Re: PESO - Discreet Delivery

2016-08-13 Thread Boris Liberman
And then the door opens from within and the parcel falls over... On 12 Aug 2016 05:05, "Rick Womer" wrote: > "Mr. Smith? I'm showing that we delivered your 400-1200 zoom lens and > tripod yesterday. I can't imagine what happened to them." > > (K-5, DA 50-200) > > Rick > >

Re: OT Well i finally did it

2016-08-13 Thread Boris Liberman
What Jostein said. On 13 Aug 2016 14:50, "Jostein" wrote: > Congratulations on making a strong choice, Dave! > Jostein > > Den 10.08.2016 19.13, skrev David J Brooks: > >> This will be old news for those that saw it on FB, but, I have finally >> sent in my resignation letter

Re: PESO - Eyeballing a beetle

2016-08-13 Thread Boris Liberman
Marvelous shot(s)... Man, stack 85 shots deep... On 10 Aug 2016 00:08, "Jostein" wrote: > http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/rose-chafer-eye/ > > Beetle is about 20mm long. Eye is between 1 and 2 mm in diameter. > > Still exploring the range of microscope lenses Mike W. brought.

Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
SCSI protocol adaptation is difficult and only rarely a commercially viable proposition. It's much more cost effective to acquire a secondhand Nikon Coolscan IV or V (LS 40 or 50) and drive it with VueScan or other scanning software. G >> On 8/13/2016 7:45 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> Hi

Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-13 Thread Otis C. Wright, Jr.
Looked into a somewhat similar requirement awhile back. After having variable results with USB adapters on other projects, I looked for SCSI adapter cards which seemed promising. In the end, I shipped the whole job to a contractor, so I didn't purchase an adapter. However, they looked

PESO - Loon and Loonling

2016-08-13 Thread Rick Womer
Well, formally it's a chick, but we've always called them loonlings. Between rainstorms today, my K-5 and venerable FA 80-320 joined me in our canoe for a paddle on the New Hampshire pond that is our holiday venue. The pond is home to a pair of loons and their progeny. They are remarkably tame

GESO astrotracer milky way

2016-08-13 Thread Larry Colen
A quick and dirty test of astrotracer, K-1 with the 15-30/2.8 http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157671491502112 60-180 Second exposures Also a lightroom panorama stitching them all together full size 60 Sec: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/2653801/sizes/o 120Sec:

RE: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-13 Thread John Coyle
A couple of years ago I tried to find a USB/SCSI converter for exactly the same reason, but with no success. For some reason, the suppliers of the only ones I could find that did not look flaky said that the converter would not work with a scanner - could not work out why that would be though,

Re: PESO - The Wall #23

2016-08-13 Thread Larry Colen
Bruce Walker wrote: A shoot that I did August 2015 with local Toronto model Araina Nespiak yielded more great images than I knew what to do with. I have been posting shots from this on and off for the past year and finally got to this set from the shoot recently. Nice problem to have All

Re: OT More grand kids

2016-08-13 Thread Bob Sullivan
Congrats Dave, and to the mom and dad. Lovely looking child and good pix. Wish I had one! Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Congratulatiions! Excellent pics! > > Paul via phone > >> On Aug 12, 2016, at 7:38 PM, David J Brooks

Re: Photos TV can't get!

2016-08-13 Thread Chris Mitchell
Indeed. Good stuff. Thanks Chris On 12 August 2016 at 16:20, Christine Aguila wrote: > Hi All: > > Saw this this morning on CNN. Some of the underwater shots are just > stunning. Still photography, as we all know, still very, very relevant even > in this video age. >

Re: PESO - Eyeballing a beetle

2016-08-13 Thread mike wilson
> On 12 August 2016 at 19:02 Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 12/8/16, Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >BTW, I seem to remember you posting pics made with Canon's 65 mm MP-E > >lens. I remember them as pretty good too. > > Yes that lens is pretty good, and

Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-13 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 13/8/16, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: >Fingers crossed they haven't suffered from heat fluctuations. Saves me the sepia toning filter in PS ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _

Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-13 Thread Jostein
Den 13.08.2016 14.26, skrev Steve Cottrell: The reason I mention it is because I am finishing off the loft space above the sitting room and once it is boarded I will be moving stuff around to redistribute the weight, and trash/recycle unwanted things. Somewhere up there lurks a binder full of

Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-13 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 13/8/16, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: >Both VueScan and Silverfast seems to support the scanner if you can make >it communicate. I suppose they have trial versions? Yep, it's a bit of a punt but might give it a go. The reason I mention it is because I am finishing off the loft space

Re: Need recommendation for solid, luggable tripod

2016-08-13 Thread Jostein
I believe Feisol, Benro, Sirui and Induro all come out about the same. I'm not positively certain that they all come out of the same factory, but I certainly have my suspicions... :-) I have two different carbon Induros. They're both a little fiddly with the locking mechanism, but not

Re: OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-13 Thread Jostein
Interesting question (I have an old Minolta SCSI scanner somewhere...). There's a lot of info on adapters intended to make SCSI hard drives accessible by USB, and it is possible that it will translate well to scanners. Hard to find testimonies online from people who have tried it tho...

Re: Peso-Summer Gray Heron

2016-08-13 Thread Jack Davis
Interesting and unfamiliar critter. Striking colors. Thanks, Dave! J Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 12, 2016, at 11:46 PM, David Mann wrote: > > Nicely done. Don't think I've ever seen a heron in a tree. But I did see a > pukeko perch in a tree the other day, when I

Re: OT Well i finally did it

2016-08-13 Thread Jostein
Congratulations on making a strong choice, Dave! Jostein Den 10.08.2016 19.13, skrev David J Brooks: This will be old news for those that saw it on FB, but, I have finally sent in my resignation letter to the school bus company. I had decided way back in Feb during my bypass recovery that i did

OT - Wisdom of the List sought......

2016-08-13 Thread Steve Cottrell
Hi Listers I have an old but possibly still useful Nikon LS-1000 film scanner with a SCSI connection. Is there anything readily available on the market that would allow me to connect the scanner to either USB or FireWire on a recent Mac computer? Thanks -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__

Re: PESO: Black Widow

2016-08-13 Thread Larry Colen
Paul Stenquist wrote: BTW, the engine is based on a late model Gen 3 hemi. The block is from a Hellcat engine and the internals are aftermarket. Although it's a large vehicle it may handle better than one would expect. All of the suspension is custom built, and it doesn't appear to be

Re: Peso-Summer Gray Heron

2016-08-13 Thread David Mann
Nicely done. Don't think I've ever seen a heron in a tree. But I did see a pukeko perch in a tree the other day, when I didn't have my camera with me. Cheers, Dave > On Aug 12, 2016, at 11:48 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > > Heron well up in a tree welcoming the