RE: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread Bob W
Cory Waters wrote: Ok... Over here in the Americas, if you're digging a deep hole, one might joke that you're digging a hole to China. This image made me wonder where this hole might end-up. http://www.zefrank.com/sandwich/ there aren't many antipodal points that are both on

Re: OT - Coll video

2009-01-20 Thread m.9.wilson
Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Are there ever bikini babes on English beaches? ...mostly cold and overcast, never bikini weather. Regards, Bob S. If you called that an English beach whilst you were there, your gizzards would be used to make haggis. For the seagulls.

RE: OT - Coll video

2009-01-20 Thread m.9.wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com Sent: 19 January 2009 09:53 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT - Coll video Cotty

Re: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Alling
It looks like it would be best if the driver didn't doze off while negotiating the switchbacks. They might take the cost of the truck out of his salary. -Original Message- From: Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com Sent: Jan 19, 2009 6:42 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net

RE: The NYC cabbie photographer

2009-01-20 Thread m.9.wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: He just had a seat full of single use film cameras and shot pictures as he frove by buildings, Frove? don't you mean frived? To frive - the act of fotographing whilst driving. q.v. It's a frive-by, Sarge. People are gonna sue! -- PDML

RE: The NYC cabbie photographer

2009-01-20 Thread Bob W
He just had a seat full of single use film cameras and shot pictures as he frove by buildings, Frove? don't you mean frived? To frive - the act of fotographing whilst driving. q.v. It's a frive-by, Sarge. People are gonna sue! I've never been friven. Bob -- PDML

Re: OT - Coll video

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Alling
If I try to run it from the browser I get sound but no picture. I'm downloading it now to to try to view it in a different player. -Original Message- From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com Sent: Jan 19, 2009 6:50 PM To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT - Coll video On 19/1/09, frank

Re: PESO Little Girl with Umbrella

2009-01-20 Thread David Savage
That's sweet. Cheers, Dave 2009/1/20 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: K20D, 50mm, 1/60 @ f4, ISO 400, 360 Pentax Flash http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8521194size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT - Coll video

2009-01-20 Thread David Savage
2009/1/20 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: On 19/1/09, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Would love to watch it, but my computer doesn't like it... Try the AVI file Frank... http://www.seeingeye.tv/pages/video.html This version also works fine for me. BTW, what's that piece of guitar

Re: Oops!

2009-01-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Gorilla Glue might work. You can find it in most good hardware stores. But I would think a replacement lens shade is relatively inexpensive. BTW, I'd test that lens for accurate autofocus and a flat field, just to make sure you didn't knock something out of place. Paul On Jan 19, 2009, at

RE: The NYC cabbie photographer

2009-01-20 Thread m.9.wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: He just had a seat full of single use film cameras and shot pictures as he frove by buildings, Frove? don't you mean frived? To frive - the act of fotographing whilst driving. q.v. It's a frive-by, Sarge. People are gonna sue!

Re: PESO Little Girl with Umbrella

2009-01-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
You caught her at the right moment. A fun pic. Paul On Jan 20, 2009, at 1:59 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Jan 19, 2009, at 22:29 , Christine Aguila wrote: K20D, 50mm, 1/60 @ f4, ISO 400, 360 Pentax Flash http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8521194size=lg comments welcome, Cheers,

Re: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: Cory Waters wrote: Ok... Over here in the Americas, if you're digging a deep hole, one might joke that you're digging a hole to China. This image made me wonder where this hole might end-up. http://www.zefrank.com/sandwich/ there aren't many antipodal points that are both on

Re: OT - Coll video

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
Had problems to get the first file, but watched easily in Linux (Kurumin NG, Kubuntu - based BR distro) will test again today in M$ trash - er, Windows... Codecs may give even the best system a bad time. I usually get K Lite codec packs for Windows, but there is always some issue. Problem is,

Re: OT: Slideshow software for Mac?

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
Have little Mac experience, but attended to a roadshow long ago and became fascinated by Final Cut. Understand it probably will not offer the output formats you desire, but... LF AlunFoto escreveu: Dear gang, I'm asking you this on behalf of a friend: On the Windows platform, there is

Re: The NYC cabbie photographer

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
Joseph, nomaaer how well i fed it my keborad gets hungy fom time to tim. LH Joseph McAllister escreveu: On Jan 19, 2009, at 14:37 , Bob W wrote: Drive-by Shooting? http://drivebyshootings.com/book.asp That could be it Bob. He just had a seat full of single use film cameras and shot

Re: Tamron vs Sigma (70-200 f/2.8)

2009-01-20 Thread Patrick Genovese
Ping Any takers ? Regards Patrick Genovese On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Patrick Genovese patrick.genovese...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone had the opportunity to work with and or compare the Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 II HSM and the Tamron 70-200 f/2.8. I'm thinking of getting one of

Re: PESO: Calais Panorama

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
Great photo - as usual ;-) LF Ralf R. Radermacher escreveu: A night view of the ferry terminal, the Bassin du Paradis, the quarter of the old fish auction hall (le Minck) and the lighthouse in Calais, France. Because of the extreme contrast between the illumination of the ferry terminal and

Re: Tamron vs Sigma (70-200 f/2.8)

2009-01-20 Thread Adam Maas
The Tamron's quite rare at this point (I don't know if it's even shipped in K mount form yet). The Sigma's known to be a good performer though. -Adam On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Patrick Genovese patrick.genovese...@gmail.com wrote: Ping Any takers ? Regards Patrick Genovese

Re: announcement - photo exhibit in Fort Collins, CO - GDP

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
Great photos, and congratulations! Now would you guys and gals PLEASE be part of photo shows in april??? In the central Florida/ Colorado/ NYC areas??? Please... ;-) LF Godfrey DiGiorgi escreveu: Friends, I am sending this announcement to several email lists simultaneously. Let me

Re: PESO: Broken Fence

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
Like it, Jack - great photo. LF Jack Davis escreveu: Modest grab during a short drive in the country this AM. Jack Comments welcome http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=378 K20D, DA*50~135, f/5.6, 1/1500s, ISO 200 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
What, no boom this time??? Guess a human figure wearing red shirt would be hard to find in that hole, David. Impressive! LF David Savage escreveu: G'day All, Another from the Kalgoorlie Super Pit: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3208986305_ed102228bc_o.jpg For those of you familiar

Re: 14 days left for getting your photo into the PDML book

2009-01-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: 14 days left for getting your photo into the PDML book And I should point out that, if/when you *are* insulted, we'll have Bill Robb do it. Some things are best left to the experts, you know. I can't believe I have been hung

Re: OT: Slideshow software for Mac?

2009-01-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Final Cut offers a number of output formats. I think you can add more with the addition of Toast 10. In any case, Final Cut is better than dedicated slide show software, and it doesn't discriminate against stills:-); Paul On Jan 20, 2009, at 8:00 AM, Luiz Felipe wrote: Have little Mac

Re: OT PESO (x4) - So, how are you enjoying your winter?

2009-01-20 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Savage 2009/1/12 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Were you on the boat. No. These guys gals were competing in about 1-2m of water. So I was just standing there with the waves lapping at my knees. I wish I was tall enough 2 meters of water only came up to my knees. --

Re: OT PESO (x4) - So, how are you enjoying your winter?

2009-01-20 Thread David Savage
2009/1/20 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: From: David Savage 2009/1/12 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Were you on the boat. No. These guys gals were competing in about 1-2m of water. So I was just standing there with the waves lapping at my knees. I wish I was tall enough 2

Re: Broken Fence

2009-01-20 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Christine. The DA*50~135 is a detail Ninja. ;-) Jack --- On Mon, 1/19/09, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: Broken Fence To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, January 19, 2009, 9:21 PM Good

Re: Oops!

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
Sound advice from John and Paul indeed. If you feel like guing and have access to, try scale model glue as it melts the parts along the contact area, care not to use too much glue - you may end with a modern art sculpture. If you go for the glue, prepare a surface to place the hood while it

Re: GESO Icicles

2009-01-20 Thread Jack Davis
Well composed shot of serious icicles. Jack --- On Mon, 1/19/09, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net Subject: GESO Icicles To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, January 19, 2009, 10:16 PM Well, they're icicles, and they hang there. I just

Re: OT: Slideshow software for Mac?

2009-01-20 Thread Mark Roberts
AlunFoto wrote: And in case any of you wonder g: I'm _not_ after a video editing package, but a _specialised_ slide show application. Anyone in the Mac crowd who have some suggestions? So if he doesn't want video output, what output format *does* he want? Apple's Keynote software might work.

Re: PESO: Broken Fence

2009-01-20 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Luiz! Jack --- On Tue, 1/20/09, Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote: From: Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br Subject: Re: PESO: Broken Fence To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 5:22 AM Like it, Jack - great photo. LF

Titling a pic. My English fails me, help please

2009-01-20 Thread Tim Øsleby
I'm trying to title a picture for the PDML book. I have an idea, but only in Norwegian. I'm afraid it would not mean much to most of you. Svart hav, it is in Norwegian. Direcetly translated it could be something like Black Ocean. In Norwegian we use that something like that to discribe periodes

Re: PESO Little Girl with Umbrella

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
Liked the moment very, very much. If I had to change something, I'd try a little more contrast maybe, something in the bw conversion (assuming this started life in color), and maybe trim out the half person in the right and the first lamp and small details on the top. As it is, great! LF

Re: GESO Icicles

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
Make mine music - er, number four. One of these days I'll try those myself - maybe if I leave the fridge open for a week or so... ;-) LF Christine Aguila escreveu: Well, they're icicles, and they hang there. I just kind of shot them--I certainly didn't bring much creative vision to the

Re: PESO - attempt at B/W conversion

2009-01-20 Thread John Sessoms
From: Peter Alling In a few million years the pyramids will be weathered to less than hillocks; iron, even stainless steel, will oxidize to dust; micro-organisms will have eaten rubber and plastic; glass will have been smoothed to pebbles; little recognizable as an artifact will remain. For

Re: Titling a pic. My English fails me, help please

2009-01-20 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:44:26 +0100 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: There has to be some similar phrase in English. So you native English speakers. Please help me. Have a local idiom Dry Water cannot think of anything more generall off hand. Bran -- The individual has always had to

Re: Titling a pic. My English fails me, help please

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
Empty seas and black ocean sound pretty desolated for me (caution: not a native english speaker at all). I don't wish to spoil any surprises, but knowing if it's fish or fowl would help somewhat... or at least if it has anything to do with water at all. In portuguese we have an expression to

Re: Titling a pic. My English fails me, help please

2009-01-20 Thread David Savage
2009/1/20 Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br: If I may suggest, do use Norwegian - if I make a subscription it's likely to be titled in portuguese, secondary title (if possible) in english. I like that idea. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Titling a pic. My English fails me, help please

2009-01-20 Thread Tim Øsleby
You are probably right. I probably need to spoil the surplice to get this right. It's a picture of a Puffin lokking out over the ocean. This summer they where forced to leave their eggs behind because of lack of food. The title is ment as a comment on this. 2009/1/20 Luiz Felipe

Re: Titling a pic. My English fails me, help please

2009-01-20 Thread Tim Øsleby
Dry water might work. I google it and see how the term is used. 2009/1/20 Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net: On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:44:26 +0100 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: There has to be some similar phrase in English. So you native English speakers. Please help me.

Re: PESO - attempt at B/W conversion

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
... do you really thing that much copper is going to last more than a decade??? Only if some very, very imposing and well armed priesthood took charge of it... more likely to end up in cookware. LF John Sessoms escreveu: From: Peter Alling In a few million years the pyramids will be

RE: Titling a pic. My English fails me, help please

2009-01-20 Thread Bob W
English fishing is the envy of the civilised world, and we never experience such things. That's a very difficult question. It's such a specialised term, and so few of us are deep sea fishermen! You might think about similar terms, such as 'in the doldrums'. This is a sailing term which means you

Re: Titling a pic. My English fails me, help please

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
Tim, Empty Seas or Dry Water would be just great, IMHO. As translation - may the project leader please enlighten us about that title+translation question? LF Tim Øsleby escreveu: You are probably right. I probably need to spoil the surplice to get this right. It's a picture of a Puffin

RE: Oops!

2009-01-20 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Graves Well, i did it and I can't blame anyone else. I dropped my DS and it came down on the lens shade for my 20-35 lens. It didn't shatter but it did knock a piece out of the mount circle. I have the piece. Has anyone had success gluing these plastic shades and are there any

RE: The NYC cabbie photographer

2009-01-20 Thread Bob W
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: He just had a seat full of single use film cameras and shot pictures as he frove by buildings, Frove? don't you mean frived? To frive - the act of fotographing whilst driving. q.v. It's a frive-by, Sarge. People are gonna

RE: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread Bob W
Ok... Over here in the Americas, if you're digging a deep hole, one might joke that you're digging a hole to China. This image made me wonder where this hole might end-up. http://www.zefrank.com/sandwich/ there aren't many antipodal points that are both on land, so the

Re: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread David Savage
2009/1/20 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: On Jan 19, 2009, at 15:35 , David Savage wrote: G'day All, Another from the Kalgoorlie Super Pit: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3208986305_ed102228bc_o.jpg For those of you familiar with large machinery, and to give a sense of scale,

Re: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread David Savage
Wonderland. Cheers, Dave 2009/1/20 Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net: Ok... Over here in the Americas, if you're digging a deep hole, one might joke that you're digging a hole to China. This image made me wonder where this hole might end-up. CW David Savage wrote: G'day All,

Re: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread David Savage
Mmmm... Showing more of the bottom would undo the bottomless pit feeling I was going for. Thanks for looking your comment.. Cheers, Dave 2009/1/20 Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com: Interesting to look at. Gives a sense of the open pit mine. I would have liked a little less sky and a

Re: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread David Savage
Thanks Christine. Cheers, Dave 2009/1/20 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Very nice, Dave. Nice documentation of the site. Trucks add nice sense of scale as you say. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread David Savage
Oh, and as to the softness, that's a function of compression I suspect. The original has lots of sharp texture detail. Cheers, Dave 2009/1/20 David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com: Mmmm... Showing more of the bottom would undo the bottomless pit feeling I was going for. Thanks for looking

Re: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread David Savage
A mate of mine drives a truck at an underground mine says that towards the end of a shift fighting fatigue is quite a battle. Cheers, Dave 2009/1/20 Peter Alling webste...@mindspring.com: It looks like it would be best if the driver didn't doze off while negotiating the switchbacks. They

Re: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread David Savage
2009/1/20 Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br: What, no boom this time??? BOM There ya go. :-D Guess a human figure wearing red shirt would be hard to find in that hole, David. Impressive! The scale of it is certainly impressive. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Dave David

Re: OT - Coll video

2009-01-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
Sorry Mike, I thought all the Brits went south when they wanted to go to the beach. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:17 AM, m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Are there ever bikini babes on English beaches? ...mostly cold and overcast,

Re: Oops!

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
I had some luck with scale model glue - when I still had time to build scale models we often made our own glue with scrap plastic and xylol - sometimes I had to add reinforcements like glass tissue or long fibers (roving). Once I glued my kid's model train with cianoacrilate and paper as

Re: OT - Coll video

2009-01-20 Thread Luiz Felipe
Well, we do have lots of visitors from distant, frozen, Britain... usually wide-eyed at our girls' teeny bikinis... ;-) LF Bob Sullivan escreveu: Sorry Mike, I thought all the Brits went south when they wanted to go to the beach. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:17 AM,

Re: PESO - After the Demo

2009-01-20 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Very nice train portrait, Frank. Excellent. Cheers, Christine Thanks, Christine, and thanks to everyone else who commented. They seemed to be nice kids... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.

RE: Oops!

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Alling
Which is why I generally try to use metal lens hoods when I can. -Original Message- From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Sent: Jan 20, 2009 9:27 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Oops! From: John Graves Well, i did it and I can't blame anyone else. I dropped my DS and it came

Re: PESO - attempt at B/W conversion

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Alling
Copper lasts a long time in the environment because it forms a nice layer of oxide that protects the underlying metal, but even that would eventually weather away, given enough time. -Original Message- From: Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br Sent: Jan 20, 2009 9:19 AM To:

Re: PESO - Building an Arsenal?

2009-01-20 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: You might take a closer look, Frank. From the way she has her thumbs positioned, she just might be getting ready to split open an orange she's already peeled. Of course, if you were there, you would have seen better

Re: OT PESO (x4) - So, how are you enjoying your winter?

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Alling
You'd be funny looking... -Original Message- From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Sent: Jan 20, 2009 8:28 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT PESO (x4) - So, how are you enjoying your winter? From: David Savage 2009/1/12 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Were you on the boat.

Re: PESO Little Girl with Umbrella

2009-01-20 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:29 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: K20D, 50mm, 1/60 @ f4, ISO 400, 360 Pentax Flash http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8521194size=lg Beautiful! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: PESO - attempt at B/W conversion

2009-01-20 Thread AlunFoto
2009/1/17 Peter Alling webste...@mindspring.com: If birds are related to dinosaurs maybe they did. Not much would be left of our civilization after a few million years. Here's another guy that think no previous civilisation-building species has ever existed:

Re: PESO Little Girl with Umbrella

2009-01-20 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:38 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: That's almost Theriaultian :-) snip Too sharp. cheers, theriault -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO Icicles

2009-01-20 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Well, they're icicles, and they hang there. I just kind of shot them--I certainly didn't bring much creative vision to the exercise, but if you like icicles, here they are . . . . :-)

Re: OT - Coll video

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Alling
Don't I know that. I'm reading the PDML on a borrowed system since an experiment crippled my primary desktop. Remember even commercial software can destroy a working computer. I'm unable to find my install disk for W2K server and further destruction, err I mean diagnostics and repair,

Re: announcement - photo exhibit in Fort Collins, CO - GDP

2009-01-20 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: Friends, I am sending this announcement to several email lists simultaneously. Let me apologize in advance for any who might receive it multiple times or who might not want to receive such announcements at all. I

Re: Titling a pic. My English fails me, help please

2009-01-20 Thread Tim Øsleby
I'm grateful for your help Bran, Luiz, David and Bob. Problem solved. The pic is submitted now. -- MaritimTim -- 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

PESO - the age of innocence

2009-01-20 Thread Doug Brewer
Both of you who keep up with my blog more or less know the story, but for the rest of you who are interested, my wife and I have opened our home to our nephew's daughter while he serves in the army. She's not quite two years old, and while having a very active toddler around the house again,

Re: PESO - Henry and Frank

2009-01-20 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 3:38 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Very nice, frank. Good combo. Thanks, Marnie! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: PESO Little Girl with Umbrella

2009-01-20 Thread Bruce Dayton
Precious look on her face. I would be tempted to crop it just a bit tighter, especially on top and bottom. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, January 19, 2009, 10:29:08 PM, you wrote: CA K20D, 50mm, 1/60 @ f4, ISO 400, 360 Pentax Flash CA http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8521194size=lg

Re: Oops!

2009-01-20 Thread Bruce Dayton
That way, you know your lens is broken for sure, since the hood held up just fine grin. -- Bruce Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 7:38:10 AM, you wrote: PA Which is why I generally try to use metal lens hoods when I can. PA -Original Message- From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Sent:

Re: PESO - the age of innocence

2009-01-20 Thread Bruce Dayton
The little ones are so beautiful. Your title says it all. Wonderful shot! -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 8:23:36 AM, you wrote: DB Both of you who keep up with my blog more or less know the story, but DB for the rest of you who are interested, my wife and I have opened

Re: 14 days left for getting your photo into the PDML book

2009-01-20 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: Alphabetical doesn't work too well unless you can spell grin -- Bruce That's why Dad gave me a name i could remember. Dave Monday, January 19, 2009, 10:56:46 AM, you wrote: DJB Alphabetically.:-) DJB Dave

Re: The NYC cabbie photographer

2009-01-20 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: He just had a seat full of single use film cameras and shot pictures as he frove by buildings, Frove? don't you mean frived? To frive - the act of fotographing

PESO: Now for a change...

2009-01-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
It is a new day here in Chicago and throughout the USA. It is bright with the sun shining, despite a forecast for 2-4 inches of more snow. I'm watching the Inauguration of our new President and send you this happy photo. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8522431 From a visit to Hauserman

Re: PESO - the age of innocence

2009-01-20 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Both of you who keep up with my blog more or less know the story, but for the rest of you who are interested, my wife and I have opened our home to our nephew's daughter while he serves in the army. She's not quite two

Fondation HC-B

2009-01-20 Thread Bob W
I am planning to visit the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson (http://www.henricartierbresson.org/index_en.htm) in a couple of weeks. If anybody here has been there before, how much time would you reckon one needs to spend there to do the place justice? I'll be in Paris just for the weekend, so I

Re: Tamron vs Sigma (70-200 f/2.8)

2009-01-20 Thread Patrick Genovese
The sigma is said to be softer wide open at the long end. What I am trying to figure out is. How much softer is it... Ie is it unusable at f/2.8 at 200mm or will a little bit of unsharp mask in Post processing fix the problem. On the other hand the Tamron is said to be razor sharp but tends to

Re: PESO - the age of innocence

2009-01-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: Both of you who keep up with my blog more or less know the story, but for the rest of you who are interested, my wife and I have opened our home to our nephew's daughter while he serves in the army. She's not quite two years old, and while having a very active toddler

Re: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:35 PM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, Another from the Kalgoorlie Super Pit: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3208986305_ed102228bc_o.jpg For those of you familiar with large machinery, and to give a sense of scale, those are Caterpillar 793C

Re: PESO - the age of innocence

2009-01-20 Thread Doug Brewer
Bruce Dayton wrote: The little ones are so beautiful. Your title says it all. Wonderful shot! thanks, Bruce. -- 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: PESO - the age of innocence

2009-01-20 Thread Doug Brewer
frank theriault wrote: On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Both of you who keep up with my blog more or less know the story, but for the rest of you who are interested, my wife and I have opened our home to our nephew's daughter while he serves in the army.

Re: PESO - the age of innocence

2009-01-20 Thread Doug Brewer
Mark Roberts wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: Both of you who keep up with my blog more or less know the story, but for the rest of you who are interested, my wife and I have opened our home to our nephew's daughter while he serves in the army. She's not quite two years old, and while having a

Yup, I borked it (unhappy lens)

2009-01-20 Thread Charles Robinson
The 16-50 which took some weight when I dropped my camera bag a couple weeks ago now doesn't zoom wider than about 20mm before it stops. Clearly I busted something off and it's now gumming up the works. Darn it all, that really bums me out. Back into the Pentax service department again.

Re: PESO: Now for a change...

2009-01-20 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: It is a new day here in Chicago and throughout the USA. It is bright with the sun shining, despite a forecast for 2-4 inches of more snow. I'm watching the Inauguration of our new President and send you this happy

Re: PESO - the age of innocence

2009-01-20 Thread ann sanfedele
Mark Roberts wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: Both of you who keep up with my blog more or less know the story, but for the rest of you who are interested, my wife and I have opened our home to our nephew's daughter while he serves in the army. She's not quite two years old, and while having a

Re: Yup, I borked it (unhappy lens)

2009-01-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
While both my DA* 16-50 and 50-135 autofocused great with my K20D from the time they were new, they didn't focus properly with the K10D, although other FA and DA lenses worked fine with the 10. I sent the 10 to Pentax Colorado without the lenses, and they were able to fix it. I think some

Re: PESO - the age of innocence

2009-01-20 Thread Jack Davis
Sounds as though you already realize that the experience will certainly be more than adequate payment for your kindness. Well caught picture of innocence. Jack --- On Tue, 1/20/09, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: From: Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com Subject: PESO - the age of innocence

Re: PESO: Now for a change...

2009-01-20 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks for looking Frank. The light from the greenhouse windows is tough to tame, but the pansy faces were too happy to pass up. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:52 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com

Re: PESO - the age of innocence

2009-01-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Beautiful pic. I'm sure you will find that the experience is more than worth the effort. Enjoy, Paul On Jan 20, 2009, at 11:23 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: Both of you who keep up with my blog more or less know the story, but for the rest of you who are interested, my wife and I have opened our

Re: PESO: Now for a change...

2009-01-20 Thread David J Brooks
Tis a happy shot. Dave On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: It is a new day here in Chicago and throughout the USA. It is bright with the sun shining, despite a forecast for 2-4 inches of more snow. I'm watching the Inauguration of our new President and

Re: Yup, I borked it (unhappy lens)

2009-01-20 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 20, 2009, at 12:18, Paul Stenquist wrote: While both my DA* 16-50 and 50-135 autofocused great with my K20D from the time they were new, they didn't focus properly with the K10D, although other FA and DA lenses worked fine with the 10. I sent the 10 to Pentax Colorado without the

Re: PESO Little Girl with Umbrella

2009-01-20 Thread David J Brooks
Very nice. I;'m glad you included some people on the right, helps fill the void. Dave On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:29 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: K20D, 50mm, 1/60 @ f4, ISO 400, 360 Pentax Flash http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8521194size=lg comments welcome,

Re: OT PESO: Levels Strata

2009-01-20 Thread David J Brooks
Wonderful shot. I really like the roads carving up the side hills. I'd love to try my hand at one of those trucks for 5 minutes one day, but i won't move to Alberta.:-) Dave On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:35 PM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, Another from the Kalgoorlie Super

Re: PESO - the age of innocence

2009-01-20 Thread David J Brooks
Good portrait shot Doug, and kudo's to you and wife for doing this. I guess next week, you'll introduce her to Mr Red Laser Pen.:-) Dave On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Both of you who keep up with my blog more or less know the story, but for the rest of

Re: Yup, I borked it (unhappy lens)

2009-01-20 Thread David J Brooks
Do you remember what era these K10D's may have come from, and how bad/off the AF was with yours. I'm debating on getting the 50-135, and not wait for the 60-250, for what i think will be my last equine year. Dave On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:

Re: PESO: Now for a change...

2009-01-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Unfortunately, the markets are celebrating the inauguration by taking a dive into the toilet:-(. Oh well, I didn't really want to retire before I'm 90. Paul On Jan 20, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: It is a new day here in Chicago and throughout the USA. It is bright with the sun

Re: PESO: Now for a change...

2009-01-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
However, I like the photo:-). Tough background, but still a pleasant shot. Paul On Jan 20, 2009, at 11:53 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: It is a new day here in Chicago and throughout the USA. It is bright with the sun shining, despite a forecast for 2-4 inches of more snow. I'm watching the

Re: OT - Coll video

2009-01-20 Thread Joseph McAllister
A telling tale. On Jan 20, 2009, at 08:06 , Peter Alling wrote: Don't I know that. I'm reading the PDML on a borrowed system since an experiment crippled my primary desktop. Remember even commercial software can destroy a working computer. I'm unable to find my install disk for W2K

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