 22/9/10, CheekyGeek, discombobulated, unleashed: Not on a Pentax, but no reason it couldn't be: http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?p=133996 Why am I thinking about an old codger with his todger hanging out when I see

Found in a drawer

2010-09-23 Thread Larry Colen
Cleaning up for my party I noticed a bag of miscellaneous filters that had picked up for a few bucks. They were all really weird sizes. It turns out that several of them fit the Rollei! Not all that amazingly useful, but cool nonetheless. I also noticed in that bag an adapter with the box

RE: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:48 +0100, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Sometimes the dynamics of wind set-down at Suez and the eastern Nile delta can be just the thing you need: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11383620 You can't fool me. They didn't have computers back

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Brian Walters wrote: On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:48 +0100, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Sometimes the dynamics of wind set-down at Suez and the eastern Nile delta can be just the thing you need: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11383620 You can't fool me. They didn't

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Steven Desjardins
I believe that that's the very rare King Bob edition. Christian sects that use it are so dogmatic that that frequently burn themselves at the stake. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:56 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:48 +0100, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:

Re: Minor enablement in a manner of speaking

2010-09-23 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: After the snap, snap, snap of digital it would be a trick to go back to the 24-36 exposures of film.  I could see me forgetting and going through a roll in 5 minutes. When I picked up my Leica CL after a few years of

Re: OT PESO Rorschack

2010-09-23 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:52 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: This is how the scan came back from Bay Photo. It's not quite what I meant to shoot, but I rather like it http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5017021396/in/set-72157624891066773/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from

PESO - Sour Puss

2010-09-23 Thread frank theriault
I told you, NO pictures, dammit! http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/09/sour-puss.html :-) Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank ps: those spots are ~not~ my dirty sensor, they're a dirty window -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

OT - Brave New World of Photography?

2010-09-23 Thread frank theriault
Digital manipulation to the extreme: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/09/22/grange-prize-nominees.html Certainly not my thing. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Brave New World of Photography?

2010-09-23 Thread P N Stenquist
On Sep 23, 2010, at 7:35 AM, frank theriault wrote: Digital manipulation to the extreme: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/09/22/grange-prize-nominees.html Certainly not my thing. cheers, frank Is moving paint around on a canvas art or manipulation? The camera and computer

Re: PESO - Sour Puss

2010-09-23 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:23 -0400, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I told you, NO pictures, dammit! http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/09/sour-puss.html :-) That's great. And well 'framed' as well. The grot on the window adds to the 'feel' of the image. Cheers

Re: PESO - Sour Puss

2010-09-23 Thread Jack Davis
Nice framing! ;) Jack --- On Thu, 9/23/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Sour Puss To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010, 4:23 AM I told you, NO pictures, dammit!

Re: PESO - Sour Puss

2010-09-23 Thread Walter Gilbert
I like this a lot. Nicely done! -- Walt Contact Me Facebook http://www.facebook.com/walt.gilbertFlickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/Twitter http://twitter.com/walt_gilbert --- @ WiseStamp Signature

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Boris Liberman
On 9/23/2010 8:48 AM, Bob W wrote: I think you haven't been reading your Bible: 19:3. And Moses went up to God; and the Lord called unto him from the mountain, and said: Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: And Moses went up to God... Moses went up to

Re: OT - Brave New World of Photography?

2010-09-23 Thread Boris Liberman
On 9/23/2010 1:45 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: Is moving paint around on a canvas art or manipulation? The camera and computer serve nicely as a canvas. All interesting images are my thing. Paul Likewise, but personally I prefer photographs to images ;-). Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Minor enablement in a manner of speaking

2010-09-23 Thread Boris Liberman
On 9/23/2010 9:18 AM, John Coyle wrote: Go for it Boris! Lately I've fed my MZ-S some Fujicolor Pro400H, and I'm blown away by getting back to using film: the SO also commented on how much she liked the print quality too. Time for some Delta 400 in the Rolleicord, methinks... John Coyle

Re: OT - Brave New World of Photography?

2010-09-23 Thread P N Stenquist
On Sep 23, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 9/23/2010 1:45 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: Is moving paint around on a canvas art or manipulation? The camera and computer serve nicely as a canvas. All interesting images are my thing. Paul Likewise, but personally I prefer photographs

International ship-backs to start on weekend -- Susan Barton (PDML Chicago exhibition)

2010-09-23 Thread Bruce Walker
I heard from Susan Barton on the PDML Chicago exhibition ship-backs yesterday ... --- Hi Bruce. I have shipped back all the domestic (US) photographs-the last bunch of them yesterday afternoon. I will be doing the internationals this weekend. I am trying to keep the cost of the ship back

Re: OT - Brave New World of Photography?

2010-09-23 Thread Boris Liberman
On 9/23/2010 3:16 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: And thankfully you are free to do so, the smiley aside. But I count digital manipulation to the extreme a a pejorative description of this genre, so I felt a need to defend it. Fine art includes many layers and many tools, all of which are valid.

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Doug Brewer
Boris Liberman wrote: On 9/23/2010 8:48 AM, Bob W wrote: I think you haven't been reading your Bible: 19:3. And Moses went up to God; and the Lord called unto him from the mountain, and said: Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: And Moses went up to

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Boris Liberman
On 9/23/2010 3:32 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: Interesting. You were quick to jump on Mark for a throwaway joke when your faith was involved, but now you encourage Bob in his disrespect. Take note that I don't say this out of anger. It is just something I noticed. If you (generic you) demand respect

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/22/2010 6:36 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Cottycotty...@mac.com wrote: On 22/9/10, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: The next best thing: http://enticingthelight.com/2010/09/19/fujifilm-finepix-x100-where-the-

Re: New/old PESO

2010-09-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Isn't that little cloud placed in just the right spot? Timing is (almost) everything. Dan On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: Good stuff. Love the contrast and rendering. --Sasha On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:14 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com

Re: GESO - Vacation quickies Cape May/Sunset/Lighthouse

2010-09-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Wonderful images of a wonderful place. Dan On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: Nice shots all, but the first one is more than excellent - easily my favorite.  Thanks for sharing with us. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Matthew Hunt

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Boris Liberman
On 9/23/2010 3:32 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: Interesting. You were quick to jump on Mark for a throwaway joke when your faith was involved, but now you encourage Bob in his disrespect. Take note that I don't say this out of anger. It is just something I noticed. If you (generic you) demand respect

Re: Peso: More Sunflowers

2010-09-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice crop, great composition. Dan On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:50 -0400, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: This time with the K7 and the FA135:

Re: OT - Brave New World of Photography?

2010-09-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I find the image of the old penny interesting. The others I don't get at all. Dan On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:35 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Digital manipulation to the extreme: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/09/22/grange-prize-nominees.html Certainly not

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread P. J. Alling
Maybe he means panache in the biblical sense... On 9/22/2010 6:52 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty wrote: On 22/9/10, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Perhaps by shag he means the sea bird related to the cormorant... Indeed. I want to cormorant you senseless just doesn't quite have

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
He shagged a cormorant? Dan On 22/9/10, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Perhaps by shag he means the sea bird related to the cormorant... -- 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: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:45 -0400, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/22/2010 6:36 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Cottycotty...@mac.com wrote: On 22/9/10, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: The next best thing:

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread P. J. Alling
I never thought Titanium was all that sexy. Utilitarian, but not sexy, and the minute that you change lenses it will look a bit off. On 9/22/2010 5:42 AM, Anthony Farr wrote: On 22 September 2010 01:38, Misereremiser...@gmail.com wrote: I'm excited, and for the first time ever a camera has

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread P. J. Alling
The K-7/K-5 are very handsome in a traditional boxy way. On 9/22/2010 7:56 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Oh good. A special edition Leica M9. As opposed to those pedestrian M9's. ;-) My problem here is that if I could afford the M9 I'd spend a bit more and get the 645D. (I'm taking the

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread mark
Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Dan On 22/9/10, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Perhaps by shag he means the sea bird related to the cormorant... He shagged a cormorant? With panache, apparently. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Brave New World of Photography?

2010-09-23 Thread paul stenquist
On Sep 23, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I find the image of the old penny interesting. The others I don't get at all. Dan I find the transparent layering and 3D effect of the first pic interesting, although it's too small as shown here for any kind of genuine critique. I

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
He shagged a cormorant AND a panache? Dan On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:24 AM, m...@robertstech.com wrote: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Dan On 22/9/10, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Perhaps by shag he means the sea bird related to the cormorant... He shagged a

Re: PESO - Sour Puss

2010-09-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: I told you, NO pictures, dammit! http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/09/sour-puss.html :-) Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank ps: those spots are ~not~ my dirty sensor, they're a dirty window I know that look - Ashley excels at it :_) ann

Re: 102-year-old lens on a modern DSLR

2010-09-23 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The field of photography has spent 150 years striving for the image quality that you can get on an entry level DSLR today, so what to people do? They go to extreme lengths to use lenses with an IQ that people would have

Re: K-5 on BH site

2010-09-23 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/22/2010 3:41 PM, P N Stenquist wrote: They've created a listing and a notify when in stock button. Hoping the price comes down a bit when it's actually in the store. They frequently do that. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/735971-REG/Pentax_14748_K_5_Digital_SLR_Camera.html Paul

Re: K-5 on BH site

2010-09-23 Thread P. J. Alling
You know, if you really want to see what a K-5 looks like in the flesh, you can borrow a K-7 and a magic marker from someone... On 9/22/2010 11:30 PM, CheekyGeek wrote: Amazon has multiple images of the K-5 here:

Re: mini geso - fograin

2010-09-23 Thread P. J. Alling
Frank it's web size images, you could do a crop pano. Of course you don't crop... On 9/22/2010 8:54 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: I went went to a short hike yesterday. When I left home it was hot and sunny. Half an hour

Re: OT - Brave New World of Photography?

2010-09-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: Digital manipulation to the extreme: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/09/22/grange-prize-nominees.html Certainly not my thing. cheers, frank The last one isn't digital manip, or so it looks to me... but studio stuff never interests me much... I

Re: OT - Brave New World of Photography?

2010-09-23 Thread Jack Davis
I often indicate my appreciation for an image by use of the term; I get it. IOW, I think I see what you were striving for and believe you were at least to a degree, successful. Extremely few images rise to the level of compelling. i.e., powerful..irrisistable. An interesting image is one so

Re: OT - Brave New World of Photography?

2010-09-23 Thread P N Stenquist
On Sep 23, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: frank theriault wrote: Digital manipulation to the extreme: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/09/22/grange-prize-nominees.html Certainly not my thing. cheers, frank The last one isn't digital manip, or so it looks to me... but

Re: 102-year-old lens on a modern DSLR

2010-09-23 Thread CheekyGeek
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: I feel the same way whenever I see CGI shots with 18 elements' worth of simulated lens flares.  Just simulate a perfect lens, OK?  Or at least upgrade your simulated coatings. This is a thought provoking point. I remember

Re: 102-year-old lens on a modern DSLR

2010-09-23 Thread CheekyGeek
Correction... author/Windsor Chair maker instructor Michael Dunbar WILL HAVE a two-part article on the subject of genuine furniture wear and how to achieve it in upcoming issues of Popular Woodworking magazine. Source: http://thewindsorinstitute.com/blog/?m=201009 The subject of defects in

RE: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brian Walters On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:48 +0100, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Sometimes the dynamics of wind set-down at Suez and the eastern Nile delta can be just the thing you need: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11383620 You can't fool me. They didn't

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread P N Stenquist
On Sep 23, 2010, at 11:24 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Brian Walters On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:48 +0100, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Sometimes the dynamics of wind set-down at Suez and the eastern Nile delta can be just the thing you need:

Re: K-5 on BH site

2010-09-23 Thread Charles Robinson
On Sep 22, 2010, at 22:30, CheekyGeek wrote: Amazon has multiple images of the K-5 here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B0043M6F1E/ref=dp_otherviews_z_3?ie=UTF8s=electronicsimg=3 I want that new focus-mode knob retrofitted on my K7, gosh-darnit! -Charles -- Charles Robinson -

645D to be marketed Worldwide in December

2010-09-23 Thread Miserere
I'm surprised nobody's posted this yet: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10092318pentax645davailbility.asp Prices are (body only)... $10k for the US. £9k for the UK. Seems the Brits are getting the expensive end of the stick again--£9k today is a little over $14k. Anyone who wants to spend a

Re: OT geso rollei test pictures

2010-09-23 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/22/2010 8:43 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: I got the scans of the test roll yesterday. The pictures that turned out the best were of the San Lorenzo River behind Highlands park in Ben Lomond. If you like pictures of

Re: Geso Car show

2010-09-23 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks Frank and Brian Dave On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:29 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:22 -0400, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Thirty nine shots from the show Saturday. http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2010-carshow/album/index.html No

Re: More help for a novice

2010-09-23 Thread Bruce Walker
On 10-09-22 5:50 PM, Eric Weir wrote: On Sep 22, 2010, at 4:58 PM, Cotty wrote: On 22/9/10, Eric Weir, discombobulated, unleashed: I don't have plans. I'm a novice. A RANK novice You should have 2 items and two items only in your kit. An MX and a 50mm f/1.4. That's it. For one year. If

Re: Minor enablement in a manner of speaking

2010-09-23 Thread Stan Halpin
On Sep 23, 2010, at 8:06 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: ... My MZ-6 developed a focus imprecision - it seems to think that infinity is so much closer. . . Pentax magic at work! When shooting with Pentax, infinity is no longer an unimaginable large distance, but rather a variable element to be

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/9/10, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: Doug, I am about to send a reply off-list. I'll drink to that. L'chaim! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/9/10, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: If I came across as _encouraging_ Bob If Bob needs encouragement, I'm a banana. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

Re: PESO - Sour Puss

2010-09-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/9/10, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: I told you, NO pictures, dammit! http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/09/sour-puss.html :-) Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. FANTASTIC shot mate - that's lovely. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Doug Brewer
Cotty wrote: On 23/9/10, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: If I came across as _encouraging_ Bob If Bob needs encouragement, I'm a banana. Surely. And I don't expect or wish Bob to change anything, expect maybe his underwear now and again. What I would like to see is equal

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/9/10, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed: And I don't expect or wish Bob to change anything, expect maybe his underwear now and again. You're sailing very dangerously into the shallows of my territory here -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: When the X100 was announced the first thing that got me wondering was the inscription on the top deck that says, FUJINON LENS SYSTEM, and I asked myself, Why does a camera with a fixed, single focal length lens

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/23/2010 1:24 PM, Cotty wrote: On 23/9/10, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: If I came across as _encouraging_ Bob If Bob needs encouragement, I'm a banana. Bob doesn't need encouragement, but you're still a banana... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People,

Re: Minor enablement in a manner of speaking

2010-09-23 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/23/2010 1:16 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: On Sep 23, 2010, at 8:06 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: ... My MZ-6 developed a focus imprecision - it seems to think that infinity is so much closer. . . Pentax magic at work! When shooting with Pentax, infinity is no longer an unimaginable large

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread P. J. Alling
You're probably right, but with modern computer design, I could see a range of lens adapters designed in conjunction with the primary objective that would offer equally good results. On 9/23/2010 1:52 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Anthony

Re: PESO - Sour Puss

2010-09-23 Thread steve harley
On 2010-09-23 05:23 , frank theriault wrote: I told you, NO pictures, dammit! http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/09/sour-puss.html this says more than cat to me -- slapdash whitewash, unattended vegetation and a dirty shade pulled down to keep the sun out, but the cat likes the sun

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread steve harley
On 2010-09-23 07:02 , Boris Liberman wrote: This is the story of the RTFM Church. a very common church -- goes by several names -- 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

OT - DSLR Video - About to be overtaken?

2010-09-23 Thread Cotty
I know some of you are interested in the video functions of your DSLRs, Pentax or otherwise. The video camera makers have sat up and taken notice of the impact that high quality DSLRs have had on filmmakers. Panasonic's 4/3rds system camera has made a splash at IBC in Amsterdam, and Sony has

Re: PESO - Sour Puss

2010-09-23 Thread Steven Desjardins
Reality provided the composition but you had the eye to see it. It's a great shot. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:23 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I told you, NO pictures, dammit! http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/09/sour-puss.html :-) Hope you enjoy.  Comments

Re: 2010 Motorcycle Canonball Run

2010-09-23 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 19, 2010, at 12:03 PM, Theodore Beilby wrote: The 2010 Motorcycle Canonball Run made a stop in Ft. Smith yesterday so I drove down and spent an hour or so in the crowd fighting with the iphone cameras getting a few shots. Any comments would be welcomed. I also included a few

Re: More help for a novice

2010-09-23 Thread Ken Waller
Keep checking KEH, they show up often. I wonder about that Tak lens too. Any experience out there ? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: More help for a novice On Sep 22, 2010, at

Re: 102-year-old lens on a modern DSLR

2010-09-23 Thread Miserere
On 22 September 2010 23:24, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: CheekyGeek wrote: Not on a Pentax, but no reason it couldn't be: http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?p=133996 Remember this? http://www.jbuhler.com/HLimited/index.html That's hilarious! --M. --     \/\/o/\/\ --

Re: 2010 Motorcycle Canonball Run

2010-09-23 Thread Larry Colen
Brainfart. Make that Canonball Baker. On Sep 23, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 19, 2010, at 12:03 PM, Theodore Beilby wrote: The 2010 Motorcycle Canonball Run made a stop in Ft. Smith yesterday so I drove down and spent an hour or so in the crowd fighting with the

Re: 102-year-old lens on a modern DSLR

2010-09-23 Thread mike wilson
CheekyGeek wrote: Not on a Pentax, but no reason it couldn't be: http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?p=133996 What is a DP? No need to let your imagination run riot if you do not know. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: 645D to be marketed Worldwide in December

2010-09-23 Thread mike wilson
Miserere wrote: I'm surprised nobody's posted this yet: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10092318pentax645davailbility.asp Prices are (body only)... $10k for the US. £9k for the UK. Seems the Brits are getting the expensive end of the stick again--£9k today is a little over $14k. Anyone

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread Miserere
On 23 September 2010 13:52, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: When the X100 was announced the first thing that got me wondering was the inscription on the top deck that says, FUJINON LENS SYSTEM, and I asked

Re: 102-year-old lens on a modern DSLR

2010-09-23 Thread Miserere
On 23 September 2010 14:54, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: CheekyGeek wrote: Not on a Pentax, but no reason it couldn't be: http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?p=133996 What is a DP?  No need to let your imagination run riot if you do not know. Director of Photography (if

Re: Found in a drawer

2010-09-23 Thread mike wilson
Larry Colen wrote: Cleaning up for my party I noticed a bag of miscellaneous filters that had picked up for a few bucks. They were all really weird sizes. It turns out that several of them fit the Rollei! Not all that amazingly useful, but cool nonetheless. I also noticed in that bag an

PESO: HOOO are you looking at?

2010-09-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11684230 As usual, comments, criticisms, suggestions, puns and abuse are all welcome. Dan -- 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: 645D to be marketed Worldwide in December

2010-09-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Miserere wrote: I'm surprised nobody's posted this yet: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10092318pentax645davailbility.asp Prices are (body only)... $10k for the US. £9k for the UK. Seems the Brits are getting the expensive end of the stick again--£9k today is a little over $14k. Anyone who

Re: 645D to be marketed Worldwide in December

2010-09-23 Thread Miserere
On 23 September 2010 15:30, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Miserere wrote: I'm surprised nobody's posted this yet: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10092318pentax645davailbility.asp Prices are (body only)... $10k for the US. £9k for the UK. Seems the Brits are getting the

Re: 645D to be marketed Worldwide in December

2010-09-23 Thread mike wilson
Mark Roberts wrote: Miserere wrote: I'm surprised nobody's posted this yet: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10092318pentax645davailbility.asp Prices are (body only)... $10k for the US. £9k for the UK. Seems the Brits are getting the expensive end of the stick again--£9k today is a

Re: PESO: HOOO are you looking at?

2010-09-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11684230 As usual, comments, criticisms, suggestions, puns and abuse are all welcome. Dan thats a hoot :-) (pun thread alert!) ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:44 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Sometimes the dynamics of wind set-down at Suez and the eastern Nile delta can be just the thing you need: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11383620 You can't fool me. They didn't

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele
P. J. Alling wrote: On 9/23/2010 1:24 PM, Cotty wrote: On 23/9/10, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: If I came across as _encouraging_ Bob If Bob needs encouragement, I'm a banana. Bob doesn't need encouragement, but you're still a banana... -- Cheers, Cotty You're

Re: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
THAT is a good one! Dan You can't fool me.  They didn't have computers back then. cheers, frank what? wasn't he writing on a -tablet- ??? ann -- 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: OT: How to smite the army of Pharaoh

2010-09-23 Thread eckinator
2010/9/23 Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: what? wasn't he writing on a -tablet- ??? yes. they had a pleThora of them... on a side note we're talking the longest standing uncorrected typo here, it was meant to be the iBle - Steve iJobs had a crucial part in it... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: 645D to be marketed Worldwide in December

2010-09-23 Thread Steven Desjardins
OK, I'll ask. What the hell is the Lisa? On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Miserere wrote: I'm surprised nobody's posted this yet: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10092318pentax645davailbility.asp Prices are (body only)... $10k for the US. £9k for

Re: PESO: HOOO are you looking at?

2010-09-23 Thread Steven Desjardins
We've now had too shots with dirty looks fro animals, i.e., this and sour puss On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11684230 As usual, comments, criticisms, suggestions, puns and abuse are all

Re: 102-year-old lens on a modern DSLR

2010-09-23 Thread steve harley
On 2010-09-22 21:06 , frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: The field of photography has spent 150 years striving for the image quality that you can get on an entry level DSLR today, so what to people do? They go to extreme lengths to

Re: Minor enablement in a manner of speaking

2010-09-23 Thread eckinator
2010/9/23 Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: ... My MZ-6 developed a focus imprecision - it seems to think that infinity is so much closer. . . Pentax magic at work! When shooting with Pentax, infinity is no longer an unimaginable large distance, but rather a variable element to be

Re: 645D to be marketed Worldwide in December

2010-09-23 Thread Alastair Robertson
I bet he meant list Alastair On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I'll ask.  What the hell is the Lisa? On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Miserere wrote: I'm surprised nobody's posted this yet:

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread Steven Desjardins
If it sells maybe they'll release and interchangeable lens version. I did note however, that it's almost the same size as the E-P1 with the pancake lens. I never take that lens off the E-P1 since a much bigger lens would make it non-pocket-able. It's a coat pocket mind you but it works. It's

Re: 645D to be marketed Worldwide in December

2010-09-23 Thread Steven Desjardins
Never thought of that. I assumed it was just another example of me being out of touch. Sigh. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Alastair Robertson kiwibiolog...@gmail.com wrote: I bet he meant list Alastair On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I'll

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