Re: OT - Ducati Cards anyone? ;-)

2007-07-20 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 20/07/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The simple fact is that SD cards have a more reliable interface than CF cards. I prefer CF cards as well, but I've never seen a busted SD reader, and have seen well over a couple of dozen busted CF readers/camera slots. Forcing SD cards out

Re: Camera Armor coming soon for K10D

2007-07-20 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 20/07/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You guys know my wife? :-) LOL, glad you brought it up. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/

Carl Zeiss SLR Lenses Now Available for K Bayonet

2007-07-20 Thread Digital Image Studio
Brilliant. http://www.zeiss.com/C1256A770030BCE0/WebViewTopNewsAllE/E7B1B466C265E877C125731D0039CE39?OpenDocument -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO

Re: Carl Zeiss SLR Lenses Now Available for K Bayonet

2007-07-20 Thread Dario Bonazza
Looks like those ZK lenses have focus issues ;-) Dario (how can Zeiss manage to be unable to deliver in-focus pictures?) - Original Message - From: Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 8:43 AM Subject: Carl Zeiss

Re: Carl Zeiss SLR Lenses Now Available for K Bayonet

2007-07-20 Thread Digital Image Studio
On 20/07/07, Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like those ZK lenses have focus issues ;-) Yes like the professionally produced K10D sample images had blowout issues and poor exposures ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PESO: Gatekapell

2007-07-20 Thread Brian Walters
No problems - I should have been paying better attention Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting Jim King [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Brian Walters wrote on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:17:52 -0700

RE: Official date for the first two DA*

2007-07-20 Thread Rod Connan
From the Pentax Life site Pentax Japan has officially announced release date for two new DA* lenses. In Japan DA* 50-135mm F2.8 will be available July 27, 2007. DA* 16-50mm F2.8 two weeks later - August 11, 2007. In the United States (and most other countries) both lenses will available

Re: PESO: Gatekapell

2007-07-20 Thread Toralf Lund
Jim King wrote: An interesting image, to me at least, although the meaning of the sign is uncertain - Gate chapel is open?. Nearly right. You may like to know, however, that gate in Norwegian actually means street. Apparently, you find the same word in some English place names... Anyhow,

Re: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread dglenn
Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh wait, no. It's Colorado. Well, I knew it was one of those western states with mountains. But Frank Zappa didn't write a song about going to Colorado and I'm not going to put anything by John Denver in a subject line under *any* circumstances.

Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Oh wait, no. It's Colorado. Well, I knew it was one of those western states with mountains. But Frank Zappa didn't write a song about going to Colorado and I'm not going to put anything by John Denver in a subject line under *any* circumstances. Anyway, tomorrow morning Dr. Lisa and I are

Re: PESO: Gatekapell

2007-07-20 Thread P. J. Alling
Doh, then again when do any of us pay attention? Brian Walters wrote: No problems - I should have been paying better attention Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting Jim King

Re: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread David J Brooks
Dental floss buches are dormant this time of year. Have a good trip Dave On 7/20/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh wait, no. It's Colorado. Well, I knew it was one of those western states with mountains. But Frank Zappa didn't write a song about going to Colorado and I'm not going

Re: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: Oh wait, no. It's Colorado. Well, I knew it was one of those western states with mountains. But Frank Zappa didn't write a song about going to Colorado and I'm not going to put anything by John Denver in a subject line under *any* circumstances. Anyway, tomorrow

Re: August PUG

2007-07-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks. Dan M On 7/19/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Is there a PUG for August? If so, how are entries submitted? Thanks, Dan Yep. Theme is Vacation. Submission information is here, though the image requirements are not up to date.

Re: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Scott Loveless
Doug Brewer wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Oh wait, no. It's Colorado. Well, I knew it was one of those western states with mountains. But Frank Zappa didn't write a song about going to Colorado and I'm not going to put anything by John Denver in a subject line under *any* circumstances.

Re: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Scott Loveless
Mark Roberts wrote: Oh wait, no. It's Colorado. Well, I knew it was one of those western states with mountains. But Frank Zappa didn't write a song about going to Colorado and I'm not going to put anything by John Denver in a subject line under *any* circumstances. Anyway, tomorrow

Re: Camera Armor coming soon for K10D

2007-07-20 Thread Steve Desjardins
LOL. I know the image I had in my mind but not a commonly accepted term. I made this one up, and it's pretty self-explanatory. Unfortunately, it really was my first thought when I say the Camera Armor. Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/19/2007 1:09 PM Tell me more 'bout the latex mistress.

OT - Damn, caught again....

2007-07-20 Thread Cotty
From a wet and flooded southern England (pics later today) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/6907327.stm -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT - Damn, caught again....

2007-07-20 Thread Norm Baugher
Well, at least the naked truth came out... Norm P. J. Alling wrote: Obviously he had nothing to hide... Cotty wrote: From a wet and flooded southern England (pics later today) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/6907327.stm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT - Damn, caught again....

2007-07-20 Thread P. J. Alling
Obviously he had nothing to hide... Cotty wrote: From a wet and flooded southern England (pics later today) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/6907327.stm -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT - Damn, caught again....

2007-07-20 Thread David Savage
I hate it when that happens. Cheers, Dave On 7/20/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a wet and flooded southern England (pics later today) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/6907327.stm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Tom C
You'll love it. If you get chance to go N on highway 9 from Silverthorne to Kremmling there is some very pretty mountain scenery, especially on the W side of the road, as well as a river winding by the road much of the way. Tom C. From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

OT - blogging

2007-07-20 Thread Scott Loveless
It's me again, Margaret. So far I've avoided tooting my own horn on the list about my blog, other than saying yes I have one and it's here in a recent thread about blogging. It's pretty much irrelevant so far. No posts at all about photography. A couple entries about the girls and mostly

Re: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Tom C
Almost forgot. Are you leaving on a jet plane? Maybe you can take some pictures of the eagle and the hawk. When you do return home, it's hard coming down from that rocky mountain high. Goodbye again. -- Scott Loveless Sunshine on his shoulder will make him happy. Tom C. -- PDML

Well I have gone and done it!

2007-07-20 Thread Alan Abbott
Hi All, Well I have after many YEARS of lurking, I have submitted a picture to PUG. Probably not of any interest to anyone but hay its a start! I am not someone hwo is interested in contests and just take photos for me. So lets see how it goes. One thing,the system didnt like the extension

RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Bill Owens
Don't miss the wild Montana skies. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 11:24 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Goin' to Montanaa! Almost forgot. Are you leaving on a jet plane? Maybe you can take

Re: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: RE: Goin' to Montanaa! You'll love it. If you get chance to go N on highway 9 from Silverthorne to Kremmling there is some very pretty mountain scenery, especially on the W side of the road, as well as a river winding by the road much

Re: OT - Ducati Cards anyone? ;-)

2007-07-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The flash drives look better: http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/ducati-fast-usb-drives.htm Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

PUG submission deadline

2007-07-20 Thread Scott Loveless
I'm going out of town for the weekend. Family reunion and camping. No net access. I hope the withdrawals aren't too bad. Anyway, the form for August will be up until at least the 23rd. Have a good weekend. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Well I have gone and done it!

2007-07-20 Thread Scott Loveless
Alan Abbott wrote: One thing,the system didnt like the extension being in caps ie JPG I had to change it to jpg it then went through. Alan */--- 'Those who do not learn from Dilbert are doomed to repeat it'---/* Sorry about that. I thought I had it set to allow JPG and jpg. I'll try

GESO and where I've been... and mark July 27th on your tv calendar

2007-07-20 Thread ann sanfedele
Guys - It is good to be busy - paying the rent is always helpful - but no time to read the list here is why... I went here: http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/3173713#174588645 (eventually these will have captions) for a small photo job -- a couple of hours of shooting and then editing when I

Re: PUG submission deadline

2007-07-20 Thread pnstenquist
Hi Scott, Where can I find the form? What's the theme for August. Thanks, Paul -- Original message -- From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm going out of town for the weekend. Family reunion and camping. No net access. I hope the withdrawals aren't too

Re: PUG submission deadline

2007-07-20 Thread Scott Loveless
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Scott, Where can I find the form? What's the theme for August. Thanks, Paul Hi, Paul. The theme is Vacation. Submission information is here, though the image requirements are not up to date. http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html The submission link

Re: OT - blogging

2007-07-20 Thread graywolf
Sorry, I tried to comment, but I am not a google member so it refuse my comment. I am glad I am hosting my blog on my own site. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Scott Loveless wrote: It's

Re: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread ann sanfedele
I love the dental floss song and agree decisively with your opinion of John Denver :) Will look forward to GESO have fun! ann Mark Roberts wrote: Oh wait, no. It's Colorado. Well, I knew it was one of those western states with mountains. But Frank Zappa didn't write a song about going to

Flooding in England

2007-07-20 Thread Cotty
Very heavy rainfall - 4 inches in 6 hours here - but alas we have emerged dry. The garage has an inch in it and some cardboard boxes are floating, otherwise we are fine. Others not so lucky. Some pics: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/spare6.html Story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6907316.stm

Re: OT - blogging

2007-07-20 Thread Doug Brewer
graywolf wrote: Sorry, I tried to comment, but I am not a google member so it refuse my comment. I am glad I am hosting my blog on my own site. graywolf just choose other and go from there -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: The area around Leadville is also well worth a visit. Take oxygen though, you are up close to 10,000 feet. Where we're staying is at 8750 ft and we'll be doing several hikes well above 10,000. Probably two or three fourteeners, saving LaPlata, my favorite, for late in the

Re: Published!

2007-07-20 Thread Dario Bonazza
I always forgot to post this link: http://www.dariobonazza.com/puble.htm Dario - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 2:05 PM Subject: Published! All text pictures by me, on shooting live

Re: Flooding in England

2007-07-20 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jul 20, 2007, at 11:54, Cotty wrote: Very heavy rainfall - 4 inches in 6 hours here - but alas we have emerged dry. Alas? -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO and where I've been... and mark July 27th on your tv calendar

2007-07-20 Thread pnstenquist
Hi Ann, Some excellent pics of a very pretty town. Thanks for sharing. Paul -- Original message -- From: ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guys - It is good to be busy - paying the rent is always helpful - but no time to read the list here is why... I

Re: PUG submission deadline

2007-07-20 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Scott. -- Original message -- From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Scott, Where can I find the form? What's the theme for August. Thanks, Paul Hi, Paul. The theme is Vacation. Submission information is here,

Re: Carl Zeiss SLR Lenses Now Available for K Bayonet

2007-07-20 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
On Jul 20, 2007, at 9:12 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Looks like those ZK lenses have focus issues ;-) And only Pentax mount lenses (K and m42) are not sharp, unlike F- mount lens :-P Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread P. J. Alling
Back when it mattered, the joke was that he should be named John Aspen. ann sanfedele wrote: I love the dental floss song and agree decisively with your opinion of John Denver :) Will look forward to GESO have fun! ann Mark Roberts wrote: Oh wait, no. It's Colorado. Well, I knew

Re: Flooding in England

2007-07-20 Thread P. J. Alling
Cotty's tough, he courts adversity! Charles Robinson wrote: On Jul 20, 2007, at 11:54, Cotty wrote: Very heavy rainfall - 4 inches in 6 hours here - but alas we have emerged dry. Alas? -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN

Re: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Tom C
Having lived in Colorado at the height of his career, I liked and still do like the majority of his music. Less sure about the person themself. Tom C. From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject:

Re: Flooding in England

2007-07-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/7/07, Charles Robinson, discombobulated, unleashed: On Jul 20, 2007, at 11:54, Cotty wrote: Very heavy rainfall - 4 inches in 6 hours here - but alas we have emerged dry. Alas? Dunno, some bloke. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Carl Zeiss SLR Lenses Now Available for K Bayonet

2007-07-20 Thread Scott Loveless
Digital Image Studio wrote: Brilliant. http://www.zeiss.com/C1256A770030BCE0/WebViewTopNewsAllE/E7B1B466C265E877C125731D0039CE39?OpenDocument Grrr. Something else to covet. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Carl Zeiss SLR Lenses Now Available for K Bayonet

2007-07-20 Thread Bertil Holmberg
Made in Japan by Cosina?! http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/co/zf-50/ Bertil http://www.zeiss.com/C1256A770030BCE0/WebViewTopNewsAllE/ E7B1B466C265E877C125731D0039CE39?OpenDocument -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: GESO and where I've been... and mark July 27th on your tv calendar

2007-07-20 Thread David J Brooks
Err, should be nicely, Dave On 7/20/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice composed photos, Ann. Thanks Dave On 7/20/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys - It is good to be busy - paying the rent is always helpful - but no time to read the list here is

Re: Flooding in England

2007-07-20 Thread graywolf
Interesting life. Must be that global warming thing. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Cotty wrote: Very heavy rainfall - 4 inches in 6 hours here - but alas we have emerged dry. The

RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Bill Owens
My thoughts exactly! Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 2:13 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Goin' to Montanaa! Having lived in Colorado at the height of his career, I liked and still do like

Re: GESO and where I've been... and mark July 27th on your tv calendar

2007-07-20 Thread David J Brooks
Nice composed photos, Ann. Thanks Dave On 7/20/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys - It is good to be busy - paying the rent is always helpful - but no time to read the list here is why... I went here: http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/3173713#174588645 (eventually these

Re: Carl Zeiss SLR Lenses Now Available for K Bayonet

2007-07-20 Thread Adam Maas
Yes, all the Z-series SLR lenses, and all but two of the ZM lenses are made in Japan by Cosina and QC'd by an in-house Zeiss team (Zeiss shipped Cosina a full set of Zeiss's QC gear when they started ZM production a couple years ago) -Adam Bertil Holmberg wrote: Made in Japan by Cosina?!

Re: OT - Big Changes

2007-07-20 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/18/2007 5:51:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I won't go into great detail, but you can read all about it on today's blog entry: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2007/07/what-mess.html I'm happy. A bit scared, but happy. Any way, that's why I

RE: PESO: Gatekapell

2007-07-20 Thread Bob W
Nearly right. You may like to know, however, that gate in Norwegian actually means street. Apparently, you find the same word in some English place names... and in many street names, particularly in York. Walmgate, Coppergate, Goodramgate, Whip-me-whop-me Gate, etc... -- Bob

Re: GESO IR landscapes

2007-07-20 Thread Toine
Thanks everyone for commenting. David asked how I did it: I don't trust the AF en light meter with IR. Distance is manually set on the IR mark on the lens. Exposure is checked with the histogram function. In bright sunlight it's app 0.5-1 sec at f/8 on a tripod. I did AWB on green grass and shoot

RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Bob W
Kremmling? Isn't that where W E Smith did his Country Doctor story? -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: 20 July 2007 16:23 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Goin' to Montanaa! You'll love it. If you get

Re: RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: Kremmling? Isn't that where W E Smith did his Country Doctor story? And I thought it was somewhere in Moscow... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: Flooding in England

2007-07-20 Thread Bob W
Lucky escape for you. I work in Croydon, where there was some pretty serious flooding, and it's taken me 3 hours to get home tonight (a 10-mile journey). -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: 20 July 2007 17:55 To:

Re: OT - Big Changes

2007-07-20 Thread ann sanfedele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/18/2007 5:51:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I won't go into great detail, but you can read all about it on today's blog entry: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2007/07/what-mess.html I'm happy. A bit scared, but

RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Tom C
What do you do... just sit around and pump words in Wwikipedia in an attempt to respond inteliigently? :-) I never heard of W E Smith, but according to Wikipedia, yes. Tom C. From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'

RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts Oh wait, no. It's Colorado. Well, I knew it was one of those western states with mountains. But Frank Zappa didn't write a song about going to Colorado and I'm not going to put anything by John Denver in a subject line under *any* circumstances. Anyway, tomorrow morning

Re: RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote: By the time this gets posted, you'll probably already be on the way, but you'll have two great National Parks reasonably close by when you get there. Rocky Mountain National Park to the north, and Great Sand Dunes National Park to the south. Not leaving until tomorrow

RE: Flooding in England

2007-07-20 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W Lucky escape for you. I work in Croydon, where there was some pretty serious flooding, and it's taken me 3 hours to get home tonight (a 10-mile journey). Sounds like when Hurricane Fran came through the Carolinas. Took me three hours to drive 15 miles home (2nd shift - off at

RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Bob W
I have a brain full of photographic trivia. You've never heard of W E Smith? You amaze me. Here's the story from Kremmling: http://www.life.com/Life/essay/country_doctor/sec1/page1.html Here's Smith's page on the Magnum site:

RE: Flooding in England

2007-07-20 Thread Bob W
when I say serious I mean, some people got their shoes a bit wet, so the entire Southern region rail network collapsed. Fortunately my house is still here. We have weather - you guys have a climate. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: I have a brain full of photographic trivia. You've never heard of W E Smith? You amaze me. I suspect many people just missed the reference because he's so often billed as W.Eugene Smith. One of Life magazines most famous shooters and responsible for some of its best known photos.

Re: RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Tom C
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: RE: Goin' to Montanaa! Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:09:07 -0400 (EDT) Bob W wrote: I have a brain full of photographic trivia. You've never heard of

PESO - By the glacier

2007-07-20 Thread AlunFoto
Okay, I know I promised to stick to GESOs, but my turnover with the raw files is abysmal these days. So many other things to do... Here's one by the glacier Engabreen, an arm of the second largest glacier in Norway, Svartisen. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-75 To all of

RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Tom C
Interesting story. Thanks. Tom C. From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Goin' to Montanaa! Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:54:56 +0100 I have a brain full of photographic trivia. You've never

Re: Flooding in England

2007-07-20 Thread Cotty
On 20/7/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Lucky escape for you. I work in Croydon, where there was some pretty serious flooding, and it's taken me 3 hours to get home tonight (a 10-mile journey). Apparently more lucky than I realised - the house next door - an identical mirror image to ours

Re: PESO: Interesting Pentax Gallery Experience

2007-07-20 Thread Brian Walters
Thanks, Jostein. Good to see that the problem's been fixed. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters Quoting AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Brian, the

Re: RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Tom C wrote: From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob W wrote: I have a brain full of photographic trivia. You've never heard of W E Smith? You amaze me. I suspect many people just missed the reference because he's so often billed as W.Eugene Smith. One of Life magazines most famous

PESOs - Charlie

2007-07-20 Thread frank theriault
Now that I'm on the road again, I want to take the opportunity to start documenting some of the other messengers and what we do and how we do it. Took these two snaps of a young courier named Charlie: http://tinyurl.com/yqfrqr

Re: RE: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread Tom C
Tom C wrote: From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob W wrote: I have a brain full of photographic trivia. You've never heard of W E Smith? You amaze me. I suspect many people just missed the reference because he's so often billed as W.Eugene Smith. One of Life magazines most

Re: PESO - By the glacier

2007-07-20 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nice little glacier you captured there. the humanoid really helps ! FWIW one of my first award winning images was an extreme close up (420mm) from a small boat on Portage lake in Alaska. I called it Ice Flower it won me a large format Epson photo printer. Kenneth Waller - Original

Re: PESOs - Charlie

2007-07-20 Thread Kenneth Waller
Like em both Knarf. The second could benefit from a tighter crop IMHO. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESOs - Charlie Now that I'm on the road again, I want to take the opportunity to start documenting some of the other

Re: PESOs - Charlie

2007-07-20 Thread Bruce Dayton
Well in the first one you have caught some real personality. He feels like he is really on the go. I'm curious about your tight shot and framing - care to explain how you arrived at it? Second shot was not as good, IMO. -- Bruce Friday, July 20, 2007, 4:06:23 PM, you wrote: ft Now that I'm

PESO 2007 - 31b - GDG

2007-07-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Little vignette from a walk in SF: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/31b.htm Comment, critique, whatever always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

More convergence between Pentax and Nikon

2007-07-20 Thread P. J. Alling
The previous discussion of the Pentax AF 1.7x converter and the Nikon version made me wonder what else Nikon and Pentax did in parallel, well if the AF converters were good ideas then there's also bad taste... http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/credits/fagold/index2.htm -- All dogs have

Re: PESO - By the glacier

2007-07-20 Thread ann sanfedele
Kenneth Waller wrote: Nice little glacier you captured there. the humanoid really helps ! FWIW one of my first award winning images was an extreme close up (420mm) from a small boat on Portage lake in Alaska. I called it Ice Flower it won me a large format Epson photo printer. Kenneth Waller

Re: PESO 2007 - 31b - GDG

2007-07-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good one. Nice composition. Interesting image. Saw some of your older work turn up in the Pentax Gallery review today. Good to see you posting some things there. Paul On Jul 20, 2007, at 8:03 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Little vignette from a walk in SF:

Re: PESOs - Charlie

2007-07-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice work. I particularly like the second one. Paul On Jul 20, 2007, at 7:06 PM, frank theriault wrote: Now that I'm on the road again, I want to take the opportunity to start documenting some of the other messengers and what we do and how we do it. Took these two snaps of a young courier

Re: PESO 2007 - 31b - GDG

2007-07-20 Thread ann sanfedele
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Little vignette from a walk in SF: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/31b.htm Comment, critique, whatever always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey LOL! thats fun, Godders - ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - By the glacier

2007-07-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice shot. Interesting subject. Paul On Jul 20, 2007, at 10:41 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Kenneth Waller wrote: Nice little glacier you captured there. the humanoid really helps ! FWIW one of my first award winning images was an extreme close up (420mm) from a small boat on Portage lake in

Re: Flooding in England

2007-07-20 Thread ann sanfedele
Cotty wrote: On 20/7/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Lucky escape for you. I work in Croydon, where there was some pretty serious flooding, and it's taken me 3 hours to get home tonight (a 10-mile journey). Apparently more lucky than I realised - the house next door - an

Re: PESO - By the glacier

2007-07-20 Thread Brian Walters
That looks friggin' cold, and the human doesn't seem to be dressed anywhere near warmly enough! Nicely composed image. The human figure does provide the appropriate sense of scale. Not much chance of seeing glaciers in Australia. The last one I saw was in New Zealand about 30 years ago -

Re: Well I have gone and done it!

2007-07-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I had the same problem when I posted, but it is an easy thing to get around. On 7/20/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Abbott wrote: One thing,the system didnt like the extension being in caps ie JPG I had to change it to jpg it then went through. Alan */--- 'Those who do

Re: PESO - By the glacier

2007-07-20 Thread David Mann
On Jul 21, 2007, at 3:45 PM, Brian Walters wrote: That looks friggin' cold, and the human doesn't seem to be dressed anywhere near warmly enough! Nicely composed image. The human figure does provide the appropriate sense of scale. Not much chance of seeing glaciers in Australia. The

Re: Goin' to Montanaaaaaa!

2007-07-20 Thread graywolf
You never heard of Gene? And you call yourself a photographer? W. Eugene Smith documented the misery of the US depression. A surpurb photographer who made half the country sick with his depressing images (the other half were were his subjects), for those who did not know. graywolf

Re: Flooding in England

2007-07-20 Thread David Savage
Lucky. Cool reportage shots BTW. Cheers, Dave On 7/21/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very heavy rainfall - 4 inches in 6 hours here - but alas we have emerged dry. The garage has an inch in it and some cardboard boxes are floating, otherwise we are fine. Others not so lucky. Some pics: