Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: "P. J. Alling" On 2/7/2013 10:23 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Joseph McAllister On Feb 3, 2013, at 08:14 , John Sessoms wrote: From: "Bob W" [...] To be fair to the crony, this sort of thing happens even to experienced competent photographers who, for example, might mistake their K

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-08 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/7/2013 10:23 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Joseph McAllister On Feb 3, 2013, at 08:14 , John Sessoms wrote: From: "Bob W" [...] To be fair to the crony, this sort of thing happens even to experienced competent photographers who, for example, might mistake their K-7 for a K-5, leading

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Joseph McAllister On Feb 3, 2013, at 08:14 , John Sessoms wrote: From: "Bob W" [...] To be fair to the crony, this sort of thing happens even to experienced competent photographers who, for example, might mistake their K-7 for a K-5, leading them in-the-moment to mis-diagnose limitatio

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
By the way, as a follow up to the SD card working/not working saga... The crony popped around last night and I sussed the situation after a couple of minutes testing. She'd basically bought a SDHC card and was trying to use it in a Pentax 750Z

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 7/2/13, Joseph McAllister, discombobulated, unleashed: >I'm sure we all have done the same thing in the digital age. Shoot the >first 5 or 10 or 20 frames (are they still frames?) then go to chimp >only to see the single line of white text that you hope no one else saw >"No Card in the Camera".

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-07 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Feb 3, 2013, at 08:14 , John Sessoms wrote: > From: "Bob W" >> [...] >>> >>> To be fair to the crony, this sort of thing happens even to experienced >>> competent photographers who, for example, might mistake their K-7 for a >>> K-5, leading them in-the-moment to mis-diagnose limitations on l

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-03 Thread Christine Aguila
On Feb 2, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Stan Halpin > wrote: > >> >> To be fair to the crony, this sort of thing happens even to experienced >> competent photographers who, for example, might mistake their K-7 for a K-5, >> leading them in-the

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 2/3/2013 11:14, John Sessoms wrote: From: "Bob W" [...] To be fair to the crony, this sort of thing happens even to experienced competent photographers who, for example, might mistake their K-7 for a K-5, leading them in-the-moment to mis-diagnose limitations on low-ISO settings. stan

RE: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-03 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Bob W" [...] To be fair to the crony, this sort of thing happens even to experienced competent photographers who, for example, might mistake their K-7 for a K-5, leading them in-the-moment to mis-diagnose limitations on low-ISO settings. stan Similar things used to happen in the film

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-02 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Feb 02, 2013, Christine Nielsen wrote: > > Here's one for you... in the classes I teach, I have encountered a > couple of people who save all of their "used up" sd cards. That is, > once a card is full, it gets filed away in a box & a new sd card is > inserted into the camera. Nothing is

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-02 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 2/2/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >you'd love working in IT I do!!! Small network with a router, 3 wifi boxes, 4 Macs, you name it. Full time job keeping the Mrs online!! Usually a PICNIC job ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Produci

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-02 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 2/2/13, Stan Halpin, discombobulated, unleashed: >"Small." Right. So a non-techie, non-photographer is clueless. No real >surprises there. But why does she wait until she gets home to do >anything about it?!?!? The magic of modern technology has given us this >thing called a telephone and then

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-02 Thread Jostein Øksne
- Original Message - From: "Christine Nielsen" Here's one for you... in the classes I teach, I have encountered a couple of people who save all of their "used up" sd cards. That is, once a card is full, it gets filed away in a box & a new sd card is inserted into the camera. Nothing

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-02 Thread kwaller
t: Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: To be fair to the crony, this sort of thing happens even to experienced competent photographers who, for example, might mistake their K-7 for a K-5, leading them in-the-moment to mis-diagnose limi

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-02 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: > > To be fair to the crony, this sort of thing happens even to experienced > competent photographers who, for example, might mistake their K-7 for a K-5, > leading them in-the-moment to mis-diagnose limitations on low-ISO settings. Excellent

RE: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-02 Thread Bob W
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steve Cottrell > > Morning listers, > > Saturday morning here, sat with the Earl Grey (hot) contemplating the > day. > > Thought I'd relay a brief phone conversation I had with one of my > wife's cronies last night after the phone was shov

RE: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-02 Thread Bob W
[...] > > To be fair to the crony, this sort of thing happens even to experienced > competent photographers who, for example, might mistake their K-7 for a > K-5, leading them in-the-moment to mis-diagnose limitations on low-ISO > settings. > > stan Similar things used to happen in the film days

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-02 Thread Stan Halpin
The thing that I find disturbing about this story is not the lack of awareness demonstrated by, e.g.: > Me - what make is the card? > C - Sandisk. > Me - Hmm. What class? > C - it says 'class 4'. > Me - What size? > C - small. "Small." Right. So a non-techie, non-photographer is clueless. No real

Re: Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-02 Thread Jostein Øksne
Ouch. I can totally relate to your frustration. Haven't got much hair left either... :-) Jostein - Original Message - From: "Steve Cottrell" To: "pentax list" Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 12:30 PM Subject: Why I have no hair left to pull out M

Why I have no hair left to pull out

2013-02-02 Thread Steve Cottrell
Morning listers, Saturday morning here, sat with the Earl Grey (hot) contemplating the day. Thought I'd relay a brief phone conversation I had with one of my wife's cronies last night after the phone was shoved into my hand, interrupting my viewing pleasure of 'Sky Cops'. It transpired she just r