smc FA 35-80mm f3.5-5.6 for the sake of my LBA...

2010-05-04 Thread Roman Melihhov
I'd been buying several older FA lenses and Samsung's D-series lenses recently. Found good deal for FA 35-80mm f/3.5-5.6 tele-zoom. What can you say about it? I can't find many larger sample images to see what it's about in pictures... Your comments highly appreciated,

Re: PESO: Playing in the fountain

2010-05-04 Thread David Mann
On May 4, 2010, at 3:37 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: Taken (thankfully) with the K10D and the Da16-50. I kinda like it. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/china/content/IMGP0638_large.html I more than kinda like it. That's an awesome photo and it should be hanging on your wall.

Re: GESO - Desperately Seeking Inspiration

2010-05-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Brian, all of them were interesting to me. You appear to have proper control of light and of composition. Or at least this is what I conclude looking at this gallery that you presented. As for Desperately Seeking Inspiration, usually what works for me is one or few of these: 1. Visit to the

RE: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread Bob W
I tried a different approach on my last trip: I used the Novoflex Basic Ball tripod, and one (carbon fibre) telescope rod accessory. http://www.novoflex.com/en/products/camera-support-systems/mac ro-tripods/basicball/ I used a Leica ball head mounted on the Basic Ball.

RE: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread Bob W
He's an important part of a very exclusive pdml sub-committee: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/well-hung-4740.jpg B Hey, when I shook his hand, it enveloped my hand all the way up to the wrist watch. And he scarfed a double expresso in one gulp. He's BIG. Jeffery On May 3, 2010, at

RE: PESO: The Diner Breakfast

2010-05-04 Thread Bob W
You get yourself back there, Dan, and keep eating breakfasts until you get it right! I will try your suggestions, and see if I can improve the image. Dan On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On 5/3/2010 12:49 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Re: OT: My first race

2010-05-04 Thread David Mann
On May 4, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Subash wrote: congratulations Dave. that's an amazing time. i ran my first HM too a couple of months back in february. more like jogged since i took about 2:40. i was somewhere in the bottom half, but still very happy to finish without walking :) working on it...

Re: Blurb did ok (better in my case)

2010-05-04 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
I filled the form like 10 hours ago and immediately received an automated response saying that I will have further notices within 1 day and went to sleep. This morning I have just found the second one, apologizing and inviting me to keep or recycle the defective book (which is not a bad deal

RE: GESO - Desperately Seeking Inspiration

2010-05-04 Thread Bob W
[...] Or you could try this--something I did years ago when I was in a funk--I flew down to Cancun, Mexico, drank for a week straight, parasailed off the coast, flirted with sailors, ate barracuda ceviche on the beach, drank some more, and embarrassed myself with my bad (really

RE: Egypt final uploads

2010-05-04 Thread John Coyle
Some really good stuff there Dave, brought back some great memories. I agree that, if possible, it 's worth making sacrifices (human if needed!) to go to Egypt. I didn't use a tripod, but did you stand in my footprints for your WA shot of the Sphinx? John in Brisbane -Original

Re: pdml annuals have arrived in chicago

2010-05-04 Thread mike wilson
John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 06:30:11PM -0600, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: pdml annuals have arrived in chicago 3 cheers for Mark, Christine and the USPS! FedEx, actually. (If it had been

RE: GESO - Desperately Seeking Inspiration

2010-05-04 Thread mike wilson
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: [...] Or you could try this--something I did years ago when I was in a funk--I flew down to Cancun, Mexico, drank for a week straight, parasailed off the coast, flirted with sailors, ate barracuda ceviche on the beach, drank some more, and

Re: I've been Blurbed....

2010-05-04 Thread mike wilson
Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: David J Brooks wrote: which is a lot better than being slimmed, i know. Had a quick look at the book, no obvious printing problems that i can see. There was some incoherent ramblings from some Brewer guy and this was a surprise? He

Re: GESO - Desperately Seeking Inspiration

2010-05-04 Thread Brian Walters
Hi Christine On Tue, 04 May 2010 00:54 -0500, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: I don't know, Brian--those look mighty fine to me. I like Blue Streak a lot, and I like the bw light house too. The light and shadow work in the geso looks very nice as well. I find them all

Re: GESO - Desperately Seeking Inspiration

2010-05-04 Thread Brian Walters
Hi Boris On Tue, 04 May 2010 10:19 +0300, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Brian, all of them were interesting to me. You appear to have proper control of light and of composition. Or at least this is what I conclude looking at this gallery that you presented. As for Desperately

Re: I've been Blurbed....

2010-05-04 Thread AlunFoto
2010/5/4 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: David J Brooks wrote: which is a lot better than being slimmed, i know. Had a quick look at the book, no obvious printing problems that i can see. There was some incoherent ramblings from some

Re: smc FA 35-80mm f3.5-5.6 for the sake of my LBA...

2010-05-04 Thread Cory Waters
I had one for a while. Build quality was questionable. It felt pretty plastic, if you know what I mean. The images were OK for me though the lens didn't get good reviews from whatever pixel peepers used to be in the film days. The zoom range wasn't enough on either end and it's too slow.

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread AlunFoto
2010/5/3 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: Can I ask a silly question? I will anyway, why exactly does it need to fit in your carry on? Is that all you intend to take? Why I ask is that I always pack my tripod (carbon Manfrotto) in at the bottom of my check-in luggage and have never had a

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread AlunFoto
2010/5/4 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com: I've been on here since 2004ish, Jeffery. It's just ridiculous enough that I'm loathe to unsubscribe... A. Love you too, Godfrey! :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: smc FA 35-80mm f3.5-5.6 for the sake of my LBA...

2010-05-04 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 6:42 AM, Cory Waters cbwat...@bellsouth.net wrote: the lens didn't get good reviews from whatever pixel peepers used to be in the film days. Grain Magnifiers? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread Rob Studdert
On 04/05/2010, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: For just a couple of days it's worth the effort to fit everything into carryon, imo. Especially for multi-flight itineraries. I'll be bringing carryon only if I can help it. You have to excuse Aussies, we don't go anywhere o/s for a couple of

Re: PESO - More Miles

2010-05-04 Thread paul stenquist
Thanks Frank. And thanks to all who commented or had a look. Paul On May 4, 2010, at 12:33 AM, frank theriault wrote: On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:50 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10969068 Wonderful portrait! cheers, frank

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/5/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: He's an important part of a very exclusive pdml sub-committee: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/well-hung-4740.jpg How did I know that would make another outing. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche --

GESO - First Chicago shots

2010-05-04 Thread Chris Mitchell
From a walk round Millennium park and an evening boat ride round the city. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/ChicagoReflections/ Chris Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net http://www.fatfreddyscat.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: GESO - Desperately Seeking Inspiration

2010-05-04 Thread Jack Davis
Brian, Definitely prefer Moore Point in color. Dunes are, also, more complimentary, but Light House still too centrally located. Decay is sort of a push. Color version may be slightly more interesting. I certainly get those issues that present compositional problems. Thanks for the second look!

Re: PESO: Playing in the fountain

2010-05-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 07:14:40PM +1200, David Mann wrote: On May 4, 2010, at 3:37 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: Taken (thankfully) with the K10D and the Da16-50. I kinda like it. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/china/content/IMGP0638_large.html I more than kinda like it.

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread mike wilson
Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 4/5/10, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: He's an important part of a very exclusive pdml sub-committee: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/well-hung-4740.jpg How did I know that would make another outing. I think you get the lifetime award for bad

Re: PESO: The Diner Breakfast

2010-05-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
And Americans wonder why there is a problem with obesity... Seriously, some of those 1, 2 and 3 pound burgers are meant for just one person but could easily feed 4 or more. I really don't get the fascination with oversized meals. -- Christian -

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread AlunFoto
2010/5/4 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: You have to excuse Aussies, we don't go anywhere o/s for a couple of days, it's an event. I wouldn't exit Oz for under 3 weeks, it's just not worth the travel time of expense ;-( See your point. One could just as well regard Europe to be the

Re: GESO - First Chicago shots

2010-05-04 Thread AlunFoto
So you're there already, lucky you! :-) Thanks for sharing! Nice preview. Hope we get that kind of weather for the week-end too. I know the forecast looks bleak, but fingers crossed... :-) Jostein 2010/5/4 Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net: From a walk round Millennium park and an evening

Re: PESO: Playing in the fountain

2010-05-04 Thread Bruce Walker
Charles Robinson wrote: I've been in Mojiang, China for the past few days. In the center of the town is Sun Square, which has a cool big sculpture to represent the sun (as the Tropic of Cancer runs right through the city). The fountains were finally running on my last afternoon there so I

Re: K-7 replacement?

2010-05-04 Thread CheekyGeek
I think you'll find Mac zealots are a lot better looking than PC zealots, but they don't do as much work. I have a copy of iLoathe but it's nowhere near as good as Microsoft Hatred. There's one for next year's book. : ) Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- The camera is an instrument that teaches

Pentax 2010 Plans(?)

2010-05-04 Thread Jack Davis
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=35222396 J -- 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 - First Chicago shots

2010-05-04 Thread Boris Liberman
Gives looking forward to meeting you (forward like in straight ahead) an entirely different meaning ;-). Boris On 5/4/2010 3:07 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: From a walk round Millennium park and an evening boat ride round the city. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/ChicagoReflections/ Chris Chris

Re: Pentax 2010 Plans(?)

2010-05-04 Thread Brian Walters
On Tue, 04 May 2010 06:29 -0700, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=35222396 J Ah, geeze Jack. We were just recovering from the K7 Replacement thread. Looks like my inbox might be overflowing when I log on in the morning. :-)

Re: smc FA 35-80mm f3.5-5.6 for the sake of my LBA...

2010-05-04 Thread P. J. Alling
Had an almost new one, at the same time I had a F 35-70 3.5~4.5 and a FA 28-70 4.0. I still have the 35-70. (I'd like to find it a new home, I don't use it enough, but they're so inexpensive it's hardly worth it). I found a replacement 28-70 when the rear aspheric element separated. I got

Re: GESO - First Chicago shots

2010-05-04 Thread Bob Sullivan
Chris, Nice to see you making good use of our spectacular weather. The reflections are really nice, especially the architectural details. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: From a walk round Millennium park and an evening boat ride

Re: OT Mac question

2010-05-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 8:28 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: OT Mac question My mobile.me came up for renewal in March, and i decided not to renew. About 2 days ago i started getting pop ups asking me to submit my user name

Re: I've been Blurbed....

2010-05-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On 5/3/2010 4:02 PM, David J Brooks wrote: which is a lot better than being slimmed, i know. Had a quick look at the book, no obvious printing problems that i can see. There was some incoherent ramblings from some

Re: Pentax 2010 Plans(?)

2010-05-04 Thread CheekyGeek
I believe that I will be buying a second digital body within the next year. My first is the K200D. Frankly, if I could have one of the new cameras be the K200D body with a Sony EXMOR or EXMOR-R sensor with high ISO noise performance Live View I would be ecstatic. I think that an articulating

Re: PESO: The Diner Breakfast

2010-05-04 Thread Jerry in Arizona
We seem to be the only place that glorifies gluttony. Message: 13 Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 09:02:13 -0400 From: Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: The Diner Breakfast Message-ID: 20100504130213.gb3...@monza Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: OT: My first race

2010-05-04 Thread Subash
On Tue, 4 May 2010 19:44:57 +1200 David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz wrote: On May 4, 2010, at 1:59 PM, Subash wrote: congratulations Dave. that's an amazing time. i ran my first HM too a couple of months back in february. more like jogged since i took about 2:40. i was somewhere in the

Re: OT Mac question

2010-05-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 3/5/10, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: My mobile.me came up for renewal in March, and i decided not to renew. About 2 days ago i started getting pop ups asking me to submit my user name and password so as to link up to

Re: PESO: Waiting In The Train Station

2010-05-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Cory, Beautiful portrait. And you'll see some firmware updates to 2.1 and 2.2 soon enough! Regards,  Bob S.  (proud father of a daughter model 1.5, fully functional and living on her own!) My daughter firmware was

Re: PESO: The Diner Breakfast

2010-05-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: http://dinerdan.posterous.com/ Comments, criticisms and suggestions are encouraged. Dan Jeez, Dan - that's not a breakfast, that's a fruit salad. A real breakfast has eggs, bacon, sausages, black pudding, beans, fried

Re: OT Mac question

2010-05-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/5/10, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Now i just get a pop up when the OS has finished loading asking for my password or iDisk will have to work off line. I hit cancel twice and I think you must have iDisk trying to connect as a startup procedure. You should be able to turn this

Re: PESO: The Diner Breakfast

2010-05-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/5/10, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Jeez, Dan - that's not a breakfast, that's a fruit salad. A real breakfast has eggs, bacon, sausages, black pudding, beans, fried tomatoes, spam, mushrooms, eggy bread, HP sauce and an enormous mug of tea. And it costs 1/6d. No spam.??

Re: OT Mac question

2010-05-04 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 4/5/10, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Now i just get a pop up when the OS has finished loading asking for my password or iDisk will have to work off line. I hit cancel twice and I think you must have iDisk trying

Re: PESO: The Diner Breakfast

2010-05-04 Thread P. J. Alling
You've obviously not traveled much. We're just open about it. On 5/4/2010 11:05 AM, Jerry in Arizona wrote: We seem to be the only place that glorifies gluttony. Message: 13 Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 09:02:13 -0400 From: Christian Skoftelandpterali...@aim.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: I've been Blurbed....

2010-05-04 Thread P. J. Alling
On 5/4/2010 10:31 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: On 5/3/2010 4:02 PM, David J Brooks wrote: which is a lot better than being slimmed, i know. Had a quick look at the book, no obvious printing problems that i can

Low end Canon/Nikon/Pentax blues dance showdown

2010-05-04 Thread Larry Colen
Sunday night was the first night of a new blues dance venue in Sunnyvale. David, Scott and I all showed up with our cameras. Dave has a Rebel of some sort, Scott has a Nikon (D70?), and I was mostly using the K-x. The lighting was uncharacteristically bright for a blues dance, at least on

Re: Low end Canon/Nikon/Pentax blues dance showdown

2010-05-04 Thread CheekyGeek
Facebook = Great way to limit prospective viewers Darren Addy Kearney, NE On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Sunday night was the first night of a new blues dance venue in Sunnyvale.  David, Scott and I all showed up with our cameras. Dave has a Rebel of some

Re: Low end Canon/Nikon/Pentax blues dance showdown

2010-05-04 Thread P. J. Alling
On 5/4/2010 1:26 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Sunday night was the first night of a new blues dance venue in Sunnyvale. David, Scott and I all showed up with our cameras. Dave has a Rebel of some sort, Scott has a Nikon (D70?), and I was mostly using the K-x. The lighting was uncharacteristically

Re: Low end Canon/Nikon/Pentax blues dance showdown

2010-05-04 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/4/2010 11:00 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 5/4/2010 1:26 PM, Larry Colen wrote: My photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=207643id=653299672l=7dd07b367e Scott's: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=167122id=746308024 David's:

Re: Low end Canon/Nikon/Pentax blues dance showdown

2010-05-04 Thread P. J. Alling
On 5/4/2010 2:08 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On 5/4/2010 11:00 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 5/4/2010 1:26 PM, Larry Colen wrote: My photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=207643id=653299672l=7dd07b367e Scott's: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=167122id=746308024 David's:

Re: OT Mac question

2010-05-04 Thread steve harley
On 2010-05-04 10:19 , Cotty wrote: On 4/5/10, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Now i just get a pop up when the OS has finished loading asking for my password or iDisk will have to work off line. I hit cancel twice and I think you must have iDisk trying to connect as a startup

Re: OT Mac question

2010-05-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/5/10, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Hum, only item in Login Items is iTunes helper or some such thing. That's probably it. I don't have that in my logins list - try blasting it. By that I mean click once on the item to select it, then hit the - (minus) sign at the bottom of

Re: OT Mac question

2010-05-04 Thread Cotty
actually Dave, all iTunes Helper does is look for an iPod when one is attached, to automatically open iTunes for syncing. If you don't hook up an iPod or iPhone then ditch it anyway. If you do, then you can leave it or ditch it, if you ditch it and then hook up an iPod you'll have to open iTunes

Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Larry Colen
I'm satisfied with the quality of prints I can get at Costco, though if I were willing to spend the time to do multiple tests, optimize paper for the shot etc, I could probably get slightly better quality doing it at home. However, now that I've started printing my shots, I'm spending a fair

Re: OT Mac question

2010-05-04 Thread steve harley
On 2010-05-04 12:17 , Cotty wrote: On 4/5/10, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: Hum, only item in Login Items is iTunes helper or some such thing. That's probably it. iTunes Helper launches iTunes when an iPod or iPhonish device is plugged in; i don't think it's the cause of

Re: Low end Canon/Nikon/Pentax blues dance showdown

2010-05-04 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/4/2010 11:20 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 5/4/2010 2:08 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On 5/4/2010 11:00 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 5/4/2010 1:26 PM, Larry Colen wrote: My photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=207643id=653299672l=7dd07b367e Scott's:

Re: OT Mac question

2010-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: Re: OT Mac question I have a PC. Thats why i use my Mac. It seems to give you a lot of grief though. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ? By the time you count the cost of wasted ink, paper etc. what do you end up paying per 4x6, 8x12 and 12x16 print? Or alternatively, what would it cost for 50 8x12s and 100 4x6 per month? In

Re: Photo annual has landed (without flowers)

2010-05-04 Thread Miserere
...Or cats. Maybe we should keep it that way! Just sayin... ;-) --M. On 02/05/2010, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: The book arrived last week. Congrats everyone! What strikes me most: I didn't spot any flowers (not counting flowers in landscapes). Something to remember for my

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread eckinator
2010/5/4 Andrea Coffey why@gmail.com: I tried a different approach on my last trip: I used the Novoflex Basic Ball tripod, and one (carbon fibre) telescope rod accessory. http://www.novoflex.com/en/products/camera-support-systems/macro-tripods/basicball/ I used a Leica ball head mounted on

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Miserere
On 4 May 2010 14:21, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I'm satisfied with the quality of prints I can get at Costco, though if I were willing to spend the time to do multiple tests, optimize paper for the shot etc, I could probably get slightly better quality doing it at home. However, now

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/4/2010 12:01 PM, Miserere wrote: On 4 May 2010 14:21, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: I did the math a long time ago, and it's store prints all the way. Maybe when I'm selling prints for $20,000 I'll consider doing them myself, but for now I much prefer sending the files off to be

Re: Re: GESO - First Chicago shots

2010-05-04 Thread Chris Mitchell
Isn't it always warm and sunny in Chicago? That's my experience anyway... Chris From: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com Date: 2010/05/04 Tue PM 01:11:52 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: GESO - First Chicago shots So you're there already, lucky you! :-) Thanks for

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread paul stenquist
Financially, store prints are the best deal. But as a photographer, I find printing to an integral part of the hobby. Mastering the print is the ultimate challenge, and leaving that to someone else doesn't work for me. Paul On May 4, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On 5/4/2010 12:01 PM,

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Sam L
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Do you do any BW printing? If so, I can recommend a very good printing store that specialises in BW. They offer Resin Coated and Fiber paper printing. Feel free to share as I'm interested in getting some BW done. Thanks!

Aaaaaaaaaaaargh! (OT btw)

2010-05-04 Thread John Sessoms
%^$#*^...@$! tech support Need to obtain some old documents [copies of orders] to verify a period of active duty to qualify for GI Bill benefits. Had to have a user account reset - new password. Old password expired more than two years ago. A week worth of email correspondence back

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/4/2010 12:12 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Financially, store prints are the best deal. But as a photographer, I find printing to an integral part of the hobby. Mastering the print is the ultimate challenge, and leaving that to someone else doesn't work for me. Paul I feel very similarly,

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: AlunFoto 2010/5/4 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: You have to excuse Aussies, we don't go anywhere o/s for a couple of days, it's an event. I wouldn't exit Oz for under 3 weeks, it's just not worth the travel time of expense ;-( See your point. One could just as well regard

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Miserere
On 4 May 2010 15:15, Sam L samthegr...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Do you do any BW printing? If so, I can recommend a very good printing store that specialises in BW. They offer Resin Coated and Fiber paper printing. Feel free to share

Re: Aaaaaaaaaaaargh! (OT btw)

2010-05-04 Thread Miserere
On 4 May 2010 15:23, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: %^$#*^...@$! tech support [RANT] F^(*n' Micro$oft!! [RANT] I have to go to a secure DoD computer and log in from there with a CAC ... which I no longer have since I was required to turn it in when I retired from the

Re: PESO: The Diner Breakfast

2010-05-04 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-04 13:04, P. J. Alling wrote: You've obviously not traveled much. We're just open about it. On 5/4/2010 11:05 AM, Jerry in Arizona wrote: We seem to be the only place that glorifies gluttony. No doubt. Here's an experiment you can run yourself. Learn a handful of phrases of

Re: Tamron Adaptall 300/2.8?

2010-05-04 Thread Miserere
On 3 May 2010 13:45, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I really shouldn't peruse craigslist when I don't have excess money. I found a Tamron 300/2.8 on CL today for $650.  That seems like it might be a pretty good price, depending on the quality of the lens. From everything I've read, it's

Re: PESO from today's photo workshop

2010-05-04 Thread Miserere
On 1 May 2010 17:53, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Today I did an informal photo workshop for the Hingham Land Conservation Trust, courtesy of a recommendation from local PDMLer Christine and her husband Anton. We started at 10:00 this morning and it was bright and sunny, so we

Re:GESO - First Chicago shots (Chris Mitchell)

2010-05-04 Thread taylorjohn541
On Tue May 4 7:02 , Chris Mitchell wrote: -- From a walk round Millennium park and an evening boat ride round the city. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/ChicagoReflections/ Chris Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net http://www.fatfreddyscat.com

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-04 14:40, William Robb wrote: I expect that if I added everything up, I'd be paying 4-5X to print a 16x20 at home than what the most expensive printing service local to me would charge. I don't at all doubt that's it's cheaper overall for me to use a printing service for a print.

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread AlunFoto
2010/5/4 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: If I was in Europe, I don't think I'd ever fly. Trains are a lot more fun, and in Europe you can actually get somewhere on 'em. Let's see... Oslo - London by train... Route will go through: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands,

Re: Low end Canon/Nikon/Pentax blues dance showdown

2010-05-04 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/4/2010 11:24 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On 5/4/2010 11:20 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 5/4/2010 2:08 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On 5/4/2010 11:00 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 5/4/2010 1:26 PM, Larry Colen wrote: My photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=207643id=653299672l=7dd07b367e

Re: PESO from today's photo workshop

2010-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Miserere wrote: On 1 May 2010 17:53, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Today I did an informal photo workshop for the Hingham Land Conservation Trust, courtesy of a recommendation from local PDMLer Christine and her husband Anton. We started at 10:00 this morning and it was bright and

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/4/2010 12:51 PM, AlunFoto wrote: 2010/5/4 John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com: If I was in Europe, I don't think I'd ever fly. Trains are a lot more fun, and in Europe you can actually get somewhere on 'em. Let's see... Oslo - London by train... Route will go through: Norway, Sweden,

Re: GESO - First Chicago shots

2010-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Chris Mitchell wrote: From a walk round Millennium park and an evening boat ride round the city. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/ChicagoReflections/ Isn't the Bean fun to photograph? And to watch other people photographing? Here's my personal best Bean shot:

Re: Pentax 2010 Plans(?)

2010-05-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brian Walters On Tue, 04 May 2010 06:29 -0700, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=35222396 J Ah, geeze Jack. We were just recovering from the K7 Replacement thread. Looks like my inbox might be overflowing when I log

Re: Exhibit Question - Dress

2010-05-04 Thread Miserere
On 30 April 2010 23:03, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Sorry, I have worked for the Army for 39+ years and have developed an aversion to camo. What triggered it was the number of complaints about pedestrians being hit by cars on base. Hell - they are all wearing camo!

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: On 5/4/2010 12:51 PM, AlunFoto wrote: 2010/5/4 John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com: If I was in Europe, I don't think I'd ever fly. Trains are a lot more fun, and in Europe you can actually get somewhere on 'em. Let's see... Oslo - London by train... Route will go

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread Larry Colen
On 5/4/2010 1:12 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Larry Colen wrote: On 5/4/2010 12:51 PM, AlunFoto wrote: 2010/5/4 John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com: If I was in Europe, I don't think I'd ever fly. Trains are a lot more fun, and in Europe you can actually get somewhere on 'em. Let's see... Oslo

Re: Tamron Adaptall 300/2.8?

2010-05-04 Thread John Francis
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 03:43:05PM -0400, Miserere wrote: On 3 May 2010 13:45, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I really shouldn't peruse craigslist when I don't have excess money. I found a Tamron 300/2.8 on CL today for $650. ?That seems like it might be a pretty good price,

Re: Printing cost, home vs. Costco ?

2010-05-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 12:25:02PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: On 5/4/2010 12:12 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Financially, store prints are the best deal. But as a photographer, I find printing to an integral part of the hobby. Mastering the print is the ultimate challenge, and leaving that to

Re: Egypt final uploads

2010-05-04 Thread Miserere
On 3 May 2010 20:50, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: I trailed off here for a couple days so I didn't flood the group with my updates, but I've got all my Egypt pictures uploaded.  Everyone should go at least once in their life.

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread steve harley
On 2010-05-04 13:51 , AlunFoto wrote: Let's see... Oslo - London by train... Route will go through: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, and UK. No central itinerary planner, will have to do it by studying the national railways of at least 5 countries/languages.

Re: PESO: The Diner Breakfast

2010-05-04 Thread Jerry in Arizona
I actually lived in Italy for 2 years . . .  been there, done that! From: Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: The Diner Breakfast Message-ID: 4be077db.5030...@mindspring.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;

Re: Pentax 2010 Plans(?)

2010-05-04 Thread John Francis
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 03:59:30PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: From: Brian Walters On Tue, 04 May 2010 06:29 -0700, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=35222396 J Ah, geeze Jack. We were just recovering from the K7

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread Jerry in Arizona
Last year we spent 3 weeks in Italy and travelled entirely by train.  Enjoyed it immensely.  Even more remarkable in that I am an amputee (left leg below the knee) and wheelchair bound.  The Italtrain has a service called Salablue which put me on a  lift, put me on a disability enabled coach,

Re: Re:GESO - First Chicago shots (Chris Mitchell)

2010-05-04 Thread Chris Mitchell
JayT wrote: Subject: Re:GESO - First Chicago shots http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/ChicagoReflections/ Nice images Chris, I especially like the tower forms in #2228. You're lucky to be there so early and have time to roam around. I'm keeping my fingers crossed on the weather for

Re: Low end Canon/Nikon/Pentax blues dance showdown

2010-05-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On 5/4/2010 11:00 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 5/4/2010 1:26 PM, Larry Colen wrote: My photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=207643id=653299672l=7dd07b367e Scott's: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=167122id=746308024 David's:

Re: Tripods that fit in carry on

2010-05-04 Thread AlunFoto
2010/5/4 Jerry in Arizona glewis4...@yahoo.com: Last year we spent 3 weeks in Italy and travelled entirely by train.  Enjoyed it immensely.  Even more remarkable in that I am an amputee (left leg below the knee) and wheelchair bound.  The Italtrain has a service called Salablue which put me

Re: Pentax 2010 Plans(?)

2010-05-04 Thread David Parsons
I'd love to see everyone there who knows what Pentax 'needs' to do start their own camera company and show everyone else how easy it is to do. They seem to know what they are talking about, it shouldn't be too difficult for them. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com

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