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RE: This is riduculous

> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > >If I cared so little about my photos that I wanted to shoot JPEGs, > I > > wouldn't spend the money on a DSLR. > > > > That's probably overstating things (a bit). > > Maybe a bit, but without a little hyperbole, where's the fun? > > >

RE: This is riduculous

> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > mike wilson > On 27/09/2011 20:24, Steven Desjardins wrote: > > "They also enclosed a hand-written note telling me to clean my sensor > more > > often and not change my lenses so much." > > > > That's great, just great. $6

Re: This is riduculous

On Sep 27, 2011, at 3:08 PM, Darren Addy wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >If I cared so little about my photos that I wanted to shoot JPEGs, I > wouldn't spend the money on a DSLR. > > That's probably overstating things (a bit). Maybe a bit, but without a little

Re: This is riduculous

On 27/09/2011 20:24, Steven Desjardins wrote: "They also enclosed a hand-written note telling me to clean my sensor more often and not change my lenses so much." That's great, just great. $6000 camera, stop changing the damn lenses. Almost a Mark. No almost about it. It also needs scanning

Re: This is riduculous

On 27/09/2011 4:40 PM, Tom C wrote: Maybe they should put a breathalyzer on it also, that way if I were to over-imbibe I'd be protected from taking crappy pictures I'd be embarrassed about later. Really? HAR!!! -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.n

Re: From a time when Men were Men...

A few more images of the kit now up on my Flickr Photostream. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/ I'd have to call it collector quality... Pentax USA tuned 'er up in August 2004. She's for sale, or would be if I weren't getting an infernal PHP error on PentaxForums Marketplace. (This may be

Re: From a time when Men were Men...

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > So, the 645D is reasonably priced? I've always thought it was reasonably priced. But I've yet to confuse that with being able to AFFORD ONE. : \ Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.

Re: This is riduculous

On 9/27/2011 6:48 PM, Tom C wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: The best Microsoft Knowledgebase article ever: Perhaps R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World, As We Know It" would have been a better choice. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska LOL! It was almost the end of the

Re: From a time when Men were Men...

Not so fast, on the left we have the Kodak Medalist II, (Kodak, they make the sensor in the 645D), weighing in at 2lbs 14ozs, with a fixed 100mm lens in a machined aircraft aluminum double helical, and a machined aircraft aluminum body, hell just assumed it's all machined aluminum clad in leath

Re: This is riduculous

Bill's comment, about 17 posts back: "That would be the f-- message? People seem to expect the camera to start playing Il Trovatore whenever there is a wrong setting. Perhaps the Japanese needed a deeper history in opera." Sorry to create the distraction. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Paul S

OT: I thought this was Cotty on first glance ...

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Re: This is riduculous

I get it. Hard to keep up with this one. I went left at the fork and ran into a dead end. On Sep 27, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Yeah, it's a forking thread error, Paul. > > > On 11-09-27 8:45 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> On Sep 27, 2011, at 8:41 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> >>

Re: It's the details that matter

On 2011-09-26 17:41, John Francis wrote: So I guess I'm an older male (no surprise there) who pays more than the usual amount of attention to potentially dangerous situations. Happens to all of us that work on the "hot side" of race tracks. :-) The test day for the Petit le Mans was a bit of

Re: This is riduculous

Yeah, it's a forking thread error, Paul. On 11-09-27 8:45 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Sep 27, 2011, at 8:41 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: What verbal adjective begins with f, is frequently not written out by replacing it's letters by placeholders, and is often used by passionate people like o

Re: This is riduculous

On Sep 27, 2011, at 8:41 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > What verbal adjective begins with f, is frequently not written out by > replacing it's letters by placeholders, and is often used by > passionate people like our friend Bill? I get that, but it's not in this thread, which appears to be abou

Re: From a time when Men were Men...

So, the 645D is reasonably priced? On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > On Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:06 PM, "Bob W" > wrote: >> > ...and Cameras were Cameras: >> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6189524915/in/photostream > > > > Sticking the F 35-70 on the front

Re: This is riduculous

What verbal adjective begins with f, is frequently not written out by replacing it's letters by placeholders, and is often used by passionate people like our friend Bill? On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > On Sep 27, 2011, at 8:25 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > >> "That wo

Re: This is riduculous

On Sep 27, 2011, at 8:25 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > "That would be the f-- message?" > > Seriously Bill, at first i thought you were just cussing. Huh??? > > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Paul Stenquist > wrote: >> >> On Sep 27, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >>> On 11

Re: This is riduculous

"That would be the f-- message?" Seriously Bill, at first i thought you were just cussing. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > On Sep 27, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> On 11-09-27 5:38 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >>> From: Larry Colen I just ran across my ph

Re: This is riduculous

On Sep 27, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On 11-09-27 5:38 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >> From: Larry Colen >>> I just ran across my photos from burning man a year ago where I >>> hadn't realized that my freshly repaired K20 had been reset to the >>> factory default of "shoot jpeg". If I ca

Re: This is riduculous

On 11-09-27 5:38 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Larry Colen I just ran across my photos from burning man a year ago where I hadn't realized that my freshly repaired K20 had been reset to the factory default of "shoot jpeg". If I cared so little about my photos that I wanted to shoot JPEGs, I wou

Re: OT: A rare (and often beautiful) look inside North Korea

Well, that was one of the more breathtaking slideshows I've ever had the pleasure of watching. Thanks for sharing! -- Walt On 9/27/2011 10:23 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Son-in-law sent me this link. It has some truly great images in it, along with some "documentary" ones. Slideshow: http://www.fl

Re: This is riduculous

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Tom C wrote: >> >> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: >>> The best Microsoft Knowledgebase article ever: >> >> Perhaps R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World, As We Know It" would have >> been a better choice. >> >> Darren Addy >> Kearney, Nebraska

Re: PESO Ashley

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > I guess I've gotten spoiled.  I had a hard time wondering why people need to > go to exotic locales to find things to photograph, rather than just looking > around their own neighborhood.  Then I visited my friend Candice in Reseda. > The plac

Re: This is riduculous

> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: >> The best Microsoft Knowledgebase article ever: > > Perhaps R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World, As We Know It" would have > been a better choice. > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > LOL! It was almost the end of the world for my K-7. D

Re: This is riduculous

> By acting like a brick, the camera is telling the user there is > something wrong with their settings. > Setting the lens to the off A position would be considered an advanced > user operation. The camera is designed to work primarily with A series > and later lenses (hence the lack of an apertur

Re: PESO Ashley

On Sep 26, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > On 9/26/2011 5:04 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: >> On 9/25/2011 5:50 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> From the same SIMBY(*) photo walk, some graffiti under the bridge up the >>> river from my house: >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6182588449/in/se

RE: From a time when Men were Men...

On Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:06 PM, "Bob W" wrote: > > ...and Cameras were Cameras: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6189524915/in/photostream Sticking the F 35-70 on the front of the K-x does spoil the aesthetics. Don't you have a can of white paint, handy? That's a nice 6

Re: This is riduculous

On Tuesday, September 27, 2011 5:38 PM, "John Sessoms" wrote: > From: Larry Colen > > > I just ran across my photos from burning man a year ago where I > > hadn't realized that my freshly repaired K20 had been reset to the > > factory default of "shoot jpeg". If I cared so little about my > > pho

Re: This is riduculous

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Larry Colen wrote:  >If I cared so little about my photos that I wanted to shoot JPEGs, I wouldn't spend the money on a DSLR. That's probably overstating things (a bit). It depends upon the purpose of your photos. I didn't want to have to spend computer time downs

Re: This is riduculous

From: Larry Colen On Sep 27, 2011, at 9:48 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Panasonic has done exactly the same thing with their DSLRs and Micro-FourThirds cameras. Attempting to protect the naive customer, I guess. Olympus doesn't do it at all. Fit an adapted manual lens and the camera just makes

Re: This is riduculous

on 2011-09-27 14:47 William Robb wrote On 27/09/2011 2:35 PM, steve harley wrote: sounds good until you stop to think that the camera has a display it can use to tell the user things like that That would be the f-- message? it can also say f-- when the camera is operational; i know f-- to m

Re: This is riduculous

> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > Panasonic has done exactly the same thing with their DSLRs and > Micro-FourThirds cameras. Attempting to protect the naive customer, I > guess. > > Olympus doesn't do it at all. Fit an adapted manual lens and the > camera just makes an exposure. > > On Pentax and Panaso

RE: A rare (and often beautiful) look inside North Korea

That's very interesting set of pictures. I can imagine them crying in unison "We are all individuals!" a la Life of Brian. I particularly like the shot of the schoolkids carrying the Mik Jong Mouse satchel. B > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.ne

Re: This is riduculous

On Sep 27, 2011, at 15:55, Matthew Hunt wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:47 PM, William Robb > wrote: > >> That would be the f-- message? >> People seem to expect the camera to start playing Il Trovatore whenever >> there is a wrong setting. >> Perhaps the Japanese needed a deeper history in o

RE: From a time when Men were Men...

> ...and Cameras were Cameras: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6189524915/in/photostream > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska very nice indeed B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit th

From a time when Men were Men...

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Re: This is riduculous

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > The best Microsoft Knowledgebase article ever: Perhaps R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World, As We Know It" would have been a better choice. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: This is riduculous

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:47 PM, William Robb wrote: > That would be the f-- message? > People seem to expect the camera to start playing Il Trovatore whenever > there is a wrong setting. > Perhaps the Japanese needed a deeper history in opera. The best Microsoft Knowledgebase article ever: htt

Re: This is riduculous

On 27/09/2011 2:35 PM, steve harley wrote: sounds good until you stop to think that the camera has a display it can use to tell the user things like that That would be the f-- message? People seem to expect the camera to start playing Il Trovatore whenever there is a wrong setting. Perh

Re: This is riduculous

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Re: This is riduculous

On 27/09/2011 9:32 AM, Tom C wrote: Under what circumstances, if a user deliberately mounts a non-A lens, or deliberately switches out of (A) mode, and then deliberately actuates the shutter, would they want the camera to ACT LIKE A BRICK when the shutter button is depressed instead of actin

Re: PESO - Fire Dance

Stunning. -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/ To err is human to arr is pirate --

Re: Peso: Eleven: Thou Shalt Shut the Gate

:-) Well seen and performed. -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/ To err is human to arr is pirate --

Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

It's already a meaningful segment of the camera market. On 9/27/2011 7:48 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I've used the m42 on the m43 many times ;-) I'd also like Pentax to survive, and I do believe they'll need a decent mirrorless system to do that. I can't be 100% sure, of course, but I do th

Re: This is riduculous

On 9/27/2011 2:10 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 27, 2011, at 9:48 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Panasonic has done exactly the same thing with their DSLRs and Micro-FourThirds cameras. Attempting to protect the naive customer, I guess. Olympus doesn't do it at all. Fit an adapted manual lens and

Re: This is riduculous

I thought it was retarded when Pentax dropped support for the aperture simulator, but based on the marketing department touting Pentax's backwards compatibility, so do they. On 9/27/2011 11:32 AM, Tom C wrote: You have to set the appropriate custom function (37: Using Aperture Ring) to allow i

Re: This is riduculous

"They also enclosed a hand-written note telling me to clean my sensor more often and not change my lenses so much." That's great, just great. $6000 camera, stop changing the damn lenses. Almost a Mark. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Bob W wrote: >> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-bo

RE: This is riduculous

> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Larry Colen > > I just ran across my photos from burning man a year ago where I hadn't > realized that my freshly repaired K20 had been reset to the factory > default of "shoot jpeg". If I cared so little about my photos

Re: This is riduculous

Yep. It's remarkably nice to my old MF Pentaxes on those cameras. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Panasonic has done exactly the same thing with their DSLRs and > Micro-FourThirds cameras. Attempting to protect the naive customer, I > guess. > > Olympus doesn't do it

Re: This is riduculous

On Sep 27, 2011, at 9:48 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Panasonic has done exactly the same thing with their DSLRs and > Micro-FourThirds cameras. Attempting to protect the naive customer, I > guess. > > Olympus doesn't do it at all. Fit an adapted manual lens and the > camera just makes an expos

Re: This is riduculous

Panasonic has done exactly the same thing with their DSLRs and Micro-FourThirds cameras. Attempting to protect the naive customer, I guess. Olympus doesn't do it at all. Fit an adapted manual lens and the camera just makes an exposure. On Pentax and Panasonic cameras, I enabled the ability to use

Re: This is riduculous

> From: "Dario Bonazza" > > Tom C wrote: > >> Rant: > >> Why did it have to be the very last custom menu setting on the 6th CF >> menu? Why not put something so fundamental up front in the list? > > So that you can rant. Being serious, Pentax thinks 99% of their customers > don't have a reason to

Re: GESO - Flying girls

Chris Mitchell wote: Great angles and movement Dario. Like Bob, I particularly like the shadows and the one on the shelf. Thanks Chris. I wish I took more of them, and more carefully thought then I did. However, I'm quite pleased by the whole set. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PD

Re: GESO - Flying girls

Thanks Bruce, sure I enjoyed the whole thing! Dario These are just terrific, Dario! Must have been heart-stopping to watch, and you've conveyed that very well. -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: GESO - Flying girls

Thanks Bob, I left the K-5 on manual exposure for the whole shooting. That was intentional, so that the meter won't be fooled by the black background in most shots (if/when the spot meter is not on the subject while following action), and I checked exposure often. Unfortunately, during those

Re: GESO - Flying girls

Thanks Dan. You'll see much more in a short time, even lower light than those, and with severe restrictions for the photographer (don't click during silence times, don't let the display illumination on, and such). Dario - Original Message - From: "Daniel J. Matyola" To: "Pentax-Discu

Re: GESO - Flying girls

Hi Paul, thanks for looking and commenting. This is only the beginning, as covering the whole event was quite a tour de force. Dario - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 7:19 PM Subject: Re: GESO - Flying girls

Re: This is riduculous

Tom C wrote: Rant: Why did it have to be the very last custom menu setting on the 6th CF menu? Why not put something so fundamental up front in the list? So that you can rant. Being serious, Pentax thinks 99% of their customers don't have a reason to change that setting, and it's probably

Re: This is riduculous

> > You have to set the appropriate custom function (37: Using Aperture Ring) to > allow it.  See p294 of the manual. > Thanks Peter and others who've responded on and offlist. Rant: Why did it have to be the very last custom menu setting on the 6th CF menu? Why not put something so fundamental

OT: A rare (and often beautiful) look inside North Korea

Son-in-law sent me this link. It has some truly great images in it, along with some "documentary" ones. Slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samgellman/sets/72157627661307874/show/ The photographer states: Photos from a four day trip in North Korea - September 9-12, 2011. Our guides were great

Re: PESO - The Glamorous Life of a Fashion Photographer

What Wendy said. Nice slice of life. Paul On Sep 27, 2011, at 8:30 AM, wendy beard wrote: > Love it! > > Wendy > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 8:13 AM, frank theriault > wrote: >> Electricity was in the air as the photogs eagerly awaited the >> beautiful models' arrival on the runway: >> >> http:

Re: PESO - The Glamorous Life of a Fashion Photographer

Love it! Wendy On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 8:13 AM, frank theriault wrote: > Electricity was in the air as the photogs eagerly awaited the > beautiful models' arrival on the runway: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/09/glamorous-life-of-fashion-photographer.html > > Hope you enjoy.  Commen

Re: Peso: Eleven: Thou Shalt Shut the Gate

Very well composed shot, Steve. Also, like its tone.   Jack From: Steven Desjardins To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 3:15 PM Subject: Peso: Eleven: Thou Shalt Shut the Gate http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_3zgwM8#1499374693_SdPbNjk-O-LB -- Steve

Re: This is riduculous

As long as you smash a K7 and not a K5. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:36 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Did the camera somehow end up in an extreme low power situation?  I had a > similar problem with my *ist-Ds.  It ran out of power and when I powered it > up with new batteries, all the settings were scr

Re: This is riduculous

As long as you smash a K7 and not a K5. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:36 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Did the camera somehow end up in an extreme low power situation?  I had a > similar problem with my *ist-Ds.  It ran out of power and when I powered it > up with new batteries, all the settings were scr

Re: Peso: Eleven: Thou Shalt Shut the Gate

LOL. You should give a seminar on titling photos. : ) Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- 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: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

I've used the m42 on the m43 many times ;-) I'd also like Pentax to survive, and I do believe they'll need a decent mirrorless system to do that. I can't be 100% sure, of course, but I do think that the CSC/EVIL/MSC/MILC/Whatever will become a meaningful segment of the camera market. On Tue, Se

Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

On Monday, September 26, 2011 10:55 PM, "Steven Desjardins" wrote: > I can't post in the PUG with a NEX ;-) Just stick an old Takumar on the front and no worries. Or you could just strip the Exif and lie. I'm gullible Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Keep

Re: PESOs: Moves

My two sons used to skate, so I've looked at a few skate pictures to find the secret behind a good one. The first of these qualifies as one, the second fails IMO. -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/ --