Re: History rhymes, happy Dan Day

Hell is other people, according to Sartre. He’d have enjoyed covid... > On 21 Dec 2020, at 15:32, Alan C wrote: > > I thought hell was supposed to be hot? > > Alan C > >> On 21-Dec-20 04:37 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> I(t was cold as hell here! I survive because I am too stubborn to

Re: A little better luck tonight

Very impressive. I looked for it yesterday but there was too much cloud low on the horizon. I’ll look again today, but right at the moment it’s raining heavily and looks set to continue all day. I’ve never seen the rings of Saturn but hopefully with binoculars I may be able to. I won’t try and

Re: PESO 2020 - 276 - GDG

> On 19 Dec 2020, at 23:40, mike wilson wrote: > >  >> On 19 December 2020 at 23:11 Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> >> Very interesting and atmospheric. By coincidence I have just watched Chris >> Marker’s ‘movie’ La Jetée* - your photo is very much

Re: PESO 2020 - 276 - GDG

Very interesting and atmospheric. By coincidence I have just watched Chris Marker’s ‘movie’ La Jetée* - your photo is very much in the same post-apocalyptic spirit. *Pentax content: apart from a brief few seconds shot with a Bolex, the entire movie was shot with a Spotmatic. > On 19 Dec

Re: PESO: Brrrrr

Love that shot. Fantastic. > On 18 Dec 2020, at 22:41, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > The original German wordplay from the title in fotocommunity.de doesn't > work in English. An 'Eisbahn' is an ice rink, while an 'Eisenbahn' is a > railway. > > It was bl..dy cold in the North of France on

Re: PESO -- Nautical Christmas

I hope that’s being pulled by Rudolf the Red-nosed Dugong. > On 11 Dec 2020, at 20:28, P. J. Alling wrote: > > http://webster26.epizy.com/peso/PESO--nauticalChristmas.html > > Equipment: Pentax K-3 w/smc Pentax F 70-210 f4.0~5.6 > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.

Re: PESO: Bumblebee Hotel

That’s a great idea. One of my friends built one - looks much better than the commercial ones: https://www.instagram.com/p/CHdU7U7hqnT/?igshid=1sj6z5ebhb7yc > On 11 Dec 2020, at 07:47, David Mann wrote: > > We have a hanging planter which has about a dozen holes around it. I've >

Re: Happy Ann day

And Ultima Thule! > On 10 Dec 2020, at 18:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > And from the Uttermost West!! > > G > > >> On Dec 10, 2020, at 10:18 AM, Dale H. Cook >> wrote: >> >> Happy birthday, Ann, from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >

Re: PESO European robin

You’ve ruined my childhood now, you bastard. > On 9 Dec 2020, at 23:39, mike wilson wrote: > > Fictitious Victorian schmaltz. So is the Robin story. > >> On 09 December 2020 at 23:07 Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> >> I thought the red breast was because of the r

Re: PESO European robin

I thought the red breast was because of the robin who pulled out its feathers, making its chest bleed, so the baby Jesus would have somewhere soft to lay his head... > On 9 Dec 2020, at 22:32, mike wilson wrote: > > Unfortunately, Robins are not nice little birds. The males fight to the >

Re: OT - where there's fire there is smoke :-(

On 8 Dec 2020, at 08:07, David Mann wrote: > > On Dec 7, 2020, at 11:07 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: > >> The facade of the church looks as if it might be rescue-able. There is a lot >> of ‘facadism’ going on over here where they demolish everything but the >> front of the

Re: PESO 2020 - 273 - GDG

Groovy, man. > On 7 Dec 2020, at 14:54, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > I usually go for long tonal scales and subdued color palettes, but I made > this exposure — it just called to me for a harder-edged, more explosive > rendering technique. So I remembered the Kodalith images done in the 1970s

Re: OT - where there's fire there is smoke :-(

> On 7 Dec 2020, at 11:20, Alan C wrote: > > Remember this one? > > Facade preservation | Alan Cole | Flickr > Indeed I do. I looked for one of my own photos but couldn’t find it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT - where there's fire there is smoke :-(

I hope you get the smokiness out of your apartment quickly. Will it require cleaning? if so is there a way for you to get help with that? The facade of the church looks as if it might be rescue-able. There is a lot of ‘facadism’ going on over here where they demolish everything but the front of

Re: PESO: The Last Farewell

> On 5 Dec 2020, at 18:53, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 05.12.20 um 19:01 schrieb John: >> Did they have to tow it all the way? > > No, they just towed her into and out of the lock. This is mandatory for > vessels of this size. She got to India under her own power. > > Others have indeed

Re: PESO Painted bird

On 5 Dec 2020, at 18:51, Toine wrote: > > That would require capture and manual handling of the birds. A > permanent marking is ringing. Birds of prey are ringed in the nest if > I remember correctly. > A paint ball would be very strange, why would a sane person shoot > paint balls at a

Another mysterious monolith?

https://adobe.ly/3os58Na ... or could it be something more mundane? Learn the shocking truth by clicking on this link, where all will be revealed: https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: OT Song for Ashley

What were you searching for that came up with that result? > On 5 Dec 2020, at 08:13, mike wilson wrote: > > Sorry; I couldn't resist... > > https://youtu.be/WIfcKy-VcXo > -- > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Cold and foggy

> On 3 Dec 2020, at 17:39, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 30.11.20 um 22:17 schrieb Bob Pdml: >> Went for a walk up to Cissbury Ring today > > Just had another look at the whole series and they're all so beautiful > but my favourite is still number 4, the row of

Re: Cold and foggy

Thank you. What is even more English is that the four people in the picture were speaking an East European language, and were certainly not dressed for the conditions. If the conditions had worsened they would have had a very miserable time. > On 3 Dec 2020, at 17:20, Stanley Halpin wrote: >

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

Sherlock Holmes. One adjustment and you have >>> a quarterstaff, of little John fame. I recommend the Benbo Traveller. >>> >>>> On 03 December 2020 at 01:41 "P. J. Alling" >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> That looks

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

t;> >>> On 11/25/2020 1:31 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>>> On Nov 25, 2020, at 7:24 AM, Bob Pdml wrote: >>>> >>>> Use a bean bag… >>> I use a monopod with a ball head and hang it from my belt using a maglight >>> hol

Re: OT steak and potatoes

That’s very similar to pommes Macaire, which uses chives rather than onion, and sometime a mashed baked potato (without the skin) rather than a boiled or steamed potato. Mashed potato with caramelised onions piled on top is classic, and of course if you have boiled cabbage or similar greens

Re: Cold and foggy

On 1 Dec 2020, at 20:01, Larry Colen wrote: > >  > >> On Dec 1, 2020, at 11:20 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> You like Fires, smoke, mudslides and earthquakes? > > I like that it is sunny and 59F and that I’m about to go out for a bicycle > ride. The south coast area I’m living in now

Re: OT - Jolie Brise

Nah, he just walks v quickly on the water next to the boat... > On 1 Dec 2020, at 20:38, Larry Colen wrote: > > I was wondering how you got all the shots from off the boat then I noticed > that the motorboat in tow you see in the onboard shots isn’t visible in the > offboard shots. > > >>

Re: Cold and foggy

There is a way to view them but you’ve chosen not to use it. > On 1 Dec 2020, at 17:19, John wrote: > > Sixteen thumbnails, but no way to view individual photos. > > I refuse to allow scripts from doubleclick.net or ads-twitter.com > >> On 11/30/2020 16:17:56,

Re: Cold and foggy

On 30 Nov 2020, at 21:59, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 30.11.20 um 22:17 schrieb Bob Pdml: >> Went for a walk up to Cissbury Ring today... > > What a beautiful and heart-warming set of photos. In a 'normal' year, it > would have been a mere three weeks until our retur

Re: Cold and foggy

On 30 Nov 2020, at 23:12, ann sanfedele wrote: > >  > >>and that portrait of the cow is a standout for me too.. I think she's in >> love. >> I hope not. She’s a boy. >I was steered wrong I udderstand. >> https://adobe.ly/2BXDULF > > -- > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Cold and foggy

On 30 Nov 2020, at 21:43, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Really enjoyed the whole set - but of course I especially like #14 for some > reason :-) Thanks - thought you might :0) I like that they’ve taken the time and expense to bend the street sign to fit the wall rather than put it a few feet

Re: Cold and foggy

Er, no. I use hand sanitizer when it is on offer at the entrance to a shop. I tried to keep my distance when I was walking, but there was no-one around to keep my distance from. One of the ‘wild’ ponies did get rather too close for my comfort though, and it wasn’t wearing a mask. Perhaps it

Cold and foggy

Went for a walk up to Cissbury Ring today, out through a rather beautiful and empty valley, up to the hill fort and back by an unusual straight track which leads from the hill fort to the sea and was probably a drove way at some point in the pre-Roman times. The track is apparently the baseline

Re: OT: how the mushroom got its name

On 30 Nov 2020, at 17:16, Toine wrote: > > Interesting article. The mushroom is called "puntig kaalkopje" in > dutch, something like "pointed bald head". No idea why (except it does > resemble a pointed bald head) > That’s probably just coincidence >>> >>>

OT: how the mushroom got its name

Recent mushroom photos shown on PDML suggest to me that you may find this article interesting. It’s the sort of article I love which takes some small little unconsidered thing and uses it to weave a great path through history and culture:

Re: PESO: A drop of oil

> On 27 Nov 2020, at 17:53, Alan C wrote: > > They actually had mini-armoured trains on that line during WWii. In case the country was invaded by Munchkins > > romney hythe and dymchurch railway ww2 - Google Search >

Re: PESO Birding with 1.4x converter

Use a bean bag... > On 25 Nov 2020, at 14:14, Toine wrote: > > That's what I was afraid of :) maybe I need to sit on my hands. My > only escape is the idea of 630 mm handheld is too long and heavy to > shoot without a serious tripod. > >> On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 at 14:58, Paul Stenquist wrote:

Re: OT: Also sprach Zarathustra

> On 24 Nov 2020, at 16:35, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 24/11/20, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: > > https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/23/helicopter-pilot-finds-strange-monolith-in-remote-part-of-utah > > Brilliant! Extra-terrestrial Toblerone :-D It

Re: Cameras on bike

> On 24 Nov 2020, at 06:39, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> When it comes to carrying *anything* on a bicycle, of course, "less is >> always more." Much better to only carry exactly what you are going to use >> and no extras. Amen to that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: 'Why I still shoot with Pentax'

On 24 Nov 2020, at 03:57, David Mann wrote: > >  > Actually I should pull out one of my film cameras to show my daughter how > cameras used to work. I still think of film when we share photos to her > grandparents within seconds of taking them. > A few years ago I was showing one of my

OT: Also sprach Zarathustra

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Re: Cameras on bike

> On 23 Nov 2020, at 20:38, Larry Colen wrote: > > […] > > I can see the options for various solutions from carrying lenses in a trunk > bag on the rear rack, to one of the chest harnesses that in theory keeps the > camera more accessible, to given unlimited budget hard luggage on a >

Re: OT u4/3

On 22 Nov 2020, at 02:34, Larry Colen wrote: > > […] > I know that there are a few folks on this list that also have u4/3 systems > I’m curious about the most cost effective u4/3 body that handles like a real > camera, and how much it would set me back. I expect that it would be > something

Re: PESO: harrier portrait

Superb! > On 21 Nov 2020, at 09:26, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > all i've got to show for a saturday morning's birding: > > http://something-feathered.in/2020/11/21/harrier-portrait/ > > montagu's harrier (female)... > > k3ii and sigma 150-500 OS HSM @500 mm, handheld. cropped image. > > -- >

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

for another lockdown here > > ann > > On 11/20/2020 3:48 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >>>> On 20 Nov 2020, at 20:43, ann sanfedele wrote: >>> >>> Yes we saw the same news and I see it all the time.. these things are open >>> on the other side.. but

Re: dos PESOS - Covid life in the east village

> On 20 Nov 2020, at 20:43, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Yes we saw the same news and I see it all the time.. these things are open > on the other side.. but now they are introducing even more stupid ideas > like using propane heaters outside.. ugh. It’s happening everywhere unfortunately.

Re: Peso: School Picture

On 20 Nov 2020, at 19:59, Bruce Walker wrote: > > Igor, you needn't let lacking a "suitable backdrop" stop you. Just use > a wide aperture with a decent distance from behind your kid to the > background and let blur create a nice randomly mottled background. > > And, I don't know about you,

Re: What happened to instagram?

at no longer works, whereas > looking in the browser on the PC the + widget is missing. > Along with the new buttons for adds and tiktok type videos, instagram wants > to get rid of serious photographers (like me:)). > > Henk > > Op 2020-11-17 om 18:40 schreef Bob Pdml:

Re: What happened to instagram?

Looking at it from the iOS app on my iPhone the + widget is on the top row of the screen now. Sami on the iPad. > On 17 Nov 2020, at 15:45, Henk Terhell wrote: > > We discussed earlier the best way to upload photo's from the PC to instagram. > There is now a new layout of instagram on my

Re: PESO 2020 - 251 - GDG

More interested in the contents of your library, to be honest :0) > On 12 Nov 2020, at 21:45, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > I fitted my Voigtländer Color Skopar 28mm to the Hasselblad 907x with a > Fotodiox Pro M to X adapter and snapped a few frames as an experiment. As > expected, this lens

Re: Also on this day...Was...Re: PUG Themes for 2020 - revised list

> On 10 Nov 2020, at 21:44, Paul Sorenson wrote: > > Most people didn't know that a rotary dial was nothing but an on-off switch. >  > Like mine (it’s Belgian): https://www.instagram.com/p/B-RcgFWgL-X/?igshid=ikzb4uqdd8m0 > - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Also on this day...Was...Re: PUG Themes for 2020 - revised list

Luxury! When I were a lad if I wanted to talk to me mam we ‘ad to ‘ire a relay team of Swiss yodellers to yodel a message from one side o’ t’valley to t’other. ‘Appen she wuz wuckin’ dahn t’pit that day, it bein’ in Lancashire like, we ‘ad t’ire a team of Ethiopian runners too, and a scribe,

Re: Dungeness - was: Re: November PUG is up

I think Derek Jarman made people here aware of the strange beauty of Dungeness so it’s good to know that his cottage was saved for the nation (by me, among many others) earlier this year.

Re: PESO: Sea of Sheep

It won’t be a crop, it will be a shearing... > On 4 Nov 2020, at 18:27, Toine wrote: > > Yes I haven't decided on a final crop of the sheep. > The gras is gras with spiderwebbing. > >> On Wed, 4 Nov 2020, 18:41 ann sanfedele, wrote: >> >> I like the sea of sheep shot that I see when I

Re: PESO: Pointillism

That’s nice too. I’m usually fairly immune to autumn foliage shots, but I like silver birch trees and today I’ve spent about 4 hours on slow and delayed trains, but moving through really beautiful countryside in stunning sunlight, including stands of large silver birch trees glowing In the sun

Re: PESO: Sea of Sheep

Superb! > On 4 Nov 2020, at 16:00, Toine wrote: > > I need to lose some corona pounds. A daily photowalk should work. This > what I saw today: > https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-938-20201104-img3404 > > And yesterday: > https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-935-20201103-img3387 >

Re: Use of GPS in cameras?

> On 27 Oct 2020, at 17:16, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > [...]. I don't find it generally all that useful for my photography [...] > > G > — > No matter where you go, there you are. How can you tell without GPS? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: The 2021 PUG - Themes & High Res

Do you like green eggs and ham? > On 27 Oct 2020, at 17:06, Henk Terhell wrote: > > English breakfast you mean? > > Henk > > Op 2020-10-27 om 16:13 schreef David J Brooks: >> Food and Eggs for me >> >> Dave >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net >

Re: PESO - Jailed

He looks as though he’s planning a fast getaway. Or she. > On 26 Oct 2020, at 18:16, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Nice image, but the poor fellow looks unhappy! > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > * > > > >> On Mon, Oct 26,

Re: OT Instagram

I use Instagram. I post from my iPhone or iPad. When I shoot stuff on a proper camera I import into Lightroom on one of the devices, edit it a bit and save to the camera roll on the device, then I post from there into Instagram. Never tried it from a ‘proper’ computer.

Re: OT: Smartphone Telephoto Lenses

On 9 Oct 2020, at 17:54, John wrote: > >  > > The Pentax 110 had a 70mm telephoto & a tele-extender. I don't know what the > equivalent 35mm lenses would be. 110 is about the same size as 4/3rds so the equivalent would be 140mm, give or take. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Photo of Nobel prize (2020) winner

An interesting story about the Penrose pattern: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co439558/pack-of-four-rolls-quilted-toilet-paper-with-penrose-tiling-packaging-toilet-paper

Re: PESO: Emerging Monarch

On 5 Oct 2020, at 14:31, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > No accounting for the French! It’s a great film, directed by Bunuel, who was not French, but the script was by Jean-Claude Carrière one of the greats of cinema, who is indeed French and I’d say it’s more his film than Bunuel’s. That

Re: short veso : Ashley's ordeal

Great vid! She knows where the food is! > On 5 Oct 2020, at 13:08, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Now that she is much better and has gained back some weight I feel I can > share this mini vid I took before I took her to get an Ultra Sound two weeks > ago. She had to > do without any food after

Re: PESO: Emerging Monarch

On 4 Oct 2020, at 21:18, John wrote: > > There's a particular "gap" on the Blue Ridge Parkway where the Monarchs > usually pass through on their migration south. > > https://www.virtualblueridge.com/parkway-place/view-cherry-cove/ > > I remember stopping there on one of my visits several

Re: OT: How Different Insects Achieve Flight

On 29 Sep 2020, at 21:25, mike wilson wrote: > >  >> On 29 September 2020 at 19:47 "Daniel J. Matyola" >> wrote: >> >> >> https://twistedsifter.com/videos/using-slow-motion-to-see-how-different-insects-achieve-flight/ > > Excellent. I once witnessed a mass rise of plume moths - it was

Re: Lucky shot

On 24 Sep 2020, at 16:23, Larry Colen wrote: > >  > >> On Sep 24, 2020, at 5:27 AM, Alan C wrote: >> >> Well, I suppose it was lucky in a way yet, the more you shoot, the luckier >> you get! Presumably you went out & bought a Lotto ticket? >> > > With catching photos of meteors that’s

Re: GESO: Shaheen falcon

> On 24 Sep 2020, at 16:42, mike wilson wrote: > >  >> On 24 September 2020 at 13:31 Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> >>> On 24 Sep 2020, at 13:24, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >>> >>> Am 24.09.20 um 13:58 schrieb Subash Jeyan: >>>>

Re: GESO: Shaheen falcon

On 24 Sep 2020, at 13:24, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 24.09.20 um 13:58 schrieb Subash Jeyan: >> the shaheen falcon (also called the black shaheen and the indian >> peregrine falcon) is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon. > > Great shots. What's his unfortunate prey?

Re: GESO: Shaheen falcon

Fantastic - what a great thing to witness. B > On 24 Sep 2020, at 13:00, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > the shaheen falcon (also called the black shaheen and the indian > peregrine falcon) is a non-migratory subspecies of the peregrine falcon. > we had an encounter near chennai with it today and it

Music maestro, please!

Don’t know if this photo works or not (which probably means it doesn’t). I’m preparing my Leica M8 for sale and found this which I took the day I bought it - in 2008, which came as a surprise. https://adobe.ly/3cvu15B

Re: Peter Turnley - the human face of COVID-19

I’ve been following him and his brother Peter on Instagram as they’ve posted from Paris and New York. Peter has had a number of exhibitions of his lockdown work, including Les Rencontres d’Arles. It has been fascinating to see how they develop the pictures posted on Instagram into a coherent

Re: Does anyone know about Lightzone?

>> >> Interesting, thanks. I’m in a no man’s land operating-systems-wise at the >> moment since early this year when windows finally outbloated my laptop and I >> replaced it with Linux, so it will be interesting to see how that plays in >> Linux. > > I’m very interested in hearing how it

Re: Does anyone know about Lightzone?

Interesting, thanks. I’m in a no man’s land operating-systems-wise at the moment since early this year when windows finally outbloated my laptop and I replaced it with Linux, so it will be interesting to see how that plays in Linux. At some point I’ll probably bite the bullet and buy a mac or

Re: Mother goose in the ashes, another afterburn

That Mother Goose shot is excellent. > On 20 Sep 2020, at 18:00, Larry Colen wrote: > > I went for a bike ride yesterday, I took the K-1, ended up going through > some other burned out areas on hwy 236 aka Big Basin Way. > > I stopped to take a photos of something else in the “fallen leaf”

Re: Pentax gadget

Ghosts > On 18 Sep 2020, at 19:54, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > >  > That's an interesting device! > > However, there is one puzzling moment in the diagram caption in this image: > https://us.ricoh-imaging.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AVM6x21WP_features-1-830x414.png > "The phase coating applied

Re: OT Naked Truth about Masks

Good stuff. Nothing like a bit of wobbly flesh for scaring the viruses away. During the strictest lockdown in London my regular weekend bike ride took me up to Muswell Hill then downhill past Ally Pally where those photos were shot. With no traffic around at the time I could hit 40mph going

Re: Feature request/wish

> On 18 Sep 2020, at 17:44, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Ah, different location in the menu system on typ 262 models with an LCD: > In the English section of the German/English manual, p128 describes the main > menu and the 'picture parameters' menu. The latter includes the lens profiles > and

Re: PESO: Selfie (NSFW)

You coulda put some lipstick on at least... > On 18 Sep 2020, at 18:01, Toine wrote: > > https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-876-20200918-imgp2781 > > Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Feature request/wish

>> I do intend to buy one of the LCD-less Ms at some point within the next >> few months, one that has the same dimensions as my M3 rather than the >> thicker body. But first I have to sell my M8, and my typ2x2, and the >> 21/2.8 Elmarit-M, and the Voigtlander 75/1.8. And whatever remains of >>

Re: Feature request/wish

> On 17 Sep 2020, at 14:44, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >  >> I’ve just had a quick look through the menu of my typ242 and I can’t see the >> export option - enlighten me, please! >> Mind you, the M menus and settings are so simple it’s no big deal rebuilding >> them, unlike the Olympus and

Re: Feature request/wish

> On 17 Sep 2020, at 09:10, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Leica has supported exporting user settings to the SD card and reloading > them since the first Leica M digital camera was released. The M models, the > T/TL/TL2/CL/SL/SL2 all have this functionality, some of the others too. My >

Re: My new Pentax

I hope nobody else leaves... > On 14 Sep 2020, at 17:54, Juan Buhler wrote: > > I'm stumped by all these puns. You guys are forcing me to log off now. > > j > -- > Juan Buhler - http://www.juanbuhler.com > > >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 9:40 AM Daniel J. Matyola >>

Re: My new Pentax

> On 13 Sep 2020, at 19:07, Juan Buhler wrote: > > My first real camera was an ME super with the M50/1.7. It was the silver > model, just like probably 99%+ of them, at least thatś what the proportion > of silver vs black ones seems to be. > > I […] > So while I've moved to a Fuji X-T30 for

Re: OT: Questions for PDML members from the UK

Cornwall is a duchy. Owned by Prince Charles. It has never been an independent country, but the people are essentially descended from the pre-Anglo-Saxon population and related to other populations from the so-called Celtic fringe - the Atlantic seaboard. One of my brothers lives in Cornwall.

Re: PESO: Autumn Crocus

The autumn crocus is the source of the drug colchicine, used to treat acute gout since the time of the ancient Egyptians. I have some in my medicine cabinet from my last series of gout attacks about 3 years ago. It is highly toxic and there is a limit to how many tablets you can take in a

Re: OT: Seducing Ingrid Bergman

I’ve read that Capa and Bergman are the models for the two main characters in Hitchcock’s Rear Window. > On 5 Sep 2020, at 14:56, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > For those interested in the private lives of great photographers, I > understand this book is being made into a movie (once the

Re: story 3 of the new APS-C flagship

> On 5 Sep 2020, at 01:19, Rick Womer wrote: > > Also, if you want to know just how bright Pentax marketing is, just ask > yourself: Why would any company take a product series and count DOWN rather > than UP in naming the models? Sheesh. > > Dyspeptically, A certain German company whose

Re: PESO: Going To The Moon

It’s excellent - like something in Life magazine. > On 2 Sep 2020, at 09:52, David Mann wrote: > > A phone pic of my daughter enjoying a swing today. > > http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1088/#peso > > There was a fire engine coming along the street and I was wanting to get it > in the

Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

That sounds like a good way of spending your time. B > On 1 Sep 2020, at 15:38, ann sanfedele wrote: > > I cant resist giving you guys my numbers now.. with relatively brief > explaination of how I managed it. > Printed out the list of 62 NP's and checked off 45 for sure and a couple of >

Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

t my hits anyway) > > ann > > On 8/27/2020 12:05 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >>>> On 27 Aug 2020, at 16:33, mike wilson wrote: >>> >>>  >>>>> On 27 August 2020 at 15:51 Mark Roberts >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>&

Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

> On 27 Aug 2020, at 16:33, mike wilson wrote: > >  >>> On 27 August 2020 at 15:51 Mark Roberts wrote: >>> >>> >>> Bob Pdml wrote: >>> >>> A strange article really because it seems to me that most of the US places >&

Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.

A strange article really because it seems to me that most of the US places are better known than the places they’re compared to. Anyone who is aware of the foreign places is probably also aware of the US places, so they certainly will believe they are in the US. > On 27 Aug 2020, at 01:54, ann

Re: PESO 2020 - 193 to 198 - GDG

Love the shot of the flag. You’ve been having a tough time, I hope it all resolves soon and you can get back on your bike. B > On 25 Aug 2020, at 16:22, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > I've not been posting much, and been off the bicycle, for the past few > weeks... various reasons, but I've

Re: PESO - from my dirty office window last Sunday..

Wow, great shot! > On 24 Aug 2020, at 01:57, ann sanfedele wrote: > > New York University has been gobbling up our neighborhood.. and some of the > apartments inthe older buildings on our street have become student housing. > The students have returned from across the country two weeks early

Re: I am safe at friends

Glad to hear you’re ok. > On 20 Aug 2020, at 18:38, Larry Colen wrote: > > We bugged out last night. We are safe at the home of friends in Santa Cruz. > > https://www.latimes.com/wildfires-map/?fire=czu-august-lightning-complex > > seems to be the most detailed fire map > > If you zoom in

Re: Quiet List

I wrote that, not John. It was intended to be light-hearted, not nasty. Bob > On 20 Aug 2020, at 14:14, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > No need to get nasty. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > * > >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 7:51

Re: Quiet List

> On 19 Aug 2020, at 14:54, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 19/8/20, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> That's why the world's going to hell in a handbasket. >> >> Everyone's an exception and it's everyone else who has to make sacrifices. >> >&

Re: Quiet List

> On 19 Aug 2020, at 13:17, Steve Cottrell wrote: > >  >> ... >> The AC was essential for us. Global warming or not. > That’s why the world’s going to hell in a handbasket. Everyone’s an exception and it’s everyone else who has to make sacrifices. Tragedy of the commons. -- PDML

Re: An Audubon Cover

Congratulations! Great cover > On 18 Aug 2020, at 17:32, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > My photo of a Baltimore Oriole in flight is on the cover of Audubon’s > “Flyway” magazine. I donated it of course, but they noticed my membership was > up and renewed it free of charge. They’re a worthy

Re: Beach geometry

queous" person (even though we are all at least 60% made of >> water), but I love views with water. >> (#1 is great despite very little water in it! :-) ) >> >> >> Igor >> >> >> >> Bob Pdml Sun, 02 Aug 2020 06:29:26 -0700 wrote: >

Re: Beach geometry

> On 18 Aug 2020, at 11:04, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 18.08.20 um 01:58 schrieb Bob Pdml: > >> Thank you! I’ve just added some more, which I hope you enjoy. > > Great stuff. Pity that we won't be able to cross the Channel in the > foreseeable future.

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