Re: Slightly OT - demise of Kodachrome

2007-01-23 Thread mike wilson
From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/23 Tue AM 12:16:14 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Slightly OT - demise of Kodachrome Man - ISO 200 Kodachrome was the grainiest, least sharp, and most rotten color rendering film I ever shot. It was

Re: Amazing used glass prices

2007-01-23 Thread John Whittingham
Well now I'm sad that I don't have a stash of dispensable old Pentax glass: Hard to find SMC Pentax-A 24mm f/2.8. Excellent Approximately US $355.66 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=250076095661 Yeah, that one sold well, they were only £110 new IIRC. John

Re: Hoya might sell Pentax?

2007-01-23 Thread mike wilson
From: K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/23 Tue AM 03:22:25 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Hoya might sell Pentax? Folks, sky is not falling but a today's news indicated that CEO of Hoya, in the presentation today on their financials, question was asked

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread mike wilson
From: John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/23 Tue AM 02:07:59 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss pdml@pdml.net Subject: Moral dilemma What would you have done? Yesterday, a young man died in the small park opposite where I live. The street was full of police and their vehicles, for about 5

Re: Re: Hello! (introduction)

2007-01-23 Thread DagT
Fra: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scott Loveless wrote: On 1/22/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: Re: Hello! (introduction) Kenneth Waller wrote: Mark Roberts wrote DagT wrote:

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread Cotty
On 22/1/07, K.Takeshita, discombobulated, unleashed: This tells me that you are very decent person and of commonsense. I think Police was wrong. In the country where I came from, or many other countries, they quickly erect a tent to conceal the scene out of respect for the deceased, regardless

RE: Official K10D Firmware v1.10

2007-01-23 Thread Rob Brigham
Just in time for my new arrival! Thanks for posting the link. Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hamilton Sent: 23 January 2007 01:08 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Official K10D Firmware v1.10

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/1/07, John Coyle, discombobulated, unleashed: Yesterday, a young man died in the small park opposite where I live. The street was full of police and their vehicles, for about 5 hours all told. Despite the fact that I could see all this action, and from our roof could see the body and

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/1/07, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: You are a person of good taste and manners. Which is why you will never make a journalist. Thanks Mike ! ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: That's pretty much what I was going to say, except that I hadn't gotten as far as thinking about what I'd do if I were employed as a news photographer. I'd shoot the overall scene, shots of police collecting evidence other than right

Re: somebody else's gallery

2007-01-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/1/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: what is it about Jeanloup Sieff that you like so much? I've always thought his work was a bit overrated. A little bit soulless. Impossible to say. Or it would take a book to answer. A bit like houses - if you're buying one, you know in the first 60

Re: Official K10D Firmware v1.10

2007-01-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/1/07, Digital Image Studio, discombobulated, unleashed: And as expected the official release .bin file compares byte for byte to the pre-release firmware files. As Rob was up all night counting each and every one, he should know. What a guy ! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Memory Card story continues

2007-01-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Today morning I decided to upgrade the firmware of my camera. Thanks Rob for the link. So I took the card (Sand Disk the original) out, copied the bin file and performed the procedure. Everything went fine and, in fact, all my settings were preserved in the process. Then I inserted the card

Re: GESO - Dead Heads

2007-01-23 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Adam Maas wrote: http://www.mawz.ca/sets/deadheads/index.html Trying out the Autoviewer software that Godfrey used for his recent GESO, and quite liking it. Is 5/6 a digital capture? I really like the texture of the background. Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread mike wilson
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/23 Tue AM 09:36:59 GMT To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: Moral dilemma On 23/1/07, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: You are a person of good taste and manners. Which is why you will never make a journalist. Thanks Mike

Re: Another PESO from Florida

2007-01-23 Thread David Savage
On 1/22/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Savage wrote: I notice the file is tagged for ProPhotoRGB colour space. It looks much better viewed in PS IMO. Aaaargh! No wonder people aren't seeing what I'm seeing! Thanks for tipping me off, Dave. No worries One of the revisions

Re: PESO:in anticipation of snow

2007-01-23 Thread David Savage
Is that a gooseberry plant? We've got one here that's producing fruit...and it's summer!!! :-) Cheers, Dave On 1/23/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please enjoy http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5490412size=lg. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread K.Takeshita
On 1/23/07 4:27 AM, Cotty, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This tells me that you are very decent person and of commonsense. I think Police was wrong. In the country where I came from, or many other countries, they quickly erect a tent to conceal the scene out of respect for the deceased,

RE: Official K10D Firmware v1.10

2007-01-23 Thread Rob Brigham
Update applied. I have a question that someone may be able to help with. Received the K10 at work today, but don't have any lenses at work to try it out (silly me!). When going into the flash mode selection, wirless is shown but it is greyed out and cannot be selected. Is this because I don't

Re: Official K10D Firmware v1.10

2007-01-23 Thread David Savage
On 1/23/07, Rob Brigham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When going into the flash mode selection, wirless is shown but it is greyed out and cannot be selected. Is this because I don't have a lens mounted for some reason? Yes. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Official K10D Firmware v1.10

2007-01-23 Thread Rob Brigham
Thanks - that puts my mind at rest! Cant wait till tonight... Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Savage Sent: 23 January 2007 12:03 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Official K10D Firmware v1.10 On 1/23/07, Rob Brigham

RE: A little *ist D statistics

2007-01-23 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Mark and Jens Marks description of the wildflower taking on windy days is a good example of using the advantages of digital photography versus film use for me. But, to do the math, I would compare the cost of the keepers only and include the print cost as well, that would change quite a bit. I

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/1/07, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: My pleasure. 8-) As you so elegantly stated, journos often have to do things that are distasteful and would not be something one would want to do as an individual. Define distasteful ! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread David Savage
On 1/23/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23/1/07, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: My pleasure. 8-) As you so elegantly stated, journos often have to do things that are distasteful and would not be something one would want to do as an individual. Define distasteful !

Re: A little *ist D statistics

2007-01-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Gentlemen, there has to be a distinction made. It would be only logical that the whole way of thinking of a person sells their photographs and a person who is pure hobbyist are two totally different kettles of fish. I made similar calc with my *istD. I see very little value in making this kind of

Re: Official K10D Firmware v1.10

2007-01-23 Thread Boris Liberman
By the way, I've set my ISO to be automatically chosen between 100 and 400. Now, with Ok button and front wheel I can override that. Here comes a neat feature that does not seem to be mentioned anywhere. If I set ISO to, say, 200 by Ok and front wheel and then press Ok and Green button, I see word

Re: PESO: Wonder

2007-01-23 Thread David Savage
That's priceless. Dave (I still grin like an igit on takeoff :-) On 1/23/07, rg2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is my son Peter, on his first airplane trip. http://picasaweb.google.com/rg2pdml/PESO/photo#5022929159140389634 comments welcome rg2 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: PESO:in anticipation of snow

2007-01-23 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Dave I'm sorry but I have no idea how they are called. They are wilted here in my photo. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Savage Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:32 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re:

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread Brian Walters
Yes I think that does it! Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 1/23/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Define distasteful ! Filming/reporting a best of blue vein cheese tasting.

Re: GESO - Dead Heads

2007-01-23 Thread David Savage
I gotta say the bokeh of the fist 3 is blah. WRT the page, I prefer thumbnails to auto viewers. Cheers, Dave On 1/23/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.mawz.ca/sets/deadheads/index.html Trying out the Autoviewer software that Godfrey used for his recent GESO, and quite

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread mike wilson
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/23 Tue PM 12:34:26 GMT To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: Moral dilemma On 23/1/07, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: My pleasure. 8-) As you so elegantly stated, journos often have to do things that are distasteful and would

RE: PESO:in anticipation of snow

2007-01-23 Thread mike wilson
Physalis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/23 Tue PM 12:30:47 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO:in anticipation of snow Hi Dave I'm sorry but I have no idea how they are called. They are wilted here

Re: PESO:in anticipation of snow

2007-01-23 Thread David Savage
I think it may be a gooseberry. It looks just like this one: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP5762.jpg The fruit tastes delicious :-) Cheers, Dave On 1/23/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dave I'm sorry but I have no idea how they are called. They are wilted here

Re: GESO - Dead Heads

2007-01-23 Thread Adam Maas
K.Takeshita wrote: On 1/22/07 9:28 PM, Adam Maas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.mawz.ca/sets/deadheads/index.html Trying out the Autoviewer software that Godfrey used for his recent GESO, and quite liking it. I was afraid of opening it. But it is very cool. I like the ideas of

Re: GESO - Dead Heads

2007-01-23 Thread Adam Maas
Because of the size of the seed pods I couldn't get as close, and thus the background is more in focus. Thanks! -Adam Rick Womer wrote: I find the backgrounds of nos. 2 and 3 a bit distracting. Otherwise, nice! Rick --- Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: GESO - Dead Heads

2007-01-23 Thread Adam Maas
Well, it's an excellent piece of software and I certainly don't mind the small amount of manual editing necessary to set it up. I optimised the image sizes to just fit the common 1280x800 widescreen displays (they're 750px tall) as those have the least vertical resolution of the common

OT: Enough excitement for one evening

2007-01-23 Thread Brian Walters
Sitting back watching the Kiwis obliterate the Poms (cricket, guys) - glass of red in hand - when a storm came in from the west over the mountains. Nothing unusual about that - summer storms are to be expected here but the lightning was very close. Took a look out the back window and noticed

Re: GESO - Dead Heads

2007-01-23 Thread Adam Maas
Thanks Paul -Adam Paul Stenquist wrote: Nice. Great pics. Paul On Jan 22, 2007, at 9:28 PM, Adam Maas wrote: http://www.mawz.ca/sets/deadheads/index.html Trying out the Autoviewer software that Godfrey used for his recent GESO, and quite liking it. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: GESO - Dead Heads

2007-01-23 Thread Adam Maas
Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Adam Maas wrote: http://www.mawz.ca/sets/deadheads/index.html Trying out the Autoviewer software that Godfrey used for his recent GESO, and quite liking it. Is 5/6 a digital capture? I really like the texture of the background. Kostas

Re: PESO:in anticipation of snow

2007-01-23 Thread David Savage
Thanks Mike. They go by Cape Gooseberry here. Cheers, Dave On 1/23/07, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Physalis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalis -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: The other guy's camera

2007-01-23 Thread Adam Maas
It depends on what you mean by control. The D80 does offer controls that the K10D doesn't (notably in the Wireless flash system, which is more complex and capable on the D80 with full multi-group independant control, while the K10D can only control one group) while the K10D offers more

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread David Savage
What would I have done? I probably would have had no idea what was going on. But would be bitching and moaning about all the cop cars blocking the street. I would eventually find out what had happened and then felt like a selfish twit. Cheers, Dave On 1/23/07, John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: Enough excitement for one evening

2007-01-23 Thread David Savage
Damn it man pictures Where are the pictures? :-) Seriously though, that would scare to doo doo out of me. Cheers, Dave On 1/23/07, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sitting back watching the Kiwis obliterate the Poms (cricket, guys) - glass of red in hand - when a storm came in

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: On 23/1/07, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: My pleasure. 8-) As you so elegantly stated, journos often have to do things that are distasteful and would not be something one would want to do as an individual. Define distasteful !

Re: K10D pre-release firmware 1.10 now wireless flash

2007-01-23 Thread Cory Papenfuss
It is especially visible when the scene being photographed is naturally weak in the blue channel such as tungsten or street lighting. If you try to adjust the w/b to get realistic colours the banding will show up. This sort of scenario is pretty extreme so in practice it is not a severe

Re: PESO - Norwegian Door

2007-01-23 Thread Bob Shell
On Jan 22, 2007, at 7:07 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Tired of fencing, close the door please .-) http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=283279 Hmm. I'm trying to differentiate it from an American door ... not easy. It's made from Norwegian Wood, of course. Bob -- PDML

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Cotty, Personally I don't think morality is an issue. I think it's about personal comfort and the law. ... If shooting (stills or video) in circumstances such as these is uncomfortable then the outcome is obvious - one will not do it, and probably think very little of those that would.

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread P. J. Alling
Ya just has to agree wit that... Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty wrote: On 23/1/07, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: My pleasure. 8-) As you so elegantly stated, journos often have to do things that are distasteful and would not be something one would want to do as an

PESO: Mount Kilimanjaro

2007-01-23 Thread dao_
Hello, http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16351 Do not quarrel, please. It really looks like a mount. Yuriy -- Best regards, dao mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Mount Kilimanjaro

2007-01-23 Thread P. J. Alling
I guess it does. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16351 Do not quarrel, please. It really looks like a mount. Yuriy -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML

Re: Lets see how gmail hold up here

2007-01-23 Thread Christian
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The rest of all this mail protocol foofawraw gets a bit too geeky for my entertainment preference. I only look at that level when someone's paying me to do it. ;-) You rang? :-) -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Norwegian Door

2007-01-23 Thread mike wilson
From: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/23 Tue PM 02:01:46 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Norwegian Door On Jan 22, 2007, at 7:07 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Tired of fencing, close the door please .-)

Re: PESO - Garbage Day

2007-01-23 Thread Christian
Bruce Dayton wrote: Taken on my walk today. Pentax K10D, Tokina AT-X 400/5.6, handheld ISO 200, 1/500 sec @ f/8 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4267a.htm Comments welcome If it was just a line of garbage bins it would be pretty plain. The fallen bin makes the shot. Nice. --

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Moral dilemma Sadly you would not make it as a news photographer sir. There may be no obvious reason to you why need to shoot the corpse, but if your editor later discovered you had not, you would not be working for him/her again. Of

Re: Memory Card story continues

2007-01-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You might have inadvertently slid the lock tab on the card. Which Sandisk reader are you using? I've been using the Sandisk ImageMate 12-in-1 USB 2.0 reader since Spring 2006. It's been extremely reliable for CF, SD and Memory Stick media. But there's always the possibility that whatever

Re: Memory Card story continues

2007-01-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: Memory Card story continues Now, big question: it would appear that SandDisk 12 in 1 card reader that I have either has defective SD slot or is too old anyway. Do I buy a new one? Do I simply use the cable given the with the camera

Re: Lets see how gmail hold up here

2007-01-23 Thread wendy beard
Dave, it works perfectly for me. The only whiff I get of undesirable mails is the little message at the bottom of a thread saying x deleted messages in this conversation :-) On 1/22/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll see what happens with this service. Time will tell. Oh and

Re: Memory Card story continues

2007-01-23 Thread Boris Liberman
This is better news than I anticipated. Well, if it was the reader who caused me this much of grief, then on one hand I hope no damage was done to the SD card, and of course I'll be replacing it. Cheers. On 1/23/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From:

Re: A little *ist D statistics

2007-01-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
All I can tell you, Boris, is that when I was doing photography as a hobby through the 1990s and into 2001, I was spending as much as $2000 a year on film and processing. Moving to digital cameras in 2002 as my primary capture freed up a lot of my money (and time!) to do more photography.

Re: OT: Enough excitement for one evening

2007-01-23 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 23, 2007, at 7:11, David Savage wrote: Damn it man pictures Where are the pictures? :-) My reaction precisely. Seriously though, that would scare to doo doo out of me. Same here. Glad to hear that the rain took care of it! -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PESO - Norwegian Door

2007-01-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: PESO - Norwegian Door http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=283279 Hmm. I'm trying to differentiate it from an American door ... not easy. It doesn't have a flag painted on it WW -- PDML

Re: GESO - Dead Heads

2007-01-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
There area a couple of problems with that, Adam. - Even though the display space is 750 pixels tall, when you account for menu bars, window structure etc, the image size is too large. Better to err on the safe side and make the display images a bit smaller, around 550 to 600 pixels tall at

Re: K10D Firmware Download(?)

2007-01-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Jack, I suggest you find the file where it has been downloaded (desktop) and copy it elsewhere, say in directory C:\temp. If you don't have temp on your hard drive, you may want to create one. Then please try to run it from C:\temp. On 1/23/07, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was fairly

Re: PESO - Norwegian Door

2007-01-23 Thread mike wilson
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/23 Tue PM 03:41:55 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Norwegian Door - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: PESO - Norwegian Door

Re: Memory Card story continues

2007-01-23 Thread Boris Liberman
You and I and William Robb for that matter are using the same card reader. Mine is SD IM 12-in-1... You see, I am using this very cable for quite some time and it is very strange that for all other devices including CF slot of the same reader it works, while on SD cards it does not. I am afraid

Working with my K10D Raw images

2007-01-23 Thread Barry Rice
Hey Folks, I've been happy as a pig in the sun working with Pixmantec's RawShooter, which does a bangup job with my RAW files from my *istDs. Now that I've bought a K10D, I've discovered that the raw images from it are not supported by RawShooter. I've verified at the Pixmantec forum that neither

Re: A little *ist D statistics

2007-01-23 Thread Boris Liberman
Yes, I can relate to that. When I owned my cars (I mean not work provided cars) I also recorded the expenses. I did not record my expenses when I was shooting film 3 years ago. I agree that going digital saves money spent on processing and film. But then again I had to buy some DVDs, and then

Re: The other guy's camera

2007-01-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
People's needs differ. I hardly ever use flash, and use mostly manual flash when I do, so a bazillion features and controls for wireless flash add almost nothing to a camera's functionality for me. Even if I do buy a couple of P-TTL dedicated flash units, I'm sure the K10D's controls will

Working with my K10D Raw images

2007-01-23 Thread Walter Hamler
Barry, I use PhotoShop Elements 5.0 and am very happy with it. I have been using the Elements versions since inception. I seldom shoot RAW, but I have my K10 set to do Raw as DNG's. Elements supports Adobe Camera Raw and the DNG files. They may also support the Pentax PEF's by now, but I

K10D Firmware Download(?)

2007-01-23 Thread Jack Davis
I was fairly sure I'd stumble some in attempting to implement this firmware update, but I'm getting absolutely nowhere. Running Windows XP. I downloaded it to my desktop from the Pentax site, but can't retrieve it. Don't know how many times I've seen the screen stating (in part) Internet Explorer

Re: PESO: Mount Kilimanjaro

2007-01-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The only problem, of course, is that Kilimanjaro hardly has any snow on it any more. http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/africa/kilimanjaro.gif G On Jan 23, 2007, at 6:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=16351 Do not quarrel, please. It

Re: K10D Firmware Download(?)

2007-01-23 Thread Doug Brewer
Jack Davis wrote: I was fairly sure I'd stumble some in attempting to implement this firmware update, but I'm getting absolutely nowhere. Running Windows XP. I downloaded it to my desktop from the Pentax site, but can't retrieve it. Don't know how many times I've seen the screen stating (in

OT- eBay

2007-01-23 Thread graywolf
Just to prove that it is not just in my mind, yesterday I received the leather to redo the radio. Perfect transaction! Just the way they all should be. Of course, leather, unlike electronics and cameras, does not require special packing. But fast shipping, bulletproof packing, and as good as,

Re: PESO - Norwegian Door

2007-01-23 Thread DagT
Den 23. jan. 2007 kl. 01.07 skrev Godfrey DiGiorgi: On Jan 22, 2007, at 2:37 PM, DagT wrote: Tired of fencing, close the door please .-) http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=283279 Hmm. I'm trying to differentiate it from an American door ... not easy. Maybe the

Re: PESO - Garbage Day

2007-01-23 Thread Rick Womer
Here in Philly, until the mid-70's, there were separate collection days for garbage and trash. The garbage was collected under contract by pig farmers; the trash was collected by city sanitation trucks. Now they're all collected together by the city, and the elimination of garbage from pig diets

RE: PESO:in anticipation of snow

2007-01-23 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi David that is the exactly the plant, so I missed the nice part with the fruit then :-) There are some similar plants here looking like a red cherry in a wooden birds cage about the same size, I'm told they call them something like lantern plants. I took some close-ups with the Tamron SP

Re: A little *ist D statistics

2007-01-23 Thread graywolf
You make a good point there, Markus. The only way the cost of a hobby can be figured is I can afford it, or I can not afford it. Now a business is different as that is figured Income - Expenses = Profits, so it is somewhat different. But does taking 10x the number of shots increase profits?

RE: PESO:in anticipation of snow

2007-01-23 Thread Markus Maurer
Thanks Mike, 100% correct. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of mike wilson Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:57 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: PESO:in anticipation of snow Physalis.

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/1/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Define distasteful ! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/mods/eoskmount.html ;-) I asked for that. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

Re: Working with my K10D Raw images

2007-01-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Set your K10D to output RAW/DNG files for the most options. - Photoshop Elements will work with them using any version of the Camera Raw plug-in past version 2.4. The current version of Camera Raw is v3.6. Street price around $80. - Adobe Lightroom v4.1 beta works with them beautifully ...

Re: Working with my K10D Raw images

2007-01-23 Thread Perry Pellechia
As a former Rawshooter user, I would recommend Lightroom (beta) as a good step up. Shoot DNGs and you should have no problems, unless Adobe decides to charge an outrageous amount for Lightroom when it reaches release status. On 1/23/07, Barry Rice [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Folks, I've been

Re: OT- eBay

2007-01-23 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: graywolf Subject: OT- eBay Oh yes, and any indication of rating blackmail, by seller or buyer, should be dealt with severely. I've run into a couple of sellers who won't leave feedback until the buyer has left feedback. In these instances, I was tempted

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/1/07, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: Define distasteful ! I meant it as a generic statement. Distasteful varies from person to person, as well as having a cultural side. As a personal guide, I would have it mean to take advantage of the subject. You could add disclaimers such

Re: OT: Enough excitement for one evening

2007-01-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/1/07, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: Sitting back watching the Kiwis obliterate the Poms (cricket, guys) - glass of red in hand - when a storm came in from the west over the mountains. Nothing unusual about that - summer storms are to be expected here but the lightning was very

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/1/07, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: Consider, Cotty. I drove today at work and approaching a crossing I heard an ambulance's siren. Instinctively I turned to look in the mirror (I have slightly wider custom inside mirror) only to realize that nothing was in there. Meanwhile

Re: Hoya might sell Pentax?

2007-01-23 Thread Tom C
There was a recent report that analysts were suggesting and/or anticipating that the compact camera line and production of compact camera lens modules could be discontinued due to low returns, leaving only DSLR's and DSLR lenses as far as consumer cameras are concerned. They were viewing it at

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread Cotty
On 23/1/07, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: Define distasteful ! Filming/reporting a best of blue vein cheese tasting. LOL thanks mate. Coffee-nostrils. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: PESO - Garbage Day

2007-01-23 Thread Tom C
I'll be the odd man out. I don't like it. I don't know why one would find a picture of garbage cans lined up appealing. I wouldn't like to hang it on my wall or make it into a greeting card or a calandar photo, or desktop background... on and on. The one can laying over is an interesting

Re: A little *ist D statistics

2007-01-23 Thread graywolf
I would like to point out that you would have gotten a large discount on film and processing if you had prepaid a thousand bucks or so in advance, which is what you in effect did by buying a digital camera. -graywolf Boris Liberman wrote: Yes, I can relate to that. When I owned my cars (I

Re: Hoya might sell Pentax?

2007-01-23 Thread graywolf
Ah, another Zenith, RCA, or Sylvania! Just a name to market third party products under. Beginning to look like the doomsayers were right. -graywolf K.Takeshita wrote: Folks, sky is not falling but a today's news indicated that CEO of Hoya, in the presentation today on their financials,

RE: PESO - Norwegian Door

2007-01-23 Thread Tim Øsleby
I don't know Dag. Ok. What do I see? I see a white door at the ground. Brown leaves, ok, it is fall. Where does this door lead us? Down into the ground? I'm curious. I'd like to open it. But that's kind of scary. What is behind. It is white, almost like a coffin. Where does this lead me? Death?

Interest in developing a software around photograhy?

2007-01-23 Thread Thibouille
I have to produce a software as a final evaluation of my computer sciences studies. Of course, nothing like a RAW converter etc. but maybe there a couple things which would be handy to have in a little software? Conversions? (focal length, DOF...) Inventory? (lenses, bodies, film, memory cards,

Re: GESO - Dead Heads

2007-01-23 Thread wendy beard
I have a fairly large screen at work (crt 21 I think) and I only saw the large pics one at a time. I didn't see anything either side until I got to the vertical one. Starting it was a bit odd too. I first got a black screen with SimpleViewer requires Macromedia Flash. Get Macromedia Flash. If you

Re: GESO - Dead Heads

2007-01-23 Thread Adam Maas
That's interesting, the gallery should autoload rather than requiring you to click on it. -Adam wendy beard wrote: I have a fairly large screen at work (crt 21 I think) and I only saw the large pics one at a time. I didn't see anything either side until I got to the vertical one. Starting

Re: PESO - Garbage Day

2007-01-23 Thread Bruce Dayton
Yes, I have to agree. It was the fallen bin that made me consider the shot. As you say, just a line of bins like that would not have been very interesting. -- Bruce Tuesday, January 23, 2007, 6:55:19 AM, you wrote: C Bruce Dayton wrote: Taken on my walk today. Pentax K10D, Tokina AT-X

OT: Bionic Eyes?

2007-01-23 Thread Tom C
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/01/22/national/a105720S56.DTL Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Garbage Day

2007-01-23 Thread Bruce Dayton
Not harsh, but truthful. Each of us encounter images that we like, dislike or have no feeling for. This is one of those images for you to dislike. For me, I saw a pattern of objects all lined up with one askew. The perspective of the long lens helped to emphasize that. Is it a shot that I

Re: Interest in developing a software around photograhy?

2007-01-23 Thread graywolf
How about a database to automatically catalog digital photo files on the computer using the embedded info with the only manual input being an optional caption? -graywolf Thibouille wrote: I have to produce a software as a final evaluation of my computer sciences studies. Of course, nothing

Re: Moral dilemma

2007-01-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 23, 2007, at 5:47 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Cotty wrote: Define distasteful ! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/mods/eoskmount.html ;-) LOL !!! G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Garbage Day

2007-01-23 Thread Tom C
Don't be so nice to me. ;-) Tom C. From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Garbage Day Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:19:12 -0800 Not harsh, but truthful. Each of us encounter images

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