Re: Recent enablements

2009-08-02 Thread Adam Maas
7;re too damned fiddly and they slow down loading even more than Leica's flap and cover setup. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Recent enablements

2009-08-02 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 4:22 AM, David Mann wrote: > On Aug 2, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> And I'm rather liking the K2, I wish I'd tried one a couple >> years ago. > > I could live without my LX but I don't think I could bear to part with my &

Re: Recent enablements

2009-08-02 Thread Adam Maas
rd, but I rather like how the exposure compensation is setup. My copy is fully working other than the battery check light, although it's got moderate brassing and needed some new foam. I'll probably add a KX at some point. Probably if/when I sell my FM2n. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.ma

Re: Recent enablements

2009-08-02 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Adam Maas wrote: >> A couple of recent developments (the introduction of the K-7 as well >> as the Leitax conversion kits) have had me seriously rethinking my SLR >> kit. So I've s

Recent enablements

2009-08-01 Thread Adam Maas
and a K2 body (to go with the ZX-M and S-M-C Takumar 50/1.4 I've had for a while). Looks like I'm coming back to Pentax permanently, at least for SLR stuff. And I'm rather liking the K2, I wish I'd tried one a couple years ago. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorati

Re: Sigma flash woes

2009-08-01 Thread Adam Maas
ndered... :-) > > Jostein > The Sigma flashes have a well-earned reputation for being cheap junk. They're both cheaply built and also very rarely actually fully compatible with the flash protocol they claim to support. Metz on the other hand makes superb kit. -- M. Adam Maas http:/

Re: OT: Two new Nikons announced

2009-07-30 Thread Adam Maas
#x27;s faster without the battery grip (7fps instead of 5). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: PESO -- B17

2009-07-29 Thread Adam Maas
x27;s (waterbombing), so there's a lot of parts and airframes still in existence, unlike Liberators or Lancasters. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRI

Re: OT: what happened to the used MF gear?

2009-07-28 Thread Adam Maas
!  I'm seeing just a small fraction > of what was out there for sale 2 or 3 years ago. > > Is it the digital tidal wave?  The economy?  Something else? > > --Mark > Increased interest in film has dried up most of the deals. The cameras are being used instead of sold. -- M. A

Re: Scanning of 120 negatives.

2009-07-28 Thread Adam Maas
send off for prints, or do them here. > > Dave > Go for the high-res for 8x10 or larger. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: My current prime lens A-Team

2009-07-26 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Graydon wrote: > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 05:23:57PM -0400, Adam Maas scripsit: >> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Graydon wrote: >> > Oddly enough, it doesn't look like anyone makes a really sharp 200/2 in >> > KA mount. >&

Re: My current prime lens A-Team

2009-07-26 Thread Adam Maas
> > Bob > Note the Summicron is both easier to find and a superior performer. And it has a conversion kit available, which the Contax does not. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: My current prime lens A-Team

2009-07-26 Thread Adam Maas
adapter (as can the Contax 180/2, but it isn't nearly as good). There are only a few 180-200 f2 or faster lenses out there and none were natively K mount. The best option for a fast K mount lens in the 180-200 range is the Tamron SP 180/2.5 or Angeniuex 180/2.3. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.ma

Re: My current prime lens A-Team

2009-07-26 Thread Adam Maas
: Ultron 40mm f2 Aspherical Pancake Nokton 58mm f1.4 Zeiss ZK: Distagon 28mm f2 Distagon 35mm f2 Makro-Planar 50mm f2 Planar 50mm f1.4 Planar 85mm f1.4 Makro-Planar 100mm f2 Samyang: 85mm f1.4 Aspherical (also sold under a variety of other names such as Vivitar and Phoenix) The Zeiss 35mm f2

Re: My current prime lens A-Team

2009-07-25 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Keith Whaley wrote: > > Dear M. > > I'm drawing a blank on "LBA." Please convert to the long form for me... > > keith whaley > Lens Buying Addiction -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -

Re: My current prime lens A-Team

2009-07-25 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 7:31 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Ok, so I was wrong, a poor man's Leica.  (Like I could justify owning a > Bessa R, it looks like a lovely camera from everything I've read), > Not only a great little camera, but _cheap_. I got mine as NOS for $340CDN. --

Re: My current prime lens A-Team

2009-07-25 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 5:37 AM, Cotty wrote: > On 24/7/09, Adam Maas, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> >>My actual working kit consists of: >> >>CV S-W-Heliar 15/4.5 >>CV Ultron 28/1.9 >>Canon 50mm f1.5 > > To which camera do these attach? > >

Re: My current prime lens A-Team

2009-07-24 Thread Adam Maas
S-M-C Takumar 50/1.4 Tamron SP 90/2.5 Macro My actual working kit consists of: CV S-W-Heliar 15/4.5 CV Ultron 28/1.9 Canon 50mm f1.5 -Adam I don't really do the zoom thing anymore. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: K20 vs K100 smackdown continued

2009-07-23 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > > Any camera with an R G B histogram should make any film photographer a > better photog. > That's one feature that while theoretically useful, I've found mostly useless in practice. http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. --

OT PESO - Stormclouds over Wychwood

2009-07-22 Thread Adam Maas
/1.9, Ektar 100 converted to B&W. Some tweaking to enhance grain. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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 a

Re: OT: Down the memory hole ...

2009-07-19 Thread Adam Maas
ORATE POLICY >> regarding copyright and the customer makes a fuss, you're subject to >> disciplinary action because you're guilty of bad customer service. >> >> But to take your "Joe Airwrench" analogy - as a lab operator, I'm in the >> position of

Re: OT: Down the memory hole ...

2009-07-19 Thread Adam Maas
bscription.net service I reference upthread, although there's now 3-4 publishers using it. They provide a number of formats via Webscriptions and have a nice selection of free offerings as well, including a half-dozen different CD's that are free to download & distribute. The CD&#x

Re: What is Opteka 85mm f/1.4 ?

2009-07-19 Thread Adam Maas
he AI coupling ridge and the f16 limit is a restriction of the AI meter coupling system. All of the K mount versions are KA. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT: Down the memory hole ...

2009-07-19 Thread Adam Maas
er as being the owner of the > output. That's what the contractor paid for. That's how it works in Canada, it's called 'Work for Hire'. IIRC it's common to all Commonwealth countries. But in the US unless the contract specifies it, the Photographer owns it. -Adam --

Re: OT: Down the memory hole ...

2009-07-19 Thread Adam Maas
and that the customer has essentially no rights to what they've already purchased. It's yet another reason why I flat out won't EVER buy a Kindle, despite being a very heavy purchaser of eBooks. Of course, I puschase my eBooks from Webscription.net, which provides 100% DRM fre

An actually on-topic G1 note

2009-07-18 Thread Adam Maas
Just tried a Super-Takumar 35/3.5 on my G1, and while playing about found to my not-entire surprise that the hood for a ST 105/2.8 does not vignette with the 35/3.5 on a G1. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K7 Frame Counting

2009-07-18 Thread Adam Maas
en you just pop it in, - at least in the cameras > I've used.) > > While I've never tried it, - I suspect if you format card in your > computer to any other file system, say NTFS, - and pop it into the > camera, and try to shoot, - it won't reformat the card by itself. &

Re: First digital camera

2009-07-18 Thread Adam Maas
the directions. >> > > > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand

2009-07-16 Thread Adam Maas
ust note the Info button idea was stolen wholesale from Sony, who still managed to do it better (The Info display on the A700/A900 autorotates when you rotate the camera) -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: PESO - Markham Street Blues

2009-07-16 Thread Adam Maas
Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorat

My lucky day

2009-07-15 Thread Adam Maas
800 was bare with no ink. So I asked about it, got a too-high price and then asked about the R2400's. One was a straight open box for $450 (A bloody steal already for a R2400), but the other was an uncategorized item. $200 later and I walked out with an R2400. Inks are around 50% ful

Re: :( K20D gone.

2009-07-15 Thread Adam Maas
happen but who knows. > > Thomas > Not likely, Canon and Panasonic will still be around and Nikon's part of a Sony-sized Zaibatsu as well. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailm

Re: PESO ~ Power ~

2009-07-13 Thread Adam Maas
sit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: :( K20D gone.

2009-07-13 Thread Adam Maas
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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Dis

Re: OT Flickr email, scam???/

2009-07-10 Thread Adam Maas
;>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> York Region, Ontario, Canada >> > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: PESO - 'Nikon FG put to good use'

2009-07-10 Thread Adam Maas
sting. It's very uncommon to find a working FG20 these days, but FG's are reasonably common and reliable. I guess either Nikon fixed the design issue or the ones that were going to fail did. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mai

Re: PESO - 'Nikon FG put to good use'

2009-07-09 Thread Adam Maas
0. The FG is a nice little camera, and all the ones with flaky electronics are in the trash bin now. The FG20 is pretty much an FG without either the build quality or reliability. The original FG and the EM are the only two Cosina-built Nikons worth bothering with. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.

Re: K7 high ISO noise, low light performance

2009-07-09 Thread Adam Maas
g. >> >>        --G. K. Chesterton >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: The k20D is here!

2009-07-09 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Thomas Bohn wrote: > On Jul 9, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> XP is fundamentally identical to Win2K. It was in many ways a reskinned >> version of Win2K with better DirectX support for gaming. It did evolve some >> differences w

Re: The k20D is here!

2009-07-09 Thread Adam Maas
gt; http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRI

Re: The k20D is here!

2009-07-09 Thread Adam Maas
dog. > >        --G. K. Chesterton > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: The k20D is here!

2009-07-09 Thread Adam Maas
n particular) and people trying it on marginal hardware. In reality Vista has caused far less problems than XP did at launch. The main reason it's been unsuccessful was that it was a painful launch replacing a mature OS that most were content with whereas XP's launch was a painful launch repla

Re: The k20D is here!

2009-07-09 Thread Adam Maas
le the ReadyBoost and WIndows Indexing services. Kill the Themes service and it'll look much like Win2k as well. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUB

Re: Digital Prime Lens Recommendation

2009-07-08 Thread Adam Maas
and cover more range than a DA* 16-50 on its own. While with most system's you'd have a point, Pentax is very definitely the exception due to the DA Limited pancakes. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net htt

Re: Pentax *ist Ds RAW file - which CAMERA RAW for original CS?

2009-07-08 Thread Adam Maas
ML 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pent

Re: OT-There is hope...

2009-07-08 Thread Adam Maas
Google, their issue has always been the legacy costs of their older consumer products along with sane UI design. Almost all of the real issues with Windows have been due to the compatibility requirements to Win3.x and Win95 or the braindead security defaults necessary to allow management by barely

Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand

2009-07-08 Thread Adam Maas
er vehicles which were rebadged VW/Porsche >> designs.  Once the Rabbit came out, VW has remained front engined ever >> since. >> >> >> On Jul 7, 2009, at 19:00 , Adam Maas wrote: >> >>> True, I don't think you can really call anything after the 993 rel

Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand

2009-07-07 Thread Adam Maas
tionship between the early 911s and the Beetle isn't quite > as simple as Adam suggested, but the 911 was certainly a derivative of that > car. Of course, later 911s evolved into something far different. > Paul > On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:02 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> Adam Maas

Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand

2009-07-07 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:41 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Adam Maas wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM, William Robb wrote: >> >>> >>> - Original Message - From: "Ralf R. Radermacher" >>> Subject: Re: As of today, Pentax ha

Re: Digital Prime Lens Recommendation

2009-07-07 Thread Adam Maas
ield of view, it's an excellent performer and is also quite a good macro lens. Sure it's only f2.8, but that's what you give up to get the rest of the package. And it costs less than another good macro plus a normal. -Adam -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the

Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand

2009-07-07 Thread Adam Maas
e >> than a pimped-up K20D, > > If you are talking about the K-7, be assured that it is as much a pimped up > a K20 as a Porsche is a pimped up Beetle. > > William Robb > But a 911 IS a pimped up Beetle ;-) -Adam -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the Ci

Re: Way OT @ $#*woman throws in towel on writing code*#$@

2009-07-07 Thread Adam Maas
is > not a free man any more than a dog. > >        --G. K. Chesterton > > > -- > 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 dire

Re: SD card annouances...

2009-07-06 Thread Adam Maas
t; I've owned a couple KingMax cards, my GF now has them for her D50. Solid but slow. Believe it or not, but I'm using HP cards now. Got 2 4GB Class 4's for $20 at Future Scrap, couldn't say no. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us.

Re: Monopod advice

2009-07-05 Thread Adam Maas
; -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pent

Re: more e-p1 foto fun

2009-07-05 Thread Adam Maas
cameras is little more than the prism hump, grip and flip-out LCD. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: Another Aussie jumps on the bandwagon

2009-07-04 Thread Adam Maas
om the 1-series, 3 and T90 bodies haven't been copied. They're a brilliant idea and would allow the level and manual exposure readout to co-exist along with other capabilities (like being able to simultaneously display metered and locked exposures). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.c

Re: I love my pusher

2009-07-04 Thread Adam Maas
I've typically seen discussion drop off for even the most hotly anticipated cameras until they start trickling into stores. I for one am rather interested in your take on the K-7 even though I'm very unlikely to buy one anytime soon. I agree that it looks like a major step up for Pentax a

Re: And I don't even have to charge the battery (K7 has arrived).

2009-07-03 Thread Adam Maas
as a > *very* early K20d adopter and had very little luck with image > processing initially; fortunately the ACR/Lightroom updates arrived > the night before the Hawai'i vacation... >  -T The ACR update will be for CS4 and Leon's running CS3. Thankfully CS3 will handle DNG&#x

Re: What is Opteka 85mm f/1.4 ?

2009-07-03 Thread Adam Maas
I don't think I ever heard of this brand. > What is it? > Has anybody tried this lens? > > Igor > > > > -- > 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 direc

Re: Pentax DSLRS - sorted by sensor ? ?

2009-07-03 Thread Adam Maas
the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: Lightroom and backed up catalogue question

2009-07-01 Thread Adam Maas
e copies on three different >> drives, one of >> which is somewhere else, before you can possibly call it a >> backup. >> > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCR

Re: Lightroom strangeness

2009-07-01 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Thomas Bohn wrote: > On Jul 1, 2009, at 8:10 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> Actually, you can get the classic UI very easily in XP and Vista by >> disabling the Themes Service. The new GUI's are just themes running overtop >> of the old one

Re: Lightroom strangeness

2009-07-01 Thread Adam Maas
Vista's infamous breaking of older drivers was simply an enforced requirement for the newer driver model which was the real backend change for XP from 2000. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.ne

Re: Lightroom strangeness

2009-07-01 Thread Adam Maas
The only differences become the Start Menu changes. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: Lightroom strangeness

2009-07-01 Thread Adam Maas
tain performance-robbing services on by default. Namely their Search indexing and ReadyBoost services. ReadyBoost in particular is suposedly a performance enancement, but it eats more CPU than it gains you in launch speed boosts. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Aro

Re: Touring around Southern Alberta and neighborhood

2009-06-30 Thread Adam Maas
t; orbiting that corner of the map, say so and maybe we can say hello. > -T > > -- > 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 directio

Re: Lightroom strangeness

2009-06-30 Thread Adam Maas
uite well. I've actually had 4 Vista machines now (2 laptops, 1 desktop, one netbook/tablet), 2 of which are still running Vista (sold one laptop, the desktop is now a server running Linux). You won't get me back to XP. -Adam >From his Vista x64 machine -- M. Adam Maas http://www

Re: scanners

2009-06-29 Thread Adam Maas
L, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: New Oly E-P1

2009-06-26 Thread Adam Maas
> ~$800 and no viewfinder?  No thanks.  With a viewfinder (even a > quasi-rangefinder-type) it could have been a neat little camera. > Clip-on OVF if you get the kit with the 17, LCD-only for the zoom. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax

Re: Re: K 7 D FFN and GPS

2009-06-26 Thread Adam Maas
the directions. >> >> -- >> 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: OT: Panasonic Battery Packs

2009-06-25 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:06 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > 2009/6/24 Adam Maas : >> Welcome to the inevitable backlash from the manufacturers over cheap, >> out-of-spec batteries. The batteries are causing warranty claims due >> to their lack of functional therman prote

Re: OT: Panasonic Battery Packs

2009-06-24 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Kodak retires Kodachrome

2009-06-23 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > On 6/23/09, Adam Maas wrote: >> >> Scott, >> >>  Apparently the turnaround for K-14 in the US is 3-4 weeks as well now. > > Maybe business is picking up. > > -- > Scott Loveless More likely

Re: Kodak retires Kodachrome

2009-06-23 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > On 6/23/09, Adam Maas wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: >>  > For those of us in the US, getting Kodachrome processed wasn't any >>  > more hassle than any other film.  Eit

Re: Kodak retires Kodachrome

2009-06-23 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > On 6/23/09, Adam Maas wrote: >> >> The problem with Kodachrome is that it is far more difficult to >>  process than E-6 slide films. So processing is expensive and takes a >>  long time (the last roll I had done c

Re: Kodak retires Kodachrome

2009-06-23 Thread Adam Maas
t a roll of K25 today. Have 2 left in the fridge. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: Big Dumb Tripod

2009-06-19 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Graydon wrote: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 01:21:18PM -0400, Adam Maas scripsit: >> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM, paul >> stenquist wrote: >> > I met a film director in LA who was also a skilled and widely >> > published still

Re: Big Dumb Tripod

2009-06-19 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Olympus Digital Pen on DPReview

2009-06-19 Thread Adam Maas
firmware and transmit basic lens data. It's actually less information than DA lenses provide (since they also provide MTF data for the MTF program line, which 4/3rds doesn't offer). And yes, an ultralight, ultracompact lens will be all plastic. Most of the market won't pay the cost of the

Re: Big Dumb Tripod

2009-06-19 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Doug Franklin wrote:  Shooting flowers in the front yard, I care > about DoF and critical focus.  Shooting race cars a few feet away from me, I > just try not to get killed. > > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) MARK!!!! -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.

Re: Olympus Digital Pen on DPReview

2009-06-18 Thread Adam Maas
se it's $100 (MUCH cheaper than similar VF's for rangefinder gear, which start around $170 and go up to at least twice that). Basically you get a choice between a really good LCD-only camera with a zoom, or a very retro prime-based P&S, complete with hotshoe finder. -- M. Adam Maa

Re: Olympus Digital Pen on DPReview

2009-06-16 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Keith Whaley wrote: > Adam Maas wrote: >> >> I find it far more attractive than the glorified Altoids tin they were >> showing off before. It's actually got an ergonomic design, and a >> layout similar to the classic Pen FT half-fram

Re: Olympus Digital Pen on DPReview

2009-06-16 Thread Adam Maas
ions by major camera >> manufacturers (new FF DSLRs, Pentax K-7, and now this Olympus camera). > > > -- > 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 an

Re: Olympus Digital Pen on DPReview

2009-06-16 Thread Adam Maas
s camera). > > -- > Boris > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.

Re: GESO: Prairie Scenes with a Stupid Title

2009-06-15 Thread Adam Maas
until today. > > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/gesos/six_lenses/index.html > > Enjoy > > William Robb > > -- > 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

Re: Peso - Fall

2009-06-15 Thread Adam Maas
; > C&C very welcome. > > Thanks, > --Sasha > > -- > 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. > -- M. A

Re: OT: Bike quiz

2009-06-12 Thread Adam Maas
lement it elsewhere. I suspect it won't happen until there's significant uptake of legal riding by cyclists. My experience (as a bike commuter) is that I'm usually the only one I see obeying stop-signs or lights when it's even vaguely safe to blow them. -- M. Adam Maas htt

Re: Tamron adapatall 90/2.5 macro, got it

2009-06-11 Thread Adam Maas
question answered on the net is to post > the wrong answer. > Larry Colen             l...@red4est.com            http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Tamron adapatall 90/2.5 macro, is it worthwhile?

2009-06-11 Thread Adam Maas
please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: Tamron adapatall 90/2.5 macro, is it worthwhile?

2009-06-10 Thread Adam Maas
m            http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.m

Re: PESO - Molly

2009-06-08 Thread Adam Maas
t; http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mail

Re: PESO - Lingonberry Flower

2009-06-07 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: FA28-70/4 on digital: any good ?

2009-06-07 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Car History (was Re: Consumer Reports on "cool cameras")

2009-06-06 Thread Adam Maas
and ends due to hood/tail curvature. Really wish Chrysler had something comparable today. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit t

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-05 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:12 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: paul stenquist >> >> Chrysler did just fine until Daimler got involved. > > Yeah, that's why they went looking for a buyer. > Which isn't what happened. They went looking for a merger partner and got

Re: Consumer Reports on "cool cameras"

2009-06-05 Thread Adam Maas
, the Detroit management and the dealers are as much or more to blame for the Big 3's problems as the UAW. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE fro

Re: Consumer Reports on "cool cameras"

2009-06-04 Thread Adam Maas
you had your best experiences with the big Detroit iron (aside from the Caddy, which were known for problems in the late 90's/early 2000's models). Not all that surprising an experience, big iron is what Detroit spent their dollars doing right. The smaller stuff had more issues. -- M. Ad

Re: Consumer Reports on "cool cameras"

2009-06-04 Thread Adam Maas
d it was flat out lies until recently. Frankly, I do like some Big 3 product. If I was in the market today I'd be buying a Ford Flex and my current car is a '94 Eagle Vision. I'm not biased against the big 3, but I have comparison shopped much of their product over the last 15 years and

Re: GESO: fishing through lightroom

2009-06-04 Thread Adam Maas
u to look :) > > cheers, > luka > > ps - the pics have been made using a range of cameras from a spotmatic > via an mx to a k10d. mostly shot using 50s i suspect, the takumar 50 > 1.4, m 50 1.7 and an fa 50 1.4 > Some excellent work in there. I particularly like the

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-04 Thread Adam Maas
dy. I speak of the Cherokee. -Adam -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.

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