Re: Enlightenment

2016-09-05 Thread Jostein Øksne
Nah. I'll skip on the bathtub so no Archi. Jostein Den 5. september 2016 07.36.06 CEST, skrev Alan C : >Interesting. So must we call you Archi now? I tried sourcing John >Shaw's >book locally - you won't believe how much they want. > >Alan C > >-Original Message-

Re: OT - Nature photography at a whole different level

2016-09-04 Thread Jostein Øksne
The guy has won the BBC nature photograper of the year before, and is nominated again. I've met him, and he's a complete Duracell rabbit... :-) Jostein Den 2. september 2016 22.51.33 CEST, skrev Gonz : >and this... > >http://audunrikardsen.com/photo_12645345.html > > >On

Re: OT - Nature photography at a whole different level

2016-09-04 Thread Jostein Øksne
> > >Dan Matyola >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 7:29 AM, Jostein Øksne <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote: > >> Indeed. >> You may also remember the outbreaks of canine and/or phocine >distemper >> among seals in the Nort

Re: OT - Nature photography at a whole different level

2016-09-03 Thread Jostein Øksne
Indeed. You may also remember the outbreaks of canine and/or phocine distemper among seals in the North Sea since about 1990. Culling the populations is one way to keep the rest of them healthy. Jostein Den 3. september 2016 09.33.37 CEST, skrev Steve Cottrell : >On

Re: Mini-PDML gathering - NORWAY

2016-09-01 Thread Jostein Øksne
When we cook hats we need no freakin barbie sauce. Jostein Den 1. september 2016 19.44.14 CEST, skrev John : >On 9/1/2016 3:19 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> On 31/8/16, John, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> He apparently ate something with the superficial appearance of

Re: PESO - Ground Beetle

2016-09-01 Thread Jostein Øksne
Uhoh... Time to trochanter out of here... Jostein Den 1. september 2016 07.38.58 CEST, skrev mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>: >Perfectly earthed. > >Sorry, I thought this was the lightning pun thread. I'll just get my >elytra. > >> On 01 September 201

Re: PESO - Ground Beetle

2016-08-31 Thread Jostein Øksne
Very coarsely ground. Jostein Den 1. september 2016 02.44.30 CEST, skrev "P.J. Alling" : >Nicely shot, but it doesn't look ground to me... > >On 8/28/2016 6:09 PM, Jostein wrote: >> http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/lopebille/ >> >> A deep stack, 240 images with FA 50mm

Re: Mini-PDML gathering - NORWAY

2016-08-30 Thread Jostein Øksne
Just stop filtering my posts. :-) Just kidding. No idea if you are doing so. Jostein Den 30. august 2016 22.34.42 CEST, skrev Gonz : >Wait.. what...? Did he eat his hat already? How'd I miss that? > >On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

Re: Astronomic field report

2016-08-27 Thread Jostein Øksne
A bit of both, I suspect. It's mostly a technical adventure at the moment, so trying out what's within grasp is very much a part of it. Jostein Den 27. august 2016 18.11.33 CEST, skrev Alan C : >Jostein > >Once the equatorial mount is motorised & aligned correctly, do you

Re: Peso-Shadow Hummer

2016-08-21 Thread Jostein Øksne
Well done. Interesting take on hummer flight. Jostein Den 20. august 2016 19.37.20 CEST, skrev Jack Davis : > > >Was enjoying my visit to the Patio this AM when this Hummer got in >between my camera and >a clear bright sky. Fired off a short burst that contained the

Re: Mac Yosemite--"This is a bug, not a feature"

2016-08-17 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks for giving us the insider's view from the Apple camp. Now if we only had someone to relay from the opposite camp, we may be enabled to judge credibility for ourselves. No offence intended to you, Godfrey, but given your background it's likely you're not completely objective in this case.

Re: Mac Yosemite--"This is a bug, not a feature"

2016-08-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
Apologies for veering off here, but I'm curious... Is there a well funded reason for formatting the memory card every so often? I know Macs leave a bit of crud in the file system whenever they get the chance, but surely the camera would ignore that? I don't think I have formatted a memory card

Re: GESO astrotracer milky way

2016-08-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
the telescope it belongs to is an old Pentax 75 EDHF. :-) Jostein Den 16. august 2016 11.09.16 CEST, skrev Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com>: > > >Jostein Øksne wrote: >> Not gonna happen I think. The big D max out at ISO 1600, and my >wide-angle lens have max aperture 3.5. >

Re: GESO astrotracer milky way

2016-08-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
Not gonna happen I think. The big D max out at ISO 1600, and my wide-angle lens have max aperture 3.5. And damn you for seeding that thought! :-) Jostein Den 16. august 2016 07.12.02 CEST, skrev Larry Colen : > > >Jostein wrote: >> Darn, >> I look forward to when the night

Re: PESO - Eyeballing a beetle

2016-08-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
The metallic sheen is quite iridescent in real life too. But I agree, it ended up taking too much space in the final frame. Jostein Den 10. august 2016 02.48.22 CEST, skrev ann sanfedele : >looks like some sort of undersea critter... interesting - not "ugh" >from >me except

Re: PESO - Eyeballing a beetle

2016-08-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
You don't think him a cutie? :-) Thanks. Jostein Den 10. august 2016 01.14.59 CEST, skrev Ken Waller : >Great demonstration of the software and hardware but the subject - ugh >! > > >-Original Message- >>From: Jostein >>Subject: PESO -

Re: PESO - Eyeballing a beetle

2016-08-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks mate! BTW, I seem to remember you posting pics made with Canon's 65 mm MP-E lens. I remember them as pretty good too. Jostein Den 10. august 2016 00.45.43 CEST, skrev Steve Cottrell : >On 9/8/16, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: >

Re: Nuts to Fedex

2016-08-10 Thread Jostein Øksne
Interesting. However I don't think they're stupid enough to apply American law to their policy here. Jostein Den 10. august 2016 18.06.45 CEST, skrev larry : >Technically, in the US, your mailbox is only for USPS use. Any other >use is >illegal. > >I know, it's a

Re: Lightroom renaming question

2016-08-09 Thread Jostein Øksne
Looks like you want a renumbering within your existing scheme. Mark the files in library, hit F2, and specify the starting value for your numbering. Jostein Den 9. august 2016 09.16.31 CEST, skrev Larry Colen : >Lightroom is good at prepending a prefix, or appending a suffix

Re: If you were teaching a photography class...

2016-08-08 Thread Jostein Øksne
Those who can, teach. The rest settle for one-liners. :-) Jostein Den 7. august 2016 23.14.03 CEST, skrev Paul Stenquist : >I wouldn't. Had my share of teaching. Now I'm strictly into doing. You >teach; I'll do. > >Paul via phone > > >Paul via phone -- Sent from my

Re: Hat!

2016-08-06 Thread Jostein Øksne
On 06 August 2016 at 09:46 Jostein Øksne <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote: >> >> >> Seems our boiler is not as efficient as the British versions. >> Jostein >> >> Den 6. august 2016 10.17.04 CEST, skrev mike wilson ><m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>: >>

Re: Hat!

2016-08-06 Thread Jostein Øksne
Seems our boiler is not as efficient as the British versions. Jostein Den 6. august 2016 10.17.04 CEST, skrev mike wilson : >In the boiler for three hours now and no sign of softening. Steve's >teeth are >going to take one hell of a pounding. -- Sent from my Android

Re: PESO - Another insect portrait

2016-08-04 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks everyone for having a peek and leaving comments. It's not a pretty model, but very practical for the purpose. I hope to get back to the aesthetic details later, when the technical learning curve levels off a bit. Jostein Den 4. august 2016 00.40.52 CEST, skrev Jostein

Re: PESO - Hoverfly portrait

2016-07-31 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks Igor, This fly has no weapon it can set to stun. :-) Jostein Den 31. juli 2016 06.16.47 CEST, skrev Igor PDML-StR : > >Wow! > >Amazing! > >I am stunned! (... luckily, - by the image, no by the insect.) > >Igor > > > >On 30 Jul 2016, at 23:01, Jostein wrote: > >> >>

Re: PESO - Hoverfly portrait

2016-07-31 Thread Jostein Øksne
Agreed Dan. Shouldn't have posted right away last night. Went "ewww" ehen I saw it again this morning. Trying out different ways of doing the background. This one is a bit over the top. Jostein Den 31. juli 2016 01.38.51 CEST, skrev "Daniel J. Matyola" : >I love the

Re: PESO - Hoverfly portrait

2016-07-31 Thread Jostein Øksne
:-) No contact lenses for this guy. Jostein Den 31. juli 2016 00.25.10 CEST, skrev Bob W-PDML : >It must be really annoying to have hairy eyeballs. It's no wonder >they're so mad all the time. > >B > >> On 30 Jul 2016, at 23:01, Jostein wrote: >> >>

Re: PESO 2016 - 159 - GDG

2016-07-31 Thread Jostein Øksne
Actually, they're deep in conversation via snapchat. :-) Jostein Den 31. juli 2016 16.39.02 CEST, skrev Bob W-PDML : >First rate! Five minutes into their first date... it's not going well. > >> On 31 Jul 2016, at 14:56, Godfrey DiGiorgi >wrote: >>

Re: Peso Farm boy

2016-07-30 Thread Jostein Øksne
And determined he is. Nice catch Jostein Den 29. juli 2016 20.51.43 CEST, skrev David J Brooks : >Heading off to the paddocks for a look see > >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18267128 > >K-5 and DA L 55-300 > >Dave -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail.

Re: PESO - Horsefly

2016-07-29 Thread Jostein Øksne
a digital microscope. > >Alan C > >-Original Message- >From: Jostein Øksne >Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 11:47 AM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: PESO - Horsefly > >The thread on microscope objectives is pretty standard, old DIN >designation. >Pentax has an

Re: PESO - Horsefly

2016-07-29 Thread Jostein Øksne
The thread on microscope objectives is pretty standard, old DIN designation. Pentax has an M-series microscope adapter with the same thread. Mounts straight on a bellows or a camera. If you have any 4X to 10X laying about, it would be fun to test. According to Web sources, the most suitable

Re: PESO 2016 - 157 - GDG

2016-07-28 Thread Jostein Øksne
Well walked and seen! :-) Jostein Den 28. juli 2016 14.58.30 CEST, skrev Godfrey DiGiorgi : >Seen on a walk around the neighborhood... > > https://flic.kr/p/KsXR5e > >enjoy! >G > >The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate >it. -- Sent from

Re: Amazing astro photos

2016-07-27 Thread Jostein Øksne
Wonderful shots indeed! Thanks for the link. Jostein Den 27. juli 2016 20.58.08 CEST, skrev Mark Roberts : >The photographs on the short list for this year's Astronomy >Photographer of the Year:

Re: PESO - Green Rose Chafer

2016-07-19 Thread Jostein Øksne
Well on this list a carapace might come in handy. Thanks for the support, Larry. :-) Jostein Den 19. juli 2016 01.49.47 CEST, skrev Larry Colen : > > >Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> Ugly beast, fine image. > >Jostein did take a fine image, but he's really not a beast. > >> >> >>

Re: K1 generates to many metadata for PhotoMe?

2016-07-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
w file >available, I'd like to do some testing. >> >> G >> >>> On Jul 15, 2016, at 8:26 AM, Jostein Øksne <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote: >>> >>> Does PhotoME still rely on Exiftool for extraction of data? >>> If so, you may have to wait unt

Re: OT - Stef's grade

2016-07-16 Thread Jostein Øksne
That's a B+, if I was grading. :-) Congratulations! Jostein Den 16. juli 2016 12.19.23 CEST, skrev Steve Cottrell : >I know some of you will have seen this on FB but for those that avoid >it, my son Stefan has received his grade for his university degree in >Digital

Re: OT: The UK has a new Foreign Minister

2016-07-15 Thread Jostein Øksne
Nothing wrong with tax. I get far more benefits from my tax money than I would by buying the services of same quality in a free market. You have to start by trusting that you can build a fair system, and then go do it. Jostein Den 15. juli 2016 16.21.21 CEST, skrev "P.J. Alling"

Re: K1 generates to many metadata for PhotoMe?

2016-07-15 Thread Jostein Øksne
Does PhotoME still rely on Exiftool for extraction of data? If so, you may have to wait until that library has been updated. Jostein Den 15. juli 2016 10.12.09 CEST, skrev Jos from Holland : >Maybe more than a decennium I use PhotoMe to read metadata from Pentax

Re: OT English test

2016-07-14 Thread Jostein Øksne
t distortion... >Seems I couldn't quite manage it though :-). > >On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 10:15 PM, Jostein Øksne <p...@alunfoto.no> >wrote: >> My Russian accent is abysmal. >> Jostein >> >> Den 13. juli 2016 20.14.40 CEST, skrev Boris Liberman &

Re: Mounting a phone or tablet to a camera? Also tripod heads

2016-07-14 Thread Jostein Øksne
Regarding Arca-Swiss, you can look for the tripod head and the QR-coupler separately. Maybe you can recycle a coupler from an old ballhead. To solve all your challenges in one go, you could buy a telescope mount with a built-in goto function. :-) Jostein Den 14. juli 2016 00.25.17 CEST,

Re: OT English test

2016-07-13 Thread Jostein Øksne
consider this >>> one to be definitive, professional and accurate. >>> >>> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Px53b_prc >>> >>> B >>> >>> > On 13 Jul 2016, at 12:02, Boris Liberman <bori...@gmail.com> >wrote: >>>

Re: OT English test

2016-07-13 Thread Jostein Øksne
I'll hang with you, Alan. 22350 Jostein Den 13. juli 2016 06.59.24 CEST, skrev Alan C : >22950 > >Alan C > >-Original Message- >From: mike wilson >Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 9:52 PM >To: pdml >Subject: OT English test > >It's actually an American test but we can

Re: First 24x36 digital

2016-07-11 Thread Jostein Øksne
Hello Bipin. That's what they all look like without makeup. Jostein Den 11. juli 2016 05.46.08 CEST, skrev Bipin Gupta : >Hello Bob, I saw the lot of photos you attached and the particular 1:1 >crop. >The photos are simply wonderful, well composed and the colors pop out. >But

Re: BREXIT ! & What have the Romans ever done for us?

2016-07-08 Thread Jostein Øksne
Spaaa Den 8. juli 2016 22.34.14 CEST, skrev "Daniel J. Matyola" : >On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Bob W-PDML >wrote: > >> This is utter drivel, straight out of the 18th century. > > >See, I told you there are more Berzerkers than Vandals on this

Re: OT Brexit Aftermath

2016-07-04 Thread Jostein Øksne
Welcome to Europe. Jostein Den 4. juli 2016 20.00.14 CEST, skrev "Daniel J. Matyola" : >Politics in the US is insane. It appears almost rational, however, >compared with what has been going on in England and Europe after the >Brexit >vote. > >Is this right? The PM

Re: BREXIT ! & What have the Romans ever done for us?

2016-06-29 Thread Jostein Øksne
Absolutely. They learned to trade with time. They became less savage as they succumbed to Christianity too. Jostein Den 29. juni 2016 21.54.25 CEST, skrev Larry Colen : > > >Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 1:04 AM, P.J. >Alling

Re: BREXIT ! & What have the Romans ever done for us?

2016-06-29 Thread Jostein Øksne
The more interesting definition is what constituted a city in the relevant period of history. Important nexi of trade would easily achieve city status without thousands of citizens. Jostein Den 29. juni 2016 22.39.41 CEST, skrev "P.J. Alling" : >Those places

Re: BREXIT ! & What have the Romans ever done for us?

2016-06-29 Thread Jostein Øksne
They may have learned from the Romans. :-) Jostein Den 29. juni 2016 03.43.27 CEST, skrev "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com>: >On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 7:40 PM, Jostein Øksne <p...@alunfoto.no> >wrote: > >> All good for everyone except us Norwegians

Re: BREXIT ! & What have the Romans ever done for us?

2016-06-29 Thread Jostein Øksne
properly they weren't uncultured. The had quite a sophisticated >culture, it just didn't revolve around cities. > >On 6/28/2016 9:43 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 7:40 PM, Jostein Øksne <p...@alunfoto.no> >wrote: >> >>> All good f

Re: BREXIT ! & What have the Romans ever done for us?

2016-06-28 Thread Jostein Øksne
All good for everyone except us Norwegians, descendants of the tribe's last retard who actually followed the ice northwards as it retracted, while the rest of you busied yourself with inventing civilisation. Bummer. Jostein Den 28. juni 2016 21.17.55 CEST, skrev Mark Stringer

Re: OT: BREXIT !

2016-06-27 Thread Jostein Øksne
Lo and behold, the second surprising Brexit this week. Looks like it's catching on! :-) Jostein Den 24. juni 2016 06.17.50 CEST, skrev "Daniel J. Matyola" : >I am more than a little surprised at the result. > >I don't know if it a good thing or a bad thing, ; That's for

Re: OT: BREXIT !

2016-06-27 Thread Jostein Øksne
We all tried our best, didn't we? Jostein Den 27. juni 2016 02.48.36 CEST, skrev Bill : >On 6/26/2016 5:07 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >> >> The Scots on the other hand ;-) >> On 24/6/16, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> Will keep pillaging

Re: OT: BREXIT !

2016-06-25 Thread Jostein Øksne
ong in my evaluation.) > >Igor > > >Mark Roberts Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:10:21 -0700 wrote: > >Jostein Øksne wrote: > >>it seemed that the less people actually knew, the more absolutist >their >>arguments > > >Bertrand Russell summed up that

Re: OT: BREXIT !

2016-06-24 Thread Jostein Øksne
Lol Thanks Paul... That's one mental image I didn't need just before going to bed... Jostein Den 25. juni 2016 01.55.32 CEST, skrev Paul Stenquist : >Or a female liar with a comb over and a moustache. > >Paul via phone > >On Jun 24, 2016, at 7:42 PM, Ken Waller

Re: OT: BREXIT !

2016-06-24 Thread Jostein Øksne
I've felt sorry for Britain and the kind of rhetoric that has been tossed around. Reminds me of the debate in my country in 1994, before our referendum. Back then it seemed that the less people actually knew, the more absolutist their arguments. And there was a lot of absolutism. I think it

Re: K-1 Macro comparison, pixel shift etc

2016-05-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
Performance out on the raggedy end of the Fiddlybits matters. Send me a camera and I'll test that properly for you. :-) Jostein Den 12. mai 2016 01.56.24 CEST, skrev Larry Colen : >Yes, I know that what matters is not the quality of the image on the >pixel level, but

Re: Lightroom mistakes

2016-05-11 Thread Jostein Øksne
That came out wrong. Siding with you here, Dan. Jostein Den 12. mai 2016 00.00.19 CEST, skrev "Jostein Øksne" <p...@alunfoto.no>: >Hey, who doesn't? >Jostein :-) > >Den 11. mai 2016 22.14.34 CEST, skrev Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com>: >>We know.

Re: Lightroom mistakes

2016-05-11 Thread Jostein Øksne
Hey, who doesn't? Jostein :-) Den 11. mai 2016 22.14.34 CEST, skrev Zos Xavius : >We know. ;) >On May 10, 2016 1:38 PM, "Daniel J. Matyola" >wrote: > >> I do most of those terrible things already. >> >> Dan Matyola >>

Re: PESO - Alpine Penny-cress

2016-05-11 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks Rick. And Ann, Christine and Paul S. too. Glad to hear that something of value is coming across. Jostein Den 11. mai 2016 03.07.35 CEST, skrev Rick Womer : >Depends. > >If your goal was a sharp, detailed photo, it flunks. > >However, as an interesting,

Re: Camera bags.

2016-05-11 Thread Jostein Øksne
Interesting that a small scale Norwegian webshop can sell cheaper than Amazon. Didn't see that coming. Jostein Den 10. mai 2016 23.00.11 CEST, skrev Larry Colen : > > >John wrote: >> At the time I'm reading this: >> >> 1 EUR = 9.33309 NOK or 1 USD = 8.20325 NOK >> >> Their

Re: Crocodiles are adapted for PDML

2016-05-06 Thread Jostein Øksne
A world without cormorants would leave rants without context. Jostein Den 7. mai 2016 01.01.52 CEST, skrev Paul Dunderdale : > >> On 6 May 2016, at 20:22, Bob W-PDML wrote: >> >> A world without cormorants is a world without sunshine. Or something. >

Re: PESO - Same wing, different lace

2016-05-01 Thread Jostein Øksne
Gotta learn how the rules work to find the best way to break them. :-) Get broadband, mate. Jostein Den 1. mai 2016 23.58.37 CEST, skrev Steve Cottrell : >On 1/5/16, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/stacked-lacewing-2/ >> >>It's the

Re: PESO - Same wing, different lace

2016-05-01 Thread Jostein Øksne
Didn't kill it, Ann. Nature had taken its toll when I found it. They spend the winter in hibernation as adults, but not all of them make it. It's the temperature and humidity change that makes it look the part in the second shot. Jostein Den 1. mai 2016 15.41.55 CEST, skrev ann sanfedele

Re: PESO - A few grains of pepper

2016-04-28 Thread Jostein Øksne
Cotty is obviously not familiar with Tatsuya Tanaka's photography. :-) https://www.instagram.com/tanaka_tatsuya/ Jostein Den 28. april 2016 02.17.14 CEST, skrev Rick Womer : >Makes perfect sense to me! > >Just imagine very big peppercorns, or a very little guy

Re: Weird Photoshop error

2016-04-11 Thread Jostein Øksne
Mark, Does your system have an embedded graphics processor on the motherboard, by any chance? A long shot, knowing your level of computer skill. Sure you know what to do if you missed it... Jostein Den 8. april 2016 15.46.00 CEST, skrev Mark Roberts : >So Photoshop

Re: Damn. Some seriously impressive astrophotography here.

2016-04-05 Thread Jostein Øksne
Gamma flash? Den 4. april 2016 23.15.54 CEST, skrev Bob W-PDML : >I'll get my flash... > >> On 4 Apr 2016, at 22:08, Mark Roberts >wrote: >> >> Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition >>

Re: How to fly with a tripod

2016-04-01 Thread Jostein Øksne
A few experiences: Oslo - Newark 2004: a Sachtler 75 with a large Foba ballhead. Collapsed legs 80 cm long. SAS allowed it as carryon from Oslo, but not on the return flight. Wrapped the legs together with plastic tape, and it arrived safely in Oslo. Oslo - Forth Worth, Tx, 2007, same tripod in

Re: OT: You can never have too many lenses?

2016-04-01 Thread Jostein Øksne
Ouch. ;-) Jostein Den 1. april 2016 03.47.10 CEST, skrev Godfrey DiGiorgi : >On Mar 31, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Stanley Halpin > wrote: >> >> In general ... > >I have a simple rule: I make a list because I can't remember what I've >got. And if I've got to

Re: OT, the ultimate mount for star trail photos

2016-03-26 Thread Jostein Øksne
Ubercool. :-) The website design took away some of the fun with ads plastering themselves over the images and a black band at the bottom fifth of the screen bragging about the number of fb and tw shares. Will save the link for later though, and cross my fingers it looks better on a computer

Re: Some sort of macro adapter

2016-03-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
A lens cap with the centre removed and a glued on filter to protect the rear element of the reversed lens from grit. Neat idea. Sounds like a good DIY too. Jostein Den 12. mars 2016 07.29.40 CET, skrev Larry Colen : >I was looking up lens reverse mounts for macro work and

RE: a photographer

2016-03-09 Thread Jostein Øksne
In my experience, people who are too reckless or stupid to use technology responsibly are always ingenious in finding ways to acquire said tech. So to safeguard our freedom from these people, we must give up our freedom to use it responsibly. Shit happens. ;-) Jostein G, d & r. Den 9. mars

Re: update on the new printer

2016-03-08 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks for sharing, Bipin. Jostein Den 8. mars 2016 07.15.16 CET, skrev Bipin Gupta : >Hi Jostein, you will get refillable cartridges (can be filled with ink >at home a number of times) or one time filled cartridges (which I can >also fill) for as low as $ 1 apiece from

Re: update on the new printer

2016-03-07 Thread Jostein Øksne
gt;disolve >those and will set you free! ;-) > >Cheers, > >Igor > > >Jostein Øksne Mon, 07 Mar 2016 01:18:06 -0800 wrote: > >... collecting dust and mouse droppings, >... >I believe I'm stuck with it for good... > >Jostein -- Sent from my Android device with

Re: update on the new printer

2016-03-07 Thread Jostein Øksne
light light black. > >ann > > >On 3/7/2016 4:10 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote: >> My Epson stylus photo 2100 just keeps on working. It suffered one and >a half years sitting in an uninsulated barn, collecting dust and mouse >droppings, and still came through after four rounds t

Re: update on the new printer

2016-03-07 Thread Jostein Øksne
My Epson stylus photo 2100 just keeps on working. It suffered one and a half years sitting in an uninsulated barn, collecting dust and mouse droppings, and still came through after four rounds through the cleaning process. I believe I'm stuck with it for good... Or at least as long as there's

Re: Recovery of clogged inkjet print heads

2016-03-07 Thread Jostein Øksne
I remember ordering cibachromes with longer lifetime expectancy than myself. These days I have less delusions about the legacy factor of my images. :-D Jostein Den 7. mars 2016 08.23.18 CET, skrev mike wilson : >As we're having an opinion-fest.. > >My experience

PESO - the one that flickr picked

2016-03-06 Thread Jostein Øksne
As per another thread... This photo had its moments of attention at Flickr a couple of days ago. It's an oldie from my trip to Antarctica in 2009 that I have submitted to a photo contest. If the flickr reaction is anything to go by, maybe it will do well... :-) https://flic.kr/p/EJ7yFi

Re: Q about flickr

2016-03-06 Thread Jostein Øksne
appened recently to me on smugmug... the amount >of >> hits on my page on feb 16 zoomed to 5,000 >> yet, the photo I posted that day only had the usual approximatel 200 >to 300 >> that I normally get when PEso'ing >> >> Interesting that the anomally happens on o

Q about flickr

2016-03-06 Thread Jostein Øksne
Hope there are some flickr savvy folks here who could help me explain something... A week ago I posted 16 images at Flickr to share with local photographers; we have just submitted a number of entries to an Austrian photo competition together, and use flickr to excange info on our selections.

Re: Mock Wellken

2016-02-26 Thread Jostein Øksne
Either works for me, but if there still is a list of PDML tribe codes it will need an update. http://wordsmith.org/anagram/anagram.cgi?anagram=Kenrockwell=1000=n Jostein Den 26. februar 2016 07.20.05 CET, skrev Christine Aguila : > >> On Feb 25, 2016, at 5:45 PM, Bill

Re: About the roots of a problem with e-mail messages to the list

2016-02-24 Thread Jostein Øksne
Well that crossed the Atlantic twice in less than a second, at least... Jostein Den 24. februar 2016 22.28.28 CET, skrev "Jostein Øksne" <p...@alunfoto.no>: >ÆØÅ, æøå. >Best, >Josrein > >Den 24. februar 2016 21.46.55 CET, skrev Igor PDML-StR ><pdml.

Re: About the roots of a problem with e-mail messages to the list

2016-02-24 Thread Jostein Øksne
ÆØÅ, æøå. Best, Josrein Den 24. februar 2016 21.46.55 CET, skrev Igor PDML-StR : > >I've experienced this problem last week (and I've seen it 1-2 times >before): >certain messages would not get posted to the list no matter what, while > >other messages go through without

Re: PESO: Plumeria

2016-02-19 Thread Jostein Øksne
Delicate rendering, Dan! Jostein Den 19. februar 2016 12.01.55 CET, skrev "Daniel J. Matyola" : >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18188670=lg >K-5 IIs, FA MACRO 100 mm F2.8 > >Dan Matyola >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Sent from my Android

Re: Photo annual 2016

2016-01-14 Thread Jostein Øksne
LOL... Well yeah, that too. Doesn't seem to work tho... J. Den 12. januar 2016 16.26.41 CET, skrev ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com>: >yeah yeah - you're just angling for me to me kind to you in Words with >friends :-) > >but I'll take it >ann > >On 1/12/2016 10

Re: Photo annual 2016

2016-01-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
say just print out a contact sheet andthrow darts > >at it - whereverthey >land they'd be worthy :-) > >ann > >On 1/10/2016 11:25 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote: >> Envy your problem Ann. >> This year there were hardly any new photos at all in my archive. >> Jostein &

Re: Photo annual 2016

2016-01-10 Thread Jostein Øksne
Envy your problem Ann. This year there were hardly any new photos at all in my archive. Jostein Den 3. januar 2016 04.46.17 CET, skrev ann sanfedele : >decisions, decisions, decisions >aarrggh > >ann > >On 1/2/2016 10:11 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> I won't say who the first

Re: dang 600mm lens

2016-01-09 Thread Jostein Øksne
That baby is from the 645 lineup. Having once played with it on the 645D, my brief and shallow impression is that fringing is not an issue on the crop format 645D, and a total non-starter when coupled to a K-mount camera. You'd have a harder time living with the sheer weight of the thing.

Re: How did you celebrate New Year's Eve?

2016-01-01 Thread Jostein Øksne
Hi folks, Thought i'd de-lurk to wish you Good Light for 2016. :-) Up here in the less-than-usually-frosty Frostpit, we had guests over for a long and relaxing dinner of my making, watched the crackers at midnight and split a bottle of bubbly cider. Nobody fell ill to anything, neither

Re: RICOH and PENTAX Survey

2015-08-20 Thread Jostein Øksne
Could be worthwhile for American members. :-) Jostein Den 20. august 2015 17.00.42 CEST, skrev Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: I received this from RICOH a few minutes ago I think every member of the PDML should fill out the survey:

Re: PESO: Flickr goes nuts over a pretty pedestrian shot

2015-08-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
Darn, with that thread title I thought this was about a pretty girl on a sidewalk. Jostein Den 11. august 2015 15.43.02 CEST, skrev Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: If one thing is certain it is that I don't understand how Flickr chooses images for Explore. I think my Alien Jellyfish

Re: What's in the name?

2015-07-23 Thread Jostein Øksne
I believe polariser is a word created from polarised light filter, hence PL-filter. Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 4:27 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: What's in the name? I know that there are quite a few language and grammar geeks

Re: Another website

2015-07-14 Thread Jostein Øksne
://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no Subject: Another website Comments much appreciated on layout, functionality and content alike. http://alunfoto.no Some of you may struggle with the language, I apologise for that. Jostein -- PDML Pentax

Re: Photographer's portfolio web sites...

2015-07-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
Darren, I've spent a year trying to get to grips with Wordpress, and have indeed played around with both Photocrati and other so-called Portfolio themes. Bending WP into being a portfolio site made me nothing but frustrated, since the site management interface isn't really constructed for the

Re: PESO: Cracks in the Firmament

2015-07-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
Very cool. Great catch. Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- From: Darren Addy Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:33 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Cracks in the Firmament An rural Nebraska image from Friday evening, after sundown. That is a partially harvested wheat field on the

Re: Another website

2015-07-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
on UBUNTU, latest version of Firefox. On 11 July 2015 at 22:16, Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Comments much appreciated on layout, functionality and content alike. http://alunfoto.no Some of you may struggle with the language, I apologise for that. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Another website

2015-07-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
? Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- From: Toine Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 9:15 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Another website Regarding the content: Wow! Do I spot a Koken photo CMS? On 11 July 2015 at 23:16, Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Comments much appreciated

Re: Another website

2015-07-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks Frank. On both accounts. :-) Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- From: Knarf Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:39 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Another website Works for me. Gorgeous photos! Cheers, frank On 11 July, 2015 5:16:47 PM EDT, Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no

Re: Another website

2015-07-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Comments much appreciated on layout, functionality and content alike. http://alunfoto.no Some of you may struggle with the language, I apologise for that. Jostein -- PDML Pentax

Re: Another website

2015-07-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks for testing Christine! Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- From: Christine Aguila Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:19 AM To: PDML List Subject: Re: Another website Looks good, Jostein. Photos load just fine! Cheers, Christine On Jul 11, 2015, at 4:16 PM, Jostein Øksne p

Re: Another website

2015-07-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
, as previously mentioned! and I had not yet seen the Bristlecones! ann On 7/11/2015 5:16 PM, Jostein Øksne wrote: Comments much appreciated on layout, functionality and content alike. http://alunfoto.no Some of you may struggle with the language, I apologise for that. Jostein -- PDML Pentax

Re: Another website

2015-07-12 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks Jack. Glad to hear it. Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- From: Jack Davis Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 2:35 PM To: PDML Subject: Re: Another website Terrific work that loads promptly, Jostein. J - Original Message - From: Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no To: Pentax-Discuss

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