Re: just stopping by

2006-07-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
jim kerslake wrote: It's incredible how they do it - I sometimes find modern super-sharpness a bit much - do you know if the more modern Pentax lenses continue to behave like that, There is still something special about the rendering from Pentax lenses. They don't exhibit the typical

re: Beware New eBay Scam

2006-07-12 Thread Roman
Wasn't that the same thing with egold just few years ago and some stupid attempts till today. Just be careful where you go, and always see what actual link status line shown. You may even Righclick - Properties to see where this link gets you. If it's not eBay.com long side many subdomains

Re: GESO: Fourth of July Photos

2006-07-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/7/06, George Sinos, discombobulated, unleashed: Both galleries are at http://georgesphotos.net They are the first two featured galleries. Thanks for the glimpse of real Americana George. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

RE: GESO: Fourth of July Photos

2006-07-12 Thread Bob W
Interesting little slice of Americana there. Thanks. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Sinos Sent: 12 July 2006 05:03 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO: Fourth of July Photos Fourth of July was busy. The

RE: PESO:Fadista Joana Amendoeira

2006-07-12 Thread Tim Øsleby
Thank you Russel, Frank and Boris, for your time, and your inspiring words. Boris. I saw you had a smilie, but I'd like to comment on the watermark. It's is part of the stage decoration, a spot making a fiddle. To me it looks like a Hardanger fiddle. Without something extra stage photos tend to

Re: OT: Modern Dance

2006-07-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Hey, Bill, so you break dance in your spare time? ;-) Boris On 7/12/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps not everyones cup of tea, but I enjoyed it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xN2CfOk5YI Safe for family viewing, but I think it is a flash object. William Robb --

Re: Re: Just a little rant (or not rant?!)

2006-07-12 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, mike wilson wrote: From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/11 Tue PM 02:40:20 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Just a little rant (or not rant?!) Funny, but I used to date a Jewish Russian emigre. She could rant. Boy could she

Re: Re: Just a little rant (or not rant?!)

2006-07-12 Thread mike wilson
From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/11 Tue PM 09:28:28 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: Just a little rant (or not rant?!) On 7/11/06, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's a gender bias to that cultural thing. 8-))) Who,

Re: Re: OT: Modern Dance

2006-07-12 Thread mike wilson
From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/12 Wed AM 06:54:00 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Modern Dance Hey, Bill, so you break dance in your spare time? ;-) Boris That's not break dancing, that's body popping - or maybe poppin'. You

Re: Re: Just a little rant (or not rant?!)

2006-07-12 Thread mike wilson
From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/12 Wed AM 07:17:56 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: Just a little rant (or not rant?!) On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, mike wilson wrote: From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/11 Tue PM

A PESO and a PAW

2006-07-12 Thread David Mann
First the PAW... I nearly chose another sunset pic but I like the clouds in this one. http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo/photodb/view.php?t=1p=471 Now a PESO: http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo/photodb/view.php?p=477 We did a tour inside the dam soon after (by sheer luck we'd turned up just in

Re: PESO-Drool

2006-07-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks for looking, Boris, No, he's dark grey, just as seen on my monitor. On Jul 12, 2006, at 12:52 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! This guy has a problem: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4663160 Is he supposed to be at least partially (fully) black? Nice drool though. And

RE: Grace on the Fourth of July

2006-07-12 Thread Tim Øsleby
Thank you Paul, for sharing your love. And I do think you are right, this is the best shot, so far ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original

Re: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread Bob Shell
On Jul 11, 2006, at 8:39 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: I'm not really satisfied with the sharpness - I guess I must try to use MF next time :-) BTW - they're all shot with Limited 77mm and FA 1.4 50mm. Take a look: http://www.jensbladt.dk/Modelnight/Pernille-site.html Any critics or advice is

Re: Grace on the Fourth of July

2006-07-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Tim. On Jul 12, 2006, at 6:37 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: Thank you Paul, for sharing your love. And I do think you are right, this is the best shot, so far ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after

Re: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Bob Shell wrote: lighting ratio is usually set to be short. That is less difference between main light and fill light. The lighting ratio on these is all wrong. Not enough fill. This kind of lighting is more Is this bad in that respect?

Re: Manfrotto Tripod legs

2006-07-12 Thread David Savage
Very true. This is one I made handheld from 6 vertical frames (*istD, FA50mm f1.4, ISO 200) Small (~110k) http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/TSM_004_2.jpg Full size (~2.8M) http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/TSM_004_2_Large.jpg No high art, just a record of a project I worked on. The WB is

RE: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread Jens Bladt
I like these best, myself: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157594196654606/ Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Jens Bladt Sendt: 12.

RE: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread Jens Bladt
I think you ar right, Bob. The fill light was mostly a reflector screen, not properly set. I did the lighting myself for the shots where she's sitting the wrong way on a chair, myslef, though. She is semi professional model - a member of an amateur bureau. Regards Jens Bladt

RE: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread Jens Bladt
Nope. I like shadows! BTW: I discovered that I must try to crop more in the actual recording. Some of the shots are cropped down to appr. 1/4 size. This means it's really 1.5 MP shots. Not more resolution than a decent cellphone camera ! Or I'll try to photograph her with my Pentacon 6x6 and a

Re: Firewire card reader

2006-07-12 Thread brooksdj
I have the ibook G4. I don't have my receipt here ay work, but its something in the area of 1.33 to 1.8 Hz. I bought it last September, and i THOUGHT it was to have included 2 usb 2 slots. Both cards read at GFM, and at home for that matter, were the 2gig Sandisk Exteme III cards. One with

Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Today morning Hizballah guerillas attacked Israeli Northern borders. They also kidnapped two soldiers and killed several. Please look in the news... It is very sad day today. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: GESO: Austin, TX, July 4th weekend

2006-07-12 Thread Amita Guha
For this one, I combined channels. I would have liked to use the channel mixer, but the image was too grainy for me to get good results using that method. I used the tutorial here: http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/or/black-and-white.html On 7/11/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread Bob Shell
On Jul 12, 2006, at 7:02 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: lighting ratio is usually set to be short. That is less difference between main light and fill light. The lighting ratio on these is all wrong. Not enough fill. This kind of lighting is more Is this bad in that respect?

Re: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread Norman Baugher
From: William Robb http://www.jensbladt.dk/Modelnight/Pernille-site.html Any critics or advice is welcome, naturally ... Shot from higher up. I like the lens axis to be somewhere around the same level as the nose. Bring your main light up a bit higher, and use more fill. And get a

Paw Farewell to Norman

2006-07-12 Thread Dave Brooks
Said good bye to a long time friend Tuesday afternoon. Norm was a well known resident of Markham and well respected business man(Barker Roofing) Norm always had a joke to tell, and love interacting with people, and drinking really expensive Scotch.:-). Service had a lone piper playing Amasing

Re: GESO: Fourth of July Photos

2006-07-12 Thread David J Brooks
Quoting Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 11/7/06, George Sinos, discombobulated, unleashed: Both galleries are at http://georgesphotos.net They are the first two featured galleries. Thanks for the glimpse of real Americana George. England run out of powder again, Cotty.:-) Dave --

Re: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Bob Shell wrote: On Jul 12, 2006, at 7:02 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: lighting ratio is usually set to be short. That is less difference between main light and fill light. The lighting ratio on these is all wrong. Not enough fill. This kind of lighting is more

RE: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread Jens Bladt
Bob, I like gums - it's very young and a bit naughty too, I think. But my fellow hobby photographera at the camera club would certainly agree with you ;-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL

Re: PESO -- Pink Moon

2006-07-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/11/2006 8:43:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Puns aren't supposed to make you laugh. Puns are supposed to make you groan. = That they do. That they do. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Sun Shadow

2006-07-12 Thread Jack Davis
Guilt level now receding. :) Jack --- Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Would appreciate y'all taking a look and sending along your reaction/repulsion. Taken 10 years ago on a foggy AM at Crater Lake, OR. I've always felt a little guilty about the donut shadow. Should I?

OT: New notebook screen choice.

2006-07-12 Thread Perry Pellechia
Sorry for the off topic post but I know there are people with strong (and good) opinions on the list. I am thinking about getting a Mac Book Pro (15.4) and I have a choice between the matte/anti glare screen and the newer glossy screen. I have owned about a half dozen notebooks and they all have

Re: Paw Farewell to Norman

2006-07-12 Thread David Savage
Nice tribute Dave. Pipes at a funeral are very moving, I do tend to loose it then. Sends a shiver down my spine just thinking about it. Dave On 7/12/06, Dave Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Said good bye to a long time friend Tuesday afternoon. Norm was a well known resident of Markham and

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread Don Williams
Boris PDML is no place for that kind of post. There are people on this group who have absolutely opposite ideas (to yours) about what's right and what's wrong in Palestine and 'Israel.' Don Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Today morning Hizballah guerillas attacked Israeli Northern borders. They

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Why do you admonish Boris for simply reporting the news, giving us a heads up, and expressing his sadness? He didn't make a political statement or take a position, he simply said that war was starting and suggested we look at the news. Boris, thank you for the heads up. I hadn't turned on

Re: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/7/06, Norman Baugher, discombobulated, unleashed: And get a better looking model. Why Norm I thought youm liked a bit of rough mate. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

My two cents on monopods

2006-07-12 Thread Ed Maruyama
Hi everybody... how's it going? Just to say thanks to all of your opinions on monopods long lenses... hopefully I'll be posting some pictures soon... I just got it yesterday... YAY! Woohoo! decided to get a good one... so got this Gitzo Mountaineer MK2... so far, I'm still learning how to

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread frank theriault
On 7/12/06, Don Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Boris PDML is no place for that kind of post. There are people on this group who have absolutely opposite ideas (to yours) about what's right and what's wrong in Palestine and 'Israel.' Sorry, Don, but I disagree with you. I don't see anything

Re: My two cents on monopods

2006-07-12 Thread gfen
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Ed Maruyama wrote: Of course it's not enough for slow shutter speeds... but I think it's more stable than my jello tripod (at least with the 500mm lens) I love my monopod, and its easily as good as a tripod in some cases.. Where you can jam it into the ground, lean it

Re: OT: New notebook screen choice.

2006-07-12 Thread Cotty
On 12/7/06, Perry Pellechia, discombobulated, unleashed: I am thinking about getting a Mac Book Pro (15.4) and I have a choice between the matte/anti glare screen and the newer glossy screen. I have owned about a half dozen notebooks and they all have had a matte screen. I have been pretty

RE: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread Tim Øsleby
I'm sad about this too Boris. I don't feel it will be appropriate to say more than this here. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message-

More Fungus!

2006-07-12 Thread Mark Roberts
After yesterday's discovery of that old fungus shot, I decided to revamp my fungus photo gallery. (And yes, I am a sad git to actually have a gallery of fungus photos, aren't I? g) http://www.robertstech.com/fungus.htm -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835

Re: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread frank theriault
On 7/12/06, Norman Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And get a better looking model. You're such a pig, Norm. I have to say, though, you're right... LOL cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Firewire card reader

2006-07-12 Thread Mat Maessen
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:25:50 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the ibook G4. I don't have my receipt here ay work, but its something in the area of 1.33 to 1.8 Hz. I bought it last September, and i THOUGHT it was to have included 2 usb 2 slots. An iBook G4 does

Re: OT: New notebook screen choice.

2006-07-12 Thread Perry Pellechia
On 7/12/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perry, A word of caution - there's lots of talk over on the Powerlist (details below) about the MBPs getting very hot in anything over 72 deg f ambient temps. Some say too hot to have on a lap, too hot for the wrists on the palm-rests. Note that the

Re: funny K10D story

2006-07-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Aaron Reynolds wrote: Funny, or perhaps encouraging. A friend of mine has been contemplating a 10MP digital SLR. He had decided, based mostly on specs, that he was most interested in two cameras -- the K10D and the Sony Alpha. (He has no 35mm lenses to speak of, so that's not a

Re: OT: New notebook screen choice.

2006-07-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jul 12, 2006, at 7:39 AM, Cotty wrote: I am thinking about getting a Mac Book Pro (15.4) and I have a choice between the matte/anti glare screen and the newer glossy screen. I have owned about a half dozen notebooks and they all have had a matte screen. I have been pretty happy with

Re: OT: New notebook screen choice.

2006-07-12 Thread Adam Maas
Cotty wrote: On 12/7/06, Perry Pellechia, discombobulated, unleashed: I am thinking about getting a Mac Book Pro (15.4) and I have a choice between the matte/anti glare screen and the newer glossy screen. I have owned about a half dozen notebooks and they all have had a matte screen. I have

Re: My two cents on monopods

2006-07-12 Thread Charles Robinson
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 10:39:41AM -0400, gfen wrote: The proper way to use a monopod is to angle it forward, and then lean into it. Thus, you form a tripod with the monopod being the front leg and your own two legs being the rear. Putting the camera on the top of the unit precludes you

Re: OT: New notebook screen choice.

2006-07-12 Thread Perry Pellechia
On 7/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, I'm plenty impressed with the performance of the MacBook 2Ghz with 2G RAM in it. The screen size compared to my PowerBook G4 15 is really not all that much different, and with native software it's very very fast. The MacBook Pro 15

Re: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: On 7/12/06, Norman Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And get a better looking model. You're such a pig, Norm. I have to say, though, you're right... Norm, you should have phoned him up at 5: a.m. to tell him... -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia

Re: More Fungus!

2006-07-12 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Mark Roberts wrote: After yesterday's discovery of that old fungus shot, I decided to revamp my fungus photo gallery. (And yes, I am a sad git to actually have a gallery of fungus photos, aren't I? g) http://www.robertstech.com/fungus.htm I don't think you are, Mark, I

List weirdness!

2006-07-12 Thread Mark Roberts
I'm subscribed to the PDML at two email addresses. Why, you ask? Well, my robertstech.com address can't send mail to the list. No idea why. It *does* receive list emails but posts from robertstech.com get rejected. My other address, a forwarding service that uses the domain name grad.com

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread Carlos Royo
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Today morning Hizballah guerillas attacked Israeli Northern borders. They also kidnapped two soldiers and killed several. Please look in the news... It is very sad day today. Boris, I agree that it is really sad, although not more than the ongoing slaughter

Re: OT: New notebook screen choice.

2006-07-12 Thread Adam Maas
Perry Pellechia wrote: On 7/12/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perry, A word of caution - there's lots of talk over on the Powerlist (details below) about the MBPs getting very hot in anything over 72 deg f ambient temps. Some say too hot to have on a lap, too hot for the wrists on the

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread pnstenquist
Boris merely related a news story. He didn't make a political comment. You did. Time to end the thread. Paul -- Original message -- From: Carlos Royo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Today morning Hizballah guerillas attacked Israeli Northern

Re: OT: New notebook screen choice.

2006-07-12 Thread Adam Maas
Perry Pellechia wrote: On 7/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, I'm plenty impressed with the performance of the MacBook 2Ghz with 2G RAM in it. The screen size compared to my PowerBook G4 15 is really not all that much different, and with native software it's very very

Re:Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread urbanlegend1031
Those bastard Israelies, why cant they just try using a little honey instead of vinegar all the time? They starve those people, take their land, are racist towards them, buldoze their houses, and then they whine when they are attacked by them. Such morons. To think they have so much

Re: OT: New notebook screen choice.

2006-07-12 Thread Mat Maessen
On 7/12/06, Perry Pellechia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was about to order the 13 Macbook, but I was concerend with the lower end video and shared memory. Overall it looks like a nice machine. I wish Apple did not skimp of the graphics. If all you're doing is photo editing in Photoshop on the

Re: OT: New notebook screen choice.

2006-07-12 Thread Cotty
Update. Here's one poster's views, fresh off the ether: - Here's my personal experience. I don't really see much difference between the PowerBooks and the new MacBook Pros in terms of heat build-up or dissipation. About two weeks ago I replaced my PowerBook 17 with a MacBook Pro 17.

Re: OT: New notebook screen choice.

2006-07-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jul 12, 2006, at 8:48 AM, Perry Pellechia wrote: I was about to order the 13 Macbook, but I was concerend with the lower end video and shared memory. Overall it looks like a nice machine. I wish Apple did not skimp of the graphics. Well, if you're trying to produce a lower cost machine,

PESO - Ruth on her Porch

2006-07-12 Thread dougbrewer
Yesterday I began a project documenting some of the quilters in the area for an upcoming quilt show here at the museum. While editing the photos, I liked this one enough to share. Though it does not show her quilting, I think it had enough of her personality to include in the set. Given the

Re: Manfrotto Tripod legs

2006-07-12 Thread Tom C
Yes and while I realize the desire to utilize as much of the recorded frame as possible, when doing a panorama, it's highly likely that based on the camera-to-subject distance as the camera turns throughout, some fairly significant cropping may occur, to create the most pleasing composition.

Re: More Fungus!

2006-07-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Those are spectacular photographs, don't feel too bad Mark, my college roommate was a mycologist, he had a fungus collection, mostly ugly brown dirt like stuff, (but he found them to be fascinating). Mark Roberts wrote: After yesterday's discovery of that old fungus shot, I decided to revamp

RE: More Fungus!

2006-07-12 Thread Tom C
I especially like the 2nd one down in column one and the 3rd one down in column two. Very nice Mark. Tom C. From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: More Fungus! Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:23:23 -0400 After

Re: Manfrotto Tripod legs

2006-07-12 Thread Tom C
I think it has a slight bluish cast. ;-) Tom C. From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Manfrotto Tripod legs Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:26:48 +0800 Very true. This is one I made handheld

Re:Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread pnstenquist
Ignore this troll. He doesn't even sign his name. He's obviously just trying to incite the list. Paul -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Those...snip ___ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and

Re: Re: OT: Modern Dance

2006-07-12 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 08:22:09AM +, mike wilson wrote: From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/07/12 Wed AM 06:54:00 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Modern Dance Hey, Bill, so you break dance in your spare time? ;-) Boris

Re: PESO - Ruth on her Porch

2006-07-12 Thread pnstenquist
Very nice. I bet she makes great quilts. Probably good apple pies as well:-). Paul -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yesterday I began a project documenting some of the quilters in the area for an upcoming quilt show here at the museum. While

Re: My two cents on monopods

2006-07-12 Thread japilado
I purchased an item called a Trek-Pod. It doubles as a walking staff, but it can also be used as a monopod, or, get this, a tripod. The lower part of the Trek Pod has the three legs held together by a velcro strip. You can unlock the legs by pulling the strip off. The head of the Trek Pod is

Re:Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread urbanlegend1031
There. Ignore this troll. He doesn't even sign his name. He's obviously just trying to incite the list. Paul -- Peter Grove Seattle WA Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and

Re: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread Norman Baugher
Spoken like a true slut?? Norm From: frank theriault On 7/12/06, Norman Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And get a better looking model. You're such a pig, Norm. I have to say, though, you're right... LOL -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: My two cents on monopods

2006-07-12 Thread Jens Bladt
I use the 334B, which has a one grip adjustment (+ you must sometime prolong the lower part of the leg (by turning it) - which requires two hand. I guess the latter adjust ment is supposed to be done once and for all in order fo fit your hight. I't simply great - I wouldn't wnat one with a four

Re: Paw Farewell to Norman

2006-07-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Hard to stay dry when a piper plays Amazing Grace. Sorry for the loss of your friend Norm. Regards, Bob S. On 7/12/06, Dave Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Said good bye to a long time friend Tuesday afternoon. Norm was a well known resident of Markham and well respected business man(Barker

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Boris, I hope you, your wife, and daughter are out of rocket range. Be safe, Bob S. On 7/12/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Today morning Hizballah guerillas attacked Israeli Northern borders. They also kidnapped two soldiers and killed several. Please look in the news...

[OT] Internal card reader question

2006-07-12 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All! I was wondering if anybody can recommend a good reliable and fast internal multi-card reader (for a desktop computer). (Yes, I know there are plenty of external ones, I just would like to avoid a clutter around the computer). I was offered http://www.mitsumi.com/products/fa402amain.html

Re: Firewire card reader

2006-07-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jul 12, 2006, at 8:40 AM, Mat Maessen wrote: I have the ibook G4. I don't have my receipt here ay work, but its something in the area of 1.33 to 1.8 GHz. I bought it last September, and i THOUGHT it was to have included 2 usb 2 slots. An iBook G4 does have USB2 ports. It depends on

Re: My two cents on monopods

2006-07-12 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Jul 12, 2006, at 11:42 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: ..and portrait shots are almost completely out of the question! Unless you're using longer glass, which generally has a tripod collar. And as to leaning, with longer lenses the angle of lean needed to correct your framing is very shallow

Re: GESO: Austin, TX, July 4th weekend

2006-07-12 Thread P. J. Alling
I can't find the link to the tutorial I found this on so I'll describe what I've been doing. This is a Photoshop specific process, unfortunately, thought other packages may have equivalent layering capabilities. The original tutorial only includes the second and third steps below. Before the

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Ah, a legend in his own mind... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those bastard Israelies, why cant they just try using a little honey instead of vinegar all the time? They starve those people, take their land, are racist towards them, buldoze their houses, and then they whine when they are attacked

RE: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I agree 100% with Godfrey. Carlos and this Urban Legend guy are stirring the pot. If we're going to keep politics out of this thread, then comments such as those made by Carlos and Urban need to be kept in check. BTW, I first learned of the 9/11 attack on the WTC towers on this list from a

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread keith_w
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Today morning Hizballah guerillas attacked Israeli Northern borders. They also kidnapped two soldiers and killed several. Please look in the news... It is very sad day today. Boris, do what you have to, to stay safe. You have our blessings to get out of this

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread P. J. Alling
You're point? Ridicule is the way to go with trolls like this. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ignore this troll. He doesn't even sign his name. He's obviously just trying to incite the list. Paul -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Those...snip

Re: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread pnstenquist
-- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why not ask the true slut? I have no opinion on this matter. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread frank theriault
On 7/12/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Today morning Hizballah guerillas attacked Israeli Northern borders. They also kidnapped two soldiers and killed several. Please look in the news... It is very sad day today. Boris, I hope that for once peace wins. I hope that you

OT: Bad taste

2006-07-12 Thread Jens Bladt
Is this considered bad taste in the photographic world? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/188146656/ I kind a like it. Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus

Re: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread frank theriault
On 7/12/06, Norman Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Spoken like a true slut?? Why not ask the true slut? cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread keith_w
Don Williams wrote: Boris PDML is no place for that kind of post. There are people on this group who have absolutely opposite ideas (to yours) about what's right and what's wrong in Palestine and 'Israel.' Don Excuse me, Don, but it *IS* a place for it! What are we to do? Bury our heads,

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread Aaron Reynolds
Oh, look, we can take him and his disposable e-mail address seriously now that he's made up a name for us! Peter, rest assured that if you have a camera question that none of us will help you with it. Thanks for trying to screw up our list. -Aaron -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Bad taste

2006-07-12 Thread pnstenquist
Taste is in the eye of the beholder. If you like it, it's good. I have no problem with it, although I can't say it does a lot for me. Paul -- Original message -- From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this considered bad taste in the photographic world?

Re: OT: Bad taste

2006-07-12 Thread pnstenquist
The digital noise border alongside her cheek is in bad taste. Paul -- Original message -- From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this considered bad taste in the photographic world? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/188146656/ I kind a like it. Regards

Re: OT: New notebook screen choice.

2006-07-12 Thread Perry Pellechia
On 7/12/06, Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/12/06, Perry Pellechia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was about to order the 13 Macbook, but I was concerend with the lower end video and shared memory. Overall it looks like a nice machine. I wish Apple did not skimp of the graphics. If

Re: Model Night in the Camera Club

2006-07-12 Thread frank theriault
On 7/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have no opinion on this matter. That's wise. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread Adam Maas
Ditto to Shel and Godfrey. Keep safe Boris. -Adam Shel Belinkoff wrote: I agree 100% with Godfrey. Carlos and this Urban Legend guy are stirring the pot. If we're going to keep politics out of this thread, then comments such as those made by Carlos and Urban need to be kept in check.

Re: PESO - Ruth on her Porch

2006-07-12 Thread brooksdj
Nice. I like the pole being in between her and the chair. Don't know why, its just an appealing part of the photo. Oh and i liked your musician shots to. I think it was the drummer at the bottom in sort of a reddish light. Liked that one. Dave

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread pnstenquist
I think ridicule is fine. Paul -- Original message -- From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] You're point? Ridicule is the way to go with trolls like this. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ignore this troll. He doesn't even sign his name. He's obviously just trying

Re: OT: New notebook screen choice.

2006-07-12 Thread Perry Pellechia
Thank Cotty for the more current info. This supports what I read and what Mat also learned. On 7/12/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Update. Here's one poster's views, fresh off the ether: - Here's my personal experience. I don't really see much difference between the PowerBooks

Re: [OT] Internal card reader question

2006-07-12 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm using a Foxconn internal USB multi card reader. It's relatively fast, (True USB 2.0 it seems, will transfer all the files on a full 1 gig card in 3-7 seconds), and a nice feature is that unlike some other less expensive multi card readers I've used each slot is recognized as a separate

RE: Bad taste

2006-07-12 Thread Don Sanderson
Actually I rather like it, not as a photo, but as a graphic. It's really rather flattering to the model. Don -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jens Bladt Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:01 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT:

Re: Seriously Off Topic: War is starting in Israel

2006-07-12 Thread keith_w
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those bastard Israelies, why cant they just try using a little honey instead of vinegar all the time? They starve those people, take their land, That is _not_ their land, but that's got no place in this discussion. ...are racist towards them, buldoze their houses,

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