Re: PESO: I have a Great Niece

2013-12-27 Thread Bruce Walker
A lovely girl, Bill; posed very nicely. I love those boots which look to be thigh-highs. And somebody's got great taste in framed bw photos. ;-) If I'm not mistaken I think I see a recent PESO among them: rocks in a stream? On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com

Re: questions about the 20-40

2013-12-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Paul via phone On Dec 27, 2013, at 1:00 AM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: Let's see. As a walk around lens this is ideal. Compared to the DA*16-50 its: Smaller Lighter Slower Less Range Both have WR. Its f2.8 on its wide end and f4 at 40mm. From the samples I saw it

Re: PESO - Old Lace

2013-12-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice. It has much to say. Paul via phone On Dec 26, 2013, at 11:00 PM, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com wrote: Me too! -Marco On Dec 26, 2013, at 7:53 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Love it! Jack - Original Message - From: Brian Walters

Re: Happy Isaac Newton's birthday... and herre's the 2013 PDML Quotations List!

2013-12-27 Thread David J Brooks
another great list and thanks for doing this Mark I'm surprised i made the list, i have been quiet this year. Dave On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Good work, everybody! http://www.robertstech.com/quote.htm -- Mark Roberts - Photography

Re: questions about the 20-40

2013-12-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Bill wrote: On 26/12/2013 8:00 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Nothing has ever failed on my 16-50. I've been using it as a workhorse since August 2008. It's shot 10648 frames, first on a K100D, then K20D, and now K-3. My understanding is that SDM lenses that are used as daily drivers rarely, if

Re: Hey Bruce!! Try this

2013-12-27 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Bruce, Bill On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 15:56:29 -0500 Bruce Walker wrote: Bill, I am using this configuration now. Not _quite_ what I was looking for in terms of seeing the current config on demand, but pretty useful anyway. (There's no question this K-3 is a more usable camera than its digital

Re: questions about the 20-40

2013-12-27 Thread Miserere
Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bill wrote: On 26/12/2013 8:00 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Nothing has ever failed on my 16-50. I've been using it as a workhorse since August 2008. It's shot 10648 frames, first on a K100D, then K20D, and now K-3. My understanding is that SDM lenses

Re: questions about the 20-40

2013-12-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Miserere wrote: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bill wrote: On 26/12/2013 8:00 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Nothing has ever failed on my 16-50. I've been using it as a workhorse since August 2008. It's shot 10648 frames, first on a K100D, then K20D, and now K-3. My understanding

Re: Shout-out for Godfrey!

2013-12-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Dec 26, 2013, at 1:58 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 26/12/13, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: You're a peach, Godfrey! More an apple ;-) Hmm. Cobbler fill, eh? Thank you, Christine! Glad to help. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO: 2013 images

2013-12-27 Thread SV Hovland
I realized I haven't posted much images on pdml this year so here are some of them all at once. It started with a trip to Venice in January. http://download.heime.org/foto/pdml/2013.12a/index.html And some images from my neighbourhood. All of them within a few kilometres from my home.

Re: Shout-out for Godfrey!

2013-12-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Godfrey does deserve accolades for all the assistance he provides here. He taught me to manage color workflow for printing way back when and has provided much advice when I was troubleshooting my computer systems. His instructions are far more lucid than those provided by most tech support

Re: PESO: 2013 images

2013-12-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Stig, Too many to comment on, but some nice photos. Autumn is my favorite. Love the single leaf on the wooden walk(?). Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 10:04 AM, SV Hovland pdml...@heime.org wrote: I realized I haven't posted much images on pdml this year so here are some of them all

RE: PESO: 2013 images

2013-12-27 Thread SV Hovland
Thanks. That one is taken with the Q7 and the 06 telezoom lens. A really nice camera and lens :-) SV -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob Sullivan Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 6:07 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: 2013

GESO: Kruger 27/12/2013

2013-12-27 Thread Alan C
Had a relaxing day in the Park today but unfortunately it was a rainy, grey day - not the best for photography - only 2 shots worth sharing. Firstly, an elephant carcass on a Letaba River bank with 7 gorged 2-3m crocs in attendance. The vultures have already been judging from the excrement on

GESO: Ricoh PENTAX supporting Wild Dog Conservation

2013-12-27 Thread Alan C
Saw this poster cabinet full of binoculars at Olifants Camp this afternoon. They seem to be doing brisk trade among the foreign tourists. http://www.flickr.com/photos/87994495@N06/sets/72157639087468193 Alan C --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus

Re: questions about the 20-40

2013-12-27 Thread Miserere
Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Miserere wrote: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bill wrote: On 26/12/2013 8:00 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Nothing has ever failed on my 16-50. I've been using it as a workhorse since August 2008. It's shot 10648 frames, first on a

Re: GESO: Ricoh PENTAX supporting Wild Dog Conservation

2013-12-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Pentax makes some excellent binoculars. 8x40 are my favorite On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: Saw this poster cabinet full of binoculars at Olifants Camp this afternoon. They seem to be doing brisk trade among the foreign tourists.

Re: PESO: 2013 images

2013-12-27 Thread Attila Boros
You sure caught up now, lots to look at:) I liked http://download.heime.org/foto/pdml/2013.12d/content/K5C_1103_large.html with the two birds acting like I'll never talk to you again - with a cute smiley face. Funny and well seen.

Re: PESO: 2013 images

2013-12-27 Thread Bob W
Some very nice stuff in there, especially the Finland set. Your brother looks as though he is in an advert for his Best of... album, Autumn Memories. Discount for pensioners. Either that or he has indigestion. B On 27 Dec 2013, at 19:55, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: You sure

Re: GESO: Kruger 27/12/2013

2013-12-27 Thread Bob W
That must have been a sight to see. I wonder how the elephant died. Too old to defend itself? Can crocs take a healthy elephant? Your comments about the turtles remind me of my South African hosts when I was there. Getting all excited about seeing giraffes, and elephants and buffalo and lions,

[dis|en]ablement

2013-12-27 Thread Larry Colen
As I posted a while back, pro camera repair just refunded my money on repairing and modding my K-5. So, in short, the $350 that was burning a hole in my pocket is now buring a hole in Miserere's pocket, and a Tamron 28-75/2.8 lens arrived this morning, just in time for me to take a short photo

Re: questions about the 20-40

2013-12-27 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Fri, Dec 27, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: That's quite a leap for someone who has apparently shot with neither . The 16-50 renders beautifully and can achieve focus at close range. For moderately small subjects like flowers or leaves I opt for it in place of my macro. The reason I went

Re: questions about the 20-40

2013-12-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Dec 27, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 27, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: That's quite a leap for someone who has apparently shot with neither . The 16-50 renders beautifully and can achieve focus at close range. For moderately small subjects like flowers

Re: questions about the 20-40

2013-12-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Miserere wrote: I did not appreciate Pentax's reluctance to admit the problem, which did little to improve my image of them. But that's an ailment that afflicts all Japanese camera companies I think you could remove Japanese and camera from that sentence without reducing its accuracy much...

Re: GESO: Ricoh PENTAX supporting Wild Dog Conservation

2013-12-27 Thread Rick Womer
I have a pair of waterproof, shockproof 8x25 Pentax binocs I bought about 10 years ago. They're great, and have withstood abuse well. Rick On Dec 27, 2013, at 13:39 , Alan C wrote: Saw this poster cabinet full of binoculars at Olifants Camp this afternoon. They seem to be doing brisk

Re: PESO - Old Lace

2013-12-27 Thread Rick Womer
Excellent composition and rendering. If I had to live there, though, I'd probably take the arsenic that came with the old lace. Rick On Dec 26, 2013, at 15:20 , Brian Walters wrote: From Nevada City, Montana. http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP3711-K5-1peso.html

Re: PESO - Old Lace

2013-12-27 Thread Bob W
On 27 Dec 2013, at 21:37, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Excellent composition and rendering. If I had to live there, though, I'd probably take the arsenic that came with the old lace. If you lived there, they'd probably give it to you. (Stealing and adapting one from Churchill

FS: lenses not being used much

2013-12-27 Thread CollinB
AF 1.7x tc. $300 A* 300/4. $425 FA 28/2.8. $250 70/2.4 LTD w/ hood $450 They are all hard to part with but these days things are changing in our lives. And little use means someone else can get more value from them than I. US shipping is included. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: questions about the 20-40

2013-12-27 Thread Miserere
Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Miserere wrote: I did not appreciate Pentax's reluctance to admit the problem, which did little to improve my image of them. But that's an ailment that afflicts all Japanese camera companies I think you could remove Japanese and camera from that

Re: [dis|en]ablement

2013-12-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 12:08:45PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: It had been saying six hours to do a 200G backup, so I excluded a bunch of random stuff, and maybe that'll go a lot quicker. PVRAM reset seems to have solved the problem -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

For Cotty!!!

2013-12-27 Thread CollinB
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Re: [dis|en]ablement

2013-12-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
I had a startup hard drive failure on my iMac. (It was replaced free on a recall.) I was able to restore it fully from a Time Machine backup, all 600 gigabytes. Took about four hours. Paul On Dec 27, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: As I posted a while back, pro camera

FS Friday: Low-mileage K-5 body with 18-55mm DA WR lens

2013-12-27 Thread Joe J. Wilensky
For sale: Pentax K-5 body, EX to EX+ condition, very low shutter count (1,048) with strap, battery, battery charger, cables, body cap. Has latest firmware. I don’t think I have the manual (I have the freely available pdf). With SMC Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL WR lens, EX+ condition. $430 for

Re: PESO - Old Lace

2013-12-27 Thread Brian Walters
Thanks to everyone who took a look. Very much appreciated. A slight correction. The photo was taken in Virginia City not Nevada City (the two towns are only about a kilometre apart). I believe most of the buildings date from the mid 1800s. We hadn't originally planned to go there on our

Re: For Cotty!!!

2013-12-27 Thread Rick Womer
Oh, the pain! So much needless surgery! So much suffering! Rick On Dec 27, 2013, at 18:38 , CollinB wrote: http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/ele/4238293683.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: PESO: 2013 images

2013-12-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Simply overwhelming, Stig, both in terms of volume and especially in terms of individual image quality. The Puffins are stunning. I would kill for any of those images of a wolf in the wild. In my view, the Northern Norway collection is the best gallery, with incredible variety; each image is

PESO 1st composite

2013-12-27 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Everyone: Despite having only Photoshop Elements 11, I purchased Larry’s book suggestion Photoshop for Lightroom Users in the ebook format. Turns out one can do a bit of compositing in PS Elements, and I had my first go at it today. I’ve always loved collage and such and have done a bit

Re: PESO 1st composite

2013-12-27 Thread Larry Colen
very fun! On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 12:08:59AM -0600, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: Despite having only Photoshop Elements 11, I purchased Larry’s book suggestion Photoshop for Lightroom Users in the ebook format. Turns out one can do a bit of compositing in PS Elements, and I had

Re: PESO 1st composite

2013-12-27 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Larry! And thanks for the book suggestion! Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad On Dec 28, 2013, at 12:37 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: very fun! On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 12:08:59AM -0600, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: Despite having only Photoshop Elements