GESO -- Hammonasset State Park; In search of Seals

2011-03-13 Thread P. J. Alling
Last weekend I went out to see if I could get a few shots of Harbor Seals at Hammonasset State Park. There were seals all right but my 400mm lens is only f5.6 and with a tele extender it's a bit slow for the light conditions I faced, (heavy overcast), so after a few failed attempts I called

RE: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread Bob W
The situation in Japan looks dire. My heart goes out to the Japanese people. And it looks like two nuclear reactors are in trouble. CNN here had somebody reporting cesium released. Not good at all - melting fuel rods... Regards, Bob S. There's an article about it on the BBC site:

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/13/2011 11:28 AM, Bob W wrote: What is a short-term fatality? Is it anything to do with the approach of Easter? B May be it has to do with radiation sickness??? When the effect, such as cancer or even mutations of the children of those affected by the radiation are not immediate (as in

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread eckinator
2011/3/13 Bob W p...@web-options.com: This is the paragraph that puzzles me: To keep things in perspective, no nuclear accident has caused anything approaching the 1,000 short-term fatalities stemming from Friday's earthquake and tsunami. that is so disgustingly cynical. if you care to know

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread mike wilson
On 13/03/2011 10:28, Bob W wrote: The situation in Japan looks dire. My heart goes out to the Japanese people. And it looks like two nuclear reactors are in trouble. CNN here had somebody reporting cesium released. Not good at all - melting fuel rods... Regards, Bob S. There's an article

RE: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread Bob W
On 3/13/2011 11:28 AM, Bob W wrote: What is a short-term fatality? Is it anything to do with the approach of Easter? B May be it has to do with radiation sickness??? When the effect, such as cancer or even mutations of the children of those affected by the radiation are not

Re: GESO -- Hammonasset State Park; In search of Seals

2011-03-13 Thread mike wilson
On 13/03/2011 10:03, P. J. Alling wrote: Last weekend I went out to see if I could get a few shots of Harbor http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos3.html There are some interesting bore holes in one of those slipper limpet shells. Next time you

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread mike wilson
The plants look decidedly different on Googly earth, compared to the pictures on the BBC website. Only one chimney stack, for starters. Of course, the only photo available is: http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/23556015.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/13/2011 12:25 PM, Bob W wrote: a fatality is a death. A short-term fatality is therefore a short-term death. I've always been under the impression that death was one of those long-term things. It's a sloppily-written article that hasn't been well edited either. Oh, I see your point now,

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread mike wilson
On 13/03/2011 10:43, mike wilson wrote: The plants look decidedly different on Googly earth, compared to the pictures on the BBC website. Only one chimney stack, for starters. Of course, the only photo available is: http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/23556015.jpg My mistake:

Re: Re: K-5 firmware v1.03

2011-03-13 Thread Jens
True, Paul, I jsut discovered myself. Whar I like is being able to shift foucpoint while looking in the viewfinder. I don't think I could not do that with the K-7. Now I can, provided I do NOT lock the chosen focus point with the OK button. That's actualy very nice and useful :-) To access

Laptop for minitor for the K-7

2011-03-13 Thread Jens
Hi list Does anyone know if I can use a Laptop as a monitor for the K-5, please. I remember the *ist D had this option if I instaled special software for this on my laptop. Can I do thsi with the K-5. And - in case it's a YAE, will I have to use Live View? One more question: Do I need all the

Re: OT: This is totally creepy

2011-03-13 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:12 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.livescience.com/5631-zombie-ants-controlled-fungus.html -- William Robb I'd hate to see your favorites list.:-) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Doe, a deer

2011-03-13 Thread David J Brooks
Really like the first two. Great detail Dave On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Shot at the 100-are Lloyd A. Stage Nature Center in Troy, Michigan. This heavily wooded plot on the banks of the Rouge River has a substantial herd of wild deer.  K-5

Re: OT Hard drives

2011-03-13 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: if you type 'usb hard drive caddy' into your favourite South American river that isn't the Orinoco you'll get an idea how cheap they are. However, you might get it for no money at all if your electronics merchant is willing to

Re: PESO: Milton Lower Falls

2011-03-13 Thread David J Brooks
Very nice old time feel to it Dave On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:19 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: I shot a couple long exposure shots and sepia toned them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/5517352987 -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com

RE: Laptop for minitor for the K-7

2011-03-13 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Jen, Firstly congrats on the K-5 and Secondly I am curious also about firmware and if and when I update my K-R if I will need to install all versions or will the latest have all the updates in one file. Jeffery -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net]

Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7

2011-03-13 Thread Peter McIntosh
On 13 March 2011 23:10, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Hi list Does anyone know if I can use a Laptop as a monitor for the K-5, please. I remember the *ist D had this option if I instaled special software for this on my laptop. Can I do thsi with the K-5. And - in case it's a YAE, will I have

Re: Enablement: K-5

2011-03-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Mar 13, 2011, at 12:21 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 12, 2011, at 5:13 AM, Jens wrote: Who-hoo The mailman came with my new K-5 today. An excellent camera. I really needed it's high ISO ability: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157626248716380/ Congratulations. I

Re: K-5 firmware v1.03

2011-03-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Mar 13, 2011, at 3:45 AM, Jens wrote: Sorry - I was wrong! I forgot that I can fix the focus point to the chosen one by pressing and holdning the OK button down. But it's still annoying, that the focus point selection button i built into the four Fn buttons, instead of having it's

PESO Blues Angel

2011-03-13 Thread Larry Colen
Tonight I had the silly idea of photographing musicians in a small club with the A* 200/2.8 on the K-5 ISO 3200 f/2.8 1/30 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5522610780/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7

2011-03-13 Thread Brian Walters
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:32 +1100, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 March 2011 23:10, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Hi list Does anyone know if I can use a Laptop as a monitor for the K-5, please. I remember the *ist D had this option if I instaled special software for this on

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread Steven Desjardins
I think short term fatality means you die fairly quickly, like when you are in a collapsing building. This is distinguished from the cancer/leukemia/enhanced heath risks that can be caused from exposure to radiation. Radiation may shorten your life by 10-20 years, but falling bricks will end it

Re: PESO Blues Angel

2011-03-13 Thread Walter Gilbert
Very nice! I can definitely see a difference in the noise at 3200 compared to the K-x. You might want to make sure that K-5 is locked in a safe for the duration of my trip out west, Larry. I consider myself an honest person, and all ... but I'm only human. -- Walt On 3/13/2011 7:47

Re: Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7

2011-03-13 Thread Jens
Thanks Pete. I remeber reading something about some guys making attampts to design thrid party software for this kind of operation (tethering). I don't know where or how I can get hold of this software. What I really need is being able to store images on the fly to the laptop. I think the

Re: PESO Blues Angel

2011-03-13 Thread Jack Davis
Spot on focus, composition and rendering, Larry. Jack --- On Sun, 3/13/11, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: PESO Blues Angel To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 5:47 AM Tonight I had the silly idea of

Re: Re: Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7

2011-03-13 Thread Jens
Well, it seems that there was a Remote Assistant for the K20D. That's good enough for me. The K20D is a very capable camera, quite capable of making splendid studio recordings at ISO 100. I used it for this, which has a quite good image quality, regardless of the fact, that I edited it in

Re: PESO Blues Angel

2011-03-13 Thread Steven Desjardins
Nice. Not obvious hint of high iso. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Tonight I had the silly idea of photographing musicians in a small club with the A* 200/2.8 on the K-5 ISO 3200  f/2.8  1/30 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5522610780/ --

Re: PESO - Doe, a deer

2011-03-13 Thread Steven Desjardins
Excellent. The first is a greta close up, but I think the third is a better overall shot. I always think of deer at partially concealed, except when they run in front of my car. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 8:14 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Really like the first two. Great detail

Re: OT Hard drives

2011-03-13 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:49 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: It should be a standard size.  More importantly you need to determine if

Re: PESO - Doe, a deer

2011-03-13 Thread Walter Gilbert
Man, Paul. Those are great shots! The deer look rather healthy and well fed up in your part of the country. She's big gal! -- Walt On 3/12/2011 3:13 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Shot at the 100-are Lloyd A. Stage Nature Center in Troy, Michigan. This heavily wooded plot on the banks of

Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7

2011-03-13 Thread mike wilson
On 13/03/2011 13:56, Jens wrote: Thanks Pete. I remeber reading something about some guys making attampts to design thrid party software for this kind of operation (tethering). I don't know where or how I can get hold of this software. Replied offlist with attachments. I would have thought

Re: PESO Blues Angel

2011-03-13 Thread Bruce Walker
Ditto what Jack said. -bmw On 11-03-13 9:05 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Spot on focus, composition and rendering, Larry. Jack --- On Sun, 3/13/11, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colenl...@red4est.com Subject: PESO Blues Angel To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Date:

Re: The myth of persistence

2011-03-13 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/11/2011 8:52 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Interesting essay. On one hand he advocates not to persist at something you're not good at, in order to spend time doing things that brings you more sense of achiement. On the other hand, all his examples revolve around monetary reward as the sole gauge of

Re: OT Hard drives

2011-03-13 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:46 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:49 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote:

Re: OT Hard drives

2011-03-13 Thread David J Brooks
Will one of these work.?? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276554sku=ULT40112 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4259603sku=M501-2500 The main web page:

Re: OT Hard drives

2011-03-13 Thread Walter Gilbert
Hi David, This is more along the lines of what you'd need. They're pretty much no-brainers. You just seat them in the enclosure, plug them in, connect them to your USB port, and you're good to go. http://www.amazon.com/3-5-IDE-HDD-Enclosure-Black/dp/tags-on-product/B0018NEQFI -- Walt

Re: GESO -- Hammonasset State Park; In search of Seals

2011-03-13 Thread Bob Sullivan
PJ, I like Meg's Point trail shot the best. Girl 'walking' the dog is amusing. The stacked wood shot's link is missing - goes to Meg's Point. Sorry the seals were gone. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 4:03 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Last weekend I went out to see

PESO 2011 - 043 - GDG

2011-03-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Another Communicating series addition for your viewing pleasure: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5522403913/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5522403913/ Thanks for looking, comments appreciated. Godfrey -- Communicating set slide show:

Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7

2011-03-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Beautiful girl, well captured by you. Nice work. Paul On Mar 13, 2011, at 9:28 AM, Jens wrote: Well, it seems that there was a Remote Assistant for the K20D. That's good enough for me. The K20D is a very capable camera, quite capable of making splendid studio recordings at ISO 100. I used

Re: PESO Blues Angel

2011-03-13 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent shot. On Mar 13, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Ditto what Jack said. -bmw On 11-03-13 9:05 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Spot on focus, composition and rendering, Larry. Jack --- On Sun, 3/13/11, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colenl...@red4est.com

Re: PESO 2011 - 043 - GDG

2011-03-13 Thread Walter Gilbert
Lovely shot, Godders. The soft, warm tones really seem to complement the moment you caught. -- Walt On 3/13/2011 10:50 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Another Communicating series addition for your viewing pleasure: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5522403913/lightbox/ or

Re: GESO -- Hammonasset State Park; In search of Seals

2011-03-13 Thread P. J. Alling
The corrected URL http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos10.html Or you could just click the left arrow, though they you'd be missing my insightful commentary... On 3/13/2011 10:49 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: PJ, I like Meg's Point trail shot the best.

Re: The myth of persistence

2011-03-13 Thread Jack Davis
IOW, in photography, one is, safe to say, striving to satisfy their own criteria as to what qualifies as good. The sense of gratitude and satisfaction one feels at meeting said criteria is enhanced by the amount of effort it too to achieve. Frustration with the process simply implies

Re: OT Hard drives

2011-03-13 Thread P. J. Alling
You can probably find them as cheaply in a more or less local store. But yes one of those, (which one I don't know I'd have to look at each description), will work. There's also a multi-connector, which has a SATA PATA and Laptop PATA connector all going to a USB connector that usually only

Re: The myth of persistence

2011-03-13 Thread P. J. Alling
Mike often shoots himself in the foot. I'm surprised he has a foot left, (or is that left foot...) On 3/11/2011 1:52 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Interesting essay. On one hand he advocates not to persist at something you're not good at, in order to spend time doing things that brings you more sense

Re: OT Hard drives

2011-03-13 Thread P. J. Alling
Correction $2.69. On 3/13/2011 11:30 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: You can probably find them as cheaply in a more or less local store. But yes one of those, (which one I don't know I'd have to look at each description), will work. There's also a multi-connector, which has a SATA PATA and Laptop

Controlling location to which LR imports

2011-03-13 Thread Eric Weir
I think I've asked this question before, but can't find the responses. The top level of my image files is by year. Below that are folders by date with a descriptive phrase appended. When I import LR creates *another* directory for the year and then imports images by dates into this folder.

Re: OT Hard drives

2011-03-13 Thread Walter Gilbert
Yikes! That is a good deal! I like having the enclosure for the sake of portability of the hard drive. But, yes ... if you're just going to pull the files off the drive and not use it anymore: (1) just order that connector, and (2) can I have your old drive? ;-) -- Walt On 3/13/2011

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/13/2011 5:25 AM, Bob W wrote: On 3/13/2011 11:28 AM, Bob W wrote: What is a short-term fatality? Is it anything to do with the approach of Easter? B May be it has to do with radiation sickness??? When the effect, such as cancer or even mutations of the children of those affected by the

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread Walter Gilbert
Possibly near-term as opposed to latent. -- Walt On 3/13/2011 11:40 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 3/13/2011 5:25 AM, Bob W wrote: On 3/13/2011 11:28 AM, Bob W wrote: What is a short-term fatality? Is it anything to do with the approach of Easter? B May be it has to do with radiation

Re: Controlling location to which LR imports

2011-03-13 Thread David Parsons
Lightroom 2 or 3? On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I think I've asked this question before, but can't find the responses. The top level of my image files is by year. Below that are folders by date with a descriptive phrase appended. When I import LR

Re: OT: This is totally creepy

2011-03-13 Thread P. J. Alling
That is certainly something you shouldn't contemplate. On 3/13/2011 7:12 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:12 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.livescience.com/5631-zombie-ants-controlled-fungus.html -- William Robb I'd hate to see your

Re: Controlling location to which LR imports

2011-03-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
It's very important that you look carefully at what Lightroom's import dialog is telling you. Look at http://homepage.mac.com/godders/lr-import.jpg ... - On the left panel, you see the source location. Note the light band highlighting Imported on March 12, 2011 which ends with a pointer to the

Re: Controlling location to which LR imports

2011-03-13 Thread Tim Bray
I don't like where Lightroom puts the imports, so on the Mac I use Image Capture to copy the raw pix of the camera into the place I want them. I assume there must be something equivalent on Windows. Then I get Lightroom to import them in-place. As to how you organize your pictures into folders,

Re: OT: This is totally creepy

2011-03-13 Thread AlunFoto
Interesting. Not the only parasite that invades ant brains, though. Consider the Lancet Liver Fluke that infects sheep and other grazing livestock. It has a small ant as intermediate host, which is manipulated into walking away from its colony and clutch itself to the top of a straw. This increase

Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7

2011-03-13 Thread Paul Sorenson
An Eye-Fi card with a laptop and wireless router should handle the image transfer for you. http://www.eye.fi/products/connectx2 Lightroom 2 or LR3 along with this plug-in should put the image on the screen for viewing. http://www.eye.fi/lightroom

Re: OT Hard drives

2011-03-13 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote:  Yikes!  That is a good deal! I like having the enclosure for the sake of portability of the hard drive.  But, yes ... if you're just going to pull the files off the drive and not use it anymore: (1) just order that

Re: The myth of persistence

2011-03-13 Thread AlunFoto
2011/3/13 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 3/11/2011 8:52 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Interesting essay. On one hand he advocates not to persist at something you're not good at, in order to spend time doing things that brings you more sense of achiement. On the other hand, all his examples

Re: OT Hard drives

2011-03-13 Thread Paul Sorenson
The first one will work. It has connection cables for both SATA and PATA. I have one of these and it's saved my bacon a couple times. The second one won't work as it's designed for SATA. The info you posted about your drive said it was PATA. -p On 3/13/2011 10:13 AM, David J Brooks

Re: OT Hard drives

2011-03-13 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:30 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: You can probably find them as cheaply in a more or less local store.   But yes one of those, (which one I don't know I'd have to look at each description), will work.  There's also a multi-connector, which has a

Re: Controlling location to which LR imports

2011-03-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Mar 13, 2011, at 12:56 PM, David Parsons wrote: Lightroom 2 or 3? Sorry. Three. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Controlling location to which LR imports

2011-03-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I don't like where Lightroom puts the imports, so on the Mac I use Image Capture to copy the raw pix of the camera into the place I want them.  I assume there must be something equivalent on Windows.  Then I get Lightroom

PESO/GESO? In any case, soccer at McLendon

2011-03-13 Thread Eric Weir
With a bit of trepidation I'm sharing a few photos taken at the site of one of our afterschool soccer programs on Friday. I don't make any claims for their aesthetic merit. I'm pleased that I managed moderately decent focus in an action setting using manual focus. *ist DS and an A50mm/2.0.

Re: PESO/GESO? In any case, soccer at McLendon

2011-03-13 Thread Walter Gilbert
No need to be apologetic, Eric. You caught some great action here. Nicely done! -- Walt On 3/13/2011 12:59 PM, Eric Weir wrote: With a bit of trepidation I'm sharing a few photos taken at the site of one of our afterschool soccer programs on Friday. I don't make any claims for their

Re: Controlling location to which LR imports

2011-03-13 Thread Eric Weir
Thanks, Godfrey. I'm on the run, but this is what I was looking for. I'll digest it later and report back. On Mar 13, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: It's very important that you look carefully at what Lightroom's import dialog is telling you. Look at

Re: The myth of persistence

2011-03-13 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: The myth of persistence IOW, in photography, one is, safe to say, striving to satisfy their own criteria as to what qualifies as good. The sense of

Remarkably On-Topic

2011-03-13 Thread Walter Gilbert
I was just listening to this tune (one of my favorite Beatles songs of all time, BTW) and just happened to glance up at the screen right about the 1:55 mark. The Beatles - This Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY-BzepTXkA Do check it out. I think y'all will be amused. -- Walt --

Re: OT How NOT to photograph the Stanley Cup with a Leica M6.

2011-03-13 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/12/2011 8:27 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 11/03/2011 17:57, David J Brooks wrote: http://www.petapixel.com/2011/03/10/how-not-to-photograph-the-stanley-cup-with-a-leica-m6/ This guy is really doomed, he shoots Nikon as well:-) Least of his problems. Who do you think dressed him that

Re: The myth of persistence

2011-03-13 Thread Boris Liberman
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 7:29 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: With that kind of argumentation, I'd say you stopped just short of repeating my point. :-) Jostein Fortunately I was quoting the original (a.k.a. you) therefore the phone wasn't entirely broken. -- Boris -- PDML

Re: Remarkably On-Topic

2011-03-13 Thread Christine Nielsen
Further evidence the Beatles must have been Pentaxians: http://zavali-gorizont.livejournal.com/2354.html :) -c On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote:  I was just listening to this tune (one of my favorite Beatles songs of all time, BTW) and just happened to

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread John Francis
That's what I read it to mean. I think all this angst about a poor choice of words obscures the message. Concentrate on the underlying story, not the way it is being told. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 08:52:02AM -0400, Steven Desjardins wrote: I think short term fatality means you die fairly

RE: Remarkably On-Topic

2011-03-13 Thread Jeffery Johnson
LOL I cheated and sled it over to the 1:50 mark and yes it is rather on topic... -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walter Gilbert Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 1:09 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Remarkably On-Topic

Re: Remarkably On-Topic

2011-03-13 Thread Walter Gilbert
Well, it doesn't get much more conclusive than that, does it? :-) How great is that? -- Walt On 3/13/2011 1:50 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Further evidence the Beatles must have been Pentaxians: http://zavali-gorizont.livejournal.com/2354.html :) -c On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 2:09 PM,

Re: Controlling location to which LR imports

2011-03-13 Thread Tim Bray
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: Lightroom will put the photographs precisely where you tell it to. ... I don't know why you'd use Image Capture to move the files from your card to the computer file system. Just drag and drop them to the location

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 10:56:53AM +0100, eckinator wrote: 2011/3/13 Bob W p...@web-options.com: This is the paragraph that puzzles me: To keep things in perspective, no nuclear accident has caused anything approaching the 1,000 short-term fatalities stemming from Friday's earthquake

Re: K-5 firmware v1.03

2011-03-13 Thread P. J. Alling
On 3/10/2011 10:54 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: eckinator 2011/3/11 Bob W p...@web-options.com: one step forward, two steps back. reminds me of Paula Abdul - she was quite the babe back then. need to look up what's become of her... I think she had a TV show for a while ... or was a

Re: Re: Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7

2011-03-13 Thread eckinator
there was a newer version of that released in the days of the K-7 so you may want to check Pentax Japan's download area! hth ecke 2011/3/13 Jens p...@planfoto.dk: Well, it seems that there was a Remote Assistant for the K20D. That's good enough for me. The K20D is a very capable camera, quite

Re: Controlling location to which LR imports

2011-03-13 Thread David Parsons
Lightroom does that as well. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: It turns out that some cameras distribute the pix on-camera into folders, per-day or per-week or whatever.  Image Capture is handy because it goes and pokes around and comes back with a list of

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread eckinator
2011/3/13 John Francis jo...@panix.com: that is so disgustingly cynical. if you care to know what severe nuclear contamination does, point your google fu to fallujah depleted uranium - the faint hearted may not want to do an image search... makes you wonder what payroll the author is on...

RE: Controlling location to which LR imports

2011-03-13 Thread Bob W
It turns out that some cameras distribute the pix on-camera into folders, per-day or per-week or whatever. Image Capture is handy because it goes and pokes around and comes back with a list of all the photos on the device, and remembers which ones it downloaded. Hm, thanks for the news

Re: Sorry about that

2011-03-13 Thread P. J. Alling
I was busy and didn't notice a thing. On 3/10/2011 6:08 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: My bad. I got things fouled up on my end, but we're back up and running again. Carry on. Doug -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. --

RE: K-5 firmware v1.03

2011-03-13 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling She still looks hot, but then she can afford the best plastic surgeons, Contradiction in terms. Women who have better things to do with their money than spend it on beauty treatments are usually the most

RE: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread Bob W
That's what I read it to mean. I think all this angst about a poor choice of words obscures the message. Concentrate on the underlying story, not the way it is being told. it's not possible. When the choice of words obscures the message you can only guess at what the message is.

RE: PESO 2011 - 043 - GDG

2011-03-13 Thread Bob W
Another Communicating series addition for your viewing pleasure: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5522403913/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5522403913/ excellent - reminds me a lot Martin Parr's Bored Couples: http://tinyurl.com/mparrcouples Or, give your

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 08:27:28PM +0100, eckinator wrote: 2011/3/13 John Francis jo...@panix.com: that is so disgustingly cynical. if you care to know what severe nuclear contamination does, point your google fu to fallujah depleted uranium - the faint hearted may not want to do an image

Re: Controlling location to which LR imports

2011-03-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I don't know why you'd use Image Capture to move the files from your card to the computer file system. Just drag and drop them to the location you want if you want to do it yourself ... It's faster and easier IMO. It

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread eckinator
2011/3/13 John Francis jo...@panix.com: Try reading that part of the argument as saying:    Don't lose perspective.  There's a whole lot more disruption and    death caused by other aspects of these natural disasters;    focussing too much attention on the nuclear power plant will    only

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread David Mann
On Mar 13, 2011, at 11:02 PM, mike wilson wrote: My mistake: there are at least three nuclear plants on that coast plus at least one coal fired one. I found the big bang one. Anyone know how to capture coordinates from GE? Yes. It's a pain in the arse. There may be sites out there that

Re: Failed enablement

2011-03-13 Thread Larry Colen
The best price I found was prodigital $2000 which has it intermittently for US $1319, their canada store also had it for CA $1319, which was a about US $1360. Now that I have mine, expect a major price drop from BH in about two weeks. On Mar 12, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Tim Bray wrote: I guess that

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread mike wilson
On 13/03/2011 22:39, David Mann wrote: On Mar 13, 2011, at 11:02 PM, mike wilson wrote: My mistake: there are at least three nuclear plants on that coast plus at least one coal fired one. I found the big bang one. Anyone know how to capture coordinates from GE? Yes. It's a pain in the

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I don't know, Bob. I've been considering whether to take a year off dead for tax purposes. Of course, seeing me taxables for 2010, I might as well have. On Sunday, March 13, 2011, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On 3/13/2011 11:28 AM, Bob W wrote: What is a short-term fatality? Is it

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 14 March 2011 08:39, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: On Mar 13, 2011, at 11:02 PM, mike wilson wrote: My mistake: there are at least three nuclear plants on that coast plus at least one coal fired one.  I found the big bang one.  Anyone know how to capture coordinates from GE?

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread mike wilson
On 13/03/2011 21:35, eckinator wrote: 2011/3/13 John Francisjo...@panix.com: Try reading that part of the argument as saying: Don't lose perspective. There's a whole lot more disruption and death caused by other aspects of these natural disasters; focussing too much attention on

Re: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread mike wilson
On 13/03/2011 23:17, Rob Studdert wrote: On 14 March 2011 08:39, David Mannd...@multisport.net.nz wrote: On Mar 13, 2011, at 11:02 PM, mike wilson wrote: My mistake: there are at least three nuclear plants on that coast plus at least one coal fired one. I found the big bang one. Anyone

RE: Japan

2011-03-13 Thread Bob W
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of mike wilson Sent: 13 March 2011 21:14 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Japan On 13/03/2011 22:39, David Mann wrote: On Mar 13, 2011, at 11:02 PM, mike wilson wrote: My

PAW62 - Harbor

2011-03-13 Thread DagT
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Re: PESO/GESO? In any case, soccer at McLendon

2011-03-13 Thread Eric Weir
Thanks, Walter. On Mar 13, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: No need to be apologetic, Eric. You caught some great action here. Nicely done! -- Walt On 3/13/2011 12:59 PM, Eric Weir wrote: With a bit of trepidation I'm sharing a few photos taken at the site of one of our

Re: Controlling location to which LR imports

2011-03-13 Thread Eric Weir
On Mar 13, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: - On the right, notice the big pointer, another arrow, indicating the 'Desktop' folder as the destination. Notice also that I've elected to move them organized by date using the date format mmdd, and that into subfolder is NOT

Damaged images

2011-03-13 Thread Eric Weir
In my last shooting episode there were two images that the camera could not display. After the import LR displayed a message indicating that there were two images that were unsupported or damaged. Should I expect this kind of thing occasionally? Or does it indicate there may be something

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