Re: GESO & a question about the web & color mgt...

2011-09-24 Thread William Robb
ver that window. Get enough fabric and make yourself some big, stand up reflectors as well. I made a 4x6 foot reflector using copper plumbing pipe, and used a variety of fabrics as reflectors or gobos. You have a beautiful, natural light source there, take advantage of it. -- William Robb -- PDML

Re: Q design "validated" by Nikon's entry?

2011-09-24 Thread William Robb
to attract customers away from the competition. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Q design "validated" by Nikon's entry?

2011-09-24 Thread William Robb
ation EVF along with it's next generation sensor, I would probably have bought one a few days ago. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Q design "validated" by Nikon's entry?

2011-09-21 Thread William Robb
s really little, but it didn't draw me in the way I hoped it would. I think because it's too small, and the lens is too big. I like viewfinders, and I'd like the Q a lot more if it had one. I'd even settle for an EVF, as much as I loath them. Other than that, it seems like a ni

Re: OT But is it art?

2011-09-21 Thread William Robb
to keep their balance. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PDMLers... talk me in off the ledge, pls!

2011-09-20 Thread William Robb
On 20/09/2011 3:06 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Thanks. A little girl talk always helps! I feel dirty now. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: OT But is it art?

2011-09-20 Thread William Robb
f the tonality of the print. I also noted that the crosses in the graveyard were just a smidge out of focus -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: OT But is it art?

2011-09-20 Thread William Robb
k, and left the position open. If you think you are qualified for the job, I suppose you could have it, I haven't seen all that many people vying for it.. I didn't think it paid well, but there was, sometimes, a certain amount of satisfaction. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mai

Re: A door to nowhere

2011-09-20 Thread William Robb
On 20/09/2011 9:43 AM, Tom C wrote: LOL. I like you, is that redeeming enough? :-) Fine. We can still be friends. Tom C. (ALL my work is derivative) What utter bullshit. Your work is some of the most original and non derivative work I've seen. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Di

Re: OT But is it art?

2011-09-20 Thread William Robb
On 20/09/2011 12:35 PM, Bob W wrote: that's probably the most arrogant thing I've ever read on the PDML. Dammit Bob, does this mean I have to revert back to being the list dickweed? -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: PDMLers... talk me in off the ledge, pls!

2011-09-19 Thread William Robb
On 19/09/2011 10:20 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: Five (!) years later he bought a new Buick. Apparently he didn't really need a new car. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Question for Mark, Doug, William and anyone else that has judged a photo contest

2011-09-19 Thread William Robb
e. She likes how the bird is more visible and "spread out". She's probably right. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: A door to nowhere

2011-09-19 Thread William Robb
f. The monochrome needs to be cropped to more or less square, and then it works. ,mark. One cannot try to see the same way with B&W as one does with colour and expect to get good black and white. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Shopping for an O-GPS1

2011-09-11 Thread William Robb
. You don't need to do the physical calibration for GPS tagging at least, you just need to do it for astrotracing, if I am not mistaken. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visi

Re: Shopping for an O-GPS1

2011-09-11 Thread William Robb
ly well inside some buildings. If there is too much metal, it gets lost. It's eerie though, the first time you plug coordinates into Google Earth and it points at exactly where you were standing. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinf

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread William Robb
), then your camera is no longer small. Sorry for stating the obvious! Have you looked at a NEX with any lens mounted? -- William Robb I can't believe all the nay-sayers regarding a small camera with a large lens, who haven't purchased and used such a camera. For one, it's not much

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread William Robb
On 08/09/2011 3:16 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 9/8/2011 3:38 PM, William Robb wrote: On 08/09/2011 1:25 PM, Sam L wrote: Yet I have never seen anything quite as retarded. It is a little bit like mounting a race engine to a bicycle. If you bought the Q, you wanted a small camera. If you

Re: Pentax K-Q adapter

2011-09-08 Thread William Robb
. Sorry for stating the obvious! Have you looked at a NEX with any lens mounted? -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT The 30 Harshest Artist-on-Artist Insults In History

2011-09-08 Thread William Robb
On 08/09/2011 3:08 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: What if Aussies go to Canada? We teach them about beer and barbecuing. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: interesting trends...

2011-09-08 Thread William Robb
nd they are the newest thing, which makes them attractive to marketers and people who buy based on hype rather than function. My only hope is that they can make a decent EVF (they are still crap) before the choice of optical viewfinder is taken away from us entirely. -- William Robb --

Re: lighting idea, would it work?

2011-09-05 Thread William Robb
to the contrast ratio of the LCD). I wonder what it would cost to make one, and how much of a market there would be for them. It's easier to just do a green screen. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRI

Re: photo essay--punk hobos & hippie squatters by m. brody

2011-09-03 Thread William Robb
On 03/09/2011 1:10 PM, Bob W wrote: http://flavorwire.com/205957/captivating-photographs-of-punk-hobos-and- hippie-squaters great stuff, thanks. What's that rat-like thing? B The entree. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/ma

Re: OT: Sony NEX-7 24.3MP APS-C Mirrorless Camera

2011-08-25 Thread William Robb
On 25/08/2011 11:34 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Touché. :) Well, I suppose a Rolex gives a hundred times more bang for the buck than my Timex. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: OT: Sony NEX-7 24.3MP APS-C Mirrorless Camera

2011-08-25 Thread William Robb
esn't make sense to your North American male mindset. Pentax just posted some sample images from the Q on the Japanese website that look pretty darned good. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE fr

Re: OT: Sony NEX-7 24.3MP APS-C Mirrorless Camera

2011-08-25 Thread William Robb
ergonomic"? How new and improved is that. I'm thinking that this is a signal that Sony is dropping SLR cameras going forward and if you want to use your Maxxum mount lenses (did they change the name to Alpha?) then you will have to buy one of these monstrosities. -- William Robb -- PDML

Re: Best 80-200mm?

2011-08-25 Thread William Robb
On 25/08/2011 9:10 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: I agree with that, but it's not "almost". Lenses should have a much longer life expectancy than bodies, and I don't think that's changed over the decades. That is, unless you are Canon. -- William Robb -- PDML Pent

Re: OT: Sony NEX-7 24.3MP APS-C Mirrorless Camera

2011-08-24 Thread William Robb
1985. What a ridiculous piece of bodge. The wankers at Sony have contracted Naegleria fowleri. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Best 80-200mm?

2011-08-23 Thread William Robb
auto focus, but I don't know if they were ever made for Pentax. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT - You can't make this stuff up

2011-08-19 Thread William Robb
null and void if my vehicle is stolen because I left the keys in the ignition, and I am financially responsible for any damages done with said vehicle. And before you say get a different insurer, it is a standard clause in every auto insurance policy here. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Greetings everyone!!

2011-08-14 Thread William Robb
he K7 is the same platform, but lacks the very stellar high ISO performance of the K5 (something that has to be experienced to believe), but both the Kx and Kr are very good little cameras. 30ºC today. Hardly frozen. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdm

Re: OT Its more than just a box

2011-08-14 Thread William Robb
and then killed half a dozen times a day. The problem with these things is that because of the way they price batteries in Canada, once the battery stops working, the tool has pretty much had it as well. Those 18 volt batteries are over $100.00 each. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Greetings everyone!!

2011-08-13 Thread William Robb
stuff away now. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT Its more than just a box

2011-08-13 Thread William Robb
On 13/08/2011 11:35 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Looks good! Wow - cordless saw in one hand and cordless driver in the other. You can cut and screw all at the same time... Looks like Ryobi tools, so he can probably do neither :). -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Swords into ploughshares...

2011-08-11 Thread William Robb
pistol in a holster. Before that, I had always felt more or less safe in your country, but after that, I was always a bit wary travelling in the USA. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, p

Re: Photographing sunsets - help wanted

2011-08-10 Thread William Robb
On 10/08/2011 8:52 AM, Jens wrote: I wish someone would come up with an easy way of avoiding these white sun sunsets. HDR is your friend -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?

2011-08-09 Thread William Robb
On 09/08/2011 6:09 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I believe I'm just a little bit less bright than the default setting, This explains much. HAR! -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, p

Re: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?

2011-08-08 Thread William Robb
ioned very nicely from XP (32) to Win7 64, FWIW. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: August PUG is up (I hope!)

2011-08-07 Thread William Robb
inute walk from that spot. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PESO - August 5/6 Aurora

2011-08-06 Thread William Robb
On 06/08/2011 2:35 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Well done, Tom! You'll have ISO 80 available with the K-5. Noted by someone recently as a benefit to the astro photog. I think that and the astrotracer function of the GPS will be very useful for this kind of stuff. -- William Robb --

Re: August PUG is up (I hope!)

2011-08-06 Thread William Robb
On 06/08/2011 9:50 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: Very nice images by all! One of the best PUG's yet in my opinion! Bill Robb, is your neighborhood that flat everywhere? Wow! Yeah, it's pretty flat here. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.n

Re: My K-5 has developed a bad pixel - advice sought

2011-08-05 Thread William Robb
ee if you can make it go away. If this is the first stuck pixel you've had, you have been very lucky. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and f

Re: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?

2011-08-04 Thread William Robb
On 03/08/2011 9:22 PM, John Francis wrote: An Eye1 doesn't exactly qualify as "cheap", though. Was that one of the criteria? -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, p

Re: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?

2011-08-03 Thread William Robb
ce (I still have one of their lab units around somewhere, so I went with a brand I knew as one who knows colour. I expect they are all good. My spell checker wants to make your name Rhinoceros... -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/lis

Re: OT Foundation is now in

2011-08-03 Thread William Robb
. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: ? A word on passwords

2011-08-02 Thread William Robb
d password would be "Pentax" A better one would be "NikonSucks" A better one still would be "3NikonBoysSuck7ToadBottomsfor9CanonShooters" The latter would be very hard to crack. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/li

Re: OT Foundation is now in

2011-08-02 Thread William Robb
th Planning any more than is necessary. Sometimes Planning can be kinda vague (Dear, can we build a second story on the house?) -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the lin

Re: A question regarding Blurb

2011-08-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/08/2011 7:39 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: A drink is on me. Clumsy, Boris, and wasteful. The drink is supposed to go in you. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: ?

2011-08-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/08/2011 7:41 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: I didn't think this sort of thing was possible for Mac users. Phishing, trojans and password-cracking are now by far the most common exploits and they're pretty much OS-agnostic. I know. I was teasing Paul. -- William Rob

Re: ?

2011-08-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/08/2011 7:03 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Salute! I'm quite happy with the results. And what about you? [spam site] Uh-oh - someone's email has been compromised. I didn't think this sort of thing was possible for Mac users. -- Willia

Re: OT Foundation is now in

2011-08-02 Thread William Robb
posed aggregate concrete driveway and patio. I built a new back landing on Saturday, and now am moving on to new fences between us and the neighbours on both sides. I'd have rather just built a new shed... -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: Focus Chart online recommendations?

2011-07-31 Thread William Robb
33853-charts-auto-focus-check-acknowledged-pentax.html This one is much better, actually, not that any of them are any good. http://focustestchart.com/focus21.pdf Scroll down to page 18 and print it off. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/lis

Re: Focus Chart online recommendations?

2011-07-30 Thread William Robb
ird has to have a 90º angle -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Focus Chart online recommendations?

2011-07-30 Thread William Robb
you need to dial in a lens, go and find yourself a brick wall or something (I use a clock face), and do a focus ring around using a focus distance that is closer to normal than what these bogus focus charts recommend. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: OT: Something for the weekend

2011-07-30 Thread William Robb
On 29/07/2011 9:54 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: That's great Bob! The problem with floating downstream on acid is the waterfall you KNOW is somewhere ahead. Acid took a lot of planning. Otherwise, it was yer basic clusterfuck. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Import oddity

2011-07-26 Thread William Robb
t comes in just fine, so it isn't the camera corrupting the file, it's happening during my Lightroom import. Is this a sign that I should be getting a new card reader, or something more sinister (like I pissed off St Ansel's ghost or some such)? thanks -- William Robb -- PDML

Re: Norm's back?!

2011-07-25 Thread William Robb
On 25/07/2011 5:30 PM, Tanya Love wrote: How did I miss that?!? Norm? -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Memory card and card reader problem

2011-07-23 Thread William Robb
On 23/07/2011 3:04 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I knew you meant drivers :-) and yes! yellow question mark is there --- right over the second line that says "USB Mass storage device" So whats my next move? Uninstall it and let Windows find it and reinstall it. -- William Robb -- P

Re: Wide angle lens question

2011-07-23 Thread William Robb
port distortion correction for the 17-70 (and a whole bunch of other Pentax lenses). -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: 99.7F in Boston

2011-07-22 Thread William Robb
17ºC at the moment. b -- 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: Kiss/truck

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
On 21/07/2011 1:40 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Bill, I like it the way it is. Nice image! Thanks Bob. I appreciate that. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
7;t give a damn about whether you live or freeze to death in the dark. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT How do you pronounce your name?

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
ation. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PESO: How hot IS it?

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
it was 43ºC with the humidity factored in. Our heatwave seems to have broken, at least briefly, and we are only 22ºC today. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
On 21/07/2011 11:36 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 7/21/2011 12:59, William Robb wrote: On 20/07/2011 8:27 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I paid the guy five bucks to take his photo. He wasn't being taken advantage of. He earned some money. That you paid him, and that perhaps Shel didn&

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
g on how I tend to butcher things, just the act of taking the images in the first place)? -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Kiss/truck

2011-07-21 Thread William Robb
re, with the exception of using the double exposure to secure what the camera couldn't do in one. I should probably boost the gamma in the mushroom layer a bit, but it made a very nice print on my wall, and I'm pretty much done with the file so I probably won't. -- William Rob

Re: Today's score of things Pentax and questions..

2011-07-20 Thread William Robb
memory. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-20 Thread William Robb
aul, more obviously with permission I'll admit, for example: http://pug.komkon.org/LX_Gallery/Gallery_index.html -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-20 Thread William Robb
r seem able to rise out of the gutters of street photography. I suspect that what is important is to not put on a dog and pony show and expect to get images of people who are not affected by your presence. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mai

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-20 Thread William Robb
stified dissing my imagery before this :) HAR!!! -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-20 Thread William Robb
ectual distance, not physical distance, which is what Capa was talking about (and probably what got him killed). I find if I am not at least somewhat intellectually connected to my subject, my pictures are complete crap rather than just mostly crap. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail Lis

Re: Distance [was Re: V. Maier exhibition in London]

2011-07-20 Thread William Robb
n the Mona Lisa (just to pick one old chestnut). Or is that not an example of a great artist? I also think the greatest artists know when not to create a distance from their subjects, but I freely admit to knowing absolutely nothing about art history, or even art for that matter. -- Willia

Re: Kiss/truck

2011-07-20 Thread William Robb
lauded as a master. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Kiss/truck

2011-07-18 Thread William Robb
hstanding, it is still an HDR image. Sorry Ann, that you found it boring. Most of the people I show it to think it quite nice. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link direc

Re: Kiss/truck

2011-07-18 Thread William Robb
n unmapped HDR, for example. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/hdrshroom.html -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PESO - Church of the Holy Donut

2011-07-18 Thread William Robb
On 18/07/2011 8:20 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Their motto: "Home of the Holy Donuts with the heavenly taste." "Home of Day Olds and Bad Coffee We have Robin's Donuts out west, much better. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.

Re: Pentax Q photos

2011-07-18 Thread William Robb
On 18/07/2011 12:18 AM, Anthony Farr wrote: The transition from focused to unfocused image seems very abrupt and arbitrary. It looks like they have some work to do on that particular filter. OTOH, the girls are cute and precocious, that's gotta count for something. -- William

Re: OT: Gasoline prices?

2011-07-16 Thread William Robb
cost of necessities allows one to see what is left over for frivolities. If you are fortunate enough to not be on a need to know basis with that reality, you are truly fortunate. Not everyone is. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Media Photogs & iPhone Users

2011-07-15 Thread William Robb
On 15/07/2011 2:17 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: If our politicians don't get on with a debt ceiling compromise, I'll actively work to recall them. Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O Union, strong and great! -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdm

Re: what to do when someone uses your photo without permission

2011-07-15 Thread William Robb
something horrifyingly offensive. :-) I was doing that 10 or so years ago when some image bank was mining the PUG for pictures. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: Can we talk about fill flash & pttl?

2011-07-13 Thread William Robb
using 60 year old technology to tell it when to fire is more reliable than what was made last week, but there you have it. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: Throwing Off the Cloak to Protect my Jags

2011-07-13 Thread William Robb
On 13/07/2011 9:34 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Morris, I do have to agree. Lucas electrical systems are rubbish. Lucas: the prince of darkness. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: OT x100 Impressions at TOP...

2011-07-11 Thread William Robb
newsletter which I think he dropped after a couple of issues. It worked out that doing business with Mike is pretty expensive. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: Ricoh buys Pentax camera division from the HOYA Corporation

2011-07-09 Thread William Robb
about being whiners. I suppose that is where the grown ups go after they have recieved their mail order degrees in whinability. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Happy Birthday

2011-07-06 Thread William Robb
illegal and it turns out that Americans don't want to do farm labour, and so crops are rotting in the fields of states like Florida, Georgia, Arizona. And we'll all pay more for food because of it. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Happy 235th, America

2011-07-04 Thread William Robb
Enjoy your fireworks and all. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)

2011-07-04 Thread William Robb
remarkably good condition. Two years working in a lumber yard has done wonders for me. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)

2011-07-03 Thread William Robb
reading of 210/160 is a very bad thing. We've got it under control now, and I actually feel better for it. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: OT: Or Perhaps not as it is Photo related question

2011-07-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/07/2011 8:15 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Stop voting for Republicans. (;-) Wiser words I have not seen. :) -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: OT: Or Perhaps not as it is Photo related question

2011-07-02 Thread William Robb
worrying about it but find it more of an annoyance. I have taken what I consider a nice photo today and I have very little wiggle room to correct it in PP. A temporary fix would be to crop a smidge on the loose side. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: OT: Or Perhaps not as it is Photo related question

2011-07-02 Thread William Robb
e a tripod, you should be considering one as your very nect photographic purchase. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: BJP article on Ricoh Pentax purchase

2011-07-02 Thread William Robb
misinformed. Good point. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT PESO - Kick

2011-07-02 Thread William Robb
On 01/07/2011 11:07 PM, David Savage wrote: The light is deliberately harsh. Was aiming more for contemporary fashion rather than glamour fashion look. I'm so stuck in the 80's. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdm

Re: Is Ricoh Going to Buy Pentax????????

2011-07-01 Thread William Robb
but I like carrying the 35 more, and it is very sharp. I've been using the 43 a lot. It's pretty special on the K5. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link direc

Re: Is Ricoh Going to Buy Pentax????????

2011-07-01 Thread William Robb
On 01/07/2011 12:39 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Anyone seen a decent electronically produced image in a mirrorless viewfinder? Nope, they still Hoover. I was so attracted to that little Fuji rangefinder until I turned on the electronic viewfinder. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Is Ricoh Going to Buy Pentax????????

2011-07-01 Thread William Robb
On 01/07/2011 11:18 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Oh, I fully expect to be rewarded with humiliation You haven't bought much gear lately, have you -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE fro

Re: Is Ricoh Going to Buy Pentax????????

2011-07-01 Thread William Robb
sort of way is what has made the division attractive to Ricoh. Hopefully, we will be rewarded for our patience with the humiliation. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: OT PESO - Kick

2011-07-01 Thread William Robb
he is on a rear lit Plexiglas sweep., which are a lot of fun to light with gels. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Happy Dominion Day Canada!

2011-07-01 Thread William Robb
Quebecois would appreciate the sentiment or not, they seem, overall, a quite unappreciative lot. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Is Ricoh Going to Buy Pentax????????

2011-07-01 Thread William Robb
ainly wasn't prior to the buy out. Personally, I think Ricoh is a better fit from a photographers POV than Hoya for a camera making company. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visi

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