Re: the web: what are the 5 must go to photo sites each day ?

2009-08-27 Thread Peter Loveday
I visit http://www.strobist.com most days, though there is not always new content. - Peter -- 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: GESO: Har ki dun trek photos

2009-08-27 Thread Carlos R
Excellent work, Subash. A very nice gallery. Carlos -- 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: GESO Alster impressions

2009-08-27 Thread David Mann
On Aug 26, 2009, at 10:00 PM, Eckehard Wegner wrote: Sounds like one of those because it's there things that you have to do once if only for your peace of mind! Kind of like me buying a too cheap to miss Bungee Zone day pass on general principle once - I sure felt beaten up the next day. But

Re: GESO: Har ki dun trek photos

2009-08-27 Thread David Mann
On Aug 26, 2009, at 9:53 PM, Subash wrote: do tell me what you think: http://picasaweb.google.co.in/pdml.live/HKD# What a beautiful place. I need to do some more back-country expeditions. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Still no split-image screen for the K-7?

2009-08-27 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 26, 2009, at 15:55 , William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Ken Waller Subject: Re: Still no split-image screen for the K-7? I rather like their current tack, given some of the other possibilities - like going out of business. Its all about generating capital so they

Re: Still no split-image screen for the K-7?

2009-08-27 Thread Eckehard Wegner
My worry is I am not sure where Hoya is taking Pentax. I don't mind paying more for more but my impression is they are asking more for less right now. The combination of low wage country assembly, end user quality control, outsourced service, RD and marketing budget cuts, increasing times to

Re: the web: what are the 5 must go to photo sites each day ?

2009-08-27 Thread Toine
RSS feeds from: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html http://www.earthshots.org/ http://www.stuckincustoms.com/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/ http://reader.google.com for effortless reading Toine 2009/8/27 Bran Everseeking bran.everseek...@sasktel.net: I do have mine but am not

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Charles, I think that if you have a good copy of K10D it would be a mistake to sell it. I for one, am going to keep my K10D for as long as it lasts. I second that. Pentax have made a terrible mess of their formerly excellent customer service, so a

Re: Still no split-image screen for the K-7?

2009-08-27 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I rather like their current tack, given some of the other possibilities - like going out of business. Its all about generating capital so they can stay in business, like other successful businesses. If they think they can improve their long-term

Re: OT - Microsoft cannot Photoshop

2009-08-27 Thread AlunFoto
Or they'll have someone else do their ads next time. 2009/8/27 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: No comments are needed: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10317763-56.html?part=rsssubj=newstag=2547-1_3-0-20 or http://tinyurl.com/ms-poor-ps -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO: Har ki dun trek photos

2009-08-27 Thread Derby Chang
Subash wrote: hi, pictures from my first trek in the himalayas, which turned out to be an amazing experience. this is an attempt at a pictorial narrative of that experience. :) it was an eight days trip, though the actual trek was for five days, covering 75km. we trekked from a place called

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread paul stenquist
I sold my K10D on ebay about a month ago. I got $400 U.S. Kept the k20D as my backup. It has less high ISO noise than the K10D in normal shooting, and with more resolution, a tighter crop is always an option. Paul On Aug 27, 2009, at 5:38 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Boris Liberman

Re: OT - Microsoft cannot Photoshop

2009-08-27 Thread Tim Øsleby
Hm. The face swap had nothing to do with race. It was because the guy was leaning his head towards right. Right is sooo 2008. -- MaritimTim 2009/8/27 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: No comments are needed: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10317763-56.html?part=rsssubj=newstag=2547-1_3-0-20

Re: Still no split-image screen for the K-7?

2009-08-27 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:24:18AM +0200, Eckehard Wegner scripsit: My worry is I am not sure where Hoya is taking Pentax. I don't mind paying more for more but my impression is they are asking more for less right now. The combination of low wage country assembly, end user quality control,

Re: Still no split-image screen for the K-7?

2009-08-27 Thread P. J. Alling
It's funny, when I had enough income to buy anything Pentax that I wanted, Pentax didn't have much that I wanted that was new, so I bought a lot of used stuff. Now that I have to be a bit more careful about my purchases , Pentax has a lot a number of new products that I'd love to have but

Eagle on Brian Walter's Travel Blog

2009-08-27 Thread Christine Aguila
Brian has updated his travel blog, and there's a lovely picture of an eagle here--as well as other photos of interest. http://www.blognow.com.au/gowest/ Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Still no split-image screen for the K-7?

2009-08-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
The DA* 60-250 seems to have less initial problems than did the earlier DA* lenses. And Pentax took their time with it. Well worth the wait, I'd say. Paul On Aug 27, 2009, at 8:51 AM, Graydon wrote: On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:24:18AM +0200, Eckehard Wegner scripsit: My worry is I am not

Re: Still no split-image screen for the K-7?

2009-08-27 Thread Eckehard Wegner
2009/8/27 Graydon o...@uniserve.com: On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:24:18AM +0200, Eckehard Wegner scripsit: My worry is I am not sure where Hoya is taking Pentax. I don't mind paying more for more but my impression is they are asking more for less right now. The combination of low wage country

Re: Eagle on Brian Walter's Travel Blog

2009-08-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Great pics and an interesting blog. Thanks for posting this. Paul On Aug 27, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Brian has updated his travel blog, and there's a lovely picture of an eagle here--as well as other photos of interest. http://www.blognow.com.au/gowest/ Cheers, Christine

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I sold my K10D on ebay about a month ago. I got $400 U.S. Kept the k20D as my backup. It has less high ISO noise than the K10D in normal shooting, and with more resolution, a tighter crop is always an option. Unfortunately, the K20D is even more

Re: Still no split-image screen for the K-7?

2009-08-27 Thread Eckehard Wegner
Absolutely agreed. But they took over three years. Imagine they did that all the time. But the WR kit lenses were a stroke of genius in terms of lowering the entry hurdle for a weather sealed kit from by about a grand. That really gives me hope. -Ecke 2009/8/27 Paul Stenquist

Re: Eagle on Brian Walter's Travel Blog

2009-08-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Wonderful images, and a great blog. Dan On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Christine Aguilacagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Brian has updated his travel blog, and there's a lovely picture of an eagle here--as well as other photos of interest. http://www.blognow.com.au/gowest/ Cheers, Christine

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread P. J. Alling
It's funny, I hadn't had a camera with SR until I got the K20D, so I didn't notice the removal of the SR switch in the Pictures of the K-7. The SR switch is a shooting control. Maybe not as important as manual control of the focus point, but until Pentax comes up with an SR system that's

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Dario Bonazza
P. J. Alling wrote: It's funny, I hadn't had a camera with SR until I got the K20D, so I didn't notice the removal of the SR switch in the Pictures of the K-7. The SR switch is a shooting control. Maybe not as important as manual control of the focus point, but until Pentax comes up with an SR

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Dario Bonazza
In shooting mode, push the INFO button and you have several controls available there, including SR on/off. Not as direct as a hardware switch, but not far from it. Much better than navigating the ever-increasing menus. I forgot to mention that I've disabled the status screen, in order to

Re: Cool cloud photo

2009-08-27 Thread Anthony Farr
2009/8/25 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: A symptom of global warming if ever I've seen one... Morning glory clouds have been a feature of the Gulf of Carpentaria for long, long before global warming was ever discussed. Wikipedia has a good page for a quick lesson

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Toine
Boris, What do you think of the camera strap. My old MX's had those triangle shape camera straps and the black paint vanished quickly due to the silly camera strap system. I don't understand why they implemented this (retro look probably). Toine 2009/8/26 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Here

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
I pan with the K7. No problems: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/17/automobiles/collectibles/0817-woodward_8.html I also pan with the K20D with SR turned on. It doesn't cause any problems. The sweeping motion of a pan is far outside the range of motion that SR tries to control. Paul

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Jack Davis
I turn off the SR when panning (when I remember to) and I've read that others do the same. Whether it makes a difference, I've no idea.(?) Jack --- On Thu, 8/27/09, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: Boris reviews Pentax

My K-7 WB weirdness continues

2009-08-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I've posted two full PEFs on my web site. The time difference between them is like 5 mins. The light was coming from the window and the sun was fairly up in the sky for 7:10am or thereabouts. Initially, the little brain locked itself at something like uncorrected tungsten lighting. Then

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Boris Liberman
Not a clue, Toine. I see what you're asking about but this is the very first time I get such a strap system. If you ask some time in the future, I might be able to tell you more though in the manual it is shown to use the little stripes of leather-like material while attaching the camera

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Not a clue, Toine. I see what you're asking about but this is the very first time I get such a strap system. If you ask some time in the future, I might be able to tell you more though in the manual it is shown to use the little stripes of

Re: the web: what are the 5 must go to photo sites each day ?

2009-08-27 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:35:49 +0200 Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: RSS feeds from: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html http://www.earthshots.org/ http://www.stuckincustoms.com/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/ http://reader.google.com for effortless reading Toine I have never

Re: GESO: Har ki dun trek photos

2009-08-27 Thread Subash
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:23:59 +1000 Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: http://picasaweb.google.co.in/pdml.live/HKD# Holy cow. That is an amazing set. Most humbled. Derby, Carlos and David Mann, thanks for all your kind comments. regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Question about filters

2009-08-27 Thread Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta
Hello PDML! Several brands, such as Hoya and Rodenstock (the ones I can easily buy in Portugal), have filters design for digital cameras and the other filters for film cameras. Is this just marketing or do these filters 'excel' when used in digital cameras? If they 'excel' with digital cameras,

Re: Still no split-image screen for the K-7?

2009-08-27 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 03:39:49PM +0200, Eckehard Wegner wrote: Absolutely agreed. But they took over three years. Imagine they did that all the time. But the WR kit lenses were a stroke of genius in terms of lowering the entry hurdle for a weather sealed kit from by about a grand. That

Re: the web: what are the 5 must go to photo sites each day ?

2009-08-27 Thread mike wilson
Bran Everseeking wrote: I do have mine but am not always happy with the effort. http://riotclitshave.livejournal.com/ I don't think even the site title would get past our filtering system. I'm certainly not going to try. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Question about filters

2009-08-27 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta nmsba...@gmail.com wrote: Is this just marketing ... It most definitely is. Rodenstock filters, BTW, are made by Heliopan in Germany using Schott glass. I've been getting top-notch results using their filters for many years.

Re: Question about filters

2009-08-27 Thread caguila
Hi Nuno: I have two B + W circular polarizers that I use on my K10D and K20D with no problems, and I'd recommend the B + W. Cheers, Christine -Original Message- From: Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta nmsba...@gmail.com Sent: Aug 27, 2009 11:18 AM To: Pentax Discussion Mailing List

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread John Francis
When I got my K10D I conducted a few experiments, and found that leaving SR enabled while panning was at the worst harmless, and in fact probably helped to smooth out irregularities in the pan. Since then the only time I've turned SR off is when shooting on a tripod (and then only if I remember

RE: OT - Microsoft cannot Photoshop

2009-08-27 Thread Desjardins, Steve
You'd think a company that big could just take another shot. These days things like that get picked up with too high a probability to mess with them. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tim Øsleby Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009

Re: the web: what are the 5 must go to photo sites each day ?

2009-08-27 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:22:17 +0100 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: http://riotclitshave.livejournal.com/ I don't think even the site title would get past our filtering system. I'm certainly not going to try. people are strange even to me sometimes. -- Love is that condition

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:00:08AM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit: Unlike the focus point issue it looks like it's not an easy a fix, what with the hardware switch being gone and all... I've never needed to turn the shake reduction off in the K20D. If I have the camera on a tripod on a really

Re: Still no split-image screen for the K-7?

2009-08-27 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 03:27:56PM +0200, Eckehard Wegner scripsit: 2009/8/27 Graydon o...@uniserve.com: [snip] While there have been some issues, the combination of broad innovation -- something new to the camera industry -- and new assembly staff, who don't have the depth of experience,

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: I've never needed to turn the shake reduction off in the K20D. If I have the camera on a tripod on a really solid substrate -- bedrock, concrete footings -- I don't get any benefit from it, but I haven't seen any harm from it, either. I've just recenty

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Graydon
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 07:50:27PM +0200, Ralf R. Radermacher scripsit: Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: I've never needed to turn the shake reduction off in the K20D. If I have the camera on a tripod on a really solid substrate -- bedrock, concrete footings -- I don't get any benefit from

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread paul stenquist
I shot from a 30-foot high scissors lift with the K7 and a modest tripod (a Slik carbon fiber). The lift wasn't perfectly still, but I would wait to release the shutter until I couldn't sense any movement. Shake reduction was on, and I experienced no problems. On Aug 27, 2009, at 1:59 PM,

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 27, 2009, at 07:00 , P. J. Alling wrote: Removing the switch and making it a small production to turn SR on and off shows what I think is a Point and Shoot design mentality the same thing that resulted in the focus control debacle, This type of mentality doesn't belong in the design

Re: My K-7 WB weirdness continues

2009-08-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
and the address for those files would be ... ? On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I've posted two full PEFs on my web site. The time difference between them is like 5 mins. The light was coming from the window and the sun was fairly up in the sky for

RE: OT - Microsoft cannot Photoshop

2009-08-27 Thread Bob W
I think you're missing the point. It's not the photoshopping that people are upset about, it's the racism. Bob You'd think a company that big could just take another shot. These days things like that get picked up with too high a probability to mess with them. [...] No comments are

RE: Question about filters

2009-08-27 Thread Bob W
Some of the digital filters have a different infra-red response from their film equivalents. Hello PDML! Several brands, such as Hoya and Rodenstock (the ones I can easily buy in Portugal), have filters design for digital cameras and the other filters for film cameras. Is this just

Re: OT - Microsoft cannot Photoshop

2009-08-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/27/2009 4:12:15 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, alunf...@gmail.com writes: Or they'll have someone else do their ads next time. 2009/8/27 Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: No comments are needed: http://

Re: Still no split-image screen for the K-7?

2009-08-27 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 27, 2009, at 10:44 , Graydon wrote: Which is not to say that the factory QC might not need work; it always will. But the kinds of errors people report are the kinds of things that go with that got rattled -- stuck autofocus, SDM motor won't engage, some lens element is out of alignment,

Re: OT - Microsoft cannot Photoshop

2009-08-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/27/2009 11:23:37 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, p...@web-options.com writes: I think you're missing the point. It's not the photoshopping that people are upset about, it's the racism. Bob = I think we all get that Bob. It's pretty obvious. It's just not a good

Re: Still no split-image screen for the K-7?

2009-08-27 Thread Eckehard Wegner
Yes, positively little to no protection to be had from the double layer of cardboard plus nylon pouch that my lenses all came in, couldn't agree more. The box of the replacement DA* 16-50 collected personally from Pentax Hamburg showed signs of having gotten wet over half the surface area of the

Re: GESO: Har ki dun trek photos

2009-08-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/26/2009 2:54:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pdml.l...@gmail.com writes: What a beautiful place. Sigh. Some very nice shots there. Not going to tell you what to kick out and what to keep. One suggestion -- the people shots are often in bright light, so there is a great

Re: PPG quota

2009-08-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
It seems that PPG is now limiting each submitter to 10 images UnderReview. Previously, there were ten input boxes when you went to the unload page, and you could submit more than one page (10 photos) at a time. Now, you are limited to one page. When I went to upload today, there were nine input

Re: PPG quota

2009-08-27 Thread Sasha Sobol
Btw, how do you get into ppg? I I wrote them via contact us at ppg site quite some time ago but never got anything from them. --Sasha On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com wrote: It seems that PPG is now limiting each submitter to 10 images UnderReview.

Re: Cool cloud photo

2009-08-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Perhaps I should put Irony alert on my future posts... I've noticed that just about anything not seen before is a sign of global warming, the coming zombie apocalypse, etc... Anthony Farr wrote: 2009/8/25 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: A symptom of global warming if ever I've

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread P. J. Alling
Well they tell you not to, and I've tried a couple of pans, which should have come out in my opinion, which looked somewhat double exposed... Paul Stenquist wrote: I pan with the K7. No problems: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/17/automobiles/collectibles/0817-woodward_8.html I

Re: very unusal K-7 promotional video

2009-08-27 Thread Sasha Sobol
This is cool! On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Sylwester Pietrzykp...@o2.pl wrote: There's a series of Russian K-7 promotional videos talking about it's use during weddings :-) BTW - funny ideas for very unusal wedding. I especially like scene with chickens :-D Just wait and click in one of

Re: Question about filters

2009-08-27 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm betting on marketing in most cases, there may be some special filters, say the magenta correction filters for the Leica M8, but really there should be no real difference, light is after all light. Then again I thin special digital lenses are mostly marketing hype as well. Nuno Miguel dos

Re: PPG quota

2009-08-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Sasha: I sent in your name and email address to PPG in accordance with their instructions. They should send you a photographer ID that will allow you to register. They don't seem to be responding as quickly as they once did. Dan On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com

Re: GESO: Har ki dun trek photos

2009-08-27 Thread Luiz Felipe
Very, very interesting photos - looks like your trip was really good. Make mine the Little Well Wisher, but the sunset at sankhri is impressive and the whole gallery makes me dream about getting on the road. Another great image is swargarohini peak... Very well done! lf Subash escreveu: hi,

Re: PPG quota

2009-08-27 Thread Sasha Sobol
Daniel, Thanks! I think it was few weeks ago when I e-mailed them. Seems pretty slow. --Sasha On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Sasha: I sent in your name and email address to PPG in accordance with their instructions.  They should send you a

Re: very unusal K-7 promotional video

2009-08-27 Thread Sasha Sobol
Deathmatch is funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbGNATqdeocfeature=related On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: This is cool! On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Sylwester Pietrzykp...@o2.pl wrote: There's a series of Russian K-7 promotional videos talking

Re: OT - Microsoft cannot Photoshop

2009-08-27 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't know perhaps it's both, since combined the make the Racism even more evident. Bob W wrote: I think you're missing the point. It's not the photoshopping that people are upset about, it's the racism. Bob You'd think a company that big could just take another shot. These days

Mark Roberts spotted in Boston

2009-08-27 Thread Scott Loveless
http://pintumbler.org/Misc/eek/bike_corner.jpg -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- 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

Re: Mark Roberts spotted in Boston

2009-08-27 Thread Eckehard Wegner
Speck!!! 2009/8/27 Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com: http://pintumbler.org/Misc/eek/bike_corner.jpg -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Microsoft cannot Photoshop

2009-08-27 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thu Aug 27 13:33:14 CDT 2009 Eactivist wrote: In a message dated 8/27/2009 11:23:37 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pdml at web-options.com writes: I think you're missing the point. It's not the photoshopping that people are upset about, it's the racism. Bob = I think we all

Re: Mark Roberts spotted in Boston

2009-08-27 Thread Cotty
On 27/8/09, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: http://pintumbler.org/Misc/eek/bike_corner.jpg LOL! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread P. J. Alling
To everyone who thinks the Pentax has decided that SR can be left on while panning, perhaps they should update their documentation. Page two on this PDF hosted at the Pentaximaging.com site http://www.pentaximaging.com/pdf/All_Bodies_Shake_Reduction_012208.pdf or the K-7 manual on page 310 of

Re: Mark Roberts spotted in Boston

2009-08-27 Thread P. J. Alling
You own me a keyboard. Scott Loveless wrote: http://pintumbler.org/Misc/eek/bike_corner.jpg -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned

Re: PPG quota

2009-08-27 Thread Jack Davis
Sorta glad they're doing this. Probably won't completely discourage someone uploading 27 water droplet images, but will only make it a little less convenient. I hope they're considering a monthly quota..or some such. Jack --- On Thu, 8/27/09, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:

RE: Mark Roberts spotted in Boston

2009-08-27 Thread Desjardins, Steve
Geez, I thought he had a Triumph Tiger not a Panda . . . -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Scott Loveless Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:45 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Mark Roberts spotted in Boston

Re: My K-7 WB weirdness continues

2009-08-27 Thread Paul Sorenson
See below... -p Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: and the address for those files would be ... ? On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: snip *Since both shots are of my little daughter, I won't put the links on public list. Please contact me off-list if you want

Re: My K-7 WB weirdness continues

2009-08-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sorry, I thought I'd put the address in to go to Boris directly. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Paul Sorensonallarou...@earthlink.net wrote: See below... -p Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: and the address for those files would be ... ? On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Boris

Re: OT - Microsoft cannot Photoshop

2009-08-27 Thread Adam Maas
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Igor Roshchins...@komkon.org wrote: What she said. On another hand, after thinking about it further, I am not sure if it can be classified as racism. I am not even talking about distinction of racism and xenophobia (or prejudice), although one can argue that

Re: Mark Roberts spotted in Boston

2009-08-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/27/2009 1:45:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, sdlovel...@gmail.com writes: http://pintumbler.org/Misc/eek/bike_corner.jpg -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ == Heheheheheh. Marnie

Re: Cool cloud photo

2009-08-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/27/2009 7:22:37 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, farranth...@gmail.com writes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Glory_cloud and if you read the section called 'Scenario for formation' you'll understand why they're a product of the local topography and weather

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Page 310 of the K7 manual deals with SD card capacity in different modes. Page 2 of the PDF at the Pentaximaging.com site says shake reduction can be turned off when panning. Doesn't say it has to be turned off. I know that great pan results can be achieved with SR left on. I make

Re: Cool cloud photo

2009-08-27 Thread John Sessoms
In a message dated 8/24/2009 2:54:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dmann@ .net.nz writes: Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day... http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090824.html Cheers. Dave === It's alien space ships. They just create a cloud trails to cover their passage

PESO 2009 - 152 - GDG

2009-08-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
another photo, another blog entry ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/152-planes comments always appreciated, thanks for looking! Godfrey -- a photo blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Mark Roberts spotted in Boston

2009-08-27 Thread Doug Franklin
P. J. Alling wrote: You own me a keyboard. Scott Loveless wrote: http://pintumbler.org/Misc/eek/bike_corner.jpg Bike Stig! -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: the web: what are the 5 must go to photo sites each day ?

2009-08-27 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/26/2009 10:23:37 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bran.everseek...@sasktel.net writes: Ditto. I got to fred miranda now and then (because I have a Canon), and to dpreview. Very infrequently and mainly when I want to buy new camera equipment and/or I am window shopping.

Re: the web: what are the 5 must go to photo sites each day ?

2009-08-27 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I visit here, the FourThirds forum, the GetDPI forum, DPReview hell, and photo.net most days. Lately I'm inclined to read online magazines and blogs I've subscribed to rather more than mailing lists and forums. Lens Culture is a good one, as is Guernica blog and magazine. -- Godfrey

Re: PESO 2009 - 152 - GDG

2009-08-27 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 27, 2009, at 18:15, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: another photo, another blog entry ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/152-planes Pretty! And I am also in the this is a real photograph camp. I can see using software to adjust (dodge/burn/tint) like one would do with an

Re: PPG quota

2009-08-27 Thread Bong Manayon
Okay, I get it now ... we have a quota of 10 per week. I was not paying attention when I uploaded something like 9 photos and came back a day later to find there was only 1 box available. Still tames the beast :-) On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Bong Manayonbongmana...@gmail.com wrote: After

Re: Birthday

2009-08-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: mike wilson John Sessoms wrote: From: mike wilson John Sessoms wrote: From: Scott Loveless On 8/24/09, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Bob W wrote: It's my Leica M3's birthday today. 50 years old, and much more reliable than my M8, which will be lucky to

Re: the web: what are the 5 must go to photo sites each day ?

2009-08-27 Thread John Celio
http://riotclitshave.livejournal.com/ I don't think even the site title would get past our filtering system. I'm certainly not going to try. It's a play on right-click save. Sometimes there are NSFW photos on that LJ, but the woman who posts there has pretty good taste. I follow a bunch

Re: photographing outdoor car shows

2009-08-27 Thread Doug Franklin
Larry Colen wrote: Nowdays, ours are too. It has become what production was 30-40 years ago. Also, with the economy, I hear that SM only has fields of 35-40 cars rather than 65-70. At the last race I worked, which was back in February, the turnout was better than expected, but the Spec Miata

Re: Punting

2009-08-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling David Mann wrote: On Aug 25, 2009, at 6:18 AM, Bob W wrote: Thanks Igor. I was in the same punt for a while, then in a 'chase' punt :) Sounds like one of the more animated episodes of Morse... I can't say I've seen a lot of Bond films but I doubt there's been a

Re: photographing outdoor car shows

2009-08-27 Thread Doug Franklin
Ken Waller wrote: Hard to come up with another car manufacturer that currently pushes their involvement in motor sport more than Mazda, at least in the popular media stream. Well, they push it for current racers, they push it in auto and racing related media, but aside from the one

Re: photographing outdoor car shows

2009-08-27 Thread Doug Franklin
Paul Stenquist wrote: Although I don't think bizarre was a goal. It just ended up that way. They were meant to suggest a kind of youthful delight with a car that performs well. You see, you're illustrating my point, even though even I didn't really realize it. Basically, I think they need

Re: photographing outdoor car shows

2009-08-27 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Doug Franklin Subject: Re: photographing outdoor car shows Excuse my French, but if that's reality we are so totally fucked it'd probably be a blessing if the human race just ended now. Nah, just a select group of North Americans (non of whom are PDML

Re: My K-7 WB weirdness continues

2009-08-27 Thread Joseph Tainter
Boris wrote: I've posted two full PEFs on my web site. The time difference between them is like 5 mins. The light was coming from the window and the sun was fairly up in the sky for 7:10am or thereabouts. Initially, the little brain locked itself at something like uncorrected tungsten lighting.

Re: photographing outdoor car shows

2009-08-27 Thread Doug Franklin
Charles Robinson wrote: You don't remember the It's a Great Little Car jingles?? Actually, that specific line is all I can remember. But I owned a GLC and it was... a great little car. Not even the ghost of an echo, or an echo of a ghost, or whatever. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML

Re: photographing outdoor car shows

2009-08-27 Thread Doug Franklin
Larry Colen wrote: boing, boing, boing ... hmmm OK, that one I remember, now that you mention it. The psychologists and such would say that I have recognition but not recall: if you mention it, I will remember, but I can't come up with it on my own. In other words, not independently

Re: photographing outdoor car shows

2009-08-27 Thread Doug Franklin
William Robb wrote: Nah, just a select group of North Americans (non of whom are PDML members, I should add) Not just North Americans. Imagine the sound of a pump-action shotgun's action operating. Which, by the way, is the scariest sound in the world for a burglar in the US since about

Re: the web: what are the 5 must go to photo sites each day ?

2009-08-27 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:22:38 -0400 (EDT) eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Marnie aka Doe :-) Well, except the puns. I could live without those. there have been puns? :0) -- Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a

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