On Dec 22, 2006, at 10:05 AM, Michael Perham wrote:
According to Thom Hogan, who is a Nikon guru, Hoya is a major
supplier to
Nikon.
Correct. Nikon used to put the BS about making their own glass in
their ads. It was never true. Like most other lens makers they buy
optical glass as
On Dec 22, 2006, at 10:48 AM, Michel Carrère-Gée wrote:
...
According to a former Nikon rep I know, who visited the factory in
Japan, Hoya makes Nikon filters.
Tokina makes Hoya filters , and Hoya makes Nikon filters ??
Tokina is part of Hoya.
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On Dec 23, 2006, at 12:06 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I expect that un-profitable or merely less than nominally profitable
products to be discontinued. That means that the medium format lines
will disappear quickly.
I thought they had already announced that they were phasing out the
medium
On Dec 23, 2006, at 1:07 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I doubt that anyone here even knew
Hoya owned Tokana until just the other day.
I've known it since the acquisition. There was never any secrecy
about it. Hoya took over Kenko at about the same time. Press
releases went out about these
On Dec 23, 2006, at 1:47 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I would have expected you to know, Bob, since you cover the biz. But
my point was that Tokina is still Tokina. Hoya hasn't disassembled
them or trashed their product line.
Right. Just the reverse, in fact, since they've improved Tokina
On Dec 23, 2006, at 4:30 PM, Jens Bladt wrote:
I'm sure. I don't know
about the first question, but I guess HOYA is largely regarded as a
company
marketing excellent photographic filters for consumers as well as
pro's.
Hoya today is a major player in the semiconductor equipment
On Dec 24, 2006, at 11:56 AM, graywolf wrote:
Oh we effect the environment on the macro level, it is on the global
level that I have my doubts. Billions of people have to warm the
environment some, but then we have killed billions of 4 legged
critters
that use to roam the globe, so that
On Dec 26, 2006, at 1:40 PM, Scott Loveless wrote:
I don't live in NYC, but I've spent a lot of time there.
The wife and I are planning a weekend getaway to NYC sometime within
the next couple months. The tentative plans include hitching a ride
on the Amtrak to Penn Station. Most likely
If you ask him, he'll say exactly like it's spelled. More like Ka-
tine (emphasis on second syllable) to my ear than Ku-tine.
I've known him for many years and used his stuff in Shutterbug and
PhotoPro magazines. He's the only writer I know who uses voice
recognition software to write his
On Dec 27, 2006, at 11:23 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Greenland is also a huge mass of land-based ice, about the same mass
as the West Antarctic ice sheet.
Another thing to consider is that if these ice sheets disappear or
are diminished substantially, the average albedo of the planet is
On Dec 27, 2006, at 12:22 PM, Tom C wrote:
Funny. On [EMAIL PROTECTED], the current debate is whether
a center
of the universe actually exists and whether human perceptual limits
will
ever allow us to understand the true nature of the cosmos.
No to both.
Bob
I have sworn on the
On Dec 27, 2006, at 12:35 PM, Jostein Øksne wrote:
I'd hesitate to call Greenland warm in the bronze age, but surely it
was more inhabitable than it is now.
Grain could be grown there and farmers could be self-sustaining.
In those days, much of the Netherlands were salt marshes. Dykes
On Dec 27, 2006, at 1:08 PM, William Robb wrote:
Graywolf is taking debating lessons from JCO it appears.
Put forward no facts of your own to back up your side of the
debate, and
ignore or dismiss as wrong because you don't agree with the facts
that the
other side puts forward.
Works
On Dec 28, 2006, at 12:28 AM, William Robb wrote:
Using the Patriot Act was a cheap shot, but it is the cudgel of the
moment,
and we have our own version of it here, though I think it is in
front of our
Supreme Court at them moment deciding if it is consitutional or not.
If it's not
On 12/28/06 4:04 PM, P. J. Alling, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If the arctic ice
is melting as fast as some seem to think, Polar Bears will be extinct
long before anything done to stop it takes effect.
Or they will change their behavior to adapt to the new conditions.
The arctic has been
On Dec 28, 2006, at 10:10 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote:
To put it simple (I like it simple). Smoking is plain stupidity.
There many reasons why it is stupid. My personal life span is one
example.
You have listed several others.
It is also an environmental problem. But not because of global
On Dec 29, 2006, at 10:29 AM, William Robb wrote:
The idea that we have the right to drive species to extinction is
criminal.
I agree. It would be criminal if we were doing it. I don't for a
moment believe that humanity has anything to do with breakup of pack
ice in the arctic. There
On Dec 29, 2006, at 11:07 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
What a fuckin' crock of shit. There is a big difference between a
species
becoming extinct naturally and its extinction at the hand of man
through
our contribution to climate change. I suppose it's OK for tigers
to become
extinct
On Dec 29, 2006, at 10:38 AM, Scott Loveless wrote:
How about the nicotine used in organic gardening? g
http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4DMG/VegFruit/organic.htm
Nicotine is a potent neurotoxin. Growing any plant that contains
nicotine should be outlawed forthwith!!
Possession of more
On Dec 29, 2006, at 5:45 PM, Tom C wrote:
1. Humans have a bigger effect on the planet and our environment by
our
deliberate actions than any other species. (Not counting cow and
termite
flatulence and such)
I think the effect of human flatulence has been grossly underestimated.
Bob
On Dec 29, 2006, at 5:31 PM, Bob W wrote:
I believe that global warming is voodoo science of the
worst kind.
do you just believe that, or do you have evidence?
Many thousands of years of warming and cooling cycles on this jumpin'
green sphere before we lit our first fire. Volcanoes that
On Dec 29, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Bob W wrote:
But let them find one piece of evidence that
appears to go the other way, such as a particularly cold winter, and
they immediately claim that it supports their cause. Cherry-picking
the evidence, I believe it's called.
Both sides in this issue have
OMG That is just about the stupidest thread I've seen in a long
time.
Bob
On Dec 29, 2006, at 6:22 PM, Bob W wrote:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1029message=21437336
I just can't say enough about this thread.
William Robb
As misunderstanding go, I'd say that
On Dec 29, 2006, at 6:26 PM, Tom C wrote:
LOL. What if all 6.6 billion people did it all at the same time?
Life, as we know it, would cease on this planet.
Do you also subscribe to this Thomas Jefferson quote?
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the
truth who
On Dec 29, 2006, at 6:33 PM, rg2 wrote:
well, no, i'm not sure, but it is silver and shiny so i just
assumed it was
metal. is there silver paint?
It's probably a burr from machining that didn't get smoothed out at
the factory and fell off later. A magnet won't move it because lens
On Dec 30, 2006, at 4:37 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
However, if you add enough ethanol (or methanol) to raise the octane
sufficiently and control detonation, you end up with a distressingly
low power fuel. Thus, you consume more to go the same distance. There
are no easy answers.
Yes, but if
On Dec 31, 2006, at 4:37 PM, Bob W wrote:
Apparently it's an Exakta. There's more about it than anybody could
possibly want to know here:
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=009F9ptag=
One of my favourite films, though, and the main characters are
apparently based on Bob Capa
On Dec 31, 2006, at 3:24 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
Time zones allow a form of time travel. If you fly from Detroit to
Sydney Australia, you will arrive almost two days later even though
the flight is less than 20 hours. And i've flow from Auckland, New
Zealand to Los Angles and arrived in
On Dec 31, 2006, at 4:29 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
What kind of camera does James Stewart wield in Hitchcock's Rear
Window. He mounts something like a 400mm lens to shoot the salesman
neighbor with the butcher knife and saw. The pentaprism is obviously
taped over. It's a very early SLR.
On Dec 31, 2006, at 4:37 PM, Bob W wrote:
Apparently it's an Exakta. There's more about it than anybody could
possibly want to know here:
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=009F9ptag=
One of my favourite films, though, and the main characters are
apparently based on Bob Capa
On Dec 31, 2006, at 7:49 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/hygenic_df.html
Saw this while taking a short cut this afternoon. I may go back
with a
tripod and photograph the scene a little earlier in the day. I
like the
overcast light, though.
You have to
Christmas Cookie Recipe
1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup of brown sugar
lemon juice
4 large eggs
1 cup nuts
2 cups of dried fruit
1 bottle Crown Royal
- Sample the Crown Royal to check quality.
- Take a large bowl, check the Crown Royal again, to be sure it is
I think many of you already know about me. For those who don't know,
I was Editor of Shutterbug magazine for 20+ years until I was
voluntarily retired at the end of 2000. I've written a bunch of
books on photography subjects; stopped counting after 24. These days
I make my meager living
On Jan 2, 2007, at 8:41 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote:
Which is very, very far from what my education prepared me for...
I wonder how many of us are doing what our education prepared us
for? In my case I majored in zoology
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On Jan 2, 2007, at 11:28 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
What's a MOSFET?
I think he's a rapper. MOS-DEF's brother.
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On Jan 2, 2007, at 1:15 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
Whats a spell checker
Software for witches.
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On Jan 2, 2007, at 6:08 PM, Jens Bladt wrote:
Any comments on these Japanese (Seiko) cameras?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157594454452626/
Regards
Good lenses, mediocre mechanically.
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On Jan 2, 2007, at 7:00 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
I'm a secret agent.
Sorry, I can't tell you any more...
Well, you could tell us more - but you'd have to kill us. :-)
I actually did work briefly for the CIA back in the 60s. The project
I worked on is still classified.
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On Jan 2, 2007, at 11:13 PM, David Mann wrote:
What's a MOSFET?
A small explosive.
Israeli secret service?
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On Jan 3, 2007, at 10:10 AM, John Whittingham wrote:
I'll get it right yet 1982, I must remember to take more water with
it in
future.
Hey, that guy stole my bike. You can see where I painted my name on
the side.
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On Jan 3, 2007, at 10:26 AM, Gonz wrote:
I didnt know they had motorcycles way back in 1882! ;)
Yep. Steam powered wood burners.
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On Jan 3, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Bob W wrote:
I do seem to recall that he spent quite a lot of time promising people
jam tomorrow rather than jam today.
I'll gladly pay you tomorrow for a hamburger today.
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On Jan 3, 2007, at 4:24 PM, Jens Bladt wrote:
Thanks, Bob. So, this camera was not the reason for Seiko's fame and
success?
Seiko only made the shutter. Lots of Japanese cameras of that era
used the Seikosha -MX shutter module.
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On Jan 3, 2007, at 7:25 PM, John Francis wrote:
Within the US, if you are a working photographer, you are entitled
to a camera bag in addition to the normal carry-on allowance. You are
also entitled to have any film (whatever that is :-) hand inspected.
Yes, but that is only a TSA ruling
On Jan 3, 2007, at 10:16 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Very interesting stuff. Anyone else watching it?
http://www.pbs.org/previews/am-leibovitz/
I had work to do so I taped it. I'll watch it on the weekend.
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On Jan 4, 2007, at 4:04 AM, mike wilson wrote:
He should have gone to Poland and bought himself something _really_
unusual - a Mercedes Vision concept car built from an old taxi.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=848531page=1
I get an error message: The Requested URL Was Not Found
On Jan 4, 2007, at 5:42 PM, Cotty wrote:
On 4/1/07, Tim Øsleby, discombobulated, unleashed:
Some likes straps, some don't, and some adapt.
Bob W like straps.
Me, I just stay strapped all the time.
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On Jan 4, 2007, at 3:13 PM, Jens Bladt wrote:
Thanks, Bob. I see.
Mine has probably not seen much use.
It still works perfectly after more than 50 years.
Unfortunately there's no accumulating frame counter, so I can't
check :-)
Some of my very first photos were taken with an Aires
They're more commonly called crosspoint or cross point. They are
just like Phillips, but not pointed on the end. You can convert
Phillips to crosspoint by filing the point off the tip. But the
drivers are far from rare. Radio Shack and Wal-Mart both sell sets
of cheap ones.
Bob
On
On Jan 5, 2007, at 7:48 PM, George Sinos wrote:
In the last four years I've managed to fill 300 Mbyte drive. A
terabyte is a bit over three times that big.
I talked to one of the pros in town and he said he's adding about a
terabyte a month to his disk farm.
At the moment I have five 300
On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:50 PM, David Savage wrote:
But then you get people who'll break off a face to face conversation,
to answer the phone. That really pi55es me off.
I won't put up with a salesclerk who does that. I politely tell him/
her to put the caller on hold until we finish. If
On Jan 6, 2007, at 1:56 PM, K.Takeshita wrote:
I think cell
phone use in theaters, restaurants, and many other places should
simply be banned since people are too damned stupid to know when it
isn't appropriate.
They are not only rude and unsophisticated, but have nerve to do
so. Just
On Jan 6, 2007, at 7:35 PM, Cotty wrote:
Jack's not here, but a transom is the flat back end of a boat.
A gold star to anyone who knows what a painter is (no cheating on
Google!)
Arrrgh, that be a rope tied to the bow of me ship, so I can tie
her up to the dock.
Cap'n Bob
If
On Jan 6, 2007, at 11:43 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
You mean, hitting a cell phone user over the head with
a big club and draging them away by their hair?
Trust me, this has crossed my mind!
Or just throwing the cell phone on the ground and bashing it with the
club.
Bob
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On Jan 7, 2007, at 12:16 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
They are actually quite effiecient these days both in a conversions
sense and in the fact that in relatively remote outposts transmission
losses are minimised due to the proximity of the generators to the
users. As such they are
On Jan 6, 2007, at 10:10 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Cotty wrote:
On 6/1/07, Bob Shell, discombobulated, unleashed:
Arrrgh, that be a rope tied to the bow of me ship, so I can tie
her up to the dock.
Cap'n Bob
Ahar Cap'n. Well done sir.
I didn't think you'd have a clew.
Perhaps he
On Jan 7, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Jens Bladt wrote:
I have posted a few shots made with the Aires 35-III:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157594454452626/show/
Regards
Jens Bladt
Nice. Obviously my memory that the lens was good was correct.
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On Jan 7, 2007, at 1:21 PM, John Francis wrote:
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 01:08:05PM -0500, graywolf wrote:
While we are talking about this kind of stuff. What about folks
who take
the stroller inside the store. When I was young no one did that. If?
they took the kid in with them they
On Jan 7, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 6/1/07, Bob Shell, discombobulated, unleashed:
Arrrgh, that be a rope tied to the bow of me ship, so I can tie
her up to the dock.
Cap'n Bob
Ahar Cap'n. Well done sir.
I didn't think you'd have
On Jan 7, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I think anyone who takes a stroller in a store should be stoned. It's
time we imposed some discipline on the unruly masses. Damn strollers.
Damn babies. Why weren't they aborted? :-).
Yep. Personally, I think abortion should be legalup
On Jan 7, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote:
And I must admit I'm far less inclined to answer any
phone these days if the senders caller ID has been suppressed.
I simply don't answer such calls. None of the people who should be
calling me have suppressed caller IDs. Let them
On Jan 7, 2007, at 6:27 PM, Doug Franklin wrote:
About cell phones, the ones that kill me are the ones that walk out of
the house, and fire up the cell phone even before they get into their
car to leave.
When I go for a drive around town almost everyone I see has a cell
phone glued to
On Jan 8, 2007, at 5:16 AM, mike wilson wrote:
From: SJ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2007/01/08 Mon AM 09:44:49 GMT
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: PESO - Two palm trees
On 1/8/07, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I thought
On Jan 8, 2007, at 5:10 AM, mike wilson wrote:
Despite being listed only in Yellow Pages, under Ecological
Consultancies, my company, having one letter different to a major
UK houseware retailer, still gets calls asking if the local shop is
open. I suspect that they are getting the
On Jan 8, 2007, at 1:48 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
Quoting graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hey, when I was growing up we did not even use the phone to call our
neighbors, it was cheaper to walk down the street.
Oh, your lucky to have a street.We had to walk to school in the sewer
pipes.:-)
On Jan 8, 2007, at 9:02 PM, SJ wrote:
like adam said, 'z' is the american usage...
But we don't advertize that fact.
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On Jan 8, 2007, at 6:06 PM, William Robb wrote:
Therin lies the problem. The Bushites have cost your country more
than you
could ever begin to imagine.
I've got a pretty good imagination.
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On Jan 8, 2007, at 11:16 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
A little gaussian blur on the flag,
knock the two images together, viola... (Um - pardon the French.)
U, Italian?
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On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:18 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
The best I heard is registering the phone in the dog's name. They
knew immediately when it was a telemarketer.
I registered my home phone in a totally fictitious name. Anyone who
asks for that person only hears the click as I hang up.
Bob
On Jan 9, 2007, at 11:16 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070109.html
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On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:52 AM, Mark Roberts wrote:
I registered my home phone in a totally fictitious name. Anyone who
asks for that person only hears the click as I hang up.
A friend of mine always did that. He used the name Noah Vail ;-)
One of my pseudonyms is Bendt Dikk Hansen.
Bob
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On Jan 10, 2007, at 4:56 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Of course I know that, Bob. I just used that term to get
everyone's attention.
Just living up to my reputation as a PITA.
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On Jan 10, 2007, at 11:42 PM, David Savage wrote:
On 1/11/07, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 10, 2007, at 4:56 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Of course I know that, Bob. I just used that term to get
everyone's attention.
Just living up to my reputation as a PITA.
I like PITA
On Jan 11, 2007, at 10:06 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Ken? Your name sounds familiar - do I know you?
Shel
My old friend Paul Klingenstein used to say that one of the
advantages of getting old is that you meet new people every day.
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What do you list techies think about this:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1032message=21590547
It's an open secret that Canon has a new DSLR to be introduced for
the PMA show, which means late February/early March.
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On Jan 12, 2007, at 4:03 AM, DagT wrote:
On the other hand. If Canon has done that they might have patents
on Foveon-related technology that outperforms the old Foveon-sensor
and forces Foveon to cooperate.
Prior to the introduction of the layered sensor, Foveon and Canon
worked
On Jan 13, 2007, at 12:01 PM, Y. Rowe wrote:
Photobucket does not claim any ownership rights in any User Content
that you
choose to post to the Site. After posting User Content to the Site,
you
continue to retain all ownership or license rights in your User
Content and
you continue
On Jan 13, 2007, at 12:26 PM, Mark Cassino wrote:
My sister in law asked me to scan some old 35mm slides, which of
course
is no problem. But I wasn't expecting 35 mm _square_ exposures:
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/IMGP2607.jpg
That's a modern 35mm exposure on the right.
That's a
On Jan 13, 2007, at 12:44 PM, mike wilson wrote:
126 format, I believe. Came in a cassette, like 110. My first
camera, an Agfamatic given to me when I was about 8, used this.
126 is smaller, IIRC.
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On Jan 13, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Bob Shell wrote:
On Jan 13, 2007, at 12:44 PM, mike wilson wrote:
126 format, I believe. Came in a cassette, like 110. My first
camera, an Agfamatic given to me when I was about 8, used this.
126 is smaller, IIRC.
Here's a great table showing film type
On Jan 13, 2007, at 2:08 PM, William Robb wrote:
It's called a Super Slide. I believe it is 127 format.
Correct. It is 127 . Image about 40 X 40 mm. Probably shot with a
Baby Rollei or Baby Yashica TLR. Even possibly a VP Exakta.
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On Jan 13, 2007, at 4:37 PM, John Francis wrote:
The MTF is a measure of the resolving power (or sharpness) of the
lens,
and is dependent on aperture.
Not really. MTF stands for Modulation Transfer Function. This is an
expression of how accurately a lens transmits modulation, which is
On Jan 13, 2007, at 6:33 PM, mike wilson wrote:
There have been quite a few obsolete formats. Remember APS film
cameras? Soon be able to add th and the digital equivalent APS-C to
the Wikipedia lists together with the DA lenses!!
APS is the only film on show in the camera shop in the
I have attempted, once again, to sell my DS on eBay.
Once again, I have had a Nigerian Scammer attempt to scam me out of my
camera.
I will not sell on eBay.
Repeat again. I will not sell on eBay.
So?
That's not eBay's fault.
I sell on eBay all the time and do well at it. I get the
On Jan 14, 2007, at 12:25 AM, David Savage wrote:
I came across this Photo Album creator today. I uploaded a few
images (nothing new, I've posted them all before) I thought I'd
share.
It's Flash based, so consider yourself well and truly warned :-):
On Jan 13, 2007, at 8:58 PM, John Celio wrote:
Okay, I think I may have understood about 15-25% of that. My
question, to
make it as simple as possible:
Will setting P to MTF mode produce sharper images, on average, than
normal
Program mode?
As my old friend Fred Picker used to
I suspect the difference would be small.
Bob
On Jan 14, 2007, at 1:06 PM, John Celio wrote:
Will setting P to MTF mode produce sharper images, on average, than
normal
Program mode?
As my old friend Fred Picker used to always say when asked questions
like this, TRY IT.
That's the only
On Jan 14, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Markus Maurer wrote:
I found this link on photo.net and of course there is *no Pentax* gear
involved ;-)
Enjoy some funny photographer shots :
http://granik.com/blog/2007/01/13/funny-photo-pictures/
Some of those are effing hilarious!!!
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On Jan 17, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Bob W wrote:
Fresh as in 'Fresh model, new in town, exotic, 38-24-36', as seen on
postcards in London's phone boxes?
You know about those??
My girlfriend used to collect those cards.
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On Jan 17, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Contrary to popular belief, all robins do not fly south for the winter
and return north in spring. Many robins winter over every year in the
US, and they can survive temperatures down to 30 below.
On Jan 17, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Cotty wrote:
I can't say I've looked either, Mike. But I'm sure a 36 male model
would go down very well.
I find that difficult to swallow.
Not another damned bird thread!
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On Jan 17, 2007, at 3:08 PM, Bob W wrote:
On Jan 17, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Bob W wrote:
Fresh as in 'Fresh model, new in town, exotic, 38-24-36', as seen
on
postcards in London's phone boxes?
You know about those??
How could I avoid them, I live in London.
I only remember seeing them in
On Jan 17, 2007, at 5:19 PM, Cotty wrote:
On 17/1/07, Bob Shell, discombobulated, unleashed:
I've never seen a robin here in Virginia in the winter. Been bird
watching for more than 40 years.
My question would be what would they eat in the winter?
Here in the UK we have pretty mild
This is pretty incredibly weird:
http://www.stephenhawkingsings.co.uk/
Bob
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From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Christie asked me yesterday if I was going to tell you guys about
this. Since I spend more time reading the list than actually talking
to my real family I figured I would.
Anyone who stays home and takes care of kids is not unemployed!
Bob
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On Jan 22, 2007, at 7:07 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Tired of fencing, close the door please .-)
http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=283279
Hmm. I'm trying to differentiate it from an American door ... not
easy.
It's made from Norwegian Wood, of course.
Bob
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On Jan 23, 2007, at 9:53 AM, mike wilson wrote:
From: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2007/01/23 Tue PM 02:01:46 GMT
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: PESO - Norwegian Door
On Jan 22, 2007, at 7:07 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Tired of fencing, close the door
On Jan 26, 2007, at 7:32 PM, Barry Rice wrote:
Indeed! That's it!
But I guess I won't be doing it anytime soon, myself! Alas.
The effect, by the way, is really extraordinary and far beyond what
you'd
expect from just using a stopped down ultra-short focus lens. Really
remarkable.
You
As many of you know, I've manufactured an adapter that allows use of
Contax/Zeiss manual-focus SLR lenses on Canon EOS cameras for more
than five years. I've had numerous requests for an adapter to allow
the use of Nikon SLR lenses on EOS cameras. Initially, I wasn't very
interested in
On Apr 12, 2007, at 1:16 PM, Bob Blakely wrote:
No problem with the lyrics as published, but you were never at a
frat party
where The Kingsmen played...
Somewhere in my collection I have a 2-CD set that has just about
every version ever recorded. I've never been able to get past two or
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