Message-
From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 4. januar 2006 15:22
To: pentax list
Subject: Re: Two Brothers and a Cousin - the A* 85/1.4, FA 77/1.8,
and FA*
85/1.4
On 4/1/06, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed:
I never realised how big those 85s are. Makes the 77 look
No, it's what you get for a peso.
John
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:36:11 -, Dave Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Thats all you get for a buck.??:-)
Dave B
P. J. Alling wrote:
So it's a still life...
http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_ikeabkfst.html
Tech. Info:
Pentax *ist-Ds
Wow, you've had one or two goes at this scene, Kenneth, and it never
seemed quite right 'til now. But this one is superb, well up to the
Waller standard. The tiny figures make it - insignificant against a
magnificent natural backdrop, captured beautifully.
John
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006
True,
Cotty's pics from Cesar's trip to Oxford on a very grey day had a lovely
subtle tone to them.
John
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:43:22 -, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Actually, garden and architecture shots work very
nicely in dark gloomy British winter weather, I've
found.
In England, the A10 is a slow road to nowhere special.
John
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:31:10 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quoting Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0601/06010307pentax_a10.asp
That's great. I've been looking for a low-light PS. ISO800 with
No, it's not really that bad. For the price it's pretty good, and might
even exceed your expectations. However, at that price, your expectations
should not be sky high!
John
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:42:57 -, Yuan-Juhn Chiao [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newcomer to the
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:49:21 -, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 3/1/06, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed:
True,
Cotty's pics from Cesar's trip to Oxford on a very grey day had a lovely
subtle tone to them.
John
Why thank you John.
Cheers,
Cotty
Credit where it's due
Was there a 17mm SMCP-M? I thought there was only a K.
John
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:53:03 -, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 4/1/06, Tim Øsleby, discombobulated, unleashed:
Pentax-M 17mm f.4,0.
Is there anybody who has any idea about how it performs?
And, anybody got any idea what
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:11:19 -, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've invited Ken to the GFM NPW 2006.
You shouldn't have posted that to the list, Cotty. Now the authorities
will have a starting point when they go to look for the body...
--
I never realised how big those 85s are. Makes the 77 look like a lens for
the 110.
John
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:57:39 -, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 3/1/06, Fred, discombobulated, unleashed:
Speaking of brothers and cousins, here are some family portraits (and,
no, they're not
In case you were wondering, I was just being enigmatic.
J
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:15:49 -, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:11:19 -, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've invited Ken to the GFM NPW 2006.
You
Agreed. K and M lenses are much easier to use than screw-mounts - unless
you use them wide open.
John
On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 23:45:23 -, Paul Stenquist
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My use of non-A K lenses has never been limited. I use them extensively
and effectively. I have no problem
Don't miss this:
http://tinyurl.com/azk9a
Very best wishes from me, too.
John
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I thought Ken Rockwell's site was devoted to Ken Rockwell.
John
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 05:51:21 -, Mishka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
not to mention
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/nikkor.htm :)
mishka
On 1/2/06, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not exactly equvialent, but lots of info
Cotty has a Canon, not a Pentax. He posts here because he finds a better
class of people than on the Canon boards.
And he mounts Pentax lenses on his Canon body, because that way he gets a
better class of lens.
John
On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 11:22:05 -, Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nice one!
John
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:12:40 -, Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Here ya go Bob:
http://donsauction.com/pdml/TUIT.jpg
Don
-Original Message-
From: Bob Shell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 5:31 AM
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Irfanview allows one to view RAW files, does thumbnails, and it supports
Pentax RAW.
http://www.irfanview.com/
People on this list have been mentioning it for years. I finally
downloaded a
few months ago and now I use it preview my RAW files because it's quick.
I
preview them in slideshow
I agree. This is surely one of those rules that are made to be broken.
John
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:07:07 -, Paul Stenquist
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In recent years I've seen quite a few fashion shots with double catch
lights. It's not necessarily a bad thing. I kind of like it, and
People seldom makes investments with the intention of losing money. And
people seldom make investments of a reasonable size without doing a little
research first.
What is also interesting is that the value of Pentax's shares has doubled
in the last six months. Somebody should tell the
I quite agree, but a higher stock price allows a company to borrow money
more cheaply; it makes it more difficult to take over, and it's a sign of
confidence.
JOhn
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:53:55 -, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Buying big chunks of existing stock does not help the
I didn't see any mention of the price.
John
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 22:44:31 -, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On 18 Dec 2005 at 21:15, John Forbes wrote:
I quite agree, but a higher stock price allows a company to borrow money
more cheaply; it makes it more difficult to take over
Are you still thinking about posting the link, or have you now decided
against it?
And if so, curious minds would be interested to know why.
John
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:44:58 -, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
We've already been through this Tom :-)
In my defence it's been a
It's basically a reminder of what a terible twelve months this has been
for natural disasters.
John
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:51:17 -, Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote:
That still leaves is without the link.
I'll take pity on you all:
The only real rights any of us have are those rights conferred by law.
Anything else is just fantasy, wishful thinking and hot air.
We only have a right not to be enslaved if the country we live in has a
law saying so. I suspect that countries which have adopted Sharia Law may
permit
If I were worried about safety, I would rather take the QE2 across the
Atlantic than a plane.
John
On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:55:22 -, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 7/12/05, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed:
I firmly beleive they should be limited to 25 passengers. That way they
Interesting that France was still performing public executions in 1939.
In Montevideo, I was told, they used to throw people off a cliff on Sunday
afternoons.
John
On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 01:55:17 -, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On 7 Dec 2005 at 23:35, Bob W wrote:
There's
The best airport is the nearest.
John
On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 13:30:35 -, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Believe me Godfrey, I was there yesterday with no 747s on sight. It was
still grim, miserable and user
?
--
Cheers,
Bob
-Original Message-
From: John Forbes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 08 December 2005 12:59
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: PESO - On the Cold Side
Interesting that France was still performing public
executions in 1939.
In Montevideo, I was told, they used
that (metaphorical) cliff during the meantime.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
Idiot Proof == Expert Proof
---
John Forbes wrote:
on a Sunday, the authorities thoughtfully ensured that the maximum
number of people could watch. Ths they killed two birds with one
Nice pic, Tom, and I envy you the view.
John
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:41:56 -, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It was in the mid 20's F (-4C) then. About 10F (-12C) right now.
Invigorating!
Tom C.
From: Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To:
You punsters have a warped sense of humour.
John
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:44:43 -, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: mike wilson
I can't take responsibility for my mouth after a couple of beers.
Or even a cup of coffee, it seams.
I had to get a part for my Rolex (hangs head in shame) and was told that
in the UK Rolex would not permit parts to be sold except to their own
distributors, whilst in the US the law forced them to sell to anybody.
John
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:10:03 -, Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:48:04 -, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mike wilson wrote:
It probably made sense to limit supply to those who had an at least
rudimentary knowledge of what they were doing when TVs
On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:35:53 -, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
- Original Message - From: Gonz
Subject: Re: PESO: Tanja
A pack of 6 dogs composed of Rotties and Pitt Bulls attacked and killed
an elderly lady down here recently. They had gotten out of the
Pentax UK happily sent me one last year.
Try this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If they don't want to post outside the UK, let me know.
John
On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:23:54 -, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I'd like to replace the bottom plate on my PZ-1p; the
first epoxy job to fix the
Perhaps the FAQ needs to mention that PDML members require only an
interest in Pentax and a thick hide.
Well, I'm thick, and I have a hide.
John
On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:10:51 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 12/5/2005 1:38:56 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:19:43 -, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
mike wilson wrote:
From: Steve Jolly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/12/06 Tue PM 02:04:21 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Sony's at it again.
William Robb wrote:
At least this time,
PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, John Forbes wrote:
Pentax UK happily sent me one last year.
Interesting. How much?
Kostas
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Coming late to this, but as Bob W's normal erudtion seems to have taken a
holiday:
British Isles (n) - a small archipelago off the North West coast of Europe.
Great Britain (GB) (n) - an island, the largest (hence the word great)
of the British Isles. It contains the nations of England,
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 19:06:01 -, Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am still trying to choose between a D FA and a used FA.
I wish I could try them side by side.
From your comments so far, Igor, I would lean towards the used FA...
Fred
I would agree, unless size and weight are an important
Super pic, Tom. Great colour.
John
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 04:23:29 -, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Taken this summer. The Denali Highway is a 135 mile stretch of dirt
road with virtually no services, yet wonderfully beautiful scenery.
This makes the blood run cold:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/15/vehicle_movement_database/
John
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Nice pic. I would suggest it's an egret of some sort, though most egrets
(in Europe and Africa) have black bills. Perhaps this is a New World
variety.
John
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:21:04 -, Bruce Dayton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While I was stalking the turkeys yesterday, I saw this
This is it:
http://www.assateague.com/egret.html
John
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:21:04 -, Bruce Dayton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While I was stalking the turkeys yesterday, I saw this bird fly past
and land in a not too distant tree. I was hoping to get a few shots
of him before he took
Why so big? Noboy has a monitor big enough to view these.
John
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 03:12:41 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This past month I finally got a chance to do *some* shooting.
Not a (g)allery. Not exactly a (p)icture every so often.
Jogging in hunting areas during hunting season has a certain Darwinian
quality about it.
John
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:18:47 -, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
Its just so much easier here in Texas. You trespass,
It's been out for two years, and you've just decided to buy one. Methinks
you need to speed up your decision-making process.
Buy second-hand, and get an extra lens with the money saved.
John
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:49:49 -, Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Now, that I
I was sent an email with this virus. Not too hard to spot.
John
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 01:55:49 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 11/10/2005 5:45:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051110/tc_nm/sony_hack_dc
This is why some of
Not entirely true, Mike.
I saw a documentry featuring turdcams, and although the elephants did spot
a couple of them, most survived. One of the best wild-life docs I've seen.
John
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:22:05 -, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
From: Chris Stoddart [EMAIL
Why not a Leica/LX solution, with both the straps on one side? (The
opposite side, hopefully.)
John
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:25:55 -, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
- Original Message - From: Adam Maas
Subject: Re: SV: Any reason not to buy a *istD?
Guess I must be
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:01:00 -, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/11/10 Thu AM 01:40:13 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Published!
Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I submitted 5 photographs for the book 'Hollands
In the UK, the D now sells for the same price as the DS. Your argument no
longer applies, in this country at least.
John
On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 23:58:55 -, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nor do I but the question is would you buy another?
I
Are you sure about that USA thing. I've never heard it before (which of
course doesn't mean it isn't so!).
John
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:01:31 -, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 9/11/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
I disagree quite strongly with this, Cotty. If we are within
particular
retailer?
Tom C.
From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: SV: Any reason not to buy a *istD?
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:19:08 -
In the UK, the D now sells for the same price as the DS. Your argument
OK, but that's not what you said. If you've been arrested, you don't
qualify for the visa waiver programme, which is a different thing.
Thanks
John
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:01:52 -, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 10/11/05, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed:
Are you sure
Sounds like a very civilised place.
John
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:04:18 -, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Its just so much easier here in Texas. You trespass, you get shot. No
one trespasses. ;)
frank theriault wrote:
On 11/9/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There
Very good, Tim. Light in just the right place. Was it taken in Lisbon?
John
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:23:53 -, frank theriault
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 11/10/05, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
Enough about the music, here is the image
The crime is that it's not really very funny.
John
On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 22:43:07 -, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On 9 Nov 2005 at 16:26, Mat Maessen wrote:
A page that a friend of mine put together, and posted to one of the
photo.net forums, where the moderator promptly
As a famous judge succinctly observed:
Justice, like the Ritz Hotel, is open to rich and poor alike.
John
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:04:44 -, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On 9 Nov 2005 at 22:49, Bob W wrote:
I don't really understand your question. What is there on that page
On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 08:15:53 -, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 8/11/05, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed:
This is borne out by her
unfashionable flared trousers
Breaking news JF, what goes around, comes around !
Cheers,
Cotty
Sherlock's ideas on fashion aren't necessarily
John,
It's not too difficult to twist my arm for a beer. :-) I'm certainly
around between 16th and 22nd. I'm then out of town for a while and back
on 29th.
I'll give you a ring on 16th.
Cheers
John
PS: Had an excellent evening with Cesar recently, but still struggling to
get my
Provided the camera is directly above the tripod, the whole weight will
press down onto the tripod, irrespective of how the camera is attached.
John
On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 18:36:58 -, jtainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I don't understand the King Cobra design. Isn't the whole rig more
On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 10:09:14 -, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
From: Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/11/07 Mon AM 05:12:41 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: PESO A portrait of the avian kind
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 11/5/2005 9:23:17 AM
On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:58:48 -, Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This junco is really wasting bandwidth.
Unfortunately, it looks like we'll be stork with it a little while
longer.
Why, do you think we're gull-able?
No, because we seem to have some weird highly infectious mallardy.
, but your answer
is better than what I would have coughed up...
Tom C.
From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Given that the D offers considerably more control and better
facilities than the deviants, I have to say that I'm with Tom C on
this.
Which is not to knock the deviants
This time I agree with Shel (assuming that he's thinking of bw).
For colour, I suspect grain would give the game away on a large print.
I'm not sure that scanning a negative and viewing the result on screen is
fair. Both should be printed using the best technique available.
John
On Mon,
On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:51:15 -, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is robin me of my sanity!
We're on the crest of a wave. BTW this is Mark's fault, emu it would
happen.
Hey don't blame me!
Let's try to drag this thread back onto the subject
On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 23:12:00 -, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:51:15 -, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is robin me of my sanity!
We're on the crest of a wave. BTW
that one cannot see the difference in images taken between the D
variants and various Nikon bodies. I went a step futher. Even if a
difference was cosnsistently evident, the quality of the image is
subjective.
Tom C.
From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:50:49 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 11/7/2005 11:38:30 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But with no further disclaimers, another one from the Norcal San
Francisco
PDML Meet.
away.
John
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 07:57:01 -, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On 6 Nov 2005 at 6:52, John Forbes wrote:
I understood what you were saying. My point is that the Japanese
economy is
improving, and there are still nearly five months of the second half
to go
For somebody who knows no HTML, wouldn't you be better off trying
something less ambitious? The bane of the Web is over-complex web-pages.
Slow to load, prone to problems, and a pain to maintain.
John
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 11:27:57 -, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Does anyone
Interest rates up = spending down = economic downturn = falling house
prices = recession = interest rates down = dollar down.
John
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 16:15:35 -, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
interest rates up = dollar up, for the next 6 months at least.
Herb...
- Original
Jens,
I get:
LP Core Error: Image size too big.
John
PS: Your first attempt caused my computer to freeze for a couple of
minutes. This is NOT good web design. :-)
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 18:09:38 -, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I did it.
With a lot of help (6 emails) from
Peter,
It is clear that you are not an economist. :-)
John
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 17:35:28 -, P. J. Alling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The US economy has it's problems but they are fundamentally fewer than
Japans. Rob Studdert wrote:
On 6 Nov 2005 at 6:52, John Forbes wrote:
I
Since Japan has approximately one tenth the population of China, it's hard
to see how they can hope to remain more powerful.
It was trying to compete in an arms race with a larger competitor that
brought down the Soviets. I can't see the Japanese being similarly
self-deluding.
John
On
And time will show who is right.
John
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 17:49:33 -, P. J. Alling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Everybody thinks they're an economist...
John Forbes wrote:
Interest rates up = spending down = economic downturn = falling house
prices = recession = interest rates down
that Japan currently is tied for #2 in the Worlds Most Powerful Navy
sweepstakes (They have more modern combat ships than the UK, but lack
Carriers and SSBN's).
-Adam
John Forbes wrote:
Since Japan has approximately one tenth the population of China, it's
hard to see how they can hope
they were
going to lose. The Soviets tried to match US moves and defense spending
because they thought they had to. I never said Japan would win or could
win, just that they would have very unpalatable choices. Based on
history I know what they'll probably do. John Forbes wrote:
Since
for the US market, just like companies like Sony, Panasonic and
Fuji did once.
-Adam
John Forbes wrote:
I'm not suggesting that China is stronger than Japan now. It
obviously isn't, but it probably will be, given the enormous disparity
in population, and the great strides they have taken
Rob talk heap good sense.
John
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 23:00:12 -, Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On 6 Nov 2005 at 19:09, Jens Bladt wrote:
I did it.
With a lot of help (6 emails) from Bruce Anderson in Japan, Iseemedia
PhotoVista Support. Thanks a lot Bruce!
It's not a good one.
to defend themselves. If the Chinese
economy is strong enough to out spend the Japanese, it won't matter the
Japanese will still spend. John Forbes wrote:
What are you saying? That if the Japanese think China will overtake
them economically, Japan will go to war? I suppose anything
It wasn't, but it would like to be.
John
On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 22:32:19 -, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think Tibet was ever a 'break-away' part of China, was it? Until
the
most recent Chinese invasion I believe it had always been a sovereign
nation
(even if sometimes
I agree with Gaurav. Lovely shot.
Very sorry to hear about the Jeep. One of the problems with driving a
desirable motor is that it's sometimes too desirable.
John
On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 00:14:28 -, Paul Stenquist
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks Gaurav. I shot this with the Pentax LX.
- Original Message - From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: The sky is...
Peter, we're now straying into military matters, which is a subject I
don't claim to know anything about (sighs of relief all round
Shel, it's only you and Godfrey that are making a meal out of this. :-)
We all know that all the bodies produce identical results, and many D
owners would have bought a DS if they had been around at the time. I
certainly would have done (given the price differential). The only reason
I
International is more accurate than European. :-)
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html
Only North America still uses non-ISO paper sizes.
John
On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 15:56:26 -, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
These are European standard metric paper sizes. A4 is roughly
The stock price would have moved immediately (if it was going to) on the
initial announcment of the tie-up with Samsung.
The price went up this time because:
a Pentax showed a large restructuring charge (which makes it look as
though they're grappling with their problems - any action is
with most of their sales outside the domestic market,
like Pentax, forecast a slightly rising yen at the beginning of their
fiscal year.
Herb
- Original Message - From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: The sky
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Pentax made its 2005 annual forecast based on 110 yen/dollar. that is
turning out to be too pessimistic.
Herb
- Original Message - From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: The sky is...
Pentax may make
Sorry to see you go, Fra, but good luck, and look me up if you come to
London.
John
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:46:12 -, Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
it seems my work (photographic!) doesn't leave me too much time to
read, and better, respond to PDML mail. Therefore I will be
Thanks, Mike.
If enough people get to hear of this, Sony stand to lose a gigantic amount
of money. Reminds me of what happened to Gerald Ratner (for non-Brits,
Ratner ran the UK's biggest jewellery business. At a luncheon, he had a
glass of wine too many, and stood up and said that the
I have to agree with Boris. For my taste, the picture is stronger if the
person on the right is cropped out.
John
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 07:19:55 -, Marco Alpert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Boris,
Thanks for looking and commenting (thanks to all who did). As for the
person on the
by an industry that can't accept,
and refuses to adapt to, a fundamental change to its business model.
John
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:48:23 -, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
From: John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If enough people get to hear of this, Sony stand to lose a gigantic
Given that the D offers considerably more control and better facilities
than the deviants, I have to say that I'm with Tom C on this.
Which is not to knock the deviants.
John
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 11:48:59 -, Rob Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The
Hardly. He was the Jolly farmer.
John
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 07:45:06 -, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 3/11/05, Steve Jolly, discombobulated, unleashed:
http://www.users.waitrose.com/~greenwitney/recent.html
Coo - I used to live in Cogges. :-) I'm pretty sure the Post Office in
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:40:21 -, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Mark Roberts wrote:
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/11/04 Fri PM 02:43:12 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Re: OT: Interesting article for those who
What can I say? Great light, wonderful colour, superb 3-D quality.
Not bad for an old zoom, too.
John
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 23:35:45 -, Bruce Dayton
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Another infamous 'morning walk' picture.
Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, handheld
ISO 200, 1/350 sec @ f/8
Converted
I bought my second body from a major UK supplier in April. When I
enquired about future availability, they told me that the camera was still
being made. In the UK at least, it is priced the same as the DS (£600
when I bought mine, slightly less now), which is not high (at least by
UK
On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 02:38:38 -, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Pentax Father who art in Japan, the only true God,
Forgive us for looking envfully and coveting the DSLR's being produced
I hope he forgives you for SAYING envfully. :-)
Anyway, can I just say that it's very
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