Re: Pentax glass

2006-12-25 Thread John Sessoms
David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Humm I use Nikons for my paying work and have good nikonglass aswell.(D1, D1H,D1H,D200, 70-200 F2.8VR etc) However, just because Pentax does not have a five pound body does not mean it cannot be used as a pro camera. I often use my Pentax cameras when i

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

2006-12-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] In this case, I am a bit suspicious. The climatologists have way too much incentive to find that 'The Sky Is Falling!' If it is, they are terribly important people and we must pay absolute attention to everything they say. If it isn't, then their work

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

2006-12-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] I live in a place with abundant water. I can use as much as I wish without adversely affecting your life, or anyone else's..Should I stop taking hot, (or cold), showers in solidarity with you? On the other hand a really cold winter can cost a great

Re: Doomsday is coming upon us?

2006-12-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Sessoms wrote: From: Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] In this case, I am a bit suspicious. The climatologists have way too much incentive to find that 'The Sky Is Falling!' If it is, they are terribly important people and we must pay absolute attention

Re: Christmas enablement?

2006-12-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/25/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got a new desk chair, a 12-24 zoom (didn't arrive yet though) and a very nice quality reproduction St. Ansel print. I've been thinking a few of these would be a worthwhile investment:

Re: Pentax glass

2006-12-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Dec 25, 2006, at 9:40 AM, John Sessoms wrote: The one thing I've found my Pentax doesn't work well for is sports action. The continuous auto-focus mode just doesn't work fast enough to keep up with baseball, football (American style) or football

Re: *istD AF

2006-12-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] With the recent discussion in mind that the K10D AF isn't fast enough for football and American football as we call it in the Netherlands, I wanted to show a photograph I made of a hockeygame with my *istD on continues autofocus, using the FA

Re: *istD AF

2006-12-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was never happy with the camera-selected AF point. How can it possibly know my composition? I'm the 'pre-focus using center point then compose type'. I find for baseball selecting one of the AF points based on where I think the action is going to be in the

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-02 Thread John Sessoms
I used to be the guy who came out to your office and fixed your computer, until early 2003 when I was called back to active duty. Spent 2004 in Iraq. While I was overseas, the company was sold to China and my job went overseas as well. Since mid-2005 I have gone to school worked part time

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Shel Belinkoff What's a MOSFET? Shel Metal Oxide Silicon Field Effect Transistor - it's a transistor that functions more like a vacuum tube than regular transistors do. You can use them to make a groovy fuzz-tone or over-drive pedal for an electric guitar and other stuff. -- PDML

Re: OT - spell checker

2007-01-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: David J Brooks Whats a spell checker Dave http://www.keeline.com/eng115/index.php?page=Handouts/Spell_Check_Poem.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-02 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brendan MacRae --- Peter Fairweather [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why are their so few female contributors to this list? Does this reflect camera users as a whole or just list users possibly? Peter Well, judging from how many of us come from an engineering

OT: Occupations?

2007-01-03 Thread John Sessoms
From: Walter Hamler Cotty writes... I fully intend to complete my education as a mature student in my late 60s. Where I will likely by surrounded by lots of women in their 20s. Now *that's* what I call retirement ! Yes, BUT, it's damn frustrating to be there and not remember what to do

OT Re: Purgatory was - OT: Occupations?

2007-01-03 Thread John Sessoms
From: frank theriault On 1/3/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just one side point... neither purgatory or a burning hell are taught by the Bible. So yes a strange, in fact, false logic.snip Indeed! The concept of purgatory is Roman Catholic dogma (perhaps other Christian sects

RE: K10 and Sigma HSM

2007-01-03 Thread John Sessoms
From: Sandy Harris The dpreview.com page on the Pentax K10D has this text: Supersonic motors have been available in Canon and Nikon lenses for a while but not yet to Pentax, the K10D is fully compatible with upcoming Supersonic Direct-drive motor lenses, the first of which are expected to

Re: OT: Occupations?

2007-01-03 Thread John Sessoms
. John Sessoms wrote: From: Walter Hamler Cotty writes... I fully intend to complete my education as a mature student in my late 60s. Where I will likely by surrounded by lots of women in their 20s. Now *that's* what I call retirement ! Yes, BUT, it's damn frustrating

Re: OT Re: Purgatory was - OT: Occupations?

2007-01-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: Adam Maas John Sessoms wrote: From: frank theriault On 1/3/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just one side point... neither purgatory or a burning hell are taught by the Bible. So yes a strange, in fact, false logic.snip Indeed! The concept of purgatory is Roman Catholic dogma

Re: OT Re: Purgatory was - OT: Occupations?

2007-01-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Paul Stenquist You just failed theology 101. Stick to photography. Paul I don't think so. Might be a little shaky on the history of the Roman Catholic Church, but that has very little to do with theology. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: What Film Format Is This?

2007-01-13 Thread John Sessoms
[Original Message] From: Mark Cassino My sister in law asked me to scan some old 35mm slides, which of course is no problem. But I wasn't expecting 35 mm _square_ exposures: http://www.markcassino.com/temp/IMGP2607.jpg That's a modern 35mm exposure on the right. I think it's 127

Re: PESO - Bogus Comet

2007-01-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tom C This might be the last day anyone in the N. hemisphere (mid to northern latitudes) will see it. Best opportunities are sunset and the next 30 minutes. Lucked onto it last Wednesday 10Jan07 We had a beautiful sunset that faded the instant I plopped my tripod down Tuesday

RE: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: K.Takeshita For anyone who wish to venture changing finder screen for K10D. Here is a step by step photo instruction in someone's blog. It's a no big deal but might be helpful for those who never tried it before. http://www.digital1gan.com/2007/01/pentax_k10d_7.html Ken It's in

RE: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti

2007-01-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: Shel Belinkoff Continuing to photograph the area in which I live and frequent, this one has also become part of my flag series. For those who know the area, this was photographed on the border between Emeryville and Northwest Oakland, right near Interstate 80, in a semi-industrial

RE: OT: Gimiky Gallery

2007-01-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Savage G'day All, I came across this Photo Album creator today. I uploaded a few images (nothing new, I've posted them all before) I thought I'd share. It's Flash based, so consider yourself well and truly warned :-): http://www.goodwidgets.com/widgets/view/1862 To turn

RE: PESO: Hogafication

2007-01-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W Those are very good pictures, somewhat mysterious. I was intrigued by the statement about the American flags lying around on the ground, and would like to have seen a good photo of that, which could be very effective. -- Bob It's common every Nov 11, to put small flags on

Re: PESO - Bogus Comet

2007-01-15 Thread John Sessoms
From: Charles Robinson On Jan 14, 2007, at 18:18, John Sessoms wrote: Lucked onto it last Wednesday 10Jan07 [snip!] We were out on a flood control dam shooting west over a lake, which gave a low horizon. I got maybe a dozen images, none of them spectacular, but at least one does show

Re: OT: Gimiky Gallery - Take 2

2007-01-15 Thread John Sessoms
So, if you buy the package from these guys, will you always have the Get Your Own tag hanging down there? I'm assuming the free version will, but what about the Pro version? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PUG form up and running

2007-01-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: Jostein Øksne Hi gang, Sorry about the unavailability. Ken Waller's submission dropped into the database just now, so it must be working. I already submitted an image for February using email while the form was down. Should I re-submit now using the form? -- PDML

RE: OT: Stephen Hawking sings

2007-01-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob Shell This is pretty incredibly weird: http://www.stephenhawkingsings.co.uk/ Bob That's a hoot, but you should also try the link to The Doctor Sings http://www.thedoctorsings.co.uk/ ... and do the Timewarp again! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: Music and Portraits

2007-01-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Cotty Just finished watching a fabulous BBC documentary on the LA music scene from the 60s and 70s - http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/music/features/hotel-california.shtml and one slightly surprising byproduct for me personally was seeing some wonderful monochrome portraits Any

Re: Found a new model over Christmas

2007-01-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Beaker OOPS- try http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157594492416654/ Cheers Mike Both links worked. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: GESO: Northern Exposures

2007-01-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mike Hamilton One of my goals for 2007 is to have some of my photos exhibited at a local coffee shop. I'm choosing images that reflect my life for the past 2 years, living as a teacher in northern Alberta. This gallery is not final - you will notice that I have a duplicate (actually

Re: Northern Exposures

2007-01-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mike Hamilton On 1/22/07, Mike Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many photos will you use at the exhibition? Have you got any more to let us pick some matches? Here are a few more photos that could be contenders... :) http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/?p=105 Nope. But down

RE: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited

2007-01-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: Patrick Genovese Hi everyone, I've been asked to do a shoot of some historical sites but there is a catch. 1. The client wants full ownership rights to the images. Ie I won't be able to use the shots for any other purpose. 2. I have to supply a selection of 50 images from which

Re: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited

2007-01-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Patrick Genovese It sounds like a solicitation for work for hire. Does the client retain rights to ALL of the images from the shoot or just the 50 or so images submitted? Effectively that's what it is but the rights are to the 50 submitted images only although i'm not sure where I

RE: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited

2007-01-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tim Øsleby Silly question: What's tear sheets? Tim Literally, the pages from the publication where the images appear. Often you'll get courtesy copies of the publication and have to tear the sheets out yourself. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited

2007-01-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Patrick Genovese It sounds like a solicitation for work for hire. Does the client retain rights to ALL of the images from the shoot or just the 50 or so images submitted? Effectively that's what it is but the rights are to the 50 submitted images only although i'm not sure where I

Re: Faded History: May be of interest to the Americans

2007-01-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb I had thought it would be a somewhat more significant memento as well. I recall 1976 as being a year of celebration for the USA, being it's 200th anniversary, and I recall the fireworks display that New York city put on for July 4th made our national news. Anyway,

RE: Macro Lenses

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Walter Hamler I need a macro lens. Don't want to spend the bucks for the latest Pentax AF, for that matter I think I would prefer a MF version. KEH has some 100mm f/4 in different versions, one being an A model. They also have a Sigma 90mm f/2.8 A . Anyone know anything about

RE: Peso:White dog second bw version

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Markus Maurer A second and hopefully better version of the polar bear white dog in toned bw can be seen at: http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/whitedog_bw.jpg I like this one more than the color version...despite one of the legs being to hot. greetings Markus Background seems a

Auto-110 SLR

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
Does anyone know somewhere that will attempt to repair a Pentax Auto-110 (actually Auto-110 Super)? I have one that froze up last year and I have not been able to find anyone who will undertake to repair it. I had not used it in a while, six months or more, and decided to play with it. I put

Re: Wedding shoot...deposit?

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bong Manayon That seems to be standard. Google wedding contracts and a lot of them starts off with 50%. The other issue is when you collect the other half; but I guess that depends on where you come from. Bong The deposit should be enough to compensate you for not being able to

RE: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bill Owens 321 is under construction between Lenoir and Blowing Rock. I would suggest I-77 to 421 to Boone and 105 from Boone to Linville. At the stoplight (only one) in Linville, turn left on 221 for about 2 miles to GFM. Or take I-40W when you come to it at Hickory and exit at

Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Cotty Tom, or anyone, what's the quickest way over to GFM from I-85? Down the 26 and get off at/near Johnson City, or what about the 37 from Bluff City? Last time (2004!) I was a passenger while tv drove the whole way (late plane means I missed presenting my docs at the rental place)

RE: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bill Owens I think, Bill, that he was referring to the part from the airport to I-85. Think as someone who hasn't a clue of what is what and where is where. Since you worked there a million years or so, you ought to be able to give those directions. I have driven that 10-12 times

RE: My 10 year old son ran off with my camera!

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bong Manayon Well...sort of, so I made him his own website: http://www.khalil.uni.cc Bong PS pardon the navigation...we're still arguing where each button leads to The only problem I have with the navigation is the Back button doesn't take you back to the preceding page, it takes

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Cotty On 16/3/07, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: t's very hilly here and years ago, when this was a city of factories and working class people who walked to work, they constructed dozens and dozens of sets of stairs up and down the hills. They're all over the

RE: For Those Who Enjoy Rumors

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Joseph Tainter http://pentaxlife.com/forum/topic/39?replies=1 The poster is a professional with ties to Pentax. But the 1.25 crop sensor and FF rumors makes no sense considering Pentax's current lens development strategy. And who would make those 12 mp sensors? Based on the other

Re: Auto-110 SLR

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Paul Stenquist You can probably buy another one for less than it would cost to repair it. Even the super usually goes for quite a bit less than $100 US. Paul On Mar 17, 2007, at 2:55 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Does anyone know somewhere that will attempt to repair a Pentax Auto-110

Re: Auto-110 SLR

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Celio Does anyone know somewhere that will attempt to repair a Pentax Auto-110 (actually Auto-110 Super)? I have one that froze up last year and I have not been able to find anyone who will undertake to repair it. I got one of my Auto110s fixed at APEX Camera Repair, in Walnut

RE: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain

2007-03-17 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bill Owens That's precisely the way we go from Gastonia Bill From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Or take I-40W when you come to it at Hickory and exit at Morganton. From there, take NC 181 up to Linville. That'll put you about 2 miles

RE: PESO: bus stop -- hmmm that other link didnt work try this

2007-03-18 Thread John Sessoms
Interesting, because the tiny url took me to the gallery. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Pentax Gallery Response

2007-03-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: ann sanfedele Markus Maurer wrote: I'm glad I managed to apologize one mail in advance for my erroneous assumption Ann! Age is not important here :-) greetings Markus You will think differently when you are older, Markus :) hehe Getting old is preferable to the only

Re: PESO: bus stop -- hmmm that other link didnt work try this

2007-03-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: ann sanfedele Hehe - thanks Brian - remember, don't pick the penny back up unless it is heads up :) Baloney! A penny saved is a penny earned! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: bus stop

2007-03-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Dayton Hello ann, I looked at the Sparks, NV and bus stop. In fact, I looked at them all. You do have a good eye for this kind of stuff. Making the ordinary just a bit special and worth looking at. Sparks is my favorite. Glad you shared with us. I followed the link to the

Back Roads - was re GFM question ...

2007-03-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: graywolf Even the ones that aren't there anymore. I assume you mean the DeLorme map book. Back before I became too poor to buy gasoline I was a serious back-roader, and could not pass up a road to nowhere. BTW, Mortimer NC is a nice place to visit. I could not believe a

Re: PAW 2007 - 13 - GDG

2007-03-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: ann sanfedele I guess this must be a guy thing - I don't understand what is happening here and don't get the joke. Isle of Mann is a MAJOR annual motorcycle racing event, sort of like the Daytona 500 is to NASCAR. In fact, I think the Isle of Mann races are like speed week at

Re: PAW 2007 - 13 - GDG

2007-03-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: ann sanfedele thanks for explaining it... It was clear it was a big guy on a little tiny something but since extreme ironing is a sport these days, was curious if this were some sort of actual competition. Now HORSE racing at least I understand - and the photographing of such

RE: GESO - Oxford On Fire

2007-03-18 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W it's called a brazier. -- Bob As opposed to a brassiere ... BTW, HTH = Hope That Helps or Hope This Helps. ;-D Oh, and BTW = By The Way. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: The sand in the clamp (of my tripod)

2007-03-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Savage On 3/19/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 19/3/07, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: http://boris.isra-shop.com/temp/clamp.jpg I doubt if there is anything in there that will be hurt by water, I'd use a small brush and a garden hose to rinse the same

Re: Hey Boris! Welcome to America's finest!

2007-03-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Cotty On 20/3/07, Scott Loveless, discombobulated, unleashed: Looks like yer getting a Hooters! What's a Hooters? It's a restaurant chain started by a couple of guys who like owls. http://zurlocker.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/hooters_3.jpg -- PDML

Re: OT- Belgian sheepdogs

2007-03-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Christian Bill Owens wrote: According to a Charlotte TV news channel, he's a Shiloh Shepherd Bill oops. Stupid reports I found never mentioned the breed... :-/ -- The news story linked to had a photo that made it look like some kind of mixed-breed semi-labrador retriever. --

RE: Film Is Dead

2007-03-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Minelli Flavio We are. This is the final stage of the evolution: heading mule-headedly towards self destruction... ;-) You make that sound like a bad thing. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Help with identifying these pro films

2007-03-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: George Wu Thanks for the replies so far. Does anyone have an opinion on the Kodak Ektapress 100/400 (I can infer that it is a PJ film)? Is the Ektrapress 1600 and Multispeed any good? What's Multispeed? -George From what I was able to find via Google, it's a wide latitude

RE: Anyone need a web site designed for them?

2007-03-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts Several students in my web design class are stuck for ideas for the web site they have to design for their final project. If there's anyone on the list who'd like to have a student design a web site for them, please drop me a line. This would preferably be for a

RE: Pics from Japan PIE other tidbits of Pentax news (from Ken)

2007-03-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Thibouille ** First the pics: http://dc.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/other/2007/03/22/5892.html *Note the *working* 645D. Note also that the little huh button? (not the correct word I know) to open memory card door id the same as the K10D. I suppose it would mean the 645D will have the

Re: One that got accepted

2007-03-22 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts Just the other day, out of the blue, my S.O. asked me, Do you have a large format camera? No Do you want one? That got me thinking, h. Now that dam photo was shot at 170mm focal length on an APS-C digital. What focal length would give the equivalent FOV

Re: One that got accepted

2007-03-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: Cotty On 22/3/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: photogravure That a filter in CS? I hope you're being sarky. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Gallery Access

2007-03-25 Thread John Sessoms
Bors oughta' submit his (PESO)- week 12 shot of the young lady standing on the wall for Glamor/Fashion. From: Doug Franklin Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/index-flash.jsp? At the moment, I'm seeing the following image counts: Abstract 99 BW

Re: One that got accepted

2007-03-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Christian David Savage wrote: On 3/24/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23/3/07, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: I thought it was snarky. In the UK, sarky means sarcastic. Sarnie is a sandwich. Aggro is aggravation. Fanny is [That's enough for now. Ed.] Fantastic?

RE: OT: Web site review

2007-03-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Nick Wright I threw up a simple Web site, and I was wondering if you all would tell me what you thought of it. Professionally-speaking. I hate fancy flashy sites. So mine probably appears a bit spartan. But I would like to know what you all think. Thanks a lot. The addy is:

Re: Wish Me Luck

2007-03-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb - Original Message - From: Bill Sawyer Subject: RE: Wish Me Luck Also, the court is dealing with American citizens, give it great credit for protecting it's own - I thought they were supposed to be unbiased and impartial. Are you implying that American

Web site review part the second

2007-03-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: Nick Wright Okay, so you all thought my last one sucked. I was trying to go for something specific, and apparently I failed pretty big. Didn't say it sucked, only offered suggestions for improvement. So I was digging around and found the code for my site I did back in early 2003. I

RE: Wish me luck

2007-03-28 Thread John Sessoms
From: Jim King On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:09:59 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And how would they filter out cases without merit? They'd have to hear both sides. In other words, that is what bringing things into court does. It would seem to me that the courts could review the cases being

RE: A disastrous farewell to film

2007-03-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: Markus Maurer I'm sorry for you Peter but wonder what kind of insurance would cover such an accident. At least here in Switzerland there exists no insurance for that since it was your own camera equipment and no third party was involved. Greetings Markus In the US the camera

Re: test

2007-03-29 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling I ask myself the same question at the ATM, (stupid programmers...) Shel Belinkoff wrote: Shel Why in Hell should I have to Press 1 for English?!!! Speaking of stupid, did you know McDonalds has braille menus available at their drive-up window? -- PDML

Joined the club

2007-03-30 Thread John Sessoms
My K-10D arrived today at my local dealer. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Final Four questions?

2007-03-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: Kenneth Waller I guess I'm outa the loop - never heard of it. Yeah, its just a bunch ofHOOP..LA It's a *BIG, BIG* thing here in Central North Carolina where I live, since we've got Duke, UNC, Wake Forest and NC State (the original Cinderella team from 1983). I'm not

Re: PESO: Whose Daddy?

2007-03-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] What people aren't getting, and I was going to let it go but won't now. Is that it is MUCH more likely a young college student female, a feminist, has taken the phrase, Your Mama or Yo Mama and turned it on its head to Your Papa or Yo Papa.. Given it a

Re: CS3 ready for ordering.????????

2007-03-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: graywolf I imagine you have to pay for a copy for each computer you run it on. Otherwise you are a dirty no good thief. And, Bill Robb will no longer talk to you GRIN!. -graywolf If it's like CS and CS2, you can have it on two machines, like a desktop a laptop, but you're only

RE: Flash Snoots

2007-04-01 Thread John Sessoms
From: Jack Davis Am considering a long range flash snoot for bird (wildlife) use. I've gone to Google and a couple of the more dependable photo houses and am surprised at the lack of information. Anyone have a source I could check? Thanks, Jack Google Better Beamer -- PDML

Re: PESO:HDR Federal

2007-04-03 Thread John Sessoms
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi On Apr 2, 2007, at 8:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... What's HDR? High Dynamic Range ... a technique where layering several identical exposures made at different EV settings can be used to increase the effective dynamic range able to be captured. Godfrey

Re: PZ-20 rewinding too soon...

2007-04-03 Thread John Sessoms
From: Shel Belinkoff http://www.climaxphoto.com/film/film_supplies/film_extractors.html Just a small sample of what's available. Over the years I've used a few styles and found the simple stainless steel to be the best for my needs and skill level. Shel The first one, the FilmPicker35

Re: POLL - Computer Screen Size Resolution

2007-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Since there has been a rather interesting and lively discussion in a couple of other threads discussing computer screen size and resolution, it may be time to poll the topic again. 1) What size screen do you use IBM P260 nominal 21, 19.8 visible 2) What

Re: PESO fullscreen

2007-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: William Robb - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: RE: PESO fullscreen No way that I'm going to download a plugin from an unknown site just to look at a picture on the web. Thanks, but no thanks! It's an Apple Quicktime plugin. You probably already have

Re: PESO:The Whisky cellar

2007-04-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob Sullivan links don't work... :-( Try these. There was an extraneous comma after the m in mypage http:/www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/whisky1.jpg http:/www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/whisky2.jpg http:/www.mypage.bluewin.ch/solicom/whisky3.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO fullscreen

2007-04-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi On Apr 4, 2007, at 5:00 PM, William Robb wrote: It's an Apple Quicktime plugin. You probably already have Quicktime Player installed. Yeah, but I don't use Quicktime to look at jpegs. And it irritates me that after installing Quicktime for Windows to view Quicktime

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Celio It'd be nice to see a pro using Pentax equipment in some of those shots, but I imagine he'd be the laughing stock in those Canon-crowds. In the words of Dick Feynmann: Why do you care what anybody else thinks? It's not so much what they think, as it is the constant

Re: OT Down the road, kicking stones

2007-04-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Boris Liberman Hi Dave. That sucks methinks. I cannot say how it is in US of A, but in Israel your severance package (right term?) would be enormous. I got the impression he was in Canada, not the USofA. Here in the states, he'll be lucky to get any severance package unless he's a

Re: OT: ...Err...Ahh....Ahem!

2007-04-08 Thread John Sessoms
From: Norm Baugher Never eat anything that is deemed good for man... Norm Years ago, I read a Sci-Fi story To Serve Man or something like. http://members.cox.net/kaiotea/serveman.htm David Savage wrote: I don't want to here that Shel. I'm going there on business soon. Although I've

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-08 Thread John Sessoms
. In the end it didn't matter, because we all got laid-off and the jobs were outsourced offshore. Does the USPS give you an ammunition allowance? John Sessoms wrote: From: John Celio It'd be nice to see a pro using Pentax equipment in some of those shots, but I imagine he'd be the laughing

Re: OT - Shuttle pics

2007-09-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Mann On Sep 19, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Cotty wrote: Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file sizes. Excellent quality. http://www.texasjim.com/NASApix/NASA%20pix.htm I'm in the second one but you might have to squint a bit. Holding up a sign that

Re: OT - Shuttle pics

2007-09-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: keith_w David Mann wrote: On Sep 19, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Cotty wrote: Space nuts have a look at these wonderful snaps. Warning - large file sizes. Excellent quality. http://www.texasjim.com/NASApix/NASA%20pix.htm I'm in the second one but you might have to squint a bit. I'm

Re: The Cult of Leica

2007-09-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: pnstenquist BTW, I remember reading that Eisenstaedt's Times Square smooch was staged. True? Apparently the writer of the article doesn't think so. Paul The Eisenstaedt quote would indicate it was not. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Upcoming October PUG and ultimatum

2007-09-20 Thread John Sessoms
From: Rick Womer Okay, I submitted a PUG. It had -nothing- to do with Scott's threats. Honest. Really. Nerves of steel. A paucity of digital autumn pix caused me to dive into my slides for the first time in months. I chose something from November 2007. Boy, am I ever out of practice

OT: An oddity

2007-09-20 Thread John Sessoms
I run a photo mini-lab. I've mentioned that before. I had a customer come in yesterday, wanting re-prints from some negatives. They'd been processed by another store in our chain, and she had the index print. I wrote down the frame numbers from the index print and how many of each she wanted

Re: Upcoming October PUG and ultimatum

2007-09-20 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Graves How many people understand the phrase I just dropped the and sorter is down? Face down, nine edge first. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: An oddity

2007-09-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Paul Stenquist Are you sure it's not 126 film? Paul It had the regular 2:3 ratio frames and sprocket holes on both edges like 35mm film. Base + Fog was a little thin looking, but that may have been because I'm so used to all the edge print, and don't remember ever seeing a

Re: OT: An oddity

2007-09-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Seattle Film Works sold respooled movie film. It wasn't horrible but it also wasn't C41 process or intended for standard photofinishers' use. It was designed for printing onto movie stock for a positive and no one had the setups for it. I don't know what John's

Re: Upcoming October PUG and ultimatum

2007-09-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Scott Loveless John Sessoms wrote: From: John Graves How many people understand the phrase I just dropped the and sorter is down? Face down, nine edge first. My high school was next door to a vocational school that was still teaching people to feed cards into readers - in 1993

Re: OT: An oddity

2007-09-21 Thread John Sessoms
From: Axel Belinfante There was a place in Hollywood called RGB that rewound several movie stocks for still camera use. They would process it both as a film positive and as prints. That's the place! I have more than a few RGB boxes of slides in my drawer. And I got prints,

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