Hi Peter
As others have said, those lenses will be fine on any Pentax DSLR with
the proviso that the field of view will be different. The 35-70 will be
equivalent to about 52-105 due to the sensor being smaller than 24mm x
36mm size of 35mm film. If you need wide angle, you will need a new
Send him this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLDVIViWW74
So am I. Am advising my web person. I'll post a note when it's fixed.
Sorry,
Jack
--- On Sun, 5/24/09, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net
Subject: Re: PESO:
I'ts just a little something that the GUI designers over at Adobe has
come up with. Because Adobe thinks it a good idea, the rest of
humanity goes b. :-)
Such is life.
Jostein
2009/5/25 Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net:
why oh why are there so many photo sites that think side
John,
The arguement breaks down on the cost to build rail service to every
small town in order to feed the big towns.
Regards, Bob S.
In the mid 60s here there was a wholesale and much-lamented closure of
small, unprofitable railway lines that linked tiny communities. Many of them
were
Peter, those lenses should work well, as others have already said. I have a
Tokina 400/5.6 MF lens which is very good on digital. The K7 has a built-in
focus assist light, and some of the Pentax flashes, such as the AF-330FTZ,
will throw a low-intensity red beam to ensure accurate focus.
HTH
Thanks all for the speedy replies
Nice to see the old lenses can still be utilized, this is a definite
bonus to now being able to set more aside for a Body Only Pentax deal.
Just find that my current Olympus C-730 UltraZoom 10x Optical is slow
to respond to zoom and focus (by today's
P. J. Alling wrote:
As long as you're not planning to focus at infinity the the Hektor
should be relitively trivial, LTM-M49-K and you've got it mounted.
I remember seeing someone selling the M39 to M42 adapters, the M42 to
K mount just about all of us have lying around somewhere.
I
Brendan MacRae wrote:
I found a late 80's~early 90's K1000 at Goodwill the other day. It had a busted
Ozunon zoom on it. Great condition with a working (and accurate) meter...all
for $19.99.
Score!
I always feel sad when I see perfectly good film cameras sitting unloved
and unfilmed
I have one of those adapters
http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/08/08_07/08_07_leitax/index.htm
But with my Canon 135 set to infinity, I can still only get
focus out to
less than a metre. He probably also had some extension tubes built as
well (or as Adam suggests a Visoflex rig).
Several countries, notably France Japan, have good high-speed
rail networks. Other places like South Korea and China are
building them.
The Chinese one works quite well:
http://wikitravel.org/en/High-speed_rail_in_China
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2009/5/25 Bob W p...@web-options.com:
In the mid 60s here there was a wholesale and much-lamented closure of
small, unprofitable railway lines that linked tiny communities. Many of them
were turned into walking and cycling tracks through beautiful and fairly
remote country (but no train to
Bob W wrote:
I have one of those adapters
http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/08/08_07/08_07_leitax/index.htm
But with my Canon 135 set to infinity, I can still only get
focus out to
less than a metre. He probably also had some extension tubes built as
well (or as Adam suggests a Visoflex
On 24/5/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed:
Might any of you who are going to GFM have a spare 67mm polarizer I
could borrow for the weekend?
Ack, spare 77mm
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Thanks Bruce. Trap focus is a Nice Thing. :-)
Jostein
2009/5/24 Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com:
Nicely shot - the 'intruder' is nice and sharp and exposed very well.
I like it.
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Thanks Dave :)
2009/5/24 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com:
Very nice. Great detail on the fly.
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2009/5/24 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com:
Plain and simple (in the positive meaning of the words)
Thanks Tim.
Figured I had to start somewhere. It's been years since I last took
any flower/insect macros.
Jostein
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Bran Everseeking wrote:
why oh why are there so many photo sites that think side scrolling is
the way to show image sets?
AR!
You wouldn't happen to be thinking about LENS, are you?
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/
I'm not to sure about the layout myself, but I do like the
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Nice one, Paul.
That lens _is_ a winner, isn't it?
Jostein
2009/5/25 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net:
Yes, you see flash. The lens was the DA*60-250. It was at 108mm, f5.6,
1/125th.
The deer is tame. She's a rescued orphan who lives at a nature center. The
wild deer visit her from
ROTFL
DS
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me --- Churchill
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I just got emailed this photo:
http://i36.tinypic.com/ifvnv8.jpg
Seeing it reminded me of an encounter with a couple of cute
American/Canadian backpackers at a roadhouse a month ago where they
had stopped to put $12 worth (!!!) of petrol in the van they were
driving.
Now considering that the
I just got emailed this photo:
http://i36.tinypic.com/ifvnv8.jpg
Seeing it reminded me of an encounter with a couple of cute
American/Canadian backpackers at a roadhouse a month ago where they
had stopped to put $12 worth (!!!) of petrol in the van they were
driving.
Now considering
AR!
You wouldn't happen to be thinking about LENS, are you?
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/
Actually I rather like that, reminds me of my iPhone ;-)
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Thanks. Yes, it's a wonderful lens.
Paul
On May 25, 2009, at 6:24 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
Nice one, Paul.
That lens _is_ a winner, isn't it?
Jostein
2009/5/25 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net:
Yes, you see flash. The lens was the DA*60-250. It was at 108mm,
f5.6,
1/125th.
The deer is
Dave,
Did they have more than $12 between them?
Any figures on what percent of Australia's population lives more than
10 miles from the coast. Does it get out of the low single digits?
Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 5:38 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote:
I just got emailed
Timely advice, as I expect to be driving across the Nullabor in a few
months time
Perhaps I'd better top up the credit card limit.
Cheers
Brian
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On Mon, 25 May 2009 18:38
Bob,
That's an interesting thought on railroads - creating a tech bubble in
the 1800's?! And seeing some maps of England's canal boat system make
me wonder about rail. Perhaps the need was less than I imagined.
One advantage of railroads is they are cheaper to build than digging
canals, and
On-topic in that this excellent article about 35mm adaptors and shooting
video with DSLRs (will) relate to the K-7 when it is released. Nice
charts with sensor size comparisons and personal experience by a British
colleague.
P. J. Alling wrote:
I've been finding those kinds of deals quite often lately, it's not
digital so no one wants it.
On a related note, I just got back from visiting friends who just bought
a \new digital SLR. Target was selling the Canon Digital Rebel XS with
the 18-55 IS kit lens for $250.
This one didn't work in BW. Had to stand there for a while waiting
for her to get into the right position.
A bit of fun (despite the serious-sounding title):
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/peso-fighting-for-justice-and-peace.html
Hope you enjoy.
cheers,
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Paul,
That's a lovely shot with an amazing 3 dimensional look to it.
The deer seems to standout from the background.
Regards, Bob S.
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Frank, It brings a smile to my face. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 8:36 AM, frank theriault
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This one didn't work in BW. Had to stand there for a while waiting
for her to get into the right position.
A bit of fun (despite the serious-sounding title):
Yes, i think the colour version has more impact Frank.
Good waiting job, getting the hat and face lined up liek that.
Dave
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:36 AM, frank theriault
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
This one didn't work in BW. Had to stand there for a while waiting
for her to get into
Great shot. The 60-250 looks very good here.
To bad they waited until i caved on my equine work to bring it out.,
Dave
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I do.
Opps, sorry Scott.:-)
Dave
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote:
Might any of you who are going to GFM have a spare 67mm polarizer I
could borrow for the weekend?
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Very good advice, too! I was once driving from Mackay to Rockhampton (both
cities within the state of Queensland), and thought 2/3 of a tank would be
enough. Finished driving at 80 k/hr with the air-con off to save as much
petrol as possible, finally coasted into a petrol station with the fuel
IIRC, more than 80% of Australians live less than 20 miles from the coast -
we're very afraid of the Outback!
John in Brisbane
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On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 02:24:53PM +0100, Cotty scripsit:
On-topic in that this excellent article about 35mm adaptors and shooting
video with DSLRs (will) relate to the K-7 when it is released. Nice
charts with sensor size comparisons and personal experience by a British
colleague.
Must have been from the northeast US or southern Ontario. Nobody else
in Canada would make that mistake (350km without gas is not unheard of
in Canada, although somewhat more rare than it is in Australia given
that the areas of Canada with population densities rivalling the
Outback mostly lack
Sorry to ask... but what does the 1/250th of a second with the speed at
wich the shutter curtains open and close? I always understood the
curtains moved at the same speed, and the actual exposure time was
controlled by the difference in the their release - from a very short
difference to a few
Living in a very sunny place, the higher speed x-sync would be welcome,
but I still would buy the camera someday. For me, 1/8000 is more useful
than 1/250 sync. Getting to sync at 1/180 is ok, considering I'm syncing
between 1/60 and 1/100 lately. For my current needs that camera would be
rather
Very interesting Frank - tks for a much needed laugh...
LF
frank theriault escreveu:
This one didn't work in BW. Had to stand there for a while waiting
for her to get into the right position.
A bit of fun (despite the serious-sounding title):
Luiz,
You are correct as to how the shutter curtains work, in hindsight my
math is in fact off here and should be ignored. Shutter blade speed is
higher than what I computed.
-Adam
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Luiz Felipe
luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote:
Sorry to ask... but what does the
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:34 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote:
P. J. Alling wrote:
I've been finding those kinds of deals quite often lately, it's not
digital so no one wants it.
On a related note, I just got back from visiting friends who just bought a
\new digital SLR. Target
Well, maybe using Pentax is against some fundamental belief...
Serious, a very interesting link indeed, and maybe from what the article
points the K-7 would perform better than the others in that area. At
first I didn't feel the 30fps a nuisance, but then almost 99.99 of what
I do is in NTSC
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:17 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9241712size=lg
Beautiful shot, Paul. I really like the mushrooms in there - they
make a nice compositional piece.
cheers,
frank
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It wasn't just canals that suffered from the impact of the railways -
although a lot of railway lines are built on the paths of old canals - it
was also the stagecoaches. The trains killed the stagecoach trade very dead
very quickly. Despite their faults the railways were much faster at moving
Thanks Bob.
I think the 3d look is a result of the sharpness of the subject. I've
noticed that effect when using this lens. I believe the same attribute
has been mentioned in respect to the 77 limited.
Paul
On May 25, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Paul,
That's a lovely shot with an
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:17 PM, paul stenquist
pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9241712size=lg
Beautiful shot, Paul. I really like the mushrooms in there - they
make a nice compositional piece.
and quite a nice recipe, too.
Bob
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Thanks Frank. The deer apparently doesn't like the mushrooms, or
they'd be gone:-).
Paul
On May 25, 2009, at 10:27 AM, frank theriault wrote:
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:17 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net
wrote:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9241712size=lg
Beautiful
Hi Paul: I agree with Frank! Nice shot! Cheers, Christine
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Subject: Re: PESO: White Tail Deer
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:17 PM, paul
On 5/25/09, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote:
On 24/5/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed:
Might any of you who are going to GFM have a spare 67mm polarizer I
could borrow for the weekend?
Ack, spare 77mm
I'll take that, too! I was kinda hesitant about asking for too much,
Great shot, Frank! Color is a must here--and the composition is great!
Another great one! Cheers, Christine
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Subject: PESO - Fighting
Hi Jack: I know you know the link is not working, but I just tried 9:35
a.m. Central it's still not working--this is just a neighborly FYI. :-)
Cheers, Christine
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The deer up there must be pretty tame. Even at 108mm, you must have
been less than 50 feet from him.
Walt
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 6:17 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
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On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Daniel J. Matyola
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http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=14
I like 'em both, but the second one gives us an idea of how high up they are.
cheers,
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On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote:
G'day all
One for the railfans.
This narrow gauge 2-8-2 locomotive was one of 20 sent from the US to
Australia
during WW2. It now operates on the Zig Zag Tourist Railway in the Blue
Mountains west of Sydney.
Frank,
Good catch of the pose/composition.
This photo reminded me of Tom Lehrer's introduction to his song
The Folk Song Army:
One type of song that has come into increasing prominence in recent
months is the folk-song of protest. You have to admire people who sing
these songs. It takes a
On Sun, 24 May 2009 20:10:40 -0400
Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote:
Might any of you who are going to GFM have a spare 67mm polarizer I
could borrow for the weekend?
i am still kind of waiting to see who'll be the first to laugh
maniacally and say, 'i have a spare but you can't
Roads are cheaper and easier to maintain than railways, starting with
the fact that the minimum standard for a road is a dirt track, the
minimum standard for a railway is damn near the maximum standard for a
railway. The people who use the roads usually own their own means of
transport.
(oops, sent it first without subject)
Frank,
Good catch of the pose/composition.
This photo reminded me of Tom Lehrer's introduction to his song
The Folk Song Army:
One type of song that has come into increasing prominence in recent
months is the folk-song of protest. You have to admire
Very interesting set, Brendan - minor sugestion, the first I'd try to
crop more, and the centering didn't work that well for me. Good work
with the DOF!
LF
Brendan MacRae escreveu:
Here's three more I'm submitting for an article on Master Gardeners.
She's in an enclosure and is accustomed to people. Along with her
brother, she was orphaned somewhere upstate and was found starving
alone in the woods. The people who own the nature center here in
Bloomfield Hills built a large enclosure for them and bottle fed them
until they were old
Very interesting photo, Paul - looks a first rate lens indeed.
LF
paul stenquist escreveu:
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I've already read other comments, so I know it's been mentioned
before, but I love how she stands out from the background.
Done any selective sharpening here? Or is this how this lens performes
in your steady hands?
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2009/5/25 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net:
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote:
Nicely shot - the 'intruder' is nice and sharp and exposed very well.
I like it.
What Bruce said.
Lovely shot!
cheers,
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On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote:
Was fiddlin' with this (distortion correction) and began to wonder if I had
ever put it up on the list.
Sorry if a duplication.
Jack
Mamiya 6, 50mm f/4L, T-Max 100
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
Here are some more butterfly photos...from film.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9235091
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9235115
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9235073
Australia has more poisonous beasties than the rest of the world
combined, there's a lot to be scared of. You should be happy thought it
gives those who aren't afraid lots of elbow room.
John Coyle wrote:
IIRC, more than 80% of Australians live less than 20 miles from the coast -
we're very
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 11:40 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote:
Anyone who's been to Saskatchewan will understand this.
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/newer/aptname.html
Tech Stuff
K20, ISO 100. 70mm LTD, f/16, 1/125 second
The sunny 16 rule still works.
Never been out
Bob Sullivan wrote:
At one time not long ago, no point in the
state of Iowa (300 miles by 400 miles) was more than 1/2 mile from a
rail line.
That's a facinating stat. Where does it come from?
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On 25/5/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed:
I'll take that, too! I was kinda hesitant about asking for too much,
but since I have a lens with 77mm filter threads I'd be honored to use
your polarizer.
You got it. You can tell me how grateful you are in your interview ;-)
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Big and beautiful, from what pics I've seen so far...
Minor curiosity - you guys really buy gas at roadhouses? And if so,
where do you guys find girls???
LF
Keep your eyes on the road and the hands upon the wheel
Keep your eyes on the road and the hands upon the wheel
we're going to the
Nice photo, Nick. Good work.
LF
Nick Wright escreveu:
Here's one I took in honor of tomorrow's holiday.
http://kansasphotography.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/lest-we-forget/
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Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote:
The 35-70 will be
equivalent to about 52-105 due to the sensor being smaller than 24mm x
36mm size of 35mm film. If you need wide angle, you will need a new
lens.
the 35-70 will still be a 35-70. no extra reach
On 25/5/09, Luiz Felipe, discombobulated, unleashed:
where do you guys find girls???
Lots of Australians can't, so they take a leaf out of our book and
become shepherds ;-)
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Same place I would guess. (The Doors were singing about American
Roadhouse's anyway).
Luiz Felipe wrote:
Big and beautiful, from what pics I've seen so far...
Minor curiosity - you guys really buy gas at roadhouses? And if so,
where do you guys find girls???
LF
Keep your eyes on the road
Thanks Frank,
I shot it as a bit different view on the butterfly.
I don't see many 'head on' flying machine perspectives.
Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:40 AM, frank theriault
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
And so a fine British tradition finds it's way to the colonies.
Cotty wrote:
On 25/5/09, Luiz Felipe, discombobulated, unleashed:
where do you guys find girls???
Lots of Australians can't, so they take a leaf out of our book and
become shepherds ;-)
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Luis,
I take it you're talking about the first image of the flower? Me too, good
suggestion. I changed back to it's original composition and cloned out a couple
of leaves in the right corner. Puts the flower toward the left. I didn't put
the changed version in this gallery but that's the one
MIGHTY neighborly of you, Christine. I've emailed my geek a couple times and
just tried to call him. He must be out enjoying the long weekend. If that's the
case, I understand. ;)
Jack
--- On Mon, 5/25/09, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote:
From: Christine Aguila
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:38 AM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote:
Good exposure in tough light.
Theyre cute little things.
Nicely framed.
Those cute 'little' things will be crapping all over beaches, parks
and picnic sites by this time next year...
;-)
Nice shot, Paul.
:-)
cheers,
Thanks, Frank. I've passed it along to my 'geek' who appears to be away for the
weekend. :(
Jack
--- On Mon, 5/25/09, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
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Subject: Re: PESO: Mill
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Date:
Yesterday I caught about 10 minutes of a TV programme about country matters.
I watched some rural chappy giving a ewe a Brazilian. He called it
'crutching' and muttered something about dags and blowflies, but we all know
what he was really doing.
Bob
And so a fine British tradition finds it's
GFM's facebook page says its raining there.
Have you gotten to the mountain early then.???
:-)
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On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
Roads are cheaper and easier to maintain than railways, starting with
the fact that the minimum standard for a road is a dirt track, the
minimum standard for a railway is damn near the maximum
standard for a
railway.
A
Fact from somewhere in my past, probably related to me by Harry
Meisland (sp) when I worked for the Illinois Central Railroad. We
were working on line abandonments and Harry related some of the
history of the 'Granger' railroads in the US - Chicago Northwestern
- Chicago, Burlington Quincy -
What they're not doing that already?
frank theriault wrote:
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:38 AM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote:
Good exposure in tough light.
Theyre cute little things.
Nicely framed.
Those cute 'little' things will be crapping all over beaches, parks
and picnic
Roads are cheaper and easier to maintain than railways, starting with
the fact that the minimum standard for a road is a dirt track, the
minimum standard for a railway is damn near the maximum
standard for a
railway.
A dirt track is a dirt track, not a road.
The people who use the
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:00 PM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Bob Sullivan wrote:
At one time not long ago, no point in the
state of Iowa (300 miles by 400 miles) was more than 1/2 mile from a
rail line.
That's a facinating stat. Where does it come from?
Iowa?
cheers,
A road is anything the government designates it as. You've obviously
never stood with a map in your hands vainly trying to find the plainly
marked improved road, only to be informed that you're standing in the
middle of it.
For the rest you have some points, but most apply to Brittan and
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?act=attachtype=postid=302599
I had a test drive with AF-C. It was easier than expected.
I'm still struggling with accurate color reproduction at my system at
the moment. Watched locally
frank theriault wrote:
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:00 PM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote:
Bob Sullivan wrote:
At one time not long ago, no point in the
state of Iowa (300 miles by 400 miles) was more than 1/2 mile from a
rail line.
That's a facinating stat. Where
Hi all,
Back from Pentax Day, I can give you my impression of a much improved AF
compared to the standard SAFOX VIII we all know.
I've not been allowed to shoot actual pictures (the K-7 there was still a
pre-production camera, running firmware 0.20), but I could play with the
camera and the
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 1:14 PM, P. J. Alling p_all...@hotmail.com wrote:
A road is anything the government designates it as. You've obviously never
stood with a map in your hands vainly trying to find the plainly marked
improved road, only to be informed that you're standing in the middle of
There is an interesting article on focus shift, by Lloyd Chambers, in
the May/June issue of Photo Techniques magazine. Chambers discusses
the problem in quite a bit of detail. Assuming he knows what he's
writing about, I have a much better appreciation for the problem.
I never seemed to
Adam Maas wrote:
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 1:14 PM, P. J. Alling p_all...@hotmail.com wrote:
A road is anything the government designates it as. You've obviously never
stood with a map in your hands vainly trying to find the plainly marked
improved road, only to be informed that you're
Note that's the Lloyd Chambers of diglloyd.com, his stuff is excellent
(I've got a paid subscription to his DAP site and also to his Zeiss ZF
reviews, worth every penny I payed).
-Adam
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 1:23 PM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote:
There is an interesting article on focus
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 1:14 PM, P. J. Alling p_all...@hotmail.com wrote:
snip
In the US road taxes, in the form of gasoline taxes not only pay for road
repair but also subsidize various rail systems, which cannot pay for
themselves out operating revenue.
That rather rankles me.
Gas taxes
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