Re: PESO: Snails

2021-03-01 Thread John
According to Wikipedia "edible if cooked properly". In Taiwan they're "a delicacy among the traditional drinking snacks." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achatina_fulica#Human_use They're also a serious invasive species pest in the U.S. and other places. On 2/26/2021 12:06:10, Daniel J. Matyola

Re: Looking for funny text

2021-03-01 Thread John
All three showed up here. On 2/26/2021 13:44:00, Alan C wrote: Simplifying. Won't go. "The theory was that the mirror slap was so loud it would push a person backwards and result in unsharp photos". Reminds me of a chap here who claimed the spotlights on his bakkie were so powerful

Re: Autofocus settings

2021-03-01 Thread Stanley Halpin
I long ago decided that AF stands for Almost Focused. My usual practice is to use AF-S, back-button focusing, center spot. I center my subject, let the camera do its AF thing, and then I swing the camera to my intended composition and use the Quick-Shift manual focus to make any adjustments. I

Last Call - March PUG

2021-03-01 Thread Brian W
G'day all I'll be shutting this one down on Friday evening 5 March (Sydney time). Theme: Marine As usual submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Full Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html Remember that higher res images can now be submitted - see the

Re: New family members

2021-03-01 Thread Larry Colen
> On Feb 27, 2021, at 9:09 AM, Collin Brendemuehl > wrote: > > https://flic.kr/p/2kFpf9U Congrats. A pair of 50/1.7s? > > Picked up today off fb. > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to