PESO: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes ...

2021-08-19 Thread John Francis
Last night when I was taking out the garbage I happened to look up ... http://www.panix.com/~johnf/temp/SmokeMoon.jpg Technically it's crap - hand-held 1/13 of a second at 350mm - but it shows what I saw. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.n

A switcheroo

2021-08-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
I write regularly for three Times but rarely get a chance to shoot the pics. This was different but very limited. Just people snd cars. No birds. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/business/dream-cruise-car-designers.html Paul -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an ema

Re: Mafia Nuns

2021-08-19 Thread Ken Waller
Isn’t someone who flunked chemistry now flipping burgers ? -Original Message- From: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Aug 19, 2021 5:54 PM To: Subject: Re: Mafia Nuns isnt an oxymoron someone who flunked chemistry? ann On 8/19/2021 5:07 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: > Isn't hopeless optimis

Re: ADVICE PLEASE

2021-08-19 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 10:49:40AM +1000, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: > First actual air show I went to was at Biggin Hill: the sight of Spitfires > coming up out of the valley in a low pass was > something else! Biggin Hill was about 10 miles from where I grew up; we were almost due east of the

Re: Mafia Nuns

2021-08-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
You’re on track in the real world. In places of extreme solitude where it’s easy to slip off into nihilism, you might be seen as a hopeless optimist! Paul > On Aug 19, 2021, at 4:51 PM, Stanley Halpin > wrote: > > Ah, so that is where! > Thanks Bill. I knew I had lost touch with reality som

RE: ADVICE PLEASE

2021-08-19 Thread jcoyle
I remember plane-spotting for Vampires and Venoms flying out of the FAA base in Hampshire - and Spitfires (Mk19) were the first I ticked off in my spotter's book. First actual air show I went to was at Biggin Hill: the sight of Spitfires coming up out of the valley in a low pass was something els

Re: ADVICE PLEASE

2021-08-19 Thread Rick Womer
He just has to wing it. > On Aug 19, 2021, at 4:23 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: > > Yeah, gotta give him props > > On August 19, 2021 1:09:59 PM PDT, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> Holy Moses! >> >> Cot >> >> On 19 Aug 2021, at 19:41, John wrote: >> >> I remember when they flew the Grumman F-11 Ti

Re: A switcheroo

2021-08-19 Thread Rick Womer
Paul, both the writing and photography in that piece are great. I really enjoyed them. Rick > On Aug 19, 2021, at 7:37 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > I write regularly for three Times but rarely get a chance to shoot the pics. > This was different but very limited. Just people snd cars. No bi

Re: Mafia Nuns

2021-08-19 Thread Larry Colen
> On Aug 19, 2021, at 2:54 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > isnt an oxymoron someone who flunked chemistry? We really ought to go to a Marie Calendar’s sometime and do some Pie Bonding over chemistry puns. > ann > > On 8/19/2021 5:07 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: >> Isn't hopeless optimist a bit

Re: Mafia Nuns

2021-08-19 Thread ann sanfedele
isnt an oxymoron someone who flunked chemistry? ann On 8/19/2021 5:07 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: Isn't hopeless optimist a bit of an oxymoron? On August 19, 2021 2:00:58 PM PDT, Paul Stenquist wrote: You’re on track in the real world. In places of extreme solitude where it’s easy to slip of

Re: Mafia Nuns

2021-08-19 Thread lrc
Isn't hopeless optimist a bit of an oxymoron? On August 19, 2021 2:00:58 PM PDT, Paul Stenquist wrote: >You’re on track in the real world. In places of extreme solitude where it’s >easy to slip off into nihilism, you might be seen as a hopeless optimist! > >Paul > >> On Aug 19, 2021, at 4:51 PM,

Re: Mafia Nuns

2021-08-19 Thread Stanley Halpin
Ah, so that is where! Thanks Bill. I knew I had lost touch with reality some time ago, I just wasn’t sure where. Stan > On Aug 19, 2021, at 12:26 PM, Bill wrote: > > On 8/18/2021 1:09 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >> IMNSHO: Religion can be a good thing. > > I think that is where you diverge f

Re: ADVICE PLEASE

2021-08-19 Thread lrc
Yeah, gotta give him props On August 19, 2021 1:09:59 PM PDT, Steve Cottrell wrote: >Holy Moses! > >Cot > >On 19 Aug 2021, at 19:41, John wrote: > >I remember when they flew the Grumman F-11 Tiger. >-- >%(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >

Re: ADVICE PLEASE

2021-08-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
Holy Moses! Cot On 19 Aug 2021, at 19:41, John wrote: I remember when they flew the Grumman F-11 Tiger. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: ADVICE PLEASE (WRAP UP?)

2021-08-19 Thread John
That's the first thing you need to do, get in as close as you legally & safely can. Manual focus, hyper-focal distance (or whatever is the correct term for that thing where you pre-set the focus so DOF goes from here to infinity), shutter speed around 1/125 sec to get an acceptable propeller b

Re: ADVICE PLEASE

2021-08-19 Thread John
I remember when they flew the Grumman F-11 Tiger. On 8/17/2021 16:25:33, Steve Cottrell wrote: Remember when they were F4 Phantoms? ;-) On 17 Aug 2021, at 21:17, Larry Colen wrote: It looks like I’d shoot at f/8 and either 1/800 or 1/1000 in TAv mode when they were close, using a K-3 and Si

Re: ADVICE PLEASE

2021-08-19 Thread John
On 8/17/2021 15:39:09, John Francis wrote: On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 07:41:12PM +0200, Alan C wrote: The South African Aerobatic Championships is currently on in Phalaborwa with plenty of Photographic opportunities. I've tried everything but just don't seem to be able to focus on fast moving aircr

Re: Mafia Nuns

2021-08-19 Thread Bill
On 8/18/2021 1:09 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: IMNSHO: Religion can be a good thing. I think that is where you diverge from reality. bill -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly abo