RE: Looking for a lense

2005-05-27 Thread Bob W
It's not a British spelling. Samuel Johnson taught us how to spell, in 1755. 250 yeeres ago this yeere, in fact. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: Graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 May 2005 02:38 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Looking for a lense I

Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread Jostein
LOL. Set me up as a Digtial Rebel...:-) Jostein Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hmmm ... I can see it now, a horror movie starring a band of renegade DSLR's that, through their own learned intelligence, start altering photos and thereby changing the way people see and relate to

RE: PESO - Away From His Desk

2005-05-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi, Anthony Oh, I wasn't suggesting you actually move her, nor even suggesting that moving her there is the best option, just that it may have been nice to have taken multiple frames to see which placement of the swimmer was the best or provided the most interesting overall scene. Shel

Re: Looking for a lense

2005-05-27 Thread danilo
--== WARNING: vulgar content ==-- Thank you all about the explaining of the hoover verb. And forgive me for my next sentence. So, the verb suck become from cocksucker or so, and is also intended in a offensive way, as if one who sucks cocks is doing something wrong or humilating. I understand

Re: Need taxonomy help from US birdwatcher

2005-05-27 Thread danilo
wow, your collection of birds is just spectacular, Mark... I'd like to shoot bird, but I'd need a long lense (I'm on the part of british ;) which I don't have (and which is too much expensive for me, all in all it's just an hobby for me...) Which lense(s) did you use for them?? Danilo.

Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread Cotty
On 26/5/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: Hmmm ... I can see it now, a horror movie starring a band of renegade DSLR's that, through their own learned intelligence, start altering photos and thereby changing the way people see and relate to world events. Their ultimate goal is to

Re: A need

2005-05-27 Thread Steve Jolly
Don Sanderson wrote: With my modification above some lenses work well, others give incorrect exposure. Did you make a list? :-) S

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Frantisek
Friday, May 27, 2005, 3:24:21 AM, Herb wrote: HC in about two years, just about everyone making digital cameras today won't HC be. OMG stop the whining. It's getting like dpreview forums now... You are getting obnoxious with it. Frantisek

Re: Photography or/and art?

2005-05-27 Thread Frantisek
BB The point is, nobody agrees on what is or can be art and what isn't or can Now I get it ;-) Frantisek

Re: Monopod height increase

2005-05-27 Thread Cotty
On 26/5/05, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: But what I really liked was the fact that you were able to write over 700 entertaining words about what basically amounted to hammering a piece of pipe onto the end of a stick. Now that's really impressive! Thankee kindly sir

Re: Monopod height increase

2005-05-27 Thread Cotty
On 26/5/05, Graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: Especially by a guy that normally bearly manages to do one liners. GRIN! At leest I get the speling rite GRON! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Cotty
On 26/5/05, E.R.N. Reed, discombobulated, unleashed: Car on the side of the road, bonnet/hood raised. Tools spread out on the ground. Two women standing by the car looking into the works. And the line is: Let's start by giving the whole thing a jolly good dust.. LOL Cheers, Cotty

Re: Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread mike wilson
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/05/27 Fri AM 08:39:05 GMT To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Creepy *istD problem... On 26/5/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: Hmmm ... I can see it now, a horror movie starring a band of renegade DSLR's that,

Re: Some Grandfather Mountain Questions

2005-05-27 Thread Cotty
On 26/5/05, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: It may very well be different for you - shipping costs make French wines relatively cheaper in England. CdP with change from 20 quid. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/5/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: Hmmm ... I can see it now, a horror movie starring a band of renegade DSLR's that, through their own learned intelligence, start altering photos and thereby changing the way people see and relate to world events. Their ultimate goal is to

Re: PESO - Mom at 90 - More Hands

2005-05-27 Thread Steve Jolly
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mom at 90 - More Hands http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/morehands.htm Beautiful. S

Re: AW: AW: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Steve Jolly
Tom C wrote: Because there's still a concept called Freedom of Speech here, as much as I hate using that grossly overused and abused cliche. You can say what you like, but other people aren't obliged to appreciate it and/or respond positively. :-) S

RE: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Shel what about an older USB 1.1 hard disk that added some strange lines across most of the PSD pictures similar to those Gianfranco hat with the Pentax during the transfer copy form my main computer. Happily I saw it in time when I did not need that backup. That's why I asked him whether he

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread John Forbes
One for the quote file. Or the rash predictions file. Unless you mean that much production will be farmed out to just a handful of manufacturers. That may happen, but I think many of the brands will remain. John On Fri, 27 May 2005 02:24:21 +0100, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Looking for a lense

2005-05-27 Thread John Forbes
I've got news for you, Greywolf. It still isn't standardised/standardized. John On Fri, 27 May 2005 02:38:19 +0100, Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would think it is an British variant of lens. They often have a silent e at the end of words, not having had Noah Webster to tell them how

Re: Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread mike wilson
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/05/27 Fri AM 09:11:33 GMT To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Creepy *istD problem... On 27/5/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: Hmmm ... I can see it now, a horror movie starring a band of renegade DSLR's that,

Re: AW: AW: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread John Forbes
I see no reason why they can't release an upgrade to the D with a bigger buffer and compressed RAW files. And perhaps an improved door and better back multi-function button. Incremental improvements to an existing model are normal practice, and cost very little. Meanwhile they can work on

Re: Looking for a lense

2005-05-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/5/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Samuel Johnson taught us how to spell, in 1755. 250 yeeres ago this yeere, in fact. (It is true - excerpt from the Palace, with Prince George, his butler Edmund Blackadder, a servant Baldrick, and Mr Samuel Johnston himself. Prince George:

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Thu, 26 May 2005, Tom C wrote: So, as you point out, life is not endless. I don't like to spend that limited time waiting, if you know what I mean. It's inevitable in many cases, but I'd rather be doing than waiting. So, go off an do, are you looking for support? You remind me of my

Re: AW: AW: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Mark Roberts
John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: stop whingeing. Not directed at anyone in particular: John's advice here is really good :) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PESO - Mom at 90 - More Hands

2005-05-27 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A little depressed about the gas pump, which I have discovered I have absolutely no desire to reshoot, here's one more before I bow out for a couple of weeks. Mom at 90 - More Hands http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/morehands.htm Nice, erm... show of hands

Re: Xing the border to GFM question

2005-05-27 Thread keithw
Ann Sanfedele wrote: [...] hey, dave - [...] Definitely best not to cross boarder with food. ann Uhhh, what DO you get, Ann, when you cross a boarder with food? :-) keith

Re: A need

2005-05-27 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Cotty on Thu, 26 May 2005 11:54:24 -0700 On 26/5/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: Bodgit, Hackitt Weld, Oxford, UK Prop: S. Cottrell, esq. *-) Har! Never heard if them ! Really? Never? Very surprising. It's the Jaguar engineering team. Sincerely, Collin (should have bought

Re: AW: AW: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Toralf Lund
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Had I not so many Pentax lenses, I'd be looking seriously at a Canon, in part because with an adapter it'll take Leica glass, but also because there are lots of lenses and accessories for it, just like there was for Pentax about fifteen years ago. The 20D seems like a

Re: Looking for a lense

2005-05-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Danilo, In common, everyday usage in the USA, to say that 'Oh that sucks!' has become a slang expression meaning 'Oh that is not pleasant' or 'Oh that is an unfortunate outcome'. Few people think about the sexual connection. Many people use the expression. Most people under 30 think nothing of

Re: A need

2005-05-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Cory Papenfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The aperture indicator lever moves the same distances. The stop-down coupler doesn't. That's it: With K/M lenses the movement of the lever is directly proportional to aperture diameter, with A and later lenses it's directly proportional to aperture

Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread Kenneth Waller
Besides, it can be fixed in PS. VBG Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Gianfranco Irlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Creepy *istD problem... Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Original Message] From: Gianfranco Irlanda Apart from the occasional banding on high

Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread Kenneth Waller
Did you reformat the new card? Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Gianfranco Irlanda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Creepy *istD problem... Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gianfranco did you try with different and known to be good CF media too? Ciao Markus, I did, and

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Kenneth Waller
I've noticed the British commentator for the F 1 races, that broadcast on Speed, uses the term lump when he's referring to the engine in an F 1 car. Kenneth Waller -Original Message- From: Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future Lump hammer? Is that what

Re: Question About the FA-2 Finder

2005-05-27 Thread frank theriault
On 5/26/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: C'mon Mike. It's getting warmer. Another 30 years and they'll all be trying to live here amongst our vineyards, orchards and olive groves. In another 30 years, 1/2 of Britain will be underwater... -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri

Re: Photography or/and art?

2005-05-27 Thread frank theriault
On 5/27/05, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Art is like sex or religion. It's intensely personal. There's a joke in there somewhere, but I think I'd offend way too many people... -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Looking for a lense

2005-05-27 Thread E.R.N. Reed
Graywolf wrote: I would think it is an British variant of lens. That would be why the ten dictionaries I consulted came from both sides of the pond. (Although I think both Webster's and Oxford dictionaries also show the spellings in the other dialect.) In any case, I grew up with the

Re: AW: AW: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread E.R.N. Reed
glenn murphy wrote: Sometimes I try to paddle upstream, other times I just get the hell out of the water and hike. Mark!!

Re: Xing the border to GFM question

2005-05-27 Thread frank theriault
On 5/26/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It will be faster to ask this here than sit on hold on the phone.:-) I know when i recently flew, they asked if i had any fruits. So. What about food xing the border by car (truck) I fiqure any RVing types that are on the

Re: A need

2005-05-27 Thread Steve Jolly
Mark Roberts wrote: That's it: With K/M lenses the movement of the lever is directly proportional to aperture diameter, with A and later lenses it's directly proportional to aperture *area*. If that's true then it is quadratic, not logarithmic, no? Since the area varies with the

Re: Question About the FA-2 Finder

2005-05-27 Thread Steve Jolly
frank theriault wrote: In another 30 years, 1/2 of Britain will be underwater... Not to worry, we'll just get Lizzie to repossess Canada and all come over to join you. You already have a London, I hear... S

Re: Question About the FA-2 Finder

2005-05-27 Thread frank theriault
On 5/27/05, Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: In another 30 years, 1/2 of Britain will be underwater... Not to worry, we'll just get Lizzie to repossess Canada and all come over to join you. You already have a London, I hear... S We do have a London. It's

Re: Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: Re: Creepy *istD problem... Who wants to be Jar Jar Binks? 8-) Frank. They think the same way.. William Robb

Re: Re: Question About the FA-2 Finder

2005-05-27 Thread mike wilson
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/05/27 Fri PM 12:20:37 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Question About the FA-2 Finder On 5/26/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: C'mon Mike. It's getting warmer. Another 30 years and they'll all be trying to live here

Re: Re: Question About the FA-2 Finder

2005-05-27 Thread mike wilson
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/05/27 Fri PM 12:38:33 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Question About the FA-2 Finder On 5/27/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We do have a London. BTW, our London has no giant pickle. Nor does it have

Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread P. J. Alling
mike wilson wrote: From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/05/27 Fri AM 09:11:33 GMT To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Creepy *istD problem... On 27/5/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: Hmmm ... I can see it now, a horror movie starring a band of renegade

Re: Photography or/and art?

2005-05-27 Thread P. J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: On 5/27/05, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Art is like sex or religion. It's intensely personal. There's a joke in there somewhere, but I think I'd offend way too many people... -frank Oh go on Frank, go ahead. It's almost never stopped you

Re: Xing the border to GFM question

2005-05-27 Thread P. J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: On 5/26/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It will be faster to ask this here than sit on hold on the phone.:-) I know when i recently flew, they asked if i had any fruits. So. What about food xing the border by car (truck) I fiqure any RVing

Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Who wants to be Jar Jar Binks? 8-) I will. My English is cloumsy... Boris

Re: Question About the FA-2 Finder

2005-05-27 Thread P. J. Alling
frank theriault wrote: On 5/26/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: C'mon Mike. It's getting warmer. Another 30 years and they'll all be trying to live here amongst our vineyards, orchards and olive groves. In another 30 years, 1/2 of Britain will be underwater... -frank But if

Re: Question About the FA-2 Finder

2005-05-27 Thread Steve Jolly
William Robb wrote: I think we've sent her home now. Would you check to ensure she has arrived safely? Surely it's her husband you'd want to be careful not to be left with? :-) S

Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Who wants to be Jar Jar Binks? 8-) I will. My English is cloumsy... Boris I stand corrected. -- A man's only as old as the woman he feels. --Groucho Marx

Re: Xing the border to GFM question

2005-05-27 Thread Ann Sanfedele
keithw wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: [...] hey, dave - [...] Definitely best not to cross boarder with food. ann Uhhh, what DO you get, Ann, when you cross a boarder with food? :-) keith and I cant even blame spell check for thatone! :) groan... ann

Re: Panorama stitching software: Pixtra PanoStitch?

2005-05-27 Thread Cory Papenfuss
On Mon, 23 May 2005, Mark Roberts wrote: I'm looking for panorama stitching software - I'm doing more of this type of photo and finding myself with less time to do it, so the manual method I've used in the past, though effective, is far too time consuming. I've just downloaded a promising

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Mishka
did you mean BFH-900? :) mishka On 5/27/05, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 26 May 2005 21:48:23 -0400, Graywolf wrote: get a bigger hammer school of auto mechanics? BFH, the great equalizer. TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I've also used my *ist D for over a year and have never experience anything like that! Tom C wrote: I've never seen the phenomena to date, after using the D for a year and a half. Yikes. You've had the blue banding Rob?

Re: Photography or/and art?

2005-05-27 Thread Mishka
does it have to do with the recent catholic church scandal? mishka On 5/27/05, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: On 5/27/05, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Art is like sex or religion. It's intensely personal. There's a joke in there

Re: Looking for a lense ( OT )

2005-05-27 Thread danilo
[..] Same place I first encountered aperature, warrantee used in place of warranty and loose as the opposite of find. this one seems as an error I (as an Italian) could make, maybe the poster(s) was (were) non-english at all.. loose it's similiar to lose, the opposite of find, warrantee sounds

OT: NYC Photography Exhibits

2005-05-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I will be in NYC this weekend for a play and dinner with a friend. Does anyone know of any good exhibits of photography presently being shown in the city? TIA, Dan M

Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread Butch Black
Hi Shel Can I be the alchemist trying to save RA-4 processing in the face of ever increasing ink jet printing? I do mad scientist well VBG Shel wrote: Hmmm ... I can see it now, a horror movie starring a band of renegade DSLR's that, through their own learned intelligence, start altering

Re: Xing the border to GFM question

2005-05-27 Thread David Savage
LOL Hot dags are the worst sort. :-) For those unfamiliar with the term: http://tinyurl.com/8j5ea Definition 1 is it's literal meaning. Definition 2 daggy are the more common usages. Dave S On 5/27/05, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob W wrote: It's not the dogs that worry me.

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Butch Black
Graywolf wrote: Lump hammer? Is that what we call a sledgehammer over here, from the get a bigger hammer school of auto mechanics? Also known as a Harley Davidson fine adjusting tool. Butch

Re: Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
JCO ... ? Shel [Original Message] From: mike wilson Who would be the guy who sits on the bomb and Yeehaws into oblivion?

Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread Doug Franklin
On Fri, 27 May 2005 09:37:07 +0200, Jostein wrote: LOL. Set me up as a Digtial Rebel...:-) Jostein Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anyone else want a part? I'll be Lord Battery. :-) TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ

RE: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Steve Desjardins
I'm currently happy with Pentax because they have a body in the range I'm buying. However, if I wanted a $2000+ body I'd switch because I don't see them ever going there. The funny thing is that if I were to switch I would go to Nikon or even Olympus. I just don't like the feel of the lower

Re: Question About the FA-2 Finder

2005-05-27 Thread Fred
When the ice caps do melt, and the oceans rise by several meters, we'll likely lose a bit of our coasts, but we'll still have plenty of land. Given our intertwined histories, we'll happily accomodate you English... And maybe make England a Canadian colony... The Empire Strikes Back. ;-)

Re: Creepy *istD problem...

2005-05-27 Thread Rob Studdert
On 27 May 2005 at 10:30, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I've also used my *ist D for over a year and have never experience anything like that! I remember seeing similar streaks so I went looking for them, I have put two samples below in which I have exaggerated the processing to highlight the

Re: Xing the border to GFM question

2005-05-27 Thread Dave Kennedy
When we crossed the border heading into the US last summer, US customs went through the cooler. Anything containing beef was a no-no (course one could debate about hotdogs beef). IMO, it's a whole lot easier to avoid the issue, and not take it. dk On 5/27/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Xing the border to GFM question

2005-05-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/26/2005 2:14:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It may come as a suprise but all that stuff is readily available down here. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof -- The only thing there is a shortage of is rental

Re: Xing the border to GFM question

2005-05-27 Thread wendy beard
--- Dave Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When we crossed the border heading into the US last summer, US customs went through the cooler. Anything containing beef was a no-no (course one could debate about hotdogs beef). IMO, it's a whole lot easier to avoid the issue, and not take it.

FS Friday

2005-05-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Pentax Zoom 105R (Like New) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7519332891 Super Hoya MC UV Filter - Like New ($18.00 including shipping to US) Shel

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Tom C
Next time you express an opinion that I don't fully agree with or a repeat something you've said before, I'll be sure and let you know, kay? Tom C. From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Rumors About Pentax's

Re: AW: AW: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Tom C
Never said they were. :) Tom C. From: Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: AW: AW: Rumors About Pentax's Future Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 09:45:16 +0100 Tom C wrote: Because there's still a concept called Freedom of Speech

Re: Looking for a lense

2005-05-27 Thread keithw
E.R.N. Reed wrote: Graywolf wrote: I would think it is an British variant of lens. That would be why the ten dictionaries I consulted came from both sides of the pond. (Although I think both Webster's and Oxford dictionaries also show the spellings in the other dialect.) In any case, I

RE: FS Friday

2005-05-27 Thread Shel Belinkoff
That's a 77mm filter ... Shel [Original Message] From: Shel Belinkoff Super Hoya MC UV Filter - Like New ($18.00 including shipping to US)

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 27 May 2005, Tom C wrote: Next time you express an opinion that I don't fully agree with or a repeat something you've said before, I'll be sure and let you know, kay? Absolutely (actually, who cares what I think, just do it if you feel like it). Particularly if it's OT. Kostas

Re: Looking for a lense

2005-05-27 Thread Graywolf
Hum..? I must be younger than I thought. Besides using another word just give the other word the same negative connotation. We live on a world where: words are evil, things are evil, but what people do is not their fault. I would like to get off now grin. graywolf

Still here..sort of

2005-05-27 Thread wendy beard
Been sort of keeping an eye on the list for the past few weeks. Incredibly busy at the moment and just about finding time to sleep now and again :-) Seem to have all my evenings and weekends spoken for until mid-October :-o Couldn't help noticing the old sucks thread. Won't say any more :-) Oh

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Tom C
I'm not that way. Tom C. From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 17:00:26 +0100 (BST) On Fri, 27 May 2005, Tom C wrote: Next time you express an opinion that

Re: Still here..sort of

2005-05-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/27/2005 9:05:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Meanwhile, I leave you for now with a pic of my dog http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/43844992 (thrust camera in someone's hand with instructions to just hold the button down) and a pic of someone else's

Re: PESO - Mom at 90 - More Hands

2005-05-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/27/2005 4:22:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A little depressed about the gas pump, which I have discovered I have absolutely no desire to reshoot, here's one more before I bow out for a couple of weeks. Mom at 90 - More

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread John Francis
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 08:18:59AM -0400, Kenneth Waller wrote: I've noticed the British commentator for the F 1 races, that broadcast on Speed, uses the term lump when he's referring to the engine in an F 1 car. That would be Steve Matchett, long-time Formula One engineer (mostly for the

Re: FS Friday

2005-05-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/27/2005 8:55:40 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's a 77mm filter ... Shel [Original Message] From: Shel Belinkoff == Hehehe. Little details like that help. Marnie aka Doe :-)

Re: FS Friday (off-list)

2005-05-27 Thread Eactivist
I am not mad at you. It may have sounded it. I was just feeling sort of grumbly. Marnie

Re: Looking for a lense

2005-05-27 Thread Graywolf
I have heard that unaccented proper English is very similar to Midwestern American English. What is otherwise spoken in England is British English, except for those who speak Cockney. I've never even seen that referred to as a dialect of English grin. The popular Australian version is actually

Re: FS Friday (off-list)

2005-05-27 Thread Tom C
Thanks... at least somone's not. ;) Tom C. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: FS Friday (off-list) Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 12:25:42 EDT I am not mad at you. It may have sounded it. I was just feeling sort of grumbly. Marnie

Re: Some Grandfather Mountain Questions

2005-05-27 Thread John Francis
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 01:13:43AM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: On Thu, 26 May 2005 22:13:38 -0400, John Francis wrote: In fact there are those who would extend that limit up to $200 or $300 per bottle. Personally, I'm a cheap sob ... I'm not MD 20/20 cheap, but I'm not far off. :-) One

Re: Photography or/and art?

2005-05-27 Thread Graywolf
Bob, are you familiar with the phrase, beating a dead horse? But I guess your post explains why you sometimes seem strange. You learned all this stuff in kindergarten. I too pasted my crayon drawings on kraft, not kindergarten, paper when I was in kindergarten. They were not art, even if you

Re: Some Grandfather Mountain Questions

2005-05-27 Thread John Francis
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 10:09:36AM +0100, Cotty wrote: On 26/5/05, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: It may very well be different for you - shipping costs make French wines relatively cheaper in England. CdP with change from 20 quid. 20 quid? That's still over $30. There's a

Re: FS Friday (off-list)

2005-05-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/27/2005 9:26:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am not mad at you. It may have sounded it. I was just feeling sort of grumbly. Marnie Phooey, meant that to go off list and it didn't. Nothing major. But grumble, grumble, grumble. All

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Norman Baugher
True, the funny thing is, every time we get together we end up talking about everything BUT photography G Norm Cesar wrote: Do not worry. We will always be here - as long as Doug will have us. Christian and Cotty are still around. TV is gone from the list, but the friendship that started

Re: FS Friday (off-list -- actually on list)

2005-05-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/27/2005 9:36:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks... at least somone's not. ;) Tom C. Hmmm, I don't believe I was talking to you. :-) OTOH, I am not mad at you either. Hehehehe. Marnie aka Doe

Re: PESO -- Employee Training

2005-05-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/25/2005 3:30:34 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sometimes employee training gets completely out of hand http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_emptrain.html Technical Data: Pentax *ist-D iso-1600 1/45sec. smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0AL @ 35mm f4 As

Re: A need

2005-05-27 Thread John Francis
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 01:31:24PM +0100, Steve Jolly wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: That's it: With K/M lenses the movement of the lever is directly proportional to aperture diameter, with A and later lenses it's directly proportional to aperture *area*. If that's true then it is

Re: Question about list traffic

2005-05-27 Thread Norman Baugher
Bob, I thought the evil empire was McDonalds? GDR Norm Bob Sullivan wrote: Hi Cotty, Yes, I'm firmly in the clutches of the evil empire and would need to buy a Mac

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread John Francis
... and every time there's a PDML meet people just want us to post snapshots of the attendees, not serious photographs. On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 09:48:11AM -0700, Norman Baugher wrote: True, the funny thing is, every time we get together we end up talking about everything BUT photography G

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Graywolf
Also it was not auto focus that killed those brands. It was the end of a fad. In the early 70's an expensive camera was a must have, even if you did not take photos with it. It was the in thing. People worn them more for ornimentation, Nikon's were referred to as expensive necklaces, than for

Re: Panorama stitching software: Pixtra PanoStitch?

2005-05-27 Thread John Francis
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 09:39:07AM -0400, Cory Papenfuss wrote: I can't recommend winders-land stuff, but I know that some of the panotools crosses platforms. I use the 'Hugin' frontend under linux for pano tweaking. I use exactly that combination under Windows. Good, fast, and

Re: Looking for a lense

2005-05-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/27/2005 9:28:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But then, Eleanor, you were the one who objected to folks using the word suck, weren't you? Must make you feel powerful, seeing all the folks falling over backwards so not to offend your sensibilities.

Re: Rumors About Pentax's Future

2005-05-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 5/27/2005 9:57:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... and every time there's a PDML meet people just want us to post snapshots of the attendees, not serious photographs. = Yup. The attendees want to post their serious stuff. But the non-attendees

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