Re: PESO Mr Ms Finch

2011-03-30 Thread Alastair Robertson
oh it's Mr Chaffinch and Mrs something else - may well be a chiffchaff as Toine suggests Alastair On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Toine wrote: Yes very nice. Warm and very dry. Amazing to see all those snow pictures. Actually mrs Finch isn't who I

Re: GESO - My Svalbard images - THE PUN THREAD

2011-03-30 Thread mike wilson
On 29/03/2011 21:04, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:13:26 +0100, you wrote: But you have the 645D - almost the equivalent of a full frame Canon in bear dissuasion parameters. 8-) On the other hand, a bear will try much harder to get a 645D from you than

Re: PESO Mr Ms Finch

2011-03-30 Thread Toine
Yes a chaffinch. In dutch it's simply called vink which would translate to finch, my mistake. If the chiffchaff (tjiftjaf in dutch) is a Mrs, I don't know... Toine On 30 March 2011 08:21, Alastair Robertson kiwibiolog...@gmail.com wrote: oh it's Mr Chaffinch and Mrs something else - may well be

Re: GESO - My Svalbard images - THE PUN THREAD

2011-03-30 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 29, 2011, at 10:44 PM, mike wilson wrote: On 29/03/2011 21:04, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:13:26 +0100, you wrote: But you have the 645D - almost the equivalent of a full frame Canon in bear dissuasion parameters. 8-) On the other

Re: GESO - My Svalbard images - THE PUN THREAD

2011-03-30 Thread AlunFoto
2011/3/29 Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: Like your fun fact, tho... So where is your pun??? It may have filtered out... :-) Jostein AlunFoto wrote: Normally I'm not one to hicjack, or even derail, a good pun thread, but Brian made me remember something... There was this guy on one of

Re: GESO - My Svalbard images - THE PUN THREAD

2011-03-30 Thread AlunFoto
2011/3/30 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: But you have the 645D - almost the equivalent of a full frame Canon in bear dissuasion parameters. 8-) On the other hand, a bear will try much harder to get a 645D from you than a full-frame Canon! Whatever you say, honey. The only thing

Re: GESO - My Svalbard images - THE PUN THREAD

2011-03-30 Thread AlunFoto
2011/3/30 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: But you have the 645D - almost the equivalent of a full frame Canon in bear dissuasion parameters. 8-) On the other hand, a bear will try much harder to get a 645D from you than a full-frame Canon! Whatever you say, honey. The only thing that'll scare

Re: As big as a submarine

2011-03-30 Thread Cotty
On 30/3/11, Collin Brendemuehl, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/551435-REG/ Sigma_597101_200_500mm_f_2_8_EX_DG.html At that price there's a small team secreted inside who pop out and help hold it when you forget your tripod. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ ||

PESO - Roedeer

2011-03-30 Thread AlunFoto
Observed this guy about 150 m from my house this morning: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/roedeer.html 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

Re: As big as a submarine

2011-03-30 Thread eckinator
Actually the case weighs 1.5 times more than the lens. It is a run of the mill Otterbox type. There were two of these lenses in the bay from an official sigma outlet after photokina, one Canon, one Nikon. they went for 7K€ each compared to a list price of 20. seems demand or appreciation isnt that

New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
http://k-rumors.com/first-pictures-of-the-pentax-nc-1-system/ -- 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: Old printer in new computer

2011-03-30 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
Hi, My uncle has bought a new desktop replacing a +10 yers old one. The old computer came bundled with a printer (HP 720c) and a scanner. The scanner has USB connection but the printer has still only parallel port. My question: is it possible to connect the printer to the new desktop with only

Re: OT: Old printer in new computer

2011-03-30 Thread David Parsons
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=471name=USB%20Parallel%20Adapter On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, My uncle has bought a new desktop replacing a +10 yers old one. The old computer came bundled with a printer

a fat enablement

2011-03-30 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
This one K-5, the lucky guy, has fifteen wives. Some are sexy silver-bodied limiteds, others are nice compact black beauties. And then there is the EX bunch.. and this one is the fattest of them all. I asked him why he wanted another one.. he said that sure, one could live with just the

Re: GESO - My Svalbard images - THE PUN THREAD

2011-03-30 Thread Steven Desjardins
Oh, pooh. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 3:12 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/3/30 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: But you have the 645D - almost the equivalent of a full frame Canon in bear dissuasion parameters. 8-) On the other hand, a bear will try much harder to get a 645D from you

RE: a fat enablement

2011-03-30 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
She actually remarked that her sister 12-24 was even fatter and heavier and got genuinely upset at the can of tomatoes remark, asked if I had ever seen a tin can with such a beautiful bulbous glass top. I had to reassure her that K-5 would never mount a tin can unless she had some extremely

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread eckinator
I think April fool's, too. That's not an EVIL/MILC but an interchangeable lens PS. Why would anyone in their right mind spend money for a system camera where sensor IQ is the limiting factor? 2011/3/30 Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com:

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread Thibouille
For the same reason people think m43 is too big (at least in current incarnations). But, as you point it out, it brings problems inherent to sensor size (noise and DOF). It may get a market though. I know I wish my LX3 could change lens. Even with its small sensor (bigger than the 1/2.33 chosen

Re: GESO: I visited the Miniaturwunderland in Hamburg

2011-03-30 Thread Thomas Bohn
2011/3/29 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: Man, if you could spend a day in there with a LensBaby, you could get some good stuff that looked like it was real! Yeah, but I just have my 35 mm lens, so I would like to see those. But the MiWuLa is a very photographers-friendly place. They

Re: Welcome back Boris

2011-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/29/2011 4:10 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Welcome back Boris. Good to hear that you are feeling secure. Also nice to hear once again of Galia's progress in photography. You have proved to be an excellent mentor. Paul Thanks, Paul! I really appreciate your kind words on and off list. Boris

Re: Being back

2011-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/29/2011 9:02 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote: Welcome Back, Boris :) Hope we can take a glimpse at a few shots of her; not that we disregard yours ;) Bulent - http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: Being back

2011-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/29/2011 6:30 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: We're all glad to have you back, and we agree that Galia has developed into a wonderful photographer! Dan As long as she does not decide to compete with me directly I am fine with that assessment. Boris (who still can not use smileys) -- PDML

Re: APOD: Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day

2011-03-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, I'm disappointed too. Heinlein, Asimov and Clarke really underestimated the energy/fuel costs to get us into space. Perhaps the latest private efforts will have better results. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:24 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Still, 50 years

Re: PESO - Roedeer

2011-03-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice image. The deer is quite horny already, and in full velvet. Dan On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:38 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Observed this guy about 150 m from my house this morning: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/roedeer.html Jostein --

Re: PESO Mr Ms Finch

2011-03-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks, Alastair! ann Alastair Robertson wrote: oh it's Mr Chaffinch and Mrs something else - may well be a chiffchaff as Toine suggests Alastair On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Toine wrote: Yes very nice. Warm and very dry. Amazing to see

Re: PESO - Roedeer

2011-03-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
aw! ann AlunFoto wrote: Observed this guy about 150 m from my house this morning: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/roedeer.html Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: PESO - Roedeer

2011-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
Nice lighting and detail Dave On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:38 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Observed this guy about 150 m from my house this morning: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/roedeer.html Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com --

Re: GESO: I visited the Miniaturwunderland in Hamburg

2011-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
I like the last shot of the steam shovel Dave On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Thomas Bohn thb...@gmail.com wrote: I visited the Miniaturwunderland (MiWuLa) in Hamburg and brought some photos home: http://picasaweb.google.com/thbohn/BesuchImMiWuLaMarz2011 Feedback is always welcome.

Re: As big as a submarine

2011-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net wrote: I wonder how good this would be taking it out for nature captures. At least it comes with a handy handle for long walks. Dave -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net

Re: As big as a submarine

2011-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 30/3/11, Collin Brendemuehl, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/551435-REG/ Sigma_597101_200_500mm_f_2_8_EX_DG.html At that price there's a small team secreted inside who pop out and help hold

Re: PESO - Along the Seine

2011-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
He's ignoring you. Dave On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: One of the many characterful merchants along the Seine in Paris: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12868898 (K7, FA 24-90) Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Peso: watch the birdies

2011-03-30 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Random-stuff/2607384_N3Nso/1/1233417907_UNjpX/Medium PDML head office.??? from a Kodachrome slide - shot in 1988.   The slide looks really sharp with a loupe but my scan

Re: OT: Old printer in new computer

2011-03-30 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
- Mensaje original De: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com uter http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=471name=USB%20Parallel%20Adapter r On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, My uncle has bought a

Re: Peso: watch the birdies

2011-03-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
David J Brooks wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Random-stuff/2607384_N3Nso/1/1233417907_UNjpX/Medium PDML head office.??? yes! from a Kodachrome slide - shot in 1988. The slide

Re: Being back

2011-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hello there. It seems that the hostilities have paused for the time being. I am pretty much back to my normal mode of functioning. I sincerely appreciate everyone's comments and concerns expressed on and off the list

Re: PESO Mr Ms Finch

2011-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: A sunny sunday and nice weather. A400/5.6 playtime: http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/176 The first one really appeals to me - love that bright blue sky, and the bird's posing quite beautifully. The second is too

Re: Peso: watch the birdies

2011-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Random-stuff/2607384_N3Nso/1/1233417907_UNjpX/Medium from a Kodachrome slide - shot in 1988.   The slide looks really sharp with a loupe but my scan isn't really very good.

Re: PESO - The Pedestrian

2011-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: I like it.  You got the pedestrian at the perfect point in his stride, and the composition is very effective with the passenger on the right. If it was Philadelphia with that much snow, the pedestrian would have been

Re: PESO - The Pedestrian

2011-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Very cool, Frank!  Cheers, Christine Thanks, Christine, and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: GFM

2011-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone going this year? Not me. Wish I could, but I can't see my ongoing money issues suddenly dissolving. :-( cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO - Along the Seine

2011-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: One of the many characterful merchants along the Seine in Paris: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12868898 (K7, FA 24-90) Terrific shot! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri

Re: PESO - Along the Seine

2011-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:57 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: He's ignoring you. He's French. He's ignoring everybody. ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Roedeer

2011-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:38 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Observed this guy about 150 m from my house this morning: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/roedeer.html That's just lovely, Jostein. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: GESO: I visited the Miniaturwunderland in Hamburg

2011-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Thomas Bohn thb...@gmail.com wrote: I visited the Miniaturwunderland (MiWuLa) in Hamburg and brought some photos home: http://picasaweb.google.com/thbohn/BesuchImMiWuLaMarz2011 Feedback is always welcome. I could never figure out the allure of these

Re: OT: Friends in high places

2011-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: I just shown them my reservation in Hell! I'm sure that's where I'll end up, which is just as well. All my friends will be there... ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: GESO - My Svalbard images

2011-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:57 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Gathered them here instead of posting them piecemeal: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/thumbnails.php?album=26 Jostein http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?album=26pos=21#nav_pic Looks like the drive-through at

Re: PESO - Balconies

2011-03-30 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:18 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Another from Paris.  I love the combination of stone facades, wrought iron balconies, and flowers. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12868902size=lg (K7, DA 50-200) Beautiful! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread Steven Desjardins
This system has been rumored for a while, so it may not be a 4/1 one. ;-) http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/pentax-mirrorless-system-with-ultratiny-sensor-5x/ On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: For the same reason people think m43 is too big (at least in

Re: Being back

2011-03-30 Thread Steven Desjardins
Some day I can say, I knew of Galia Liberman when she was little and hadn't yet won the Pulitzer . . . (Welcome back, BTW) On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:28 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hello there.

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread Steven Desjardins
Pentax is also supposed to be working on a bigger (m43 or APS-C) Milc. However, I suspect that Hoya is a more clever company and sees a profit from a retro system like this, especially in the Japanese market. After all, it will be really small and in the high end PS market it is a nice little

Re: GESO: I visited the Miniaturwunderland in Hamburg

2011-03-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Frank, Did you never make models as a little boy? Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:03 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Thomas Bohn thb...@gmail.com wrote: I visited the Miniaturwunderland (MiWuLa) in Hamburg and brought some photos

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread Tim Bray
Well, the sensor IQ on my little Canon S90 is astounding given how small it is. Something that small that could be both a pocket cam and, when you need it, take a telephoto or F1.4 or whatever, would be a compelling package. I guess you'd need a k-adapter, although the thought of one of my heavy

Re: GESO: I visited the Miniaturwunderland in Hamburg

2011-03-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
If you build it, they will come. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:03 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, so they're pretty cool, and I have to admit, it's amazing what they do. But I can't help asking

Re: a fat enablement

2011-03-30 Thread Tim Bray
Not that I want to get all intimately pedantic, isn't the camera body more like a matriarch in a polyandrous society with a bunch of husbands who, um, take their occasional turns at the, um, mount? -T On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:47 AM, Krisjanis Linkevics krisjanis.linkev...@exigenservices.com

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 02:10:18PM +0200, eckinator wrote: I think April fool's, too. That's not an EVIL/MILC but an interchangeable lens PS. Why would anyone in their right mind spend money for a system camera where sensor IQ is the limiting factor? Name one system where sensor IQ is not the

Re: OT: Friends in high places

2011-03-30 Thread Darren Addy
Burns me up. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:08 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: I just shown them my reservation in Hell! I'm sure that's

Re: OT: Friends in high places

2011-03-30 Thread Darren Addy
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:08 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: I just shown them my reservation in Hell! I'm sure that's where I'll end up, which is just as well.  All my friends will be there... True of ALL

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread mike wilson
On 30/03/2011 14:10, eckinator wrote: I think April fool's, too. That's not an EVIL/MILC but an interchangeable lens PS. Why would anyone in their right mind spend money for a system camera where sensor IQ is the limiting factor? 2011/3/30 Jaume Lahuertajlah...@yahoo.com:

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread mike wilson
On 30/03/2011 14:10, eckinator wrote: I think April fool's, too. That's not an EVIL/MILC but an interchangeable lens PS. Why would anyone in their right mind spend money for a system camera where sensor IQ is the limiting factor? 2011/3/30 Jaume Lahuertajlah...@yahoo.com:

Re: a fat enablement

2011-03-30 Thread William Robb
On 30/03/2011 10:30 AM, Tim Bray wrote: Not that I want to get all intimately pedantic, isn't the camera body more like a matriarch in a polyandrous society with a bunch of husbands who, um, take their occasional turns at the, um, mount? -T Are we about to have a Sermon on the Mount? --

Re: APOD: Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day

2011-03-30 Thread Darren Addy
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com wrote:  I find it amazing that within my lifetime I have seen us go from barely flying jets and knowing nothing about the solar system other than rudimentary knowledge, to cataloging thousands of planets around other stars in

Re: GESO: I visited the Miniaturwunderland in Hamburg

2011-03-30 Thread Ken Waller
But I can't help asking myself: Why? I ask myself the same thing about some genres of photography. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: GESO: I visited the Miniaturwunderland

Re: GESO - My Svalbard images

2011-03-30 Thread Ken Waller
Looks like the drive-through at the Tim Horton's in Moosonee, Ontario. Nah. Not enough snow machines. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: Re: GESO - My Svalbard images On Mon,

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread Steven Desjardins
What's funny is that even though we all know the cropping factor is what gives equivalent focal length, you have still jammed a whole bunch of pixels into a tiny area. If you have decent light, its like a tiny center crop of a stupidly high MP FF sensor, about 400 MP using rough numbers. If you

Re: APOD: Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day

2011-03-30 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:13:28PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com wrote: ?I find it amazing that within my lifetime I have seen us go from barely flying jets and knowing nothing about the solar system other than rudimentary

Re: Photo Annual 2011: Uploaded

2011-03-30 Thread Miserere
What Mark is too humble to add is this: The PDML 2011 looks even better than the 2010 edition. Mark did a great job with the design and has set himself up for massive failure with PDML 2012, as I don't see how he could possibly outdo himself once more :-)    —M.     \/\/o/\/\ --

Re: a fat enablement

2011-03-30 Thread Steven Desjardins
Hold on guys. Let me go make some popcorn. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:09 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 30/03/2011 10:30 AM, Tim Bray wrote: Not that I want to get all intimately pedantic, isn't the camera body more like a matriarch in a polyandrous society with a

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread Miserere
I just received an e-mail from Pentax HQ and they told me they're still working on what NC will stand for. These are some of the options they have in mind: No Comment Niche Camera Not Crap Nifty Compact Nadie Compra (for the Spanish-speaking market) Nice Compromise Never Crop Need Cash I think

RE: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread Bob W
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jaume Lahuerta http://k-rumors.com/first-pictures-of-the-pentax-nc-1-system/ pitched squarely at the pimp market. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: APOD: Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day

2011-03-30 Thread Miserere
For those not reading this message on the day it was written, the link to the image that blew Walter's mind is this one: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110329.html Cheers,    —M.     \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com     http://EnticingTheLight.com     A Quest for Photographic

RE: a fat enablement

2011-03-30 Thread Bob W
This one K-5, the lucky guy, has fifteen wives. Some are sexy silver- bodied limiteds, others are nice compact black beauties. And then there is the EX bunch.. and this one is the fattest of them all. I asked him why he wanted another one.. he said that sure, one could live with just the

RE: a fat enablement

2011-03-30 Thread Bob W
Not that I want to get all intimately pedantic, isn't the camera body more like a matriarch in a polyandrous society with a bunch of husbands who, um, take their occasional turns at the, um, mount? -T Are we about to have a Sermon on the Mount? -- William Robb there's a photo of

RE: APOD: Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day

2011-03-30 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis That's the nature of exponential growth. James Burke had a popular TV series called The Day the Universe Changed showing how some technologies totally disrupted the society of their time. [...]

Re: pesos cormy and friend

2011-03-30 Thread Walter Gilbert
I had an absolute blast running around shooting the countryside with Larry, and got more photos than I even know what to do with at this point. I'm working on getting some cleaned up to post for the folks who originally hosted me on the trip at the moment, but I'll be posting some of the

Re: APOD: Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day

2011-03-30 Thread Bill Owens
Just shows how insignificant we are Bill -- 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: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread Steven Desjardins
If only. That market has money and buys stuff. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jaume Lahuerta http://k-rumors.com/first-pictures-of-the-pentax-nc-1-system/

Re: APOD: Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day

2011-03-30 Thread steve harley
On 2011-03-30 11:59 , John Francis wrote: I just wonder what our grandchildren (if we have any) will consider to be the defining technology of their time. It's probably surfaced by now, but hasn't yet progressed much beyond the laboratory. an interesting article on one such tech surfaced today

Re: APOD: Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day

2011-03-30 Thread Miserere
From a purely photographic point of view, this APOD (actually and AVOD) is quite beautiful: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110328.html No worries, it won't blow your eyes out. Cheers,    —M.     \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com     http://EnticingTheLight.com     A Quest for

Re: Photo Annual 2011: Uploaded

2011-03-30 Thread Bulent Celasun
I can realize the work behind the book(s) easily as I am far behind my schedule fr a project that should have been finished more than a year ago! Anxious to see the 2011 volume. Thanks Mark! Bulent -

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I just received an e-mail from Pentax HQ and they told me they're still working on what NC will stand for. These are some of the options they have in mind: I'll wait for model NC-1701 At that point I will make a trek to my local vendor. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl

Re: APOD: Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day

2011-03-30 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 07:43:32PM +0100, Bob W wrote: Jared Diamond has written some very good books about that sort of thing. In particular, the influence on history of the domestication of the horse, and the much later invention of the stirrup. He discusses these in Guns, Germs and Steel.

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread Larry Colen
On Mar 30, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I just received an e-mail from Pentax HQ and they told me they're still working on what NC will stand for. These are some of the options they have in mind: I'll wait for model NC-1701 At that point I will make a trek to my local

Re: New Pentax System...April fools'?

2011-03-30 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 07:44:12PM +, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I just received an e-mail from Pentax HQ and they told me they're still working on what NC will stand for. These are some of the options they have in mind: I'll wait for model NC-1701 At that point I will make a trek to my

OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread Larry Colen
If I had unlimited funds, I'd get one of the new notepads just for showing off my photos. Sometimes I have at least a tenuous grasp on reality, so I'm not going to get one, at least not this week. My 12 iPod, aka my G4 power book, might actually do well for showing photos, and would be easier

RE: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread Bob W
If I had unlimited funds, I'd get one of the new notepads just for showing off my photos. Sometimes I have at least a tenuous grasp on reality, so I'm not going to get one, at least not this week. My 12 iPod, aka my G4 power book, might actually do well for showing photos, and would be

RE: a fat enablement

2011-03-30 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
kris have you been sniffing glue? No just sensor dust.. kris -- 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: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I use Keynote to display photos. It's very easy to build a beautiful Keynote presentation and also to output it to a QuickTime movie for automated running or presentation on the web. The iWork '09 package (Pages, Keynote and Numbers) runs fine still on PowerPC G4 laptops. Godfrey On Wed, Mar 30,

Re: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Oh yeah: iWork '09 costs $79. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: I use Keynote to display photos. It's very easy to build a beautiful Keynote presentation and also to output it to a QuickTime movie for automated running or presentation on the web. The

Re: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Lightroom 3 cannot run on a PowerBook G4. It requires an Apple Intel-cpu system. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: If I had unlimited funds, I'd get one of the new notepads just for showing off my photos. Sometimes I have at least a tenuous grasp on reality,

Re: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-03-30 4:11 PM, Bob W wrote: If I had unlimited funds, I'd get one of the new notepads just for showing off my photos. Sometimes I have at least a tenuous grasp on reality, so I'm not going to get one, at least not this week. My 12 iPod, aka my G4 power book, might actually do well for

Re: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread Bruce Walker
You could even pick up Keynote alone for $20 via the App Store. Great to know it still works on PowerPC. I still drag my old G4 to meetings. -bmw On 11-03-30 4:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I use Keynote to display photos. It's very easy to build a beautiful Keynote presentation and also

Re: As big as a submarine

2011-03-30 Thread drd1135
Wheels might be more appropriate. -Original Message- From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:54:06 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: As big as a submarine On

Re: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread steve harley
On 2011-03-30 13:57 , Larry Colen wrote: What software options are there for showing photos on an older mac? Keynote's a good idea, but since you already use Flickr, if you can stomach Flash, why not set it up in Flickr and use full-screen mode? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I assume you mean the HTML/Javascript created by LR and view it in a web browser?  Good luck getting LR itself to work on a 1GHz PowerPC Mac.  Pretty sure LR is Intel Mac only. LR2 ran fine on a 1-1.6 Ghz PowerBook

Re: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
That pre-supposes a good web connection, steve. G On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:46 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: On 2011-03-30 13:57 , Larry Colen wrote: What software options are there for showing photos on an older mac? Keynote's a good idea, but since you already use Flickr, if

Re: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread Tim Bray
You could do worse than just selecting them all in Finder then opening them in Preview, which isn't exactly a slideshow but does allow you to click through the pictures. And it's fast. -T On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: If I had unlimited funds, I'd get one

Re: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread eckinator
I received a mail this evening that I can pick up my iPad 2 WiFi 3G 64 GB tomorrow morning. They had me over a barrel because I needed one Monday latest so they sold me the biggest one saying it is the only one I can have. Had to buy it for my business. I doubt it will see much use and it upsets

Re: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread steve harley
On 2011-03-30 14:48 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: That pre-supposes a good web connection, steve. i suppose it does another option is Preview -- drag the batch of photos onto it and press command-shift-f for slideshow -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread steve harley
On 2011-03-30 14:48 , Tim Bray wrote: You could do worse than just selecting them all in Finder then opening them in Preview, which isn't exactly a slideshow but does allow you to click through the pictures. And it's fast. -T Preview does have a slideshow feature -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT using a 12 powerbook for showing photos

2011-03-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The App Store cannot run in anything other than Snow Leopard v10.6.6, which requires an Intel processor. Godfrey On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: You could even pick up Keynote alone for $20 via the App Store.  Great to know it still works on PowerPC.

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