scavenger photos

2011-04-05 Thread steve harley
all local (3 are domestic), two taken today, all taken in last 5 days http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3510446/1/scavenger%2020110404?h=4ea1cb thanks Larry it was fun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

7 news tomorrow night for Aussies...

2011-04-05 Thread Tanya Love
Awesome update everyone! I am going to be on 7 news tomorrow night to talk about The Constellations Project! Me and my trusty K7 will be walking around Grantham working and showing what the project is all about! They are promoting it tonight during Winners and Losers so keep your eyes

Re: peso buy three

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 4, 2011, at 9:01 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Lately, I've been dreaming of a motorbike with a sidecar. Cheers, Christine A friend of mine has an Ural, which is basically a prewar BMW with sidecar, where the Russians looted the factory after the war, brought it to Russia, and have

Scavenger hunt urls

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
I tried to grep the urls for all the scavenger hunt photos into one file. It turns out that my new mail server isn't as user friendly as my old one when it comes to searching through email, so the list isn't as clean as I'd like. I'm inclined to suggest that in the future, we just set up a

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 4, 2011, at 10:24 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/4/2011 21:29, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: It is damn near impossible to find anyone who actually shoots with it, posts pictures on the web and admits it. The lens should be in my hands tomorrow morning, I will just have to see

Re: I think it's a cell phone advertisement.

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 4, 2011, at 10:01 PM, William Robb wrote: On 04/04/2011 10:52 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Wanna share? On 4/4/2011 11:42 PM, William Robb wrote: Whatever it is, I found it quite wonderful. Damn. I hate it when I do that.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_CDLBTJD4M Was the

Re: Nooks and Crannies [K-5 + DA15, FA*24, FA31]

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/4/2011 22:47, Andrew Allen wrote: Hi Pentaxians Here is a recent street series photographed primarily in urban St. Louis with three of my favorite lenses - and of course my favorite camera, the K-5. Comments/questions welcome. http://andrewallenphoto.com/p379560305 -Andy The urban

Re: More Pentax quality grief

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/4/2011 22:02, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: The OK button of my, or rather Michael's, K10D has stopped working. Just got the cost estimate for the repair: 310,45 euros! My DS gave up after 4 years (rear thumbwheel erratic, repair too expensive), the K10D, 4 1/2 years old, is now beyond

en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread AlunFoto
Sometimes one has to forgo precious posessions to acquire others. I just sold my FA* 600/4 to raise money for a package of 645 optics that emerged on a Norwegian forum: 645N camera house 645FA 45/2.8 645FA 75/2.8 645FA 120/4 macro 645FA* 300/4 645FA 400/5.6 LowePro SuperTrekker The price matched

RE: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
This http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=11097full=1 is one of my all time favorite pictures. Took it with F85 soft, tripod and all... Boris Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. kris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: sometimes being good isn't good ;)

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/3/2011 15:40, Cory Waters wrote: But, of course, LBA is strong. The 60-250 calls. But it might be the 55-300 that answers. Boris is trying to copy the hand motion of Ben Kenobi when Ben and Luke were visiting the Mos Eisley for the first time... Boris is looking at you intently and

Re: More Pentax quality grief

2011-04-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 5 April 2011 17:56, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: I cannot possibly disagree that QC does not appear improving over the years, but then so does the complexity of the cameras. I don't think you could outright deny that other manufacturers are completely trouble free too. Yet I

Re: Quite an LX kit...

2011-04-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
Now I know how to offer my collection of LX's and kit. WOW! On Apr 4, 2011, at 08:09 , Darren Addy wrote: Now that the auction is over, I thought I would post this for those that didn't see it:

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 5, 2011, at 1:01 AM, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: This http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=11097full=1 is one of my all time favorite pictures. Took it with F85 soft, tripod and all... Boris Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. Welcome

Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 10:59, AlunFoto wrote: Sometimes one has to forgo precious posessions to acquire others. I just sold my FA* 600/4 to raise money for a package of 645 optics that emerged on a Norwegian forum: 645N camera house 645FA 45/2.8 645FA 75/2.8 645FA 120/4 macro 645FA* 300/4 645FA 400/5.6

Re: More Pentax quality grief

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 11:06, Rob Studdert wrote: Where this argument falls flat is that the vast majority of the problems reported, ie wonky mirrors, sticky buttons, failing rotary actuators, motors/gears/clutches in lenses, spots on sensors are all generally of mechanical nature. None of these issues are

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 11:01, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. kris Thanks. I still regret (now a bit more) parting with this lens... By the way, my hunt for soft filter produced no results that I could have stayed with. Boris

Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread AlunFoto
As I said, some stuff will be sold off again. The 120mm and 300 you saw in my bag are manual focus, so they're more likely candidates. You also saw an A-45/2.8 that I sold a couple of years ago. Interesting to see how your memory works, Boris. :-) Wanna buy a 645N? Jostein 2011/4/5 Boris

Re: Choosing long telephoto lens

2011-04-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 4, 2011, at 11:39 , Theodore Beilby wrote: Most of my aircraft in flight shots were taken with my F 100 - 300 hand held. Those of you who know me know that I have very shaky hands. Sometimes, I hang my monopod under the camera. I do this with the head locks loose so the monopod

Re: More Pentax quality grief

2011-04-05 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: But I certainly agree that things such as buttons or control wheels all should function 120% perfect. ...which they patently don't. The troubles aren't with 100% mirrors or other complex features but with the most basic knobs and buttons. Their trigger

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 5, 2011, at 1:24 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/5/2011 11:01, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. kris Thanks. I still regret (now a bit more) parting with this lens... By the way, my hunt for soft filter

morning HOYA fix

2011-04-05 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
Some years ago I bought a coffee pot by eva solo (http://www.evasolo.com/productinfo/567590/), its life was short in a house with kids and a cat but the metal/rubber parts survived the fall so I have been using those with a bottle of plum wine wrapped in a towel ever since. Those break too but

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 4, 2011, at 13:34 , John Sessoms wrote: From: David Parsons Have you ever seen a digital back? They are at least an inch thick. It's certainly possible to do, but I can't imagine any way that it would economical. Would you pay a couple thousand dollars to use an old film camera

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Apr 5, 2011, at 01:38 , Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 5, 2011, at 1:24 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/5/2011 11:01, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. kris Thanks. I still regret (now a bit more) parting with this

Re: 7 news tomorrow night for Aussies...

2011-04-05 Thread Peter McIntosh
Foxtel IQ has been programmed... :-) Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne On 5 April 2011 16:11, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: Awesome update everyone!  I am going to be on 7 news tomorrow night to talk about The Constellations Project! Me and my trusty K7 will be walking around Grantham

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 5, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Apr 5, 2011, at 01:38 , Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 5, 2011, at 1:24 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/5/2011 11:01, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. kris

Re: More Pentax quality grief

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 11:37, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: ...which they patently don't. The troubles aren't with 100% mirrors or other complex features but with the most basic knobs and buttons. Their trigger button problems go back as far as my Program A and P50 of... well... when? 20 years ago or is it

Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 11:26, AlunFoto wrote: As I said, some stuff will be sold off again. The 120mm and 300 you saw in my bag are manual focus, so they're more likely candidates. You also saw an A-45/2.8 that I sold a couple of years ago. Interesting to see how your memory works, Boris. :-) Wanna buy a

Re: More Pentax quality grief

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 5, 2011, at 2:58 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/5/2011 11:37, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: ...which they patently don't. The troubles aren't with 100% mirrors or other complex features but with the most basic knobs and buttons. Their trigger button problems go back as far as my

Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 5, 2011, at 1:26 AM, AlunFoto wrote: As I said, some stuff will be sold off again. The 120mm and 300 you saw in my bag are manual focus, so they're more likely candidates. You also saw an A-45/2.8 that I sold a couple of years ago. Interesting to see how your memory works, Boris.

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 11:38, Larry Colen wrote: By filters do you mean physical filters? Because I think that taking sharpness out of a photo is something that could be done trivially easily in digital post processing. Yes, exactly that, pieces of material that you put in front of the lens. I think

Re: Why do you shoot?

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
Taking another go on the subject. Just recently I've been reviewing my pictures from some years ago. Notably, in 2005 Jostein came here and we drove to the forests new Haifa University. I think the place is called Little Switzerland or something like this. Last autumn we had devastating fire

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/1/2011 14:31, Bob W wrote: vegans won't be able to use plastics made from feathers. This may not be easy to identify. B Heck, this is far more complex and frustrating that rules of kosher... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

reviewing pictures on PPG

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
I think that the first I heard of PPG was on the DPR Pentax SLR forum with people either bemoaning photos that had been rejected, or celebrating photos that had been accepted. The consensus seemed to be that voting on PPG was done by simpletons with a strong preference for cliche, and vivid

Re: reviewing pictures on PPG

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 13:28, Larry Colen wrote: Almost every one of those pictures is technically perfect, taken with few flaws and less imagination. You gotta be having a bad luck streak, Larry. Albeit not all of them, but routinely I find about 10% of shots from my PPG voting stream to be very good

Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
did I mention that beside a place in my heart you also have one on my hate list? enjoy Ecke 2011/4/5 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Sometimes one has to forgo precious posessions to acquire others. I just sold my FA* 600/4 to raise money for a package of 645 optics that emerged on a Norwegian

Re: reviewing pictures on PPG

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
Did I forget to mention the vignette effects? On Apr 5, 2011, at 3:31 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/5/2011 13:28, Larry Colen wrote: Almost every one of those pictures is technically perfect, taken with few flaws and less imagination. You gotta be having a bad luck streak, Larry. Albeit

Re: OT: Life becomes interesting for vegans

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
2011/4/1 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: I can see it now.  All the health food stores will be advertising 100% all natural vegan polyethylene. maybe. but I've yet to see a vegan eat polyethylene. on the other hand who says the oil used to make their plastic now is fauna free? imho using

Re: I was amused to see this ad on facebook

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
2011/4/5 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm: So, would that be a Penton or a Cantax? A Pentax with a Canoprism instead of the usual Canon with a pentaprism of course. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: More Pentax quality grief

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
Most of the problems I've had were with a piece of equipment made slightly over 50 years ago, and came without a warranty. one that can be made in minutes by cheap unskilled labor? well what do you expect? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 13:37, eckinator wrote: did I mention that beside a place in my heart you also have one on my hate list? enjoy Ecke Like you apparently have two hearts - one for love and one for hate... So then, Ecke, sir, you're not an earthling, but rather a time lord from that planet, what is

Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
2011/4/5 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Like you apparently have two hearts - one for love and one for hate... So then, Ecke, sir, you're not an earthling, but rather a time lord from that planet, what is its name again? Boris, my friend it is much simpler than that. my heart is the duct

Re: More Pentax quality grief

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 5, 2011, at 3:49 AM, eckinator wrote: Most of the problems I've had were with a piece of equipment made slightly over 50 years ago, and came without a warranty. one that can be made in minutes by cheap unskilled labor? By my calculations it was about 380,000 minutes, though only

Re: More Pentax quality grief

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
2011/4/5 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: By my calculations it was about 380,000 minutes, though only about the last day of the process is usually referred to as labor.  I do expect that while the initial assembly likely took less than an hour, the technicians involved may object to the term

Re: Hasselblad lenses on Pentax DSLRs

2011-04-05 Thread eckinator
2011/4/4 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: But do you have those 'Blad lenses, Bulent? if I am not mistaken, blad means something not so pleasant in russian. pun intended, gospodin liberman? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Tilt-shift lenses or adaptors

2011-04-05 Thread Thibouille
I'm looking into getting a T/S lens. I don't care much if not Pentax or if I need an adaptor. However I care about price. Those things are usually very pricey. I might even accept a Canon lens, if it is what I need to get Tilt/shift. I know Pentax only did a Shift but no tilt. If anybody has an

Re: More Pentax quality grief

2011-04-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 5, 2011, at 4:14 AM, eckinator wrote: 2011/4/5 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: By my calculations it was about 380,000 minutes, though only about the last day of the process is usually referred to as labor. I do expect that while the initial assembly likely took less than an hour,

Re: Hasselblad lenses on Pentax DSLRs

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 14:16, eckinator wrote: 2011/4/4 Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com: But do you have those 'Blad lenses, Bulent? if I am not mistaken, blad means something not so pleasant in russian. pun intended, gospodin liberman? Nope, the word you might be thinking of is different and

My humble submission to Larry's Scavenger Hunt

2011-04-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Cavengerhunts/Larrys-Scavenger-Hunt/16469794_YC8zm#1239410613_xVTE6 I actually sent this yesterday. Another post lost in the wilds of pdml.com -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-04-05 5:14 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 5, 2011, at 2:05 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Apr 5, 2011, at 01:38 , Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 5, 2011, at 1:24 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 4/5/2011 11:01, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness

Re: My humble submission to Larry's Scavenger Hunt

2011-04-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
And as you can see, I took Ann's comment as a bit more of a joke than she meant it ;-) On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Cavengerhunts/Larrys-Scavenger-Hunt/16469794_YC8zm#1239410613_xVTE6 I actually sent this yesterday.  

Re: PAW--Week 13-Skateboarding on the Picasso

2011-04-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
You know, the from line in Gmail was appearing as Christ. .. Christ. I knew the Almighty shot Pentax. On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: See what you mean about distracting backgrounds, Ken.  Just having a little fun with framing.  Thanks for the

Re: My humble submission to Larry's Scavenger Hunt

2011-04-05 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-04-05 8:12 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Cavengerhunts/Larrys-Scavenger-Hunt/16469794_YC8zm#1239410613_xVTE6 I actually sent this yesterday. Another post lost in the wilds of pdml.com Great shots, Steve. I especially enjoyed your Frank-style grab. With that

Re: PESO: Stadium Sun

2011-04-05 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-04-05 1:13 AM, Tim Bray wrote: Lots of wires! http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/04/04/-big/IMG_0535.jpg.html -T I like the effect, Tim. Nice! My only issue is I think t'would be improved without the cloud URC. -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

OT: We are Grandparents!!

2011-04-05 Thread Walter Hamler
http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

Re: Tilt-shift lenses or adaptors

2011-04-05 Thread AlunFoto
Lensbabies? 2011/4/5 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com: I'm looking into getting a T/S lens. I don't care much if not Pentax or if I need an adaptor. However I care about price. Those things are usually very pricey. I might even accept a Canon lens, if it is what I need to get Tilt/shift. I

Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 16:26, Walter Hamler wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt Congratulations!!! Does it mean then that it is you on the right? Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: PUG - Kodachrome Memories Fading Fast

2011-04-05 Thread Malcolm Smith
P. J. Alling wrote: I wish I could come up with a good Kodachrome slide image; but every thing is in storage, or the K25 plugin I found didn't produce crap. I thought I'd have no end of choice for this a few weeks back, but it was dependent on winning a bid (yet another attempt) on a Nikon

Re: reviewing pictures on PPG

2011-04-05 Thread AlunFoto
I remember voting over images that looked very much like a bulk upload of holiday snaps. That was before the weekly limit was introduced. However I still find that the type of pictures submitted has a distinct seasonal flavour. Tuned to the Northern hemisphere, for most part. So right now it's

Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!

2011-04-05 Thread AlunFoto
*YAY* Congrats, Walt. Jostein 2011/4/5 Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!

2011-04-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
Congratulations!! Best wishes to all. -p On 4/5/2011 8:26 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML

Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jostein, You are very diciplined and not sentimental about your equipment. If I had the big digital, I might sell the FA* 600/4 too. Did it go to a good home? Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:59 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Sometimes one has to forgo precious posessions to

Re: Nooks and Crannies [K-5 + DA15, FA*24, FA31]

2011-04-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
My favorite is the Urban Disconnect. A fine shot with a strong sense of place and mood. Dan -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:51 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/4/2011 22:47, Andrew Allen wrote: Hi Pentaxians Here is

Re: PAW week 12 catch-up

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/27/2011 19:51, Christine Aguila wrote: I'm at week 12, but didn't post weeks 9, 10, 11, 12 to the list. Not great stuff, but despite being sick, I kept up. I did try for the Perigee-Super-Moon (week 11). Darrel I went to Montrose Beach area. The shots are really more landscapey than

Re: PESO - Balconies

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/29/2011 04:18, Rick Womer wrote: Another from Paris. I love the combination of stone facades, wrought iron balconies, and flowers. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12868902size=lg (K7, DA 50-200) Rick Remind me to take you to some somewhat similar 'hoods of Tel Aviv if you

Re: Fishing...

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/29/2011 09:25, Bulent Celasun wrote: ... really! http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12879576size=md Bulent No kiddin' :-). Sorry Bob, I had to use a smiley. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: reviewing pictures on PPG

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 16:37, AlunFoto wrote: It could be a subission strategy, I suppose, to stay a bit ahead of the game by submitting seasonal pictures from last year just before the season starts. Jostein Now you spoiled it completely. Remember, we have a list archive that is public on the

Re: Spring

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 3/28/2011 18:51, John Sessoms wrote: INSTALLING SPRING... ░ 33% DONE. Install delayedplease wait. Installation failed. Please try again. Thankfully, we're having yet another front of rain here... Boris (from the land of BIOS, in a manner of speaking) --

Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!

2011-04-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Walt, Good for you and congratulations to the parents! We envy you. Regards, Bob Lynn S. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!!

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: Two points about that. The lens does a 3D transform. By the time you get the image, the sensor has removed the directional information and all you get to work with is a 2D plane with colour and luminance information. All spatial info is lost. If *all* the information

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/5/2011 17:01, Mark Roberts wrote: I've come up with a pretty good soft-focus emulation recipe for Photoshop. I'll try to post it in a day or two. Mark, if by any chance it could be re-created in LightRoom, I'd be most thankful for the recipe. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
On 4/5/2011 17:01, Mark Roberts wrote: I've come up with a pretty good soft-focus emulation recipe for Photoshop. I'll try to post it in a day or two. Mark, if by any chance it could be re-created in LightRoom, I'd be most thankful for the recipe. Boris Damn you all and I only just

Re: I think it's a cell phone advertisement.

2011-04-05 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tue Apr 5 02:30:59 CDT 2011 Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 4, 2011, at 10:01 PM, William Robb wrote: On 04/04/2011 10:52 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Wanna share? On 4/4/2011 11:42 PM, William Robb wrote: Whatever it is, I found it quite wonderful. Damn. I hate it when I do

Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!

2011-04-05 Thread Walter Hamler
Yes, that's the Gramps! My wife, Margaret and Bryson Nicolos. He was born Sun, 4-3, to my son, Nathan, and his bride, Nicole, in S FL. We were there for the delivery. All are well! Walt On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/5/2011 16:26, Walter Hamler

Re: Spring

2011-04-05 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
John, I borrowed that nice text/graph for Facebook. I trust you don't have a copyright on it. :-) Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!

2011-04-05 Thread Jack Davis
Welcome! Enjoy the ride, but fasten your seat belts!! Jack --- On Tue, 4/5/11, Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com wrote: From: Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com Subject: OT: We are Grandparents!! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 6:26 AM

Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!

2011-04-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
Excellent. I hear grandchildren are more fun than children. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Welcome! Enjoy the ride, but fasten your seat belts!! Jack --- On Tue, 4/5/11, Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com wrote: From: Walter Hamler

Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread AlunFoto
2011/4/5 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Jostein, You are very diciplined and not sentimental about your equipment. If I had the big digital, I might sell the FA* 600/4 too. Did it go to a good home? I think it ended up in the best of hands. The same guy once bought my FA*28-70/2.8. We

Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!

2011-04-05 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent.  I hear grandchildren are more fun than children. And, symmetrically, grandparents are more fun than parents. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: I think it's a cell phone advertisement.

2011-04-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
Thanks Bill. That was great. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Tue Apr 5 02:30:59 CDT 2011 Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 4, 2011, at 10:01 PM, William Robb wrote: On 04/04/2011 10:52 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Wanna share? On 4/4/2011 11:42 PM, William

Re: reviewing pictures on PPG

2011-04-05 Thread AlunFoto
2011/4/5 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 4/5/2011 16:37, AlunFoto wrote: It could be a subission strategy, I suppose, to stay a bit ahead of the game by submitting seasonal pictures from last year just before the season starts. Jostein Now you spoiled it completely. Remember, we have

Re: More Pentax quality grief

2011-04-05 Thread steve harley
On 2011-04-05 05:09 , Larry Colen wrote: By my calculations it was about 380,000 minutes, though only about the last day of the process is usually referred to as labor. I do expect that while the initial assembly likely took less than an hour, the technicians involved may object to the term

Re: Fishing...

2011-04-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
Actually, they used to use that method up in Rhode Island to put someone into the lake. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/29/2011 09:25, Bulent Celasun wrote: ... really! http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12879576size=md Bulent No kiddin'

Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jostein, Speaking of an eagle hide, you might enjoy this live feed. Two eaglets hatched, one egg still there. http://www.raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/ Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 10:11 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/4/5 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Jostein,

Re: No Umbrella, No Galoshes

2011-04-05 Thread Walter Gilbert
Thanks, Christine -- and all else who looked and commented. I went ahead and loosened up that crop for composition and I think you all were right. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5592638186/ Thanks again for the input! -- Walt On 4/4/2011 10:59 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:

Re: No Umbrella, No Galoshes

2011-04-05 Thread steve harley
On 2011-04-05 09:56 , Walter Gilbert wrote: I went ahead and loosened up that crop for composition and I think you all were right. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5592638186/ sweet! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Spring

2011-04-05 Thread steve harley
On 2011-03-28 11:18 , frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:51 PM, John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: INSTALLING SPRING... ░ 33% DONE. Install delayedplease wait. Installation failed. Please try again. Must be a Microsoft program. It's not

Re: en- dis-ablement, and maybe some FS

2011-04-05 Thread AlunFoto
2011/4/5 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Jostein, Speaking of an eagle hide, you might enjoy this live feed. Two eaglets hatched, one egg still there. http://www.raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/ That's interesting, thanks for posting. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 08:13:58AM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: If *all* the information available from the light was recorded by the sensor, you could do away with the lens entirely. You could simply expose the sensor through the empty lens mount and recreate the scene later with digital

Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!

2011-04-05 Thread Walter Gilbert
How utterly great! Congratulations, Walt! -- Walt On 4/5/2011 8:26 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: I think it's a cell phone advertisement.

2011-04-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I loved it and I didn' think I would.. (o dear, no pun intended that time) ann William Robb wrote: On 04/04/2011 10:52 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Wanna share? On 4/4/2011 11:42 PM, William Robb wrote: Whatever it is, I found it quite wonderful. Damn. I hate it when I do that..

PESO 2011 - 051 - GDG

2011-04-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
A new PESO ... more in the 2011 Guadalupe River Park landscape series, a little break from Communicating ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5592762804/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5592762804/ Thanks for looking, comments always appreciated. Godfrey -- a

Re: scavenger photos

2011-04-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I guess the pussycat is the cliche/local and the last one is Knarf? The Eye has it ann steve harley wrote: all local (3 are domestic), two taken today, all taken in last 5 days http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3510446/1/scavenger%2020110404?h=4ea1cb thanks Larry it was fun -- PDML

Re: scavenger photos

2011-04-05 Thread steve harley
On 2011-04-05 10:51 , Ann Sanfedele wrote: I guess the pussycat is the cliche/local and the last one is Knarf? well all are local, the first three are within 30 feet of each other at my home; and yes the two cats are an attempt at cliché last one is a take-off on Godfrey's communicating

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Mark Roberts
On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:04:34 +0300, you wrote: On 4/5/2011 17:01, Mark Roberts wrote: I've come up with a pretty good soft-focus emulation recipe for Photoshop. I'll try to post it in a day or two. Mark, if by any chance it could be re-created in LightRoom, I'd be most thankful for the

Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!

2011-04-05 Thread Charles Robinson
On Apr 5, 2011, at 10:06, Steven Desjardins wrote: Excellent. I hear grandchildren are more fun than children. I can corroborate this. here, he smells funny and away he goes to Mom and Dad for a quick change! You can't get away with that with your OWN kids. -Charles -- Charles Robinson

Re: reviewing pictures on PPG

2011-04-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
wow - I disagree about the voting process... There are a lot of competent things that are boring, but enough spectacularly good stuff to make it interesting. I have to say that I've been brutal though, when it came to photos submitted by anyone who needed to expound on the beauty of their own

Re: Damned customs - F 85 Soft

2011-04-05 Thread Keith Whaley
Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: This http://not.contaxg.com/document.php?id=11097full=1 is one of my all time favorite pictures. Took it with F85 soft, tripod and all... Boris Beautiful. A welcome distraction from this sharpness trumps everything world. kris How about the Soft = blurry world?

Re: My humble submission to Larry's Scavenger Hunt

2011-04-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Dear Humble The eyes have it here too... I actually think the one you call Knarfish is more Stenquestian - nicely done. Well and you know my opinion of Disneyland (hope we don't have to get divorced) ann Steven Desjardins wrote:

Re: OT: We are Grandparents!!

2011-04-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Paul Sorenson wrote: Congratulations!! Best wishes to all. -p what he said ann On 4/5/2011 8:26 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_u3uwa#1240778972_X2KTU-L-LB Let the fun begin!! Walt -- PDML

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