Re: Adobe doesn't seem to want my money

2017-10-20 Thread Mark C 

Ironic that Adobe shares jumped by almost 12% on the day you posted...


Larry Colen wrote:


https://fstoppers.com/apps/adobe-announces-lightroom-classic-cc-lightroom-cc-photoshop-cc-updates-and-more-200026 



First, Lightroom 6 will be the final standalone version of Lightroom. 
There will be a Lightroom 6.3 update that will provide Nikon D850 
support (which is here now for Lightroom Classic CC, Lightroom CC, and 
Photoshop CC), but that's all that we can expect. There will be no 
further updates after this year to Lightroom 6. While Lightroom 6 will 
still be available for an unspecified amount of time, going forward, 
there will simply be two new subscription-only desktop versions: 
Lightroom Classic CC and Lightroom CC.





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Re: My sad spelling!

2017-10-20 Thread P. J. Alling 

Case in point.


On 10/20/2017 7:05 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:

You cna ?

a

On 10/20/2017 4:15 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I cna spell and define the long words it's the short I have trouble 
with...



On 10/20/2017 3:34 PM, Jack Davis wrote:

"Remediation!" Show off!!
J

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 20, 2017, at 6:47 AM, P. J. Alling 
 wrote:


Damn, I must need remediation, I never noticed that your spelling 
was all that bad...




On 10/20/2017 7:45 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
I hate the distraction of my sloppy,
tiresome, poor, spelling and, again,
pledge to apply a moment to check
it in the future.
Thanks for your tolerance!
J

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Re: SIGMA 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO - thoughts?

2017-10-20 Thread Steve Sharpe 
On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 10:01:42 +1100, Peter McIntosh wrote:
> I've got the 70-200mm f/2.8 II EX DG Macro HSM APO, use it on my K5
> and love it. Build quality is excellent, it's sharp, quiet and bloody
> heavy! :-)

The one I'm looking at is an earlier version (non-DG). That said, 
though, I went deep into the bowels of google and found a couple of 
reviews for the first and second generation versions...and they came 
out smelling like a rose. So, I'm meeting the seller again on Monday to 
test it (if he doesn't sell it to someone else in the meantime). If it 
passes the Purple Fringe Test then I expect I'll buy it.

> 
> I haven't experienced the flare you mentioned Steve, it's been a very
> solid performer in all aspects.

I expect that a lens hood would fix the flare. The seller thinks he has 
one but he can't find it.

Those Sigmas are monsters. I also bought this gargantuan 100-300/4 off 
of him. When mounted on my D2Xs the combination is almost 6.5lbs. I 
don't think I'll be taking that combo on any long hikes...


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Re: My sad spelling!

2017-10-20 Thread Jack Davis 
Yes, my writing IS wobbly. OK,
that's my new excuse. Whew!!
J
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> On Oct 20, 2017, at 5:31 PM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> “My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters 
> get in the wrong places.”
> 
> ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
> 
> ;-)
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/20/2017 7:45 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
> 
>I hate the distraction of my sloppy,
>tiresome, poor, spelling and, again,
>pledge to apply a moment to check
>it in the future.
>Thanks for your tolerance!
>J
> 
>Sent from my iPhone
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Re: My sad spelling!

2017-10-20 Thread Igor PDML-StR 



 “My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the 
letters get in the wrong places.”


― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

;-)



On 10/20/2017 7:45 AM, Jack Davis wrote:

I hate the distraction of my sloppy,
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pledge to apply a moment to check
it in the future.
Thanks for your tolerance!
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Re: guillotine or rolling cutter for paper?

2017-10-20 Thread Steve Cottrell 
On 20/10/17, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Lard's a bit refined.  Hairy chested hipster paper-cutters use beef dripping.

Mike needs no rotary trimmer to slice his paper, with wit as sharp as that ;-)

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Re: My sad spelling!

2017-10-20 Thread ann sanfedele 

You cna ?

a

On 10/20/2017 4:15 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I cna spell and define the long words it's the short I have trouble 
with...



On 10/20/2017 3:34 PM, Jack Davis wrote:

"Remediation!" Show off!!
J

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 20, 2017, at 6:47 AM, P. J. Alling 
 wrote:


Damn, I must need remediation, I never noticed that your spelling 
was all that bad...




On 10/20/2017 7:45 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
I hate the distraction of my sloppy,
tiresome, poor, spelling and, again,
pledge to apply a moment to check
it in the future.
Thanks for your tolerance!
J

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Re: On another note

2017-10-20 Thread ann sanfedele 
Those all give a good sense of place and I believe I was on that trail 
many years ago

way before GFM meets in the area.
(I get a feeling of dizziness just looking at the first two.)

I like the third the best except for one little thing that is easily fixed..
 that bit of something in the very top right corner is distracting and 
makes it less than a stunning shot.


YOu definitely should go to GFm -- wish I could go again, but not possible.

ann

On 10/20/2017 2:08 PM, Eric Weir wrote:

On Oct 20, 2017, at 12:33 PM, Mark Roberts  wrote:

http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=58

Oh, and Doug and I now have John Weber helping out with the judging of
the photo contest. Other than that, this old blog post is still pretty
accurate. (Links at the bottom.)

Thanks, Mark. Very helpful. I took a look at your photos from the 2007 weekend. 
Now I remember where I was made apprehensive about hiking Grandfather Mountain. 
As it was, I hooked up with a couple at the trailhead who’d done it 
before—Bance and Judy Matheson--and ended up having a ball. We went up the 
Daniel Boone Scout Trail from the Boone Fork Parking Area on the Parkway to 
Callaway Peak and beyond, just short of Attic Window.

Bance and Judy lead the way to Callaway.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/37145462723/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/

Bance higher up.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/37145463493/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/

A landscape. (Or is it?)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/37767119826/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/

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Re: SIGMA 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO - thoughts?

2017-10-20 Thread Peter McIntosh 
I've got the 70-200mm f/2.8 II EX DG Macro HSM APO, use it on my K5
and love it. Build quality is excellent, it's sharp, quiet and bloody
heavy! :-)

I haven't experienced the flare you mentioned Steve, it's been a very
solid performer in all aspects.

Ciao,

Pete


On 19 October 2017 at 21:35, Steve Sharpe  wrote:
> What do people think of this lens? It looks like I have the opportunity
> to buy one of these (used) for C$225. It is not the current model. I
> think it's a few generations old and I do not think it has the "DG"
> (digital grade) coatings. I cannot seem to find a review online for
> this model. I have handled the lens though I have not tried it on a
> body, and it appears to be in very good condition.
>
> I already have three telezooms in this range, so I do not absolutely
> *need* this lens. However, my current telezooms all have issues of one
> sort or another, which the Sigma might solve. To start I would use it
> on my K-3, but I am really looking to have a quality full frame
> telezoom for when I upgrade to a K-1 (or whatever full frame DSLR
> Pentax/Ricoh will be offering) in a year or two.
>
> Thanks in advance for all your words of wisdom...or otherwise!
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Re: My sad spelling!

2017-10-20 Thread P. J. Alling 

I cna spell and define the long words it's the short I have trouble with...


On 10/20/2017 3:34 PM, Jack Davis wrote:

"Remediation!" Show off!!
J

Sent from my iPhone


On Oct 20, 2017, at 6:47 AM, P. J. Alling  wrote:

Damn, I must need remediation, I never noticed that your spelling was all that 
bad...



On 10/20/2017 7:45 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
I hate the distraction of my sloppy,
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pledge to apply a moment to check
it in the future.
Thanks for your tolerance!
J

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Re: guillotine or rolling cutter for paper?

2017-10-20 Thread mike wilson 
> On 20 October 2017 at 12:01 Chris Mitchell  wrote:
> 
> 
> On 19 October 2017 at 11:43, Steve Cottrell  wrote:
> 
> >
> > I have a Dahle A4 rotary trimmer. It's about 15 years old, never changed
> > the blade. Only maintenance is to very occasionally grease the pole with a
> > bit of extra virgin olive oil ;-)
> >
> > How upwardly mobile of you! What's wrong with good old lard?

Lard's a bit refined.  Hairy chested hipster paper-cutters use beef dripping.

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Re: My sad spelling!

2017-10-20 Thread Jack Davis 
"Remediation!" Show off!!
J

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 6:47 AM, P. J. Alling  wrote:
> 
> Damn, I must need remediation, I never noticed that your spelling was all 
> that bad...
> 
> 
>> On 10/20/2017 7:45 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
>> I hate the distraction of my sloppy,
>> tiresome, poor, spelling and, again,
>> pledge to apply a moment to check
>> it in the future.
>> Thanks for your tolerance!
>> J
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
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Re: My sad spelling!

2017-10-20 Thread Jack Davis 
Sign up for "Bonehead Spelling"
J
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> On Oct 20, 2017, at 7:52 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
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> I'm taking on knew students
> 
> Dave
> 
>> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:40 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
>> don't - Brooks and I need company in the typo dept
>> ann
>> 
>> 
>>> On 10/20/2017 7:45 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
>>> 
>>> I hate the distraction of my sloppy,
>>> tiresome, poor, spelling and, again,
>>> pledge to apply a moment to check
>>> it in the future.
>>> Thanks for your tolerance!
>>> J
>>> 
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Re: On another note

2017-10-20 Thread Eric Weir 

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 12:33 PM, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> 
> http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=58
> 
> Oh, and Doug and I now have John Weber helping out with the judging of
> the photo contest. Other than that, this old blog post is still pretty
> accurate. (Links at the bottom.)

Thanks, Mark. Very helpful. I took a look at your photos from the 2007 weekend. 
Now I remember where I was made apprehensive about hiking Grandfather Mountain. 
As it was, I hooked up with a couple at the trailhead who’d done it 
before—Bance and Judy Matheson--and ended up having a ball. We went up the 
Daniel Boone Scout Trail from the Boone Fork Parking Area on the Parkway to 
Callaway Peak and beyond, just short of Attic Window. 

Bance and Judy lead the way to Callaway.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/37145462723/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/

Bance higher up.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/37145463493/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/

A landscape. (Or is it?)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/37767119826/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/

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Re: On another note

2017-10-20 Thread Eric Weir 

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 12:18 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> I went in 2004,2005 and 2007 - great fun, comraderie..  , seminars, lectures, 
> slide shows, a competition.
> It isn't just PDML - but the PDML crowd was permitted to camp in the picnic 
> area partway up the mountain
> Mark Roberts and Doug Brewer judge the contest and do an entertaining 
> presentation..

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Re: Way to go Paul !

2017-10-20 Thread Ken Waller 
I knew a fellow Ford engineer with a 68 350 that was supercharged, although 
he wasn't the original owner he believed the supercharger was dealer 
installed.


By the 67-68 model years Shelby's lost the kick ass performance that was 
part of the original 65-66 350's makeup.
I was the original owner of a low serial number 66 350 that unfortunately 
was stolen and dismantled after only 6 months of ownership.


30 years ago I looked for an original 66 350 and quickly gave up after 
investigating several productions Mustangs that had been made to look like 
the real thing.


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- Original Message - 
From: "Paul Stenquist" 

Subject: Re: Way to go Paul !


Thanks Ken. I m not happy with the editing on this one, but that's the 
life of a writer. I am pleased with my photos. I shot the car in a very 
cramped parking lot and managed to control the background with the limited 
FOV and DOF of the DF A 150-450. Added some high angle shots, and I was 
done. Fun stuff.


Paul via phone


On Oct 18, 2017, at 11:38 PM, Ken Waller  wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/ya8o9gby

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Re: Way to go Paul !

2017-10-20 Thread Igor PDML-StR 


That's what I consider a very well done story!
The suspense and the sound evidence are both interesting and compelling.
I enjoyed both the text and the photos.

My only concern (and I don't know if that's the editor's deed) is that a 
few photos have just a sliver of the car cropped off. To me, it is akin to 
a severed finger/limb (in a photo). My eye wants a bit more loose crop on 
those (#1 in the first group of 4; # 1,6,8, and even #5 - in the group of 
8). And the aspect ratio of those photos is a bit odd.


But, I discovered (by an accident), that clicking on one of those images 
opens a photo-viewing frame that shows those photos in full, and that's a 
much more pleasing way to see them!


Thanks, Ken, for posting it here, and accolades to Paul on the great work!


Igor


 Paul Stenquist Wed, 18 Oct 2017 20:51:18 -0700 wrote:

Thanks Ken. I m not happy with the editing on this one, but that's the 
life of a writer. I am pleased with my photos. I shot the car in a very 
cramped parking lot and managed to control the background with the limited 
FOV and DOF of the DF A 150-450. Added some high angle shots, and I was 
done. Fun stuff.



Paul via phone


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Re: On another note

2017-10-20 Thread Mark Roberts 
Eric Weir wrote:

>> You ought to plan on coming to the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography 
>> Weekend one year then. 
>>It's right around the corner between Julian Price & Banner Elk.
>
>I have noticed that (some) folks here are drawn to that, as I recall, 
>sometimes from afar and repeatedly. 
>Is it a PDML thing or just something that PDML folks are drawn to? What’s it 
>like? What happens? What do people do?

http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=58

Oh, and Doug and I now have John Weber helping out with the judging of
the photo contest. Other than that, this old blog post is still pretty
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Re: On another note

2017-10-20 Thread ann sanfedele 

that pretty much covers it.. :-)

I went in 2004,2005 and 2007 - great fun, comraderie..  , seminars, 
lectures, slide shows, a competition.
It isn't just PDML - but the PDML crowd was permitted to camp in the 
picnic area partway up the mountain
Mark Roberts and Doug Brewer judge the contest and do an entertaining 
presentation..


Cotty made a nice film one year ...

There is an official website...

ann

On 10/20/2017 12:07 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
From what I can gather they take pictures, drink beer, and make 
transatlantic crank phone calls.



On 10/20/2017 11:45 AM, Eric Weir wrote:

On Oct 17, 2017, at 3:47 PM, John  wrote:

On 10/17/2017 13:21, Eric Weir wrote:

On Oct 17, 2017, at 12:55 PM, John  wrote:

Do you remember what milepost that was?

I was up there Saturday night, milepost 430 at the Cowee Mountain 
Overlook.


Barely made it in time for sunset, but I stuck around to 
photograph the after-glow.
I was staying at Julian Price campground, on my way back from 
Banner Elk, probably north of the Linn Cove Viaduct. I would guess 
between mileposts 300 and 305. (By the way, one of the best Mexican 
restaurants ever—literally—in Banner Elk. Puerto Nuevo.)
You ought to plan on coming to the Grandfather Mountain Nature 
Photography Weekend one year then. It's right around the corner 
between Julian Price & Banner Elk.
I have noticed that (some) folks here are drawn to that, as I recall, 
sometimes from afar and repeatedly. Is it a PDML thing or just 
something that PDML folks are drawn to? What’s it like? What happens? 
What do people do?


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Re: On another note

2017-10-20 Thread P. J. Alling 
From what I can gather they take pictures, drink beer, and make 
transatlantic crank phone calls.



On 10/20/2017 11:45 AM, Eric Weir wrote:

On Oct 17, 2017, at 3:47 PM, John  wrote:

On 10/17/2017 13:21, Eric Weir wrote:

On Oct 17, 2017, at 12:55 PM, John  wrote:

Do you remember what milepost that was?

I was up there Saturday night, milepost 430 at the Cowee Mountain Overlook.

Barely made it in time for sunset, but I stuck around to photograph the 
after-glow.

I was staying at Julian Price campground, on my way back from Banner Elk, 
probably north of the Linn Cove Viaduct. I would guess between mileposts 300 
and 305. (By the way, one of the best Mexican restaurants ever—literally—in 
Banner Elk. Puerto Nuevo.)

You ought to plan on coming to the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend 
one year then. It's right around the corner between Julian Price & Banner Elk.

I have noticed that (some) folks here are drawn to that, as I recall, sometimes 
from afar and repeatedly. Is it a PDML thing or just something that PDML folks 
are drawn to? What’s it like? What happens? What do people do?

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Re: On another note

2017-10-20 Thread Eric Weir 

> On Oct 17, 2017, at 3:47 PM, John  wrote:
> 
> On 10/17/2017 13:21, Eric Weir wrote:
>>> On Oct 17, 2017, at 12:55 PM, John  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Do you remember what milepost that was?
>>> 
>>> I was up there Saturday night, milepost 430 at the Cowee Mountain Overlook.
>>> 
>>> Barely made it in time for sunset, but I stuck around to photograph the 
>>> after-glow.
>> I was staying at Julian Price campground, on my way back from Banner Elk, 
>> probably north of the Linn Cove Viaduct. I would guess between mileposts 300 
>> and 305. (By the way, one of the best Mexican restaurants ever—literally—in 
>> Banner Elk. Puerto Nuevo.)
> 
> You ought to plan on coming to the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography 
> Weekend one year then. It's right around the corner between Julian Price & 
> Banner Elk.

I have noticed that (some) folks here are drawn to that, as I recall, sometimes 
from afar and repeatedly. Is it a PDML thing or just something that PDML folks 
are drawn to? What’s it like? What happens? What do people do?

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men would die from a great loneliness of spirit." 

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Re: My sad spelling!

2017-10-20 Thread David J Brooks 
I'm taking on knew students

Dave

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 8:40 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> don't - Brooks and I need company in the typo dept
> ann
>
>
> On 10/20/2017 7:45 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
>>
>> I hate the distraction of my sloppy,
>> tiresome, poor, spelling and, again,
>> pledge to apply a moment to check
>> it in the future.
>> Thanks for your tolerance!
>> J
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
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Re: My sad spelling!

2017-10-20 Thread P. J. Alling 
Damn, I must need remediation, I never noticed that your spelling was 
all that bad...



On 10/20/2017 7:45 AM, Jack Davis wrote:

I hate the distraction of my sloppy,
tiresome, poor, spelling and, again,
pledge to apply a moment to check
it in the future.
Thanks for your tolerance!
J

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Re: My sad spelling!

2017-10-20 Thread Jack Davis 
Well, OK, Ann. Would likely have
failed anyway. Whew! that was
close! ;-)

J

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 20, 2017, at 5:40 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> don't - Brooks and I need company in the typo dept
> ann
> 
>> On 10/20/2017 7:45 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
>> I hate the distraction of my sloppy,
>> tiresome, poor, spelling and, again,
>> pledge to apply a moment to check
>> it in the future.
>> Thanks for your tolerance!
>> J
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
> 
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Re: My sad spelling!

2017-10-20 Thread ann sanfedele 

don't - Brooks and I need company in the typo dept
ann

On 10/20/2017 7:45 AM, Jack Davis wrote:

I hate the distraction of my sloppy,
tiresome, poor, spelling and, again,
pledge to apply a moment to check
it in the future.
Thanks for your tolerance!
J

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Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-20 Thread Rob Studdert 
The buffer issue is partly why I bought a D750 instead of a K1,
there's plenty to love about the K1 but AF and buffer depth aren't on
the list.

The D750 has a buffer depth count-back that lest you know as you're
shooting how many shots you have left in the buffer, not that it's
really a problem as it clears so fast. But the point is the Nikon
recognises the buffer clearing to be an important aspect of camera
performance so much so that they built an indicator so you always know
here you are rather than being literally left in the dark.

The D750 isn't as capable of achieving AF lock in really low light but
it's so good in other ways that I'll forgive it.





On 13 October 2017 at 09:41, Zos Xavius  wrote:
> I believe the D810 has a larger buffer. Does it not? The buffer on the
> k-1 is pretty anemic.
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 1:53 AM, P. J. Alling
>  wrote:
>> I've been looking into that and it seems that all Pentax cameras that have
>> been tested recently have about a 36 mb/s write speed regardless of how fast
>> the card is, though they can't write faster than the card will accept the
>> data.
>>
>> I got curious since I don't shoot Nikon, so I haven't been looking for write
>> speed tests on any Nikon cameras.  Well I couldn't find a Nikon 810 tests,
>> but the D800 tops out at about 39 mb/s, on the one I could find.   Doesn't
>> seem to blisteringly faster than the K-1.
>>
>> Using the actual numbers not my rounded numbers the Nikon seems to be about
>> ~7% faster than the Pentax.
>>
>> Now Nikon might have upped the buss speed when moving from the D800 to the
>> D810, but it doesn't seem that likely.
>>
>>
>> On 10/10/2017 5:10 PM, Mark C wrote:
>>>
>>> FWIW - I just ran some tests with my K1 shooting DNGS and it takes 27 to
>>> 28 seconds to clear the buffer. It probably feels like 5 minutes when things
>>> are happening, though. I'm using 64 gig Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I cards,
>>> rated for 90 mb/sec write speeds. The are much faster cards out there though
>>> I don't know if the K1 can take advantage of higher speed cards (or even if
>>> it takes advantage of this card.) If you really are experiencing several
>>> minutes of write time it may be the card.
>>>
>>> Overall I agree with your comments. File saves are on the slow side and
>>> the AF point configuration leaves a lot to be desired. AF in liveview mode
>>> is very slow - verging on unusable when shooting macros. There's room for
>>> improvement to be sure, but still a fine camera.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> Larry Colen wrote:

 In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was
 portraits, landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable,
 especially for the price.

 However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The
 focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't
 cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical
 compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over
 the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when 
 I've
 shot a friend's Nikon 810.

 My biggest gripe is the bus speed.  Did they really think that people
 would buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing
 dance competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and
 often in rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple
 dancing at a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and
 then take something like five minutes to empty.  Once it fills up, it takes
 something like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no
 idea of whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the
 shutter and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying
 the buffer.

 Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon.
 Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't.
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My sad spelling!

2017-10-20 Thread Jack Davis 
I hate the distraction of my sloppy,
tiresome, poor, spelling and, again,
pledge to apply a moment to check
it in the future.
Thanks for your tolerance!
J

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Re: guillotine or rolling cutter for paper?

2017-10-20 Thread Chris Mitchell 
On 19 October 2017 at 11:43, Steve Cottrell  wrote:

>
> I have a Dahle A4 rotary trimmer. It's about 15 years old, never changed
> the blade. Only maintenance is to very occasionally grease the pole with a
> bit of extra virgin olive oil ;-)
>
> How upwardly mobile of you! What's wrong with good old lard?

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Re: guillotine or rolling cutter for paper?

2017-10-20 Thread Larry Colen 



Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 19/10/17, Igor PDML-StR, discombobulated, unleashed:


And an extra question for Cotty:
For those 15 years, where have you been getting extra virgins
(to grease the pole)? ;-)


I don't want to think about greasing Cotty's pole. Now I need to find 
some bleach for my brain.




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Re: guillotine or rolling cutter for paper?

2017-10-20 Thread Steve Cottrell 
On 19/10/17, Igor PDML-StR, discombobulated, unleashed:

>And an extra question for Cotty:
>For those 15 years, where have you been getting extra virgins
>(to grease the pole)? ;-)

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