Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Thibouille
Still, strictly speaking a square is indeed a rectangle. For all intend and purposes, it is confusing to talk about a rectangle when it is also a square. But well... ;) On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:56 AM, keith_w keit...@dslextreme.com wrote: Larry Colen wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 09:50:16PM

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread keith_w
Thibouille wrote: Mmm Nikon is rumoured to introduce a medium format lineup (MX format) based on a sensor of 54x54 mm. If this is true, Pentax MF'd better be cheap enough, and Leica is screwed ;) Anyway, rumours ... :p A tiny bit smaller than the old time 2 1/4 square format. What would the

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread keith_w
JC OConnell wrote: Rectangle Definition : From Latin: rectus right + angle, A 4-sided polygon where all interior angles are 90° = JC O'Connell As far as you go, your statement is totally correct. keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Bob W
Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a square is a rhombus, or a trapezoid. While all 4 corners of both a square and a rectangle must be 90 degrees, the commonly accepted (preferred) definition states that a rectangle has adjacent sides of UNequal length. I think

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
:-( Mine is still being processed, even though I ordered it last Saturday 14th. And then the international delivery...well patience...what else? - Mensaje original De: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Enviado: jueves, 19 de febrero, 2009 8:53:50

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread David Savage
I ordered mine on Saturday too got a FedEx notification email today telling me my order had been dispatched. Cheers, Dave 2009/2/19 Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com: :-( Mine is still being processed, even though I ordered it last Saturday 14th. And then the international delivery...well

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Eactivist
Oh, to heck with it. Too hard to wait until everyone ordering gets theirs. Doug, heh, like your Forward. I won't tell anyone. Heh. Ken - Love your photos, the sand one, Superior Shore, is powerful and dramatic. The other, Seney Scene is just gorgeous -- layered, soft, subtle. Brian -

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Derby Chang
Arrrgh. Fedex tells me I'll get mine on Monday. A whole weekend to wait. Marnie, your excellent advanced review makes this weekend a very looong weekend. D eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Oh, to heck with it. Too hard to wait until everyone ordering gets theirs. Doug, heh, like your Forward. I

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Derby Chang
Oh, forgot the smilie :) Derby Chang wrote: Arrrgh. Fedex tells me I'll get mine on Monday. A whole weekend to wait. Marnie, your excellent advanced review makes this weekend a very looong weekend. D eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Oh, to heck with it. Too hard to wait until everyone

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread James
For any one who is interested, I found tomshardware did some tests on SDHC cards, speed reading/writing . www.thg-news.com/T2?95yU3Pf2yL5mVQJRwGVQJKe8V2GKA8t James -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Interesting SDHC tests

2009-02-19 Thread James
For any one who is interested, I found tomshardware did some tests on SDHC cards, speed reading/writing . www.thg-news.com/T2?95yU3Pf2yL5mVQJRwGVQJKe8V2GKA8t James At least i got the subject line right this time :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread James
OOPS. Silly me forgot to change the subject line. I pray for mercy and forgiveness from all because I am very senative to flaming :D James For any one who is interested, I found tomshardware did some tests on SDHC cards, speed reading/writing . -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: Whats with recent Pentax Camera names?

2009-02-19 Thread JC OConnell
like I said its not what you think, its a common language to negate a statement with a not on the end in several languages. its continental... JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Celio Sent:

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread JC OConnell
speak for yourself, I said a square is rectangle, not those other shapes.. JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 2:03 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread JC OConnell
A square is a special rectangle, but it IS a rectangle. I just googled it last night, nowhere in any of the definitions does it say that a rectangle has to have any requirements on side lengths. Its just has to have all 4 corners at 90 degreees. There is differentiation, the square is a subset or

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread AlunFoto
2009/2/19 eactiv...@aol.com: Jostein - Have a Pair of Nylons, Sweetheart - Great colors, great collection of birds, great photo -- but where the heck are the nylons? Heh. Read eg. page 2 in this: http://www.adoptabeach.org.uk/downloads/strandline/winter2006.pdf It's quite sad, really.

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:00:08 +1100, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au said: Arrrgh. Fedex tells me I'll get mine on Monday. A whole weekend to wait. Marnie, your excellent advanced review makes this weekend a very looong weekend. Double Arrrgh. According to the Blurb website, mine is still

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread David Savage
2009/2/19 Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm: Bugger! Bugger! Bugger! Oh bugger it. Here's another one. Bugger! LOL Mark! DS -- 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

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread keith_w
Bob W wrote: Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a square is a rhombus, or a trapezoid. While all 4 corners of both a square and a rectangle must be 90 degrees, the commonly accepted (preferred) definition states that a rectangle has adjacent sides of UNequal length. I

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread keith_w
JC OConnell wrote: A square is a special rectangle, but it IS a rectangle. I just googled it last night, nowhere in any of the definitions does it say that a rectangle has to have any requirements on side lengths. Its just has to have all 4 corners at 90 degreees. There is differentiation, the

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 19, 2009, at 7:40 AM, keith_w wrote: Bob W wrote: Oh, c'mon now. Next thing you'll be telling us that a square is a rhombus, or a trapezoid. While all 4 corners of both a square and a rectangle must be 90 degrees, the commonly accepted (preferred) definition states that a rectangle

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Jack Davis
Be prepared to be impressed, Derby. Extremely well done with glorious images all teed up by an exceptionally well written Foreword. Terrific product further valued for its financial benefit to the human condition. Jack --- On Thu, 2/19/09, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: From: Derby

Re: film scanners

2009-02-19 Thread m.9.wilson
Nick David Wright pedalingpr...@yahoo.com wrote: Has anyone any experience with the Canoscan 4400? It's only about $100. I know the quality probably wouldn't be the greatest, but the primary purpose of this scanner would be low-res scans for the web that look better than what

Re: Whats with recent Pentax Camera names?

2009-02-19 Thread m.9.wilson
Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: Graydon wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 05:32:49PM -0500, JC OConnell scripsit: Are they that thick headed/uncreative that they cant think of new model names? Its not like cars where you have a '75 KM and a '09 KM. They are both model KM(K-M).

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread m.9.wilson
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Wow, that was fast. Wonder if they are in California? Ordered on the day of release, not due to be dispatched for another five days... Smaller than I thought it would be, Forward still spelled wrong, and they only used the 2008 Quote List (I was

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread David Savage
Mine says the same on the Blurb website but I already have a FedEx tracking number. DS 2009/2/19 m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Wow, that was fast. Wonder if they are in California? Ordered on the day of release, not due to be dispatched for another five

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: keith_w Subject: Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor Thibouille wrote: Mmm Nikon is rumoured to introduce a medium format lineup (MX format) based on a sensor of 54x54 mm. If this is true, Pentax MF'd better be cheap enough, and Leica is screwed ;)

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Subash
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:22:09 EST eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Oh, to heck with it. Too hard to wait until everyone ordering gets theirs. hi Marnie, thanks for the nice words. that lake is a brackish water lake at an altitude of around 14,600 ft and the sky and water are really that blue (of

Re: PESO - Back Garden and Frosted Local

2009-02-19 Thread Rick Womer
Just sent it-- heard back from Verizon that it is an international call. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sat, 2/14/09, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Text me your number to 07836 694831. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Mark Roberts
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Oh, to heck with it. Too hard to wait until everyone ordering gets theirs. snip Thanks for the first proper review Marnie! I'm looking forward (or foreword) to many more as the books get delivered. It's fascinating and gratifying to observe how everyone I show the

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread AlunFoto
Strikes me that our places in the queue may be down to the type of delivery chosen. Express-shipping customers given the right of way? Jostein 2009/2/19 David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com: Mine says the same on the Blurb website but I already have a FedEx tracking number. DS 2009/2/19

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Doug Brewer
AlunFoto wrote: Strikes me that our places in the queue may be down to the type of delivery chosen. Express-shipping customers given the right of way? Jostein I dunno. I ordered on Saturday with second day shipping and Blurb says mine's still a week away from being shipped. -- PDML

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Subash wrote: On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:22:09 EST eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Oh, to heck with it. Too hard to wait until everyone ordering gets theirs. hi Marnie, thanks for the nice words. that lake is a brackish water lake at an altitude of around 14,600 ft and the sky and water are really

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: AlunFoto wrote: Strikes me that our places in the queue may be down to the type of delivery chosen. Express-shipping customers given the right of way? Jostein I dunno. I ordered on Saturday with second day shipping and Blurb says mine's still a week away from being

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Scott Loveless
On 2/19/09, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: AlunFoto wrote: Strikes me that our places in the queue may be down to the type of delivery chosen. Express-shipping customers given the right of way? Jostein I dunno. I ordered on Saturday with second

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread AlunFoto
2009/2/19 Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu: Doug Brewer wrote: AlunFoto wrote: Strikes me that our places in the queue may be down to the type of delivery chosen. Express-shipping customers given the right of way? Jostein I dunno. I ordered on Saturday with second day shipping and Blurb

Re: PDML annual is a Blurb best seller!

2009-02-19 Thread AlunFoto
By the way... Has anyone dropped a hint to Ned Bunnell? Maybe he would like to feature it in his blog? Jostein 2009/2/18 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 09:19:36PM +0100, Dario Bonazza wrote: # Larry Colen wrote: # # Anybody thought of posting a link to it on any of

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Bruce Walker
Doug Brewer wrote: AlunFoto wrote: Strikes me that our places in the queue may be down to the type of delivery chosen. Express-shipping customers given the right of way? Jostein I dunno. I ordered on Saturday with second day shipping and Blurb says mine's still a week away from being

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Ken Waller
See Larry, we learn all sorts of 'interesting' things here at the PDML. with a little sarcasm Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 2:03 AM

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Doug Brewer
Bruce Walker wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: AlunFoto wrote: Strikes me that our places in the queue may be down to the type of delivery chosen. Express-shipping customers given the right of way? Jostein I dunno. I ordered on Saturday with second day shipping and Blurb says mine's still a

Re: Assignment Help - HS Wrestling

2009-02-19 Thread Ed Keeney
It's been a crazy week, sorry for the delay in responding. First and foremost, thanks for all the comments and kudos. I'm critical of my own work and always feel that nothing is good enough and everything could be better. Getting compliments from this group is a very nice feeling. Overall, the

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Bob Sullivan
I ordered a hard cover on the 13th with 2nd day shipping. I'm still 'processing' with the 24th as estimated ship date. Maybe I shouldn't have ordered it in hardcover?!? And Marnie, thanks for mentioning my Egret photo. I'm saving your email until I can look at the book. :-) Regards, Bob S. On

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Dario Bonazza
AlunFoto wrote: Mine was ordered Friday. I just checked, and it says Order Status: Completed. Whatever that means... :-) Anyway, I've opted for economy shipping, which is non-trackable. So I guess I must wait about a week from now if it was shipped today. Unless, of course, the customs

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Fernando
Thanks for the comment, Marnie; you are killing me here, can't wait to get my copies. On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 5:22 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Oh, to heck with it. Too hard to wait until everyone ordering gets theirs. Doug, heh, like your Forward. I won't tell anyone. Heh. Ken - Love

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
I ordered on the 13th, probably within an hour or so of Mark's announcement. I also signed up for two-day shipping. Blurb's site says it will ship on about the 24th. It's probably a regional thing. Not a problem. Paul On Feb 19, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: Bruce Walker wrote:

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: I ordered on the 13th, probably within an hour or so of Mark's announcement. I also signed up for two-day shipping. Blurb's site says it will ship on about the 24th. It's probably a regional thing. Definitely regional. The books are apparently printed at several

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Ira H. Bryant IV
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:15:13 +0100 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Strikes me that our places in the queue may be down to the type of delivery chosen. Express-shipping customers given the right of way? Jostein I don't think so. I ordered mine with the cheapest shipping option, and it

Re: GESO - My Funny Valentine

2009-02-19 Thread Doug Brewer
Ira H. Bryant IV wrote: I thought it was because you are the list maintainer. Or is it maintaining a list that led you to the drugs? chicken, egg, egg, chicken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived! Paul Stenquist wrote: I ordered on the 13th, probably within an hour or so of Mark's announcement. I also signed up for two-day shipping. Blurb's site says it will ship on about the 24th. It's

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:16:38AM -0800, keith_w scripsit: Thibouille wrote: Mmm Nikon is rumoured to introduce a medium format lineup (MX format) based on a sensor of 54x54 mm. If this is true, Pentax MF'd better be cheap enough, and Leica is screwed ;) Anyway, rumours ... :p A tiny bit

PESO - The Barfly

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
K 2.5 135mm on the *istD, wide open at 1/13th of a second, handheld. http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/02/barfly.html Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PDML annual is a Blurb best seller!

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: I took a quick glance at their forums a couple years ago and didn't see any reason to stay. Today, I surfed over there and clicked a few random threads. Folks, from what I saw, there is considerably more useful

Re: Geso Possible photos for our Chamber of Commerce Map.

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Big congrats, Dave. Hope goes as planned. All are really great, especially the horse shots. I most especially love this one: http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2009-chamber/album/slides/rural_ls_2181.html That's

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Luiz Felipe
I guess many rumours have some truth behind them - and they hardly come true anyway. I'd pass a square sensor for my current uses. For me, the best format would be 3:4, but I can live with 35mm and with APS formats. About lens coverage, I believe many FF lens would be easily offered simply by

Re: PDML annual is a Blurb best seller!

2009-02-19 Thread Scott Loveless
On 2/19/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: I took a quick glance at their forums a couple years ago and didn't see any reason to stay. Today, I surfed over there and clicked a few random

Re: GESO - My Funny Valentine

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Frank: They're all great, especially this one http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/SZwdR96u-5I/FT4/_eluzfsYPMM/s1600-h/sandy_02.jpg They do come up a little dark, but I imagine you'll get that sorted.

Re: PDML annual is a Blurb best seller!

2009-02-19 Thread m.9.wilson
frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: I took a quick glance at their forums a couple years ago and didn't see any reason to stay. Today, I surfed over there and clicked a few random threads.

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 19, 2009, at 6:45, keith_w wrote: JC OConnell wrote: A square is a special rectangle, but it IS a rectangle. I just googled it last night, nowhere in any of the definitions does it say that a rectangle has to have any requirements on side lengths. Its just has to have all 4 corners at

Re: PESO - Back Garden and Frosted Local

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Two more from last week's snow: Our back garden: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8582545size=lg Our local (which has nice people, background jazz, wood fires in the fireplaces, and lovely pints of Fuller's):

Re: Geso Possible photos for our Chamber of Commerce Map.

2009-02-19 Thread Doug Brewer
David J Brooks wrote: I'm pumped to day. A few days ago, i was contacted by the president of the Whitchurch-Stouffville chamber of commerce (pop 30,000) about updating the current map front page photo. She had seen my shots in the Town planner calendar and liked what she saw, and gave me a

Re: film scanners

2009-02-19 Thread Margus Männik
Actually, it works, but with one small trick. You do need a sheet of transparent fine white (matte) plastic. Put it to the scanner glass, project the image to it and scan. Years ago I scanned some Super8 film frames that way. Direct projection to scanner moving head doesn't work indeed. BR,

RE: Interesting SDHC tests

2009-02-19 Thread John Whittingham
Those Silicon Power cards look like a bargain! John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of James [...@eftel.net.au] Sent: 19 February 2009 11:12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Interesting SDHC tests For any one who is

Re: PESO - Back Garden and Frosted Local

2009-02-19 Thread John Graves
Rick, I do like your fire cover, next to the bikes. I assume you go out and build a small teepee fire underneath the cover to add some warmth in your hands before biking in the snow? John Graves WA1JG frank theriault wrote: On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Rick Womer

Re: PESO - The Barfly

2009-02-19 Thread Christian
frank theriault wrote: K 2.5 135mm on the *istD, wide open at 1/13th of a second, handheld. http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/02/barfly.html Comments welcome. cheers, frank You caught him looking his best! What was he drinking in that funny little glass? -- Christian

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Joseph McAllister
Therefore, if all four sides are equal, then three of those sides are also equal, so a square is an equilateral triangle. QED. On Feb 18, 2009, at 23:03 , Larry Colen wrote: # a square IS a rectangle. a square photo format is still a rectangular # format. # its just a rectangle with all

Film Scanners

2009-02-19 Thread John Graves
Nick, I have stashed somewhere, a backup for my early HP film scanner. It is the original HP Photosmart film and photoscanner, and does scan both negatives and slides, as well as 4x6 pictures It also requires a SCSI interface and a cable adapter. It came with a card, I think but I will look to

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Joseph McAllister
I ordered mine standard delivery (FedEx Ground - least expensive) on the afternoon of the 13th Friday, was shipped from San Francisco on the 16th Monday, and received them in Everett (Seattle) on the afternoon of the 17th. I would suspect that Blurb might have a contract with several

Re: film scanners

2009-02-19 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Great way to get really low rez scans. G On Feb 19, 2009, at 8:21 AM, Margus Männik wrote: Actually, it works, but with one small trick. You do need a sheet of transparent fine white (matte) plastic. Put it to the scanner glass, project the image to it and scan. Years ago I scanned some

Re: PESO - The Barfly

2009-02-19 Thread Gonz
Nice catch, but the image is too dark with too little contrast for me. Its probably correctable a little though. What the heck is he dirinking in that little foofoo glass? On 2/19/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: K 2.5 135mm on the *istD, wide open at 1/13th of a second,

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/19/2009 4:28:12 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, alunf...@gmail.com writes: 2009/2/19 eactiv...@aol.com: Jostein - Have a Pair of Nylons, Sweetheart - Great colors, great collection of birds, great photo -- but where the heck are the nylons? Heh. Read eg. page 2 in

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/19/2009 7:02:22 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, msrobert...@ysu.edu writes: Paul Stenquist wrote: I ordered on the 13th, probably within an hour or so of Mark's announcement. I also signed up for two-day shipping. Blurb's site says it will ship on about the 24th. It's

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Joseph McAllister
The trash we discard in the sea, the nets cut loose to ensnare dolphins, tuna, etc, are a disgrace. Worse yet are the plastic six pack (and eight pack) loops that get tangled up in birds legs and necks. At the dump primarily, but anywhere they are discarded. Please use a knife or scissors

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:20 AM, James s...@eftel.net.au wrote: OOPS. Silly me forgot to change the subject line. I pray for mercy and forgiveness from all because I am very senative to flaming :D For your penance, my son, do four decades of the Holy Rosary then take a photo of that Rosary

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread AlunFoto
Most of the material that the gannets find are actually nylon ropes from all sorts of martime activities. Hard to collect for recycling. But of course there is debris blown onto the waves from land based households and enterprises too. Much of that is recycled, but far from all. One of the things

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:40 AM, keith_w keit...@dslextreme.com wrote: C'mon, Bob. You're putting me on, right? Or making jokes. An oblong is a squashed circle. I thought oblong was a type of tea? cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML

Re: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread AlunFoto
I thought it was an asian coin of some sort... Jostein 2009/2/19 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:40 AM, keith_w keit...@dslextreme.com wrote: C'mon, Bob. You're putting me on, right? Or making jokes. An oblong is a squashed circle. I thought oblong was a

Re: PDML annual is a Blurb best seller!

2009-02-19 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/18/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:20 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Don't tell anyone.

Re: Geso Possible photos for our Chamber of Commerce Map.

2009-02-19 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Big congrats, Dave. Hope goes as planned. All are really great, especially the horse shots. I most especially love this one:

Re: Geso Possible photos for our Chamber of Commerce Map.

2009-02-19 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Just got a chance to see these, Dave. It's a very good collection and perfect for this kind of use. Just don't shoot yourself in the foot when it comes time to invoice. If I do, i'll never get a chance to go on mountain

Re: Assignment Help - HS Wrestling

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Ed Keeney ewkph...@gmail.com wrote: Well, it's all over...I did OK, but I think with more experience in the element of the gym I would probably do better. I shot RAW with the 50/1.4 the whole time and also used the flash - I couldn't get enough light to stop

Re: Assignment Help - HS Wrestling

2009-02-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/19/2009 11:00:39 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: No mat? Kids in your part of the world are pretty tough! cheers, frank I found that odd too. I bet here, CA, has a law that you have to have a mat. They used a mat back when I

RE: PESO - The Barfly

2009-02-19 Thread Bob W
K 2.5 135mm on the *istD, wide open at 1/13th of a second, handheld. http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/02/barfly.html Comments welcome. cheers, frank Good shot. Looks like a girl's drink of some sort. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Whats with recent Pentax Camera names?

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:21 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: IIRC we can thank Wayne's World for the popularity of that practice. Indeed. And Mike Meyers, who played Wayne is from Scarborough (usually called Scarberia by locals), a huge, bleak suburban wasteland on the east side of

teleconverter experiment

2009-02-19 Thread Larry Colen
I did a quick experiment yesterday with my bigma and teleconverters, and posted some examples and my notes at dpr: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036thread=31052869 The question was, for extreme telephoto am I better with cropping, or using a teleconverter, or multiple

Re: PESO - The Barfly

2009-02-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/19/2009 7:20:18 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: K 2.5 135mm on the *istD, wide open at 1/13th of a second, handheld. http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/02/barfly.html Comments welcome. cheers, frank Very dark on my

Re: PDML annual is a Blurb best seller!

2009-02-19 Thread Bruce Walker
David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/18/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:20 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Don't tell anyone.

Re: PESO - The Barfly

2009-02-19 Thread Mark Roberts
frank theriault wrote: K 2.5 135mm on the *istD, wide open at 1/13th of a second, handheld. http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/02/barfly.html Great shot! From the expression on his face you'd think someone had just handed him a glass of weasel spit. Come to think of it, that may be

Re: PDML annual is a Blurb best seller!

2009-02-19 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/19/2009 11:22:07 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, bruce.wal...@gmail.com writes: I believe in clubs for photographers, but only if every other form of persuasion fails. = Mark! Heh. Marnie aka Doe - Warning: I am

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Bob W
They must teach you some strange things in your schools. JCO is quite correct - at least, our schools taught us that a rectangle is a quadrilateral with 4 right angles, so a square is a rectangle. A rectangle with unequal sides is an oblong. Bob C'mon, Bob. You're putting me

Re: PESO - The Barfly

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:17 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Very dark on my monitor, frank. (Actually the geso was pretty dark too, just didn't mention it because you said you had problems post-processing. This one, however, is darker.) But it looks like he has a real dandy smirk. Maybe.

OT: Irish jokes and Polish jokes

2009-02-19 Thread Bob W
you couldn't make it up: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7899171.stm Bob -- 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: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread Cory Papenfuss
JC O'Connell As you wish, JC. AS YOU WISSHHH! :) -- * * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, PPSEL-IA* * Research Associate, Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory

USA Purchase request

2009-02-19 Thread Cotty
Hi team, I wouldn't ask if I didn't need the help, but I've exhausted every avenue here... I need a special bluetooth headset that I can't get here in the UK, and sadly ALL the (few) US suppliers don't ship abroad. Would someone be willing to purchase the item from a USA web site, receive the

Re: PESO - The Barfly

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: Great shot! From the expression on his face you'd think someone had just handed him a glass of weasel spit. Come to think of it, that may be what's in the glass. It's a new cocktail, called a Cloud of Weasels. You

Re: PESO - Back Garden and Frosted Local

2009-02-19 Thread Cotty
On 19/2/09, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: Just sent it-- heard back from Verizon that it is an international call. Got it! Yes, it will be an international call for me as well, but I have a facility that allows me cheap calls to the USA from my cell, so no problem :-) -- Cheers,

Re: urban landscapes

2009-02-19 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The theme for the photo meetup in Campbell (near San Jose) tonight is urban landscapes. I haven't had a lot of chance to shoot in cities, I've had a few chances to spend 20-30 minutes playing with my camera in SF, and a

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Cotty
I ordered on the 14th and it was shipped today :-) But it's coming by banana boat - and so shows as 'non-trackable'... there's a recession on! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

Re: urban landscapes

2009-02-19 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 03:02:28PM -0500, frank theriault wrote: # # http://flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157614015431223/ # # # I really like these! Thanks. -- It's not the steps in the dance, it's the dance in the steps. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

RE: Amusing square-format dSLR rumor

2009-02-19 Thread John Celio
If one were to cram a square sensor into a 35mm-based body, wouldn't the size of the mirror need to be increased vertically (assuming the sensor is the same height and width as the width of the current sensor Pentax uses)? This is the reason I doubt a square sensor'd dSLR is on the way. The

Re: The PDML Annual Has Arrived!

2009-02-19 Thread Dario Bonazza
Cotty wrote: I ordered on the 14th and it was shipped today :-) But it's coming by banana boat - and so shows as 'non-trackable'... there's a recession on! Apparently, my banana is in the same boat of yours. Let's hope they'll both have a safe cruise. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

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