OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long.

2009-01-01 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
Greetings to the list, First, I must apologize to the list for being quiet for so long. But then again my silence may not be not be a bad thing :-) I have had too much going on personally that I have had to sacrifice my time 'on the list'. And though it may be a celebratory time this post

Re: peso: now and then - a very small sample - working link, now

2009-01-01 Thread Brian Walters
Hi Luiz I really like Nightfall - about as minimalist as you can get but those diffuse clouds and the single point of light just seem to work together. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Wed,

RE: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long.

2009-01-01 Thread John Coyle
Cesar, that was a really sensitive and thought-provoking email: I have to say I feel a little the same way about the PDML. Some of us have known each other electronically (not the same as biblically!) for so long, in my own case for over 10 years, that we are, to some extent at least, family. We

Re: testing the G1 ...

2009-01-01 Thread sandyinchina
Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@mac.com wrote in one message: One of the neat things about using adapted lenses on this camera is that you can see the actual effect of stopping down the lens live without the viewfinder getting dark. Exposure system is very accurate and the MF Assist magnification

Re: testing the G1 ...

2009-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 1, 2009, at 1:27 AM, sandyinchina wrote: One of the neat things about using adapted lenses on this camera is that you can see the actual effect of stopping down the lens live without the viewfinder getting dark. Exposure system is very accurate and the MF Assist magnification works

Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long.

2009-01-01 Thread Cotty
And a happy new year to you sir - couldn't agree more with your thoughts. I hope 2009 brings you what you need. I spent last night sober! Well, I was working yesterday and Alma and I were invited to a shindig in a local village, so I took my video camera and got some shots of hundreds of

Re: GESO: Winter scenes

2009-01-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/1/09, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: The older I get the more I enjoy watching birds. Allow me to be the first for the 2009 list. MARK! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ --

Re: Peso Leaning

2009-01-01 Thread Brian Walters
Hi dave I agree with the other comments on this. The light is just a bit too washed out and the background structures are distracting. There's certainly potential in that old bit of fence post so maybe another time of day and a slightly different composition Cheers Brian

Re: GESO: Winter scenes

2009-01-01 Thread Brian Walters
G'day Stan On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:38:09 -0600, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info said: A small collection from the last couple of weeks... http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095 Happy New Year! The same to you! Nice gallery (I'm not going to make any more comments about the

Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long.

2009-01-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/1/09, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: tucked into a leftover turnkey dinner d'oh. It was a startup meal. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: testing the G1 ...

2009-01-01 Thread Anthony Farr
-Original Message- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi (snip) Until the light levels get very low, it completely compensates for the stopped down iris. At the limits it gets noisy and eventually gives up the ghost, but conditions like that would have an optical viewfinder too dark to see long

Re: Peso Leaning

2009-01-01 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Hi dave I agree with the other comments on this. The light is just a bit too washed out and the background structures are distracting. There's certainly potential in that old bit of fence post so maybe another time

Re: 50

2009-01-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: On 12/29/08, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: There was a special Pentax LX PUG once. Why not a special Cormorant PUG? I'm not really sure if I'm allowed to pull rank, but I'm gonna. No. Good for you! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long.

2009-01-01 Thread David J Brooks
Very nicely put Cesar. Happy New Year to you and your family as well. I like you photo, but it needs more snow.:-) Dave On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 3:22 AM, Cesar Matamoros II cesar_ab...@mindspring.com wrote: Greetings to the list, First, I must apologize to the list for being quiet for so

Re: Peso Red barn

2009-01-01 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 1:25 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 5:14 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Frank. As mentioned, i'll be going back over the course of 2009, at different times of the year. I'm suprised, in all ,y travels, i

Re: Peso Red barn

2009-01-01 Thread David J Brooks
I'll try that. Dave On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 4:15 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 12/29/2008 2:37:41 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, pentko...@gmail.com writes: Colour version http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8441876 Dave = I do like that better, but

Re: PESO: Bustling Downtown Faringdon

2009-01-01 Thread David J Brooks
I think the lone shopper adds to this shot. Dave On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: The center of Faringdon at about 3 on a November weekday afternoon. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8447710 (K10D and DA 16-45) Rick -- PDML

Re: Peso Wonder if they sell food

2009-01-01 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 30/12/08, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: It's great when the signs are fun and the light is good and the guy behind the camera knows what he is doing. This was Dave Brooks. Scary, isn't it. Dave -- Cheers,

Re: PESO - Three Pines

2009-01-01 Thread David J Brooks
I think they add a lot to the shot Brian. Nice peaceful landscape. Dave On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day all I liked the long shadows on this coastal pasture. Not sure if the Norfolk Island Pines add to or detract from the composition.

Re: PESO 2008 - 185 - GDG

2009-01-01 Thread David J Brooks
Good contrast in the shot. Well done. Dave On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: Potentially the last PESO for 2008, but I don't like to claim it's over until the fat lady sings. ;-) Another from the Dawn Walks work ...

Re: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen

2009-01-01 Thread keith_w
Christine Aguila wrote: Hey, that's a cool recipe--a bit like my beef stew but with out the wine mushrooms--I'll have to try that. Happy New Year, Ann. Cheers, Christine Christine, That 1/4 cup (2 oz.) of white wine will lose all its alcohol by heating, leaving only the subtle taste it

It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Mark Roberts
...the annual PDML quotations list is posted: http://www.robertstech.com/quot2008.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Peso Red barn

2009-01-01 Thread Mark Roberts
David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 4:15 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: pentko...@gmail.com writes: Colour version http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8441876 I do like that better, but you need to bump up the saturation and the contrast. Especially the contrast. I'll try

Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long.

2009-01-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
Good to hear your voice again old friend. Make some time to do things you enjoy this year. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 2:22 AM, Cesar Matamoros II cesar_ab...@mindspring.com wrote: Greetings to the list, First, I must apologize to the list for being quiet for so long. But then

Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long.

2009-01-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Good to hear from you Cesar. It's been too long. Looking forward to seeing you at GFM this year. You *will* be there because we have a team ready to kidnap you and drag you there by force if necessary this time... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Peso Red barn

2009-01-01 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 4:15 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: pentko...@gmail.com writes: Colour version http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8441876 I do like that better, but you need to

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Dario Bonazza
Thanks Mark! My favorites: While one can never have too many lenses, at some point one can have a ridiculous number of them. - Bill Robb I have a MZ-S, a *ist D, DS, K10D and a very understanding wife. - Steve Desjardins Be grateful for the pixel-peepers. They've worried about this stuff so

Re: happy new year!

2009-01-01 Thread Paul Sorenson
By now we all should have moved into 2009. Here's wishing you all success, happiness and peace in the coming year and beyond. -p Mark Erickson wrote: This may be the 2nd post to the January 2009 archives. Here's hoping to a better new year (photographically and especially otherwise).

Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long.

2009-01-01 Thread pnstenquist
Good to hear from you Cesar. And a happy new year to you and yours as well. I enjoyed the pic. A pretty scene, and it beats the heck out of the cold and snow of Michigan. Paul -- Original message -- From: Cesar Matamoros II cesar_ab...@mindspring.com Greetings to

Re: happy new year!

2009-01-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
Like Paul says... Happy New Year! Bob S. On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: By now we all should have moved into 2009. Here's wishing you all success, happiness and peace in the coming year and beyond. -p Mark Erickson wrote: This may be the 2nd

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread pnstenquist
Thanks Mark. Great stuff. Your work is appreciated. My favorite? The one that made me laugh out loud: I'm really a mild, very happy guy . A while back there was a time when I thought I was angry, but I was wrong. It was merely homicidal rage. Bob of course. Paul -- Original

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks again for doing this MARK. Some real gems in there. Most spelt correctly. Dave On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: ...the annual PDML quotations list is posted: http://www.robertstech.com/quot2008.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread ann sanfedele
I see I didn't make the list this year - but I take comfort in noting something I wrote provoked a number of the quotes that did. :-) ann p.s. terrific list , btw! Mark Roberts wrote: ...the annual PDML quotations list is posted: http://www.robertstech.com/quot2008.htm -- PDML

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Scott Loveless
On 1/1/09, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: ...the annual PDML quotations list is posted: What's a PDML? http://www.robertstech.com/quot2008.htm Thanks for the list, Mark! I spend most of my waking moments looking forward to GFM and the quotes list. -- Scott Loveless New

RE: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Bob W
I'm rather disturbed to see my name feature so often. People will think I sit around all day drying my humour. Bob I see I didn't make the list this year - but I take comfort in noting something I wrote provoked a number of the quotes that did. :-) ann p.s. terrific list , btw!

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: ann sanfedele Subject: Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until... I see I didn't make the list this year - but I take comfort in noting something I wrote provoked a number of the quotes that did. :-) And I made the list far too often. If you like, I can

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread ann sanfedele
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: ann sanfedele Subject: Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until... I see I didn't make the list this year - but I take comfort in noting something I wrote provoked a number of the quotes that did. :-) And I made the list far too

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Bill Owens
I'm not sure the one attributed to me was really mine. The one I sent that I liked was; His eyeballs got crossed with his rectum and he got a shitty outlook on life. Bill On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 10:59 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: ann sanfedele

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Doug Franklin
Bob W wrote: I'm rather disturbed to see my name feature so often. People will think I sit around all day drying my humour. Is that a record for the earliest first quotation of the year for 2009? -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: ann sanfedele Subject: Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until... I see I didn't make the list this year - but I take comfort in noting something I wrote provoked a number of the quotes that did. :-) And I made the list far too often.

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Cory Waters
crushed just positively destroyed. Woe is me. CW Mark Roberts wrote: ...the annual PDML quotations list is posted: http://www.robertstech.com/quot2008.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

OT: Disturbing news about a certain PDMLer's ancestry

2009-01-01 Thread Bob W
I've just started reading a fascinating book called The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, which lets me indulge in one of my favourite pastimes on a cold winter's day: disappearing into the 14th century. I was rather alarmed, however, to find myself in the company of a certain Coterel,

Re: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen

2009-01-01 Thread ann sanfedele
keith_w wrote: Christine Aguila wrote: Hey, that's a cool recipe--a bit like my beef stew but with out the wine mushrooms--I'll have to try that. Happy New Year, Ann. Cheers, Christine Christine, That 1/4 cup (2 oz.) of white wine will lose all its alcohol by heating, leaving only

Re: OT: Happy New Year and a recipe for you from my kitchen

2009-01-01 Thread ann sanfedele
Brian Walters wrote: Happy New Year to you too, Ann. That sounds delicious - I'm going to try it out after we consume all of the Christmas/New Year leftovers. Cheers Brian so when you make it in late February you'll let us knwo who you liked it? ann

OT: 1937 Bugatti, only 26,000 miles on the clock

2009-01-01 Thread Bob W
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7807210.stm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT: 1937 Bugatti, only 26,000 miles on the clock

2009-01-01 Thread pnstenquist
It's a that only happens in the movies moment. A fabulous machine. Paul -- Original message -- From: Bob W p...@web-options.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7807210.stm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: New Year Photographic Resolutions for 2009

2009-01-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: Christine Aguila How about you folks? Any resolutions? 1.) Improve my skills. Make better images. J.S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

The best-laid plans... :-(

2009-01-01 Thread Charles Robinson
I fumbled my backup routine and now it's too late. Normally, each month of images is in a separate folder on my harddrive. As space gets tight, I backup the folder to three different locations: A disk image out on an external harddrive, and two different DVD backups (one folder of

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Woo hoo! Bob W got top billing! ;-) Go Bob! G On Jan 1, 2009, at 6:28 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: ...the annual PDML quotations list is posted: http://www.robertstech.com/quot2008.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long.

2009-01-01 Thread Ken Waller
I like you photo, but it needs more snow.:-) ...or a cormorant Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long. Very nicely put Cesar. Happy New Year to

Re: OT: 1937 Bugatti, only 26,000 miles on the clock

2009-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Amazing serendipity. It just so happened that I was relating a story about the Bugatti Type 57SC Atalanta Coupé at dinner with some of my motocycle/car geeky friends on Tuesday night! When I was 16, just after I got my drivers license in NY, and had just received a small inheritance from

RE: The best-laid plans... :-(

2009-01-01 Thread Bob W
[...] Well, fast-forward to yesterday when I'm poking through my Lightroom library. Lightroom thought that my 2008_May images were still on the harddrive (they were not) so I went to tell LR that the images were now on this disk over here but that disk image was empty. In a

RE: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Bob W
oh dear, that's extra-embarassing. I think I'll shut up this year. Woo hoo! Bob W got top billing! ;-) Go Bob! G On Jan 1, 2009, at 6:28 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: ...the annual PDML quotations list is posted: http://www.robertstech.com/quot2008.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Boris Liberman
Cool! Mark Roberts wrote: ...the annual PDML quotations list is posted: http://www.robertstech.com/quot2008.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/1/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: ...the annual PDML quotations list is posted: http://www.robertstech.com/quot2008.htm A good year, thanks Mark. Several made me LOL but this one got the guffaw: I'm really a mild, very happy guy . A while back there was a time when I

Re: The best-laid plans... :-(

2009-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
That's really sad, Charles. It's the sort of thing I worry about and have worked hard to make sure never happens. I never delete any photographs off my working drive until I am certain I have at least two verified backups on external storage, preferably three. I use Time Machine's backup

Re: OT: Disturbing news about a certain PDMLer's ancestry

2009-01-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/1/09, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: I've just started reading a fascinating book called The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, which lets me indulge in one of my favourite pastimes on a cold winter's day: disappearing into the 14th century. I was rather alarmed, however, to

Re: Peso Red barn

2009-01-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/1/09, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Needs some cormorants, too. Mark! (well, when did *you* last make the list?) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

Re: 50

2009-01-01 Thread Scott Loveless
On 1/1/09, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: On 12/29/08, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: There was a special Pentax LX PUG once. Why not a special Cormorant PUG? I'm not really sure if I'm allowed to pull rank, but I'm gonna. No.

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Christian
Mark Roberts wrote: ...the annual PDML quotations list is posted: http://www.robertstech.com/quot2008.htm Made it twice! (and both about cormorants... hmmm, what have I done!) -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO - Bored HNY

2009-01-01 Thread Adam Montoya
http://mountainfort.com/gallery/6976071_M4WSN/1/446508228_N2y55 Was all alone in the early morning and started getting silly ideas. So erm, Happy New Year. :-) -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: PESO - Bored HNY

2009-01-01 Thread Scott Loveless
On 1/1/09, Inigo Montoya amont...@gmail.com wrote: http://mountainfort.com/gallery/6976071_M4WSN/1/446508228_N2y55 Was all alone in the early morning and started getting silly ideas. So erm, Happy New Year. :-) That's very cool. Made me chuckle. Happy new year! -- Scott Loveless New

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Christian Subject: Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until... Made it twice! (and both about cormorants... hmmm, what have I done!) Pehaps you just have a one track mind. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Three Pines

2009-01-01 Thread Luiz Felipe
Agree - those distant trees are the only (minor, for me) issue. Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://www.techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:50:28 -0800 (PST), Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com escreveu: Beautiful shot. I wouldn't change the composition or cropping at

Re: HNY

2009-01-01 Thread Luiz Felipe
I second that (more likely 2345, since I'm away from the list since last year ;-) Happy New Years! Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://www.techmit.com.br/luizfelipe/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:40:28 -, Bob W p...@web-options.com escreveu: Happy New Year to everybody! I hope

Re: The best-laid plans... :-(

2009-01-01 Thread Bob Sullivan
Charles, All out backup strategies are only as good as the operators, US. Your problem is a common one and I'm sorry to hear about it. We should all remember to read our backup files on occasion, just to check. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@mac.com

Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long.

2009-01-01 Thread Norm Baugher
Nicely put...everyone needs a reminder now and again. Happy New Year my man!!! Norm Cesar Matamoros II wrote: Greetings to the list, First, I must apologize to the list for being quiet for so long. But then again my silence may not be not be a bad thing :-) I have had too much going on

Re: 50

2009-01-01 Thread ann sanfedele
Scott Loveless wrote: On 1/1/09, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: On 12/29/08, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: There was a special Pentax LX PUG once. Why not a special Cormorant PUG? I'm not really sure if I'm allowed to

Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long.

2009-01-01 Thread Scott Loveless
On 1/1/09, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: Good to hear from you Cesar. It's been too long. Looking forward to seeing you at GFM this year. You *will* be there because we have a team ready to kidnap you and drag you there by force if necessary this time... The 4x4 is gassed up

Re: The best-laid plans... :-(

2009-01-01 Thread ann sanfedele
Charles Robinson wrote: My Time Machine backups only go back to early November - which is long after I nuked the directory from my harddrive. SO! The only images I have from my daughter's wedding (and countless other events) are the ones I have put online. I'm disappointed and

Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long.

2009-01-01 Thread Norm Baugher
Gateboy (slutboy) must come back! Norm Scott Loveless wrote: On 1/1/09, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: Good to hear from you Cesar. It's been too long. Looking forward to seeing you at GFM this year. You *will* be there because we have a team ready to kidnap you and drag you

Re: GESO: Winter scenes

2009-01-01 Thread Stan Halpin
Thanks Bob W and Bob S and Brian. Bob S - no not a Waxwing, but a Tufted Titmouse. This was taken at my father-in-law's home in mid-Michigan; he does have occasional Cedar Waxwings passing through, but I haven't been at the right place at the right time to get any shots of them. The house

Re: sic transit optio w60

2009-01-01 Thread John Celio
As I'm about to buy a replacement small digital camera for my wife (I'm absconding with her Optio S5i) I'll keep reading to determine what the consensus is on really small digitals. The W60 doesn't seem to be much of a bargain! My wife's complaint about her S5i is the tiny viewfinder! And of

Re: The best-laid plans... :-(

2009-01-01 Thread Luiz Felipe
... ouch... Charles, I understand your feelings. I'm up to re-scan a lot of stuff lost due to media failure, and right now I don't trust dvdr media enough to depend just on them. Guess I'll be using mirrored HDs eventually, but right now I can't afford. Unfortunately some of the older stuff is

Subject: OT: 1937 Bugatti, only 26,000 miles on the clock

2009-01-01 Thread Morris Galloway
From Galloway, constant lurker who will de-lurk for a moment. Golly Gee! Want to know more about the Type 57 Bug, see it inside, outside, under the hood, being driven down the road by a real guy? The very well-paid American comedian Jay Leno owns one. Actually he owns several Bugattis, and

Re: The best-laid plans... :-(

2009-01-01 Thread pnstenquist
Hi Luiz, Have you had DVD discs fail? I have a lot of backups on DVD, and thus far none have failed. Some are six or seven years old. I don't do mirrored drives, but I backup all important photos on a second drive. So far, I haven't lost anything, but Charles' message is motivating me to get

Re: Subject: OT: 1937 Bugatti, only 26,000 miles on the clock

2009-01-01 Thread pnstenquist
Hi Morris, Good to see you live on the list! Thanks for the link, and a happy new year to you. Paul -- Original message -- From: Morris Galloway morris-gallo...@sbcglobal.net From Galloway, constant lurker who will de-lurk for a moment. Golly Gee! Want to

Re: GESO: Winter scenes

2009-01-01 Thread pnstenquist
Nice gallery. I envy you the wildlife and location. I've seen Cedar Waxwings here north of Detroit in the Spring. Got a decent shot of one nine or ten years ago on film. Will have to try again this year. Paul -- Original message -- From: Stan Halpin

Re: The best-laid plans... :-(

2009-01-01 Thread George Sinos
I previously backed up everything to an external hard drive, then did a second backup to DVDs. The external hard drive was updated daily, the DVDs were updated monthly. Recently, during a rare cleanup effort, I mounted a couple of the old DVDs to check them out. Only one could be read. I don't

Re: sic transit optio w60

2009-01-01 Thread ann sanfedele
John Celio wrote: As I'm about to buy a replacement small digital camera for my wife (I'm absconding with her Optio S5i) I'll keep reading to determine what the consensus is on really small digitals. The W60 doesn't seem to be much of a bargain! My wife's complaint about her S5i is the

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread John Francis
Shouldn't that be ... spelled correctly ? On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 10:08:44AM -0500, David J Brooks wrote: Thanks again for doing this MARK. Some real gems in there. Most spelt correctly. Dave On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: ...the annual PDML

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread John Celio
...the annual PDML quotations list is posted: http://www.robertstech.com/quot2008.htm Heh heh heh! Great list. There's a lot of gold in there. I'm amazed I made it! John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/calemp http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML

Re: PESO - Bored HNY

2009-01-01 Thread Christine Aguila
That's kinda cool--in a New Year's Past, Present, Future kind-away ;-) Happy New! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Adam Montoya amont...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 12:42 PM Subject: PESO - Bored HNY

Re: Winter scenes

2009-01-01 Thread Christine Aguila
Very nice! http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/h294d69a9#h294d69a9 I like this one except for the tail-clipping--has a kind-a-modern feel to it. :-) http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p821843095/h294d69a9#h3ac9bf36 Happy New Year to you and Meg! Cheers, Christine - Original Message -

Re: OT: Disturbing news about a certain PDMLer's ancestry

2009-01-01 Thread tonym
-Original Message- From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Sent 1/1/2009 11:23:28 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Disturbing news about a certain PDMLer's ancestry pastimes on a cold winter's day: disappearing into the 14th century. I was rather alarmed, however, to

Re: The best-laid plans... :-(

2009-01-01 Thread Christine Aguila
Sorry to hear, Charles--had a few boo-boos similar to this myself--I used to spend time cleaning closets like women do sometimes--but now I've the option of hard-drives, and I get over zealous sometimes--I think it's time to get my back-up program down for those zealous moments. Christine

Re: The best-laid plans... :-(

2009-01-01 Thread Adam Maas
I feel your pain. In Septmeber 2007 I lost 135GB of archives due to a HDD failure. They'd only partially been backed up and due to a schitzophrenic labelling system the backups were essentially useless for about 66% of the data (I couldn't associate the backups with the film archives due to

Re: sic transit optio w60

2009-01-01 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Jan 1, 2009, at 12:14 , John Celio wrote: As I'm about to buy a replacement small digital camera for my wife (I'm absconding with her Optio S5i) I'll keep reading to determine what the consensus is on really small digitals. The W60 doesn't seem to be much of a bargain! My wife's

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Cotty
Forwarded to my wife Alma, who replied: Thanks! after about 15 or so had enough:-) Have bookmarked Mark's web-site tho! Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

RE: OT: Pun Stores

2009-01-01 Thread John Sessoms
Locks up your computer and won't let you close the tab, close Firefox or end the task under task manager. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/1/09, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: Made it twice! (and both about cormorants... hmmm, what have I done!) You damned sicko. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

Re: Subject: OT: 1937 Bugatti, only 26,000 miles on the clock

2009-01-01 Thread Cotty
On 1/1/09, Morris Galloway, discombobulated, unleashed: From Galloway, constant lurker who will de-lurk for a moment. Golly Gee! Want to know more about the Type 57 Bug, see it inside, outside, under the hood, being driven down the road by a real guy? The very well-paid American comedian Jay

Re: The best-laid plans... :-(

2009-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I plan on upgrading my backup/archive hardware to include a Drobo RAID unit. Four 500G or 1T drives in an internally multiply mirrored, automatically self-correcting device ... can't be too bad. I don't know a single Drobo RAID user that has anything but praise for these units. It's not

Re: It's not OFFICIALLY 2009 until...

2009-01-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/1/2009 6:29:01 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, msrobert...@ysu.edu writes: ...the annual PDML quotations list is posted: http://www.robertstech.com/quot2008.htm === Thanks, Mark. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now

Re: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long.

2009-01-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/1/2009 12:23:24 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, cesar_ab...@mindspring.com writes: Good light and working tools, César Panama City, Florida = Good to hear from you, Cesar. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now

Re: PESO - Bored HNY

2009-01-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/1/2009 10:42:22 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, amont...@gmail.com writes: http://mountainfort.com/gallery/6976071_M4WSN/1/446508228_N2y55 Was all alone in the early morning and started getting silly ideas. So erm, Happy New Year. :-) -Adam === Your house has

Re: testing the G1 ...

2009-01-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 1, 2009, at 4:44 AM, Anthony Farr wrote: Until the light levels get very low, it completely compensates for the stopped down iris. At the limits it gets noisy and eventually gives up the ghost, but conditions like that would have an optical viewfinder too dark to see long before. I

Re: The best-laid plans... :-(

2009-01-01 Thread Charles Robinson
If my screw-up helps nudge just one person to get off the stick and be more organized and methodical, then it is worth it. That was my intent. I also now have a few labels on the outside of my Image Archive harddrive telling me exactly what I need to do, like a checklist, for each month's

Re: HNY

2009-01-01 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/1/2009 11:17:26 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br writes: Here are some of the pixels I assembled on a sensitive surface last year: http://www.web-options.com/Pick2008/ Bob = I love that phrase. Nice gallery, of course. Sensitive

Re: The best-laid plans... :-(

2009-01-01 Thread Luiz Felipe
Paul, I had lots of CDr and DVDr failures, not all due to counterfeit media. I lost some 70% of my scanned files over the years, and almost the same ratio of digitalized VHS tapes. My problem with the tapes is far worse, since they were discarded. I started doing multiple sets, and soon after

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