Re: Precision Camera Repair.

2018-12-05 Thread Bulent Celasun
>This is especially galling since KEH.com has a Bargain, K-5II in stock >that I could get for $285.00 with free shipping, and four times the >warranty. That makes this option at least 5 times better than the former. Bulent -

Re: December PUG is up

2018-12-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Another interesting PUG, with many great images! I agree that Ken Waller's "Monet" is the pick of an outstanding litter, Words fail me in trying to praise it. I also very much like Dave Brook's "Hard Water" and Matthew Hunt's "Red Lights." both exceptional. Ann's "Bottled" is also excellent

Re: pentax reliability grief

2018-12-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Don't feel bad about Pentax, apparently, Canon, Nikon, and Sony have all outsourced their repair services to Precision.  Which only confirms that life is like a septic system, the really big pieces float to the top. After warranty repair just seems to be a very low priority. Those units that

PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread ann sanfedele
some (hopefully, most on my side of the pond) will know why I'm posting this today, Dec 5th , others may not :-) https://annsan.smugmug.com/WorksinProg/Unfinishedalcan/n-2bspQh/i-z9p4gDq/L scanned from a k64 chrome ann -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com

Re: December PUG is up

2018-12-05 Thread Jack Davis
Agree, Brian. Ken's image is also my pick. J Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 4, 2018, at 7:56 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > G'day all, > > A bit larger gallery this month. Some excellent work, as usual - Ken's "Show > Me > the Monet" is one favourite (great title too!). Others are Matthew's

Re: Precision Camera Repair.

2018-12-05 Thread P. J. Alling
You would think, but my K-5II is a bit beat up, and has come by it's scars honestly.  I really like it, and replacing it with a different body seems disloyal somehow.  Rationally I should just pull the trigger and order the Camera from KEH. On 12/5/2018 4:52 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote: This is

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread ann sanfedele
The sign was tilted IRL so I didn't want to straighten it  have a feeling you didn't read the sign  :-) ann On 12/5/2018 10:44 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Pretty, but the tilt is a distraction for me. Paul On Dec 5, 2018, at 10:24 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: some (hopefully, most on my side of

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Marvelous gallery, Ann! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 10:25 AM ann sanfedele wrote: > some (hopefully, most on my side of the pond) will know why I'm posting > this today, Dec 5th , others may not :-) > >

Re: December PUG is up

2018-12-05 Thread ann sanfedele
Brian - those are my exact top three as well! Ken's Monet is especially a knock out. Hope he has printed that one! ann On 12/4/2018 10:56 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all, A bit larger gallery this month. Some excellent work, as usual - Ken's "Show Me the Monet" is one favourite (great

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread ann sanfedele
as I suspected... I purposely avoided pointing out why I took the photo in the subject line, but hinted in the email body I grabbed the shot from archives on computer without touching it - I thought you meant the sign.. I can't see any slanting otherwise. On 12/5/2018 11:23 AM, Paul

Re: December PUG is up

2018-12-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice gallery. Ken’s photo is both beautiful and conceptually brilliant. Dave’s is excellent as well. many good shots. Paul -- 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 follow

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Pretty, but the tilt is a distraction for me. Paul > On Dec 5, 2018, at 10:24 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > some (hopefully, most on my side of the pond) will know why I'm posting this > today, Dec 5th , others may not :-) > >

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
You’re right. I couldn’t read the sign on my phone! I would still straighten it. The sign will remain somewhat tilted. But no big deal. Paul > On Dec 5, 2018, at 11:20 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > The sign was tilted IRL so I didn't want to straighten it > have a feeling you didn't read the

Re: December PUG is up

2018-12-05 Thread Bob W-PDML
In a restaurant in France this summer the waiter put a carafe of water like this one on the table: https://goo.gl/images/aBJxBj Les Eaux Municipales means tap water... Except that it's glass, it would be nice to carry one around for refilling from fountains. In Vichy at the source of

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread ann sanfedele
I don't want to lose those phone poles ... I see the tilt in the building edges but my eye is drawn to the mountains which look straight to me... The sign was definitely tilted in actuality and the phone poles often are along the Alcan... has to do with permafrost and stuff... I may have more

Re: Precision Camera Repair.

2018-12-05 Thread Ken Waller
It almost seems that they don't want us to repair our equipment. Cameras are not the only consumer item not made for repair. Try to get a coffee maker or other kitchen appliance repaired and you'll find the same issue. In optimizing design, repairability doesn't figure into the

Re: December PUG is up

2018-12-05 Thread Brian Walters
On a similar theme, a town in New South Wales banned bottled water in 2009. Sadly it doesn't seem to have caught on more widely: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-07-08/nsw-town-bans-bottled-water/1346406 Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread ann sanfedele
ya got it - I'm not surprised to see On 12/5/2018 2:24 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: Well, wrong side of the pond here, but 'kinder and gentler' gives it away to me. On 5 Dec 2018, at 15:25, ann sanfedele wrote: some (hopefully, most on my side of the pond) will know why I'm posting this today,

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread lrc
That's what happens when your work is worth browsing, arguably a nice problem to have. On December 5, 2018 1:16:06 PM PST, ann sanfedele wrote: >ah I see you guys are looking at the whole GESO which was my work area >for a previous and a future calendar.. > >Ken - if by 'first shot" you mean

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread ann sanfedele
ah I see you guys are looking at the whole GESO which was my work area for a previous and a future calendar.. Ken - if by 'first shot" you mean the one with the Kinder Gentler Lodge - could be - I'll check my notes and the Milepost... it was quite close to the border on the Alcan.. thought it

Re: December PUG is up

2018-12-05 Thread ann sanfedele
back in '81 my thought when I saw the bottle being filled was that it was Evion's source ;-)  I was photographing the fountain itself - the frame before it on that roll tells me that... never bothered to blow that one up... I'll go for the gag every time ann On 12/5/2018 2:11 PM, Bob W-PDML

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread ann sanfedele
lol - thanks Larry.. But I shouldn't leave things I mean to show in my work galleries...  that's on me. after Ken's question abou location   I found out on line the Lodge closed in 1992.. and a bit about its history. My notes tell me I have a BW of that too.. maybe I got out of the car to

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread ann sanfedele
:-)  re your googling ... I should have said PKR 64 actually.. The Pro Kodachrome - I bought in bricks with same mfg number.  great stuff. ann On 12/5/2018 8:33 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote: On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 10:24:50 -0500 ann sanfedele wrote: some (hopefully, most on my side of the pond) will

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread Alan C
Wonderful scenes I never have nor probably never will experience: i.e. snow & very cold conditions. Alan C On 05-Dec-18 06:51 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Marvelous gallery, Ann! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 10:25 AM ann sanfedele

Re: December PUG is up

2018-12-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Isn't Vichy water high in minerals and sulfur? Not to my taste. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 5:44 PM Bob W-PDML wrote: > > In Vichy at the source of Celestins you can draw the water free, or go > into a shop and buy some... >

Re: December PUG is up

2018-12-05 Thread Bob W-PDML
Depends on the well. Celestins is nice, not at all sulphurous, with very fine bubbles. I lived in Harrogate for many years and some of the water there is very sulphurous, and there is the occasional whiff of hellfire in Vichy, but not as much as Harrogate. Vichy is a very attractive town. > On

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread Subash Jeyan
On Wed, 5 Dec 2018 10:24:50 -0500 ann sanfedele wrote: > some (hopefully, most on my side of the pond) will know why I'm > posting this today, Dec 5th , others may not :-) > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/WorksinProg/Unfinishedalcan/n-2bspQh/i-z9p4gDq/L > > scanned from a k64 chrome i just

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I went even farther than the GESO, Ann, to your website. I noticed your gallery on Jim Thorpe, PA. It drew my interest since my father was born there when his father worked in the coal mines of what was then called Mach Chunk. It was a dirty little burg populated by impoverished immigrants of

Re: December PUG is up

2018-12-05 Thread Bob W-PDML
> On 5 Dec 2018, at 15:01, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Another interesting PUG, with many great images! > > [...] > Ann's "Bottled" is also excellent and gave me a real chuckle. On my three > trips to Switzerland over the decades, I constantly watched the locals > filling their Perrier

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread Bob W-PDML
Well, wrong side of the pond here, but 'kinder and gentler' gives it away to me. > On 5 Dec 2018, at 15:25, ann sanfedele wrote: > > some (hopefully, most on my side of the pond) will know why I'm posting this > today, Dec 5th , others may not :-) > >

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread Ken Waller
Nice captures Ann. Was the first shot taken at Beaver Creek on the Alaskan/Canada border? -Original Message- >From: ann sanfedele >Subject: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992 > >some (hopefully, most on my side of the pond) will know why I'm posting >this today, Dec 5th

Re: PESO - along the ALCAN in the Yukon, Spring 1992

2018-12-05 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 11:33:37AM -0500, ann sanfedele wrote: > > I grabbed the shot from archives on computer without touching it - I thought > you meant the sign.. I can't see any slanting otherwise. Most of the verticals (the telegraph poles, the edges of the buildings, etc.) are tilted over