Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-24 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/24 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: The differences that I've heard are that film has the different colors on different layers, where with digital you need all colors to focus in the same plane. I've also heard that digital sensors are more sensitive to the angle of incidence of the light

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/23 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: If Pentax needs FF, we'll see Pentax FF, and they'll deal with the lens problem however they have to. Definately! Combine that with a mental separation of the con- and pro-sumer market on one hand, and the professional market on the other, and you

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/23 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: I know some people want to believe that, but I don't think Pentax has the resources to change horses in midstream. I agree. They've made a commitment to APS and 645, and I think they'll have to play in those arenas. Time will tell if those

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/23 William Robb war...@gmail.com: DPReview runs photo contests? They call them challenges. So they don't have to issue prizes, I guess... :-) -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/23 Bob W p...@web-options.com: You make penis envy sound like a bad thing, but think about how you'd feel if you didn't have one. Ah, but if you had to go and get one, would it matter to you if it wasn't labeled Pentax? -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-23 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/23 Joseph Tainter jtain...@mindspring.com: It's curious also that they haven't dissed any of their 645 lenses. The 35mm f/3.5 hit the market after the rumors had first began leaking of a digital medium format. I tested it on the *istD, and found it better corrected for chromatic errors

Re: Tripod in carry-on luggage?

2010-02-22 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/22 gldnbearz gldnbearz.p...@gmail.com: I've looked on the TSA web site the airline's web site, but can't find anything re: carrying my tripod in my carry-on luggage. Here's the tripod in question: http://tinyurl.com/yas76je I agree with Paul. That thing is small enough to fit snugly

Re: Silver K-7 (Limited 1000 edition) with nice focus screen IMO ;)

2010-02-22 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/22 William Robb war...@gmail.com: One does wonder why they bothered. For the same reason that brought us the multi coloured K-x, most likely. :-) Seriously, though, it's a collector's item. It says in the press release that only 1000 cameras will be produced. Jostein --

Re: Tripod in carry-on luggage?

2010-02-22 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/22 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: I've air traveled for years with a Bogen 3221 tripod and either a Kirk or Bogen head installed and have never had any issues - put it in the overhead. You'll be ok with yours (it appears smaller than the 3221) I'd be weary of the low-fare companies,

Re: Testing

2010-02-22 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/22 John Francis jo...@panix.com: On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 09:51:07AM -0500, Tom C wrote: 7, 8, 9 A, B, C D, E, F, 10. Cheers, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Testing

2010-02-22 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/22 m...@robertstech.com: 7, 8, 9 A, B, C D, E, F, 10. 10001, 10010, 10011 Time for the classic: There are 10 kinds of people in this world. Those who understand binary numbers, and those who don't. :-) Cheers, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: PDML book 2010: One week to go!

2010-02-22 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/22 DagT li...@thrane.name: http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/pdmlbook.php Hmmm, I'm not even allowed to enter your web page... Mark has blocked some IP ranges, so I guess it depends on which ISP you're connected through. I use NextGenTel and had no issues... Send him your IP and he'll

Re: OT - Ten Rules for Writing Fiction

2010-02-21 Thread AlunFoto
Noticed that Margaret Atwood is one of the writers giving advice. Has anyone on the list read her Year of the flood? I'm wondering whether to put it on my reading list. Jostein 2010/2/21 Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: Remember: when people tell you something's wrong or doesn't work for

Re: plane crash

2010-02-19 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/18 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: It was violence directed against innocent third parties for the purpose of making a political statement and/or influencing government policies. That makes it terrorism in my book whether he was affiliated with any group or not. hmmm... The lone

Re: plane crash

2010-02-19 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/19 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: Those policy makers should go back to watching Weapons of Ass Destruction and leave governmenting and democrating to others... I propose errorism. Defined as acts misconstrued as terrorism. :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: plane crash

2010-02-19 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/19 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: It walks like a duck. It quacks like a duck. But it ain't a duck? Well... his flight resembled Daffy's, I guess... It depends on how much you're willing to dilute the term. Terrorist is a sort of word that makes great headlines and is very suitable

Re: OT: Speaking of nutters...

2010-02-19 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/19 Drew d...@rileyelf.free-online.co.uk: Aren't guns in public hands a great thing? Flame baiting. Remember, if they bite, you gotta reel 'em in. :-) -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K7 firmware 1.03 (FA limited corrections for disto/CA added)

2010-02-18 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/18 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com: No glitch: http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-7_s.html So it was a _timing_ glitch. Not the first time that has happened. :-) Nice to see colour corrections for the FA ltd. lenses. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: OT - My New Computer Doesn't Suck

2010-02-17 Thread AlunFoto
So now it's your USB hub that sucks. That's significant improvement! :-) Congrats on your new, and nicely working, machine! Jostein 2010/2/17 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm: A postscript to the My New Computer Sucks thread To recap:  I replaced my old Windows XP computer with a

Re: OT: THE SCULPTRESS COMES TO TERMS WITH THE DEATH OF HER FATHER

2010-02-17 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/16 Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com: Ironically, I just had the ebook discussion with someone two days ago.  Having started reading ebooks on my palm pilot some years back and continued it with readers on my phone, Bought a Sony reader in September. The only paper books I've read

Re: 1933 LaSalle with kit lens (K200D)

2010-02-17 Thread AlunFoto
In case you already take to Frank's advice, here's from another source: Should be in the PDML book, indeed! Well done, that image. Jostein 2010/2/16 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: CheekyGeek wrote: I've been a bit bashful about posting work here, but I rather liked this one, if I do say

Re: 1933 LaSalle with kit lens (K200D)

2010-02-17 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/16 CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com: On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: How did you mount a kit lens on a 1933 LaSalle? Hurrumph! English majors! (I'm married to one.) : ) : ) : ) Beware of Her Majesty's Armed Forces regardless of rank! Jostein --

Re: OT - My New Computer Doesn't Suck

2010-02-17 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/17 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: At that point, I would be rummaging in my pockets for a friendly-sized thermonuclear device. LOL!! Mark! -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K7 firmware 1.03 (FA limited corrections for disto/CA added)

2010-02-17 Thread AlunFoto
Looks like a glitch from Pentax Sweden. Page is now withdrawn, and no news of it at Pentax Japan website. Jostein 2010/2/17 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/90655-new-firmware-pentax-k-7-1-03-a.html -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs

Re: PESO - Lucky Moose

2010-02-16 Thread AlunFoto
Oh, man! Gotta love that moose in the background! LOL. Looks like a disguised zebra. Great catch, Frank. I choose to believe the shop owner has a great sense of humor behind his choices... Jostein 2010/2/16 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: My favorite shop name in Chinatown, I've

Re: VEEEEEERY OT - The Shrinking Dave (A year on)

2010-02-15 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/15 David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com: Yet another Oh s^t moment for yours truly. Wow! Congrats mate! You're doing damn well. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Less than a month to wait...

2010-02-14 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/14 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: It comes with a lens with food =) I will code name it K de Ville That thing is going to be a 645 deVille, I'm afraid. :-) Jostein 2010/2/14 Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee: http://www.camera-pentax.jp/new/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Book advice please (Nude photography)

2010-02-14 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/12 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: So Dag, Stig Vidar, Jostein and other Norwegians, please look the other way. Look the other way? Get them to model for a calendar of Norewegian Pentaxians Har! That WOULD make you look the other way. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: Precomputing lightroom previews

2010-02-14 Thread AlunFoto
Not by a computer with LR installed, but iirc it's in the import dialogues. An option to choose the size of previews rendered at import that have at least to settings, Standard and 1:1. I think it will also help to reserve a lot of disk space for preview cacheing, but I don't recall exactly where

Re: OT - Britain and snow

2010-02-12 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/12 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: Just thought those of you under a few feet of snow would like to see how we deal with it :-) Charlie Brooker, Newswipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO52SMQB7tE LOL! What a treat. That last comment summed it up oooh so nicely! Cheers, Jostein --

Re: OT - My Blog

2010-02-11 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/11 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: No problems from work or home. Frank, recently Google introduced Buzz which might have put certain load on their servers. But generally, I don't find your blog to be any slower than other sites I frequent. I think the Blogspot servers are not fully

Re: Reports of New Gear

2010-02-10 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/10 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com: Smell the BS. It might hint at a couple things to come though. Mark! Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Reports of New Gear

2010-02-10 Thread AlunFoto
Image looks like the contour of a 645D. 2010/2/10 Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com: Anybody read Japanese? http://www.camera-pentax.jp/new/ On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: Those pages are bet from magazine, their take on what will happen (maybe

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 46, Issue 119

2010-02-10 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/10 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: That's a very good price. I think it will sell at that number. Me too. At that price I could be enabled in 2012. :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Blurb quality issues

2010-02-09 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/9 Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it: See here: www.dariobonazza.com/public/QualityIssues.jpg Blurb offered to reprint them, but I'm afraid to get more badly printed books. Has anyone experienced such problems? Is there another, reliable, book sourcing company you can suggest

Re: Blurb quality issues

2010-02-09 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/9 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: I recently received a small book produced by the Swedish tour operator on the Antarctica trip which also was quite decent. It was produced by a Swedish small-scale prublisher. Will look up the name and website when I get home tonight. The site

Re: Where else...

2010-02-09 Thread AlunFoto
hehe. That's cool. Wouldn't happen here, for sure. Jostein 2010/2/9 Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee: ...in the world you get your prints from the largest retailer in the paper bag like this? Even if you are a C*n*n shooter... http://home.uninet.ee/~margus02/peso/ BR, Margus -- PDML

Re: Reports of New Gear

2010-02-09 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/9 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: I might be interested in the 10-16 if it's got a better (closer) minimum focusing distance than the 12-24. Me too. Could be a perfect compliment to the 16-50 or 16-45 too. :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com

Re: laptops again...

2010-02-08 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/8 Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com: This is it:  the Asus G73 - due for release in February! [...] So, what is the general concensus, do you think it will be able to do what I need it to? 3.25 kg? hmmm... What i need is a kind of thing very much up to personal expectations. Hard to

Re: laptops again...

2010-02-08 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/8 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: 3.25 kg? hmmm... Correction; 3.52 kg. Doesn't alter my consideration, though. What i need is a kind of thing very much up to personal expectations. Hard to tell from up here in the Frostpit if you'll be satisfied with it. However it's a very low weight

Re: Laptop computers with good displays? - correction

2010-02-06 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/6 Martin Trautmann tr...@gmx.de: Thanks for the corection. But the iPad will have IPS... Source or bust. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT: airlines (was Re: Message from Henry Posner, Part I)

2010-02-06 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/6 Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: [eloquence snipped] Air travel may be frustrating, but the airlines still have a lot of good service-oriented people working for them who try and make the experience as painless as possible. That's just _so_ true. Most of my travels are to

Re: OT: airlines (was Re: Message from Henry Posner, Part I)

2010-02-06 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/6 John Francis jo...@panix.com: I must admit I've stretched the rules myself - my Pelican 1510 case qualifies as a carry-on on most airlines, and I regularly flew with that and my computer bag. While technically within the rules, it does push them to the extremes. But I'm not

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-06 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/6 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: On 2010-02-05 03:50 , AlunFoto wrote: 2010/2/4 Jim Kingjamesk8...@mac.com: Mark (and Jostein), things HAVE changed in the MacBook Pro lineup.  All of the current offerings use an IPS screen with LED backlighting. Link to documentation of IPS

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-06 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/6 Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: Among other Apple laptops I have performed surgery on, I have swapped out the hard drive on a white iMac G3. Talk about an integrated system not designed for user upgrade! But iFixIt is a godsend, and the procedure can be done even by a

Re: Laptop computers with good displays? - correction

2010-02-06 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks Martin! Much appreciated. Jostein 2010/2/6 Martin Trautmann tr...@gmx.de: Am 06.02.2010 14:06, schrieb AlunFoto: 2010/2/6 Martin Trautmanntr...@gmx.de: Thanks for the corection. But the iPad will have IPS... Source or bust. Watch the keynote. Or more easily: http

Re: Enablement needed

2010-02-06 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/6 Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: Options I am considering: a - move from my K20's to K-7's b - purchase the DA*60-250 Stan, I don't own the 50-135. Like Bill Robb, I held out for the 60-250. My experience with that lens has been all positive. OTOH, I've also gone from K10D +

Re: Why are they called hypersonic motors?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/5 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: yeah and next thing to come after the megapixel race they will advertise lenses based on hsm rpm and gear ratio or perhaps invent stick shift lenses... My bet is an ATP driven linear contraction engine. A true way for a camera maker to show some muscle,

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/4 Jim King jamesk8...@mac.com: Mark (and Jostein), things HAVE changed in the MacBook Pro lineup.  All of the current offerings use an IPS screen with LED backlighting. Link to documentation of IPS? Please? Would love to know where Apple source those panels. Jostein --

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/5 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: current Mac laptops reportedly have TN displays (if someone has a reference to confirm they are IPS i'd like to know), but Apple claims 60% wider gamut and implies all models have the same display quality; i can report real satisfaction with casual use

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/5 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: Sort of along the same vein, and a definite jab, for which I apologize, something I just wrote somewhere else on the net: If someone was standing in front of you, trying to slap your face repeatedly, hour after hour, day after day, year after year,

Re: Laptop computers with good displays? - correction

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/5 Jim King jamesk8...@mac.com: Sorry, but I need to correct myself - evidently I was thinking of the latest iMac displays, which are said to be IPS.  I can't find any credible source to support my statement above that the MacBook Pro displays use IPS.  They do use LED backlighting,

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
LG ( == Philips) is one of the major panel manufacturers. I just had a look into their catalogue, and in their current lineup there's only _one_ panel with 8 bit colour depth. A 17,1 widescreen. The panel technology is not specified, but the backlight is described as RGB LED where all the others

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/5 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: Most of Apple's desktop displays are LG/Philips, with Samsung making an occasional appearance. But I can't find out what kind of display is in anyone's laptop computer. Apparently, some of the more obsessed laptop geeks have a habit of picking their

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/5 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: The Apple iMac 20 was sold with both a Philips/LG TN panel and a Samsung S-PVA - *big* difference in quality between a TN and an S-PVA! If that's without informing the customer, it's pretty arrogant... :-( Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: Green Briar Camera Club 1st impressions

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/5 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Last night I stopped by the Green Briar Camera Club: [...] Well told, Christine. :-) The GBCC seems to be just like most camera clubs here. For good and for bad... Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com --

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/5 Martin Trautmann tr...@gmx.de: You may obtain this info easily for the Mac. Just open the terminal and enter: ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed /[^]*/s/// | xxd -p -r | strings -6 ROTFLMAO. easily, eh? Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/5 Martin Trautmann tr...@gmx.de: Some typical MBP displays are e.g. * B133EW07 V1 (AUO) * LTN133AT09 * LP154WP3-TLA1 * B154PW01 V0 So tell us, Martin! Are they 6 bit TN panels or something decent? Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/5 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: 2010/2/5 Martin Trautmann tr...@gmx.de: You may obtain this info easily for the Mac. Just open the terminal and enter: ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed /[^]*/s/// | xxd -p -r | strings -6 ROTFLMAO. easily, eh? Duh. Hit send too early in my

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/5 Martin Trautmann tr...@gmx.de: I feel it's easier than to take the computer apart in order to find the model inside. :-) And not to mention less destructive to the unit. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/5 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: I did it. If I can do it, anyone can do it:-). Well I can't. Don't have a mac handy. :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
Okay, I did some googling myself. :-) 2010/2/5 Martin Trautmann tr...@gmx.de: * B133EW07 V1 (AUO) This one is apparently produced in Taiwan by http://www.auo.com . The panel model doesn't feature on their products page, but all the listed laptop screens are specified as TN panels. I checked

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/5 P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: On Feb 5, 2010, at 3:23 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: paul stenquist wrote: On Feb 5, 2010, at 1:09 PM, AlunFoto wrote: 2010/2/5 Martin Trautmann tr...@gmx.de: You may obtain this info easily for the Mac. Just open the terminal and enter: ioreg -lw0

Re: Interesting discussion of flash sync speeds at Strobist.

2010-02-03 Thread AlunFoto
I think that article was quite confusing. The nominal sync time of a camera refers to the speed of the shutter lamellae, doesn't it? The quicker the movement, the shorter the interval can be for a fully opened shutter. The article describes the _practical_ sync time which should also depend on how

Re: Laptop computers with good displays?

2010-02-03 Thread AlunFoto
Mark, I researched this extensively a year ago before buying a laptop myself. My conclusion then was that no laptops with smaller than 17 screen has any of the higher quality panel types. That also included the offerings from Apple. The IPS-based FlexView series of screens from IBM/Lenovo ended

Re: Question of English, American and otherwise

2010-02-01 Thread AlunFoto
It's the curse of not being native English speakers. It _can_ be a source of misunderstandings, but in general I believe both brits and americans are more forgiving than your boss would have you think. Especially about business/science/problem-solving/etc. topics. That's my experience anyway. To

Re: Question of English, American and otherwise

2010-02-01 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/1 Bob W p...@web-options.com: To me, smalltalk is where intonation suddenly conveys strange and unfathomable things.OTOH, that could speak more about the shortness of my social antennae than anything else, I guess. :-) Jostein It's been the sole topic of conversation here since your

Re: OT: Good news bad news

2010-01-31 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/31 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Be imaginative.  But a slow moving sidewalk will never do. Frank, for some of us, explaining that we couldn't get the cleat loose from the pedal would suffice. Not for you though. :-) Those moving sidewalks are never risk free. Neither are

Re: OT: Chimp threat to professional news-gatherers

2010-01-26 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/25 Bob W p...@web-options.com: At a zoo in Scotland chimpanzees have learned to make videos: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8472000/8472831.stm Chimping on both sides of the lens? Wow... Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com --

Re: Scott Bourne's Ego

2010-01-24 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/24 John Francis jo...@panix.com: On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 07:00:40AM -0600, William Robb wrote: It's the place where those who have nothing useful to say go to do it. :-) -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Why Pentax?

2010-01-17 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/17 Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee: The most surprising part is, that we don't take any less GOOD pictures than C, N, O or S owners MARK! -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Call for iPhone owners

2010-01-16 Thread AlunFoto
I need a volunteer willing to download a 22 MB file to their phone and test something for me. Takers please contact me off-list. This is not marked OT in header since it is not. However I'd like to be a little bit secretive yet. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-15 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/15 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: The claim of any environment is the exaggeration.  If one goes below -10C, what about that environment, or what about extremely hot

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-15 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/15 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Now that materials have approved, improved, of course. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-15 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/15 Tom C caka...@gmail.com: Don't blame the customer though.  It's the camera manufacturer that 'weatherized' the product and then sold it on that basis.  While I don't believe every word I read, I also think the customer has a right to at least heightened expectations. For heigthened

Re: K-7 Review

2010-01-15 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/15 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Just a side note, has anyone had to fiddle with ant BF/FF on their K7's as they did on the K20/K10D's My two specimens are very similar. Have only bothered to tweak the tele lenses. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com

Re: Why Pentax?

2010-01-15 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/15 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: PS. The obvious short response BS is not accepted. ;-) If I thought changing brands would make me a better photographer, I'd do it. If changing brands would promote you the same way, why hesitate? Jostein Who thinks all your crude premises BS. Sorry

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-14 Thread AlunFoto
Sorry to hear, Stig. I should perhaps add that a Canon D-7 succumbed to moisture at the particular landing where I took my photo. Fortunately it came back to life after roughly two days of drying out, but in principle it's a camera with about the same level of weather protection as has the K-7. So

PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-13 Thread AlunFoto
Another tribute to Pentax weather protection. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-226 One K-7 photographed with another K-7. Both cameras worked without a single glitch for the 4-5 hours we were ashore. Nor was there any hiccups after returning to the indoors. Oh, and the Metz

Re: A K7D for Fairygirl (Was Re: Fairygirl is in the house!)

2010-01-10 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/10 Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com: How many of you have K20s/K7s and do you think the cost is worth the improvements of the latter over the former? That depends on your usage. I much treasure the functions beefed up; AF speed, multisegment light metering and fps. But then again I'm

Re: Fairygirl is in the house!

2010-01-10 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/10 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: I'll always remember the medical photos... The 3D tattoos were the best part. Sadly, I managed to lose my copies. i have no clue what's going on, but it *is* nice to see old 'friends' doing their thing... :) Thet're just trying to keep abreast

Re: Fairygirl is in the house!

2010-01-09 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/9 Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com: I rejoined cause I was hanging out to know which of you rich old farts have got yourselves a K-7?? You rang, madam? Welcome back, Tan. Your prose hasn't changed much either, by the look of it. :-) -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: A K7D for Fairygirl (Was Re: Fairygirl is in the house!)

2010-01-09 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/9 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: To add to Paul's excellent review of the K-7... I've had one for the last 6 months and run up 2,750+ exposures. Just have to add my voice to Bob's and Paul's. I have two K-7. 6200 exposures combined. Excellent performers, and endures the weather at

Re: Snow event

2010-01-08 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/7 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: What about chains? You are entirely correct. Chains are a much overlooked aid. I have a set in the back of the car all winter, and usually have to mount them at least once every season. My father tells me that in the fifties they used to mount

Re: Anybody else planning on signing up for Godfrey's class this weekend?

2010-01-07 Thread AlunFoto
I did, but missed the plane. :) Well, no, not seriously. But it would have been fun to pop over, of course. Jostein 2010/1/7 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: In the hopes of better success with lightroom, I'm planning on signing up for Godfrey's lightroom class this weekend. I was wondering if

Re: Snow event

2010-01-07 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/6 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: On 6/1/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: Make sure you have good tyres, mate. Drive save. BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A http://www.tyre-pictures.com/BFGoodrich/AllTerrainTAKO.jpg best in the business :-) I trust you to select well. Much better than I

Re: Whingeing about workflow

2010-01-07 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/7 D. Glenn Arthur Jr. dgl...@panix.com: [...] Anyhow, I just felt a need to whine about how long this instant technology is taking me.  Now to get back to editing instead of whining for a while ...                                        -- Glenn D. Glenn, Maybe this could be a good

Re: Snow event

2010-01-06 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/6 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: I'm sick of the snow and it's only day 1. Been out since 7am driving with a reporter through 15 inches of the wretched stuff, got home at 5 after doing 123 miles at 30 mph with copious stops for a few quick shots. More of the same tomorrow. Well it's a living

Re: PESO - Passion (and high-ISO K-7)

2010-01-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/5 William Robb war...@gmail.com: From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/_IR_1424-2.jpg I'd just like to say that this is a terrific photograph. William Robb What he said! Powerful. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: GFM NPW 2010 - head count

2010-01-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/4 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: Does this conflict? It may not be an issue to you, but... :-) Yes. In so many ways. :-( Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Probably as OT as anything can be...

2010-01-05 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/5 Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com: I think it's a misspelling; and that the pedestrian tunnel under the Thames is being renamed the Royal Burrow of Greenwich. LOL. That must be it! -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: K10, K20, K7, and low light Konfusion

2010-01-04 Thread AlunFoto
Rick, I used both K10D and K20D for over a year. one thing that really peeved me is that the K20 is marketed as an evolutionary upgrade to K10. That's very, very far from the truth. Especially when it comes to dealing with the images in post processing. The K10D is a CCD based camera, with an

Re: GESO - New Years Eve at Bovine Sex Club

2010-01-04 Thread AlunFoto
Frank wrote: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-years-eve-at-bovine-sex-club.html Fun pics. Enjoyed these. If you shot more, I'd like to see the udders. Mooove over a bit Paul and I'll sit with you and Frank can show them to both of us. I'll hoof-it over join you guys to

Re: GFM NPW 2010 - head count

2010-01-04 Thread AlunFoto
No GFM for me, I'm afraid. This year GFM has competition from the exhibition in Chicago. Jostein 2010/1/4 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: Bit early but anyone got plans to attend from far and wide this year? I'm finally putting together some [video] material from last year in anticipation of

Re: The answer is 39

2010-01-03 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/3 Bob W p...@web-options.com: If all 39 are equally good then it doesn't matter which three you send. See if you can find some sets of 3 that work particularly well together, then try and rank the sets. 39 = 13 * 3 so that should slice the size of the problem by 66%, right? :-)

Re: The answer is 39

2010-01-03 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/3 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: On Jan 3, 2010, at 00:40 , Tim Bray wrote: I just know you're doing this too.  I saw the email about next year's annual + gallery + trip to Chicago, bowed ritually in the direction of the God-like organizers, and later that evening, I had to take

Re: Sand patterns

2010-01-03 Thread AlunFoto
Well done Chris! It's difficult to get those patterns right with the typical light brown sand. Magic light in this one. Jostein 2010/1/3 Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net: Water draining across the sand on the falling tide has made this fractal-like pattern around a stone.

Re: Sand patterns

2010-01-03 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/3 Bob W p...@web-options.com: I think it's the PDML maths professor you want though. However, you can expect some very different reactions to this picture - even though I failed O-level maths I think I'm correct in saying that fractal functions both attract and repel. You'd need a

Re: GESO - New Years Eve at Bovine Sex Club

2010-01-03 Thread AlunFoto
2010/1/2 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Frank wrote: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-years-eve-at-bovine-sex-club.html Fun pics. Enjoyed these. If you shot more, I'd like to see the udders. Mooove over a bit Paul and I'll sit with you and Frank can show them to both of us.

Re: Sand patterns

2010-01-03 Thread AlunFoto
Different scale, but eerily similar: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8ll=36.538467,-112.510643spn=0.122889,0.198784t=hz=13 Just West of Kaibab national Forest, Grand Canyon. Jostein 2010/1/3 ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: AlunFoto wrote: Well done Chris! It's difficult to get those

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