Re: OT: Camcorder recommendation for MAC

2010-12-29 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Search on the Apple website for iMovie camcorder support or Final Cut Express camcorder support. The latest releases of iMovie and Final Cut Express can use the file formats from nearly anything, but which cameras are actually *controllable* by the applications, and which cameras Mac OS X supports

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Cotty
12. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread AlunFoto
2010/12/29 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: 12. Life began at 42. Jostein -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/12/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: Life began at 42. Life began with Seven. Of Nine ;) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Brian Walters
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:16 +, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 29/12/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: Life began at 42. Life began with Seven. Of Nine ;) For a moment there I thought you said Seven *for* Nine, which might have been the latest score of the Australian Team

Re: New here (plus a PESO)

2010-12-29 Thread Brian Walters
On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:56 -0500, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Well, as Harpo Marx always said ... Harpo or Groucho? Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ From: Larry Colen Welcome

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/12/10, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: For a moment there I thought you said Seven *for* Nine, which might have been the latest score of the Australian Team in the 4th Test. You should be so lucky -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: [Need a (flash)meter] Mamiya C330 TLR arrived

2010-12-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: Heard a lot of good from Minolta flashmeters (III,IV and V) as well. I bought a used Minolta IV in 2001 and still use it. I think it works well, has cable or no cable settings for flash and uses 1 AA battery. Dave

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Drew
Just about to turn 40 but I still play in a youth band, so I must still be young! Drew. On 29/12/10 02:42, Tanya Love wrote: So, it occurred to me after all these years on the list, that I may actually not be the baby of the list anymore! How sad is that?! I am getting old! So, just out

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: (Looking at the responses so far, whoever said recently that PDML is mainly a lot of old farts who drink too much was at least half right)

PESO - Bike Hoops

2010-12-29 Thread frank theriault
Some might think the snow-covered box on the right is a distraction - I think it adds something. I just don't know exactly what... ;-) http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/12/bike-hoops.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread AlunFoto
2010/12/29 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm: For a moment there I thought you said Seven *for* Nine, which might have been the latest score of the Australian Team in the 4th Test. A game for the wicked? Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: So, it occurred to me after all these years on the list, that I may actually not be the baby of the list anymore!  How sad is that?!  I am getting old! So, just out of interest, was wondering if you guys would all like to

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 7:00 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: 54. But a young 54, I think I joined the list in 2000. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread AlunFoto
2010/12/29 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: Life began with Seven. Of Nine ;) You're talking about this movie, right? http://collider.com/wp-content/image-base/Movies/N/Nine_9_Movie/Movie_Poster/9%20Movie%20Poster%20-%207.jpg :-) -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com --

Re: New here (plus a PESO)

2010-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 10:09 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Technical perfection is over rated. MARK!! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: New here (plus a PESO)

2010-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net wrote: Ok, I¹ll dive right in.  Found this list through a FB posting from Pentax. Among other photography work I write the About.com photography site. (http://photography.about.com)  I¹ve been looking for a forum/list

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/12/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: You're talking about this movie, right? http://collider.com/wp-content/image-base/Movies/N/Nine_9_Movie/ Movie_Poster/9%20Movie%20Poster%20-%207.jpg I'm afraid not old boy. Rather, this mover:

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread AlunFoto
2010/12/29 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: On 29/12/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: You're talking about this movie, right? http://collider.com/wp-content/image-base/Movies/N/Nine_9_Movie/ Movie_Poster/9%20Movie%20Poster%20-%207.jpg I'm afraid not old boy. Rather, this mover:

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/12/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: :-) Shouldn't you be out taking pictures of frozen chickens? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Lens Hood suggestions?

2010-12-29 Thread eckinator
I have a Sigma clip-on hood that should fit. Postage will probably hurt you but it is yours if you want it. Cheers Ecke 2010/12/29 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: A while back I dropped my A 24mm f2.8.  Badly bunged up the filter ring among other things... I sent it out for repair.

Re: 2010 Quotations list is live!

2010-12-29 Thread eckinator
2010/12/29 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: You could always make it Walter PPK. alternatively you could wait a bunch of years and then make it Walter P99 - same Vodka Martini issue though... Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: I'm no Birder, and . . .

2010-12-29 Thread eckinator
2010/12/29 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Hmmm? Xavier Cugat, meet Xena, Warrior Princess. Xena, Xavier; Xavier Xena. one for the germans on the list, what would Liza Minelli's name be if she married Niki Lauda? (say out loud and repeat) Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Does anyone with a K-5 regret buying one?

2010-12-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
If my K5 broke, I would go into a funk and stop taking pictures. ;-) Not true actually. My only camera broke on a trip to Africa and the nice lady with let me borrow a Nikon F4 (Her main camera was an F5). My only Nikon experience. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Boris Liberman

Re: Does anyone with a K-5 regret buying one?

2010-12-29 Thread eckinator
2010/12/29 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: I used to date her cousin - Tonia DaNose . . . that the one who gives you a harding the size of a crowbar? I'll withdraw that comment, wiki says it was a collapsible baton... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Jack Davis
Guess I win the Fossil award; a tired, but proud 78! Jaqck --- On Wed, 12/29/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call... To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, December 29,

Re: Top Gear - GFM ?

2010-12-29 Thread Cory Waters
That was pretty funny: (from memory) And we're off to settle which car is best with a Blast down the Blue Ridge Parkway! cut to shots of them going very slowly over the viaduct around GFM. Is that a mistake? Does that sign say 45 MPH? Surely all 800 miles of this road aren't this slow Just

RE: F 35-135 3.5-4.5

2010-12-29 Thread J.C. O'Connell
their first multicoated zoom, the SMCT 85-210/4.5 is extremely sharp, rivals primes. -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From:

Re: Does anyone with a K-5 regret buying one?

2010-12-29 Thread Dario Bonazza
P. J. Alling wrote: Every time I see the words Topaz Denoise I want her phone number... Some time ago I dated Denoise's sister, Amber: http://www.ambertopaz.co.uk/ Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread eckinator
Can't beat that. 40. 1970 seems to have been a good year for disciples of cormorancy though, judging by sheer numbers. 2010/12/29 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: Guess I win the Fossil award; a tired, but proud 78! Jaqck --- On Wed, 12/29/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: F 35-135 3.5-4.5

2010-12-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
It's funny, because this is like the web search. Most of it is about other stuff. I guess they just didn't sell many of these. For $85, however, my curiosity is piqued. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:40 AM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 09:56:15PM -0600, Bob Sullivan

Re: Does anyone with a K-5 regret buying one?

2010-12-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
The original Yorkshire tease. I have to remember that one. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: Every time I see the words Topaz Denoise I want her phone number... Some time ago I dated Denoise's sister,  Amber:

Re: Top Gear - GFM ?

2010-12-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
They really did complain, huh? I'm not surprised. I've felt that same way myself. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net wrote: That was pretty funny: (from memory) And we're off to settle which car is best with a Blast down the Blue Ridge Parkway! cut to shots

Re: Does anyone with a K-5 regret buying one?

2010-12-29 Thread eckinator
what a babe, too =) 2010/12/29 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: The original Yorkshire tease.  I have to remember that one. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: Every time I see the words Topaz Denoise I want her phone

Re: New here (plus a PESO)

2010-12-29 Thread Elizabeth Masoner
Still trying to find a watermark I like more than hate. But honestly, that watermark is designed to be annoying as a theft deterrent. Because of the freakin' huge audience of my About.com work the volume of thefts of my photos has hit an epidemic stage so I try little things like the watermark

Re: New here (plus a PESO)

2010-12-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
At first, I thought the watermark was the moon. At least it's well placed. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 7:18 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net wrote: Ok, I¹ll dive right in.  Found this list through a FB

Re: Basic image editing

2010-12-29 Thread Eric Weir
On Dec 27, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Dec 24, 2010, at 11:39, Eric Weir wrote: On Dec 24, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: No, when you are done processing your RAW image, everything is automatically saved. There's no save button to click. But also remember

Re: Basic image editing

2010-12-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
Same problem, Eric, except I'm trying to prepare a class. LR is too alluring. Besides, how organized do students need me to be, anyway? On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Dec 27, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Dec 24, 2010, at 11:39, Eric

Re: New here (plus a PESO)

2010-12-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net wrote: Still trying to find a watermark I like more than hate.  But honestly, that watermark is designed to be annoying as a theft deterrent.  Because of the freakin' huge audience of my About.com work the volume of

Re: PESO - Bike Hoops

2010-12-29 Thread David J Brooks
It is some what of a distraction, but my eyes are taken first to the rings. Good line work here. Dave On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 6:56 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Some might think the snow-covered box on the right is a distraction - I think it adds something.  I just don't

Re: Top Gear - GFM ?

2010-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/12/10, Cory Waters, discombobulated, unleashed: That Merc sounds positively evil in a way that makes me want to take up a life of crime to get one. Presumably more crime than you do now? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Boris Liberman
On 12/29/2010 3:40 PM, eckinator wrote: ... disciples of cormorancy ... Mark! -- 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: F 35-135 3.5-4.5

2010-12-29 Thread Cory Waters
I've had two of them I think I let the first one go with a camera body I sold and the one I have now has had a fall. It still works but the focus is a little too stiff for my camera to turn unassisted I was never disappointed by the image quality. I guess that means I never had a bunch of

Re: PESO - Bike Hoops

2010-12-29 Thread Boris Liberman
Yet another wonderful shot from you, Frank. Nuff said, brilliant as you often are. Boris On 12/29/2010 1:56 PM, frank theriault wrote: Some might think the snow-covered box on the right is a distraction - I think it adds something. I just don't know exactly what... ;-)

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Christine Nielsen
The answer... is 42! :) -c -- 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.

OT: '7 of 9' (was COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...)

2010-12-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
You know the role 'Seven of Nine' played in getting Barach Obama elected? She helped him become the Senator from Illinois. He was a state/local politician who had never served in Washington DC. He offered to run against Jack Ryan, a young Republican investment banker (rich) who was 'retired' and

Re: Top Gear - GFM ?

2010-12-29 Thread Mat Maessen
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net wrote: That Merc sounds positively evil in a way that makes me want to take up a life of crime to get one. Just don't try to find a set of rear tires for it in rural North Carolina... :-) -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO: Street Musicians

2010-12-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Boris. I appreciate your comment. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: It works very well, Dan. On 12/28/2010 10:05 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Christian Skofteland
I joined the list at age 32 in 2000. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:42:32PM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: So, it occurred to me after all these years on the list, that I may actually

Re: Top Gear - GFM ?

2010-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/12/10, Mat Maessen, discombobulated, unleashed: Just don't try to find a set of rear tires for it in rural North Carolina... :-) Found a youtube link for the first 10 mins which shows them on GFM... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF8pPHhUoscfeature=related From 2 minutes in... --

Re: Top Gear - GFM ?

2010-12-29 Thread Cory Waters
And hence the oft-repeated Never believe anything Cotty says Dude, SH. On 12/29/2010 9:50 AM, Cotty wrote: On 29/12/10, Cory Waters, discombobulated, unleashed: That Merc sounds positively evil in a way that makes me want to take up a life of crime to get one. Presumably more crime than

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 29, 2010, at 0:23, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I was so much older then I'm younger than that now. ... TMBG! Excellent! I'm only 45. Not quite the whippersnapper on this list, it would seem. Been shooting Pentax since 1979. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com

Re: F 35-135 3.5-4.5

2010-12-29 Thread Cory Waters
Forgot to mention that the Zoom ring is really nice but the focus ring is that tiny little crap they put on those F lenses because the figured nobody would ever want to manually focus if auto was available. CW On 12/29/2010 9:52 AM, Cory Waters wrote: I've had two of them I think I let the

Re: PESO - Bike Hoops

2010-12-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I like the image very much Frank. The box doesn't bother me much; it probably would bother me even less, if you hadn't pointed it out to me. G Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 6:56 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: F 35-135 3.5-4.5

2010-12-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
Thanks Cory. I'm going for it. I'm not a big wide angle type, so normal to telephoto sounds pretty good. This was a great line about IQ: I was never disappointed by the image quality. I guess that means I never had a bunch of images that sucked where I thought I could blame the lens. On Wed,

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
Reminds me of an ad campaign I wrote for Buick Riviera about twenty years ago. The only copy line was One day I woke up, and I was much younger than I used to be. The campaign died because a matronly Buick lawyer proclaimed loudly that she didn't want to be younger. Sigh. Paul On Dec 29, 2010,

PESO: Boucheron

2010-12-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=48 Comments, Suggestions, Criticisms and Abuse are all Welcome -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Basic image editing

2010-12-29 Thread Eric Weir
On Dec 27, 2010, at 6:24 PM, steve harley wrote: after reading through this thread it seems like working with Lightroom may be distracting you from finding out why your images aren't sharp; Lightroom can't really fix this; the sharpening effect essentially emphasizes the edges of shapes,

Re: Basic image editing

2010-12-29 Thread Eric Weir
On Dec 28, 2010, at 2:18 PM, David J Brooks wrote: 4) your Holga is broken You mean I should trade my *ist DS in on a Holga?! -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO - Bike Hoops

2010-12-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
What box? ;-) the rings are mesmerizing. It reminds of the old TV show, The Time Tunnel. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I like the image very much Frank. The box doesn't bother me much;  it probably would bother me even less, if you hadn't

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Cory Waters
The end of that line should go something like So I immediately sold my Buick and got a Nissan Z car. On 12/29/2010 10:20 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Reminds me of an ad campaign I wrote for Buick Riviera about twenty years ago. The only copy line was One day I woke up, and I was much younger

Re: PESO - Bike Hoops

2010-12-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
I like it a lot. But I would like it more without the box. Clone it out!! :-). (If it were mine, I would clone out the snow that is near the box as well, but I am, of course, a clone-tool whore.) Paul On Dec 29, 2010, at 10:13 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I like the image very much Frank.

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread willdo-1
I've been posting to the list for a few days using HTML and Cotty kindly set me right. I think I get the medal for age at 79. Doddery enough to have forgotten how to post. D Dr E D F Williams 41660 TOIVAKKA Finland Ph: +358(0)400706616 On 29/12/2010 15:40, eckinator wrote: Can't beat that.

Re: Top Gear - GFM ?

2010-12-29 Thread Steven Desjardins
Thanks Cotty. I look forward to the full show. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 29/12/10, Mat Maessen, discombobulated, unleashed: Just don't try to find a set of rear tires for it in rural North Carolina... :-) Found a youtube link for the first 10  mins

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/12/10, willdo-1, discombobulated, unleashed: I've been posting to the list for a few days using HTML and Cotty kindly set me right. I think I get the medal for age at 79. Doddery enough to have forgotten how to post. D Welcome back Don :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Doc, You used to post regularly, I believe. Weren't you doing scientific macro photography? I seem to recall some very fascinating images from you. Paul On Dec 29, 2010, at 10:48 AM, willdo-1 wrote: I've been posting to the list for a few days using HTML and Cotty kindly set me right. I

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
- Mensaje original De: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com I joined PDML either towards the end of 2001 or early 2002. I was 30 at the time. I am 39 now. It seems that Boris is my age (or I am his). I joined the list a bit earlier though...around 1999 in my case. Regards, Jaume

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Jack Davis
Really, really nice to hear from you, willdo-1! ;) Jack --- On Wed, 12/29/10, willdo-1 don.willi...@pp.inet.fi wrote: From: willdo-1 don.willi...@pp.inet.fi Subject: Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call... To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 7:48 AM I've

Re: PESO: Boucheron

2010-12-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
I want to see what's in the window... On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=48 Comments, Suggestions, Criticisms and Abuse are all Welcome -- Dan Matyola

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
Yes, welcome back. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Doc, You used to post regularly, I believe. Weren't you doing  scientific macro photography? I seem to recall some very fascinating images from you. Paul On Dec 29,

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Bruce Walker
55, which is about 3 in DSLR years. Joined the list in 2007. -bmw -- 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: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Christian Skofteland
Welcome back, Don; I remember having some heated discussions with you about gear and macro photography. Good to see you back! -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 05:48:12PM +0200,

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Tanya Love wrote: That is so freaking awesome Ann, you totally rock! I can't believe how you get about the place travelling and such, I hope that I am even as half as youthful and energetic when I am in my 70s! But, somehow, I don't think I'll come even close! t.x. Tan , 70 is the new 50

Re: PESO: Boucheron

2010-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=48 Comments, Suggestions, Criticisms and Abuse are all Welcome That's one ominous head! Well photographed. cheers, frank --

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Cotty wrote: On 29/12/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: You're talking about this movie, right? http://collider.com/wp-content/image-base/Movies/N/Nine_9_Movie/ Movie_Poster/9%20Movie%20Poster%20-%207.jpg I'm afraid not old boy. Rather, this mover:

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Jack Davis wrote: Guess I win the Fossil award; a tired, but proud 78! Jaqck Oh dear, now I'm only the oldest chick ann --- On Wed, 12/29/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

Re: PESO - Snow in various colours

2010-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 12:56 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Just pertaining to the recent discussion on rendering of snow. I was out shooting some today, and saw this one: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-282 There is blue from the sky in the shadows, and a

Re: PESO: Street Musicians

2010-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: It works very well, Dan. I agree with Boris. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Basic image editing

2010-12-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Not sure exactly what you mean by problem with focus, but I suspect the problem is somewhere in #3. If by problems with focus you mean not focusing well, that may be it. All my lenses are manual focus, and I want to

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Jack Davis
I'm certain I gleefully read of a male 79 earlier this AM. :)) Jack --- On Wed, 12/29/10, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call... To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010, 8:47

Re: Basic image editing

2010-12-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Dec 28, 2010, at 2:18 PM, David J Brooks wrote: 4) your Holga is broken You mean I should trade my *ist DS in on a Holga?! Not trade, accentuate.:-) Dave

Re: OT Albums to CD's

2010-12-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:01 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: If you've got line out and line in, shouldn't they already be impedance matched? I thought that was the whole purpose of line level connections. Or am I missing something here? I am for sure Dave From: P. J. Alling

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Jack Davis wrote: Really, really nice to hear from you, willdo-1! ;) Jack --- On Wed, 12/29/10, willdo-1 don.willi...@pp.inet.fi wrote: From: willdo-1 don.willi...@pp.inet.fi Subject: Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call... To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, December

Re: New here (plus a PESO)

2010-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net wrote: Still trying to find a watermark I like more than hate.  But honestly, that watermark is designed to be annoying as a theft deterrent.  Because of the freakin' huge audience of my About.com work the volume of

Re: PESO: White Christmas

2010-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:24 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Not really a PESO, more like a BlogESO ... But I've included a couple of photos of snow scenes, an old one and the view out my back door of my *first* white Christmas. It may not mean much to you if you're up there in

Re: PESO - Bike Hoops

2010-12-29 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: Some might think the snow-covered box on the right is a distraction - I think it adds something. I just don't know exactly what... ;-) http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/12/bike-hoops.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank Is that all the

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread DagT
Den 29. des. 2010 kl. 05.38 skrev Doug Franklin: On 2010-12-28 23:30, Peter Loveday wrote: With the average age of PDMLers so far, we're already a valuable archaeological treasure. There's always one jackass who has to go out an poke the elephant in the room in the ribs just to make sure

Re: Top Gear - GFM ?

2010-12-29 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 29/12/10, Mat Maessen, discombobulated, unleashed: Just don't try to find a set of rear tires for it in rural North Carolina... :-) Found a youtube link for the first 10  mins which shows them on GFM...

Re: PESO: White Christmas

2010-12-29 Thread David J Brooks
The first shot is a great winter scene. Dave On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 9:24 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Not really a PESO, more like a BlogESO ... But I've included a couple of photos of snow scenes, an old one and the view out my back door of my *first* white Christmas. It

Semi-OT: Adobe Bridge Photoshop acting peculiar

2010-12-29 Thread John Sessoms
Only semi-OT because 99% of my images are created with a Pentax camera. May not happen on a Mac, I'm a Windoze user ... might not actually be an Adobe problem, might be Windoze. I don't know at this point. I needed to look at a JPEG file I'd created, so I could determine if it would suit a

Re: OT (sorta): Camera condition assessment

2010-12-29 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 28, 2010, at 0:00, Igor Roshchin wrote: Sun Dec 26 20:15:15 CST 2010 Charles Robinson wrote: Kinda hope they clean it up, though. :-) Did you send it for a repair or for a cleanup?! If it is the former, why should they do the latter? ;-) Well, here's what the website says

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Nick David Wright
Appears so. I think I was 22 when I first started on this list though, so I don't feel too bad about it. ;-) On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: It appears that Nick, thus far, you are our baby of the list! -Original Message- From:

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Nick David Wright
Oh good, I'm not all by myself down here. ;) On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 12:29 AM, John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote: ? I just turned 32. It appears that Nick, thus far, you are our baby of the list! He's tied, actually.  I'm 32, too. :) John -- http://www.jacelio.com

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Jack Davis wrote: I'm certain I gleefully read of a male 79 earlier this AM. :)) Jack Yup -- Don Williams but I didn't see that until after I read your confession :-) ann --- On Wed, 12/29/10, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re:

Re: Semi-OT: Adobe Bridge Photoshop acting peculiar

2010-12-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
Time to un-install CS3??? Bob S. (not a CS3 of CS5 user) On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:07 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Only semi-OT because 99% of my images are created with a Pentax camera. May not happen on a Mac, I'm a Windoze user ... might not actually be an Adobe problem,

Re: PESO - Bike Hoops

2010-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Is that all the snow you got up there now??? that's a very Godfreyesque  pic, Frank I think snow would add if there were more of it, but I probably fall into the a bit distracting camp ann Yeah, being on the lake

Re: New here (plus a PESO)

2010-12-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brian Walters On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:56 -0500, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Well, as Harpo Marx always said ... Harpo or Groucho? Indeed, Harpo. Perhaps the humor was a little too dry. Would it make more sense as Well, as Marcel Marceau always said ...? (Both had

Re: Peso's Two more from the photo drive

2010-12-29 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 8:38 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Another old barn; http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12138864 For some reason this is darker than the LR adjusted frame.?? Snow on trees: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12138868 Yup, you got more snow

Re: PESO: Street Musicians

2010-12-29 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Frank. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:50 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: It works very well, Dan. I agree with Boris.

Re: Basic image editing

2010-12-29 Thread steve harley
On 2010-12-29 08:30 , Eric Weir wrote: On Dec 27, 2010, at 6:24 PM, steve harley wrote: 3) you've got a problem with the focus and/or the lens I wonder about lenses. I haven't attempted to evaluate any of them in this connection -- and how would I know, in any given instance, that the

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