Re: low light autofocus

2010-01-13 Thread David Savage
F.(rank) Art? On 13/01/2010, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/12/2010 8:17 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Gonzrgonzoma...@gmail.com wrote: snip I tried to focus manually when I noticed about 1/2 of my shots were out of focussnip Call them

RE: PESO: They really are waterproof

2010-01-13 Thread Bob W
I read the marketing, but I've never had the courage to really ignore the bad weather. But I was going completely nuts on New Years' day, stir-crazy and maybe a little tired of my family's company (it can happen). So I put on the 40mm Limited, left the camera bag behind, and went out

RE: PESO: Anything out of the ordinary?

2010-01-13 Thread Bob W
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:19 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Must have been a world wide thing, some folks did the same in Toronto this weekend. snip Damn, and I missed it?!?! It's ok - you can take your pants off now instead. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

RE: PESO - Itch

2010-01-13 Thread Bob W
I got tired of going through 2009 photos for The Book.  I had a powerful itch to shoot.  It was dark and cold outside, but my kitchen was light and warm. So, then. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10491996size=lg Monochrome version:

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread eckinator
2010/1/13 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: [...] they have to work on developing a leadership position in their part of the markett. Just like Pentax. How long have they had a chance now to get to that point? Or perhaps reclaim some of the status they had a long time ago? How long have

Re: Speaking of SDM...

2010-01-13 Thread eckinator
2010/1/13 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Ecke--is this for just the 16-50?  Or is this advice for the 50-135mm as well?  Cheers, Christine Hi Christine, my understanding from my readings of failure stats published in the internet and the few official figures given locally by Pentax

Re: Speaking of SDM...

2010-01-13 Thread eckinator
Sorry Christine, totally missed your question with the answer; yes, the advice is given for the 50-135 as well and there are some people saying for the others as well based on an assumption on which I cannot comment that part of the issue may be due to grease/fat degrading and causing the drive to

Re: low light autofocus

2010-01-13 Thread eckinator
Hehe call it Brainf Art and say it comes from Scotland which is very far and very expensive - all images were scotted in a costly chemical Process invented in the Highland village of Brainf close to Lock Barnack Cheers Ecke 2010/1/13 David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com: F.(rank) Art? On

RE: PESO - Love Pillows

2010-01-13 Thread Tanya Love
Hehe, me thinks knarf is trying to soften someone up for Valentine's Day! Tan.x. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila Sent: Wednesday, 13 January 2010 1:13 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - Love

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Graydon Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? I also strongly suspect Pentax doesn't think they can afford it for the price point they're selling at. What price point would that be? Where I am, a new Nikon D300 body can be had for $1569.00, the K7 body is

Re: PESO - first photo for 2010...

2010-01-13 Thread Bong Manayon
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:37:54 +0800 Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: ...that is not someone else' birthday, Christmas or wedding party. http://bongmanayon.posterous.com/manic-depressive We never got for ourselves

Re: PESO - first photo for 2010...

2010-01-13 Thread Bong Manayon
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: Hello Bong, Seems you are doing better than me.  I don't think I have shot anything that was not some event or people associated with an event. Must get out and shoot! I force myself to shoot something else besides

Re: PESO - first photo for 2010...

2010-01-13 Thread Bong Manayon
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:49 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: ...that is not someone else' birthday, Christmas or wedding party. http://bongmanayon.posterous.com/manic-depressive If you keep taking

Re: PESO - first photo for 2010...

2010-01-13 Thread Bong Manayon
Thanks, Dave, Rick Ann...! Bong On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:32 PM, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Bong Manayon wrote: ...that is not someone else' birthday, Christmas or wedding party. http://bongmanayon.posterous.com/manic-depressive nice one, Bong! ann -- PDML

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? What I meant to say was My name is Bill and a camera that adds 25 to models' IQ scores was my idea... I'd pay real money for that. I'd pay even more if it would do that for my IQ. William Robb -- PDML

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? My clock radio is a Sony, it was a gift from my father, he's been dead for 15 years. Sony used to make wonderful products. I am still using a Sony clock/radio that I got as schwag from Astral Photo in 1985.

Re: PESO - Itch

2010-01-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Rick Womer Subject: PESO - Itch I got tired of going through 2009 photos for The Book. I had a powerful itch to shoot. It was dark and cold outside, but my kitchen was light and warm. So, then. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10491996size=lg

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? Here's a question for the K7 crowd... How many AF points does it have? Not enough (11) A couple of people during this discussion have poo poo'ed the need for a swag of AF points, but one of the things I

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread David Savage
2010/1/13 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: From: David Savage On 12/01/2010, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: David Savage wrote: 2010/1/12 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: BTW: John Carlson told me he probably won't be able to make it to GFM this year, as he's trying

Re: low light autofocus

2010-01-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Right, I kind of assumed that by default we're talking Pentax here. Nikon may surprise you to the good and so may Canon as well... On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Gonz rgonzoma...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: I've read somewhere

RE: PESO - Love Pillows

2010-01-13 Thread Tanya Love
Yes, does make one wonder! In fact, I wondered at first if it was one of my questionable tattoo shots that he had somehow dredged up out of the archives - me now having the name Tanya LOVE, and all... ;-) Tan. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Love Pillows

2010-01-13 Thread Jack Davis
You walk some mighty weird streets, Frank. ;) This might lend itself to color. Jack --- On Tue, 1/12/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Love Pillows To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Tuesday,

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread Tom C
William Robb wrote: I'd pay real money for that. I'd pay even more if it would do that for my IQ. A burning question crosses my mind... Then what would it be? Tom :-) On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:52 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: frank theriault

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-01-13 6:56, William Robb wrote: They can make good stuff, but I don't think I'll ever quite trust them after the root kit virus thing they did a few years ago on some music CDs. That's my position, too, if you remove the quite. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO: Anything out of the ordinary?

2010-01-13 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 12, 2010, at 19:54, frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: I took a ride on the LRT here in Minneapolis on Sunday (high temperature of the day, 12F). While on the train I took a few snapshots - see if you can find anything

Re: PESO: They really are waterproof

2010-01-13 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 12, 2010, at 20:40, Tim Bray wrote: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/01/09/-big/PS087808.jpg.html another http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/01/09/-big/PS087797.jpg.html blog context: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/01/09/Waterproof-Camera I

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:55 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Jan 12, 2010, at 10:06 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2010-01-12 21:56, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Jan 12, 2010, at 15:29 , Rob Studdert wrote: Obviously Pentax's focus assist is fine with relatively static

Re: PESO - Love Pillows

2010-01-13 Thread David J Brooks
Nice photo Frank. I like the arrangement of the pillows. Dave On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 6:28 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: There will be those among you who may think that I've chosen a deliberately provocative title for this, but I'm sure you'll agree (once you see it)

Re: How to post photos on the Internet

2010-01-13 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Tim Bray wrote: The definitive set of instructions: http://www.marco.org/328836901 Excellent! But I think we need more. More detail and more different, specific styles. Take Marnie's Lightroom Presets idea and do it in

Re: PESO - Itch

2010-01-13 Thread Ed Keeney
Rick, I prefer the color version myself. Nice shots. -- Thanks! Ed http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PESO - Itch

2010-01-13 Thread David J Brooks
Needs 30 degree tilt and more snow, other than that, great Dave On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: I got tired of going through 2009 photos for The Book.  I had a powerful itch to shoot.  It was dark and cold outside, but my kitchen was light and warm.

Re: PESO: They really are waterproof

2010-01-13 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:33 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I read the marketing, but I've never had the courage to really ignore the bad weather.  But I was going completely nuts on New Years' day, stir-crazy and maybe a little tired of my family's company (it can happen).  So I put on

Re: low light autofocus

2010-01-13 Thread P. J. Alling
In my university days the Fine Arts building, had the first word abbreviated. The space available was too small to spell out Fine... But I digress. On 1/13/2010 2:50 AM, David Savage wrote: F.(rank) Art? On 13/01/2010, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/12/2010 8:17

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread P. J. Alling
Wile E. Coyote; Super Genius. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STeVTzWelns On 1/13/2010 8:38 AM, Tom C wrote: William Robb wrote: I'd pay real money for that. I'd pay even more if it would do that for my IQ. A burning question crosses my mind... Then what would it be? Tom :-) On

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread P. J. Alling
They've had several Camera of the Year contenders lately, for the segment the aim at they also design very good cameras. They just haven't produced a really high end contender since the LX. On 1/13/2010 7:05 AM, David Savage wrote: 2010/1/13 John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com: From:

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread P. J. Alling
But while the K7 lists for $1499 it sells for more like $999. The D300 had an original list about $1000.00 more than the original list of the K7. On 1/13/2010 6:46 AM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Graydon Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? I also strongly suspect

Re: PESO - Love Pillows

2010-01-13 Thread P. J. Alling
I didn't think they were questionable. On 1/13/2010 8:12 AM, Tanya Love wrote: Yes, does make one wonder! In fact, I wondered at first if it was one of my questionable tattoo shots that he had somehow dredged up out of the archives - me now having the name Tanya LOVE, and all... ;-) Tan.

PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-13 Thread AlunFoto
Another tribute to Pentax weather protection. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-226 One K-7 photographed with another K-7. Both cameras worked without a single glitch for the 4-5 hours we were ashore. Nor was there any hiccups after returning to the indoors. Oh, and the Metz

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread Cotty
On 12/1/10, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: Better is always better. Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-13 Thread P. J. Alling
Yes, the camera and lens are sealed, but I fear for the flash... On 1/13/2010 12:00 PM, AlunFoto wrote: Another tribute to Pentax weather protection. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-226 One K-7 photographed with another K-7. Both cameras worked without a single glitch for

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread eckinator
On 12/1/10, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: Better is always better. I wonder if it could be lack of displacement 8-] -- 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

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread Cotty
On 12/1/10, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: It still might not be funny, but that's what I meant to type. Gotta be a Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML

Re: OT: North American International Auto Show

2010-01-13 Thread Cotty
On 12/1/10, paul stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: the Secretary of Transportation at the podium. Don't know why they didn't white balance that one, I thought he looked fairly well cooked ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? But while the K7 lists for $1499 it sells for more like $999. The D300 had an original list about $1000.00 more than the original list of the K7. No Peter, that's street prices gleaned from the website of my

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-13 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:10 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, the camera and lens are sealed, but I fear for the flash... If only there were more like you.:-) Dave On 1/13/2010 12:00 PM, AlunFoto wrote: Another tribute to Pentax weather protection.

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 13, 2010, at 11:50, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? But while the K7 lists for $1499 it sells for more like $999. The D300 had an original list about $1000.00 more than the original list of the K7. No Peter,

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/13/2010 12:50 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? But while the K7 lists for $1499 it sells for more like $999. The D300 had an original list about $1000.00 more than the original list of the K7. No Peter, that's

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-13 Thread Jim King
AlunFoto wrote Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:54 -0800 Another tribute to Pentax weather protection. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-226 One K-7 photographed with another K-7. Both cameras worked without a single glitch for the 4-5 hours we were ashore. Nor was there any

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-13 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 13, 2010, at 12:25, Jim King wrote: AlunFoto wrote Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:54 -0800 Another tribute to Pentax weather protection. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-226 One K-7 photographed with another K-7. Both cameras worked without a single glitch for the 4-5

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-13 Thread Joseph McAllister
Nice candidate for a Pentax ad if you could get one of those beast to sit up and smile. On Jan 13, 2010, at 09:00 , AlunFoto wrote: Another tribute to Pentax weather protection. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-226 One K-7 photographed with another K-7. Both cameras

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-13 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:30:59PM -0600, Charles Robinson wrote: On Jan 13, 2010, at 12:25, Jim King wrote: AlunFoto wrote Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:54 -0800 Another tribute to Pentax weather protection. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-226 One K-7 photographed

Re: PESO: They really are waterproof

2010-01-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I particularly like the first of these two, Tim. Very nice feel to it. Far as I'm aware, none of the Limiteds has weather seals. That said, to me they're tools: making photos is their purpose. If the weather is cold or wet, well, they're going to get cold and wet. I'll keep the water off them as

Re: How to post photos on the Internet

2010-01-13 Thread eactivist
In a message dated 1/12/2010 6:49:14 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, m...@robertstech.com writes: Excellent! But I think we need more. More detail and more different, specific styles. Take Marnie's Lightroom Presets idea and do it in the form of instructions: How to take a Frank Theriault

RE: low light autofocus

2010-01-13 Thread Bob W
When the National Trust opened a branch for students in Cambridge they didn't like the price of a plaque big enough to fit Cambridge University National Trust, so they took the cheap option... In my university days the Fine Arts building, had the first word abbreviated. The space available

PDML Presets to Expire Soon

2010-01-13 Thread eactivist
Just a reminder, the PDML Presets were Limited Edition, which means the page will be coming down soon -- 12am PST on Friday, January 15th. So rush to get your free PDML Presets now!!! http://www.mapphotography.com/PDMLPresets/pdml.htm Marnie aka Doe ;-)

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-13 Thread eactivist
In a message dated 1/13/2010 9:00:55 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, alunf...@gmail.com writes: Another tribute to Pentax weather protection. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-226 One K-7 photographed with another K-7. Both cameras worked without a single glitch for the 4-5

RE: GESO: a change of pace

2010-01-13 Thread Bob W
The Sistene Chapel is special. I didn't get into it as much as I might have. I was distracted by thoughts of our schedule of things to do, and by the throngs of people chattering and taking pictures with cellphones and PS digitals on autoflash and periodic loudspeaker announcements

Re: PESO - Love Pillows

2010-01-13 Thread eactivist
In a message dated 1/12/2010 3:29:07 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: There will be those among you who may think that I've chosen a deliberately provocative title for this, but I'm sure you'll agree (once you see it) that it's perfectly appropriate:

Re: Construction VIII

2010-01-13 Thread eactivist
In a message dated 1/12/2010 8:29:38 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, cagu...@earthlink.net writes: Thanks, Marnie, but what Tower shot do you mean? :-) Cheers, Christine == This one. I just copied Ann's wording, assuming we meant the same one. But maybe we didn't.

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-13 Thread Jack Davis
Nice endorsement for Metz also. ;) Jack --- On Wed, 1/13/10, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: From: Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com Subject: Re: PESO - Snowproofed To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 10:31 AM Nice candidate for a

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb From: P. J. Alling My clock radio is a Sony, it was a gift from my father, he's been dead for 15 years. Sony used to make wonderful products. I am still using a Sony clock/radio that I got as schwag from Astral Photo in 1985. The control dial broke, so I epoxied it back

Re: PESO - Snowproofed

2010-01-13 Thread John Sessoms
From: Charles Robinson On Jan 13, 2010, at 12:25, Jim King wrote: AlunFoto wrote Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:54 -0800 Another tribute to Pentax weather protection. http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-226 One K-7 photographed with another K-7. Both cameras worked without a

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread Bob Sullivan
We bought boom boxes or cheap cd/radio players for the kids as teenagers. These looked like component systems but were not. The CD would fail and then the whole thing could not be repaired by Sony. That's when I began to hate Sony products,but I did try a laptop 2 years ago. It's still working but

Re: GESO - winter shots

2010-01-13 Thread eactivist
In a message dated 1/10/2010 7:40:33 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, s...@stans-photography.info writes: I've added 5 shots to the PESO section of my Zenfolio site. The first one is here http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e1cd6d7c1 and you can navigate on from there. Note that these

Dennis Stock...

2010-01-13 Thread Bob W
...died on Monday night. Even if you don't know his name, you almost certainly know some of his pictures. http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.Biography_VPage AID=2K7O3R13DWV0utm_source=Globalutm_campaign=66c4fb3958-NEWSNY01101_13_2

Re: GESO - Across Australia and back

2010-01-13 Thread Brian Walters
On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:00 -0700, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: Now I'm P.O.'d! I took the time to look and comment and my remarks didn't recive an accolade. :-) Accolade!?? I only give accolades upon receipt of large sums of money, preferably in a brown paper bag (or by Pay Pal) :-)

RE: GESO - Across Australia and back

2010-01-13 Thread Brian Walters
On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:55 +, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: There's some really good stuff here Brian. I particularly like this one: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/eastwest/slides/_IGP4879j.html Chris Thanks, Chris. Much appreciated. Cheers Brian

PESO 2010 - 009 - GDG

2010-01-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
More photos than photo blogging so far this year ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/falling-275 comments always appreciated, thanks for looking. Godfrey -- a photo blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com next workshop coming up: Creating BW Photographs: A Digital Approach ::

Re: GESO - Across Australia and back

2010-01-13 Thread eactivist
In a message dated 1/10/2010 3:34:40 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, christ...@skofteland.net writes: Brian Walters wrote: I've finally finished organising the photos from my trip across to Western Australia and back last year. What a bloody relief! Cataloguing, keywording etc has taken

Sony was Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:25:39 -0500 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I'd forgotten all about that. My only reason for not liking Sony products was experience with products that invariably failed within a week of the warranty expiring - consumer audio/video. Sony has been good for me

Re: PESO 2010 - 009 - GDG

2010-01-13 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:53:39 -0800 Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: More photos than photo blogging so far this year ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/falling-275 comments always appreciated, thanks for looking. This is a brilliant capture Godfrey. thanks for keeping

PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-13 Thread P N Stenquist
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10497232size=lg K20D, DA# 50-135, f5.6, ISO 400 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

RE: PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-13 Thread Bob W
Superb! http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10497232size=lg K20D, DA# 50-135, f5.6, ISO 400 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-13 Thread Mark Roberts
P N Stenquist wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10497232size=lg K20D, DA# 50-135, f5.6, ISO 400 Whew! From the caption I thought it was going to be a shot of me and Doug Brewer. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-13 Thread P N Stenquist
On Jan 13, 2010, at 5:35 PM, Bob W wrote: Superb! Thanks Bob. Much appreciated. Paul http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10497232size=lg K20D, DA# 50-135, f5.6, ISO 400 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: PESO: They really are waterproof

2010-01-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 14/01/2010, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: Far as I'm aware, none of the Limiteds has weather seals. That said, to me they're tools: making photos is their purpose. If the weather is cold or wet, well, they're going to get cold and wet. I'll keep the water off them as best I

Re: PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-13 Thread David J Brooks
Great shot. Not taken this week i;m sure.:-) Dave On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:35 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10497232size=lg K20D, DA# 50-135, f5.6, ISO 400 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO 2010 - 009 - GDG

2010-01-13 Thread David J Brooks
I like the flow to this one. Dave On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: More photos than photo blogging so far this year ...  http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/falling-275 comments always appreciated, thanks for looking. Godfrey --  a photo blog:

Re: PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-13 Thread Bob Sullivan
Love it! The usual suspects indeed. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:35 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10497232size=lg K20D, DA# 50-135, f5.6, ISO 400 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Love Pillows

2010-01-13 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:30 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: It's a fascinating  photo, because it makes one feel there MUST be a story behind it. So many people have said that, and of course I have no idea what the story to it is. The pile of split wood and heart pillows were just sitting

PESO - You've Got Mail!

2010-01-13 Thread frank theriault
She's a couple of blocks from my house so I pass by it often, but last night the light from the streetlights was hitting her in a way that made me decide to take a picture: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/01/youve-got-mail.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank

Re: PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 14/01/2010, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10497232size=lg Very cute :-) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-13 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:35 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10497232size=lg K20D, DA# 50-135, f5.6, ISO 400 Like a Norman Rockwell painting, it has that Real Americana feel to it. Terrific shot, Paul!! cheers, frank -- Sharpness

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread Graydon
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 05:46:20AM -0600, William Robb scripsit: - Original Message - From: Graydon Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? I also strongly suspect Pentax doesn't think they can afford it for the price point they're selling at. What price point would that be? Where I am, a

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread Graydon
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:18:25PM -0500, John Sessoms scripsit: From: Graydon Consumer electronics price curve says they can; I'm pretty sure they didn't make money on the A900s but Sony does know how to do electronics design. As far as consumer electronics, I've never had anything from

Re: PESO 2010 - 009 - GDG

2010-01-13 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: More photos than photo blogging so far this year ...  http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/falling-275 comments always appreciated, thanks for looking. It's a Godfrey - and an excellent example of the genre. Very

Re: PESO: They really are waterproof

2010-01-13 Thread frank theriault
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I read the marketing, but I've never had the courage to really ignore the bad weather.  But I was going completely nuts on New Years' day, stir-crazy and maybe a little tired of my family's company (it can happen).  So I put

Re: PESO - You've Got Mail!

2010-01-13 Thread Bran Everseeking
On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:30:00 -0500 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: She's a couple of blocks from my house so I pass by it often, but last night the light from the streetlights was hitting her in a way that made me decide to take a picture:

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Charles Robinson Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? The K7 is just a shade over $1000 at bhphotovideo.com - where are you seeing it for $1499 and why would you buy from them? http://is.gd/6dBv4 I don't get free shipping from BH, so I have to add in the

Re: A lineup of the usual suspects

2010-01-13 Thread Ken Waller
Great capture ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO: A lineup of the usual suspects http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10497232size=lg K20D, DA# 50-135, f5.6, ISO 400 -- PDML

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Graydon Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? The D300 runs circles around the K7 (I've seen it happen). Sure. The D300 is benefiting from both some single-digit body that ate the development cost for the auto-focus in an accounting sense and Nikon's overall

Re: Dennis Stock...

2010-01-13 Thread ann sanfedele
Bob W wrote: ...died on Monday night. Even if you don't know his name, you almost certainly know some of his pictures. sure do... the photography of Dean/a Dean of Photography :-) sorry to hear that... ann http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.Biography_VPage

Re: PESO - Love Pillows

2010-01-13 Thread ann sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:30 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: It's a fascinating photo, because it makes one feel there MUST be a story behind it. So many people have said that, and of course I have no idea what the story to it is. and I will say it too...

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 02:56:16PM -0600, Bob Sullivan wrote: We bought boom boxes or cheap cd/radio players for the kids as teenagers. These looked like component systems but were not. The CD would fail and then the whole thing could not be repaired by Sony. That's when I began to hate Sony

Re: PESO - You've Got Mail!

2010-01-13 Thread Brendan MacRae
That's what I call Special Delivery! -Brendan - Original Message From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 3:30:00 PM Subject: PESO - You've Got Mail! She's a couple of blocks from my house so I pass by

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread paul stenquist
On Jan 13, 2010, at 7:12 PM, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Graydon Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? The D300 runs circles around the K7 (I've seen it happen). Sure. The D300 is benefiting from both some single-digit body that ate the development cost for

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread Rob Studdert
On 14/01/2010, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I suspect that the Kx sensor might trade some fine detail for low noise. Hi Paul, There's truly f-all difference in detail (k-x-k20D), in fact if I had to chose I'd probably give the advantage to the k-x (due to less muddiness in the

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:02 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Charles Robinson Subject: Re: How useful is SDM? The K7 is just a shade over $1000 at bhphotovideo.com - where are you seeing it for $1499 and why would you buy from them?

Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread John Sessoms
From: Graydon On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:18:25PM -0500, John Sessoms scripsit: From: Graydon Consumer electronics price curve says they can; I'm pretty sure they didn't make money on the A900s but Sony does know how to do electronics design. As far as consumer electronics, I've never

Re: Sony was Re: How useful is SDM?

2010-01-13 Thread Keith Whaley
Bran Everseeking wrote: On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:25:39 -0500 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I'd forgotten all about that. My only reason for not liking Sony products was experience with products that invariably failed within a week of the warranty expiring - consumer audio/video.

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