Re: PESOs interesting bird

2012-04-29 Thread Jeffery Smith
Both look better than my Zeiss 300/4 pics with no cropping. I have given up on looking to shoot blue herons as they tend to be near refineries. Refinery + camera = terrorist. Jeffery Sent from my iPad On Apr 29, 2012, at 21:08, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: But crappy pics.

Re: Celebrity Tourists

2012-05-01 Thread Jeffery Smith
I like the celebRATy spelling better. Jeffery On May 1, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I'm a bit out of it this morning. I tried to post this without a subject. Trying again: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15563335 Comments will be appreciated. Dan Matyola

Re: Lens repair question

2012-05-02 Thread Jeffery Smith
When in doubt … send it to Essex in New Jersey. On May 2, 2012, at 7:45 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: Ah, I see. This is clearly a task best left to people who know what they're doing. I thought maybe, for once, it might be a reasonably simple fix. I'll just leave it be and use it as an M

Re: PESO - Never Look Them in the Eyes

2012-05-04 Thread Jeffery Smith
I very much like the image, bt the comments might be a bit cynical. The viewer can draw his/her own conclusions. Those interactions can be stressful. Again, I like the street photo. Conflict is often good. Jeffery Sent from my iPad On May 4, 2012, at 20:56, frank theriault

Re: PESO - Never Look Them in the Eyes

2012-05-06 Thread Jeffery Smith
Hey Frank, I have to admit that I'm a bit cynical myself. Living in a tourist town has its disadvantages. Locals who are looking for a handout try to make eye contact or pretend that they are asking you a question. Once you've made eye contact or slowed down to answer their question, they've

Re: PESO - Paul Joseph Miles

2012-05-06 Thread Jeffery Smith
Excellent! Sent from my iPad On May 6, 2012, at 19:49, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Detroit's blues man. Paul looked good and sounded great today. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15671854 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Took the Leica CL for a Stroll

2012-05-06 Thread Jeffery Smith
I would love to use my film cameras, but there are too few labs down here. The last time I used Walgreens down her, the negatives were covered with crud. The next time I went there, I took a look at their Fuji Frontier processor. The negs came out and seemed to be falling into a square metal

Re: PESO: Staff of Life

2012-05-07 Thread Jeffery Smith
I have two female Muslim students who wear the tradtional clothing and would both be attractive subjects, but I'm reluctant to even consider photographing evan a generic face shot. Your image is a real keeper. Jeffery Sent from my iPad On May 7, 2012, at 19:27, Paul Stenquist

Re: PESO -- Yellow Feet

2012-05-07 Thread Jeffery Smith
I think their feet are black. What everyone down here calls snowy egrets are great egrets. Jeffery Sent from my iPad On May 7, 2012, at 19:47, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I've been told that Snowy Egrets are called Yellow Feet in Florida, I don't know if it's true, but

Re: PESO -- Yellow Feet

2012-05-07 Thread Jeffery Smith
On second thought, snowy egrets have black legs and yellow feet. Yours looks like a snowy to me. Jeffery Sent from my iPad On May 7, 2012, at 19:47, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I've been told that Snowy Egrets are called Yellow Feet in Florida, I don't know if it's true,

Re: PESO -- Spats; Steppin' out.

2012-05-07 Thread Jeffery Smith
Between you and Paul, I'm feeling like a slacker here! Sent from my iPad On May 7, 2012, at 21:13, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: One last PESO for a while, a near miss as it where. I missed focus on the birds eye by just a bit, (though it's foot was nicely focused), I'll

Re: PESO -- Yellow Feet

2012-05-08 Thread Jeffery Smith
Looked like struttin' to me. JLS Sent from my iPad On May 8, 2012, at 19:54, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: suddenly I got yellow feet... go figer a On 5/8/2012 18:05, P. J. Alling wrote: I really don't have much control over dropbox, and I have no way of knowing why you got

Re: ISO Torture Test: Sony A77 vs Pentax K-5

2012-05-09 Thread Jeffery Smith
I hope you liked the right column way better than the left column. JLS Sent from my iPad On May 9, 2012, at 19:58, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: From Larry's Bête Noire, The Phoblographer. Might be of interest to some - well, me anyway - seeing as I've just ordered a

Re: Carroll Shelby

2012-05-11 Thread Jeffery Smith
I wanted a 1966 Shelby, when they were basically a Ford Mustang fastback with little triangular windows in the back and a monster engine. But at age 16, who could afford that sort of thing? I only saw them advertised in Playboy. Jeffery On May 11, 2012, at 4:58 PM, mary pitrone wrote: This

Re: Carroll Shelby

2012-05-11 Thread Jeffery Smith
(plane in the air) and go back to the start line. Needless to say, the plane beat the Shelby until they turned around and came back. On May 11, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On May 11, 2012, at 3:01 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I wanted a 1966 Shelby, when they were basically a Ford

Re: Hanging by a thread

2012-05-12 Thread Jeffery Smith
We had one of those for the 1984 World's Fair. It would carry you to and from Algiers (which is the murder capitol of the New Orleans area). Rumor had it that the construction people were carrying big bags of cement to the Fair site by putting them in those little cars, and that some of the

Re: The Prayer

2012-05-12 Thread Jeffery Smith
My first impression was a man with a very long mullet warming his hands. A great image for its ability to raise these questions. Jeffery Sent from my iPad On May 12, 2012, at 21:48, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2012-05-12 12:48 jn289 wrote A black and white...Thoughts ? Like,

Re: Just ordered CS6

2012-05-13 Thread Jeffery Smith
I'm still using CS4, and decided to take a gamble on the current PhotoShop Elements. I don't like it one bit. Either it is missing most of the features I use, or it uses different names for those features so the menu structure is completely foreign to me. Jeffery On May 13, 2012, at 4:13

Re: GESO - Spring Insect Macros

2012-05-14 Thread Jeffery Smith
Stunning was the word I had in mind as well. Jeffery Sent from my iPad On May 13, 2012, at 21:42, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Those are stunning, Mark! I especially love the damselfly, not because it's a better photo than the others, just because I really

Re: GESO - Spring Insect Macros

2012-05-14 Thread Jeffery Smith
I can't find this lens at BH Photo or even on the Pentax USA site. Is it a very recently released lens? Jeffery Sent from my iPad On May 13, 2012, at 21:18, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2012/05/13/insect-macros-2 A few shots with the

Re: GESO - Spring Insect Macros

2012-05-14 Thread Jeffery Smith
It's a shame that it was discontinued. It looks like a great macro lens. Jeffery On May 14, 2012, at 10:38 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Jeffery Smith I can't find this lens at BH Photo or even on the Pentax USA site. Is it a very recently released lens? Jeffery http

Re: OT: Stupid Microsoft!

2012-05-14 Thread Jeffery Smith
At the risk of sounding elitist, Windows Vista was the straw that broke it for me and sent me to Mac. I know that Mac has the reputation of being the computer for people who are too stupid to use Windows, but I've been using computers since 1969. Windows 2000 was the last stable version of

Re: OT: Stupid Microsoft!

2012-05-14 Thread Jeffery Smith
enough for me to make coffee. Sent from my iPad On May 14, 2012, at 21:10, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Jeffery Smith wrote: At the risk of sounding elitist, Windows Vista was the straw that broke it for me and sent me to Mac. I know that Mac has the reputation of being

Re: OT: Stupid Microsoft!

2012-05-15 Thread Jeffery Smith
structure, I just bring in a Mac laptop and use it. When OIT learns of this, I'm sure they will ban the use of faculty-owned laptops on campus. Jeffery On May 15, 2012, at 7:09 AM, William Robb wrote: On 14/05/2012 8:21 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I guess it was the fact that Vista even made it out

Re: PESO: Fan Pier, Boston

2012-05-15 Thread Jeffery Smith
There are only two cities that I've visited that made me feel I'd love to live here. They were Boston and Chicago. This image gives me the memories of both. Nothing more moving than an image that evokes memories, good or bad. Jeffery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Stupid Microsoft!

2012-05-16 Thread Jeffery Smith
My apologies. I didn't realize that Dell was telling them to make shit. On May 16, 2012, at 1:43 AM, David Mann wrote: On May 16, 2012, at 3:10 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: All were made in China, which is not known for its rigorous quality control. You shouldn't blame the Chinese for doing

Re: Rumor of a new intro Pentax Body

2012-05-16 Thread Jeffery Smith
Pretty crummy portrayal of the camera (image-wise). But anything from Pentax with a mirror and a K mount is good by me. Jeffery On May 16, 2012, at 3:17 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: From our friends at Pentax Forums: http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-k30-new-intro-level-dslr.html --

Re: Rumor of a new intro Pentax Body

2012-05-16 Thread Jeffery Smith
to $700. Anyone else feeling good about the K30? —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment On 16 May 2012 16:21, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: Pretty crummy portrayal of the camera

Re: Rumor of a new intro Pentax Body

2012-05-17 Thread Jeffery Smith
I have difficulty faulting anything about my K-5, so I don't really have a wish list of what I would want on their next camera body. I really don't want the same sensor. Improvement of the sensor would, for me, be less noise at high ISO. A few years ago, Fuji had a PS with amazingly low noise

Re: Boxing mano a mano or a boyo

2012-05-17 Thread Jeffery Smith
Nice photos. A couple of those guys reminded me more of a tough man competition. Jeffery On May 17, 2012, at 3:32 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: Some more action photos I took this Spring. This time amateur Boxing. Maybe not for the for the faint of heart but no actual bloodshed. Indeed most

Re: Something to think about.

2012-05-17 Thread Jeffery Smith
I have fantasies about fleeing to Canada. Clean air, polite people, and I'm way better at warming up than cooling off. To the point that I just shaved my head. Jeffery On May 17, 2012, at 20:12, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On May 17, 2012, at 2:18 PM,

Re: Minimum Kit?

2012-05-18 Thread Jeffery Smith
K5, 21, 31, 43, 77, and that other stuff. Sent from my iPad On May 18, 2012, at 19:59, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: If you were going to be restricted to 1 bag max wt 30 lbs, what would you carry as a minimum photographic kit? The 30 lbs has to include all clothing other

Re: Minimum Kit?

2012-05-18 Thread Jeffery Smith
Hey Philip, he allowed 30 pounds, but I appreciate your support for Sigma and Tamron. They are underrated. I don't have the 21mm limited, but love the other Pentax limited lenses. Sent from my iPad On May 18, 2012, at 20:49, Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Depends on where

Re: Something to think about.

2012-05-18 Thread Jeffery Smith
And Paul and Karla Bernardo, but we've done worse. Uh, ... yeah ... maybe ... Jeffery Sent from my iPad On May 18, 2012, at 21:09, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 18 May 2012 09:04, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Not to worry. Any time I'm tempted to idealize Canada, I

Re: Minimum Kit?

2012-05-19 Thread Jeffery Smith
:-) On May 19, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Cotty wrote: On 18/5/12, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: If you were going to be restricted to 1 bag max wt 30 lbs, what would you carry as a minimum photographic kit? The 30 lbs has to include all clothing other necessities. The stuff in my

Re: A neat lens: old Vivi 28-85

2012-05-20 Thread Jeffery Smith
In the late 60's Vivitar and Soligor lenses were the only lenses within my reach. That was when I was completely M42. Jeffery On May 20, 2012, at 7:10 PM, John Coyle wrote: Some of those old Vivitar lens were very good: I still occasionally use a Vivitar 135/1.9, which was excellent as a

Re: Pentax Digital Camera Utility update to v 4.35

2012-05-20 Thread Jeffery Smith
Which model is it for? Jeffery Sent from my iPad On May 20, 2012, at 20:48, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: So I'm replying to my own message. I just installed the update, It seems to render shadows a bit better, though I expect that based on the description updated

Re: PESO -- Which lens. which lens?

2012-05-20 Thread Jeffery Smith
He is so looking in the wrong direction. Jeffery Sent from my iPad On May 20, 2012, at 21:14, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Life is short, if we can't make fun of Canon shooters, especially out of context what can we do.

Re: Pentax Digital Camera Utility update to v 4.35

2012-05-20 Thread Jeffery Smith
supplies with a cut down version of Silkypix. On 5/20/2012 10:01 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: Which model is it for? Jeffery Sent from my iPad On May 20, 2012, at 20:48, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: So I'm replying to my own message. I just installed the update

Re: New Pentax DA 50mm f/1.8

2012-05-21 Thread Jeffery Smith
Would this be the 50 mm DA lens that Pentax has on its lens roadmap for 2012? I'm thinking that the prohibitive price of their 55/1.4 necessitates a less expensive alternative. Jeffery On May 21, 2012, at 8:39 AM, Miserere wrote: Available soon in a store near you (figure of speach) for

Re: New Pentax DA 50mm f/1.8

2012-05-21 Thread Jeffery Smith
I like the minimalist look of it. I don't really need an aperture ring. Jeffery On May 21, 2012, at 5:34 PM, David Parsons wrote: Can we have less talk about what ILC stands for, and more speculation about this new lens. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: I have weakened

2012-05-21 Thread Jeffery Smith
You won't regret it. Sent from my iPad On May 21, 2012, at 21:51, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: K-5 ordered. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: I have weakened

2012-05-22 Thread Jeffery Smith
The K-5's performance in low light situations made the previous Pentaxes I had sort of obsolete for shooting plays and musicals. The sensor's lack of noise at high ISO was probably the thing. It is the first Pentax dSLR (and I have nearly all of them, dating back to the *istD) what I would

Re: End of APS Film

2012-05-22 Thread Jeffery Smith
Ha, I remember you as an APS supporter back when, but I think you also liked Minox spy cams as well. Little wonder that four thirds doesn't really seem small to you. Jeffery On May 22, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: For those desperate folks who need some film, I have a healthy

Re: K-5 and Sigma 300 f4 APO, again

2012-05-22 Thread Jeffery Smith
Almost like two different lenses, in focus and bokeh. Jeffery Sent from my iPad On May 22, 2012, at 19:31, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: So, after i set the Sigma 300 f4 APO's focus point a few weekends ago, i set out Saturday to shoot a few back yard birds and such. I did not

Re: Semi-OT: Sticky keys function on a Mac - PSE9

2012-05-23 Thread Jeffery Smith
My Mac keyboard had sticky keys, but only because I had dropped so many food crumbs in it. I finally just bought a new keyboard. If you hold it upside down and shake it, you would be amazed by w comes out. Jeffery On May 23, 2012, at 1:24 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I have a friend who recently

Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount

2012-05-23 Thread Jeffery Smith
Like the stock of a Glock pistol? Or a football helmet? On May 23, 2012, at 5:47 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: There's plastic and then there's plastic. A good engineering plastic is a far cry from the everyday toy plastic that most are familiar with. -Original Message- From:

Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount

2012-05-23 Thread Jeffery Smith
I would hazard a guess that most people who buy an SLR have one lens. Not guys like us, but everyone else. I wonder if there are stats on the number of lenses there are for every body sold. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 23, 2012, at 20:24, J.C.

Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount

2012-05-23 Thread Jeffery Smith
23, 2012, at 20:58, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On May 23, 2012, at 6:33 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I would hazard a guess that most people who buy an SLR have one lens. Not guys like us, but everyone else. I wonder if there are stats on the number of lenses there are for every

Re: New DA50/1.8 Plastic Mount

2012-05-23 Thread Jeffery Smith
, Jeffery Smith wrote: I would hazard a guess that most people who buy an SLR have one lens. Not guys like us, but everyone else. I wonder if there are stats on the number of lenses there are for every body sold. That wouldn't tell you much. How many of us own upwards of 10 lenses? What

Web site feedback - OT

2012-05-24 Thread Jeffery Smith
After a hiatus of about 6 years, I'm rebuilding a minimalist website from the ground up. I decided to make it easy to view...on an iPad. Can some of you take a look and let me know what you think of the format? I'm not a pro, so there is nothing promotional on it. And the only gallery I have

Re: Web site feedback - OT

2012-05-25 Thread Jeffery Smith
and a link back to home.  BTW, the pics are great. :) -- Kent Brede http://kentonbrede.com/ On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:53 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: After a hiatus of about 6 years, I'm rebuilding a minimalist website from the ground up. I decided to make it easy to view

Re: Web site feedback - OT

2012-05-25 Thread Jeffery Smith
:53 Jeffery Smith wrote The site is www.400tx.com. hi Jeffery, nice domain name ;? here's feedback from a sometime web developer: i looked with an iPad 2 and it is well laid out, and easy to figure out; strong gallery too; i appreciate the minimal approach; i looked before the changes

Re: Micro 4/3s the Dark-side

2012-05-25 Thread Jeffery Smith
I got an adapter to use some LTM lenses with a m4/3 Panasonic. What interests me the most is the Sony NEX and all of the adapters it has. I think Sigma's biggest mistake has been producing a dSLR that uses only Sigma lenses. If they had a dSLR that would (via adapter) use everyone else's

Post size limit

2012-05-26 Thread Jeffery Smith
Are the rest of you getting your posts kicked back to you to if they exceed about 5 lines of text? I'm deleting the post that I'm responding to, but the posts are getting kicked back to me as being too large (over 10k). The size limit to me seems Twitter-sized, but I see other posts that are

Re: Post size limit

2012-05-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
Like an idiot, I had RTF format checked off, which did little more than increase the message size since I type in black and white without italics, boldface, etc. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 27, 2012, at 10:25 AM, Godfrey

Re: Post size limit

2012-05-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
That was it. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 26, 2012, at 11:32 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Plain text only? No problems here on my laptop! Bob S. On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote

Re: A Short Tale of Three 50s

2012-05-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
My vote goes to Pentax FA 50/1.4. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 27, 2012, at 7:30 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/Compare50 A blackberry blossom in our back yard. A quick comparison of the FA

Re: card FAIL?

2012-05-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
I seem to always buy SanDisk, and not one of them will work in a Leica M8. I just ordered a Kingston in hopes that it will work. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 27, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I've had two Transcend

Re: card FAIL?

2012-05-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
? They are of my electric light meter on the side of my house, and I was using a Pentax 43 LE lens. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 27, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Hmmm. Sounds like a camera problem. On May 27, 2012, at 8:35 PM

Re: card FAIL?

2012-05-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
, like Depends undergarments. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 27, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Hmmm. Sounds like a camera problem. On May 27, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I seem to always buy SanDisk

Re: card FAIL?

2012-05-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
_ Jeffery Smith Irish Channel, New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 27, 2012, at 9:38 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Maybe the camera's a snob. On 5/27/2012 9:04 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Hmmm. Sounds like a camera problem. On May 27, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I seem to always buy

Re: card FAIL?

2012-05-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
:35 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: I seem to always buy SanDisk, and not one of them will work in a Leica M8. I just ordered a Kingston in hopes that it will work. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 27, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Paul

Re: OT: NHRA drag race shooting tips?

2012-05-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
Hi Walt, I'm admittedly not into drag racing, and would probably rely on shooting people pictures moments before the race rather than the cars. Or the audience. If the focus is on the cars, I might try a solid tripod and long shutter speeds. Probably not too helpful, but it't the thought that

Re: LX... got one

2012-05-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
No matter what the issue, Essex in NJ seems to make it right when locals say they can't. Jeffery Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 27, 2012, at 23:55, Dmitry Gromov grom...@gmail.com wrote: rubber. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: LX... got one

2012-05-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 28, 2012, at 0:30, Dmitry Gromov grom...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 1:14 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: No matter what the issue, Essex in NJ seems to make it right when locals say they can't. Are you talking about Essex

Re: card FAIL?

2012-05-28 Thread Jeffery Smith
Smith wrote: I seem to always buy SanDisk, and not one of them will work in a Leica M8. I just ordered a Kingston in hopes that it will work. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 27, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote

Re: card FAIL?

2012-05-28 Thread Jeffery Smith
shows no responsibility for defective equipment. I'll still shoot film in my other Leica bodies. I hate to lose access to all of those lenses, and have thought about buying a Sony NEX and an adapter. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28

Re: card FAIL?

2012-05-28 Thread Jeffery Smith
stepped away from his desk. They have very effective obstacles. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 11:55 AM, Dmitry Gromov wrote: Hi! On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: BHPhoto

Re: Card FAIL?

2012-05-28 Thread Jeffery Smith
__ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: Yep, Dmitry is right. Here in India we have Consumer Courts, where the charge is peanuts and you do not require Lawyers to represent you. There is something similar in Europe

Re: Web site feedback - OT

2012-05-28 Thread Jeffery Smith
I'm working on thumbnail galleries right now. Freeway Pro is a great web design program if you are a Mac user. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 6:40 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I agree with Godfrey! cheers

Re: Web site feedback - OT

2012-05-28 Thread Jeffery Smith
The non-pro version is a fraction of the cost, and probably has 95% of the functionality. I didn't realize that when I bought the Pro version. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 7:03 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I went

Re: OT on Lr 4 being unusably slow

2012-05-28 Thread Jeffery Smith
to be distributed on 1.44mb floppy disks? Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 28, 2012, at 8:15 PM, Tim Bray wrote: I upgraded to a slightly-faster computer with 8G of RAM and it was like night and day. We’ll never go back

Re: Web site feedback - OT

2012-05-28 Thread Jeffery Smith
and cool! Boris On 5/25/2012 04:53, Jeffery Smith wrote: After a hiatus of about 6 years, I'm rebuilding a minimalist website from the ground up. I decided to make it easy to view...on an iPad. Can some of you take a look and let me know what you think of the format? I'm not a pro, so

Re: Card FAIL?

2012-05-29 Thread Jeffery Smith
I wrote to Leica last night, telling them the sordid history of my M8s. The card fail defect seems to be extremely common. I suggested a firmware upgrade thst bypasses the write protect feature altogether. Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 29, 2012, at

Re: Web site feedback - OT

2012-05-29 Thread Jeffery Smith
The supplied templates with most of these programs are what I find to be complicating. The eye candy is distracting and confining. Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 29, 2012, at 4:07, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 28/5/12, Christine Aguila,

Photo Rumors

2012-05-29 Thread Jeffery Smith
This site is teasing us with the romor of 3-4 new dSLR cameras from Pentax in 2012, including one with a 35mm-sized sensor. I am so impressed with the K-5 (for me, a substantial improvement over the K-7 in low light), I'm not looking for a K-5 upgrade. I don't want a mirrorless dSLR without an

Re: Photo Rumors

2012-05-29 Thread Jeffery Smith
They may have been the one to suggest a Pentax rangefinder patent. Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 29, 2012, at 7:20, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Photorumors.com is a green web site. They even recycle rumors. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Web site feedback - OT

2012-05-29 Thread Jeffery Smith
. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 29, 2012, at 8:18 AM, Kenton Brede wrote: Jeffery, Just took a look at your changes. The site is coming along nicely. :) One thing I will add. The opening page is centered on the screen. When

Re: Web site feedback - OT

2012-05-29 Thread Jeffery Smith
__ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 29, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:23 AM, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@gmail.com wrote: The supplied templates with most of these programs are what I find to be complicating. The eye candy

Re: Web site feedback - OT

2012-05-29 Thread Jeffery Smith
I like it. I'll give that a try. Regards, Jeffery __ Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On May 29, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: You're not using icons, only caret arrows so far. How about one up arrow on the left going up one level and ^h

Re: Improving the technical quality of my photography

2012-05-30 Thread Jeffery Smith
I used to shoot K25 handheld with Nikon. Those shots seemed better than many I have gotten lately. It sometimes makes me leery of autofocus. It always seems to me that what is in the viewfinder is way sharper than what hits the sensor, and I will probably upgrade me screen on the K5 to

Re: Improving the technical quality of my photography

2012-05-30 Thread Jeffery Smith
+1 Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 30, 2012, at 17:57, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Buy and use a monopod. Not as effective as a tripod, but a huge improvement over handheld and much more portable and takes up far less

Re: Improving the technical quality of my photography

2012-05-30 Thread Jeffery Smith
I still have my Porter's Camera leather beanbag. Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 30, 2012, at 19:31, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Thanks everyone. Interestingly the responses seem to come in various categories of things that I already know

Re: I have a secret...

2012-05-31 Thread Jeffery Smith
I give up. There will be a full frame Pentax in September? If not, I'll be disappointed by the ... hype? Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 31, 2012, at 20:38, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: ...but you didn't hear it from me. Let me say two

Re: I have a secret...

2012-05-31 Thread Jeffery Smith
It's called Heinz-57 Brown Sauce. I don't use condiments named Brown Sauce. Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On May 31, 2012, at 20:45, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: A certain Brit once declared he would eat his hat if the letters FF were ever

Re: Nice message from NatGeo

2012-06-01 Thread Jeffery Smith
Wasn't Getty refusing images not taken with high end Nikon or high end Canon? That seems more absurd to me. Disqualifying by brand? Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: How much difference does optimizing the aperture make?

2012-06-04 Thread Jeffery Smith
F/5.6 and be there. Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On Jun 4, 2012, at 19:05, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: On 6/4/2012 6:22 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I was thinking about my quest for sharpness, and was considering trying to do some research into what the

Re: Hours of fun

2012-06-05 Thread Jeffery Smith
Not a good site for the obsessive compulsive! Later…I'm going back to that site. Too bad they don't have the *istD Regards, Jeffery _ Jeffery Smith Irish Channel, New Orleans, LA www.400tx.com On Jun 5, 2012, at 6:53 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Virtual camera size comparison

Re: Totally OT - WiFi question

2011-01-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
. Spooky, but there was a delay during which nothing worked, and then it just seemed to wake up. Jeffery On Jan 26, 2011, at 9:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Jeffery Smith I just got switched from ATT to Cox Internet service. They gave me a non-WiFi modem, so I tried to connect it up with one

Re: Totally OT - WiFi question

2011-01-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
Whatever the case, if someone has the same issue, we need to tell them to give up, sit, and just stare at the screen for a while...and a miracle will occur!!! Jeffery On Jan 27, 2011, at 11:39 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Jeffery Smith It was an odd thing that seemed to fix it. I reset

Re: Totally OT - WiFi question

2011-01-27 Thread Jeffery Smith
No, the damned neighbors all have their WiFi routers secured. I ended up using the Cisco router that had its base station name given to me by Cisco (GoldPanda). Jeffery On Jan 27, 2011, at 12:23 PM, steve harley wrote: On 2011-01-27 06:26 , Jeffery Smith wrote: Five minutes later, my blank

Re: Totally OT and don't mean nothing.

2011-01-29 Thread Jeffery Smith
I give myself a haircut once a week (3/8), on Saturdays. I haven't had a real haircut since Katrina. I needed one badly in Houston, went to a barber school and, for $8 got a haircut that was worse than Ross Perot's (did he live in Houston?). I went straight to WalMart, bought some clippers, and

Re: Totally OT and don't mean nothing.

2011-01-29 Thread Jeffery Smith
It's overrated. On Jan 29, 2011, at 4:47 PM, Steve Sharpe wrote: I'm not old enough to shave, yet. -- 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: I had forgotten -- completely

2011-02-03 Thread Jeffery Smith
The difference may be between film and digital sensor. But I may pull out my old 21/2.8 Kobalux and try it on the M8. Jeffery On Feb 3, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: The Tominon 21mm I had back when I first got my DS. On that camera I was dissatisfied with the lens. But now I

Re: Protesting global warming

2011-02-06 Thread Jeffery Smith
CO2 is a trace element? And most of it comes from volcanos? Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin must have written a science text. Jeffery Den 6. feb. 2011 kl. 16.54 skrev P. J. Alling: The climate changes, it has been for the entire time life has been on earth. We, and all other life, adapt,

Re: Protesting global warming

2011-02-06 Thread Jeffery Smith
contribution is dwarfed by a good volcanic eruption, and yes CO2 is a trace element in the atmosphere at just 0.039%. IIRC the definition of Trace element is any thing less than 0.1% of a substance. On 2/6/2011 4:32 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: CO2 is a trace element? And most of it comes from

Re: Protesting global warming

2011-02-06 Thread Jeffery Smith
LOL! On Feb 6, 2011, at 4:53 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: But we have stopped having children. You should really look at the demographics. It's the major cause of an ageing population. Population growth is probably the biggest cause of human induced climate change. Thanks for the link,

Re: Protesting global warming

2011-02-07 Thread Jeffery Smith
I think that some people think that the concept of the greenhouse effect and global warming were somehow invented by Al Gore. This concept is not new. And if you look at the greenhouse effect skeptics, they are also united in their party affiliation. That would be fine if it were a political

Re: Protesting global warming

2011-02-07 Thread Jeffery Smith
I'm gonna blame a medium-sized volcano. Sure beats having to buy a hybrid. Jeffery On Feb 7, 2011, at 3:42 PM, eckinator wrote: I'm not saying you're not trying to do your share to keep it from happening but this attitude is dangerous - what about those who are young now? and their kids?

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