Re: OT: Help with plant id

2019-10-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Steffen and Toine! I think you nailed it. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 3:51 PM Steffen Zahn wrote: > Google Image search delivers „Maniok Bisameibisch“ for 2 of the images. > > A.k.a.

Re: OT: Help with plant id

2019-10-11 Thread Toine
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abelmoschus_manihot On Fri, 11 Oct 2019, 20:44 Daniel J. Matyola, wrote: > I am still trying to identify this plant that recently sprung up in my > patio garden. I'm uncertain as to whether it was something I planted that > was dormant or inconspicuous

Re: OT: Help with plant id

2019-10-11 Thread Steffen Zahn
Google Image search delivers „Maniok Bisameibisch“ for 2 of the images. A.k.a. Abelmoschus manihot Daniel J. Matyola schrieb am Fr. 11. Okt. 2019 um 20:43: > I am still trying to identify this plant that recently sprung up in my > patio garden. I'm uncertain as to whether it was something I

Re: OT: Help with plant id

2019-10-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I am still trying to identify this plant that recently sprung up in my patio garden. I'm uncertain as to whether it was something I planted that was dormant or inconspicuous until recently, or a wildflower or weed that was sown by the wind or a bird. The plant has recently blossomed, with a

Re: OT: Help with plant id

2019-10-02 Thread Darren Addy
A knowledgeable coworker thought it might be a young Castor Bean plant/shrub/tree (depending upon how big you let them grow). After Googling, I think he might have nailed it. They come in green and red varieties, it appears. They are toxic, so you might want to do some research before deciding

Re: OT: Help with plant id

2019-09-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, John, Darren and Toine. Yes, I tried a couple of apps and a general Google search, and received the same results you guys did. Saturday at our local country fair, I approached the Master Gardeners table, and consulted with three of them. They couldn't identify it, nor could they find it

Re: OT: Help with plant id

2019-09-30 Thread John
A photo of what the flowers look like once they're open will help a lot. Although, by then, you may recognize it as something you planted. A search for "flowering plant with 7 point star-shaped leaf" doesn't narrow it down enough. Most of the results are star shaped flowers. Have you tried

Re: OT: Help with plant id

2019-09-30 Thread Toine
I tried PlantSnap and PlantNet. Results are all over the place. Maybe try one of these apps when the flowers are open. On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 at 17:33, Darren Addy wrote: > > Have you tried any of the Plant Identification apps available for iOS > (assuming you have one)? > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at

Re: OT: Help with plant id

2019-09-30 Thread Darren Addy
Have you tried any of the Plant Identification apps available for iOS (assuming you have one)? On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 10:30 AM Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > I am trying to identify this plant, which has appeared in my butterfly > garden. I am uncertain whether it is something I planted and

OT: Help with plant id

2019-09-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I am trying to identify this plant, which has appeared in my butterfly garden. I am uncertain whether it is something I planted and forgot about or a weed that just popped up http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/9/30/id Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Dan

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-26 Thread Marnie (aka Doe)
I have an account somewhere (if I can find the info.) Hey, thanks! On 10/26/2017 3:26 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: I think that an older version of Premier Pro, (CS2 era), from Adobe is available the same way that Photoshop CS2 is available, "free" for users who've paid the licensee fee, with a

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-26 Thread P. J. Alling
I think that an older version of Premier Pro,  (CS2 era), from Adobe is available the same way that Photoshop CS2 is available, "free" for users who've paid the licensee fee, with a public key, because they managed to delete the registration server,  and didn't want to bother recreating the

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-26 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 26/10/17, Marnie (aka Doe), discombobulated, unleashed: >I may still take you up on it, if she has problems stitching the two >together. And if I have problems doing it, if she refers it to me. Sure go for it -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-26 Thread Darren Addy
Marnie, In Sept. of 2011 we had a conversation about making DVDs and I recommended Sony Movie Studio software to you (bang for the buck). You may have downloaded a trial version of that? You can still download trial versions of their software, which may allow you to get a project done within the

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-26 Thread Marnie (aka Doe)
Well, these days every body and their brother (or sister) thinks they are photographers and video photographers... with their cell phones. Marnie aka Doe ;-) On 10/26/2017 8:45 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Just because you shouldn't do something doesn't mean that people don't do it... -- PDML

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-26 Thread Marnie (aka Doe)
Then it must have been a MP4 that I edited about 5 years ago. Trouble is, I have a sneaking suspicion I downloaded editing software that was good for a month trail run (before it expired) to edit frame by frame a videotape of Bill McKibben (who once spoke at our church). Because I definitely

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-26 Thread Darren Addy
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Video+Premier+Elements+11 On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote: > Hey, thanks Cotty! > > If you see my later post you will see that it was actually two videos (which > really explains the change in

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-26 Thread Marnie (aka Doe)
Hey, thanks Cotty! If you see my later post you will see that it was actually two videos (which really explains the change in orientation 1/2 through). And that she re-imported and the orientation is fine. As a former computer programmer/consultant, my take on things is usually, if all else

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-26 Thread P. J. Alling
Just because you shouldn't do something doesn't mean that people don't do it... On 10/25/2017 4:25 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 25/10/17, Marnie (aka Doe), discombobulated, unleashed: I guess I should add I used Video Premier Elements 11 to edit a MP3 about 5 years ago. Another speaker. But

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-25 Thread Marnie (aka Doe)
Nevermind. I had suggested to her that re-importing might fix the orientation problem. So she did it on her Mac at home and the orientation is now correct. I think she felt guilty because the phone stopped recording at the event for a few minutes before she noticed it and restarted it. So I

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-25 Thread John
There are a bunch of Adobe Premier Elements tutorials on YouTube. On 10/25/2017 11:13, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: If it’s a video editor, it has to be able to produce MPEG4 files. MPEG3 files are sound only. I don’t know anything about this particular software package. However, the technique to

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-25 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 25/10/17, Marnie (aka Doe), discombobulated, unleashed: >I guess I should add I used Video Premier Elements 11 to edit a MP3 >about 5 years ago. Another speaker. But it was just adding a title >screen, and "the end," and cutting off the Q at the end. Mp3 is an audio export format - it

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-25 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 25/10/17, Marnie (aka Doe), discombobulated, unleashed: >Okay, I am basically video clueless. That makes 2 of us. >I have Video Premier Elements 11 on my computer. I am not sure it will >do mp4, I know it will do mp3. I have a Lenovo PC. 'Do' Mp4?? Mp4 is basically an export codec, for

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-25 Thread Marnie (aka Doe)
I guess I should add I used Video Premier Elements 11 to edit a MP3 about 5 years ago. Another speaker. But it was just adding a title screen, and "the end," and cutting off the Q at the end. On the other hand, I am not sure I didn't use Movie Maker or something else. I need to refresh my

Re: OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
If it’s a video editor, it has to be able to produce MPEG4 files. MPEG3 files are sound only. I don’t know anything about this particular software package. However, the technique to correct the orientation is simple: - Split the video into two clips at the point where the orientation

OT: Help with Video Problems for Non-Profit

2017-10-25 Thread Marnie (aka Doe)
Okay, I am basically video clueless. I have Video Premier Elements 11 on my computer. I am not sure it will do mp4, I know it will do mp3. I have a Lenovo PC. Last Tuesday we had a speaker for my church's environmental group. This was co-sponsored by various other local groups. A woman

Re: OT - totally OT - help identifying?

2016-10-15 Thread Larry Colen
That's a high bar, Mark's pretty bizarre. On October 15, 2016 1:32:49 PM PDT, Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 14/10/16, Eric Featherstone, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Damn autoincorrect; for adnpanman read anpanman > >Most bizarre MARK ever !! -- Sent from my Android phone

Re: OT - totally OT - help identifying?

2016-10-15 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 14/10/16, Eric Featherstone, discombobulated, unleashed: >Damn autoincorrect; for adnpanman read anpanman Most bizarre MARK ever !! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML

Re: OT - totally OT - help identifying?

2016-10-14 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Wow! Just, wow! I don't stop being impressed with the collective wisdom of PDML and the broad individual knowledge of PDMLers. Thanks a lot, Eric! Igor Eric Featherstone Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:49:12 -0700 wrote: On 14 October 2016 at 21:52, Igor PDML-StR wrote: I know

Re: OT - totally OT - help identifying?

2016-10-14 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 14 October 2016 at 22:47, Eric Featherstone wrote: > kokinchan - an adnpanman character from planet baikin (baikin = > bacteria in Japanese) > > http://www.awgosh.com/anpanmanchara.html Damn autoincorrect; for adnpanman read anpanman -- Eric -- PDML

Re: OT - totally OT - help identifying?

2016-10-14 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 14 October 2016 at 21:52, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > I know that PDMLers are good at identifying various species. > I wonder if someone is knowledgeable about these Japanese creatures: > http://42graphy.org/misc/IMG_20150814_223740_957_resized.jpg > > I am trying to find out

OT - totally OT - help identifying?

2016-10-14 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I know that PDMLers are good at identifying various species. I wonder if someone is knowledgeable about these Japanese creatures: http://42graphy.org/misc/IMG_20150814_223740_957_resized.jpg I am trying to find out what's the name. I tried to do a reverse image search, and that didn't help

Re: OT - help again with R2400

2016-08-15 Thread ann sanfedele
Makes a lot of sense to me actually - since Con-ed might well be holding back a bit with what it is doling out due to the excessive heat.. Luckily there hasnt' been an all out outage in my neighborhood (knocking on wood loudly) but scattered ones around the city. I'm sure I would have not

Re: OT - help again with R2400

2016-08-15 Thread Paul
OK - here's an off-the-wall possible solution - as suggested by my printer repair people. Power from the electric company isn't always a perfect sine wave and sometimes has imperceptible (to us) voltage spikes. Sometimes these are picked up by the e-prom on the printer's motherboard, alters

Re: OT - help again with R2400

2016-08-15 Thread ann sanfedele
Paul - It is in the feed tray - I don't load by hand ever however you gave me an idea... maybe I should wait until it says there isn't any paper there and see what happens :-) ann On 8/15/2016 10:11 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Hi Ann, Don’t load the paper prior to hitting print, just leave it

Re: OT - help again with R2400

2016-08-15 Thread David J Brooks
Had similar problems after i upgrded Epson 2400 software last time. It for some reason deleted the printer name, i was informed to go into the preferences and give it a name then all was fine. This is for OSX not sure if that would be a problems in windoze Dave On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 9:54 AM,

Re: OT - help again with R2400

2016-08-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Ann, Don’t load the paper prior to hitting print, just leave it in the feed tray and let the printer load it. Best, Paul > On Aug 15, 2016, at 9:54 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Trying to say this simply (difficult for me) > > I open the file I'm going to print in

OT - help again with R2400

2016-08-15 Thread ann sanfedele
Trying to say this simply (difficult for me) I open the file I'm going to print in Elements 10 - hit cntl p or print from the file drop down and the window with the settings comes up.. I set those and then hit print within that window. the printer monitor window comes up showing me the page

Re: OT - help identifying this insect

2015-07-10 Thread Ben Price
Hi Igor (and PDML), This is an Ensign Wasp (Family: Evaniidae), probably in the genus Evania - ID confirmed by my Hymenopterist colleague at the Natural History Museum. More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaniidae All the best, Ben -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - help identifying this insect

2015-07-10 Thread Alastair Robertson
actually it's an ensign wasp aka hatchet wasp and it's supposed to look like that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaniidae supposedly they eat cockroach eggs so useful to have around if you are cockroach averse Alastair On 10 July 2015 at 17:24, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: Dan and

Re: OT - help identifying this insect

2015-07-10 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Hello Ben! Welcome back to PDML! It's been a while since you last chimed in in October. Thank you, Ben and Alastair for the ultimate answer. Yep, the picture in Wikipedia looks almost identical to mine. I haven't seen cockroaches around for a while, but just last week I've seen in the

Re: OT - help identifying this insect

2015-07-09 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Dan and Mark, Thank you for your responses. I knew that PDML has that collective intellect! (Is that an A.I.?) ;-) Mark, I think you were correct. I think it is mud dauber: https://goo.gl/PI7Fnx And it might be even an organ-pipe mud dauber:

Re: OT - help identifying this insect

2015-07-08 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://www.wikihow.com/Identify-a-Queen-Ant Your specimen looks like part of the abdomen is missing. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: I was trying to photograph this visitor, but it was tricky

OT - help identifying this insect

2015-07-08 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I was trying to photograph this visitor, but it was tricky for a combination of reasons, and after a few attempts (64 trigger actuations), I gave up and returned to what I had to do. However, I am still curious what this insect (I assume it is an insect) is. So, I choose to Ask the Audience.

Re: OT - help identifying this insect

2015-07-08 Thread Mark C
That's odd looking - I am pretty sure it is a wasp - order hymenoptera (same order as ants and bees). It looks to me like its abdomen is missing and it bears the hind half of another individual's abdomen sticking into it's thorax via a stinger - was it thrashing about as if it was wounded?

OT - help again

2014-04-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
well I got AVAST - not totally without some pain, but I wont' go into that I've lost the camera to PC software I was using in the process - since Avast added a dropbox program I fear it clobbered what I was using happily. I uninstalled dropbox. my old canon zoom browser allowed me to upload

Re: OT - help again

2014-04-25 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: well I got AVAST - not totally without some pain, but I wont' go into that I've lost the camera to PC software I was using in the process - since Avast added a dropbox program I fear it clobbered what I was using happily. I uninstalled dropbox. my

Re: OT - help again

2014-04-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I don't know why I suddenly got dropbox... but I am paying the $29 for a year - figured I woudl sinc eit was cheap However _ ALL IS FINE - Igot into the help menue of Adobe 5.0 and figured it out.. something did change in the way the get photos window came up but I got it to work.. ann On

Re: OT: HELP!

2013-12-22 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 21/12/13, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: I think even the first book is pretty thick! Most books that I've ever read always appeared too thick at the start, but by the end were far too thin! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video

Re: OT: HELP!

2013-12-22 Thread John
The books gets progressively thicker as you go through the series. The first one is 309 pages and the last is 759 pages. I was attracted to the box set by the artwork. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/special-edition-harry-potter-box-set-j-k-rowling/1114540338?ean=9780545596275 Still don't know

Re: OT: HELP!

2013-12-22 Thread John
On 12/21/2013 11:14 PM, David Mann wrote: On Dec 22, 2013, at 6:19 am, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Seems to me, the kid's remarkably level-headed restrained when it comes to Christmas Wish List making. I'd have gone off the deep end and asked for everything figuring if I got lucky I

Re: OT: HELP!

2013-12-21 Thread John
Princess dress in either yellow or blue Despicable Me game for Wii Clothes Seems to me, the kid's remarkably level-headed restrained when it comes to Christmas Wish List making. I'd have gone off the deep end and asked for everything figuring if I got lucky I might get at least one thing on my

Re: OT: HELP!

2013-12-21 Thread Bob W
On 21 Dec 2013, at 18:19, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Princess dress in either yellow or blue Despicable Me game for Wii Clothes Seems to me, the kid's remarkably level-headed restrained when it comes to Christmas Wish List making. I'd have gone off the deep end and asked for

Re: OT: HELP!

2013-12-21 Thread Bill
On 21/12/2013 11:19 AM, John wrote: I've looked at a box set of Harry Potter books at Costco. I talked to her dad (who is notoriously a NON-reader) he says she's starting to like books. When she is starting to like books is the best time to get her a book. A hungry fish takes the bate more

Re: OT: HELP!

2013-12-21 Thread Bob Sullivan
I think even the first book is pretty thick! On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 21/12/2013 11:19 AM, John wrote: I've looked at a box set of Harry Potter books at Costco. I talked to her dad (who is notoriously a NON-reader) he says she's starting

Re: OT: HELP!

2013-12-21 Thread David Mann
On Dec 22, 2013, at 6:19 am, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Seems to me, the kid's remarkably level-headed restrained when it comes to Christmas Wish List making. I'd have gone off the deep end and asked for everything figuring if I got lucky I might get at least one thing on my list.

Re: OT: HELP!

2013-12-20 Thread Yolanda Rowe
Among my friends who are discussing gift ideas for young ladies your niece's age: bracelet making kit. Yonnie On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi John: Maybe go with arts and crafts. Maybe a starter scrapbook kit, which you could find at say a

Re: OT: HELP!

2013-12-20 Thread Ann Sanfedele
JOhn - You said her parents got her everything on her wish list... but do you have THAT wish list? sharing that with parents here might give you some clues ann On 12/20/2013 20:56, Yolanda Rowe wrote: Among my friends who are discussing gift ideas for young ladies your niece's age: bracelet

OT: HELP!

2013-12-19 Thread John
Christmas is coming. I have a 10 year old niece and absolutely NO CLUE. I have a budget of between $20 $50. HELP! Her father is getting everything on her Santa List (which is remarkably NOT extravagent), so I'm on my own. PS: Someone sent me this link, and I have a new favorite Christmas

Re: OT: HELP!

2013-12-19 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi John: Maybe go with arts and crafts. Maybe a starter scrapbook kit, which you could find at say a Michael’s arts and crafts store. Maybe puzzles or smart games. Is she a techy? Does she have a tablet? Maybe a gift card to her corresponding app store? Does she like music? Would her

Re: OT: Help Needed Please

2013-12-03 Thread Jeffery Johnson
I want to send out a Thank You to a special person that has placed an order. You don't know how much it is appreciated and what it means to me. Don't worry I am not going to flood the list with thank yous but I felt compelled to send this one. On 12/2/2013 11:57 AM, Jeffery Johnson wrote: I am

OT: Help Needed Please

2013-12-02 Thread Jeffery Johnson
I am aware that everyone on the list are photographers but I am at my last straw here. I normally don't post anything personal but I am truly desperate. This month is starting out bad financially and what I am asking is that if you can look at my site photocapturesbyjeffery.com purchase any

totally OT help wanted

2013-03-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Guys - Do you do Crossword puzzles and/or acrostics? can you write code ? for windoze Xp platform ? write me off list please :-) Then I'll explain thanks, ann annsan.smugmug.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

OT: help (for the resident PC experts)

2013-02-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Ok this is help for friend... an odd occurance HE has windoze, XP and Verizon is his provider (near Boston) for cell phone and internet. (Doesn't have a TV) a week or so ago the display on his cell phone was reversed . It later righted itself. TOday, the display on his desktop was upside

OT- help with a piece of Chinese porcelain tile - which see

2013-01-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I wrote to someone on ebay who was selling a tile that was similar but never heard back - I got as far as determining that it must be Chinese, but not it's age - the caption on it will give more detail. Can someone help with this? I can't put it on ebay without knowing more.

Re: OT - help for pop abusers

2012-10-01 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Sep 30, 2012, at 10:42 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2012-09-27 19:15 Bruce Walker wrote Tom Till admits that he is a recovering over-saturator ... http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/how-to/shooting/digital-pitfalls-a-cautionary-tale.html fascinating that someone could

Re: OT - help for pop abusers

2012-10-01 Thread Bruce Walker
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 6:38 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Sep 30, 2012, at 10:42 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2012-09-27 19:15 Bruce Walker wrote Tom Till admits that he is a recovering over-saturator ...

Re: OT - help for pop abusers

2012-10-01 Thread kwaller
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: OT - help for pop abusers On Sep 30, 2012, at 10:42 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2012-09-27 19:15 Bruce Walker wrote Tom Till admits that he is a recovering over-saturator ... http

Re: OT - help for pop abusers

2012-09-30 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-27 19:15 Bruce Walker wrote Tom Till admits that he is a recovering over-saturator ... http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/how-to/shooting/digital-pitfalls-a-cautionary-tale.html fascinating that someone could make a living off that crap; even the revised Totem image is unpleasant

Re: OT - help for pop abusers

2012-09-29 Thread Walt
I've had a few prints made -- mostly small ones and a very few 8X10's, with mixed results. BW prints seem to be the most troublesome by far as they never seem to come out right when I try to use a cooler tone for the silver gelatine/selenium look. They always seem to have a much greener tint

Re: OT - help for pop abusers

2012-09-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Bruce - thanks for posting that! That first photo, of Bryce, is hideous and It's great that he admits it. Always liked his stuff in the past had not seen recent work at all. ann On 9/27/2012 21:15, Bruce Walker wrote: Tom Till admits that he is a recovering over-saturator ...

Re: OT - help for pop abusers

2012-09-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Even I wouldn't crank the dials that far. :-) It makes the clouds look like they've been pasted in. He is a good landscape shooter though. I must spend some time going through his earlier work. Cheers, Ann! On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Bruce - thanks

Re: OT - help for pop abusers

2012-09-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Yeah. If I found I was selling thousands of images I'd be very tempted to just go ahead and HDR like crazy. Damn the torpedos ... :-) Have you printed any of your stuff, Walt? I think that if you only ever see your shots on-screen and get feedback only from there, you really need to get the

RE: OT - help for pop abusers

2012-09-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Walker Tom Till admits that he is a recovering over-saturator ... http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/how-to/shooting/digital-pitfalls-a-cautionary-tale.html I'll have to read the whole article later, but the first thing that popped out was that the two images of the Totem Pole

OT - help for pop abusers

2012-09-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Tom Till admits that he is a recovering over-saturator ... http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/how-to/shooting/digital-pitfalls-a-cautionary-tale.html -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: OT - help for pop abusers

2012-09-27 Thread Walt
I can very much sympathize with all but the selling thousands of images part. I still struggle with my inclination to saturate and darken shadows with a heavy hand. I attribute it to my old monitor, or something. -- Walt On 9/27/2012 8:15 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Tom Till admits that he is

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-10 Thread Larry Colen
I've had good luck with Dell refurbished monitors. I recently picked up a Dell U2311H which I was very pleased to discover, when I got it, will rotate, so it makes a great second monitor for me, good for both editing text and processing portrait format photos On Sep 7, 2012, at 8:20 AM, Ann

MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I think my monitor is dying... when I increase the brightness setting (I have a Proview monitor) which is right at the bottom of the monitor itself, it starts blinking and goes dark. turning it off and on gets it back but blinking... the only way I can use it now is to keep the brightness so

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Igor Roshchin
Ann, Sorry to hear about your monitor problems. A few thoughts: 1. It might be actually the problem related to the built-in graphics controller. In that case you would need to buy a new graphics adapter. In that case you'd need to make sure it can be handled by the power supply (which is not

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I had two monitors of this mfg. One of them died totally but we took it down to a friends apartment and hooked it up to his computer to see whether or not it could have been the card instead of the monitor. IT still didnt work so this younger monitor of mine suffering from the same problem I

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
P s My display setting is 1280x1024 and 32bit color. The screen ratio is 4:3 again thanks for help ann I suspect you won't be using anything beyond 1280x786 or 1280x1024. HTH, Igor Fri Sep 7 11:20:10 EDT 2012 Ann Sanfedele I think my monitor is dying... when I increase the

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Have a look at geeks.com. I buy quite a bit of my computer hardware from them. http://www.geeks.com/products.asp?cat=MON -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-07 11:20, Ann Sanfedele wrote: any recommendations for a monitor? I'm running XP on a dell dimension C521 - thank goodness i have a PC Richards credit card (only one I have) If you can find one that's 1080p, take a look at the LCD TVs in the size that interests you. I've been

RE: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ann Sanfedele I think my monitor is dying... when I increase the brightness setting (I have a Proview monitor) which is right at the bottom of the monitor itself, it starts blinking and goes dark. turning it off and on gets it back but blinking... the only way I can use it now is to keep

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
The screen ratio is likely to change because most new monitors are wider. Windoze XP should auto-detect the new monitor set the ratio accordingly. From: Ann Sanfedele P s My display setting is 1280x1024 and 32bit color. The screen ratio is 4:3 again thanks for help ann I suspect you

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 9/7/2012 15:43, John Sessoms wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele any recommendations for a monitor? I'm running XP on a dell dimension C521 - thank goodness i have a PC Richards credit card (only one I have) ann Looking at what PC Richards appears to have available, either the HP 2311x or

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ann Sanfedele On 9/7/2012 15:43, John Sessoms wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele any recommendations for a monitor? I'm running XP on a dell dimension C521 - thank goodness i have a PC Richards credit card (only one I have) ann Looking at what PC Richards appears to have available,

OT: Help about rotating files

2012-04-14 Thread Jens
Hello You guys know a lot. Perphaps this: Moder caeras store information about a rotated camera and uses the information to show them as the photographer saw them - when shown on the computer - in some applications. This gives me trouble: Fotstation don't know this When I use Fotostation to

Re: OT: Help about rotating files

2012-04-14 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Jens p...@planfoto.dk: Hello You guys know a lot. Perphaps this: Moder caeras store information about a rotated camera and uses the information to show them as the photographer saw them - when shown on the computer - in some applications. This gives me trouble: Fotstation don't

Re: OT: Help about rotating files

2012-04-14 Thread Igor Roshchin
The information about orientation of the image is written in the EXIF. Some programs do rotate the image based on reading that Exif field, and some - don't. FastStone Image Viewer - is a free program. http://www.faststone.org/ In it, you can do something like rotate the image according to its

OT -- Help

2012-03-20 Thread P. J. Alling
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y5gWye2vlvQ/TxmRghL2eGI/C60/0jkY-42zcog/s640/help2.jpg -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT -- Help

2012-03-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Great sense of humor. I think my camera would like very much to send me that message! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:48 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: OT Help - Virus infected

2012-03-10 Thread Dario Bonazza
, due to the many hardware updates). Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Darren Addy Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 4:29 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT Help - Virus infected Sorry to hear of your problems, Dario. MalwareBytes is the usual tool for removing this stuff

OT Help - Virus infected

2012-03-07 Thread Dario Bonazza
Hi folks, my XP PC has been infected by Trojan Generic 27 PN virus. AVG can locate multiple incarnations of it, but cannot remove. Online resources tell me to manually remove virus registry entries, but I don't know how to recognize them from needed vital registry stuff, and windows registry

Re: OT Help - Virus infected

2012-03-07 Thread Dario Bonazza
OK, for a number of reasons I'll take this opportunity to update to 7. Dario - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 11:46 AM Subject: OT Help - Virus infected Hi folks, my XP PC has

Re: OT Help - Virus infected

2012-03-07 Thread Darren Addy
Sorry to hear of your problems, Dario. MalwareBytes is the usual tool for removing this stuff (called MBAM for short). Sometimes a virus is clever enough to keep it from being downloaded/installed/updated. Personally, I think MBAM is one program that is worth paying for to turn on the Real Time

RE: OT Help - Virus infected

2012-03-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Dario Bonazza Hi folks, my XP PC has been infected by Trojan Generic 27 PN virus. AVG can locate multiple incarnations of it, but cannot remove. Online resources tell me to manually remove virus registry entries, but I don't know how to recognize them from needed vital registry stuff,

Re: OT help with computer stuff desperate annsan

2010-07-03 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 3 July 2010 01:22, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Paul Stenquest mentioned something about getting a USB card but I'm not understanding that... Paul means a USB PCI card like this:

Re: OT help with computer stuff desperate annsan

2010-07-03 Thread eckinator
Hi Ann comments interspersed odd was that there are two icons one after the other that say USB root Hub.  Shouldn't there just be one? no there is typically one per approx. two physical USB ports, max four. also when you have ports on the front and back they will be managed by different root

OT help with computer stuff desperate annsan

2010-07-02 Thread annsan
hi guys, here's the problem: i am on a friend's computer at the moment because my keyboard is nonfunctional not because of the physical keyboard but because of serious USB 2 port difficulties. if anybody is around and can stand talking to me today and walking me through some checks over the

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