Re: Semi-OT: Thunderbird update 78.5.1 is fucked up!

Hhmmm.  I've just updated to 78.5.1 and have not experienced any of those problems. -p On 12/3/2020 8:36 PM, John wrote: Changed the fonts, changed the icons and it keeps trying to force me to log in to Yahoo. -- Paul Sorenson Studio1941 Sooner or later "different" scares people. --

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

I'm surprised. That last time I came over there I accidentally left my Swiss Army Knife in my hand luggage & was forced to surrender it at OR Tambo Airport. "Sir, it's for your own safety". Eating irons were replaced by eating plastics. Alan C On 03-Dec-20 10:26 PM, mike wilson wrote: If it

Re: PESO: Rediscovering the K-7

I used a K7 (ex Mark Cassino) for 5 years until I upgraded to his K5. The K7 sensor is poor in low light & noisy above ISO400 but I found that used within its limitations it could give excellent results. TAV mode was useless with the ISO difficulty. The K5 solved that problem & so far I am

Re: Semi-OT: Thunderbird update 78.5.1 is fucked up!

I knew there was I reason I keep declining the update... but don't you tell it what fonts and background colors to use? ann On 12/3/2020 9:36 PM, John wrote: Changed the fonts, changed the icons and it keeps trying to force me to log in to Yahoo. -- ann sanfedele photography

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

The lenses I really need to use it with (80-200/2.8 & 300/2.8) all have a separate foot & the lens rotates in the collar if I need to change the alignment. On 12/3/2020 16:48:38, Ken Waller wrote: An L bracket for the camera body can do the same thing without putting the mass of the camera

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

Wouldn't you just know it ... 3-5/8 inches. On 12/3/2020 15:26:35, mike wilson wrote: If it has less than a 3.5inch blade, it's no problem. I carry a knife most of the time. On 03 December 2020 at 20:16 John wrote: Yeah. If I ever get the chance to visit again I plan to leave the pocket

Re: Enablement!

I have a Pentax 12-24 that I will gladly part with. Paul > On Dec 3, 2020, at 6:11 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > I did a little research before buying and Sigma seems to have made a number > of similar lenses. It looks like at least two slightly different variable > aperture versions from

Semi-OT: Thunderbird update 78.5.1 is fucked up!

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Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

An L bracket for the camera body can do the same thing without putting the mass of the camera body off axis to the monopod making it more awkward to handle. -Original Message- >From: l...@red4est.com >Sent: Dec 3, 2020 3:54 PM >Subject: Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter > >I mostly

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

If it has less than a 3.5inch blade, it's no problem. I carry a knife most of the time. > On 03 December 2020 at 20:16 John wrote: > > > Yeah. If I ever get the chance to visit again I plan to leave the pocket > knife > the Army gave me at home. > >

Re: Enablement!

I did a little research before buying and Sigma seems to have made a number of similar lenses.  It looks like at least two slightly different variable aperture versions from f4.0~5.6, though the only real information available is on the latest one with the HSM focus motor, and the f3.5

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Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

On December 3, 2020 12:08:59 PM PST, John wrote: >I think mine's the same - about the size and weight of an aluminum >baseball bat. > >This on the "business" end: > >https://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-323-Connect-Adapter-200PL-14/dp/B000JLK5PU > >Never want to use it that way, but I could if I

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

I mostly have it locked down but it makes it easy to switch from horizontal to vertical compositions. Also sometimes the study place for the foot is very much not directly under where I want the camera. On December 3, 2020 12:00:38 PM PST, John wrote: >I've never had much luck with ball heads

Re: OT steak and potatoes

To be honest that was probably a $10 bottle of plonk from Costco. The best wine that I've had in a while was from el vaquero a few weeks back photographing my friend. Unfortunately I made the tactical mistake of not having a designated driver so I want able to make full use of the tasting

Re: Cold and foggy

I tried that. No response. I tried temporarily allowing the various scripts, adding them one at a time and trying again ... ... until I got down to where there was nothing left but doubleclick.net and ads-twitter.com, at which point I gave up. On 12/1/2020 13:11:43, ann sanfedele wrote: john

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

Yeah. If I ever get the chance to visit again I plan to leave the pocket knife the Army gave me at home. http://www.badguystuff.com/images/benchmade9053_600x500.jpg On 12/3/2020 10:23:51, mike wilson wrote: Not legal here, unfortunately. On 03 December 2020 at 12:13 Alan C wrote:

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

I think mine's the same - about the size and weight of an aluminum baseball bat. This on the "business" end: https://www.amazon.com/Manfrotto-323-Connect-Adapter-200PL-14/dp/B000JLK5PU Never want to use it that way, but I could if I had to. That's another thing I hate about getting old, being

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

I've never had much luck with ball heads on a monopod. Just too wobbly. I like the RC2 plate holder mounted directly to the end of the monopod. Ball heads are great on a tripod, but I've just never gotten the hang of using one on a monopod. On 12/2/2020 20:41:03, P. J. Alling wrote: That

Re: PESO: Rediscovering the K-7

That's lovely light, Ralf. A fine shot. The K-7 was the immediate successor to the K20D, with a very similar (but updated) CMOS sensor. I was very fond of my K20D and shot with it for a good seven years. I really loved the rather filmic look to the images -- I don't have the same issue with

Re: OT: Viewbug

I think Viewbug is one of those sites where YOU are the product *AND* you have to pay them for the privilege of your work used without compensation. On 12/3/2020 05:27:09, Henk Terhell wrote: Instagram is OK for showing pics to family and friends on their phones without getting the junk

Re: Enablement!

On 12/2/2020 17:37:42, P. J. Alling wrote: Fun fact, Thunderbird wants to correct Enablement to Enfeeblement, could be more right than I want to admit. PS: You don't want to know what Thunderbird thinks some of the names on this list should be. -- Science - Questions we may never find

Re: Enablement!

I have that lens. I think I have that lens - there were two versions, an f/4 & an f/3.5 - f/4, but I think they're both really f/4. I don't know which "version" I have. It was part of a deal where I got the 10-20mm, a 35mm f/1.4 and the "Bigma" all used for $1K. It's a VERY wide angle of

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

Not legal here, unfortunately. > On 03 December 2020 at 12:13 Alan C wrote: > > > Surprised you didn't mention the "cane gun" adaptation widely used by > spies & thugs. > > Alan C > > On 03-Dec-20 09:37 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > I prefer a two-piece for self-defence. Collapsed, you have

PESO: Rediscovering the K-7

The K-7 and I never really took to each other and I got myself one of the first K-5 ever sold in town. I hated the K-7's Samsung sensor, the limited dynamic range and the noise in everything shot at more than ISO 100. Yet, when I look at some of the photos I've taken with it, they have a special

Re: OT steak and potatoes

Larry, while I love California and over the years we've enjoyed most of its wine regions, this particular wine appears to be available in TX stores: https://specsonline.com/shop/wine/beringer-sonoma-pinot-noir/ (This is a TX analogue of BevMo) Cheers to "Global Economy"! ;-) ... And bon

Re: Cold and foggy

> On 3 Dec 2020, at 17:39, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 30.11.20 um 22:17 schrieb Bob Pdml: >> Went for a walk up to Cissbury Ring today > > Just had another look at the whole series and they're all so beautiful > but my favourite is still number 4, the row of houses, because it is so >

Re: Cold and foggy

Thank you. What is even more English is that the four people in the picture were speaking an East European language, and were certainly not dressed for the conditions. If the conditions had worsened they would have had a very miserable time. > On 3 Dec 2020, at 17:20, Stanley Halpin wrote: >

Re: Cold and foggy

Am 30.11.20 um 22:17 schrieb Bob Pdml: Went for a walk up to Cissbury Ring today Just had another look at the whole series and they're all so beautiful but my favourite is still number 4, the row of houses, because it is so quintessentially English. Reminds me of a particular spot in

Re: OT steak and potatoes

On December 3, 2020 8:02:42 AM PST, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >The potatoes sound interesting, but I love the way the steak is done. Tri tip, a central California staple that everyone else calls bottom sirloin. I was very happy with the way it turned out, especially since I've very

Re: Cold and foggy

#11 looks like England to me. I look at it and can just so vividly feel myself there. Nice! stan > On Nov 30, 2020, at 4:39 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Really enjoyed the whole set - but of course I especially like #14 for some > reason :-) > > #11 my favorite scenic of the lot. and that

Re: OT steak and potatoes

The potatoes sound interesting, but I love the way the steak is done. I also like the "fruit" in the background. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 12:35 AM Larry Colen wrote: > Got into a discussion about

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

James Smith & Sons, the umbrella shop in Holborn, London, still show swordsticks on their shopfront, although I think it’s highly unlikely that they’d make or sell you one. Unless you’re John Steed, of course. > On 3 Dec 2020, at 14:21, P. J. Alling wrote: > > You can own a lot of

Re: OT steak and potatoes

I got around that by creating a separate persona to deal with Google, it exists solely to allow me to use Google's phone features and see "naughty" YouTube videos.  Naughty has a different connotation for YouTube than most other places. On 12/3/2020 6:03 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Can’t see

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

You can own a lot of different firearms legally in the US but disguised weapons are one frowned by most states and localities. You can buy a license from the Feds for a gun cane and wait about a year for them to decide that you're not a felon or particularly dangerous, but the locals will

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

I've got you there, mine's made of aluminum. On 12/3/2020 1:57 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Dec 2, 2020, at 5:41 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: That looks enough like the one I use, that I can opine that it also makes a decent club, for self defense. That thought has crossed my mind. Without the

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

Capt. Sir Richard Francis Burton, one of my great heroes of the Ripping Yarns variety, was the finest swordsman in Europe, literally as well as metaphorically, and always used a heavy metal walking stick to keep his sword arm strong. In the good old days you could have your walking stick made

Re: OT steak and potatoes

That’s very similar to pommes Macaire, which uses chives rather than onion, and sometime a mashed baked potato (without the skin) rather than a boiled or steamed potato. Mashed potato with caramelised onions piled on top is classic, and of course if you have boiled cabbage or similar greens

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

Surprised you didn't mention the "cane gun" adaptation widely used by spies & thugs. Alan C On 03-Dec-20 09:37 AM, mike wilson wrote: I prefer a two-piece for self-defence. Collapsed, you have effectively a weighted walking stick, à la Sherlock Holmes. One adjustment and you have a

Re: OT steak and potatoes

Larry, my wife, Ann, makes what we call "mashed & bashed" potatoes. Boil & mash the potatoes, then mix in some chopped onion & "bash" into cakes. Coat in flour & fry until crisp. Yummy! Alan C On 03-Dec-20 07:34 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Got into a discussion about dinner tonight. I kind of

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

I prefer a two-piece for self-defence. Collapsed, you have effectively a weighted walking stick, à la Sherlock Holmes. One adjustment and you have a quarterstaff, of little John fame. I recommend the Benbo Traveller. > On 03 December 2020 at 01:41 "P. J. Alling" > wrote: > > > That

Re: OT steak and potatoes

Can’t see this without allowing Google access to my photos. Paul > On Dec 3, 2020, at 12:35 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Got into a discussion about dinner tonight. I kind of like how this phone > snap turned out > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/Chb2BGtm8iVzE3mU6 > > I’ve been experimenting

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

I responded to the wrong post. It’s Larry’s fried potatoes pic that google is holding hostage. Paul > On Dec 3, 2020, at 6:00 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Can’t see this without allowing Google access to all my photos! > > Paul > >> On Dec 3, 2020, at 1:57 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> 

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

Can’t see this without allowing Google access to all my photos! Paul > On Dec 3, 2020, at 1:57 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > >  > >> On Dec 2, 2020, at 5:41 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> That looks enough like the one I use, that I can opine that it also makes a >> decent club, for self

Re: OT: Viewbug

Instagram is OK for showing pics to family and friends on their phones without getting the junk messages of facebook. Professional photographers tend to use instagram for promoting their work, but the limits in presentation are dreadful. Flickr is still my preference as it doesn't limit the