Re: Ricoh Pentax follies...

WRT to the Q system - I think it was discontinued in the US market though residual inventory is still available - B has some lenses and accessories, no new S1 bodies though. I think the system is still supported in Japan, so it makes sense it would be on the Ricoh Japan site. On the lens road

Re: K-3 question

I shot a total eclipse in Estevan in around 1978, and spent some time making sure I wasn't going to trash my camera. The longest lens I has was a 200mm, I would have liked a 300. I think a 400 would have been too much. I guess these days there are zooms, but they were rare and crappy at that time.

Re: OT: Weird e-mail behavior

... in translation from French to Russian. 19th century Russian aristocracy was speaking French! (E.g. a large portion of World and Peace by L. Tolstoy is written in French [even when published in Russian, -- with pages and pages of footnotes with the translation to Russian]) Cheers, Igor

Re: K-3 question

On 8/16/2017 19:36, Zos Xavius wrote: Don't use Live View with just the lens and no filter. You will probably nuke your sensor. If you have to tape some welder's glass over your lens, but that may block too much light for fast exposures. Mirror up is probably fine due to the short exposures

Re: Ricoh Pentax follies...

The copier division is currently running Pentax in North America. They consolidated the territories. Dark times. On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 12:50 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Well, maybe not follies, however on a recent visit to the ricoh-imaging web > site to download a

Re: Subject: Re: Inexpensive Pentax AC adapter

Most AC adapters are pretty safe to use. Until they die, but at least more often than not they only kill themselves. On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 1:14 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote: > One hears these adages quite often like "You pay what you get for", "Cheap" > etc. > Is it true?? NOT for

Re: PESO - the reluctant sitter

She did look familiar. Paul via phone > On Aug 16, 2017, at 8:04 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > I forgot model credit, sorry. That's my frequent muse, Dorrie Mack, > http://www.dorriemack.com/ She also did her own makeup and hair. > > I asked her to style herself as a

Re: PESO - the reluctant sitter

I forgot model credit, sorry. That's my frequent muse, Dorrie Mack, http://www.dorriemack.com/ She also did her own makeup and hair. I asked her to style herself as a the rebellious offspring of a conservative family. Thanks, Paul! On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:54 PM, Paul Stenquist

Re: PESO - the reluctant sitter

Fun poses. Wife? Sister? Paul via phone > On Aug 16, 2017, at 7:43 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > I got to wondering what might happen if the black sheep of the family > was asked to sit for formal portraits. Might go like this ... > > [slightly nsfw] > >

PESO - the reluctant sitter

I got to wondering what might happen if the black sheep of the family was asked to sit for formal portraits. Might go like this ... [slightly nsfw] http://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/index/IgShaBpjtiM8 645z, 90mm/2.8, f/8, 1/125th sec, 100 iso. I hope you enjoy, but not losing any sleep

Re: K-3 question

Don't use Live View with just the lens and no filter. You will probably nuke your sensor. If you have to tape some welder's glass over your lens, but that may block too much light for fast exposures. Mirror up is probably fine due to the short exposures involved but you still have to compose

Re: 25% Blurb code

On 8/15/2017 09:26, Theodore Beilby wrote: Blurb is running a universal special today. Unlike most discounts that require you to be ordering your own book, this one is on an order. Saved me about $16.50 on my order for an image wrapped of 2017 PDML Annual. Code is EVERYTHING25. Ted "The eye of

Re: K-3 question

I just tried it. I couldn't get it to bracket in Mirror Up. It's two different drive modes & they don't overlap. You can set it for "One-Push Bracketing" in the C2 menu and it will bracket in Live view. On 8/15/2017 12:45, P. J. Alling wrote: I got curious and downloaded the K-3 manual, and

Re: OT: For those of "a certain age"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAqssappnxs Google Play wants me to join up for $10 a month to listen to it. On 8/14/2017 11:27, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: My Get Up and Go

Re: OT: Speaking of nits to be picked - Thunderbird

I'll try that & let you know how it works. On 8/14/2017 21:01, steve harley wrote: On 2017-08-10 18:20 , John wrote: The only way to get it to go into "junk" so the adaptive junk control will work is to go up into the message pane, right click the message and scroll down through the menu to

Re: OT: Weird e-mail behavior

> On Aug 16, 2017, at 2:19 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > It's the holiday period. My guess is that the people who read all the emails > to see whether or not they're junk are sitting in deck chairs on a beach > somewhere, reading 19th-century Russian novels in translation.

Re: OT: Weird e-mail behavior

It's the holiday period. My guess is that the people who read all the emails to see whether or not they're junk are sitting in deck chairs on a beach somewhere, reading 19th-century Russian novels in translation. > On 16 Aug 2017, at 18:49, Jostein wrote: > > More likely

Re: OT: Weird e-mail behavior

More likely it's traffic diversion. The benign interpretation is that internet service providers are being overzealous. :-( Happens here too. Jostein Den 16.08.2017 11:06, skrev Alan C: Most PDML e-mails haven't been coming through & I have to access them through the archives instead . Now

Re: 25% Blurb code

It worked today, thanks !!!  Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad On dimarts, d’agost 15, 2017, 19:14, Paul Sorenson wrote: Ted... Thanks for posting that. Will make good use of it. Did they give an expiration date? -p On Aug 15, 2017, 8:27 AM -0500, Theodore Beilby

Re: OT: Weird e-mail behavior

That may be contributing to the extremely low level of activity. Rick On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 5:06 AM, Alan C wrote: > Most PDML e-mails haven't been coming through & I have to access them > through the archives instead . Now they are belatedly coming through in >

OT: Weird e-mail behavior

Most PDML e-mails haven't been coming through & I have to access them through the archives instead . Now they are belatedly coming through in dribs-and-drabs. Perhaps there is a leak in the Atlantic undersea cable? Alan C --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus