RE: Completely OT: money

2008-09-14 Thread John Coyle
Know the feeling Doug - I recently received a gift from a friend in the states - an 1821 one penny coin from the Island of St. Helena. Some of you may recall that this was the year and the place where Napoleon Bonaparte died, and I once lived there too. It felt really weird to know that that coin

Re: Rumors of a 17mp Pentax DSLR

2008-09-14 Thread Thibouille
AFAIK there never was any EXIF present, that *is* the problem. The question remains however -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

RE: panasonic's new micro four/thirds camera: G1

2008-09-14 Thread John Coyle
First, magazines hammered Pentax because they were slow going to a bayonet mount - IIRC, every review of pre-bayonet lenses in the years after everybody else had gone bayonet mentioned the slow lens change problem. Then when the bayonet mount came out, the criticisms went to you've obsoleted all

Re: Completely OT: money

2008-09-14 Thread Cotty
I spend someone else money! -- Cheers, Cotty On 13/9/08, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: The United States of Cotty? ... or I guess technically it'd be the United Kingdom of Cotty ... The Great Kingdom of Visa. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People,

Re: For Sale Friday

2008-09-14 Thread Cotty
On 13/9/08, keith_w, discombobulated, unleashed: I'll trade you straight across for a like-new Vivitar 19mm f/3.5, Pentax KA/Ricoh lens, or give you $125 PayPal. For which lens? If you mean the K50 and hood it's yours. If you mean the A20, then there will likely follow some medical terminology

RE: panasonic's new micro four/thirds camera: G1

2008-09-14 Thread Anthony Farr
Screwdriver AF doesn't require a lens to be compatible with any particular mode of AF control. Hell, it doesn't even need any embedded electronics associated with focusing, save for distance reporting not critical to focus operation. These lenses can just be dumb mechanisms following the camera

Re: OT Italian bike pr0n

2008-09-14 Thread David Mann
Here are a couple of my favourite bike-pr0n sites :) http://www.fyxomatosis.com/ http://www.llewellynbikes.com/main.htm - Dave On Sep 13, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Some really nice pix (scroll way down page for galleries) ... http://www.raydobbins.com/ Bargain basement

Re: PESO - A Horse of a Different Colour

2008-09-14 Thread David Mann
On Sep 13, 2008, at 3:20 AM, frank theriault wrote: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2008/09/cheval-of-different-colour.html I'd love one of these things - until repair time, I suspect... I used to work with someone who had a 2CV. It wasn't entirely reliable :) - Dave -- PDML

Re: Rumors of a 17mp Pentax DSLR

2008-09-14 Thread David Mann
On Sep 13, 2008, at 4:28 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Yep, that's what I said. Not a peep here though. Damn what's happened to us? 645D? :) -- 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

Re: For Sale Friday

2008-09-14 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13/9/08, keith_w, discombobulated, unleashed: I'll trade you straight across for a like-new Vivitar 19mm f/3.5, Pentax KA/Ricoh lens, or give you $125 PayPal. For which lens? If you mean the K50 and hood it's yours. If you mean

who bought all the Tamron AF 70-200mm f/2.8 Di LD IF Macro Lenses?

2008-09-14 Thread Cory Waters
I got a note from Amazon on Wednesday that this lens had finally arrived for Pentax. When I finally looked yesterday, they were all gone. It looks like a good competitor for the Sigma and it's a little less money. Cory -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Rumors of a 17mp Pentax DSLR

2008-09-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Joseph Tainter wrote: Joseph Tainter wrote: That rumor showed up on dpreview several days ago, and perhaps elsewhere too. It was shown to be a misinterpretation: A standard 14 mp image resampled in ACR to 17 mp. Ah! I suspected as much! How was it shown to be an up-rezzed image?

Re: PESO - A Horse of a Different Colour

2008-09-14 Thread P. J. Alling
David Mann wrote: On Sep 13, 2008, at 3:20 AM, frank theriault wrote: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2008/09/cheval-of-different-colour.html I'd love one of these things - until repair time, I suspect... I used to work with someone who had a 2CV. It wasn't entirely

Re: Rumors of a 17mp Pentax DSLR

2008-09-14 Thread P. J. Alling
David Mann wrote: On Sep 13, 2008, at 4:28 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Yep, that's what I said. Not a peep here though. Damn what's happened to us? 645D? :) Naa, that was up to 32mp last it was heard from... -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind

Re: For Sale Friday

2008-09-14 Thread P. J. Alling
David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 13/9/08, keith_w, discombobulated, unleashed: I'll trade you straight across for a like-new Vivitar 19mm f/3.5, Pentax KA/Ricoh lens, or give you $125 PayPal. For which lens? If you

RE: Completely OT: money

2008-09-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Know the feeling Doug - I recently received a gift from a friend in the states - an 1821 one penny coin from the Island of St. Helena. Some of you may recall that this was the year and the place where Napoleon Bonaparte died, and I once lived there too. It

Re: Completely OT: money

2008-09-14 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 4:22 AM, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I spend someone else money! -- Cheers, Cotty On 13/9/08, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: The United States of Cotty? ... or I guess technically it'd be the United Kingdom of Cotty ... The Great Kingdom of

SEB fall marathon 2008...

2008-09-14 Thread Roman Melihhov
http://roman.blakout.net/?year=2008s=0category=actionsportblog=20080914155350 ^^^ One amazing thing about photography is that you can analyze the moment. I'd uoloaded pictures from the SEB fall 2008 marathon in Tallinn and I'm amazed by the number of cheaters. You can see 75 year old daddy

Re: Rumors of a 17mp Pentax DSLR

2008-09-14 Thread Cotty
On 14/9/08, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: 645D? :) So someone did wake up at a quarter to seven after all. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Rumors of a 17mp Pentax DSLR

2008-09-14 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:52 AM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Mann wrote: On Sep 13, 2008, at 4:28 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Yep, that's what I said. Not a peep here though. Damn what's happened to us? 645D? :) Naa, that was up to 32mp last it was heard from... 33MP

RE: SEB fall marathon 2008...

2008-09-14 Thread Bob W
beklongeth? hast thou from days of yore thine e-missive gesended, when full many a word with -eth did end? Mayhap yonder aged runner alike hath dithappeared down a timewarp and regaineth the strength of hith youth. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: Rumors of a 17mp Pentax DSLR

2008-09-14 Thread Boris Liberman
I wake up at quarter *past* six routinely ;-). Cotty wrote: On 14/9/08, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: 645D? :) So someone did wake up at a quarter to seven after all. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: Disturbing News

2008-09-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob Blakely wrote: I usually buy my gear from Samy's as they have a local store just down the road in Santa Ana. I stopped in to pick up another walking around bag and found that all the Pentax gear is now gone from their shelves. The have only left over stock. It's not that they don't want

Re: Disturbing News

2008-09-14 Thread Jack Davis
I imagine we'll get some sort of indication as Photokina takes place in a couple weeks. Jack --- On Sun, 9/14/08, Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Disturbing News To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008,

Re: 7th anniversary of Sept 11th Attacks

2008-09-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Very sad day indeed. Boris Bob Sullivan wrote: Sad anniversary here in the USA today. Many innocent people died at the hands of fanatics, just working dads and moms... Now we are caught in a vicious cycle of paying them back. I honor the heroes who tried to save them that day, and respect

Re: The PDML Bike Curse Continues

2008-09-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Frank, please pass our best wishes of speedy and *complete* recovery to your daughter. Boris frank theriault wrote: Not me, but I wish it was. Yesterday my eldest (she's 26) was riding home from school (she just started an intense ASL Interpreter course at a local college) when her back

RE: SEB fall marathon 2008...

2008-09-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: Roman Melihhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://roman.blakout.net/?year=2008s=0category=actionsportblog=20080914155350 ^^^ One amazing thing about photography is that you can analyze the moment. I'd uoloaded pictures from the SEB fall 2008 marathon in Tallinn and I'm amazed by the number of

Re: Disturbing News

2008-09-14 Thread keith_w
Mark Roberts wrote: Bob Blakely wrote: I usually buy my gear from Samy's as they have a local store just down the road in Santa Ana. I stopped in to pick up another walking around bag and found that all the Pentax gear is now gone from their shelves. The have only left over stock. It's not

Re: Disturbing News

2008-09-14 Thread Mark Roberts
keith_w wrote: I question any tack that makes customers worry and wonder about the health of their chosen line of camera gear. Good luck finding one that doesn't. You know how Pentax users are ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Disturbing News

2008-09-14 Thread P. J. Alling
I had noticed the same thing at a local retailer. Unfortunately it looks like Pentax may be abandoning low volume retailers. Mark Roberts wrote: Bob Blakely wrote: I usually buy my gear from Samy's as they have a local store just down the road in Santa Ana. I stopped in to pick up

Re: Disturbing News

2008-09-14 Thread Bob Blakely
Samy's is a large outfit carrying top o' the line Nikon, Canon, Hasselblad, et., as well as all varieties of PS cameras. Further, they have a large web presence. They provide processing for professionals as well as equipment rental (lighting, cameras, backdrops, etc.) They are not Ritz.

Re: OT: PC (Windows) question

2008-09-14 Thread P. J. Alling
Are you sure the files were in use? Once loaded into memory the DLL should remain locked. Boris Liberman wrote: Well, it turns out that you're wrong, Peter. I tried it today at work and it worked. The problem however, seems to have been solved by a managerial decision to not copy any

Re: Disturbing News

2008-09-14 Thread Bob Blakely
Samy's is very high volumn for top o' the line mid range equipment. Regards Bob... --- I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them long winter evenings. -- Philip Marlowe

Re: Disturbing News

2008-09-14 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm not sure what the definition of Low Volume is. However BH and Adorama seem to be able to get Pentax to sell. I used the quotes to indicate irony... Bob Blakely wrote: Samy's is very high volumn for top o' the line mid range equipment. Regards Bob...

Re: Disturbing News

2008-09-14 Thread John Francis
That's where I got my spare (black) MX - from their bargain shelf (the meter wasn't working). I'd stopped in to pick up some of the new Provia 400 film (only released a week or so before), and made the mistake of looking in the used equipment section. On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 11:39:36AM -0700,

Re: panasonic's new micro four/thirds camera: G1

2008-09-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
thanks anthony. you wrote what i was going to. the ZD 35 Macro and ZD 25 focus quickly but with nowhere near the speed and silence of the Olympus pro-class lenses I have (ZD 11-22/2.8-3.5, ZD 50-200/2.8-3.5) or Panasonic/Leica lenses (Vario- Elmarit-D 14-50/2.8-3.5, Summilux-D 25/1.4).

Re: Disturbing News

2008-09-14 Thread mike wilson
P. J. Alling wrote: I had noticed the same thing at a local retailer. Unfortunately it looks like Pentax may be abandoning low volume retailers. Not only. The three SLR brands on sale at the major chain camera shop in one of the biggest UK shopping malls? Canon, Nikon and Sony. Mark

Re: OT Test your Colour IQ

2008-09-14 Thread Mike Hamilton
On 14-Sep-08, at 5:27 PM, David Savage wrote: http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?PageID=77 0 is a perfect score I scored 38, using a 4 year old Apple Powerbook 12. My eyes are pretty tired now! Mike -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net