Re: PDML UK 2024

2024-05-23 Thread Doug Brewer
some from the Lake District soon.) The evening of food, drink and merriment concluded with a phone call to Doug Brewer. Much merriment occurred. It was indeed a great pleasure to both meet the merry adventurers and hear the velvet tones of Doug after all these years. Apparently, he's good

Re: Affinity

2024-05-19 Thread Doug Brewer
Been a couple years or so since the move, John. On 5/19/24 2:13 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Did I miss the post that said we were moving to the Affinity server?\ Suddenly realised I hadn’t seen any posts from the PDML for some time! John (still in Brisbane) -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss

Re: A semi-gallery of recent photos

2024-05-18 Thread Doug Brewer
Some cool stuff there, John. I'm partial to the Thomas Wolfe angel. On 5/15/24 1:22 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I don't quite remember which of my photos I've shared here recently, but I know I hadn't yet shared photos from my eclipse trip. Plus, I spent Mother's Day at Great Smoky Mountains

Re: OT Mac help

2024-05-15 Thread Doug Brewer
You may wish to check your energy savings settings on your new iMac, to see if you have the external drives set to sleep when not in use. It could be, depending on the drive, that they go to sleep and vanish from the sidebar. As always, if you change a setting, restarting the computer is the

Re: Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)

2024-03-04 Thread Doug Brewer
Sure. On 3/4/24 11:30 AM, Rick Womer wrote: How about a phone call about 3? On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 8:10 PM Doug Brewer wrote: I should be free mid afternoon. Fire when ready. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)

2024-03-03 Thread Doug Brewer
I should be free mid afternoon. Fire when ready. On 3/3/24 6:08 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Thanks, Doug. I’d love to “pick your brain”! Church and a memorial service ate up today. Tomorrow is pretty clear; mid-to-late morning or after 2 in the afternoon would be best for me. -- %(real_name)s

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-03 Thread Doug Brewer
Grain is indeed part of the allure. On 3/3/24 10:51 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 03.03.24 um 16:16 schrieb Bob W PDML: Yes. You’re not part of the target market. It’s aimed at young people who are using it for fun. If shooting grainy photos is fun then let them have it. :-) Ralf --

Re: Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)

2024-03-03 Thread Doug Brewer
Rick, I'm home working on some edits. Drop me an email if you like and I'd be glad to offer what guidance I can. On 3/3/24 11:00 AM, Rick Womer wrote: I have been using Lightroom since 2005, and it has worked well. There are over 50,000 photos in my library. Last week I upgraded the Mac OS to

Re: Lightroom Classic 13.1 trouble

2024-02-13 Thread Doug Brewer
I wouldn't recommend it. But, if you're determined, and you have a recent Time Machine or Windows equivalent save from before you upgraded, you might be able to revert to that. I'd caution against it, though. Too many potential consequences, and to be fair, it would likely take less time to

Re: Lightroom troubles are an unsupported GPU

2024-02-09 Thread Doug Brewer
Yeah I finally had to bite the bullet and replace my cheesegrater Mac Pro when I could no longer keep it current enough to handle the OS updates. Don't recall having the artifact issue, though. On 2/5/24 2:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

Re: Weather

2024-01-06 Thread Doug Brewer
Guess it depends on the 35mm-class equipment you mean. I've done a number of shoots in raging thunderstorms with nary a hiccup. Both my K3 and K1 have powered through. On 1/6/24 9:56 AM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Back in the day I was less concerned for my LF equipment out in the cold

Re: Fwd: Help! I've been unsubscribed.

2023-12-27 Thread Doug Brewer
Working on it. Thanks, Brian. On 12/26/23 11:37 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Hi all Just forwarding this message from Ralf.  Doug - can you assist? Cheers Brian -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: System damage from surge--still struggling

2023-12-21 Thread Doug Brewer
No solid suggestions regarding whom to approach, I'm afraid, but I am curious about what happens when LR attempts to open the catalog. On 12/20/23 12:59 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Well, I have the Mac OS working again, and Lightroom Classic opens… but I can’t get it to open my catalog. I have

Re: Headphone query (waaaay off-topic, I know)

2023-12-12 Thread Doug Brewer
Some possibilities: https://www.igeeksblog.com/best-equalizer-apps-for-iphone-ipad/ On 12/12/23 12:05 PM, Rick Womer wrote: One of my non-photographic passions is listening to classical music. I have a pair of Sennheiser PXC 550 II headphones that I like a lot, usually playing recordings

Re: Happy Birthday, Ann!

2023-12-10 Thread Doug Brewer
Indeed. Hope it's worthy of a visit from the authorities, Annsan. On 12/10/23 10:42 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Happy birthday to the First Lady of the list! Hope you have a wonderful day!! Paul -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to

Re: Let's test the list!

2023-12-07 Thread Doug Brewer
Rick, have you spoken to your power provider? I mean, we're aware of your history with electronic equipment and some software packages, but this kind of event is not normal. On 12/7/23 5:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote: I don't know about the server gods, but some gods somewhere weren't happy with

Re: change in mail address

2023-12-07 Thread Doug Brewer
gmail has always provided its own set of challenges and mysteries for pdml traffic. On 12/7/23 12:48 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: Many posts from pdml such as those from Brian still do not arrive in my gmail box. Having office 365 I have decided to switch to outlook as a trial. Henk --

Re: Let's test the list!

2023-12-06 Thread Doug Brewer
In all the many years I've had this list, I've only ever blocked one person, and it wasn't you, Otis. On 12/6/23 3:21 PM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote: The last time I "tested" the list I was banned for over a year. I'm reluctant to go down that road again... Otis Wright -- %(real_name)s

Re: Let's test the list!

2023-12-06 Thread Doug Brewer
I almost said something. On 12/6/23 5:21 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: By the way, I'd like to apologise for the errant apostrophe in "Server God's". I don't know what got into me. Mark Roberts wrote: Are the Server God's happy? -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an

Re: back again (I assume)

2023-12-01 Thread Doug Brewer
Hi Henk, for some reason, gmail was bouncing messages from the PDML, and it was enough to pass the unsub threshold. Nothing personal. Glad you found your way back. On 12/1/23 5:30 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: Yesterday I was dumped from the list with a message: "suppose we'll survive without

Re: Whatever became of this lens?

2023-06-15 Thread Doug Brewer
I have had one since it was first announced and guard it zealously. I'd imagine other owners are just as protective. Looking at my current catalog, I see it is eclipsed only by the FA50 1.4 in number of photos produced. I'm not certain how many were produced but I'm damn glad I got one. On

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-23 Thread Doug Brewer
much better On 5/22/23 4:35 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: wait a sec. I'm reasonably certain my parents were married when they found me. Sorry. I'm still on Lindisfarne so I suppose you should be a "Scurvy Dog" then? I can never keep these things straight. -- %(r

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-20 Thread Doug Brewer
that bastard Doug Brewer ;-) I still haven't had time to really go through any of the photos I've taken so far. I'll try to post some soon but despite the best of intentions it may not happen till we get back to the States. Then I'll have to act fast because the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography

Re: RIP Dan Matyola

2023-05-11 Thread Doug Brewer
Well, this is certainly sad news. Dan was a genuinely good guy, an unfailingly positive presence here on The List, and a joy to interact with off list. The moderator request queue will never be the same. I can't think of many photographers who had Dan's gift of keeping his photos in their own

Re: OT Laptops and photo editing

2023-03-07 Thread Doug Brewer
Just as a comment, I have a relatively heavy photo load when I'm busy, and I push my devices pretty hard. Much of my decision path was colored by that, and I went with what I thought could handle it. I do not know your needs, and it is entirely possible that what I have would be overkill for

Re: OT Laptops and photo editing

2023-03-06 Thread Doug Brewer
I recently ran into the same set of decisions, having decided that my 2012 MBP was too decrepit to handle things as well as it used to, and I needed something for travel and location work that could handle some culling and light editing until I could get the files back home to my workhorse

Re: PESO: Portrait

2023-02-20 Thread Doug Brewer
Very nice, Bill. Great subjects. I'm certain they're thrilled. Or at least the Mom. Baby probably doesn't care. On 2/19/23 9:12 PM, Bill wrote: One of my planned shoots did go ahead today. My other subject came down with a case of Norovirus, which put a real crimp on his day. Maybe next

Re: What Pentax gear is on your shopping (or wish) list?

2023-01-16 Thread Doug Brewer
I shoot 100 percent of my studio work, and about 99 percent of location work, with Pentax. It's mostly the K1, with occasional K3 sightings, the bulk of the shots with either the FA50 1/4 or the old 77 Ltd. Other lenses like the FA35/2 and the FA20-35/4 ride along for use when circumstances

Re: How large is too large...

2023-01-11 Thread Doug Brewer
My current catalog shows a shade over 140K with nary a hiccup, so I think you're good. On 1/11/23 5:50 PM, Rick Womer wrote: …for a Lightroom catalog? Mine has 54,590 images on it today. It seems to work fine (knocking wood); the only problem is that the list of folders along the left side

Re: Donations to the cause

2023-01-08 Thread Doug Brewer
came through fine, Rick. Thanks. On 1/8/23 5:44 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Doug, I sent a contribution via PayPal an hour or so ago. The site was acting weird, so let me know if you don’t get it. Cheers, Rick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Donations to the cause

2023-01-08 Thread Doug Brewer
Gang, if you wish to help with keeping the hamsters who power the pdml in fine fettle, you can shoot a few bucks to my email at paypal. I also have a venmo account, (at DFBrewer) if you swing that way. Other options entertained if you contact me. Thanks -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT Mail list restrictions

2023-01-08 Thread Doug Brewer
Hi, Larry. Sorry for the slow response. I have been migrating to a new computer and have just today gotten my email client set up, with all that entails. Loosening the size restrictions might be possible, but not if there is a significant cost increase. We ran out of money in the pdml

Re: Apple iCloud -- Arrgh

2023-01-07 Thread Doug Brewer
Rick, look for the iCloud settings under your Apple ID. You can turn it off there. On 1/7/23 4:30 PM, Rick Womer wrote: For some reason, my two Macs (one for work, the other for photos) have decided that everything that I want to save should be saved to iCloud. I don’t want anything on

Re: PDML - PDFG ?

2023-01-07 Thread Doug Brewer
I've given up on FB. If y'all had rather have someone else in charge, please let me know. On 1/6/23 7:30 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Just as a matter of interest, is there any interest in a Pentax Discussion Facebook Group? I admin a FB group with over 800 members, it’s quite fun. Photos are

Re: Happy, happy, Doug

2022-11-20 Thread Doug Brewer
Thank you, Paul! Thanks also to Godders, Mike, Chainsaw, and Annsan! Very chill day with an overdose of pizza. Worse things could happen to me. On 11/20/22 9:41 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Happy birthday to our guru and list protector, Doug Brewer! Paul -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: LR slideshow

2022-05-17 Thread Doug Brewer
You're going to want to import them into LR and make a collection. It's pretty straightforward after that. On 5/17/22 9:37 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I may need to make a slideshow for our photo exhibit at the Scugog shores Pioneer museum. One member made one in power director but i can t get

Re: While we're discussing Mac LR Classic and drives...

2022-02-16 Thread Doug Brewer
Please tell me you have it backed up to another drive. Or two. Or three. If not, I'd be worried about that alone, but specific to your query, I'd be concerned. On 2/16/22 11:52 AM, Rick Womer wrote: I have my photos on an 8TB external drive, in a folder named Photos (imagine!), and organized

Re: Worthwhile feature found in new lightroom

2022-02-13 Thread Doug Brewer
The new masking abilities in LR are in many ways superior to those in PS, from an efficiency standpoint, but still deeper in PS. I'm happy to see them since I do a fair amount of area adjustment. Now, if they'd put the spot healing tool from PS into LR, I'd be a happy camper. On 2/13/22

Re: Kitty time, kids

2022-01-30 Thread Doug Brewer
pretty sure the hosting company doesn't accept stamps. But yeah, that's an alternate idea. On 1/30/22 3:26 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 30.01.22 um 20:57 schrieb Doug Brewer: I am open to alternate ideas. https://www.upu.int/en/Universal-Postal-Union/Activities/Philately-IRCs

Re: Kitty time, kids

2022-01-30 Thread Doug Brewer
That was just a link to my paypal account. Apparently paypal has changed things and now requires an account. That's why I also included my venmo info, although I don't know how common venmo is across the pond. I am open to alternate ideas. On 1/30/22 10:36 AM, mike wilson wrote: What

Kitty time, kids

2022-01-29 Thread Doug Brewer
Hi everyone, The PDML cupboard is looking pretty anemic. Anything you can do to replenish is greatly appreciated. You can send donations to paypal.me/pdmldb If you have venmo, I am @DFBrewer Thanks very much and carry on. Doug -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send

Re: Some messages do not make it to mail-archive online archive

2022-01-24 Thread Doug Brewer
Y'all, I have little insight into how fast messages appear, or even if they appear, on the mail-archive servers. They are an archiving service, as you might guess, but other than that, it's basically just another subscriber. There could be any number of reasons for when or whether the messages

Re: Undeliverable

2021-12-29 Thread Doug Brewer
Hi! Admin here. That address is not subscribed to the list, so I can't remove it. Guessing it's a redirect issue that might throw a bounce. On 12/29/21 1:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Dec 29, 2021, at 9:33 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Why am I getting bounce messages from PDML telling me

Season's Greetings

2021-12-24 Thread Doug Brewer
Best of the season from PDML World Headquarters here in beautiful downtown Gainesville, Georgia. -- %(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: Admin question

2021-12-19 Thread Doug Brewer
I have not received anything from you, Ann. That could go a long way toward explaining why I didn't respond. I can check on Bill's address. On 12/19/21 8:19 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: It's happened to me too .. but it stopped recently I wrote Doug I remember Bill Sawyer so wondered if he was

Happy Birthday, Annsan!

2021-12-09 Thread Doug Brewer
and remember it's not a real party unless the SWAT Team shows up. -- %(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: Live view, arrggh

2021-12-02 Thread Doug Brewer
things turned out, and using my wired remote trigger I can take photos when I want. On Dec 1, 2021, at 9:16 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: Isn't there a timer on the camera? Yeah, that’s how I took the last set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157720168248521 Warning for the faint

Re: Live view, arrggh

2021-12-01 Thread Doug Brewer
Isn't there a timer on the camera? On 12/1/21 12:03 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I need some recent portraits, and have made some attempts at selfies. It’s extra challenging when you can’t see what the camera does. I had the clever idea that I can plug an external monitor into the HDMI and use

Re: Travel tripod

2021-09-20 Thread Doug Brewer
Gorillapod. Sorry about your HD issues. On 9/19/21 9:11 PM, Rick Womer wrote: I seem to have lost my Velbon Maxi343-E tripod (the model Herbert Keppler recommended a few decades ago). It is no longer made. What lightweight travel tripod would people recommend in the (say) $150 range?

Re: OT - tale of woe and techy question for you who are especially electronics/web savvy

2021-09-09 Thread Doug Brewer
I understand the how. It's the authorization I don't get. Somewhere along the line, the company has to ask to take the funds. Proximity isn't permission. On 9/9/21 3:38 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Doug - It is the placement of the machine on the bus that allows for contactless payment of bus

Periodic reminder...

2021-09-09 Thread Doug Brewer
to trim your messages. This email brought to you by the lengthy queue of moderation requests in my inbox. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. -- %(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

Re: OT - tale of woe and techy question for you who are especially electronics/web savvy

2021-09-09 Thread Doug Brewer
Coming to this pretty late, but companies have to have authorization to charge your account, otherwise this OMNI reader thing can just suck money out of every touchless card that wanders by. I can't imagine that's legal. Perhaps telling your bank/credit card company that OMNI is not

Re: Help! LR face detection has hijacked my computer!

2021-07-05 Thread Doug Brewer
You can disable face indexing in Catalog Settings. Do the following: (Mac) Select Lightroom Classic > Catalog Settings. (Windows) Select Edit > Catalog Settings. On the Metadata tab, deselect Automatically Detect All Faces In All Photos. Close the Catalog Settings dialog box On 7/5/21 11:55 AM,

Re: I need to change my email address

2021-07-01 Thread Doug Brewer
*if you wish. On 7/1/21 1:31 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: Hi Eric, That's certainly not the PDML site. Might want to clear your browser cache, scan for viruses, and restart your comeputer. If you'd like, I can change your email address. Send it to me offline of you wish. Thanks Doug

Re: I need to change my email address

2021-07-01 Thread Doug Brewer
Hi Eric, That's certainly not the PDML site. Might want to clear your browser cache, scan for viruses, and restart your comeputer. If you'd like, I can change your email address. Send it to me offline of you wish. Thanks Doug On 7/1/21 12:15 PM, Eric Weir wrote: As the subject line

Re: It's about that time, kids

2021-05-02 Thread Doug Brewer
Yeah, on the old splash page, but it was just a link to my paypal account. On 5/2/21 2:31 AM, John wrote: On 4/30/2021 18:04:40, Doug Brewer wrote: Been covering the PDML bill for a few months and would appreciate any aid in the effort. paypal d...@alphoto.com Thanks ever so much

Re: It's about that time, kids

2021-05-01 Thread Doug Brewer
Thanks, Jan On 5/1/21 12:39 PM, pen...@dfsee.com wrote: Done! On 1 May 2021, at 00:04, Doug Brewer wrote: Been covering the PDML bill for a few months and would appreciate any aid in the effort. paypal d...@alphoto.com <mailto:d...@alphoto.com> Thanks ever s

Re: It's about that time, kids

2021-05-01 Thread Doug Brewer
Thank you, Ralf On 5/1/21 9:26 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 01.05.21 um 00:04 schrieb Doug Brewer: paypal d...@alphoto.com Done. -- Ralf R. Radermacher  -  Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog  : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web   : http

Re: It's about that time, kids

2021-05-01 Thread Doug Brewer
Thanks, Dave On 5/1/21 9:02 AM, David J Brooks wrote: just waiting for some fund to get to my paypal account then i'll fire some off Doug Dave https://youtu.be/_IAtNO0mv3E -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

It's about that time, kids

2021-04-30 Thread Doug Brewer
Been covering the PDML bill for a few months and would appreciate any aid in the effort. paypal d...@alphoto.com Thanks ever so much -- %(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

Re: for discussion

2021-03-23 Thread Doug Brewer
The proper answer is "it depends." On 3/23/21 10:20 AM, David J Brooks wrote: My philosophical question of the year, do we go and look for a photo or does the photo look for us.?? Dave the confused camera guy -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: LINK TO ARCHIVES

2021-02-13 Thread Doug Brewer
:cough: On 2/12/21 3:01 PM, John wrote: On 2/12/2021 11:56:20, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 12/2/21, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed: I am working on a State of The List message Surely a State of The List Address - you need some PDML fags behind you, livestreamed from your Pentax

Re: LINK TO ARCHIVES

2021-02-12 Thread Doug Brewer
I am working on a State of The List message for everyone, in which, once I understand it myself, I will attempt to explain how the new interface works. In the meantime, you can access the archives via the following link: https://pdml.net/empathy/list/pdml.pdml.net Have fun, Doug On 2/11/21

Re: Filtering

2021-02-09 Thread Doug Brewer
Yes, we moved to the latest version of the list software over the weekend, which is why it was down for a bit. I don't know why it would affect your client's filters. I use Thunderbird myself and have not seen this issue. Everything still goes where it's supposed to go. Have you made recent

Re: LR6

2021-01-23 Thread Doug Brewer
I recognize all those words, but the way you have strung them together mystifies me. On 1/23/21 10:44 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I found a fairly good way, and mby that i mean i can do it, in PS to flip a lens ball. Is there a way to do it in LR Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

It was twenty years ago today, Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play

2021-01-01 Thread Doug Brewer
sort of. During the Christmas season of 2000, while I worked on a museum project for a local university, I got a call from Don Nelson, a friend and Pentax sales guy some of you will remember from GFM. He told me that Pentax USA, which carried the PAML and PDML on its website, was looking to

Re: What happened to instagram?

2020-11-17 Thread Doug Brewer
Instagram is centered around using your phone, so if you want to post pics to it, getting the pics to your phone is your best bet. I sync selected photos from my desktop to my phone with Lightroom, add to my phone photo folder, and there they are. On 11/17/20 1:58 PM, Henk Terhell wrote:

Re: broken or just lsit fatigue?

2020-10-27 Thread Doug Brewer
I have a good friend who is also a huge Jets fan. He recently completed construction of a full bar in his backyard. I understand why. On 10/27/20 11:13 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I watch the Jets because I am a masochist. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery

Re: OT Instagram

2020-10-12 Thread Doug Brewer
On 10/11/20 5:28 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: I use Instagram. I post from my iPhone or iPad. When I shoot stuff on a proper camera I import into Lightroom on one of the devices, edit it a bit and save to the camera roll on the device, then I post from there into Instagram. Never tried it from a

Re: I am safe at friends

2020-08-20 Thread Doug Brewer
Glad to know you're safe, Larry, and hoping your home escapes. On 8/20/20 1:38 PM, Larry Colen wrote: We bugged out last night. We are safe at the home of friends in Santa Cruz. https://www.latimes.com/wildfires-map/?fire=czu-august-lightning-complex seems to be the most detailed fire map If

Re: Processing upgrade

2020-08-18 Thread Doug Brewer
MB Pro now, and didn't cost me a kidney for the faster hardware. The largest expense was the unit itself, and you already have that. On 8/17/20 6:09 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 17, 2020, at 2:49 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: What year is your Mac Pro? It’s an early 2009 that I did a firmware

Re: Processing upgrade

2020-08-17 Thread Doug Brewer
What year is your Mac Pro? On 8/17/20 5:34 PM, Larry Colen wrote: A question for fiscally limited gear heads on the list about boosting image processing performance. I’d love to move on from LR6, but haven’t found anything that isn’t ransomeware that works better. I have been toying with

Re: Max

2020-08-10 Thread Doug Brewer
what a cutie! On 8/8/20 11:30 PM, Bill wrote: Oops. Try this link instead. https://www.flickr.com/photos/11819824@N03/50204078268/in/dateposted-public/ bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: QUESTION

2020-08-04 Thread Doug Brewer
This is not strictly true. Though yes, the PDML settings favor Plain Text, there have been adjustments made to allow some MIME stripping/conversion in the process, as long as there is also a Plain Text version available. Sending from the subscribed address is important, and message size also

Re: Time to feed the kitty, gang.

2020-08-04 Thread Doug Brewer
thanks, Ralf, and thanks as well to others who have contributed. We're good for a couple more months. On 8/3/20 12:19 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 03.08.20 um 17:05 schrieb Doug Brewer: Throw some coins in, please. Done. Ralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: Time to feed the kitty, gang.

2020-08-03 Thread Doug Brewer
Thanks, Paul. Glad to do it. On 8/3/20 11:14 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Done. Thanks for keeping the ship afloat! Paul -- 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

Time to feed the kitty, gang.

2020-08-03 Thread Doug Brewer
Throw some coins in, please. Link is on the splash page, www.pdml.net Thank you. -- 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 - more elaborate in isolation - DougB

2020-05-17 Thread Doug Brewer
I can relate to this. I'm pretty much the poster boy for Non-Essential, which the current state of the universe has only emphasized. Of course, if I'm not shooting, I'm not getting paid, but there have been enough shifts in Dougworld lately to fill my time with stuff that needs to be done,

Re: PESO Pixel abuse

2020-05-16 Thread Doug Brewer
it's good to be king. On 5/15/20 8:19 PM, mike wilson wrote: On 15 May 2020 at 22:27 Doug Brewer wrote: Thank you, Larry. You may be seeing the result of it being transferred to my phone, uploaded to tumblr, which did whatever to it, and then to your screen. It hasn't been uprezzed. It's

Re: PESO 2020 - 108-113 - GDG

2020-05-15 Thread Doug Brewer
Gotta work with what you have on hand, man. That blanket has appeared in a number of shoots, and performed admirably. On 5/15/20 4:20 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 15/5/20, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed: Nice work, Godders. I went a touch more elaborate in isolation: https

Re: PESO 2020 - 108-113 - GDG

2020-05-15 Thread Doug Brewer
thank you, Dan. On 5/15/20 3:45 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That is strikingly lovely and well-executed! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 1:52 PM Doug Brewer wrote: Nice work, Godders. I went a

Re: PESO 2020 - 108-113 - GDG

2020-05-15 Thread Doug Brewer
Thank you, Larry. You may be seeing the result of it being transferred to my phone, uploaded to tumblr, which did whatever to it, and then to your screen. It hasn't been uprezzed. On 5/15/20 3:06 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On May 15, 2020, at 10:51 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: Nice work, Godders. I

Re: PESO 2020 - 108-113 - GDG

2020-05-15 Thread Doug Brewer
Thank you, Paul. On 5/15/20 2:05 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Excellent, Doug On May 15, 2020, at 1:51 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: Nice work, Godders. I went a touch more elaborate in isolation: https://dougbrewer.tumblr.com/post/614035716592254976/isolation-still-life -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO 2020 - 108-113 - GDG

2020-05-15 Thread Doug Brewer
Nice work, Godders. I went a touch more elaborate in isolation: https://dougbrewer.tumblr.com/post/614035716592254976/isolation-still-life On 5/14/20 10:23 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: As much time as I'm spending at home these days, it's inevitable that a bunch of my photographs are stuff

Re: Former PDML member hits the headlines

2020-05-04 Thread Doug Brewer
Good for Tim! Always liked that guy. On 5/4/20 5:34 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Some of you will remember Tim Bray from when he was on the PDML a few years back and some of us even met him at the PDML Photo Annual exhibit in Chicago in 2010. He was working at Google at the time (heading the Android

Re: LR 6.14 Library module flaky

2020-05-03 Thread Doug Brewer
How often do you back up your catalog, Rick? Perhaps returning to a recent save or rebuilding it is the answer. On 5/3/20 8:59 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Nope. Checking to see if there was a focus problem, I did a LR search for photos taken with my 40/2.8. It searched for maybe 20 seconds and

Pinging Jack Davis

2020-04-28 Thread Doug Brewer
It occurs to me that I haven't seen anything from our friend Jack in a while. Anyone heard from him? -- 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[ish] K-3 has arrived.

2020-04-18 Thread Doug Brewer
My K3 served me well for several years and a grand shitload of shoots, Peter. It has been replaced in the work force by a K1, but will ride in my bag as a backup for the foreseeable future. I bought it to replace my K7, and the UI was different enough to cause a few perplexities. Once I got

Re: Pentax Announces New Lens

2020-03-27 Thread Doug Brewer
Not heresy at all, Bill, because it depends on what you're looking for in a lens. I find that good lenses designed for film, including of course the 77, have qualities that modulate the ever sharper, ever more detailed efforts of digital sensors available today. If I were more heavily

Re: Pentax Announces New Lens

2020-03-25 Thread Doug Brewer
Nope. Too close to the 77 in length, when the 77 is already comprehensively magical. On 3/25/20 8:43 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: For all you hunky K1 users, there's a stinking new D-FA* 85mm f1.4 lens coming out.

Re: Almost current, and a question

2020-03-01 Thread Doug Brewer
I see. Thanks, Larry. On 2/29/20 12:55 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: I remember that things worked but not so smoothly that it was compelling to use the app. On February 29, 2020 9:47:18 AM PST, Doug Brewer wrote: Thanks. Define "small values." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Almost current, and a question

2020-02-29 Thread Doug Brewer
Thanks. Define "small values." On 2/28/20 10:55 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I’ve tried it. It works, for small values of works. I’d be happy to just be able to send the preview images to a tablet for reviewing during a shoot, but when I asked a couple of weeks ago about it, it was just crickets.

Almost current, and a question

2020-02-28 Thread Doug Brewer
Hi, troops. So I ordered a K-1 to allow my rapidly aging and shamefully abused K-3 a peaceful transition to back-up status. This, I believe, will bring me to a place on the almost current list, or as close as I've been since the K-7 came out. Huzzah and all that. Along with the move into

Re: Therapeutic OT peso's for me

2020-01-05 Thread Doug Brewer
Not really a rant, Dave. Cancer is a bitch and I'm sorry to read this about Liz. I hope she gets through it soon. On 1/5/20 11:45 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Sorry for the online rant, but i felt the need to share this story and these two photos taken by my daughters iPhone 11 something Back in

Re: 2019 PDML Quotations List

2020-01-01 Thread Doug Brewer
it is my sincere hope that one day I will be remembered for something other than self-loathing and intruding waterfowl. On 12/31/19 4:48 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: The annual tradition: https://www.robertstech.com/quote.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: If you're into this sort of thing...

2019-12-25 Thread Doug Brewer
On 12/25/19 12:43 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: Merry Christmas from PDML World Headquarters. How do we know that this is from the *real* PDML World Headquarters and not some shady imitation? because I admitted it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

If you're into this sort of thing...

2019-12-25 Thread Doug Brewer
Merry Christmas from PDML World Headquarters. -- 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: Happy Ann day

2019-12-11 Thread Doug Brewer
Hope you enjoyed your day, Annsan On 12/10/19 9:55 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Thanks all of you for your good wishes  - Larry you are sneaky! Paul, from the looks of the posters I seem also to be the "only" :-) ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT IG handles

2019-12-02 Thread Doug Brewer
I sync with mobile LR, then copy whatever I'm going to put on IG to my phone photos. When I'm preparing a post I can just scroll through available stuff. It seems clunky but I've done it so much that I don't have to think about it. On 12/1/19 9:43 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: Larry it's

Re: PUG themes for 2020 - The List

2019-11-27 Thread Doug Brewer
also: "dry" On 11/27/19 1:10 PM, Postmaster wrote: Steve Cottrell wrote: On 27/11/19, Brian W, discombobulated, unleashed: Dec: Waterbirds Porn reaches the PDML! "Alleyways" and "Weird" might also count. ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

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