Re: K7 first thoughts

2010-05-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Northeast Media Subject: Re: K7 first thoughts Thats the bity I hate the most about myK10D. I can work around the ISO and AF performance - at least they are predictable. The first night function I shot with the K10d and my Metz 45 CL-4 flash were a

Re: Didja miss me?

2010-05-22 Thread P. J. Alling
Important? Surely you jest. On 5/21/2010 6:35 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: Recovering from a four-day bus trip to Washington, DC with my son's fifth-grade class. If there was anything important on the list, let me know or I'll eventually read it. Unless I don't. --

Re: Mass-scale Copyright Infringement

2010-05-22 Thread Steffen Zahn
Am 21.05.2010 23:26, schrieb Charles Robinson: Speaking of copyright infringement if you've ever wondered how many times an image of yours has been appropriated and used elsewhere on the web, try this site: http://www.tineye.com Enter a URL for your image, and it will point you to

Re: still VeryOT: helmets was no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely,, not

2010-05-22 Thread P. J. Alling
On 5/21/2010 11:11 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:52 PM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: personally I think bike gloves are more helpful. I'm no expert, but my feeling is that, if you're moving, your attention, eyes and ears are the best

Re: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely, not

2010-05-22 Thread David Mann
On May 22, 2010, at 5:47 AM, William Robb wrote: Consequently, we also have a lot of car/ bicycle accidents where the car driver simply refuses to give up his right of way to an errant cyclist and takes him out instead. That is absolutely disgusting. There's no justification for that kind

Re: still VeryOT: helmets was no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely, , not

2010-05-22 Thread David Mann
On May 22, 2010, at 3:08 PM, frank theriault wrote: I had road-rash on my face and my collarbone was broken in two places. My helmet had quite a dent in it. I suffered no head injuries whatsoever. I don't care what the percentages and chances are - I'm convinced that helmet saved my life

Re: Returning defective goods : was RE: Leica M9

2010-05-22 Thread eckinator
2010/5/22 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: The way people do business reflects their own perception of the way they are treated. If you think that companies will do anything they can to cheat you, they you will reply in kind.  This is especially true if they believe that big companies are

Re: OT pacman on google

2010-05-22 Thread eckinator
Crashed my IE8 several times, I gave up in the end 2010/5/22 William Robb war...@gmail.com: - Original Message - From: Larry Colen Subject: OT pacman on google go to http://www.google.com/ hit insert coin and then you can play the game by clicking your mouse on where you want

Re: Didja miss me?

2010-05-22 Thread Cotty
On 21/5/10, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: One of our members is apparently a dishonest, deceptive, lying bastard No need to be so hard on yourself Tom. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: still VeryOT: helmets...

2010-05-22 Thread Bertil Holmberg
I just purchesed a Nutcase helmet, the most fun ones that you can get - I think. http://www.nutcasehelmets.com/Pages/index.aspx I had to pay double the US price at http://www.cykelhjelm.com/ but my head and my mind is worth more than that. Now I just have to get a pink K-x to match it ;-)

RE: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely,, not

2010-05-22 Thread Bob W
[...] I put on a helmet when it rains. It keeps the hood of my rain jacket on my head. That increases the chance of you having an accident. When you're wearing a hood and turn round to see if there are any juggernauts bearing down on you, the hood obscures most of your vision. To get it

RE: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely,, not

2010-05-22 Thread Bob W
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 3:42 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: snip Most cyclists are not idiots. It's just the idiots who get all the attention. Same with drivers and pedestrians. Most are kind and courteous. It's the minority of fools that we all see and hear about.

RE: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely,, not

2010-05-22 Thread Bob W
Such studies have been done, of course. But all they can measure is the accident rate in the jurisdiction; they can't compare the accident rate with helmets to the rate for the same area without helmet use. But they can. Studies from a period before mandatory helmet wearing

RE: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely,, not

2010-05-22 Thread Bob W
It's tempting to point to statistics that show a (slightly) lower rate of injury amongst helmet wearers. But this is a self-selecting population; it's quite plausible that the sort of person who elects to wear a helmet is less likely to engage in risky activities, and thus

Re: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely,, not

2010-05-22 Thread eckinator
2010/5/22 Bob W p...@web-options.com: [...] I put on a helmet when it rains.  It keeps the hood of my rain jacket on my head. I have a reflective GoreTex helmet cover, keeps rain and wind out and surface friction is enough to hold a Petzl TacTikka XP LED headlamp which can be used as both a

Re: still VeryOT: helmets...

2010-05-22 Thread eckinator
Look nice but I think they kill you in the summer heat? 2010/5/22 Bertil Holmberg bertilholmb...@telia.com: I just purchesed a Nutcase helmet, the most fun ones that you can get - I think. http://www.nutcasehelmets.com/Pages/index.aspx I had to pay double the US price at

RE: still VeryOT: helmets was no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely, , not

2010-05-22 Thread Bob W
I'm no expert, but my feeling is that, if you're moving, your attention, eyes and ears are the best protection you have. You can't rely on the other guy to see you. If you're doing things that rely on the other guy seeing you and reacting appropriately, you're gonna end up a hood

Re: Bird watcher Maritimtim

2010-05-22 Thread eckinator
Happy birthday, Tim! =) Cheers Ecke 2010/5/21 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: That's nice, Tim.  Hope you had a nice birthday!  Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 15,

RE: still VeryOT: helmets was no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely, , not

2010-05-22 Thread Bob W
[...] So one should always be vigilant. How does a helmet hinder such vigilance? It's nice to have the helmet as a final layer of protection if more pro-active prevention isn't enough. Not that helmets are a guarantee of anything, however they do lessen one's chances of more serious

RE: K7 first thoughts [Scanned][Spam score:8%]

2010-05-22 Thread John Whittingham
Is there room in that boat for me too? I'm waiting to see what comes next, but I'd really like the 14.6m pixel count to stay, more fps, better metering etc. John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert

RE: PESO Dodge

2010-05-22 Thread Bob W
No one does cars like Paul Stenquist Call me argumentative: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2000899/Man-admits- having-sex-with-1000-cars.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: still VeryOT: helmets was no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely, , not

2010-05-22 Thread eckinator
Haha ... you invoked Godwin on purpose - does that even count? 2010/5/22 Bob W p...@web-options.com: [...] So one should always be vigilant. How does a helmet hinder such vigilance? It's nice to have the helmet as a final layer of protection if more pro-active prevention isn't enough.  Not

RE: PESO Dodge

2010-05-22 Thread Bob W
From yesterday's work stuff: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11034957size=lg Beautiful -I love the way you shoot cars. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

RE: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]

2010-05-22 Thread John Whittingham
I would think so, but it seems to be the subject of some debate, either way I for one welcome it. How are things with you Rob? I've been in lurk mode for some time. Regards, John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob

Re: PESO Dodge

2010-05-22 Thread Rob Studdert
On 22/05/2010, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: No one does cars like Paul Stenquist Call me argumentative: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2000899/Man-admits- having-sex-with-1000-cars.html Oh dear.. He added: There are moments way out in the middle of

Re: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]

2010-05-22 Thread Rob Studdert
On 22/05/2010, John Whittingham jo...@carmel.ac.uk wrote: I would think so, but it seems to be the subject of some debate, either way I for one welcome it. How are things with you Rob? I've been in lurk mode for some time. Hi John, I've been semi-lurking lately, I'm pretty busy so I just

RE: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]

2010-05-22 Thread John Whittingham
Hi Rob I've been pretty busy myself, the current financial climate here doesn't help. The OS is new to Pentax and Sony, the 120-400 originally didn't have OS, but as of yesterday it does with a slight price increase, or should that be a decrease of the old non-OS model. From Sigma UK I can see

Re: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]

2010-05-22 Thread Anthony Farr
On 22 May 2010 19:45, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Digging further into the Sigma site I found the following: * For Pentax and Sony mount, OS function is not available * Nikon Pentax Mounts: Does not have aperture ring On the positive side it is full frame. Well, that

Pentax Lens Research Survey [Scanned]

2010-05-22 Thread John Whittingham
http://www.pentaxforums.com/survey.php Right down the bottom of the list: Future Lenses This section is devoted to possible future lenses and how much interest they generate would they become reality. DAL denotes a lens is made as cheaply as possible. DA 11-16mm f2.8 * DA 35mm f2 * DA 50mm

RE: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]

2010-05-22 Thread John Whittingham
Buy one now! http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/2168/Sigma-120-400mm-F4-5-5-6-APO-DG-OS-HSM-Lens---Pentax-Fit-.html !50-500 old one on special offer non-OS http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/2169/Sigma-150-500mm-F5-6-6-3-APO-DG-HSM-Lens---Pentax-Fit---SPECIAL-OFFER-.html New OS version

Re: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]

2010-05-22 Thread Anthony Farr
The saga continues. When I followed The Sigma Corporation link from the press release on dpreview's page, it took me to Sigma's North American site, where the information is clearly obsolete. When I followed the link to Sigma from the Australian importer, it took me to the English language

Re: Mass-scale Copyright Infringement

2010-05-22 Thread John Sessoms
The original blog entry says they scraped everything on Flickr. I know Flicker allows you to make your images private so the viewer has to enter a password. I've not used that for mine, but that looks to be in the future. Does anyone know if they scraped the private images as well as the

Re: Didja miss me?

2010-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty wrote: On 21/5/10, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: One of our members is apparently a dishonest, deceptive, lying bastard No need to be so hard on yourself Tom. He was bragging. ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

RE: Night photography of NY and LV

2010-05-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Igor Roshchin I came across these interesting images: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/nyc_and_las_vegas_from_above_a.html Sorry if they had been posted here before. Igor Stunning! Pretty sure I've seen some of the NYC images before. I think they were used in Canon

OT: YouTube stuttering

2010-05-22 Thread John Sessoms
Is anyone else noticing YouTube doesn't stream anymore? Instead of video I'm getting: frame, frame pause skip frame frame pause skip frame skip frame pause skip ... It's been going on for several weeks. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]

2010-05-22 Thread John Whittingham
Sigma and dpreview are to report to the detention room at 3.10pm this coming Thursday lol, thanks for the info, so now we know it's built into the lens exclusively and only relies on the camera for power. Just need to find some money now! John From:

Re: Mass-scale Copyright Infringement

2010-05-22 Thread Anthony Farr
Imaglogr now redirects to a message here: http://www.domainlogr.com/imagelogr.php Looks like it was a storm in a teacup. Maybe. regards, Anthony   Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight (Anon) -- PDML

Re: Night photography of NY and LV

2010-05-22 Thread Madame RD
Le 22/05/10 13:03, John Sessoms a écrit : From: Igor Roshchin I came across these interesting images: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/nyc_and_las_vegas_from_above_a.html Sorry if they had been posted here before. Igor Stunning! Pretty sure I've seen some of the NYC images

RE: Night photography of NY and LV

2010-05-22 Thread Bob W
From: Igor Roshchin I came across these interesting images: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/nyc_and_las_vegas_from_above _a.html no wonder astronomers can't see the stars any longer . it's beautiful but such a waste. There are only two spots left in France that are

Re: OT: YouTube stuttering

2010-05-22 Thread Anthony Farr
On 22 May 2010 21:08, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Is anyone else noticing YouTube doesn't stream anymore? Instead of video I'm getting: frame, frame pause skip frame frame pause skip frame skip frame pause skip ... It's been going on for several weeks. Yes, I've noticed and

Re: Birding with the 18-250

2010-05-22 Thread Larry Colen
Thanks, Jack and Ecke. The 18-250 was at 250. We had gotten a stuffed churro on the pier, which really wasn't very good. I was sitting on the ground, holding little bits of it in one hand, shooting with the other. At least until one of the gulls saw that what was left was under my leg and

Re: PESO Dodge

2010-05-22 Thread David J Brooks
Great shot and I love the subtle motion blur you achieved on the car and the sharpishness on the driver.. Dave On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:05 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From yesterday's work stuff: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11034957size=lg -- PDML

Re: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]

2010-05-22 Thread Rob Studdert
On 22/05/2010, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: So, demerits to Sigma for screwing up the press release by not updating the relevent web page in what must be their biggest market. And demerits to dpreview for linking to the webpage of a regional importer, rather than the webpage of

Re: Mass-scale Copyright Infringement

2010-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Anthony Farr wrote: Imaglogr now redirects to a message here: http://www.domainlogr.com/imagelogr.php Looks like it was a storm in a teacup. Maybe. Well, the company that was doing the image scraping says it was a storm in a teacup. They wouldn't lie, would they? :) Seriously, it does seem

Re: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]

2010-05-22 Thread Anthony Farr
On 22 May 2010 21:44, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: It's actually still not entirely clear, they are not doing themselves any favours, the following page is where I found the information that I posted earlier: http://www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/120-400mm-f45-56-dg-apo-os-hsm-sigma

Re: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]

2010-05-22 Thread Rob Studdert
On 22/05/2010, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: That's part of the North American website and describes the just superseded version of the lens. The trustworthy information is at the Japanese website, here: http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english/lens/tele/120_400_45_56_os.htm Thanks

Re: Didja miss me?

2010-05-22 Thread Steven Desjardins
We also all agreed to do a group buy of the 645D in hopes of getting a volume price of $9500. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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

Re: Returning defective goods : was RE: Leica M9

2010-05-22 Thread Steven Desjardins
Besides, I'm surprised cameras don't have that little dot that turns red when it gets wet. Cells phones all have them. I've immersed two. Oddly, the one I quickly recovered died whereas the one I actually put through a cycle of the washing machine dried out just fine. I've had lots of experience

Re: K7 first thoughts

2010-05-22 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:05 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On May 21, 2010, at 8:54 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 21/05/2010, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: The K-7 pretty much nailed everything I wanted fixed about earlier Pentax DSLR's except the high ISO performance,

Re: Returning defective goods : was RE: Leica M9

2010-05-22 Thread Steven Desjardins
Stealing from big companies doesn't count either: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qEG9EnHnw0 ;-) On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 8:03 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Besides, I'm surprised cameras don't have that little dot that turns red when it gets wet.  Cells phones all have them.

Re: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned]

2010-05-22 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 21/05/2010, John Whittingham jo...@carmel.ac.uk wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1005/10051401sigma120mm400sonypentax.asp#press Could be of interest to all those finding SR useless on long lenses, the 150-500

Re: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned]

2010-05-22 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: On 22 May 2010 10:04, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Actually, it's pretty clear, neither AF or OS will function on bodies which don't support SDM (IE the K100D and all earlier bodies). HSM is merely Sigma's version of

Re: K7 first thoughts

2010-05-22 Thread paul stenquist
On May 22, 2010, at 8:16 AM, Adam Maas wrote: On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:05 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On May 21, 2010, at 8:54 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 21/05/2010, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: The K-7 pretty much nailed everything I wanted fixed about

Re: K7 first thoughts

2010-05-22 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 8:29 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Paul, K-x is 4.7fps, K-7 is 5.2fps. Only real difference is buffer depth. Yep. 4.7 fps doesn't help much when the camera stops dead in the water. But Kx is very nice. I'd like one for the occasional low-light

Re: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely, not

2010-05-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 01:38:51PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: From: Christian Skofteland It's Bike to work Week in the US (Bike to work day was today). The Washington Post had an article about the conflicts between cars and bikes that was slanted against bikes. The writer kept going back to

Re: PESO Dodge

2010-05-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 08:05:11PM -0400, P N Stenquist wrote: From yesterday's work stuff: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11034957size=lg Wow! That's quite a shot. And quite a car! -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com

Re: PESO - Renewal

2010-05-22 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 04:09:38PM -0600, Tom C wrote: From home yesterday morning about 30 minutes after sunrise. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11027413size=lg Beautiful shot. Beautiful light. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com

OT: the Quercy triangle (was Re: Night photography of NY and LV)

2010-05-22 Thread Madame RD
Le 22/05/10 13:23, Bob W a écrit : From: Igor Roshchin I came across these interesting images: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/03/nyc_and_las_vegas_from_above _a.html no wonder astronomers can't see the stars any longer . it's

Re: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely not

2010-05-22 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: Drivers in the UK are generally fairly considerate towards cyclists. Not as good as the French, but not bad. And the BBC is normally fairly even-handed in its treatment of most subjects. But have a look at this video for an extreme anti-bike bias. It beggars belief:

OT the Quercy triangle (part 2)

2010-05-22 Thread Madame RD
found there was an english version of the map of light pollution in France: http://avex.org.free.fr/dossiers/?page_id=91 dominique -- 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: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]

2010-05-22 Thread John Whittingham
I'm hoping it's tested by someone soon in Pentax mount, I have a couple of concerns: 1. Battery drain 2. When the OS develops wear it degrades the IQ, as noted in Canikon IS/SW implementations. John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On

RE: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned] [Spam score:8%]

2010-05-22 Thread John Whittingham
Sorry that should be Canikon IS/VR John From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Whittingham [jo...@carmel.ac.uk] Sent: 22 May 2010 15:04 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: Sigma OS available for Pentax! [Scanned] [Spam

Re: still VeryOT: helmets was no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely,, not

2010-05-22 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-21 23:11, frank theriault wrote: How does a helmet hinder such vigilance? I'm not suggesting replacing the helmet with vigilance, but augmenting the vigilance with a helmet. :-) I wouldn't ride a bike in Atlanta traffic largely because there are too many parts of me the safety

Re: still VeryOT: helmets was no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely, , not

2010-05-22 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-22 5:27, eckinator wrote: Haha ... you invoked Godwin on purpose - does that even count? Nope. -- 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 link directly above

Re: PESO Dodge

2010-05-22 Thread Christine Aguila
This is a great shot, Paul. The car wonderfully pops from the motion blurred background. Love the color too. cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 7:05 PM Subject:

Re: Mass-scale Copyright Infringement

2010-05-22 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-05-22 7:12, Anthony Farr wrote: Imaglogr now redirects to a message here: http://www.domainlogr.com/imagelogr.php Looks like it was a storm in a teacup. Maybe. Looks to me like they're trying to cover their asses before the lawsuits start rolling in. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) --

Re: PESO not cat, not bird , not dog ...... goldfish

2010-05-22 Thread Christine Aguila
I like it, Dominique. Fun. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Madame RD romd...@orange.fr To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 5:07 AM Subject: PESO not cat, not bird , not dog .. goldfish Some like motor parts, I like goldfish

Re: PESO - Clementine Rainbow Round 2

2010-05-22 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Bruce: I think I prefer round 2. Interesting shot. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 3:21 PM Subject: PESO - Clementine Rainbow Round 2 After multiple

Re: peso - Googleplex

2010-05-22 Thread Christine Aguila
Wow. That's kinda neat. That's google? Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:48 PM Subject: peso - Googleplex http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4620182863/ Simple

Re: PESO - Renewal

2010-05-22 Thread Christine Aguila
Wow! that's great, Tom. Really pretty light composition. Great mood. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Tom C caka...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 5:09 PM Subject: PESO - Renewal From home yesterday morning about 30

Re: PESO Dusk Harbour Pano

2010-05-22 Thread Christine Aguila
Wow! Shot from a moving harbor ferry! Good technique, Rob. Love the light as is. Very nice shot. cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 5:05 AM Subject: PESO Dusk

Re: OT Peso The Stouffville Crew

2010-05-22 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Dave: Nice blog and photos. Sorry to hear about the bus run situation. That's a nice group shot of the bus folks. The semi-inflated balloon was a fun touch. I also like the snow golfing shots. Hope a new situation turns up for you soon. Cheers, Christine - Original Message -

Re: OT Peso The Stouffville Crew

2010-05-22 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Dave:  Nice blog and photos.  Sorry to hear about the bus run situation. That's a nice group shot of the bus folks. The semi-inflated balloon was a fun touch.   I also like the snow golfing shots.  Hope a new

Re: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely, not

2010-05-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Mann Subject: Re: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely, not On May 22, 2010, at 5:47 AM, William Robb wrote: Consequently, we also have a lot of car/ bicycle accidents where the car driver simply refuses to give up his right of

RE: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely, not

2010-05-22 Thread Bob W
I've been on the receiving end several times in one ride, in fact. I live in a fairly rural area and a lot of the people, especially 20-something males, find it sporting to brush as close to a cyclist as possible, yell obsenities, throw objects (cans, bottles, etc) from their vehicles,

Chicago PESOs and GESOs

2010-05-22 Thread Christine Aguila
.Hi Everyone: Here's the Chicago Collection so far. If I missed anyone's PESO or GESO, please don't be offended. Just add to the list. Sasha Sobol: http://flickriver.com/photos/sobol/tags/chicago/ Karin Mitchell: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/GalleryNight/ PESO:

Re: Didja miss me?

2010-05-22 Thread Doug Brewer
Steven Desjardins wrote: We also all agreed to do a group buy of the 645D in hopes of getting a volume price of $9500. but which one of us gets to use it? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: Chicago PESOs and GESOs

2010-05-22 Thread Boris Liberman
Christine, after I managed to produce a .wmv file I deleted the .exe... Also I am working on a set of GESOs from the trip which I will publish later on. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Chicago PESOs and GESOs

2010-05-22 Thread Christine Aguila
Ok, I'll update when you post your next geso. cheers, christine - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 11:10 AM Subject: Re: Chicago PESOs and GESOs Christine, after I managed to produce a

Re: Bird watcher Maritimtim

2010-05-22 Thread Boris Liberman
On 5/22/2010 2:15 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 2:32 PM Subject: PESO: Bird watcher Maritimtim Since so many at the list have been exposed lately. Now I think it's my turn.

Re: peso - Googleplex

2010-05-22 Thread Sasha Sobol
Thanks Christine, yes it is Google (not quite standard view though). --S On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Wow.  That's kinda neat. That's google?  Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com To:

Re: still VeryOT: helmets...

2010-05-22 Thread Bertil Holmberg
I'm a physician and have never heard anyone advocate that wearing a helmet should increase the risk of damage in an accident. This sounds rather similar to the very feeble arguments one hear from car drivers that hate using the seat belt. The psychology here is very simple, some people are too

Re: Didja miss me?

2010-05-22 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Steven Desjardins wrote: We also all agreed to do a group buy of the 645D in hopes of getting a volume price of $9500. but which one of us gets to use it? Lets go alphabetically Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO not cat, not bird , not dog ...... goldfish

2010-05-22 Thread David J Brooks
This has pond appeal. Dave On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:07 AM, Madame RD romd...@orange.fr wrote: Some like motor parts, I like goldfish  let's keep diversity on my favorite list . I cropped the bottom part  I take a lot of pictures of  my aquariums ; a good way to learn how my

Re: peso - Googleplex

2010-05-22 Thread David J Brooks
I like how the sloping horizon takes you to the building at the right. BTW i looked and could not see any hand. Dave On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:48 AM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4620182863/ Simple handheld panorama. Your comments are welcome as

Re: PESO - Clementine Rainbow Round 2

2010-05-22 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I think the original is more dramatic and concentrates the viewer's attention on the falls. Jack Agreed Dave --- On Mon, 5/17/10, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: From: Bruce Dayton

Re: PEOW: Mallard Youngun's

2010-05-22 Thread David J Brooks
Thats very nice. Dave On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Jay Taylor taylorjohn...@cablespeed.com wrote: Pictures Every Once in a While. Here are a couple captures of a Mallard family I recently observed. Taken with the K-7 and DA*300/4.

RE: still VeryOT: helmets...

2010-05-22 Thread Bob W
I'm a physician and have never heard anyone advocate that wearing a helmet should increase the risk of damage in an accident. This sounds rather similar to the very feeble arguments one hear from car drivers that hate using the seat belt. The psychology here is very simple, some people

RE: VeryOT: no anti-bike bias here at all, oh no, absolutely not

2010-05-22 Thread Bob W
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UiWji4osR0feature=player_embedded Can't argue about the gobbiness. But the incident is interesting. He seems to come out of his lane much further into the road, far earlier than I would expect. I think he has come out at the right time, and in the

RE: the Quercy triangle (was Re: Night photography of NY and LV)

2010-05-22 Thread Bob W
You're implying Sarkozy has morals ;-) more and more autoroutes are left in the dark at night now . One of them because someone stole 15kms of electrical copper wires ... as there were fewer accidents .. they never put them back on . What spots are they, in fact?

Re: PESO - Renewal

2010-05-22 Thread Tom C
Thanks for all the comments on Renewal. It was a magical morning. Tom On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Wow!  that's great, Tom.  Really pretty light composition.  Great mood. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Tom C

PDML 2010 Annual Reconciliation?

2010-05-22 Thread Tom C
Mark, How's it looking regarding receipts for all the copies brought to the exhibit? I know some one suggested the idea that if you end up short, that participants could voluntarily contribute so you don't get stuck holding the bill. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Leica M9

2010-05-22 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: Leica M9 Fine Bruce... don't start out though believing the system itself is noble. You can read it as justification if you want to. I read it as an accident occurred and the camera should not have stopped working. That's like saying

Re: OT Peso The Stouffville Crew

2010-05-22 Thread paul stenquist
A nice pic and a touching story. Paul On May 22, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Dave: Nice blog and photos. Sorry to hear about the bus run situation. That's a nice group shot of the bus folks. The semi-inflated balloon was a fun touch. I also like the snow golfing

Re: Leica M9

2010-05-22 Thread Tom C
As Christian pointed out some companies do have a very lenient return policy. Does the fact that the owner didn't say it was spilled upon make him dishonest? I don't think so. Was the customer service clerk happy to give him a new camera, without the need for an explanation? Yes he was. I don't

Re: PESO - Renewal

2010-05-22 Thread Toine
Very nice! On 22 May 2010 00:09, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: From home yesterday morning about 30 minutes after sunrise. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11027413size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

PESO - Spring Snow

2010-05-22 Thread Tom C
Started snowing about 45 min. ago 13:00 MDT. Now about 3/4 on ground and this scene would be twice as white if taken at this moment. Just sharing a snapshot., http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11037556size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Renewal

2010-05-22 Thread P. J. Alling
On 5/21/2010 6:09 PM, Tom C wrote: From home yesterday morning about 30 minutes after sunrise. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11027413size=lg Yea, like I didn't already hate you enough. -- {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Courier New;}}

Re: PESO - Renewal

2010-05-22 Thread Tom C
I love it when you hate me Peter. Thanks. Tom C. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 2:00 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/21/2010 6:09 PM, Tom C wrote: From home yesterday morning about 30 minutes after sunrise. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11027413size=lg Yea,

Stupid Windows Question

2010-05-22 Thread William Robb
Ok, I have the choice of buying Win 7 OEM or Win 7 Retail for half again more money. What's the difference? thanks William Robb -- 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

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