I only got 2 halfway decent autumn shots off this year; here's the 2nd one.
Not much I could do about those 2 steel posts; I cropped out the telephone
wires, but I've been forced to make peace with the posts.
K20D, long DA* lens: 135mm, 1/250 sec @ f4
On 11/20/08, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fhp89/b00fhn88/Shootin
g_Soviets_Cart
ierBresson_in_Moscow/
Must be a British thing. Was I supposed to stay awake the whole time?
It's Radio 4, the home of the Shipping Forecast. If you want
Joseph McAllister wrote:
My last post was the last in which I will entertain any discussion of
M42 lenses. Really... :-)
That's Entertainment
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DaveS, Ann and Dario gave me the idea for a photobook of my nephew as
Christmas pressies. I had been about to Blurb, but remembered Dave's
testimonial, so held back. I decided I'd like a local printer because
I might want to do a few test runs.
Picked Asukabooks, but half way through laying
Thanks to all for your responses.
A work colleague just bought my ist Ds. He owned a K10D but he primarly uses
the camera with old lenses and prefers the way the Ds handles the metering with
them.
Since he has a split image screen for his K10D he wanted to know if he could
use it.
For your
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AOL has apparently gotten rid of members' ftp spaces (which was a main
reason that I still used it). I am in the process of setting up my own domain at
another site. Until then, I unearthed an old photonet account.
This is nothing great, just the first PDML posted
JC OConnell wrote:
Huh? The whole point of a M42 DSLR is to get the convenience
of the M42 automatic aperture function which WAS invented over
50 years ago. There is no M42 DSLR or DSLR adapter on the market
that enables the M42 lenses to operate fully (yet). That's my point.
This M42 DSLR would
What your saying is true in some cases, but Pentax and Nikon
would not have made their first AF cameras or first DSLR
cameras compatible with their old lenses if that was the
scheme on those cameras. NO, they made their AF cameras
and their DSLR cameras so that existing lenses could be
used on
On Nov 21, 2008, at 3:23, Jaume Lahuerta wrote:
For your responses it seems that it is possible although with some
issues with metering. A response form Pentax also warned him about
maltfunctions of AF with such screens (that's why they do not offer
them)
That's interesting any
Joseph McAllister wrote:
John, I was in the Navy back in the 60s. When a new version of a lens or
camera came out and was listed in the catalog of new gear, we bought it.
It was my job, when the new stuff arrived, to sit on the loading dock at
the rear of the photolab and use a hammer and a
Finally picked
http://www.albumprinter.com.au/
Thanks for the review, perfect timing - I've been considering local options
for this recently. Blurb is just too damn expensive by the time you get it
here.
Keep us updated if you get different bindings/layouts on your thoughts there
too.
Hi Charles,
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:45:00 -0600, Charles Robinson wrote:
issues with metering. A response form Pentax also warned him about
maltfunctions of AF with such screens (that's why they do not offer
them)
That's interesting any AF focus problems I've had with either the
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2008/11/20 Thu PM 09:25:11 GMT
To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net
Subject: Re: PESO: Paranoia #1
On 20/11/08, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8265699
Comments, as always, welcome.
Everybody hates it.
Good to know.
Thanks for the review.
Cheers
Brian
++
Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:07:21 +1100, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
DaveS, Ann and Dario gave me the idea for a
From: Cassio Dorneles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2008/11/20 Thu PM 08:14:15 GMT
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: How many exposures are Pentax DSLR shutters rated for?
There's a Camera Shutter Life Expectancy Database. It's a good idea,
but there's too little data to
Here you have the Pentax e-mail:
Thank you for contacting
Pentax Imaging Company.
Pentax does not produce a
split-image focusing screen for the *ist D or *ist DS models. This is because
AF functions and multi-zone metering can be confused by the
use of such a screen.
Pentax produces the
Christine,
Nice colors and I like the kid getting carried down the sidewalk.
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:01 AM, Christine Aguila
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I only got 2 halfway decent autumn shots off this year; here's the 2nd one.
Not much I could do about those 2 steel posts; I
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:49:46 +0900, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
G'day All,
I've been thinking that I could possibly offer my services out to
help teach Photoshop novices basic portrait retouching.
As such, I've been putting together a some before after examples to
show off the
You'll come back. They all do . . .
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540) 458-8878
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Joseph McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/20/2008 11:38 PM
My last post was the last in which I will entertain any
I know I shouldn't go there, but . . .
If you zoom in on the orb, it appears to have a cross shaped stopper,
which would make this a flask of chrism, i.e., the holy hand grenade.
The Infant Jesus of Prague is the most common image of flask.
On Nov 21, 2008, at 1:32 AM, keith_w wrote:
Does anyone believe Leica's bodies and lenses justify their obscene
prices, from a manufacturing and assembly cost standpoint?
With no insight into manufacturing and assembly cost standpoint,
having used Leica lenses for thirty plus years ...
On 11/21/08, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's Radio 4, the home of the Shipping Forecast. If you want to stay awake
you need Radio 1, where they play hippety-hoppety music, garage, petrol
station and housey-housey music to da yoof.
Boom shh boom shh boom shh boom shh!
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On 11/20/08, Joseph McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My last post was the last in which I will entertain any discussion of M42
lenses. Really... :-)
That particular thread needs to die a painful, awful, horrible death,
but you shouldn't swear off M42 lenses entirely. That's just bad
Sorry about the Nikon post. I'm selling two items this week, not on ebay yet:
Battery grip for the D200. Box, AA insert and manual included. Barely
used. $125.
A KirkPhoto Arca-Swiss mount L-bracket for the D200 + grip. $115.
Discount pricing if you buy both.
Amita
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Thanks Steve,
That's the icon I remember frm my youth.
The church/parish I grew up in was named Divine Infant.
Seeing Franks picture, and knowing more about the middle east now,
I was struck by how northern european those faces looked.
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Steve
Very nice. Like the people in the shot.
We have 3-4 of snow on the ground now.
Dave
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:01 AM, Christine Aguila
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I only got 2 halfway decent autumn shots off this year; here's the 2nd one.
Not much I could do about those 2 steel posts; I cropped
Looks like its a 100 years old.
Dave
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
New ideas coming out of my morning walks ...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/3044267582_838b725a36_o.jpg
Glimpses #1 - Sunnyvale 2008
Olympus E-1 + Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4 +
Considering the way I use mine, Maybe I should have asked,
how many dockings is the memory card connector rated for?
That will probably die before the shutter does.
.just speculation, :)
JC O'Connell
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You might find this helpful - it's pricing based on surveys of sales of
stock photography. Price is subject to type of use (magazine, book,
corporate report), size of the photo used (1/4 page, 1/2 page, etc.) and
the publications circulation. This sounds like a magazine, so look
under the
I got that Infant Jesus statue when I made my first communion and it sat
on my dresser until I moved out of my parents' home. No doubt that's
why I find the holy hand grenade bit so funny.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know I shouldn't go there, but . . .
If you zoom in on the orb, it appears to have a cross shaped stopper,
which would make this a flask of chrism, i.e., the holy hand grenade.
The Infant Jesus of Prague is the
David J Brooks wrote:
Needs some handle bars in the fore ground.:-)
Dave
I was riding no-handed leaning back as far as possible. The optio just
doesn't go wide enough :-)
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On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David J Brooks wrote:
Needs some handle bars in the fore ground.:-)
Dave
I was riding no-handed leaning back as far as possible. The optio just
doesn't go wide enough :-)
Don't you have pano software.:-)
Dave
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David J Brooks wrote:
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David J Brooks wrote:
Needs some handle bars in the fore ground.:-)
Dave
I was riding no-handed leaning back as far as possible. The optio just
doesn't go wide enough :-)
Don't you have pano
2008/11/21 Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:49:46 +0900, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
G'day All,
I've been thinking that I could possibly offer my services out to
help teach Photoshop novices basic portrait retouching.
As such, I've been putting together a
Your new hometown has the same blurry streets as Franks :-)
Oh yeah, welcome back mate.
Cheers,
Dave S (Now shooting Pentax Nikon D700)
2008/11/21 Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2008/11/first-ride.html
A silly little blog I just started today. We just
That's me BTW :-)
Cheers,
Dave
2008/11/21 PN Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Good work. He looks slim and trim in the after photo.
Paul
On Nov 20, 2008, at 5:49 PM, David Savage wrote:
G'day All,
I've been thinking that I could possibly offer my services out to
help teach Photoshop
That's a scary thought.
I wonder if I could charge as much as Ken Rockwell? :-)
Cheers,
Dave
2008/11/21 Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Go for it. Someone will buy it.
G
On Nov 20, 2008, at 4:05 PM, PN Stenquist wrote:
Good work. He looks slim and trim in the after photo.
Paul
On
Taurus Excretious isn't a talent, it's a gift :-)
Cheers,
Dave
2008/11/21 P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I think that you have a talent, unfortunately...
David Savage wrote:
G'day All,
I've been thinking that I could possibly offer my services out to
help teach Photoshop novices basic
I want a job like that.
Cheers,
Destructo Dave
2008/11/21 Joseph McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
It was my job, when the new stuff arrived, to sit on the loading dock at the
rear of the photolab and use a hammer and a straight slot screwdriver to
drive a hole through the cameras, and through
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:00 PM, JC OConnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you dont understand, the lenses create the market/need for the body,
you dont have to convince the person who would buy this camera to
buy it, they already would want it. At least anyone with extensive
experience with M42
I was photographing an abandoned part of our building to investigate a
potential future expansion of our data center... there was an old
patch board left in there from... the 70's? The 80's? In any case, a
big sheet of plexiglas with dozens and dozens of coax barrel
connectors going
Very graphic. An interesting subject, well rendered here.
Paul
On Nov 21, 2008, at 12:35 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
I was photographing an abandoned part of our building to investigate
a potential future expansion of our data center... there was an old
patch board left in there from... the
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 08:19:33AM -, Bob W wrote:
On 11/20/08, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00fhp89/b00fhn88/Shootin
g_Soviets_Cart
ierBresson_in_Moscow/
Must be a British thing. Was I supposed to stay awake the whole time?
- Original Message -
From: Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:07 AM
Subject: Australian photobook recommendation - Albumprinter
DaveS, Ann and Dario gave me the idea for a photobook of my nephew as
Christmas
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:48 PM, PN Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Very graphic. An interesting subject, well rendered here.
Paul
I agree with Paul.
cheers,
frank
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On Nov 21, 2008, at 12:38, frank theriault wrote:
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:48 PM, PN Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Very graphic. An interesting subject, well rendered here.
Paul
I agree with Paul.
Thanks guys! I love getting feedback... means someone knows I'm alive
out here.
These are neat, Charles! You should explore this subject more.
Godfrey
On Nov 21, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Charles Robinson wrote:
I was photographing an abandoned part of our building to investigate
a potential future expansion of our data center... there was an old
patch board left in there
On Nov 20, 2008, at 9:49 AM, Christian wrote:
http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2008/11/first-ride.html
A silly little blog I just started today. We just moved to the town
of Purcellville, Virginia and I'm able to bike to work regularly
now. Here's a shot with the Optio S from my
What is a good price for one of these in good to excellent condition?
I have been offered one for 120.00
Walt
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Has anyone other than me noticed that Frank's shots lately are all
sharp and very detailed for the most part? Wonder what he's been
drinking! :-)
Walt
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:36 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Your new hometown has the same blurry streets as Franks :-)
Oh yeah,
On Nov 20, 2008, at 7:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is nothing great, just the first PDML posted photo in a long
time. And
the first in a new series that I am starting, simply called
PARANOIA...
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8265699
I like it. Direct, graphic .. a
Hey, this is pretty cool, Charles. I'd say a lot more than just kinda
neato. Cool shapes, patterns, and lines. Cheers, Christine
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To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:35 AM
On Nov 20, 2008, at 7:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is nothing great, just the first PDML posted photo in a long time.
And
the first in a new series that I am starting, simply called PARANOIA...
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8265699
Hi Marnie:
I took an aerial shot
Thanks, Dave, and sorry about the snow. I got to get me some boots soon.
The sole of my right snow boot has come off. Cheers, Christine
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From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 8:38 AM
Thanks, Bob. Cheers, Christine
- Original Message -
From: Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 6:56 AM
Subject: Re: PESO Autumn Last Look
Christine,
Nice colors and I like the kid getting carried down the
I've an opinion on this too. (Full of 'em tonight! :-D
Does anyone believe Leica's bodies and lenses justify their
obscene prices, from
a manufacturing and assembly cost standpoint? Is there THAT
much labor in either
one?
You're paying 80% of the money for the 20% quality increase
The ultimate car vs. bike race:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7734829.stm
Bob
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On Nov 21, 2008, at 12:56, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
These are neat, Charles! You should explore this subject more.
..while I still have keys to that side of the building, I suppose.
This used to be part of the national data center for the Burlington
Northern railroad. It goes way back
More demand for Auto110 lens usage than M42?
Shirley,You cant be serious.
I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.
It actually has nothing to do with the lenses and everything to do with
size.
These days, consumers want small, smaller and smallest. Back in 2002,
when I started selling
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The ultimate car vs. bike race:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7734829.stm
I had to check to make sure it wasn't April Fools' Day.
I know it's a tight and twisty track, and certainly Chris Hoy is a
monster of a
The big problem with a 110-sized DSLR is that small sensors suck. End
of story.
Paul
On Nov 21, 2008, at 4:03 PM, John Celio wrote:
More demand for Auto110 lens usage than M42?
Shirley,You cant be serious.
I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.
It actually has nothing to do with the
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone other than me noticed that Frank's shots lately are all
sharp and very detailed for the most part? Wonder what he's been
drinking! :-)
Walt
Maybe it's what I've ~not~ been drinking!
;-)
cheers,
frank
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On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/2008/11/first-ride.html
A silly little blog I just started today. We just moved to the town of
Purcellville, Virginia and I'm able to bike to work regularly now. Here's a
shot with the
But you could make a bloody small camera with a still much larger than
PS sensor. Unfortunately Oly/Panny have already gone there with Micro
4/3rds.
-Adam
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 4:18 PM, PN Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The big problem with a 110-sized DSLR is that small sensors suck. End
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:01 AM, Christine Aguila
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I only got 2 halfway decent autumn shots off this year; here's the 2nd one.
Not much I could do about those 2 steel posts; I cropped out the telephone
wires, but I've been forced to make peace with the posts.
K20D,
So you've got the skinny on photo retouching.
If I were you, I'd Stick to it...
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
- Original Message -
From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OT: Photo Retouching Services
G'day All,
I've been thinking that I could possibly
Ooh! I've got it! A Digital Auto 110 with a 4/3 sensor and
interchangeable mounts for 4/3, 110 and M42 lenses. And a little auto
actuator bar thingy for the M42 lenses so JCO will STFU.
On 11/21/08, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But you could make a bloody small camera with a still much
It will not be readily apparent with what I shoot for this series why it
fits the paranoia theme. I will be covering a lot of ground -- I expect some
will make more sense when I am done and they all hang together. Maybe. ;-)
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8272768
Another one.
In a message dated 11/21/2008 1:26:03 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8265699
Comments, as always, welcome.
Marnie aka Doe :-)
Excellently ominous rendition.
But really, you should see the traffic, bus-lane,
In a message dated 11/21/2008 11:06:41 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I like it. Direct, graphic .. a statement.
Nice to see you on the list again!
Godfrey
==
Thanks, Godfrey. :-)
Hi Marnie:
I took an aerial shot of a busy
Has anyone other than me noticed that Frank's shots lately are all
sharp and very detailed for the most part?
Yep! Looks like he's becomming a sharp shooter
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
- Original Message -
From: Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PESO
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You're paying 80% of the money for the 20% quality increase you get over the
competition. Once a certain level of quality is reached, the cost of making
it even better rises out of proportion to the cost of the baseline, so to
In a message dated 11/21/2008 9:36:15 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Both cool shots. While I like the symmetry of the first, I think I like the
second better for it's depth.
Neat. Good eye.
Marnie aka Doe :-)
===
I was photographing an abandoned part of
In a message dated 11/21/2008 12:04:27 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I only got 2 halfway decent autumn shots off this year; here's the 2nd one.
Not much I could do about those 2 steel posts; I cropped out the telephone
wires, but I've been forced to make peace with
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
If you assume the M3's cost when new was roughly equivalent to the cost new
of an M8.2 today - £3,990 - then it has cost about £80 per year, £1.60 per
week or 23p per day. That's not much for such a nice object. It's a lot
frank theriault wrote:
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You're paying 80% of the money for the 20% quality increase you get over the
competition. Once a certain level of quality is reached, the cost of making
it even better rises out of proportion to the cost of
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:39 AM, JC OConnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Man, I would die for a basic M42 DSLR at this point.
After reading this whole thread, I have to ask: How soon are you
likely to die? In my opinion, one day building a digital camera from
close to scratch will no longer be
The big problem with a 110-sized DSLR is that small sensors suck. End
of story.
Consumers don't know that, nor do the vast majority of them care.
Besides, a 110-sized sensor would still be a lot bigger than the sensors
in normal digital PS cameras.
John
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And that would be
An inquiring mind would like to know. ;+)
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From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)?
On Fri, Nov 21,
In a message dated 11/13/2008 12:17:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Not sure I really see the resemblence. But I like your cow shot anyway. RS
hasn't posted any for a while (at least I don't think he has.)
Marnie aka Doe :-)
There is a really
On 11/21/08, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I read somewhere that if one took the money equivalent of an M3 in
1953 (the year it was introduced) and invested it into a very
conservative investment vehicle, that note would be worth many times
the cost of a used 1953 M3 (unless of
In a message dated 11/18/2008 8:41:22 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Not my sort of thing, but nice gallery.
Really like the pano, people always looks sort of odd/strange/stupid just
standing/sitting around and looking. Heh.
Marnie aka Doe :-)
==
On
In a message dated 11/20/2008 2:50:07 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well, you know the saying... you can never be too rich... or too skinny.
Think you have a career ahead of you!
Heh.
=
Marnie
G'day All,
I've been thinking that I could possibly offer my
On 11/20/08, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After (~120kb)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3235/3045314113_7fcd791ae9_o.jpg
Can you do that to me? Like, for real?
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Thanks. I shot it for his expression. He thought I was going to take it
away. He was right, but I replaced it with an acorn. He was even more
facinated with that. Since I'm a hack, I can't really take any credit for
antthing, but if one fires off enough shots, odds are you get one keeper.
I'd rather use the M42 lenses for landfill than placate the incessant
noise.
But no, I was out shooting a little while ago, Pentax Fish-Eye-Takumar
17mm f/4 on M42-FourThirds adapter, and having a good time with it. I
don't need an aperture actuator or screw mount body ... either of
On Nov 21, 2008, at 2:03 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:
You can pick up a functional M3 right now for well under $1000US. I'd
have to sell almost all my Pentax gear to get an M3 and a single 50mm
lens. And sometimes I think I just might do that.
An Epson R-D1 traded on Ebay this week for $1200
This?
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/road/madone/madone69pro/
;-)
If I had the money, I know what I'd
be driving...
cheers,
frank
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Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This?
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/road/madone/madone69pro/
Nah, more like this:
http://www.colnago.com/pistaENG.html
;-)
cheers,
frank
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Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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On 11/21/08, Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This?
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/road/madone/madone69pro/
You don't need nine grand for that. You need fifty bucks for bolt cutters.
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Scott Loveless
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
New ideas coming out of my morning walks ...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3232/3044267582_838b725a36_o.jpg
Glimpses #1 - Sunnyvale 2008
Olympus E-1 + Pentax-M 50mm f/1.4 + Olympus EC1.4x teleconverter
ISO 800 @
Christine Aguila wrote:
I took an aerial shot of a busy intersection here in Chicago--Lawrence
Western to be exact--and I got about 4 cameras on street lights and such
in the shot. I was amazed. Big Brother is sure alive kicking--or
perhaps I should say clicking--we've got those photo
Charles Robinson wrote:
I was photographing an abandoned part of our building to investigate a
potential future expansion of our data center... there was an old patch
board left in there from... the 70's? The 80's? In any case, a big
sheet of plexiglas with dozens and dozens of coax barrel
On 21/11/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'd rather use the M42 lenses for landfill than placate the incessant
noise.
I've been looking in this thread. Had to happen.
Mark!
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Cheers,
Cotty
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After reading this whole thread, I have to ask: How soon are you
likely to die?
Mark!
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Subject: Re: ANY M42 DSLR rumors (yet)?
Bob W wrote:
Keith Whaley wrote:
I've an opinion on this too. (Full of 'em tonight! :-D
Does anyone believe Leica's bodies and lenses justify their
obscene prices, from
a manufacturing and assembly cost standpoint? Is there THAT
much labor in either
one?
You're paying 80% of the money
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The ultimate car vs. bike race:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7734829.stm
I had to check to make sure it wasn't April Fools' Day.
I know it's a tight and twisty track, and certainly Chris Hoy is a
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 09:59:10PM +, drew wrote:
frank theriault wrote:
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You're paying 80% of the money for the 20% quality increase you get over the
competition. Once a certain level of quality is reached, the cost of making
[...]
Thanks to one and all for the insight and opinion. After all,
that's why we are
here, no?
and this is probably the best looking and most desirable camera I've ever
seen:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aperture64/2739236380/
Bob
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