Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread P. J. Alling
If they're Pentax film cameras the users are keeping the rest of their lenses to use on their new DSLRs. Gonz wrote: Not only that, the proof can be seen in ebay. Just look at all the film SLRs being sold with a normal 50mm 2.0 lens. I would wager that DSLRs are no different. rg

Re: Happy Hannukah

2006-12-16 Thread P. J. Alling
Hah Bumhug! frank theriault wrote: I've been so busy at work lately, I haven't had time to pay much attention to the list. I just wanted to pop in for a second to wish everyone a Happy Hannukah!! cheers, frank -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler.

RE: Travels with Stan - I'll be in Paris 12-19 January...

2006-12-16 Thread Bob W
Hey - I'm not knocking it! I'd do the same. It's all in the name of maximum professional efficiency... -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stan Halpin Sent: 16 December 2006 01:14 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re:

Re: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit

2006-12-16 Thread John Celio
JCO, WR, et al: Shut the fuck up and go threadjack some other topic! Jesus Fucking Zombie Christ, can't you two lay off the fightin' words for a while? The world would be a much happier place if you did. Thanks. John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto

RE: The reason we're doing it all wrong

2006-12-16 Thread Bob W
Ken merely is. Like a force of nature that we can't quite grasp in the fleshly carnality of our mortal fists - a zephyr of formless expression. Unknowable, ineffable, immortal, invisible - a hymn to the visual oneness of beyond. The formless form. Knowledge without knowing. Reality without

Re: One less shelf

2006-12-16 Thread John Celio
She told me in the last year or so, the film shelves behind the cash went from 8 to 3 . At my former place of work, until about a year and a half ago we had a big wall of film (seen to the left in this snap of me in my Tusken Raider costume from a few Halloweens ago:

Snapshots; was K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Malcolm Smith
Tom C wrote: A good 50% of the photos displayed here are nothing more than stinking street shots of homeless people or mere snapshots with very little if any consideration given to composition. Sadly, not living in an area of great natural beauty like your good self, it's very easy to

Re: January 2007 PUG

2006-12-16 Thread AvK
Hi gang, sory to be so late. I am out on a customer's site without Internet Connection so i am totally lost. Here are the themes for 2007 January - All Open February - Duett March - Black and White April - Surprise May - Blossom June - Weather July - Visual Pollution August -

Re: The reason we're doing it all wrong

2006-12-16 Thread David Savage
Har! Dave :-) On 12/16/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken merely is. Like a force of nature that we can't quite grasp in the fleshly carnality of our mortal fists - a zephyr of formless expression. Unknowable, ineffable, immortal, invisible - a hymn to the visual oneness of beyond. The

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread David Savage
On 12/16/06, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah it was condescending. True enough. I apologize. :-) No harm, no foul. :-) Nothing wrong with well executed snapshots either. My point is probably multi-fold. Most people probably will not notice or look for the difference between 4x6 size

Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work...

2006-12-16 Thread Peter Loveday
The sky is falling, the sky is falling! cried Chicken Little. or so goes the children's tale. I got tired of listening to all these 'nervious nellies'. I got tired of looking at movies of shaking sensors. I've got the sensor cleaner turned off, so I don't feel any shaking, or more

Re: K10D: wireless soon

2006-12-16 Thread Thibouille
I will let everybody know :) Sure CI is really not pentax fan, I'd say they became (they were pretty neutral years ago) what they need to sell enough (yeah the Web is the culprit here) and tends presents anything as a revolution. Yeah the same crap as in most magazine. They praise the D40 for

RE: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Tim Øsleby
Johns assumptions are correct. But don't worry Richard. No harm done. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Forbes Sent: 16. desember 2006 04:41 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K10D

RE: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Tim Øsleby
Most camera reviewers are not talented photographers. They simply enjoy fiddling with photographic tools. Most photographers on the other hand make pictures, not qualified reviews. I'm tempted to compare this to music reviewers. Many music reviewers are ex musicians who are not talented enough

RE: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Ken but would'nt TIF be the ideal solution then? greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of K.Takeshita Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 5:08 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K10D review online On 12/15/06 11:00 PM,

Re: K10D - The final seal o0f approval

2006-12-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
The title of this thread just begs for it... This guy was captured in the act of singing I want my K10D to a certain tune by Dire Straits: http://tinyurl.com/a5lsz Jostein On 12/16/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen it before, but I don't take back anything Ive said about

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Thibouille
Maybe but in the same order of things, in Belgium (I'm talking about what I know) people teaching other how to teach usually never had a foot in a classroom. Stupid isn't it? Nobody can be an expert in eveything but then if you dunno how to make a decent picture, please, don't review a camera !

Re: The reason we're doing it all wrong

2006-12-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
Bob W wrote: Ken merely is. [...] Beyond wind. Too bad. Then it's pointless to even fart in his general direction. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread David Savage
WRONG It's approximately 83.73257169% vbg Dave On 12/16/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, make that 85%. J. C. O'Connell wrote: Do you really think that 90% of DSLR buyers will never buy another lens? That's crazy! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Tom C
Shel, From my point of view, you've always been the jamoke. Tom C. From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: K10D review online Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:57:58 -0800 Is this the same

Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work...

2006-12-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
Peter, No personal attacks meant by my post. Watching the sensor move was illustrative. But I don't thnk it proved anything. My confidence in Shake Reduction was undermined by all this. I couldn't feel the camera DOING anything. That's why I did the test and made the side by side post. I can't

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread Peter Loveday
WRONG It's approximately 83.73257169% Dave You obviosuly know NOTHING about professional pohotography, to anyone with half-a-clue, its obviously 83.73257168%. What were you thinking, man. - Peter On 12/16/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, make that 85%. J. C.

Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work...

2006-12-16 Thread Peter Loveday
Sorry mate, I guess I too am guilty of getting worked up over things on list that I ought not be... just having a JCO moment, and I apologise. FWIW, I do agree it works a treat in some cases, I was really just concerned in some cases it did not where I thought it should, so I guess I went

Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work...

2006-12-16 Thread David Savage
I've never been able to feel SR working (except when doing the dust removal routine), but on long exposures I can sometimes hear it. I'm not surprised that you can't feel it given the SR systems lack of whirring/vibrating motors. I've taken some nice hand held shots with the FA 77 Ltd FA 100

RE: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
If someone is going to buy a DSLR, but it's NOT to use multiple lenses, WHY would they buy a DSLR in the first place? The only answer I can think of is for better image quality and you are not going to get that from a cheap supernormal zoom lens. They would be much better served buying a high end

RE: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I would think the goal of the highest quality level jpeg output is to make it as closely as possible match what you can do with a RAW file tweeked and saved as a jpeg, but do it automatically. This simply may not be possible any or all the time, but its a good goal to try to achieve. I think that

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Adam Maas
Actually, in this case, TIFF would simply be JPEG without the compression. The 'issue' is with the processing, not the final file format (unlike say a JPEG artifacting issue, which would be with the JPEG compression itself). -Adam Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Ken but would'nt TIF be the ideal

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Adam Maas
Tom C wrote: Yeah it was condescending. True enough. I apologize. :-) Nothing wrong with well executed snapshots either. My point is probably multi-fold. Most people probably will not notice or look for the difference between 4x6 size snapshots of any DSLR. However, they may read a

Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work...

2006-12-16 Thread K.Takeshita
On 12/16/06 6:03 AM, Peter Loveday, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree it can (and does) do amazing things; my query was more whether mine was working reliably. I was simpy trying to determine if my camera may have a fault or not, I was not trying to attack the Pentax SR implementaion, or

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread John Forbes
I suspect that people who don't shoot RAW don't realise that it is not very time-consuming at all once you get the hang of it, and provided you use good software. I use Silkypix, having changed over from Capture One LE. I find that I can get better colour balance with Silkypix than I could

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread K.Takeshita
On 12/16/06 6:50 AM, Markus Maurer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but would'nt TIF be the ideal solution then? Hi Markus, TIFF file size is atrocious. For family snaps and casual walkabout/trekking etc, well tuned jpeg is just fine for me. If and when I find something interesting during shooting,

RE: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
WRONG- if you have multiple bodies, and each of them has exposure compensation dialin in to get them to all match, you not only have to remember what exp compensation to use on these bodies everytime you turn them on, you will be further prone to mistakes when you actually want to use REAL

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Adam Maas
The irony of this is that for prints, especially small ones like the 4x6's that are the most popular for general use, the Pentax JPEG output is actually better than a more heavily sharpened print. Most minilabs oversharpen everything they print. -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: I would think

RE: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Oh, GO EAT SHIT you fucking asshole. Why dont you just go back to fucking your mother and just leave me alone? You dont have the right to start with these obscene personal remarks on the list every time you dont agree with my posts. I said absurd and meant absurd, but that's not hardly the same

RE: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
It should be noted, I used the word ABSURD, WR used fuckface in reply. Put the blame where it is due WR. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Celio Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 3:24 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re:

RE: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Smart people dont totally dismiss reviews. This is because there is no way that the average person can use and test anywhere even remotely near what a typical magazine/web reviewer can use and test. And the bottom line is the more gear a particular reviewer can use and test the more knowledgable

RE: DPReview K10D Review is up

2006-12-16 Thread Anthony Farr
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi (snip) He does take nice pictures of the equipment. :-) Godfrey Not as long as he photographs lenses with umbrellas Regards Anthony Farr -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

K10D RAW (PEF/DNG) and Epson P4000

2006-12-16 Thread Pedro Oliveira
Hi. I'll receive my K10D sometime between Christmas and New Years Day (Santa is late this year...). As I have an Epson P-4000 (no new firmware since Dec.2005) I wonder if the K10D RAW files (PEF/DNG) are readable. I'm almost certain that they are not readable but if someone has the chance to

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Adam Maas
Especially if you resize for web as part of your process. -Adam John Forbes wrote: I suspect that people who don't shoot RAW don't realise that it is not very time-consuming at all once you get the hang of it, and provided you use good software. I use Silkypix, having changed over

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread Adam Maas
Same reason they drive a SUV, but never go off-road. It's more impressive. -Adam J. C. O'Connell wrote: If someone is going to buy a DSLR, but it's NOT to use multiple lenses, WHY would they buy a DSLR in the first place? The only answer I can think of is for better image quality and you

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread John Forbes
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:11:35 -, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Especially if you resize for web as part of your process. Absolutely. John -Adam John Forbes wrote: I suspect that people who don't shoot RAW don't realise that it is not very time-consuming at all once you get the

Time for a break ...

2006-12-16 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Reading list mail first thing in the morning has gotten to be distasteful and is no longer enjoyable. Many, if not most, posts are mean spirited and filled with anger and personal attacks. Even Bob Sullivan has resorted to using expletives in his posts. The JCO wars continue, Tom C. has

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread David Savage
John your argument below, while valid, is from the photographers perspective. I know lots of people who own D/SLR's and only have one lens. They simply got caught up in the Pro's use SLR's, ergo SLR's must take better pictures mindset, bought one with a cheap Sigma zoom use it like a PS camera

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
Best is subjective. The review is based on pixel peeping, not prints that you hang on your wall. I suspect the slightly less crispy look of the K10D jpeg prints would prove superior to what the others are turning out. I know I don't go for maximum edge hardness on most of my RAW conversions.

RE: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
hi, I was reffering to a high quality reference file, similar to a RAW but already optimized and saved in a low compression jpeg format, not a file just suitable for 4x6 prints. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Saturday,

Re: K10D RAW (PEF/DNG) and Epson P4000

2006-12-16 Thread Thibouille
If the P4000 does read DNG then those coming out of the K10D should be read fine enough :) 2006/12/16, Pedro Oliveira [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi. I'll receive my K10D sometime between Christmas and New Years Day (Santa is late this year...). As I have an Epson P-4000 (no new firmware since

RE: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Tim Øsleby
I said Johns assumptions are correct. Kind of incorrect English I believe. Sorry bout that. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Øsleby Sent: 16. desember 2006 12:42 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail

RE: DPReview K10D Review is up

2006-12-16 Thread Anthony Farr
Correction: Not as long as he lights his photographs of lenses with umbrellas. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Farr Sent: Saturday, 16 December 2006 11:08 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: DPReview K10D Review

RE: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Who would they be impressing? Certainly not anyone who knows anything about cameras. I would be more impressed seeing a true high end point and shoot then I would seeing an entry level DSLR with a cheap kit lens on it all the time. To each his own I guess jco -Original Message- From:

Re: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit

2006-12-16 Thread David Savage
On 12/16/06, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WRONG- if you have multiple bodies, and each of them has exposure compensation dialin in to get them to all match, you not only have to remember what exp compensation to use on these bodies everytime you turn them on, No you don't, the

Re: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit

2006-12-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'll use them both when covering events: one with the DA 50-200 (soon to be replaced with a DA* I hope) and the other with the DA 16-45/4. I've done this several times now. I also keep the DA 12-24 in a belt mounted lens case. The two cameras hang from my neck. I switch back and forth as

Re: Time for a break ...

2006-12-16 Thread David Savage
On 12/16/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reading list mail first thing in the morning has gotten to be distasteful and is no longer enjoyable. Many, if not most, posts are mean spirited and filled with anger and personal attacks. Ease up Shel, it's the holiday season. Isn't mean

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread K.Takeshita
On 12/16/06 8:03 AM, John Forbes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suspect that people who don't shoot RAW don't realise that it is not very time-consuming at all once you get the hang of it, and provided you use good software. I think there are many reasons why people shoot jpeg in varying

RE: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
With true high resolution imaging, ( like LF film ) you get both superfine details and no edge hardness. i.e. You don't have to sacrifice one to get the other like your talking about below. Like you, I really abhor over sharpened digital images but I do love superfine details in large prints,

RE: Time for a break ...

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I agree that theres no place for the obscene personal attacks here and we all know started just them up again, and hint it wasn't me. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 8:27 AM To: PDML

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread K.Takeshita
On 12/16/06 8:38 AM, J. C. O'Connell, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who would they be impressing? Certainly not anyone who knows anything about cameras. I would be more impressed seeing a true high end point and shoot then I would seeing an entry level DSLR with a cheap kit lens on it all the

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread John Forbes
You only missed an apostrophe. Otherwise, what you wrote was perfectly correct. And, of course, you've now missed another apostrophe before bout. :-) John On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:16:06 -, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I said Johns assumptions are correct. Kind of incorrect

Re: Time for a break ...

2006-12-16 Thread John Forbes
Actually, Shel, your recent comments on handling the K10D have been most informative. Good reading while I wait for Pentax UK to start supplying the UK. Tom C is Tom C, and JCO is JCO. Don't let 'em get to you. John On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:27:28 -, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Time for a break ...

2006-12-16 Thread K.Takeshita
On 12/16/06 8:41 AM, David Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ease up Shel, it's the holiday season. Isn't mean spiritedness anger what it's all about? This list, even with flame flaring up from time to time, is far more benign than any others. I have learned to take it easy in this list.

RE: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Sir - even if the camera remembers he exposure compensation setting when turned off and back on again (I thought someone said it didn't) , thats not the same as or as good as having multiple cameras all matched with the exposure compensation set to ZERO on all of them. See my earlier posts as to

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Paul Stenquist
You are correct. I remember how delighted I was some thirty years ago when I took a tripod mounted picture of the rear of my house in Chicago with my 4x5 and discovered that I could crop down on a Coke carton that was on the back step and read the print on it. :-). Wish I still had time to

Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work...

2006-12-16 Thread George Sinos
Bob - My opinion is that if it's working, you shouldn't be able to feel it. If you can feel it, it will be inducing it's own blur. If the sensor is counteracting your movement I would think it's motion would be imperceptible. My introduction to Pentax SR was with the A10 point and shoot. If

Re: JunkEmail: K10D RAW (PEF/DNG) and Epson P4000

2006-12-16 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Pedro, On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:19:02 -, Pedro Oliveira wrote: I'll receive my K10D sometime between Christmas and New Years Day (Santa is late this year...). :-) As I have an Epson P-4000 (no new firmware since Dec.2005) I wonder if the K10D RAW files (PEF/DNG) are readable. I'm almost

Re: Time for a break ...

2006-12-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks for being a clear voice of reason, Ken. Well said. :-) Jostein On 12/16/06, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/16/06 8:41 AM, David Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ease up Shel, it's the holiday season. Isn't mean spiritedness anger what it's all about? This list, even

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread Jack Davis
I mentioned this about a year ago, but will do a quick FWIW recap. Local photo shop owner after attending a photo convention, (I forget which one), decided to stock the *ist DL, due to its great price point. He wondered if the 18~55 was at least equal to a like Promaster (Tamron re-badge) so asked

Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work...

2006-12-16 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Peter Loveday Subject: Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work... Your shot doesn't show me that my K10D doesn't have a fault; I can, in general, come to a similar result as you have... but I'm not always convinced it is working reliably. I find it easy to

Re: The reason we're doing it all wrong

2006-12-16 Thread William Robb
Wow Bob, that was beautiful. Do you write Haiku also? William Robb - Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: The reason we're doing it all wrong Ken merely is. Like a force of nature that we can't quite grasp in the fleshly carnality of our mortal fists - a zephyr of formless

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread Thibouille
Mmm Tamron rebadge? Does Tamron make low end 18-55? Wouldn't it be a Sigma instead? 2006/12/16, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I mentioned this about a year ago, but will do a quick FWIW recap. Local photo shop owner after attending a photo convention, (I forget which one), decided to stock the

Re: Travels with Stan - I'll be in Paris 12-19 January...

2006-12-16 Thread Norm Baugher
Stan - that's beautiful, really brought tears to my eyes. My travel experiences for biz - get off overnight 10 hr flight in time to shower at hotel and make it to meeting by 10am, try to get back to airport by 9.30pm to catch said flight back. Bastard. Norm Stan Halpin wrote: OK, here is the

Re: DPReview K10D Review is up

2006-12-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
LOL ... Funny looking, I agree. :-) G On Dec 16, 2006, at 5:44 AM, Anthony Farr wrote: Correction: Not as long as he lights his photographs of lenses with umbrellas. Not as long as he photographs lenses with umbrellas He does take nice pictures of the equipment. :-) -- PDML

Re: JunkEmail: K10D RAW (PEF/DNG) and Epson P4000

2006-12-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 16, 2006, at 6:15 AM, Jan van Wijk wrote: Good question, I have the P4000 too, and the K10 since a week or so. Had not tried it yet, so did a quick test now ... - RAW DNG: Not recognized/displayed - RAW PEF: Displays fine (extracts the embedded JPG) - JPG: Displays fine :-) Of

Re: Time for a break ...

2006-12-16 Thread William Robb
Lets get this straight. You telling someone they are an idiot or stupid is not a personal attack? You start this crap, then cry when someone calls you on it You have your head so far up your ass you don't have a clue about how fucked up you are. Anyway, you are on my kill list now, so.. Piss

Re: January 2007 PUG

2006-12-16 Thread Rick Womer
Adelheid, Might you swap October and November? There aren't any fall colors around by 20 September for most of us, so we would be mining our archives rather than shooting for the topic. I appreciate very much the effort you put into the PUG! Rick --- AvK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi gang,

Re: Travels with Stan - I'll be in Paris 12-19 January...

2006-12-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
When I was traveling every month to London, Madrid, Paris, Marseilles, Munich, Tokyo, Milan, Sydney, etc to attend consortium meetings, I would always schedule my trips to include at least an extra weekend for myself on each trip. It's simple: I only fly for business on business hours. Told

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread Norm Baugher
fuckface J. C. O'Connell wrote: -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Travels with Stan - I'll be in Paris 12-19 January...

2006-12-16 Thread Norm Baugher
Define this for me, sounds interesting... Norm Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: It's simple: I only fly for business on business hours. Told my boss that outright ... and he agreed. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: Time for a break ...

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
I guess you cant read, I wasn't OBSCENE about it anything like you were in reply, and absurd is absurd, don't be absurd and you wont get called absurd. Even this post I am replying to is absurd because it completely overlooks the obscenity issue which isn't minor IMHO. jco -Original

Re: Time for a break ...

2006-12-16 Thread David Savage
That's it! Ken seriously doesn't belong here. Reason has no place on the PDML. VBG Dave On 12/16/06, Jostein Øksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for being a clear voice of reason, Ken. Well said. :-) Jostein On 12/16/06, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/16/06 8:41 AM, David

RE: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
huh? What's YOUR malfunction? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norm Baugher Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 10:00 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D fuckface J. C. O'Connell

Re: January 2007 PUG

2006-12-16 Thread David Savage
On 12/17/06, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adelheid, Might you swap October and November? There aren't any fall colors around by 20 September for most of us, so we would be mining our archives rather than shooting for the topic. Har! Autumn here is March-May. And the native plants

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread Norm Baugher
Bill - this is an argument and you don't know shit. Get over it. Now, let me tell you how flawed you are... Norm William Robb wrote: Its not an arguement, it's a discussion. snip -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Travels with Stan - I'll be in Paris 12-19 January...

2006-12-16 Thread David Savage
I live work very close to the industry I'm involved in. I'd be happy to travel a bit further than 20 minute drive from the office. 1 business trip in 6 years. 1.5 flight up, 2.5 hours of inductions/waiting, 2 hours work, 2 hours of driving around waiting, 1.5 hour flight back. I'd love to go

RE: JunkEmail: K10D RAW (PEF/DNG) and Epson P4000

2006-12-16 Thread Pedro Oliveira
Thanks, Jan. Your information is quite valuable for me. One thing, however, that is a pity is the fact that the P-4000 only supports 2Gb SD cards. I guess I have to stick to the 2 Gb cards unless there is a new firmware, which I doubt now from your information from Epson at Photokina (there is

RE: Time for a break ...

2006-12-16 Thread J. C. O'Connell
And P.S if you cant differentiate the difference between calling someone's particular statements stupid or absurd and giving a reason why, and just reply by calling someone a fuckface (your obscene word, not mine )on a public forum, that only proves your own stupidity even further. Glad your

Re: Time for a break ...

2006-12-16 Thread Norm Baugher
Stop whining ShelG Norm Shel Belinkoff wrote: Reading list mail first thing in the morning has gotten to be distasteful and is no longer enjoyable. Many, if not most, posts are mean spirited and filled with anger and personal attacks. Even Bob Sullivan has resorted to using expletives

Re: Snapshots; was K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
Malcolm, I hope you would not feel reluctant to post shots here. The pdml and PUG do have some very good photographers and pix, but there has always been an open, welcoming group here. And people are happy to offer comments on what is right or wrong with a photo. Usually, comments are

Re: Snapshots; was K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread David Savage
All thoughts comments a while back, about only submitting images of the utmost quality to the PUG are a crock IMHO. Post the best you can do, and await any constructive criticism. If I relied on the comments of friends and family, I would have stopped trying to do better 10 years ago. As a

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread Jack Davis
I'm only reciting what the shop owner told me. (??) Jack --- Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mmm Tamron rebadge? Does Tamron make low end 18-55? Wouldn't it be a Sigma instead? 2006/12/16, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I mentioned this about a year ago, but will do a quick FWIW recap.

Re: Snapshots; was K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread David Savage
those not thoughts Idiot Dave On 12/17/06, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All thoughts comments a while back, about only submitting images of the utmost quality to the PUG are a crock IMHO. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread Thibouille
OK Thanks JAck. I'm unaware of any such low end Tamron but I may be wrong. I'll check when I have time. 2006/12/16, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm only reciting what the shop owner told me. (??) Jack --- Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mmm Tamron rebadge? Does Tamron make low end

Re: Shake Reduction Doesn't Work...

2006-12-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks George, I've come to similar conclusions. The movement of the sensor has to be only fractions of a 1/1000th of an inch. Regards, Bob S. On 12/16/06, George Sinos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob - My opinion is that if it's working, you shouldn't be able to feel it. If you can feel it, it

Re: K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
Tom, Sorry, but I'm just tired of your constant drumbeating that there is something wrong with the K10D. I'm sure it has many faults, but is also giving many us enjoyment to use it. Can't you see that and stop calling us names for praising Pentax. You should assume that we can all read here,

Re: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit

2006-12-16 Thread Adam Maas
J. C. O'Connell wrote: MY replies in * under each box below: === JCO wrote: Subject: RE: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit YOU read this once : I was talking about AVOIDING the need for exposure compensation

Re: Cryptic Advice From Pentax USA

2006-12-16 Thread Stan Halpin
See thread K10D Review Online for a discussion earlier this evening... On Dec 15, 2006, at 11:57 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: Over at dpreview, a fellow posted a reply he got from Pentax USA about K10D image sharpness. Here's an extract that some of us are puzzled by: If you prefer a sharper

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-16 Thread Adam Maas
They couldn't care less about anybody ctually in the know, the want to impress their friends and family who, by and large, don't know shit about cameras and don't care. The big black DSLR is impressive to them even with the wee kit zoom. You'd be shocked how often I get asked if I'm a pro,

Re: Snapshots; was K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread John Forbes
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:57:53 -, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All thoughts comments a while back, about only submitting images of the utmost quality to the PUG are a crock IMHO. Post the best you can do, and await any constructive criticism. If I relied on the comments of

Re: Snapshots; was K10D review online

2006-12-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
I'm with you Dave. The PUG has taught me how to be better. If you look at some of my original PUG contributions you will see how much worse I was. I'm just happy to have crawled up to mediocre! Average here is a whole lot better than Very Good in a lot of places. (Even the snapshots are a cut

Re: Time for a break ...

2006-12-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
Sorry Shel, I'll try not to let it happen again. ;-) Regards, Bob S. On 12/16/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reading list mail first thing in the morning has gotten to be distasteful and is no longer enjoyable. Many, if not most, posts are mean spirited and filled with

Re: Need Advice: value of an *istD outfit

2006-12-16 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 16, 2006, at 3:18 PM, Adam Maas wrote: That's an interesting point. With film you always could determine an EI and use that to compensate for meter/film sensitivity(assuming you ddn't have a low-end camera with only DX coding). Wih digital you can't. A custom function that

Re: January 2007 PUG

2006-12-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Maybe October (November?) could be Nature's Colors? It would be interesting to contrast the two seasons from different hemispheres. Regards, Bob S. On 12/16/06, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/17/06, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adelheid, Might you swap October

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