PESO -- Take that Bloomberg

2012-09-25 Thread P. J. Alling
The mayor of New York is a notorious nanny, he obviously knows better than anyone how they should run their lives, so he's managed to ram through bans on salt on restaurant tables, fast food and convenience stores selling soft drinks larger than 16 oz, and horror of horrors smoking in public.

Re: OT - Shoulder injury update

2012-09-25 Thread David Mann
Good to see they picked it up. All you need to do now is rest and listen to your physiotherapist. I wanna see the X-ray too, even if you have to draw one :) My only injury today was a bruised wallet. Maintaining bikes is not cheap. Dave On Sep 25, 2012, at 1:09 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com

Re: PESO - Morgans

2012-09-25 Thread David Mann
On Sep 25, 2012, at 10:27 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: 43 of four ears forward thetas impressive Either you or I have gone round the bend. I can't make head nor tail of that. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT, do you miss the heyday of bad web design?

2012-09-25 Thread David Mann
On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:40 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I'm involved in a web design project at work at the moment. This should improve things a bit and mean we're not so over-deadline. Is your project anything like this? http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell Dave -- PDML

Re: PESO: Butterfly Bush

2012-09-25 Thread David Mann
On Sep 25, 2012, at 2:38 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: My favourite butterfly! They really like that flower up here, too. It's lovely to see them on it because the colours work so well together. Yes they like it here too, but the flowers on our bush are white. It also attracts a

Annoying glitch

2012-09-25 Thread Larry Colen
I was trying to process photos from the dance tonight, and the color balance wasn't working the way it was supposed to. All of a sudden I noticed that all of the photos were jpegs. At some point yesterday, my camera got switched from raw, to jpeg. And 2M jpeg at that. I don't know how, or

Re: Got a istDS today

2012-09-25 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: @ a modest price, of course. Put the M*300/4 on it. I'd forgotten that 6mp can look very nice. I'm keeping mine for infrared. Still wish the K-5 would fit my hands as nicely as the DS does. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG -

Re: Peso - It's a wrap

2012-09-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
Three nice shots -- even the cats! I especially like the umbrellas by the Cristo laundry hang. Paul On Sep 24, 2012, at 11:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I finished the Back in the Day calendar and got the first proof already.. ! It is being reprinted now. Cafe press is good

About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread Mark Roberts
A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in today's money. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks, Peter. That's the kind of constructive criticism that I find particularly helpful! And it was, I believe, a chocolate chip muffin. :-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: P. J.

RE: PESO: Capturing his friends

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Yeah, capturing his friends backs... ;-) I do like your photo, though, Dan. The shot od the group is good, like the church background and the guy with the camera (holding it at arm's length for maximum steadiness) is icing on the cake. Well done. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without

Re: PESO - Vespa Princess

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks Dave. Honestly it's not the best pan. I wish she was sharper. But the look on her face worked for me and at least partially made up for technical deficits in my eyes. Thanks for the comment and thanks to all who looked and commented. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread Stan Halpin
And in those days you had to provide your own sensor! stan On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in today's money. -- Mark Roberts - Photography

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread Doug Brewer
On 9/25/12 8:32 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: And in those days you had to provide your own sensor! stan and keep replacing it. -- 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

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Stan Halpin wrote: On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in today's money. And in those days you had to provide your own sensor! And replace it regularly.

Re: PESO - Vespa Princess

2012-09-25 Thread Mark Roberts
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Dave. Honestly it's not the best pan. I wish she was sharper. boggle -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread David Parsons
Ctein did a similar comparison when the 645D was announced, and the price was very close when adjusted for inflation. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that

Re: OT - Shoulder injury update

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks, Dave. I have to say that I am really impressed with the care I have received both this time and previous occasions at this hospital (St. Joseph's in Toronto). I can't blame a harried ER doctor for missing a difficult call and I am grateful that they obviously take great care in

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
Chocolate, coffee, and once upon a time pipe tobacco. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:06 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Peter. That's the kind of constructive criticism that I find particularly helpful! And it was, I believe, a chocolate chip muffin. :-)

Re: Peso - It's a wrap

2012-09-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
I think the cats are casing the joint. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Three nice shots -- even the cats! I especially like the umbrellas by the Cristo laundry hang. Paul On Sep 24, 2012, at 11:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I

Re: PESO + GESO - Space Shuttle Endeavour flying low over, Berkeley, CA

2012-09-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
Not mine but one I saw elsewhere: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrodmanjr/8010721330/in/photostream On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: Works fine for me too - Now! Hitting the + cursor a couple of times makes it huge. The skin on the cargo bay doors

Re: Yet Another Holiday

2012-09-25 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-25 7:28 Rick Womer wrote They didn't recognize the Most Endangered Punctuation: the apostrophe. The number of people who understand that it's for contractions and possessives (except, of course, for its), and NOT for plurals, seems to be plummeting. the people who use it for

Re: DA 35 DA 55-300 on film

2012-09-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good to know. A nice set of photos. Paul On Sep 25, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: Delurking... For the full frame monger: I used a DA 35/2.4 AL a DA 55-300/4-5.8 ED on a film camera (MZ-3+Ilford XP-2).

Re: DA 35 DA 55-300 on film

2012-09-25 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-25 9:31 Bong Manayon wrote Delurking... For the full frame monger: I used a DA 35/2.4 AL a DA 55-300/4-5.8 ED on a film camera (MZ-3+Ilford XP-2). http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/sets/72157631620661628/ really enjoyed the quiet scenes you shot with the DA 35, and the

Re: DA 35 DA 55-300 on film

2012-09-25 Thread Darren Addy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/8023433160/in/set-72157631620661628/ Boy if there is ANY vignetting in the corners I would say that is certainly isn't objectionable. Thanks for sharing that, Bong. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Annoying glitch

2012-09-25 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 25, 2012, at 12:42 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I was trying to process photos from the dance tonight, and the color balance wasn't working the way it was supposed to. All of a sudden I noticed that all of the photos were jpegs. At some point yesterday, my camera got switched from raw,

PESO 2012 - Balda photos - GDG

2012-09-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I've been itching to take the old Balda (1955ish Baldix 6x6 folder) for a walk since it arrived, finally had a chance to do so over the weekend. I loaded it with Fuji Acros 100 for testing. I made a loading mistake this first time which cost me one frame out of the twelve. I know what I did

Re: PESO 2012 - Balda photos - GDG

2012-09-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
A nice look. I especially like the tree photo. Great light that produces a lovely glow here. Paul On Sep 25, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: I've been itching to take the old Balda (1955ish Baldix 6x6 folder) for a walk since it arrived, finally had a chance to do

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-25 Thread Don Guthrie
A loaf of bread,a jug of wine, and thou I like this photo. It says the world in three objects. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 01:51:30 + (UTC) From:knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To:PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Life's Greatest

Re: Re: PDML Digest, Vol 77, Issue 105

2012-09-25 Thread Don Guthrie
There's lots of fun to be had there. Good luck. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 12 Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:26:04 -0400 From: Michael Beacom mbea...@mac.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PDML Digest, Vol 77, Issue 105 Message-ID:

Re: K5 acting up?... plus a PESO

2012-09-25 Thread Igor Roshchin
Bruce, I assume that the only thing these units do to a flash is triggering, and nothing else. I.e. any simple flash should work if the trigger voltage is compatible. The webpage lists just a handfull of Pentax flashes there (while adding Other flash models with a trigger voltage of 12V or

Re: A proposed experiment (K-7 vs K-5 with film lens vs digital-optimized lens)

2012-09-25 Thread Darren Addy
Falk Lumo replied to (some of) my questions, although in a rather incomplete and data-light way: - - - Hi again, you address many interesting questions here. Unfortunately, it isn't my current focus of interest, so I'll confine myself to share some of my understandings and opinions with you. I

Re: PESO - Sometimes I get the blues

2012-09-25 Thread Rick Womer
Bruce, generally I don't care for these sorts of effects, but this one is excellently done. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 11:58 AM

Re: PESO: Butterfly Bush

2012-09-25 Thread Rick Womer
Very, very nice composition and interplay of colors, Dan. Cheers, Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 11:26 AM Subject: PESO: Butterfly

Re: PAW142 - Balloon

2012-09-25 Thread Rick Womer
Wonderful shot!  The color contrast, the texture contrast, and the geometric contrast work together beautifully. Cheers, Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: DagT li...@thrane.name To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 23,

Re: Jeanloup Sieff book on ebay - attention (especially) David Savage ,Wheatfield and Bruce Walker

2012-09-25 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 24/9/12, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Damn, I missed that one. Annsan, yer killing me. You might be interested in his official website, initiated by his wife: http://www.jeanloupsieff.com/ and his daughter Sonia, who featured in many of Sieff's pics as a child:

Re: printing

2012-09-25 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 24/9/12, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: Eventually we'll be able to project our shots through a 4K system onto a cinema-sized screen. 1080p is getting there, but not sufficiently better then our plain old LCD displays. But 4K digital is decently hi-rez. 8K is the new 4K. --

Re: Jeanloup Sieff book on ebay - attention (especially) David Savage , Wheatfield and Bruce Walker

2012-09-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent. Thanks for posting the link. Paul On Sep 25, 2012, at 1:51 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 24/9/12, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Damn, I missed that one. Annsan, yer killing me. You might be interested in his official website, initiated by his wife:

Re: A proposed experiment (K-7 vs K-5 with film lens vs digital-optimized lens)

2012-09-25 Thread Bruce Walker
Fascinating stuff! Thanks for sharing, Darren. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Falk Lumo replied to (some of) my questions, although in a rather incomplete and data-light way: - - - Hi again, you address many interesting questions here.

Re: Jeanloup Sieff book on ebay - attention (especially) David Savage , Wheatfield and Bruce Walker

2012-09-25 Thread Doug Brewer
On 9/24/12 10:28 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Speaking of books, I received my copy of the new edition of Walker Evans' American Photographs today. I've long been a fan of his. Think I'll give it a look tonight :) did you get the 75th anniversary edition? I bought one, and it's a gem. -- PDML

Re: Annoying glitch

2012-09-25 Thread Tom C
From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com On Sep 25, 2012, at 12:42 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I was trying to process photos from the dance tonight, and the color balance wasn't working the way it was supposed to. All of a sudden I noticed that all of the photos were jpegs. At some point

RE: OT, do you miss the heyday of bad web design?

2012-09-25 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann I'm involved in a web design project at work at the moment. This should improve things a bit and mean we're not so over-deadline. Is your project anything like this?

Re: K5 acting up?... plus a PESO

2012-09-25 Thread Bruce Walker
Igor, yes: the simple trigger/receivers have no proprietary smarts, like P-TTL. It's a simple fire-the-center-pin arrangement. So the upside is you can trigger most any flash, and therefore the cheap and stupid ones are all you need. The downside is your ultra-smart P-TTL flash you paid megabucks

Re: Got a istDS today

2012-09-25 Thread Bruce Walker
My 6mp K100Ds produced those Ragtime John street musician PESO images. At ISO 1600 no less. They appear to be just fine. :-) I like how small and light it is with the 18-55. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: @ a modest price, of course. Put the

OT: Incommunicado and a bit irked!

2012-09-25 Thread John Sessoms
My cable modem died some time last night. I'm having a bit of trouble with my cell phone service since Verizon bought out Altel - Verizon's tower is about 300 feet closer than Altel's tower was, but Verizon's tower is behind a hill from where I'm located. I used to be able to make phone calls

RE: lens roadmap

2012-09-25 Thread John Sessoms
It's a DC lens for APS-C digital cameras; it does come in Pentax AF mount and it appears to be a very good lens. At least the one I got does. From: J.C. O'Connell I think Sigma makes a 30mm F1.4. Dont know if its any good or comes in a Pentax AF mount or not. - J.C.O'Connell

Re: Peso - It's a wrap

2012-09-25 Thread Bruce Walker
+1 to that. They look very suspicious. Love it! On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I think the cats are casing the joint. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Three nice shots -- even the cats! I especially

Re: OT: Incommunicado and a bit irked!

2012-09-25 Thread Bruce Walker
Makes me glad I haven't given up my landline yet. Does anyone else remember when telephone service was considered as or more reliable than train schedules? And then the cellphone was introduced. I don't know how people put up with them. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:51 PM, John Sessoms

RE: PESO 2012 - Balda photos - GDG

2012-09-25 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi I've been itching to take the old Balda (1955ish Baldix 6x6 folder) for a walk since it arrived, finally had a chance to do so over the weekend. I loaded it with Fuji Acros 100 for testing. I made a

RE: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in today's money. And I'd be making $25.00 an hour. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

RE: Yet Another Holiday

2012-09-25 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rick Womer Good link! They didn't recognize the Most Endangered Punctuation: the apostrophe. The number of people who understand that it's for contractions and possessives (except, of course, for its), and NOT for

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-25 Thread Bruce Walker
Ditto what Peter says. I do like the shot though. Next time you go there, Frank, take a collapsible scrim with you to control the glare and let you raise the exposure so we can see the muffin properly. I'll come with you if you need an assistant. Mmm, chocolate. On a more technical note:

Geso The General Store

2012-09-25 Thread Don Guthrie
These photos are a little outside my usual comfort zone. I would like CC. Does anyone like some of them; does someone like any of them ? Thanks. http://donspix.smugmug.com/History/The-General-Store/25482546_cMH4Sz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Yet Another Holiday

2012-09-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: it want's me to log-in !!! I can't!! I'm not a member and anyway's I'd loose my password!!! Probably because of virii's !?!?!?! For full effect you need to use your Caps Lock key as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Incommunicado and a bit irked!

2012-09-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Walker Makes me glad I haven't given up my landline yet. Does anyone else remember when telephone service was considered as or more reliable than train schedules? And then the cellphone was introduced. I don't know how people put up with them. The land-line was reliable. The

RE: Yet Another Holiday

2012-09-25 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: it want's me to log-in !!! I can't!! I'm not a member and anyway's I'd loose my password!!! Probably because of virii's !?!?!?! For full effect you need to use your

Re: Jeanloup Sieff book on ebay - attention (especially) David Savage ,Wheatfield and Bruce Walker

2012-09-25 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks for that link, Steve. Now I'm _really_ looking forward to receiving Ann's book. [Thankfully it ain't actually Java. It's Flash mad and forces the viewer full-screen, but otherwise it's fairly well behaved.] On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On

A proposed experiment (K-7 vs K-5 with film lens vs digital-optimized lens)

2012-09-25 Thread Darren Addy
I've sent a follow-up question to Falk Lumo, because it appears that my original point is still valid, even if the Exmor (APS-C) is not backlit or the same as the Exmor-R technology. The deep well is still shallower (and the photo diodes are bigger). Here is my most recent question of him: - - -

Re: Geso The General Store

2012-09-25 Thread Bruce Walker
I'm outside of my comfort zone critiquing these, Don. :-) But I'll give you my candid reactions, fwiw. All good for bw rendering. Nice tones and exposure. I really like The Brooms. Full marks! I also like The Chemicals and Tin Cups, just not as much. In a number of them I'd be more pleased if

Re: Annoying glitch

2012-09-25 Thread Bruce Walker
How have you got the RAW button programmed? It can be set to toggle RAW - JPEG and stay that way. I programmed it long ago to toggle from RAW to RAW so it simply can't damage anything. It's just too easy to hit by mistake. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:

Re: Annoying glitch

2012-09-25 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Tom C caka...@gmail.com: From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com On Sep 25, 2012, at 12:42 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I was trying to process photos from the dance tonight, and the color balance wasn't working the way it was supposed to. All of a sudden I noticed that all of the photos

Re: Geso The General Store

2012-09-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
I like the composition and tones. I think they would look better sharper. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I'm outside of my comfort zone critiquing these, Don. :-) But I'll give you my candid reactions, fwiw. All good for bw rendering. Nice tones

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Stan Halpin wrote: On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in today's money. And in those days you had to

Re: OT: Incommunicado and a bit irked!

2012-09-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
I use Vonage for my landline, so it all goes at once. At that point I take a nap and then read my Kindle. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:25 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Bruce Walker Makes me glad I haven't given up my landline yet. Does anyone else remember when telephone

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
OTOH, you can always upgrade the latest sensor. A body would also be good for 10 years. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Stan Halpin wrote: On Sep 25, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: A

Re: Geso The General Store

2012-09-25 Thread lrc
Despite them being very nice photographs, oddly enough nobody likes any of them. :-) Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: These photos are a little outside my usual comfort zone. I would like CC. Does anyone like some of them; does someone like any of them ? Thanks.

RE: Yet Another Holiday

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Somebody has killed Bob and stolen his computer!! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Sent: September 25, 2012 9/25/12 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net

PESO - Lens and Eye

2012-09-25 Thread Steve Cottrell
Actual Pentax content! http://cottycam.posterous.com/lens-and-eye -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Geso The General Store

2012-09-25 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 25/9/12, Don Guthrie, discombobulated, unleashed: These photos are a little outside my usual comfort zone. I would like CC. Does anyone like some of them; does someone like any of them ? Thanks. http://donspix.smugmug.com/History/The-General-Store/25482546_cMH4Sz Like The Brooms a lot. --

Re: Jeanloup Sieff book on ebay - attention (especially) David Savage ,Wheatfield and Bruce Walker

2012-09-25 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 25/9/12, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: [Thankfully it ain't actually Java. It's Flash mad and forces the viewer full-screen, but otherwise it's fairly well behaved.] Mind was thinking Flash, fingers typed java, go figure! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People,

RE: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread John Coyle
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steven Desjardins Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2012 7:00 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras... OTOH, you can always upgrade the latest sensor. A

Enablement: LR4

2012-09-25 Thread Walt
Hi all! Finally, after years of using Picasa, IrfanView and a few Photoshop plugins, I finally decided to break down and get some decent image editing software for my new setup. It's definitely going to take a while to get comfortable with it. I've checked out a few of the tutorial videos at

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-25 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Any suggestions, tips, and/or advice would be greatly appreciated. Don't doi what i did and ignore things like key words and other such things. Its making life a tad difficult with my older photos:-) Its a great program and i

Re: Geso The General Store

2012-09-25 Thread David J Brooks
Hi Don I like most of them, cause i like old stuff. Kegs is my favorites Dave On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: These photos are a little outside my usual comfort zone. I would like CC. Does anyone like some of them; does someone like any of them ?

Re: PESO - Lens and Eye

2012-09-25 Thread David J Brooks
Good shot Dave On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Actual Pentax content! http://cottycam.posterous.com/lens-and-eye -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Geso The General Store

2012-09-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Don Guthrie These photos are a little outside my usual comfort zone. I would like CC. Does anyone like some of them; does someone like any of them ? Thanks. http://donspix.smugmug.com/History/The-General-Store/25482546_cMH4Sz They seem a little flat to me. I dunno how to really

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-25 Thread Walt
On 9/25/2012 5:40 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Don't doi what i did and ignore things like key words and other such things. Its making life a tad difficult with my older photos:-) Its a great program and i find a lot of stuff on youtube, but Godders is my go to guy:-) Dave Thanks, Dave. I'll be

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Steven Desjardins wrote: OTOH, you can always upgrade the latest sensor. Not only *can* you upgrade the sensor, sometimes you're *forced* to. Whether you want to or not. Even if the upgrade is really *worse* than it's predecessor (in your opinion, which is really all that matters). Sometimes

Re: Geso The General Store

2012-09-25 Thread Walt
On 9/25/2012 2:17 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: These photos are a little outside my usual comfort zone. I would like CC. Does anyone like some of them; does someone like any of them ? Thanks. http://donspix.smugmug.com/History/The-General-Store/25482546_cMH4Sz Some really nice shots there, Don!

Re: PESO - Lens and Eye

2012-09-25 Thread Bruce Walker
Whatever's gotten into you? :-) Nicely framed and I like the high contrast. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Actual Pentax content! http://cottycam.posterous.com/lens-and-eye -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

OT: Enablement - the new Monitor

2012-09-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Got an HP S1933 display model at PC Richard for $92 with a 2 year warranty. It is pretty much plug and play but a couple of little annoyances which I'm hoping my friend Ted will help me resolve. for one thing, as I type this, it doesnt goe all the way across the new wide screen. The good news

Re: Peso - It's a wrap

2012-09-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks Paul, Bruce, Steve - I need to be doing other things but what I'm in the mood for is browsing my old negatives and finding more to scan that I may have missed 30 years ago. ann On 9/25/2012 15:00, Bruce Walker wrote: +1 to that. They look very suspicious. Love it! On Tue, Sep 25,

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-25 Thread David J Brooks
Also i made some file and subfile naming mistakes which are now haunting me, since i deleted the hard drive files but are backed up. I have a number of files in LR that are just called NEF, not thinking to give them unique names, that i cannot retrieve as i don't know which ones re which. Dave

Re: PESO - Lens and Eye

2012-09-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
Nice. That's a fine MX. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Whatever's gotten into you? :-) Nicely framed and I like the high contrast. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Actual Pentax content!

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-25 Thread Larry Colen
Congratulations. See if you can pick up an inexpensive used copy of Scott Kelby's LR book. His humor gets a little tiresome at times, but it's a good basic primer. People who only work in lightroom like to let its database keep track of everything. I disagree with that approach because

Re: OT: Enablement - the new Monitor

2012-09-25 Thread Bruce Walker
Ann, you should go to www.hp.com, type S1933 in the search box and look for the link that says support and driver package. You can download the Windows drivers with ICC profile. To get the manuals look for the link Manuals on the left, click it and type S1933 in the What for box. You can get

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
These days your sensor selection is limited, but I plan to put a roll through my SP500 when it turns 40 in 2014. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:07 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Steven Desjardins wrote: OTOH, you can always upgrade the latest sensor. Not only *can* you upgrade

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Never tried a pipe. Nor a ~good~ cigar. Smoked cheap cigars and I always found them nasty. Even though I quit tobacco (cigarettes) long ago K have always been curious about pipes and (good) cigars. Not curious enough to try either though... ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks, Don. Not technically perfect by a long shot but my feelings are similar to yours. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com Sent: September 25, 2012 9/25/12

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
Don't try it. I took up the pipe when I quit cigarettes and got hooked on it for 10 years. Cigarettes taste pretty flat after a pipe. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:41 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Never tried a pipe. Nor a ~good~ cigar. Smoked cheap cigars and I

RE: OT, do you miss the heyday of bad web design?

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
That's why you make the Big Bucks, eh? cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Sent: September 25, 2012 9/25/12 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE:

RE: Geso The General Store

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
These make you look pretty comfortable to me! I really like these. Beautifully converted/rendered and suitably anachronistic. Lovely! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Don Guthrie

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-25 Thread Christine Nielsen
If you are willing to spend a little ($25, I think) I recommend signing up at lynda.com for a month of access to their tutorials. They have a pretty good series of videos, that go over just about everything LR, soup to nuts. You could probably cobble together the same info by surfing adobe

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Not going to comment on the scrim. I takes my photos as I find 'em. Collapsible scrims? What's next: velvet backdrops and spray bottles of glycerin? Sheesh! ;-) Okay, on the gustatory issue: Please be aware that those are not my coffee or muffin. They belong to the hands of the lovely

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I wasn't planning on it. But thanks for your concern. ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Sent: September 25, 2012 9/25/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

RE: PESO - Lens and Eye

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Very pretty! The camera, not your son. Good looking young man, but not pretty. ;-) Beautifully composed and rendered! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I've got an MX that still works just fine (except the meter is pooched). I've got an SP500 (stripped down budget Spotmatic) that still functions perfectly. Two Spotmatics with sluggish shutters that likely only need a CLA (remember CLAs?). I have a Leica CL that according to the serial number

Re: OT: Enablement - the new Monitor

2012-09-25 Thread John Mullan
Ann, Press MENU you bring up the menu, use the +/- keys on the monitor to move up and down to select the menu item you wish to change. Press the OK button to select that and a new menu should pop up for that setting, again arrows change the value, use OK to step to the save or return, and

Re: OT: Enablement - the new Monitor

2012-09-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks, Bruce! ann On 9/25/2012 20:38, Bruce Walker wrote: Ann, you should go to www.hp.com, type S1933 in the search box and look for the link that says support and driver package. You can download the Windows drivers with ICC profile. To get the manuals look for the link Manuals on the

Re: OT: Enablement - the new Monitor

2012-09-25 Thread Igor Roshchin
Ann, Sorry, I don't have time for more, but here is the manual for you: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02868122.pdf HTH, Igor On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Ann Sanfedele annsan at nyc.rr.com wrote: Got an HP S1933 display model at PC Richard for $92 with a 2 year warranty. It is

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