Re: WE NEED A THEME was: January PUG -

2006-12-14 Thread Gonz
I vote for Surprise, since thats what were gonna get without a theme anyways. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It occurs to me people are not thinking we are missing a theme by your original title so I added a bit of emphasis :) Oh I know, we could all send something in and Addie could make

Re: Really neat idea for a photo gallery

2006-12-15 Thread Gonz
You're right, that sounds like a very interesting concept. It sounds alot like the way the US is in the Northeast, where I lived for 10 years and had to get used to the rather strange (to me) social norms. In the south US, where I grew up, you pretty much knew everybody you ran into everyday

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-15 Thread Gonz
Not only that, the proof can be seen in ebay. Just look at all the film SLRs being sold with a normal 50mm 2.0 lens. I would wager that DSLRs are no different. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think your giving the bulk of the current market too much credit. Dave On 12/16/06, J. C.

Re: Luminous Landscape: Reichmann tries out a K10D

2006-12-15 Thread Gonz
Just as I suspected. I'll bet its the same pretty much everywhere. I know of at least 7 people personally in my area with DSLRs, only 1 of them has more than two lenses and one has two. The rest all have 1 lens. The person with more than two is a pdml subscriber so I met him through the

Re: Bojidar in this month's NG

2006-12-16 Thread Gonz
I saw the article in NG also, but the person in the article is some type of Museum director or something like that. Is that what Boz does? rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joseph Tainter wrote: Thanks, Cameron. I may or may not get by a bookstore to look at the article. What role does Boz have

Re: No list mail?

2006-12-18 Thread Gonz
No, there seemed to be a glitch from about 11:30 am central std time usa. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Doug, I've had no list mail for several hours. Did JCO somehow manage to unsubscribe me? Best, Paul -- Someone handed me a picture and said, This is a picture of me when I was

Re: Files won't download?

2006-12-18 Thread Gonz
Try downloading it using the My computer and clicking on the actual drive name. I think you are having problems because you said they are RAW files and you are trying to get them through Photoshop. If Photoshop doesnt recognize the raw format, it may not let you do the normal downloading.

Re: Please everyone set up an email filter

2006-12-19 Thread Gonz
Sir, you have insulted the gentle people from the state of Texas. Be prepared to bring your Canon to GFM. I shall bring mine, a 44mag that is. 20 paces? ;) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19/12/06, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: Let's see, 6 foot 5 inches and lugs around a big

Re: Please everyone set up an email filter

2006-12-19 Thread Gonz
Well they made shooting Britons a misdemeanor, so we had to shoot *something*! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: Gonz wrote: Sir, you have insulted the gentle people from the state of Texas. Be prepared to bring your Canon to GFM. I shall

Re: Cookware (was Re: Please everyone set up an email filter)

2006-12-20 Thread Gonz
I second that, i.e. the Calphalon hard anodized. I bought a set as Calphalon started to change over to teflon, and its the best stuff I've ever seen (well seasoned). rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How would you suggest breaking it in and seasoning it? Shel [Original Message] From:

Re: another *ist-D question

2006-12-20 Thread Gonz
You have to: 1) get the firmware that allows the green button operation 2) enable, through the menus, the shutter to fire in non-A position 3) set it to M 4) focus, press the green button to set the speed, and fire the shutter repeat #4 for every new metering situation, otherwise just fire the

Re: Official Full Frame Pentax Rumor - Technical Limitations of K Mount?

2006-12-21 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, you're missing something in your comparison. The mirror. SLR wide angle lens designs are very different from RF designs. Leica SLR lenses actually have one of the longest register distances and Canon one of the shortest. And Leica couldn't go FF on the M

OT - Interesting sports pics

2006-12-21 Thread Gonz
Sports Illustrated's most interesting sports pictures of the year, enjoy: http://tinyurl.com/y3ojlx rg -- Someone handed me a picture and said, This is a picture of me when I was younger. Every picture of you is when you were younger. ...Here's a picture of me when I'm older. Where'd you get

PESO - For Powell

2006-12-21 Thread Gonz
When Powell's brother informed the list that he had passed away, he closed his message with Go out and take a picture in his memory... or take your camera apart - that is what he would have done. I had been wanting to take some pictures in his memory, but could not find a proper subject. When

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2006-12-21 Thread Gonz
tried to post a peso, seems to have been lost in the ether... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Black Goat

2005-08-12 Thread Gonz
I like it, but I much rather prefer the other pic with the cuda and the other car. rg Paul Stenquist wrote: Here's another cruiser on Woodward. Again, shot with the FA 35/2, f8, 1/8th second, ISO 400. To my mind this shows the wider lens/ slow shutter swish pan effect to better advantage

Re: GESO: An evening with the M100/2.8

2005-08-12 Thread Gonz
Juan Buhler wrote: GOD I knew he used a Pentax, but I didn't know he was on this list. Oh, He has an LX-D with a 5-3000mm/f0.2 Limited. Black. People without faith say that that camera doesn't exist... But is it black and white? :) j Kenneth Waller -Original Message-

Re: GESO: An evening with the M100/2.8

2005-08-12 Thread Gonz
Like em very much. Esp 6948. rg Juan Buhler wrote: Yesterday I went to Union Suqare in San Francisco with the M100/2.8 on the istD. I shot with the lens wide open and the camera on program mode. I tried to keep my usual shooting distance, which was kind of difficult given how long the lens

Re: PESO: Summer Bride

2005-08-15 Thread Gonz
I like her expression. Nice lighting. I would prefer a cooler white balance tho, its a bit too warm for me. rg Michael Spivak wrote: Any critique are welcom (as always) http://mishka.site.co.il/gallery/albums/BrideContest/CRW_4495_4.jpg Michael

Re: PESO: Leap of Faith - Version 1.1

2005-08-15 Thread Gonz
Frank, I prefer the original. Or actually, somewhere in between to be quite honest. The improved version is overly sharpened and saturated, leaving many of the details and tonal range messed up, IMO. Nice pic tho. rg frank theriault wrote: As a result of an off-list discussion, I

Re: more on photographers rights

2005-08-17 Thread Gonz
MARGARET CORNETT wrote: I'll swear it's getting even worse here in the U.S. I have a friend who was involved in one of those automobile accidents where a bunch of people forced him into a rear-end collision so they could rip off his insurance. Since then he installed a video system in his

Re: The Photographer's Rights

2005-08-17 Thread Gonz
Except for mathematical induction, which is a valid way of proving a theorem. :) rg Bob W wrote: That's not a valid or a rational conclusion. You are using induction, which is fraught with problems, and is not 'truth preserving'. In other words, even if all the premises are true, the

Re: Fw: Peso: My First Peso

2005-08-18 Thread Gonz
Very cool. Like the way you stopped the water at the perfect moment. Good thing you didnt take that in the US, you may have been questioned by the police. Did you read the discussion about this? rg Manuel Magalhães wrote: Something was missing, http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL

Re: Where's the PUG?

2005-08-18 Thread Gonz
I get no path to host. Its down rg Bob Blakely wrote: The page cannot be displayed The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings. Regards, Bob...

Re: Help me pick a Pentax Zoom Lens (please)

2005-08-19 Thread Gonz
I have it and seldom use it. Its quite soft most of its range, for me at least. And I found that the AF seems to hunt quite a bit with it if the light is less than spectacular. When it hunts, it goes all the way both ways some times. Needless to say, I dont use it very often unless I want

Re: PESO: The Fedex Box

2005-08-19 Thread Gonz
Love it Knarf. You've really captured some dynamism there. It looks just a tad bit overexposed, or the black point doesnt seem to be on target. rg frank theriault wrote: Another CMWC photo, so don't bother looking if guys on bikes ain't your thang. This is Chris Freeland, Toronto

Re: FA*24/2.0

2005-08-19 Thread Gonz
I dont have it but I have heard complaints that it has too much CA on the digital. Supposedly fabulous on film. rg Shel Belinkoff wrote: Any comments on this lens? Shel

Re: The Photographer's Rights

2005-08-19 Thread Gonz
Bob Blakely wrote: From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just to clarify. The government outlawed semi automatic firearms. Not all guns. Don't worry, they'll finish the job. Its true. All it will take is some guy going crazy with a bolt action rifle. Supposedly JFK was assasinated

Re: Pentax warehouse sale, R.I.P. (lengthish)

2005-08-22 Thread Gonz
Bob Shell wrote: one big indoor photo flea market. The other place I used to really love, although it wasn't strictly photographic, was B F Enterprises. They were in an old mill building in Cambridge, Mass., and the place was floor to ceiling full of industrial and military surplus.

Re: What Would Make a DSLR Obsolete?

2005-08-23 Thread Gonz
Obsolete - 2. Outmoded in design, style, or construction: an obsolete locomotive. This is the definition that we are probably talking about here. I would add that its no longer useful or usable. For a camera such as the *istD, this would happen when you were no longer able to: 1. retrieve

Re: News from Canon... FF for 3300$

2005-08-23 Thread Gonz
Actually, sensors are more sensitive to the angle of incidence of the light than film, so large sensors are going to make many of the lenses that used to work well with film on the edges, suck. rg Dario Bonazza wrote: OK, but no different than shooting film with the same Canon glass. The

Re: News from Canon... FF for 3300$

2005-08-23 Thread Gonz
Mark Roberts wrote: Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gonz wrote: Actually, sensors are more sensitive to the angle of incidence of the light than film, so large sensors are going to make many of the lenses that used to work well with film on the edges, suck. Generally speaking

Re: 36mm x 36mm sensor?

2005-08-23 Thread Gonz
I've seen some lenses with rectangular shaped cutouts in the back, so those probably wouldnt work. And then there are hoods designed with the image rectangle in mind... Toralf Lund wrote: Since the full-frame discussion re-emerged yet another time earlier today, I thought maybe I'd ask, how

Re: GESO (my first) - KC Ethnic Festival

2005-08-23 Thread Gonz
dancers is a great shot. it would probably be great in BW too. rg Stan Halpin wrote: I went down to the annual Ethnic Heritage Festival in Swope Park Kansas City MO yesterday afternoon. My first time there, we are usually out of town on vacation at this point. About 60 countries/ethnicities

Re: BW On A DSLR

2005-08-26 Thread Gonz
Joseph Tainter wrote: Let's say you shoot on a Pentax DSLR, with the intention at the start of converting the image to grayscale. You shoot with a red or yellow or green filter, with the final BW image in mind. One shoots in Raw. After converting to TIFF, then converting to grayscale, will

Re: Pentax warehouse sale, R.I.P. (lengthish)

2005-08-29 Thread Gonz
Bob Shell wrote: On Monday, August 22, 2005, at 06:49 PM, Gonz wrote: Bob Shell wrote: one big indoor photo flea market. The other place I used to really love, although it wasn't strictly photographic, was B F Enterprises. They were in an old mill building in Cambridge, Mass

Re: PESO: Billionaires and Smugmug maps

2005-08-30 Thread Gonz
Thats hillarious. rg George Sinos wrote: Just a couple of semi-related items: Warren Buffet and Bill Gates recently ate a local restaurant when Gates visited town. I snapped these shots of the Restaurant's tongue-in-cheek marquee. http://georges.smugmug.com/gallery/763341 Not great art,

Re: Test

2005-08-30 Thread Gonz
Nope, we didnt get it. Send it again. ;) rg frank theriault wrote: Am I getting through? I don't see any of my posts of today in the archives. When I logged on, for some reason my g-mail sent out enriched text, and my first two posts were bounced. I re-set for text-only, and re-sent, but

Re: Gimp, Anyone?

2005-08-31 Thread Gonz
Adam Maas wrote: P.J. See my last post. I've used assembler, I've even hand-assembled. -Adam LOL. That reminds me of the days I used to load a primitive boot sequence into a PDP (DEC) by the switches in the front, so it could load the next phase of the boot loader through the paper tape

Re: DigiGlitch with Low Batteries

2005-08-31 Thread Gonz
I've also experienced banding in high ISO images when the battery was low. Lots more noise too. Plus occasionally it refuses to fire even if there is no reason why it shouldnt. I like the CRV3s better for this reason. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With batteries that are in their death throes,

Re: Hitachi 4GB Microdrive

2005-08-31 Thread Gonz
I took mine by removing it from a Creative Muvo2 mp3 player. This was before they wizened up and made them incompatible with everything else. I have been using it for about one and half years with no problems. They do eat batteries quicker tho. rg Charles Wilson wrote: Dear All, Has

Re: PUG is loaded... and new themes please

2005-09-01 Thread Gonz
How about: hot communication blue container display tall creature technology history tragedy pretend reflection sight surface knowledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Descriptive words have work well, it seems. Some directional terms Top, Bottom, Left, Right, etc. Some relative position terms

Re: Grease for lens helix?

2005-09-02 Thread Gonz
I saw those in ebay and almost bid. Just to learn how to take lenses apart, but they went for more than I was willing... I wonder if you could use some type of high temperature grease, that way it wont melt down into other components when it gets too warm, like in the sun. rg Don

Re: PUG Themes?

2005-09-02 Thread Gonz
From another thread: How about: hot communication blue container display tall creature technology history tragedy pretend reflection sight surface knowledge rg Tom C wrote: Some suggestions just throw out there: 1. What is it? 2. Purple 3. Where am I? 4. 2-toned 5. Panorama 6.

Re: A50/1.4 versus M50/1.4, Comment Please

2005-09-04 Thread Gonz
I have the same problem with my FA* 85 1.4. I consistently back focus if I manually focus, but its pretty close with AF. It looks focused on my screen but it ends up being back-focused. There is some type of mis-alignment going on IMO. There are times when I cannot depend on AF and would

Re: A50/1.4 versus M50/1.4, Comment Please

2005-09-04 Thread Gonz
It looks like you back-focused. The small grey shed or garage behind the house looks more in focus then the center. I have similar problems with my 85 1.4. rg Don Sanderson wrote: Here is a quick comparison of the Wide Open performance of my like new SMCP-A50/1.4 and one of my rather

Re: Fried Highlights, Decline in Photo Quality (was PESO - The Bridge)

2005-09-08 Thread Gonz
Shel Belinkoff wrote: I wasn't referring to specular highlights, but to areas like you noted on the dress in Bruce's photograph, (Sorry Bruce, not picking on you or the photo specifically, just using it as an example), which, BTW, he explained in the detailed response he sent earlier. I

Re: OT: Back in the Pentaxian fold

2005-09-08 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And people can stop sneering at me for not having a Pentax. (Oh, it was very quiet sneering, but I knew it was there.) Ok. Sneering ceased. All those folks sending my private sneering emails, please cease also. ;) It'll be fun to have a camera in my purse.

Re: First non DSLR digicam with 10MP APS sensor- contradiction

2005-09-09 Thread Gonz
J. C. O'Connell wrote: I can understand why the lens itself is better, it just seems that the lens/sensor interface is much worse when the rear element is so severely close to the sensor. Maybe this sensor is specially designed for this lens and isnt flat? A silicon eye-ball! Now THAT would

Re: PDML Long term Archive

2005-09-12 Thread Gonz
I have my own personal archive in my mailer that goes back quite a ways, but I know there are some old timers here that go back to like 98 or maybe even earlier than that. rg Shel Belinkoff wrote: I thought it went back quite a ways. Someone here (Gonz?) recently pulled up a post from 2001

Re: LED lighting

2005-09-12 Thread Gonz
Bertil Holmberg wrote: Does anyone have experience of LED lighting panels in photography? Although there are commercial products available, it should not be that difficult for the electronics buff to make a couple of panels quite cheap. White high intensity LEDs are avaialble for about

Re: PDML Long term Archive

2005-09-12 Thread Gonz
: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 September 2005 20:35 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PDML Long term Archive I have my own personal archive in my mailer that goes back quite a ways, but I know there are some old timers here that go back to like 98 or maybe even earlier than that. rg

Re: green button wars (again)

2005-09-18 Thread Gonz
J. C. O'Connell wrote: Secondly while its true stop down metering CAN BE more accurate in sufficient light but if the tolerances of the lens apertures are kept within design parameters and the cam sensor as well , the wide open metering can work with more than enough accuracy for even narrow

Re: green button wars (again)

2005-09-18 Thread Gonz
The point the Godfrey is trying to make is that Pentax Marketing has a pot of features, each one with a target market segment and a production/retail cost associated with it. They prioritize these features according to their market research. If they want to hit a certain price point, then

Re: green button wars (again)

2005-09-19 Thread Gonz
very well for them. Gonz wrote:

Re: green button wars (again)

2005-09-19 Thread Gonz
using the future wide open measurement. If you changed the aperture, you pressed the green button again. rg Shel Belinkoff wrote: How might the green button be improved? Shel [Original Message] From: Gonz I'm glad Pentax implemented the green button though of course, but they could

Re: green button wars (again)

2005-09-19 Thread Gonz
. That's what auto-exposure modes are for. On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 10:46:13AM -0500, Gonz wrote: See my earlier post: Pentax could have had a pseudo-AE mode if they wanted to with just one press of the green button per aperture selection if they wanted to. By taking two measurements, one wide open

Re: green button wars (again)

2005-09-19 Thread Gonz
to compensate for when the light changes. rg Adam Maas wrote: That requires a linear aperature mechanism, which only A and later lenses have (That's one of the major changes between K/M and A lenses) -Adam Gonz wrote: See my earlier post: Pentax could have had a pseudo-AE mode if they wanted

Re: The Truth about Memory Cards (was: Re: Film for my digital camera)

2005-09-19 Thread Gonz
Yup, I was thinking the same thing. rg John Forbes wrote: Could it not be that you see more cheapo cards because far more cheap cards are sold than expensive cards? Unless you know the sales ratios, you can't form any conclusions at all from the number of cards coming through your

Re: green button wars (again)

2005-09-19 Thread Gonz
Yes, the function I am referring to would best suite the Av mode not the Manual mode. rg Bruce Dayton wrote: I use this HyperManual style all the time. In fact, for both K and FA lenses, the behavior is the same. For K lenses I turn the aperture ring and then meter where I want by pressing

Re: Pentax K 2.5/200mm

2005-09-19 Thread Gonz
J. C. O'Connell wrote: So now I will ask a question, is the resolution of the istD series cameras high enough to tell the difference between an excellent and a slightly better truly exception lens In the APS region it covers? Or does at some point the resolution become camera limited and

Re: Pentax K 2.5/200mm

2005-09-19 Thread Gonz
between the finest lenses out there, not just see differences between excellent, good, and fair lenses... jco -Original Message- From: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 4:29 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax K 2.5/200mm J. C. O'Connell wrote

Re: Pentax K 2.5/200mm

2005-09-19 Thread Gonz
? Thanks again, jco -Original Message- From: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 4:51 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Pentax K 2.5/200mm If you could give me an example, We can try to accomodate it given the lens options that we have available to our

Re: Rename request

2005-09-19 Thread Gonz
J. C. O'Connell wrote: see my last post, engineering dollars? that cam sensor was engineered 35 years ago dude. Do you even know what we are talking about here? Its ONE pot with three wires on it read by a single A./D channel? That's freakin' childs play. Yes, the actual part is insignificant

Re: Rename request

2005-09-19 Thread Gonz
only see that now as the only logical motivation for doing what they did. It wasn't to save money or lower the selling price because that part isnt expensive to buy or implement into the system whatsoever. jco -Original Message- From: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September

Re: Rename request

2005-09-20 Thread Gonz
CAMERAHow much do you think that parts maximum cost could have been for that to be possible? jco -Original Message- From: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 1:44 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Rename request In a high volume situation, I

Re: JCO is right, so ...

2005-09-21 Thread Gonz
Cory Papenfuss wrote: Once marketing gets ahold of the system, the engineers have lost. Mark! This reminds me of one of my favorite Dilbert strips, it goes like this: Dilbert goes to the curly haired manager and says The power supply in out product overheats The curly haired guy goes

Re: Help from USA citiizen?

2005-09-21 Thread Gonz
Dont even think about bidding on that lens! Its mine, all mine! MUAHAHAHAHA rg Jens Bladt wrote: If I buy a lens from the USA - from someone who doesn't ship outside USA - will anyone here lend me a hand? That is recieve the lens (in the USA) and forward it to me in Denmark? For a fee, of

Re: Irrelevant Poll: What do you WANT in a digital camera?

2005-09-21 Thread Gonz
Hmm.. wish list: twice the linear resolution of my D, so 24Mpix, but I'd settle for 12Mpix auto image rotation display of ISO setting 20 frame buffer RAW 5 or more fps until buffer full warp speed CF card write custom EXIF annotation filter removal option for BW images direct removable screens

Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request)

2005-09-22 Thread Gonz
Yeah, they (american car companies) did that continuously in the 70's and 80's until quality got so bad that they had to reverse course, because foreign companies were eating their lunch with higher reliability cars. A typical savings was replacing a nylon washer (meant to isolate a

Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request)

2005-09-22 Thread Gonz
Actually, the high price of lenses on ebay, even for K/M versions, indicates that there is high demand for them. Why? Not because people are putting them on their film cameras. Film is dead. ;) Because people have just bought a *D, *DS, or *DL. That means that those people are going to use

Re: Camera engineering (This is signifigant)

2005-09-22 Thread Gonz
ROFLMAO! Doug Brewer wrote: I have just this moment convened a special assembly of the list moderators. Upon calling the roll, I can confirm that I am all here and in total agreement with myself that if I (we) am (are) to continue to hold fast to my (our) long-standing policy of laissez

Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request)

2005-09-22 Thread Gonz
pentax comes out with and upgraded DSLR that supports ALL bayonet FF lens features including K/M lenses. jco -Original Message- From: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:35 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request

Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request)

2005-09-22 Thread Gonz
with and upgraded DSLR that supports ALL bayonet FF lens features including K/M lenses. jco -Original Message- From: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:35 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Camera engineering (was Re: Rename request) Actually, the high

Re: How Pentax Could Survive (was:Re: Pentax K 2.5/200mm)

2005-09-22 Thread Gonz
J. C. O'Connell wrote: ON a rare occasion I agree with you. Get out the champange! And put this in the record books. Sports/ACTION is one area where AF is indispensable, DSLR is almost indispensable and AE helps somewhat but not nearly as much as digital and AF. I don't do sports but someone

Re: How Pentax Could Survive (was:Re: Pentax K 2.5/200mm)

2005-09-22 Thread Gonz
at all. Don't confuse a non active slow subjects with quick changing photographic conditions mainly quick changing LIGHTING. jco -Original Message- From: Gonz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:58 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: How Pentax Could

Re: How Pentax Could Survive (was:Re: Pentax K 2.5/200mm)

2005-09-22 Thread Gonz
LOL. He said it, I just responded accordingly. rg Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Gonz wrote: Yup, and thats precisely why the green button solution is ok. We are talking STILL photography. You have time to compose, press the green button, and shoot. I am amazed

Re: SMC Takumar 85mm 1.8 question

2005-09-28 Thread Gonz
Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated. ;) rg J. C. O'Connell wrote: Lets see here, Shel believes its better to use this lense's VALUABLE feature like open aperture metering and recommends a different body. So would I. But I will also contend I don't want to lose that SAME exact

Re: Poll: shall PUG continue?

2005-10-10 Thread Gonz
I love the images on PUG. But it seems more and more to be lost in the noise (no offense) of so many PESO, PAW, etc, as others have mentioned. Feedback on the PUG has gotten quite scarce, and the number of submitters have diminished as well. In fact, I dont believe anyone commented on the

Re: OT -- photographic education

2005-10-12 Thread Gonz
http://www.morguefile.com/archive/classroom.php And its free! rg Scott Loveless wrote: Howdy, gang! I've been considering a slightly more formal means of photographic education. The local colleges don't really offer much, and I'm rather restricted on time, so I'm looking at workshops and

Re: OT -- photographic education

2005-10-12 Thread Gonz
And this site tries to make it easy to find courses, quite interesting... http://www.photographycourses.info/ rg Scott Loveless wrote: Howdy, gang! I've been considering a slightly more formal means of photographic education. The local colleges don't really offer much, and I'm rather

Re: BAD NEWS: Pentax +Samsung DSLRs

2005-10-12 Thread Gonz
Colin J wrote: Samsung's current reputation has been earned by making low end, low cost consumer items such as microwave ovens and cellphones.. Huh? If you walk into any high end AV section of an electronics store, you'll be surprised by how well Samsung's (super) large LCD, HDTV,

Re: Does a screw mount list exist?

2005-10-14 Thread Gonz
Yup, there are a couple of screwheads around here somewhere. ;) They occasionally like to torment the digi-guys with anti-digital threads. But honestly tho, they are quite knowledgeable and mostly friendly, and the discussions can get into some serious optics and physics. They remind me of

Re: PESO -- strangers (ACL 2005, Thievery Corporation concert)

2005-10-14 Thread Gonz
Great shot. I like the girl in the front's look, and the deep concentration of the one with the eyes closed. Do you live near Austin? rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a photo my wife, Annette, took while we were at the Austin City Limits 2005 festival a few weeks ago. This was opening

Re: Pentax lens stuck on camera/adapter *Comments*

2005-10-14 Thread Gonz
Geesh, at least clean the nose hairs off that dental pick before you use it again! ;) rg Don Sanderson wrote: Hi Dave, (Also sent to the PDML for anyone interested or comments.) Here's a shot of a lens mount with the adapter ring in place: http://donsauction.com/pdml/53web.jpg (180k)

OMG: Just ordered the 12-24

2005-10-16 Thread Gonz
I hope that they really have it in stock. At Adorama. Does anyone on the list have this lens? I'm going out on a limb to buy this, not knowing its optical qualities, but at the price its at, it better be good! rg

Re: Just ordered the 12-24

2005-10-16 Thread Gonz
- Original Message - From: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 2:14 AM Subject: OMG: Just ordered the 12-24 I hope that they really have it in stock. At Adorama. Does anyone on the list have this lens? I'm going out on a limb to buy

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Gonz
William Robb wrote: If the guy was taking pornographic pictures of people without their consent, you must have weird laws about public decency in the way you dress for the street. Where I live, a person who was pornographically photographable in public would likely be arrested for public

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Gonz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marnie wrote: No, she didn't. I did. Oops, my mistake. I'm very sorry. While I admit that indeed *some* police officers are criminals, I still doubt that represents the majority of them in the area where I live. I wonder if the minorities, young people,

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Gonz
Raimo K wrote: OK, show me your stereotype of projection. I have been to the US and would like to come again - but I would like to be able to take photographs and I´m afraid that some would be improper. Bails are too high for me. I see no photographs in your web page that would lead me to

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Gonz
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Gonz Subject: Re: More Texas Photo Issues So a woman who wears a skirt but no panties can be arrested for public indecency? Or shorts with no panties? So you would be ok with pictures of your wife or your daughter circulating

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Gonz
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Gonz Subject: Re: More Texas Photo Issues Well thats the thing. I have three daughters, and maybe their privacy is not protected by the government when in public and relating to these types of situations, but if I caught some

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Gonz
Thats true. I believe that here its enough for someone to trespass on your property for you to feel threatened. Of course, this is not taken lightly. If you shoot someone who is simply putting flyers on your door, you are gonna have a hard time defending yourself, even if you posted a

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Gonz
Fred wrote: If you shoot someone who is simply putting flyers on your door, you are gonna have a hard time defending yourself, even if you posted a million no tresspassing signs on your property. It might depend upon what the flyers say... Thats only true in certain counties. ;) Fred

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Gonz
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Gonz Subject: Re: More Texas Photo Issues I agree that if an individual is going to dress to kill as they say, they will probably get attention, they are just going to have to expect that. Its hard to tell from the story, but I

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Gonz
... By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Gonz Well thats the thing. I have three daughters, and maybe

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Gonz
... By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Gonz Well thats the thing. I have three daughters

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-17 Thread Gonz
Tom C wrote: Gonz wrote: Perhaps you dont have a(ny) daughter(s)? :-O I suspect that no one on this list has access to the photographs in question, yet the discussion has proceeded in a deliberately inflammatory way assuming the photographer's rights have been violated and not his

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-18 Thread Gonz
. William Robb - Original Message - From: Gonz Subject: Re: More Texas Photo Issues Exactly. Bob Blakely wrote: You can't have a reasonable right to privacy anywhere you can't have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Not law, just logic. If you are in a place where the expectation

Re: More Texas Photo Issues

2005-10-18 Thread Gonz
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Gonz Subject: Re: More Texas Photo Issues I agree with this pretty much 100%. Its not a dragnet that I'm advocating in my position, nor do I advocate unjust accusation, conviction, or sentencing. I do however, agree

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