RE: Children

2012-04-03 Thread Bob W
Children being Children. Joe http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10834691 that's a great shot - just perfect. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

RE: Pentax FF

2012-04-03 Thread Bob W
Sorry. Lost my head for a few minutes there. Did y'all know they're using (what looks to me like) a photo of Cotty to advertise Grandfather Mountain? http://www.grandfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/slider-another- world.jpg given the subject of the thread, he must be looking

Re: Children

2012-04-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice, Joe. A perfect moment. Paul On Apr 2, 2012, at 11:15 PM, jn289 wrote: Children being Children. Joe http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10834691 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: OT- Camera Auction, very OT.

2012-04-03 Thread Steven Desjardins
That was not what I was expecting. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:58 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.michaelyon-online.com/camera-auction.htm -- Don't lose heart!  They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO - Christopher

2012-04-03 Thread Miserere
On 2 April 2012 23:30, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I think that's his camera face. Had the same expression in each of about 10 frames taken of him that afternoon. Nice guy. It was fun talking with him. Thanks for your comment and thanks to everyone else who

Re: PESO - Early Spring Training

2012-04-03 Thread Jack Davis
Like the monochrome morning. Well composed, Frank. Jack - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 6:07 PM Subject: PESO - Early Spring Training It was cool and grey, but at about 8:00

Re: PESO: Tractorotica

2012-04-03 Thread Jack Davis
DOF and rendering very pleasing. Jack - Original Message - From: Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 9:19 PM Subject: PESO: Tractorotica Hi all, I know there are a few folks on the list who like old tractors, and

Re: PESO: Tractorotica

2012-04-03 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thanks, Jack! I was concerned I might have wielded a heavy hand with the contrast in the rendering to try and bring out a little more detail. It was shot in a pretty shady area -- one that I've walked past a hundred times without ever noticing the tractor even being there. -- Walt On

Re: PESO: Tractorotica

2012-04-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is an interesting and effective image. I like it. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I know there are a few folks on the list who like old tractors, and I happened upon another

Re: PESO - Early Spring Training

2012-04-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Wonderful mood, Frank! It brings back memories of rowing with the lightweight crew in college. This time of year, we would go out in a 16 man barge to break up the ice in the Connecticut before we could use the very fragile 8 plus shells. Nothing like those crisp days of early spring in the

Re: PESO: Tractorotica

2012-04-03 Thread Bruce Walker
I like it a lot Walt. I especially appreciate your play on words: tractor/erotica. But also did you think of the notion of rot-ica -- as in decay-porn? Nice! On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I know there are a few folks on the list who like old

Re: PAW117 - Shadow

2012-04-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very interesting effect. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:13 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA21mm, 1/15s, f/3.2, ISO100. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML

Re: PESO: Tractorotica

2012-04-03 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thank you, Dan! I've taken a shine to old tractors as a subject. There is a certain aesthetic to them, isn't there? -- Walt On 4/3/2012 8:29 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That is an interesting and effective image. I like it. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

Re: PESO - Intermission 4 - Slice of Life

2012-04-03 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks for the comments, Joe.  To do this kind of shot with a longer lens I'll have to get a K-5 or its successor; and at this point I'm waiting to see what the successor will have to offer. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: jn289 jn...@verizon.net To:

Re: PESO: Tractorotica

2012-04-03 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thanks, Bruce! The rot-ica play didn't occur to me, but it certainly does fit, doesn't it? :-) One of these days, I'm going to work on a collection of all the old tractors tucked back in fields and off in wooded areas around my neighborhood and use that as its title. -- Walt On 4/3/2012

Re: March best of set

2012-04-03 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 4/2/2012 4:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote: These have all been posted, and it's a pretty small set. But, in the hopes of getting other's to post their best few photos for each month, here is my March set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629549949675/ If anyone is in a

Re: PESO: Meteor

2012-04-03 Thread Rick Womer
Nice shot; it might look richer shot with a polarizer. I hate those things--way too many youthful hours spent pushing an Armstrong mower around a large suburban yard. When I was 15 I went away for the summer; my father mowed one row and went to Sears for a power mower. Rick  

Re: PESO - Early Spring Training

2012-04-03 Thread David J Brooks
Well done, great mood Dave On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:07 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: It was cool and grey, but at about 8:00 Saturday morning, the Argonaut Rowing Club (one of Toronto's oldest amateur sporting clubs) was out in the rowing basin, training for the upcoming

GESO: Photowalk from 4/02

2012-04-03 Thread Walt Gilbert
Hi all, Just wanted to share these photos from yesterday. There's a little redundancy, but not overmuch. The only real interesting tidbit is that I took the K-x fitted with the Promaster 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 along with the K20D fitted with the A 50/1.7 in order to have some reach, and it wasn't

Re: Annoyances.

2012-04-03 Thread Charles Robinson
On Apr 2, 2012, at 17:51, P. J. Alling wrote: So, I've been using the K20D for nearly two years now and I really wish that Pentax had put focal length input on the Fn menu or maybe had it pop up if you had a A lens mounted when you switched SR off then on again. That would make using A

RE: PESO: Tractorotica

2012-04-03 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Wow. Tractor Porn. Right here on pdml. With a capital T and that rhymes with... Oh, never mind. Seriously, great shot (love the vegetation), beautifully rendered. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message ---

RE: Children by Joe Dixon

2012-04-03 Thread Morris Galloway
Lurker pulls his head out to say: Two of our best commenting on a stunning shot by Joe Dixon. Frankly, what Joe did was impossible. First he used a Film Camera, and an old one at that. A Pentax LX that could be Thirty-two years old, if he has the Early Version made the first year. Next he

New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Bryan Jacoby
So, how 'bout them new lens prices?!? I have been pretty impressed with what I've seen in the Ricoh era (yes, I think the K-01 is a great idea) and therefore I've been optimistic about the future. But these new lens prices seem, shall we say, less than well-considered. I guess I can understand

Re: PESO: Tractorotica

2012-04-03 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thank you, Frank! *Somebody's* got to scandalize this list! -- Walt On 4/3/2012 9:34 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Wow. Tractor Porn. Right here on pdml. With a capital T and that rhymes with... Oh, never mind. Seriously, great shot (love the vegetation), beautifully rendered.

Re: It's just two buttons

2012-04-03 Thread John Sessoms
Needs to be viable enough that someone else would want to do the work, since Larry thinks it's too tedious for him to do himself. From: Stan Halpin How viable does it need to be? So Larry puts in an hour of his time (priceless, but lets say $100 for simplicity). Buy a web address

Re: It's just two buttons

2012-04-03 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: How viable does it need to be? So Larry puts in an hour of his time (priceless, but lets say $100 for simplicity). Buy a web address (dadadotsme.com) and put up a brief description: another one hour = $100.

Re: Children

2012-04-03 Thread Christine Aguila
That's great, Joe! Composition great, expressions great, interaction between subjects caught at just the right moment! Love it. Cheers, Christine On Apr 2, 2012, at 10:15 PM, jn289 wrote: Children being Children. Joe http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10834691 -- PDML

RE: PESO - Recreation

2012-04-03 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Another beautiful shot. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Tom C caka...@gmail.com Sent: April 2, 2012 4/2/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Recreation Another

Re: Peso Wet daffy

2012-04-03 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Very nice, Dave. I got some wet daffodil shots from Sunday morning, too, but they aren't as nice as that one. ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Sent:

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Prices are rising across the board on camera equipment, due to cost of materials, cost of doing business, and the general economic climate. Look at Canon's 5D III .. it's not *that* much more camera than the 5D II yet its intro price is $1000 higher. And Nikon, Canon and Leica have all done lens

Re: Children

2012-04-03 Thread Jack Davis
Just this minute saw this terrific image for the first time. What a wonderful shot for the album. Congrats, Joe! Jack - Original Message - From: jn289 jn...@verizon.net To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 8:15 PM Subject: Children Children being Children. Joe

Re: PESO: Safety First

2012-04-03 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Love the way the pizza crust mimics her smile. Beautiful! Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com Sent: April 2, 2012 4/2/12 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO:

RE: work for food

2012-04-03 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Very strong and powerful photo (and not just because of the sign). cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: jn289 jn...@verizon.net Sent: April 2, 2012 4/2/12 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: work for

RE: Children

2012-04-03 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Joyous! Great photo. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: jn289 jn...@verizon.net Sent: April 2, 2012 4/2/12 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Children Children being Children. Joe

Re: PESO - L SALES FINAL

2012-04-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
My daughter bought a Kindle. My wife saw it and got one also. They both love 'em and share titles, plus the library has Kindle books for loan as well. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:18 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 3, 2012, at 10:27 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Maybe

RE: GESO: Photowalk from 4/02

2012-04-03 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
All very good, but I love that squirrel as it daintily tip-toes along the fence. Hilarious! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com Sent: April 3, 2012 4/3/12 To:

Re: PESO - Christopher

2012-04-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Pictures of your parents can be the worst. Catch them with their grandchildren for the best expressions. They forget about the camera then. (Worked for me, after we finally had some grandchildren for them!) Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 2

Re: It's just two buttons

2012-04-03 Thread George Sinos
It sounds like it would be one of those fun apps that may appeal to a few people. I reality, for me, I don't need or want special vibration codes for everyone in my address book. I have a code set for the family members that may need me in an emergency. That way when I'm teaching, or other

Re: PESO: Meteor

2012-04-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Rick, Same story here. My dad got a power mower after I went to college, and he had to mow! Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Nice shot; it might look richer shot with a polarizer. I hate those things--way too many youthful hours spent

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Christine Nielsen
Groan. The 16-50 has been on my wish list for a while... I guess I should have bought it $700 ago. I can understand incremental price increases, but almost double? Yikes. For a long time, one of the advantages of Pentax has been the value proposition... if that goes away, then what? Just as

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: Prices are rising across the board on camera equipment, due to cost of materials, cost of doing business, and the general economic climate. Look at Canon's 5D III .. it's not *that* much more camera than the 5D II yet its intro price is $1000 higher.

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Bryan Jacoby
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: The Penatx 16-50, for example, is now priced in the same ballpark as its Canon and Nikon equivalents. Right. So the question is: is that a good idea, given Pentax's position in the market? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Probably a good idea given their cost structure... On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Bryan Jacoby bryan.jac...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: The Penatx 16-50, for example, is now priced in the same ballpark as its Canon and

Re: GESO: Photowalk from 4/02

2012-04-03 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thanks, Frank! I got a few shots of him, but that was the only one that looked like anything more than just a squirrel on a fence. :-) -- Walt On 4/3/2012 11:00 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: All very good, but I love that squirrel as it daintily tip-toes along the fence. Hilarious!

re: Children

2012-04-03 Thread Don Guthrie
Nothing brightens the day like pictures of joy. You can almost hear the laughter. Nice one. Message: 2 Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:15:10 -0400 From: jn289 jn...@verizon.net To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Children Message-ID: a06240801cba01b727028@[192.168.1.3] Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Jack Davis
The DA 55~300 increase is actually late in coming. A Fan - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 9:13 AM Subject: Re: New lens prices Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Bryan Jacoby bryan.jac...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: The Penatx 16-50, for example, is now priced in the same ballpark as its Canon and Nikon

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 4/3/2012 11:35 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bob Sullivanrf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Bryan Jacobybryan.jac...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: The Penatx 16-50, for example, is now priced in the

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: At a certain point, Pentax has to price their lenses comparably to the competition because a lot of people will assume that cheaper means inferior and expensive = better. The critical thing is that Ricoh/Pentax

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: The critical thing is that Ricoh/Pentax increase the build quality (particularly on this specific lens!) so that it's worth the new price point. Based on the problematic history reported here and elsewhere, I

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread steve harley
on 2012-04-03 10:35 Mark Roberts wrote At a certain point, Pentax has to price their lenses comparably to the competition because a lot of people will assume that cheaper means inferior and expensive = better. i can see that working both ways — good equipment at a better price can also build

Re: March best of set

2012-04-03 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I have to agree with Walt, that first photo is stunning. Such a look of ennui on their faces. Tired after a long week of work? Bored of the music, dancing? Each other? Beautifully framed. Great photo. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. --

OT - Can you see this video if are outside the UK?

2012-04-03 Thread Cotty
Hi team, If you are located outside the UK, can you see and hear the video on this page? (scroll down a bit) http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-04-03/ear-damage-too-loud-for-too- long/ thanks -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: Pentax FF

2012-04-03 Thread Cotty
On 1/4/12, Subash, discombobulated, unleashed: https://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-k-3-announced.html i wouldn't like to be cotty's hat right now. :) cotty, we need photos... Subash dear chap. Don't you guys play tricks on each other in India ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

PESO: Rats!

2012-04-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Rat's Restaurant, seen from Grounds for Sculpture http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15455589 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Pentax FF

2012-04-03 Thread Cotty
On 1/4/12, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: *Posted on 04-01-2012* https://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-k-3-announced.html ASSHOLES! Not only that, but full frame assholes, John. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: Pentax FF

2012-04-03 Thread Cotty
On 2/4/12, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: Sorry. Lost my head for a few minutes there. Did y'all know they're using (what looks to me like) a photo of Cotty to advertise Grandfather Mountain? http://www.grandfather.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/slider-another- world.jpg It's no

RE: OT - Can you see this video if are outside the UK?

2012-04-03 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Nope, not on my android, anyway. The video box told me to update my Flash, which I did but it still won't play. Keeps telling me to update... Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Cotty

Re: PESO: Safety First

2012-04-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Frank. On Apr 3, 2012, at 11:46 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Love the way the pizza crust mimics her smile. Beautiful! Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Don

Re: OT - Can you see this video if are outside the UK?

2012-04-03 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
no problem here. plays just fine. G On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Hi team, If you are located outside the UK, can you see and hear the video on this page? (scroll down a bit) http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-04-03/ear-damage-too-loud-for-too- long/

Opportunity on Amazon Warehouse deals Pentax 16-50mm ?

2012-04-03 Thread Darren Addy
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000NO5QV6/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8qid=1333477764sr=8-1condition=used These are returns (for whatever reason) but since they were purchased before the price increase, Amazon may not have priced them accordingly. Right now they represent over $500 off of NEW.

Re: OT - Can you see this video if are outside the UK?

2012-04-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Comes across loud and clear on my laptop. I'm sending it on to my kids for the hearing message. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Hi team, If you are located outside the UK, can you see and hear the video on this page? (scroll down a bit)

Re: PESO - L SALES FINAL

2012-04-03 Thread John Sessoms
Never have to recharge the battery on a real book, and you can still read a real book that has a bullet hole in it. From: Bob Sullivan My daughter bought a Kindle. My wife saw it and got one also. They both love 'em and share titles, plus the library has Kindle books for loan as well.

Re: PESO: Rats!

2012-04-03 Thread Jack Davis
A McRats for cats? :-( Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 11:07 AM Subject: PESO: Rats! Rat's Restaurant, seen from Grounds for Sculpture

Re: Opportunity on Amazon Warehouse deals Pentax 16-50mm ?

2012-04-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Used items without warrentee... :-( Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000NO5QV6/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8qid=1333477764sr=8-1condition=used These are returns (for whatever reason) but since they were

Re: PESO - Recreation

2012-04-03 Thread Jack Davis
Yes, but it is s black. I have to say, however, it sounds like you're learning. ;-)) Jack ;-) - Original Message - From: Tom C caka...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, April 2, 2012 1:09 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Recreation Tom, Like the idea, but I feel there is too

Re: PESO - L SALES FINAL

2012-04-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, They are not for me, but I do appreciate the Kindle when we go on vacation. Only one 'book' to haul. Never need to go shopping for new reading material. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 1:48 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Never have to recharge the battery on a real

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread John Sessoms
Last year's earthquake tsunami along with other natural disasters in Asia have affected the cost of production. I know that when Thailand flooded last year hard-drive prices spiked. I bought a 1.5TB drive for $60.00 in July and after the floods, the cheapest I could find that same drive was

RE: OT - Can you see this video if are outside the UK?

2012-04-03 Thread John Sessoms
From: Cotty Hi team, If you are located outside the UK, can you see and hear the video on this page? (scroll down a bit) http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-04-03/ear-damage-too-loud-for-too- long/ thanks Clicking the link gives a Page not found. The URL truncates at

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Sam L
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Bryan Jacoby bryan.jac...@gmail.com wrote: So, how 'bout them new lens prices?!? I have been pretty impressed with what I've seen in the Ricoh era (yes, I think the K-01 is a great idea) and therefore I've been optimistic about the future.  But these new lens

Re: Pentax FF

2012-04-03 Thread John Sessoms
From: Cotty On 1/4/12, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: *Posted on 04-01-2012* https://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-k-3-announced.html ASSHOLES! Not only that, but full frame assholes, John. I would buy that camera if it were real. I think just about every Pentax shooter

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: I was having a hard time justifying the purchase at the old price, due to the lens' uneven reputation. I can't imagine shelling out at the new price. I bought my 16-50 as soon as the lens was introduced and it's worked without a hitch for years,

Re: Opportunity on Amazon Warehouse deals Pentax 16-50mm ?

2012-04-03 Thread P. J. Alling
KEH.com often has them for less and they guarantee them for at least 30 days, I think their current guarantee is 6 mos. On 4/3/2012 2:37 PM, Darren Addy wrote: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000NO5QV6/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8qid=1333477764sr=8-1condition=used These are returns (for

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 3, 2012, at 12:18 PM, Sam L wrote: I sure can't, especially when I can get a tamron 16-50/2.8 for $400 - $500. The weather proofing and the brand name are not worth $1000 to me. The weather proofing is critical for me. The 16-50 on the K-5 is a nearly perfect daily driver

Re: March best of set

2012-04-03 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 3, 2012, at 10:57 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I have to agree with Walt, that first photo is stunning. Thanks Frank. Such a look of ennui on their faces. Tired after a long week of work? Bored of the music, dancing? Each other? They are dancing to the blues. Both the music

Re: Considering how much Leicas cost...

2012-04-03 Thread James King
Steven Desjardins wrote on Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:26:32 -0700 It would go so well with my white loafers . . . Just think… A white Leica, white shoes, and loud sports coat - a full Cleveland! Regards, Jim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - L SALES FINAL

2012-04-03 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Funny you should mention that. I just read a book (a play, actually) with a bullet hole right in the middle of it. I thought it might be about a breakfast diner or maybe about how to cook eggs, but it wasn't. It was about crazy Danish royals and ghosts and murder and revenge and stuff. It

Re: OT - Can you see this video if are outside the UK?

2012-04-03 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Cotty cotty...@mac.com: Hi team, If you are located outside the UK, can you see and hear the video on this page? (scroll down a bit) http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-04-03/ear-damage-too-loud-for-too- long/ Yep. Made it's way downunder OK, although the URL got split in my

Re: Why LR 4?

2012-04-03 Thread P. J. Alling
On 4/2/2012 1:48 PM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Rick Womerrwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: I switched to Lightroom 3 mostly for its superior noise reducing abilities. I've been very happy with it. Looking through the features of LR4, I'm not seeing anything compelling.

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Charles Robinson
On Apr 3, 2012, at 14:27, Mark Roberts wrote: I bought my 16-50 as soon as the lens was introduced and it's worked without a hitch for years, including several rain-sodden hikes across Grandfather Mountain. It's my most-used lens. I know I'm just one data point but it's the data points

Re: PESO - L SALES FINAL

2012-04-03 Thread Larry Colen
On 4/3/2012 1:47 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Funny you should mention that. I just read a book (a play, actually) with a bullet hole right in the middle of it. I thought it might be about a breakfast diner or maybe about how to cook eggs, but it wasn't. It was about crazy Danish

Re: OT - Can you see this video if are outside the UK?

2012-04-03 Thread Charles Robinson
On Apr 3, 2012, at 15:50, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Cotty cotty...@mac.com: Hi team, If you are located outside the UK, can you see and hear the video on this page? (scroll down a bit) http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-04-03/ear-damage-too-loud-for-too- long/ Yep. Made

Re: PESO - L SALES FINAL

2012-04-03 Thread mike wilson
On 03/04/2012 22:56, Larry Colen wrote: On 4/3/2012 1:47 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Funny you should mention that. I just read a book (a play, actually) with a bullet hole right in the middle of it. I thought it might be about a breakfast diner or maybe about how to cook eggs, but

Re: GESO: Photowalk from 4/02

2012-04-03 Thread jn289
Walt, photo 6311 is great, walking the fence..Joe Hi all, Just wanted to share these photos from yesterday. There's a little redundancy, but not overmuch. The only real interesting tidbit is that I took the K-x fitted with the Promaster 70-300 f/4.5-5.6 along with the K20D fitted with

RE: Children by Joe Dixon

2012-04-03 Thread jn289
Morris, this was a 200 mm F2.8 A Pentax lens...Also Pentax did make a 20 mm F2.8 A lens which I have one. Also have a 20 mm F4.0 M Pentax lens... Thanks for the remarks on the photo. I have some other photos of other children playing, when I get to it I will post them. Again Thanks, Joe

Re: work for food

2012-04-03 Thread Charles Robinson
On Apr 2, 2012, at 22:12, jn289 wrote: Saw this driving by a location..Joe P.S. film shot http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9232531 It's a well-executed photo, but we have so many exit-ramp guys here in Minneapolis that I just don't even look at 'em anymore. It would be

Re: Considering how much Leicas cost...

2012-04-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Same person who'd buy a white storm trooper K-x, if they had the money. You don't have to be Cesar... On 4/2/2012 3:41 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Can't imagine who would buy a white leather covered camera? Well, if it were white snakeskin... Hello, Cesar, are you there? :-)

Re: OT - Can you see this video if are outside the UK?

2012-04-03 Thread David J Brooks
No problem in Ontario. iMac , firefox Dave On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Hi team, If you are located outside the UK, can you see and hear the video on this page? (scroll down a bit) http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-04-03/ear-damage-too-loud-for-too-

Re: PESO: Tractorotica

2012-04-03 Thread David J Brooks
My kinda ride. Nicely done Dave On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I know there are a few folks on the list who like old tractors, and I happened upon another one today while I was out on an otherwise non-productive photowalk. I left too early

Re: Pentax FF

2012-04-03 Thread P. J. Alling
Drop the in body SR and the pop up flash and I'll bet it could be done. On 4/2/2012 4:03 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Steven Desjardins A question to the more engineering oriented ones on the list. How hard would it be for Pentax to stick a FF sensor in something like a K5 body? Ball peen

Re: GESO: Photowalk from 4/02

2012-04-03 Thread David J Brooks
Very nice set. Way to early for all of those bugs up here. Dave On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Just wanted to share these photos from yesterday. There's a little redundancy, but not overmuch. The only real interesting tidbit is that I took

Re: GESO: Photowalk from 4/02

2012-04-03 Thread Jack Davis
These are impressively sharp..and well rendered. Walt, if you have the time and don't mind, please identify which of these were taken with the Promaster. Thanks, much! Jack - Original Message - From: Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent:

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: I was having a hard time justifying the purchase at the old price, due to the lens' uneven reputation.  I can't imagine shelling out at the new price. I bought my 16-50 as

Re: PESO: Tractorotica

2012-04-03 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thanks, Dave! I knew you'd be one who might be interested in seeing it. -- Walt On 4/3/2012 4:54 PM, David J Brooks wrote: My kinda ride. Nicely done Dave On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Walt Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I know there are a few folks on the list who like old

Re: GESO: Photowalk from 4/02

2012-04-03 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thank you, Joe! I tell ya, it looks a lot more methodical in the photo than it was in-person. The little dude acted like he was born on that fence. -- Walt On 4/3/2012 4:18 PM, jn289 wrote: Walt, photo 6311 is great, walking the fence..Joe Hi all, Just wanted to share these photos

Re: GESO: Photowalk from 4/02

2012-04-03 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thanks again, Dave! We've got a whole gang of bugs down here. I got stung on the neck by a wasp and on the chin by a bee while mowing just yesterday, in fact. If you'd like, I can pack some up and ship 'em to you -- I'll even cover the shipping! -- Walt On 4/3/2012 4:55 PM, David J Brooks

Re: GESO: Photowalk from 4/02

2012-04-03 Thread Walt Gilbert
Many thanks, Jack! The squirrel and the butterfly shots were all taken with the Promaster on the K-x, and the rest were shot with the K20D and A-50/1.7. I wasn't crazy about that Promaster when I first got it, but it's starting to grow on me. I think the smartest thing I did was taking the

Re: Pentax FF

2012-04-03 Thread Larry Colen
It'd be easier to put a 24x36 sensor into a 645D body, and call it the 643D. It might even be possible to redesign it with a shorter registration distance (and smaller mirror) so you can use K-mount lenses. On 4/3/2012 2:54 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Drop the in body SR and the pop up flash

Re: New lens prices

2012-04-03 Thread John Francis
I must have missed that. I'm sure glad I've already got the 16-50, 50-135 60-250; Between them they now add up to around $2000 more than I paid. They're nice glass, but I'd think hard before paying that much. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO: Photowalk from 4/02

2012-04-03 Thread Jack Davis
Yeah, you don't routinely need two additional light dispersing glass surfaces. ;-) Thanks for info. Jack - Original Message - From: Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 3:18 PM Subject: Re: GESO: Photowalk from 4/02

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