Re: Portland Fountains

2007-12-19 Thread graywolf
But, he was only going to let you have what he was going to give you. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- mike wilson wrote: From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Portland Fountains

2007-12-19 Thread graywolf
and become somewhat humble. Are you familiar with the term invincible ignorance? That is how you are coming across here. If that is not how you want to come across, maybe you should think about it a bit. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com

Re: Way, way, way off topic - got another bicycle

2007-12-19 Thread graywolf
. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling wrote: Actually I was alluding to the point that bikes with full chain guards were at least WWII vintage and therefore

Re: Way, way, way off topic - got another bicycle

2007-12-19 Thread graywolf
of interesting photos on this site: http://www.ski-epic.com/amsterdam_bicycles/ Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David J Brooks wrote: Which brings up a nother point

Re: Face Recognition?

2007-12-19 Thread graywolf
I believe it affects the auto focusing, Frank. If the algorithm finds what it thinks is a face it focuses on that. Just making cameras, for idiots, a little smarter. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal

Re: OT: How to set up RAID drive?

2007-12-19 Thread graywolf
wanted to go with RAID-5 it would be best to go with a pure hardware solution, and they are expensive (at least by my standards). Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal

Re: OT: How to set up RAID drive?

2007-12-19 Thread graywolf
the raid drivers, if you MB is raid capable. Confusing, heh? There is a way to modify windows for pure software raid; http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/11/19/using_windowsxp_to_make_raid_5_happen/ Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal

Re: Way, way, way off topic - got another bicycle

2007-12-19 Thread graywolf
Dunelt (about 20 years newer than the one I had as a kid and nowhere near as well made) that I have to find an original 32 spoke front wheel for. I would like to have a full Roadster too; something about a long tall bike. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http

Re: Way, way, way off topic - got another bicycle

2007-12-19 Thread graywolf
Well, I have my hats. GRIN! Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- mike wilson wrote: graywolf wrote: I would like to have a full Roadster too; something about

Re: Let us now praise famous eBay rules?

2007-12-19 Thread graywolf
as I am poor and live somewhere where you can not find most of the stuff I am looking for. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Scott Loveless wrote: I have

Re: Way, way, way off topic - got another bicycle

2007-12-18 Thread graywolf
Ah, heck, Scott, the wheels are even already laced. This is the way they are supposed to come (second picture): http://www.yellowjersey.org/EASTMAN.HTML GRIN Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal

Re: Way, way, way off topic - got another bicycle

2007-12-18 Thread graywolf
So, Peter, just what is your point? That you have been deprived? If that is so, I can understand your resentment. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling

Re: Old Honeywell Pentax Gear

2007-12-17 Thread graywolf
imagine the automatic wheel building machine would have had problems with them. I am also going to put alloy rims on the 3-speed, so another spoking job. Then there is the junk Raleigh I want to do something with. I guess I will have enough to keep me busy for the winter. Graywolf Website: http

Re: OT Used laptops for vehicle use

2007-12-17 Thread graywolf
it... Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David J Brooks wrote: I think thats the Delorme product i am looking into. The Michigan escort driver told me some one he knew

Re: Old Honeywell Pentax Gear

2007-12-17 Thread graywolf
Well, I remember riding against the wind both ways once. 70 miles in a 35mph headwind is kind of tiring, IIRC. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- Bob Blakely wrote

Re: Old Honeywell Pentax Gear

2007-12-16 Thread graywolf
way is The only way, even when it changes daily. Which is of course rather stupid, anyone who rants against human nature is being stupid, even me. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal

Re: OT Used laptops for vehicle use

2007-12-16 Thread graywolf
me one state at a time) which I hang on a dash mount. If you get a refurbished laptop, I suggest one of the corporate models. They seem to be more reliable than the consumer versions, and they are pretty cheap because usually they come off least in huge quantities. Graywolf Website: http

Re: OT Used laptops for vehicle use

2007-12-16 Thread graywolf
cheaper than Photoshop grin. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- David J Brooks wrote: Hi Mat. I looked into these systems a bit, but i understand, and i may be wrong

Re: Old Honeywell Pentax Gear

2007-12-15 Thread graywolf
apologize for the heartless response you got. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- chuck wrote: Really, I'd rather drop it off at a charity shop than go thru

Re: Flat Bed Scanners

2007-12-14 Thread graywolf
From what I can see, the only real improvement in flatbed scanners in the last few years has been in speed. The newer ones may have greater contrast range too, but even my ancient one does well enough scanning prints. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http

Re: Current camera classics? WAS:Re: Mouldering film camera survey

2007-12-12 Thread graywolf
. Regards, Bob... - Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] The combination of old and high-quality will always

Re: Opinions please

2007-12-12 Thread graywolf
All photographs are ordinary. In the past 160 years everything has been done, over, and over, and over again. So, they are all ordinary, but some are interesting despite that. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal

Re: Mouldering film camera survey

2007-12-12 Thread graywolf
I guess my 2 MXen do not count as I still use them. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: DS problems

2007-12-12 Thread graywolf
Radio Shack, I belive their contact cleaner is just the CRC stuff relabled. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling wrote: Anybody know what's in CRC

Re: OT - Almost Like a Gig - What to Charge?

2007-12-12 Thread graywolf
-competing purposes. This is the way commercial work is usually quoted. I would always give a firm quote if wanted, but it was actually an estimate of the above plus 50%, in case I goofed. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal

Re: OT: Legalese, Canadian Style

2007-12-12 Thread graywolf
twice before doing it. Nah! No one thinks twice... Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/10/2007 2:57:55 P.M. Pacific

Re: DS problems

2007-12-12 Thread graywolf
Well yah, I gotta remember that while RS sold the same stuff for decades, now its different every time you go into the store. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal

Re: Current camera classics? WAS:Re: Mouldering film camera survey

2007-12-09 Thread graywolf
(WAY too much magnification, no eye relief), too small to handle nicely, low flash sync. ME - Alright I thought those two were identical except manual exposure on MX, aperature priority auto on ME. What did you find so different? -- Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog

Re: Current camera classics? WAS:Re: Mouldering film camera survey

2007-12-09 Thread graywolf
] [Skipped] Those great old film cameras will likely be totally forgotten by 2015, never mind 2037. [Skipped] -- Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Current camera classics? WAS:Re: Mouldering film camera survey

2007-12-09 Thread graywolf
Well it is as much smaller as a Leica IIIC is smaller than a Leica IIIF, about 1/8 inch in length. Cotty wrote: On 09/12/07, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: The ME is much smaller than the MX, Poppycock. -- Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http

Re: Opinions please

2007-12-08 Thread graywolf
. Phone booths are pretty much a thing of the past over on this side of the Alantic. Sad, but then almost anyone can afford a prepaid cel-phone. Speaking of which, I have to remember to get a new card as my time is running out. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http

Re: Full-frame Pentax? No, but this is coming:

2007-12-07 Thread graywolf
What does proprietary mean? Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Very good news. Who has a 14 megapixel APS CMOS sensor? Paul

Re: OT: Legalese, Canadian Style

2007-12-06 Thread graywolf
than a professional model to sign a SMP long form model release, it is intimadating as hell. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling wrote: Maybe she thought

Re: Anyone using these as flash triggers.

2007-12-06 Thread graywolf
-- supposedly, the low voltage models have a red dot inside the battery cover (note that it might have been changed at some time in the past). 2-- Send the serial number to Vivitar and they will tell you which you have. 3-- Check it with a digital multimeter. #3 says my 283 is an old one. Graywolf

Cameras you wish you still had

2007-12-05 Thread graywolf
ever owned) Mamiya Universal Press (Owned two over the years, they were money makers) Pentax MX (cheating here because I got a couple of replacements) B: Leica M2 Arriflex R16B2 (Never had a need for one, but always wanted one anyway) Full Frame DSLR -- Graywolf Website: http

Re: Interesting turn of events on www.pentaximaging.com

2007-12-05 Thread graywolf
the days, that thing hung on the side of my Super Technica for several years. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling wrote: They still show film cameras

Re: For those still hoping for a 645D

2007-12-05 Thread graywolf
ppi for both. But looking at it another way you can have bigger pixels, so at the same resolution for both you can have 2+ times the sensitivity. In either case the larger sensor is going to be about 4 times as expensive. There are always trade offs involved. Graywolf Website: http

Re: For those still hoping for a 645D

2007-12-05 Thread graywolf
not making money with my cameras anymore either. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- P. J. Alling wrote: Actually Kodak's sales literature, (propaganda), originally said

Re: OT: Legalese, Canadian Style

2007-12-05 Thread graywolf
and money is not worth it. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ --- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: For those still hoping for a 645D

2007-12-05 Thread graywolf
? That was back in the days of 64mb memory modules. These days you can get a 4gb flash card about the size of your thumbnail. As I said, things change. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ Steve Desjardins wrote: Funny. I remember about 6

Re: Denied

2007-12-02 Thread graywolf
Chuckle Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ David J Brooks wrote: On Dec 1, 2007 1:24 PM, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At least in the days of chemical prints you could move the image into the proper light if you were

Re: Denied

2007-12-01 Thread graywolf
the personal preferences problem, do you prefer a somewhat highkey or a somewhat lowkey image. At least in the days of chemical prints you could move the image into the proper light if you were a perfectionist. Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal

Re: OT: JFK on cycling, to cheer up the accident prone

2007-11-30 Thread graywolf
for the future of the human race. I guess the ~bitch~ that tried to snuff me out the other day doesn't share either of JFK's or HGW's enthusiasm for two-wheeled human-powered transport... cheers, frank -- Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http

Re: I hate...

2007-11-11 Thread graywolf
most to those records were propaganda rather than history. But I guess that almost all written history is propaganda when you think about it a bit. SIGH cbwaters wrote: the people who decided when it's what season were obviously on drugs. -- Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com

Re: Kodak discontinues HIE and a bunch of Ektachrome

2007-11-09 Thread graywolf
=0.2.26.14.25lc=en http://tinyurl.com/22aq9o I don't use the slide films they're discontinuing, but the HIE kinda hurts. -- Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Shooting film (Velvia)

2007-11-09 Thread graywolf
://mail.yahoo.com -- Graywolf Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com Blog:http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Camera Club logo

2007-11-08 Thread graywolf
As in most posts criticizing someone's spelling, she simply misspelled it*. Try cutesy. *This seems to be a universal syndrome. Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote: I like it except for club spelled klub. Too cutsey. Marnie aka Doe :-) Hi, Sorry to ask, but what does that word cutsey mean? I

Re: Camera Club logo

2007-11-08 Thread graywolf
The combination. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/8/2007 10:03:13 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As in most posts criticizing someone's spelling, she simply misspelled it*. Try cutesy. *This seems to be a universal syndrome. ===

Re: More stream power

2007-11-07 Thread graywolf
The Lima built Allegheny (4-3-3-4, I think) was designed as a passenger locomotive but were mostly used to haul coal. Strange, since creeping along at those speeds they only produced about half the horsepower they were capable of. They were one of the biggest most powerful steam locomotives

Re: More stream power

2007-11-07 Thread graywolf
Actually it seems to have been a 2-6-6-6. So much for my memory, I photographed the one at the Henry Ford Museum sever times. Bill Owens wrote: Should be 4-6-6-4. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: Wednesday, November

Re: For those who miss CaNikon's Wifi capabilities

2007-11-04 Thread graywolf
Actually there are certain older pmcmia wifi cards that are popular with folks who like to steal their internet access because they are very easy to reprogram, including the MAC Address. I guess however that if I was using setup like we have been talking about, I would only consider setting

Re: [Fwd: mini GESO: watch the birdie]

2007-11-04 Thread graywolf
The squirrelly one is nice. I presume that the distance between them is farther than it looks, because squirrel is even tastier than pigeon. However, as they say a bird in talon is better than a squirrel in the tree... ann sanfedele wrote: This didn't seem to get through to the list before

Re: AP Top News Photos

2007-11-02 Thread graywolf
Those all sound like news to me. News is something different. What they show they ought to call it Olds. And not for the 11 o'clock Olds. Same old, same old. Good night. Or maybe they should call it the 11 o'clock Creepy Horror Show. For every bad person out there there are a hundred good

Re: Eye-fi SDCard reviewed.

2007-11-02 Thread graywolf
They used three cameras and an assistant to reload them, so they always had a loaded camera in their hands. They also only took one shot of each person. The prints were usually done at an over-night lab and mailed to the customer the next day. Most of the immediate print stuff, often call

Re: Eye-fi SDCard reviewed.

2007-11-02 Thread graywolf
And maybe you never have tried to make a living as an event photographer. http://graywolfphoto.com/work.html The Ren-Faire stuff was done develop and print 120 film, return the next weekend and try to sell prints. You are very lucky to sell 1/3 of the prints that way where if you can deliver

Re: Eye-fi SDCard reviewed.

2007-11-02 Thread graywolf
Well, Tom, think of it this way; when we are beating up on him, we are giving you a break. But, unlike you, he came off as wanting to know why some of us thought such an accessory would be useful. I also would like to point out that many people are replying to his posts without having yet read

Re: Eye-fi SDCard reviewed.

2007-11-02 Thread graywolf
Most of those lackies don't even expect to be paid. P. J. Alling wrote: Seen it? Heck, I've done it. (Before I gave up the idea of ever actually making a real living at photography, I dreamed of the day I could afford my own lackey). Bob Sullivan wrote: Brendan, Can you say

Re: For those who miss CaNikon's Wifi capabilities

2007-11-02 Thread graywolf
A good point, Mike, if it is ones own system one can restrict it so only that card can connect. I personally would have no use for connecting a camera to a Wi-Fi internet access point. mike wilson wrote: If it's assigning a MAC address to the card and then only allowing that MAC address

Re: For those who miss CaNikon's Wifi capabilities

2007-11-02 Thread graywolf
GRIN! Yes, I would think there is a little more dust at a horse show than, say, at a night club. Of course if you were in the big time you could put your setup in an air conditioned trailer. David J Brooks wrote: On 11/1/07, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: graywolf Being able

Re: OT- PC, Photoshop, and RAID Decisions, Decisions

2007-11-02 Thread graywolf
Why not do the initial build at home then move the box to your parents? Christian wrote: A friend added to the paranoia the other day and suggested running another rsync job to another Linux box at my parents' house for even more redundancy. Not a bad idea... The initial sync would take

Re: For those who miss CaNikon's Wifi capabilities

2007-11-02 Thread graywolf
Oh, you want to learn how to be a hacker, heh? Setup your laptop with an access point, look at what is trying to access it. The card in the guys camera will be one of them. However, there are two points to think about here. 1. Is anyone seriously going to bother. 2. Even if this particular card

Re: WI-FI: Longish and OT..some

2007-11-02 Thread graywolf
I could think of several ways to set such a thing up. The first thing to look at is the trains routing. IT is possible that the route by car was much shorter than the route the train took which would make your. If the distances were great a laptop with a Sat Phone could send the images back

Re: WI-FI: Longish and OT..some

2007-11-02 Thread graywolf
Sheese Make that: It is possible that the route by car was much shorter than the route the train took which would make your scenario work easily. graywolf wrote: I could think of several ways to set such a thing up. The first thing to look at is the trains routing. IT is possible

Re: OT: Media Access Control (MAC) Layer

2007-11-02 Thread graywolf
Breaking my own rule about repeating myself, why would you be worried? Who is going to all that effort to steal your snapshots? I should worry that the government is reading all my email because they can. I don't because I can not see any reason they would want to. And if I was doing something

Re: For those who miss CaNikon's Wifi capabilities

2007-11-01 Thread graywolf
Yes, the event is going on. Dance, horse show, bicycle race, or whatever, they are not going to wait for the photographer. Stan Halpin wrote: Event photography is like making love - position is important but timing is everything. stan On Oct 31, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote:

Re: AP Top News Photos

2007-11-01 Thread graywolf
If they took out war, politics, and sports there would not be much left would there? Remove disasters and celebrities as well and there would be nothing there at all. And, folks wonder why I do not pay much attention to the news. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.aol.com/top-news-photos/

Re: For those who miss CaNikon's Wifi capabilities

2007-11-01 Thread graywolf
the network or receiving PC. Tom C. From: Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: For those who miss CaNikon's Wifi capabilities Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:28:21 -0700 (PDT) --- graywolf

Re: No microfiber lens cloth for me!

2007-11-01 Thread graywolf
Well? Congradulations, Mark. Mark Roberts wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Cryptic subject line, eh? Can't say more right now but I'll reveal the meaning shortly. :-) Here's the deal: I was convinced I was going to end up with one of the consolation prizes, a microfiber lens cloth. Not

Re: OT: Which copyright date to put on a scan?

2007-11-01 Thread graywolf
I donno the current legal requirement, but since copyright now is until 75 years after the photographers death, shouldn't you use the date you plan on dying. GRIN! It would take an essay to explain why, but I personally think copyrights and patents ought to only be seven years these days. --

Re: For those who miss CaNikon's Wifi capabilities

2007-10-31 Thread graywolf
Being able to transfer your images directly to the laptop your assistant is using to print and sell the images without having to stop shooting is a money making benefit for event photographers. If you are just taking photos for yourself it is probably only good for bragging rights. I think

Re: OT - Dual DVI Video Cards

2007-10-31 Thread graywolf
Mine is basically two cards on one chip. You can set each channel independently of the other. On the other hand there are only two channels, you can not set up two monitors and a TV set on it although there are jacks for all three, just any two of them. I thought I would mention that because I

Re: HELP: I Lost Adobe Gamma

2007-10-31 Thread graywolf
I tend to prefer directly adjusting the video card to using Adobe Gamma, however some video cards do not seem to have that capability. Most likely because the driver is crippled. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/31/2007 7:22:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Earthquake (small) near San Jose, CA

2007-10-31 Thread graywolf
Just my way of letting Supermicro know I am upset with them. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: HELP: I Lost Adobe Gamma

2007-10-31 Thread graywolf
or use transmitted light, which makes the shadows/black suck! Do I need to shoot this monitor! :-) Walt On 10/31/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tend to prefer directly adjusting the video card to using Adobe Gamma, however some video cards do not seem to have that capability. Most

Re: OT - Dual DVI Video Cards

2007-10-30 Thread graywolf
This seems to be the cheapest one that has two DVI ports. The price has come down in the past couple of months. I paid $80 with shipping. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102064 BTW, that is a photo of an older model, the heatsink/fan is different on the one I bought.

Re: OT - Dual DVI Video Cards

2007-10-30 Thread graywolf
The current high-end cards use so much power that they are all subject to failure from heat. You also need a robust power supply to keep them happy. $250 puts you into the bottom of high-end gamer cards and the bottom of new workstation cards. Strangely they are usually the same card, the gamer

Re: OT - Dual DVI Video Cards

2007-10-30 Thread graywolf
That is usually a driver problem. Most video cards have a thousand or so possible video combinations, but the driver may only support a few or them. Downloading the latest drivers will usually give you support for the latest monitors. That applies to current cards, they usually quit upgrading

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread graywolf
I thought you did not have those kinds of problems with Apple computers... SEG David Mann wrote: Hi all, I'm unsubscribing for a little while so I can sort out my computer without my email account filling up. I was getting ready to install Leopard when the system decided to throw a

Re: Major computer meltdown

2007-10-30 Thread graywolf
Well, I do not have problems with XP Pro, but I do keep my desktop clean and don't let programs load a lot of self-starting garbage. I will however, admit that most users do not seem to be able to maintain their system. I guess it is a trade off; load everything automatically so the user does

Re: Dumb Computer Question

2007-10-29 Thread graywolf
Drive Arrays JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Drives). Drives used individually. For example you put OS and Programs on one, you audio on another, and your photos on a third. Some folks use this, mistakenly, for the next. Concatenated Drives. Drives connected end to end. When drive one is full data is

Re: eBay Nonsense - Fools and their money!

2007-10-29 Thread graywolf
I have noticed that often the price from a vendor is cheaper from their website than it is from their ebay listing. But the point of an auction is to drive up the price, if the buyer does not know what something commonly sells for and wants it badly enough he is likely to cheat himself. Then

Re: Pentax Inventory Writedown

2007-10-29 Thread graywolf
Or maybe potential customers were reading your posts saying Pentax was going down the drain and avoided buying their products. Tom C wrote: Paraphrased from a 10/29 Bloomberg article: Pentax Corp., said first-half profit fell 45 percent, missing its own estimate, after writing down the

Re: OT Is this the fate of our childeren

2007-10-26 Thread graywolf
Yes, the only thing dumber than users are the help desk people. Sorry, but I am currently going round and round with the people at Supermicro. What is it about DOA, they do not understand? --- The replacement motherboard you sent me is DOA it does not power on, not even the bare board.

Re: GIMP

2007-10-25 Thread graywolf
As Dave mentioned the newest Linux version does 16 bit, but you will probably have to wait a bit to get the windows version that does it. Probably a bit hard to find the Linux version yet as well as it was just announced. Check on them again in a couple of weeks to a month. Brian Walters

Re: GIMP

2007-10-25 Thread graywolf
Not real clear in the release notes: http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.4.html Of course if you are primarily interested in web images 16 bit (usually 10 or 12 bits per pixel + padding actually) does not make a lot of difference. The price (free) is certainly right. Scott Loveless

Re: OT: I hate my job

2007-10-25 Thread graywolf
Been there, done that, and quit because of that all too many times in my life. The problem is that to get the responsibility all you have to do is be a responsible person. When your boss, and his boss, do not care you are in for an emotionally debilitating time. The worst of those for me was a

Re: Katz Eye Split prism screen

2007-10-24 Thread graywolf
Just to give the other point of view, I hate split image focusing devices. To me they are annoying, right in the middle of the picture where I want to see what I am looking at, and they are not as accurate as you guys seem to think they are. Plain ground glass with grid is my choice. It is

Re: MX and battery level.

2007-10-24 Thread graywolf
Use my Sunny 11 rule*, you get more correct exposures that way than if you use f/16. The MX only uses the batteries for the meter, everything else is mechanical (Unless you are talking about that tiny digital movie camera Bill Owens likes so well). * As I have said here in the past the Sunny

Re: MX and battery level.

2007-10-24 Thread graywolf
Use the L76BOP (CR 1/3 N) Lithium battery. They work fine. One replaces the two S76. They are cheaper than the silver cells too. Also they have a long shelf life, something that is important these days when we do not use our film cameras as extensively as we used to. Thibouille wrote:

Re: Katz Eye Split prism screen

2007-10-24 Thread graywolf
of SLR's sold with split prism screens in the 60's, 70's, 80's all had them for no good reason. Tom C. From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Katz Eye Split prism screen Date: Wed, 24 Oct

Re: Katz Eye Split prism screen

2007-10-24 Thread graywolf
of reality. it is the reality of a reflection. -Jean Luc Godard - Original Message - From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just to give the other point of view, I hate split image focusing devices. To me they are annoying, right in the middle of the picture where I want to see

Re: Katz Eye Split prism screen

2007-10-24 Thread graywolf
they are there... what does it hurt graywolf? If one achieved focus in the first place, then moved off and back on just to confirm, then it's just as likely they achieved critical focus the second time as well. Tom C. From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: My digital movie camera

2007-10-24 Thread graywolf
No put down intended, Bill. I thought it was a neat camera when you showed it to me. Bill Owens wrote: Graywolf mentioned my propensity for liking the Optio MX. First off, I've never used it as a video camera, only for still images. Being somewhat physically challenged, I find the movable

Re: OT Impressive image -- fires in So. California.

2007-10-24 Thread graywolf
From context it is millions of people milling around in a low spot in the ground. Bob Blakely wrote: What is an awful of people? Is that like a gaggle of geese? Regards, Bob... Art is not a reflection of reality. it is the reality

Re: Starfighters Co.

2007-10-24 Thread graywolf
Well, the B-25 only had 28 cylinders, while the Lancaster had 48. But it always seemed that the radials sort of rumbled while the v-12's sort of snarled. The one that always sent shivers up my spine was the Beech 18 (C-45) throttled back with the 9 cyl PW R-985 engines slightly out of sync.

Re: Starfighters Co.

2007-10-24 Thread graywolf
Ya, but you guys have to remember you are talking two different things; Weight, and explosive power. Also payload includes crew, ammo, and fuel as well as the bombs. A 22,000# has the equivalent power of 22,000# of TNT it does not weigh 22,000#. Just as a 5 megaton atomic bomb does not weight

Re: MX and battery level.

2007-10-24 Thread graywolf
curmudgeon, kind of silly sounding aren't they? Whereas young whippersnapper, or old curmudgeon, is just emphasis. Thibouille wrote: On 10/24/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Use my Sunny 11 rule*, you get more correct exposures that way than if you use f/16. The MX only uses the batteries

Re: OT: I hate my job

2007-10-24 Thread graywolf
Yah, and you are the one who tossed the roll of paper, so guess who gets the flak? On the other hand the kid figures that if you fire him he can always go work at Taco Bell or Big lots for the same money. This is the result of trickle down economics. You see it real well here in Boone where if

Re: OT: Is it just me...

2007-10-22 Thread graywolf
Newsman retouches photo, story at 11:00. I mean look at those hands... They don't look real at all. Cotty wrote: On 22/10/07, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: ...or does this character resemble our very own listmeister?:

Re: Next move from Pentax: hints about sensor for next camera(s)

2007-10-22 Thread graywolf
the standard size pieces of glass that were available. P. J. Alling wrote: Heck, I've finally learned to compose for the 35mm frame, and unlike some people I know the 6x9 format well predates the popularity of 35mm double frame cameras. John Sessoms wrote: From: Toralf Lund graywolf

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