Re: LX focussing problem - update (long)

2006-04-16 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Alistair Lax wrote: A couple of months ago I mentioned my LX focus problem, where the top and bottom of the screen were out of focus in opposite directions. It proved surprisingly difficult to deal with, although the cause and solution turned out to be simple in concept and may be of

Re: K 50mm f1.4: My first post in 5 years!

2006-04-16 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: A few years ago Keppler did a comparison between a Pentax 50 (don't recall which one) and a Leica Summicron, long considered the standard for 50mm lenses. I also did a comparo of my 50's with my Summicron. It's hard to tell them apart until prints get past 16X

Re: When will we see a *consumer* DSLR

2006-04-15 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: And there are times DSLR owners/users don't want a DSLR. There are quite a few people on this list who often use a small PS. Me, for instance -- well, I will again when Pentax CO returns my Optio. (I sent it in for service; it came back with a brand-new problem so it

Re: Who's Not Shooting Raw?

2006-04-13 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi, I don't want to start a flame war, or get anyone's undies in knot. I'm just curious to know how many people are not shooting raw, and why that may be. Please, no flames or judgemental comment. We all know raw has advantages, and in some circumstances can be a better

Re: Opinions about ZX-7 MZ-7

2006-04-13 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Unca Mikey wrote: (among other things) As near as I can tell from pictures and the manual, the ZX-7 is the only Pentax SLR that allows Av mode using either the aperture ring on the lens or a selector on the body. No. The PZ-1 also does. Which suggests that the PZ-1p would too. There may be

Re: Setting aperture -- film SLRs

2006-04-11 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Unca Mikey wrote: A quick question, something I am curious about -- I've read a lot here about the compatibility of older lenses on newer bodies, but what about the other way? Specifically, on film bodies without a thumbwheel (MZ-S, ZX-5n, etc), how do you change the aperture when the lens

Re: PC Inspector Image recovery info

2006-04-10 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Powell Hargrave wrote: Does anyone actually shoot TIFF with the D? Would not seem to be a good option as it is not as good as RAW and only slightly if any better that Jpeg and 10 times the file size. I never have. Only JPEGs and Raw files.

Re: OT: help from the RAW file shooters

2006-04-07 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Dave Kennedy wrote: For those of us who are running Elements with ACR or RSE, is there any real value in the Real World Camera Raw book for Photoshop? Yes. Although one for Photoshop Elements would be nice ... I went through my copy of the book with a pencil and annotated In Elements and

Re: Run Windoze on your Mac

2006-04-07 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: To each their own. (snipped remainder) I think this applies to everybody's comments about mice, trackpads, etc., in this thread. It's all preferences and comfort, right?

Re: OT: help from the RAW file shooters

2006-04-07 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Somehow I knew about Aaron's shooting situation early on. Maybe from reading an earlier message, or from reading a message in this thread that others may have missed. Regardless, even after Aaron made his situation clear to all (perhaps even reiterating it), messages

Re: Windows 98 x *ist DS

2006-04-07 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail) wrote: luispaulodesa a écrit : Hiya. My DS just arrived yesterday. Welcome to the crowd! One thing I miss is certainly all the dials available on the body, instead of through lcd menus, but looks like I'll have to deal with that. Maybe I am just an old fart, but

Re: PESO - Black Cat in the Coal Bin

2006-04-05 Thread E.R.N. Reed
On 4/5/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, there's really no coal bin at Casa Belinkoff, but there is a very dark corner in the basement. I went down there with Taylor with the idea of trying the pop-up flash on the istDS. I set compensation to -2.0, and took a few shots. The

Re: F v FA Lenses

2006-04-05 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Assuming the same optical formula, is the only difference between the F and FA lenses the power zoom feature, or are there more differences? Any that really matter wrt use on the D cameras? Shel Well, at least some of the FA lenses aren't power-zoom lenses.

Re: OT - Eiffel Tower

2006-04-05 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Gonz wrote: frank theriault wrote: On 4/1/06, Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip BTW, probably not that many people know that Empire State Building withstood a B-25 bomber hitting it and being stuck in the building at the 79th floor in 1945. snip Actually I've known that

Re: PESO - By the Tyne

2006-04-04 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Malcolm Smith wrote: Jostein wrote: http://www.oksne.net/paw/20060403-0139.html Beautiful. Malcolm I totally agree. ERNR

Re: LensWork -- Wow

2006-03-31 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Unca Mikey wrote: On Wednesday morning, a little after 9 am CST, I ordered those three books from LensWork. I came home from my lunchtime walkies today to find that the books waiting in my mailbox, here in Texas, delivered USPS Priority Mail. I'm impressed! *UncaMikey

Re: OT - Eiffel Tower

2006-03-31 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Tom C wrote: I haven't ever really thought about it as ugly or beautiful until now. I'd probably land on the positive side of it's aesthetics. It's hard to imagine Paris w/o it though. Like London w/o Big Ben, Seattle w/o the Space Needle, SF w/o the Pyramid, St. Louis w/o the arch, NYC

Re: *ist D vs DS2, some questions

2006-03-30 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Adam Maas wrote: Aaron Reynolds wrote: So I used Dave Brooks' *ist D last summer a bunch of times. Since then, I've used a DS and now own a DS2. I noticed a couple of things and thought I'd ask the list about them. ISO -- I thought the maximum ISO on the D was 1600. Was it raised with

Re: istDS and istD shutter release sound?

2006-03-30 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Rick Womer wrote: Compared to my PZ-1, PZ-1p, and (especially) Super Programs, the istD shutter noise is a whisper. And as to the LX ... much as I love my LX ...

Re: Why dustproblems ? (WasRE: *ist D vs DS2, some questions)

2006-03-30 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Kenneth Waller wrote: This will probably leave some people on the list cross. not another one of those excruciating pun threads

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-28 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Rob Studdert wrote: On 27 Mar 2006 at 23:11, Cotty wrote: When I was in training (nearly 30 years ago :-( we used many terms and acronyms but it is pointless me repeating them here as they would mean nothing to someone not involved in film production. I have never been in the telephone

Re: Talking photography - dynamics

2006-03-28 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Mar 28, 2006, at 11:54 AM, Jostein wrote: Finally, did you ever read On Being a Photographer? Shel, I'm sorry I have deleted your recent reference to that book. Do you have an ISBN? Don't know what the ISBN is, but you can order it (and its sister

Re: OT: The Joy of Marketing

2006-03-28 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Bob W wrote: Bob W wrote: This is completely OT, but I feel obliged to pass it on. At work we sell services which include a web site that we develop and host for our clients. I have been helping put together a bid for a prospective new client, a very large and rich

Re: point and shoots

2006-03-27 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Godfrey DiGiorgi quoted and posted, among other things: The one sad thing about the digital PS market is there is no replacement for a Yashica T4 or Oly XA. There is and there isn't. The problem is that small, high resolution sensors are not particularly sensitive and responsiveness

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-26 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Aaron Reynolds wrote: Come on, we all know that reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, does not go away. Oh, Mark ... !

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-26 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Bob W wrote: Constant repitition doesn't make something true. Mark! One more!

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-26 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Mark Roberts wrote: I well remember some of my various realizations that other people see things in some fundamentally different ways. But true flamebait lurksin that territory so I won't go there! Mark, modesty had better not forbid the inclusion of this one.

Re: PESO - A Very Special Store

2006-03-26 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: What do you do with annoying children? Maybe you wanted a boy and got a girl? Perhaps you're at your wits end and don't know what to do with the little troublemaker ... http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/reseller.html Shel It can be soo tempting ... I

Re: Another bite of the golden cherry?

2006-03-25 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Cesar wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This didn't reach the reserve. Maybe it will be offered again? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7599625208rd=1sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AITrd=1 http://tinyurl.com/zjdyh Ooooh! Lizard skin! C'mon Cesar,

Re: Bailing out.

2006-03-25 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Paul Stenquist wrote: On Mar 25, 2006, at 7:52 PM, Kevin Waterson wrote: As mentioned, I dont deny the artistic merits of digital technology. b But you did in your earlier post. You said, If you want to shoot film, fine. I will certainly shoot with my screwmount Leica again and probably

Re: PESO - Family Portrait

2006-03-24 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~shel-pix/famportrait.html Just a little something snapped with the ol' Sony Shel I like it!

Re: How do you select your camera for the day? was: OT: Non-Pentax eBay Auction Question

2006-03-23 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Paul Stenquist wrote: Ken didn't mean flat as in lacking contrast. He meant that he finds that analog prints have more of a three dimensional look. I don't see that, but he may well have a more discriminating eye. Gotta be the lenses. Y'know, the good Pentax glass that *can* be used on a

Re: ANSI character set and the PDML

2006-03-21 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Fred wrote: (quoting somebody else) Ever since late last year (when you changed servers IIRC?) the ANSI character set has not been displaying properly on the list (examples © copyright, ¢ cents, ° degree) They used to work, how come they don't anymore? Not Doug but your examples

Re: Cleaning of equipment

2006-03-21 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Leon Altoff wrote: (trimmed out the details) So what lengths do you go to to clean your camera when you take it places a good camera shouldn't go? If I must go places a good camera shouldn't go, I take the WR-90 and rinse it off in the kitchen sink when done. :D

Re: Cleaning of equipment

2006-03-21 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Where shouldn't a good camera go? What do you do if you want better quality photos than can be had with the WR-90? I then conclude that where I'm going is a suitable environment for a good camera. In fact the only places I've taken the WR-90 that I wouldn't take any

Re: CRASH! Always Wear Your Seat Belt ...

2006-03-20 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: I was slowly driving to a friend's house up in the Berkeley Hills. A woman, seemingly impaired in some way, drove into my lane and crashed head-on into me. She wasn't wearing her seat belt, and was driven to the hospital by an ambulance. She's badly bruised as her head

Re: Big Bald Bill

2006-03-20 Thread E.R.N. Reed
mike wilson wrote: From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/03/18 Sat PM 11:09:31 GMT To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Big Bald Bill On 18/3/06, Illinois Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: Now what you really wanted to see, the before, during and after shots!

Re: PESO: Strange

2006-03-20 Thread E.R.N. Reed
frank theriault wrote: Whatever the cause, cool shot!! Mark, may I suggest ... ?

Re: OT 4 months....

2006-03-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
David J Brooks wrote: I told my wife, no camera equipment for 2006. So far i have ordered the D200, bought the Sigma 10-20 and am this close to getting the Tamron 90 macro for the Nikon mounts Damn i hate this list. lol This list is making you buy all that non-Pentax stuff? How? I'm

Re: OT Another PS Question

2006-03-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I don't care what OS my phone runs as long as it works without annoying me... Godfrey Same here!!

Re: Pixelated Once Again

2006-03-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Late this morning the big brown UPS van pulled up in front of Casa Belinkoff, and off jumped Carl, the regular delivery guy on this route, carrying a package from KEH which contained a LN- istDS with 5245 exposures showing on the clock. I had planned to get a new DS2 from

Re: Digital Plunge!

2006-03-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Enjoy your new camera. Read the book Real World Camera Raw with Photoshop CS2 by Bruce Fraser. It will teach you about RAW workflow better than any series of PDML discussions. Yes -- but if you order RWCR instead of purchasing it from a local shop, while you

Re: More Kennyboy quotes

2006-03-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Cotty wrote: On 17/3/06, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: He's not stupid, but he has a predisposition to making blanket statements and often trivializes aspects of a topic that he knows little about or does not care to write about. (re Kenny boy) So you reckon he'd fit right in

Re: MP vs MB

2006-03-15 Thread E.R.N. Reed
white papers. Take a look here -- http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/ps_pro_primers.html Jack --- E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Davis wrote: If I do (wife lets me) go for the 10mp..or?, I'll definitely obtain the suggested book. I'm losing track

Re: MP vs MB

2006-03-14 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Mark Roberts wrote: Adam Maas wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Do obtain a copy of Real World Camera Raw ... by Bruce Fraser. Recommendation seconded. Best RAW workflow book, by a large margin. Recommendation thirded :) All in favour -- Aye!

Re: Really Really OT: Hooray, finally, balanced film to digital comparison

2006-03-14 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Christian wrote: Derby Chang wrote: I'm sorry to cause potential mental harm to my beloved PDMLers. But I really laughed out loud when I read this. A few blank frames of 4x5 Fuji RVP custom made for Kenny vs D200 shots KENNY WARNING - do not click on this link if you have any form of

Re: MP vs MB

2006-03-14 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Jack Davis wrote: If I do (wife lets me) go for the 10mp..or?, I'll definitely obtain the suggested book. I'm losing track of the whole story here. Do you already have a camera capable of recording Raw? If so, why wait before buying the book? If not, never mind ... ERNR

Re: ACDSee Pro - anyone using it?

2006-03-14 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Mark Stringer wrote: ACDSee Pro - Any comments for Pentax DSLR usage? I have ACDSee 7, hard drive failed and have used my limit on licenses. I'm sure they would give me another but I haven't tried. I'm still looking for the all in one like Adobe Lightroom enhanced with more Photoshop

Re: Getting Cinepaint for linux

2006-03-09 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Thibouille wrote: Drunk Klingon ? ;) Redundancy?

Re: Getting Cinepaint for linux

2006-03-08 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Mat Maessen wrote: What distro are you using? If you're using one of the redhat-based distros, the yum tool may be able to help you with the dependencies. IIRC, cinepaint is in at least one of the third-party software repositories for Fedora Core. Once you get it set up, you can run yum install

Re: Found a use for the Pentax Browser software!

2006-03-08 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Mark Roberts wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: I've been very conflicted with regards to the Adobe DNG universal RAW format. I've always liked a lot about it and after reading Bruce Fraser's Camera RAW for the Real World I *really* like it BTW folks: The full, official title of the book is

Re: Getting Cinepaint for linux

2006-03-08 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Mat Maessen wrote: On 3/8/06, E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I miss the days when this was an English-language list ... So, what do you think of the MTF numbers of the FA50/1.4 versus the FA43/1.9 LTD? ;-) -Mat :D

Re: PESO - Taylor, A New Cat in the Household

2006-03-05 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Yesterday Taylor arrived at Casa Belinkoff. He's a 7 month old black male cat who was rescued from an abandoned feral litter. He readily took to his new home, exploring the place and making himself comfortable. I put together a little gallery for a couple of friends, my

Re: PESO - Taylor, A New Cat in the Household

2006-03-05 Thread E.R.N. Reed
mike wilson wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: Yesterday Taylor arrived at Casa Belinkoff. He's a 7 month old black male cat That's not Taylor. That's Samson, who, with his sister Delilah, gave me much pleasure for 19years. 'Lilah (a fluffy version of Sam) lasted for 21. I'm always seeing

Re: colour photography revisted

2006-03-04 Thread E.R.N. Reed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Pancho Hasselbach wrote: Hi folks, I know about the running-eekbay-auctions thing, nevertheless I wanted to share this one with you: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7595673156 Pancho Cesar

Re: *ist D on Linux PC - image processing software

2006-03-04 Thread E.R.N. Reed
John Francis wrote: among other things -- Have you ever tried to tell somebody that the PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK!! email they sent you is, in fact, a load of absolute rubbish? Strangely enough, yes -- I've done that three times to one particular sender. She never

Re: speaking of digital camera wish-lists

2006-03-02 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Yeeha! Add a Tri-X mode and it would be perfect. And let's not overlook compatibility with manual focus lenses. Shel [Original Message] From: Juan Buhler A digital version of the ZX-M. That would be so great, and a really distinct product. It would

Re: OT: Photographic enablement but not Pentax.

2006-03-02 Thread E.R.N. Reed
different techniques, and are not best for all types of shooting. But for some types of photography, they excel. Shel [Original Message] From: E.R.N. Reed I wonder whether the people who consider the rangefinder more natural started on rangefinders before moving to SLRs?

Re: Is there a Sisterhood?

2006-03-02 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Good thing Marnie's on vacation or you'd be labeled a sexist pig ... wouldn't that be a drag ;-)) Shel [Original Message] From: Jostein Since Aaron so generously called the 645 a ladies' camera, I was wondering how many of us would qualify for a

Re: OT: Photographic enablement but not Pentax.

2006-03-02 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: A couple of years ago I was watching a fellow shoot a portrait for cover for a local magazine. He was using a 'blad, and shot three rolls of what was essentially the same pose, changed the setup, and shot another three rolls of that scene. I talked with him a bit and

Re: Is there a Sisterhood?

2006-03-02 Thread E.R.N. Reed
David Savage wrote: What about those who shoot large format? There be Giants. If we follow this logic anything less than 8x10 falls into the Nancy boy category. What am I thinking? Logic on the PDML? Only if you don't know the L is for List.

Re: The Quintessential Mistake

2006-03-02 Thread E.R.N. Reed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First thing i changed on the istD when i got it was the file squence thing. Then the CF card thing.:-) First thing I changed was the firmware, but I've changed those other two items as well.

Re: OT: Photographic enablement but not Pentax.

2006-03-01 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Tom C wrote: From: Cesar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net I asked some list members for inputs since I was thinking about rangefinders. Though, to be frank, I was interested in a Leica. I had heard so much about them. You can't be Frank. Frank has a hard time

Re: OT: Photographic enablement but not Pentax.

2006-03-01 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Cesar wrote: http://groups.msn.com/MyRugbyPictures/misc.msnw? action=ShowPhotoPhotoID=42 This is a 1950 Leica IIIf with a 1950 Ernst Leitz Wetzlar Summitar f=5cm 1:2. 1950 ... a black dial IIIf. Very sweet old camera. Enjoy it! I bought a pair of these cameras, a

Re: Some more new camera speculation

2006-03-01 Thread E.R.N. Reed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's no reason to believe the Nikon would be lower noise. In fact, there's reason to suspect it would be higher noise. I don't recall anyone here ever saying they didn't want anything more than the D. Not only do you whine, you grow your own grapes. It's true of

Re: Some more new camera speculation

2006-03-01 Thread E.R.N. Reed
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: Some more new camera speculation I'm sure it will be a nice camera. I guess in the end, I am reacting to the categorization of a negative opinion as whining. Just because it's an opinion that's at odds with

Re: speaking of digital camera wish-lists

2006-03-01 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Aaron Reynolds wrote: I would be overjoyed if there was a new Pentax DSLR that basically had the same control set as the MZ-5n. Ditto I'd suggest making it black and chrome and calling it the Spotmatic D. err ... (Myself, I'd rather have an all-black version. Ditto Maybe shiny

Re: OT: Photographic enablement but not Pentax.

2006-03-01 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Kenneth Waller wrote: Not to be argumentative - They definitely have a different feel to an SLR, Agreed you can see outside the taking frame, but it's what in the frame that I'm interested in there is no blanking of the finder as the shot is made I don't see how this is a concern,

Re: Some more new camera speculation

2006-02-28 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Rob Studdert wrote: On 1 Mar 2006 at 11:21, Rob Studdert wrote: I really hate.. ..sending stuff to the list that was meant to be private :-( Seems to have happened to most of us at one time or another. (sent to the list on purpose)

Re: More pics on PMA

2006-02-26 Thread E.R.N. Reed
graywolf wrote: For you folks who wind up with both cameras you can get a SD to CFII adapter and standardize on SD cards. If you already have several CF cards ... ?

Re: what's the name of the new Pentax 10MP camera?

2006-02-24 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Cory Papenfuss wrote: Just a WAG on my part (nor do I give a sh*t), but: Will it be a *ist D2? Doubt it... too easily confused with D[LS]2 of the 6MP generations. From a camera company that sold an Optio 550 and an Optio S50 within a couple years of each other? I doubt that would

Re: what's the name of the new Pentax 10MP camera?

2006-02-24 Thread E.R.N. Reed
DagT wrote: My guess is: *istDx There'd be precedent for going with *istDn. Not that I think they should do that.

Re: what's the name of the new Pentax 10MP camera?

2006-02-24 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Feb 24, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Adam Maas wrote: Well, it would be nice to have a name that's pronouncable so you can tell people what your camera is called when they ask. That's always been the biggest problem with the *ist name. Try Pentax or Canon. Only the

Re: Congratulations, Ryan!

2006-02-21 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Sorry for not responding to this thread earlier -- but --- Congratulations, Ryan!

Re: Question: Should I buy an ist D?

2006-02-21 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Rick Womer wrote: Folks, I've been on the digital fence for some time, and had pretty much decided to buy the ist D successor when it becomes available. I'm getting itchy, though, since it doesn't look as though the new body will be here by summer. In May and June, a niece is getting

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-21 Thread E.R.N. Reed
graywolf wrote: In fact Occam's razor slices it to pieces. Did anyone miss me? Been busy with other things sigh, but had to come back and see what's happening. Seems that the ban on religion has been lifted? graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot

Re: Howdy All, I'm back!

2006-02-20 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Don Sanderson wrote: Did y'all miss me? Didn't think so ;-) Caught a little cold a couple of weeks ago, turned into the Flu, then to full Pneumonia. Yuck Phooey! ;-( Oh, dear! I'm very glad you're better now.

Re: PESO: Hiding From the Cold x 2

2006-02-19 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! I stopped in at Starbuck's this afternoon and took a few pics while I drank some burnt-bean coffee. (I'm not wild about their brew, but the local store is full of photo ops.). Plenty of people in the store as it was 12 degrees F outside. Of the two pics I shot, I

Re: OT - PESO - Farm and Copse

2006-02-18 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Cotty shared: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic41.html Just want to add a Me, too! to the well-written compliments of Jens and Steady. ERN

Re: Poll: Best Photo Ever

2006-02-18 Thread E.R.N. Reed
I have continued to give this a lot of thought, and though I guess I probably won't be coming up with *a* Best Photo Ever, this is one of my top picks: http://grreed.home.texas.net/FamilyStuff/ERNR/deer.jpg

Re: PAW - Sunset at Point Elizabeth

2006-02-18 Thread E.R.N. Reed
On Feb 18, 2006, at 4:44 AM, David Mann wrote: I took this while on holiday on the West Coast in January 2000, a few days after I took the rainbow shot from my last PAW. http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo/printsdb/view.php?p=268t=1 Oh WOW!!!

Re: Misteries of Ken Rockwell

2006-02-18 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Sylwester Pietrzyk wrote: On 2006-02-18, at 16:47, Jens Bladt wrote: I don't understand. At dpreview it says that the D and DS have veiwfinders with 95% coverage and 0,95 magnification. My *ist D user manual says so too. What am I missing, please? Is Ken Rockwell talking about something

Re: Enablement - this is a great list

2006-02-18 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Indeed -- it is a great list. I still remember that Rob S posted some LX screens for sale the very day I found out I needed one. I think the whole transaction, from his posting the FS to my having the screen in my possession, took about a week. Definitely less than two. (And later, when I

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
John Forbes wrote: On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:41:10 -, E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Forbes wrote: On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:58:24 -, E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I only know of one religion whose followers behave like that. I think I know a lot of the followers

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
John Forbes wrote: On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:09:00 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: fra: Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] This one time, at band camp, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is actually irrelevant to the issue of whether God exists or not. This is a simple one. If you believe

Re: Religion, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: fra: E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Forbes wrote: On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:09:00 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But what then if you don't believe in a god, but also accepts that you may be wrong. And you end up ingoring the matter because

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: fra: E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Forbes wrote: On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:09:00 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But what then if you don't believe in a god, but also accepts that you may be wrong. And you end up ingoring the matter because

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Good enough takes many forms, and is, of course, at times, subjective. IMO 6mp is enough for magazines and most print work. It's not good enough for some large, exhibition-sized prints. But neither is 35mm, which is why medium- and large-format didn't go away when 35mm

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: E.R.N. Reed Subject: Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy No. Those who believe in a God can *answer* the question, not sidestep it. Throughout human history, more rational people have believed in God, or gods, than haven't. In all

Re: Religion, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: fra: E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . Regarding your nonbelieving minority: According to the news today about 25% of all Norwegians believes in God... DagT Oh -- minority of humans in modern times was phrased badly

Re: Religion, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: E.R.N. Reed Subject: Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy Some just need evidence of something before we believe in it's existence. People are all looking at the same evidence. They're just coming to different conclusions

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Mishka wrote: according to Britannica, there's roughly 1 billion of non-believers. and, of course, the majority of people who have ever lived on earth live right now, OK, so although their numbers have increased drastically in modern times, the non-believers are still a minority of the

Re: Poll: Best Photo Ever

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
I thought the original post was asking what's your best photo?

Re: Religion, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: E.R.N. Reed Subject: Re: Religion, Christ vs. the Other Guy The known universe and everything we've seen in it. Specific enough for you? I'm an evolutionist. My explanation and yours are not the same. Finally. Agreement. I

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Feb 17, 2006, at 7:24 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: But neither is 35mm, which is why medium- and large-format didn't go away when 35mm became popular. Digital is another format, not a replacement for all possible uses of everything else. Yes. No. Digital is

Re: Pentax USA email address

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: Pentax USA email address I'd like to drop Pentax USA an email. Can't find an address on their site. Anyone got an address for them?

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
John Forbes wrote: On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:59:43 -, E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Forbes wrote: On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:41:10 -, E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Forbes wrote: On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:58:24 -, E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: Religon, Christ vs. the Other Guy

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Juan Buhler wrote: On 2/17/06, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I look at the world and the universe, and it's complexity, elegance, it's many systems, chemical, organic, etc., that are all intertwined and dependent and come to the conclusion there must be a maker. There may be no more hard

Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Rob Studdert wrote: On 17 Feb 2006 at 8:46, E.R.N. Reed wrote: But neither is 35mm, which is why medium- and large-format didn't go away when 35mm became popular. Digital is another format, not a replacement for all possible uses of everything else. (Kind of agreeing with you, I think

Re: Poll: Best Photo Ever

2006-02-17 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Tom C wrote: I actually can't distill down to a single favorite, probably because the subjects are so different. Maybe five, but not one. I can't either -- partly because I'm in the midst of a weeks-long project to archive and organize all my digital images (I think I've got about 25,000

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