RE: TV volume, was: My holiday greeting

Have a look at some of the modern games and how they embed commercials already, only the law prevents it here for the televison program too. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Digital Image Studio Sent: Friday, December 22,

RE: What Makes a Pentax a Pentax?

But as far as I have seen reported on this list very few buy a Samsung DSLR? Would they if the price difference to the Pentax twin would be maybe 20% or more or do they simple want the Pentax logo for any (sentimental) reason despite the cost ? greetings Markus -Original Message- From:

RE: suddenly enabled

Christmas without a digital camera - K10D) -- BTW, I saw that Markus Maurer posted again in the recent past, grüezi Markus! Cheers, Pancho -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: What are you cooking?

Hi Paul as a Vegetarian I will have a very nice mushroom filled pie with cream and salads and other goodies and lots of sweets after that and some nice cool (hard) drinks later ;-) greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul

RE: What are you cooking?

I vote for a special Norwegian rule on the PDML: They always have to translate the Norwegian chruesimuesi slang to proper international English as well without asking for. You tried well Tim, but translating kålrotstappe with rutabaga was not really helpful for me ;-) bon appetit Markus

RE: What are you cooking?

: What are you cooking? Yum! I'm not a vegetarian but I love mushrooms. Sounds like a winner. Paul On Dec 22, 2006, at 7:12 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: What are you cooking?

Hi Tim I will better not tell you what saudehaud sounds like in Swiss German :-) Just go on with your Viking babble. I have some nice Swiss slang words for you in return... greetings Markus they live like wild animals ;-) Next lesson is saudehaud aka smalahove, a very refined dish ;-) Tim

RE: What are you cooking?

Smoked ham and gratin is very popular and a classic Christmas menu in Switzerland too. Who has a white Christmas this year, it's sunny, green and around 9 degrees here during the day I'm still waiting for the first snow in Zurich to take a Panorama shot from the house mountain Uetliberg over

RE: What are you cooking?

Hi Mark I would not assimilate regarding the food and beverage. Italian food is really among the best in the world for me. I just love pasta and the wine and lasagna is wonderful. In my childhood, the Italian Cassata was the most noble and elegant icecream dessert available here and often served

RE: What are you cooking?

Hi Tim here I found a description of Cassata Siciliana in english: http://www.agatirno.it/ricette/cassata_siciliana.html greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Osleby Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 9:00 PM To:

RE: What are you cooking?

-Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Markus Maurer Sendt: 23. december 2006 01:12 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: RE: What are you cooking? Hi Paul as a Vegetarian I will have a very nice mushroom filled pie with cream and salads and other

RE: PESO's - Front Yard Birds

Hi Tom very nice, let's me hope for some good bird shots with the Tamron SP 500mm too. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom C Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:25 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO's - Front Yard Birds

Will we have a Netiquette on the PDML next year?

Hi Pentaxians what happened to this list lately? I notice an incredible increase in the use of strong and unpleasant words here even from some of the older members for no visible reason. Some of the mostly OT themes even end with personal insults. Will this change for good next year? Would

RE: GESO: playing in the studio

Hi Paul You can't imagine how much I like mails like yours at the moment. On Topic, nice words and a real story and more. Your Pentax cooperates a lot better with the nose than the Mamiya :-) Would be nice to see (unfair) comparison shots of the two cameras. greetings Markus -Original

RE: PESO - Zen garden

That recan is a huge improvement Eric in every way. I hope you find a lot of treasures in those old photos and show us some more. With those Takumar lenses there must be some - at least technical - very good ones among them ;-) I do a rescan of old negatives now with a cheap Minolta Dual Scan II

Caveman Valentine on Swiss television

This is not a joke but true: In an hour Swiss television 2 shows a thriller with Samuel L. Jackson called Caveman Valentine - Tod eines Engels Death of an angel. Ken what did you do, calling for Valentine? greetings Markus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: PESO - Zen garden

Could be as well the USB connection or the USB drivers and chipset drivers especially if you have non Intel chip motherboard with VIA or SIS chipset . The USB interupt is usually shared so a graphic driver update could also help. If the scanner hangs on a nonactive/active USB hub, I would try

RE: PESOs: Corrales, New Mexico, Today

Even better than the sealing of the K10D was the photographer this time. The first one is the best for me but all are very good. Still no snow here Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joseph Tainter Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006

RE: Introduction

Hi Boris did you really get some snow in Israel, I think I saw something white in the news ? I will take some frozen nature photos tomorrow in lack of snow here :-) greetings Markus -- Oh, by the way, I am from Israel being the Middle Eastern division of the PDML army ;-). Cheers! Boris --

RE: long lost

Hi Rebekah Welcome back and greetings from Switzerland ;-) Markus - Hey you guys! My name is Rebekah, I used to participate in the list about two years ago. Welcome back and greetings from Middle East ;-). Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: PESO - Frozen in Time

What happened to your Bird project Tim? Any news from the crappy tele lens front? greetings Markus It is refreshing to see that someone is still able to post a PESO. I like the photo. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

A better bounce card

Maybe old new for some but refreshing for me: How to build a free better flash bounce card a video now I have to look for some of that flexible foam material :-) Hey, it's similar to my cream can flash diffuser project ;-) enjoy Markus http://www.abetterbouncecard.com/ -- PDML

RE: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

Hi Boris I like the warm colors and the view but the photo seems just a bit too blurred to my eyes. A tripod or similar assistance for the camera and much more dof would enhance this photo a lot for me. At such places you should have found something to lean the camera on greetings Markus

RE: A better bounce card

doing the restructure at work, the new boss threw out all my packing materials. The K10D has, what looks like the right size packagingh, but Gentec is on holiday till Jan 2. Then i can find out what the Sigma refit will entail. Dave Quoting Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Maybe old new for some

RE: A better bounce card

Of William Robb Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 3:38 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A better bounce card - Original Message - From: Markus Maurer bject: RE: A better bounce card Hi David that was me as well: http://home.comcast.net/~dougsmit/bounceflashtoys.html but the better

RE: January 2007 PUG is open

Bravissimo Adelheid, just in time :-) happy new year to all the PDML members and the PUG meister. Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of AvK Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 9:30 PM To: Pentax Discuss Subject: January 2007 PUG is open Hi

RE: A better bounce card

card I got it at my local craft and art store - foam cutouts are the new fad (taking over from felt) so the basic foam material is pretty common Rod -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Markus Maurer Hi David that was me as well: http

PESO:a new year card for a friend

Hi Pentaxians I made this quick amateurish postcard for a friend of mine to send it to her family in Tchecheslovakia for the new year, maybe some of you like it too? She is an artist doing paintings in India half of the year and clay figures and mosaic works on concrete here in Switzerland now,

RE: PESO - Hygenic Dog Food Company

Hi Shel I like it too and think it is well worth some more and different views. Please have a look *inside* too if you can to see what they really produce :-) greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff Sent: Monday,

RE: A better bounce card

Dec 2006, Markus Maurer wrote: Now, does anybody have an idea where to get some foam material ore anything else cheap for the card? In Canada, you can find it in Walmart in Arts and Craft section. It's called Foam Sheet by Creative Hands; in 18 inches x 12 inches size and all sorts of colors

RE: My New Year Greeting Card

Hi Jens thanks for the Nytar greeting card :-) I was out last night to take some photos of the great fireworks over lake Zurich. I was about 1 kilometer away and did some overview shots of the city with different lenses ranging from 17-210mm and some closer ones. The viewing angle was not high

RE: A better bounce card

11:44 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: A better bounce card On Sun, 31 Dec 2006, Markus Maurer wrote: Now, does anybody have an idea where to get some foam material ore anything else cheap for the card? In Canada, you can find it in Walmart in Arts and Craft section. It's

Pentax Spotmatic II gold

Anybody wants a Pentax Spotmatic II -- in gold --- with leather? I see one here for Euro 500.-- greetings Markus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: PESO - Keep it in Your Pants

*Some* have been calm and nice all the time Shel! But it's a good proposal for this year. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 3:27 PM To: PDML Subject: PESO - Keep it in Your Pants

RE: Do it yourself pano head

Hi Dave since I only will make flat panoramas made out of 3-6 shots and not 360 degree round ones I would love to see the difference in a panorama with and without nodal point adjustment of the camera for my requirements . Has anybody a link or selfmade panoramas with a comparison? Gratulations

RE: PESO - Hertzlia Marina vs K10D

It is a very good idea just to say what you wanted to say on the PDML :-) Markus Well, the intent was to say I want no further participation in this BS. I only posted it since I had been involved at the beginning of the thread, felt everything that needed to be said was said, and thought my

RE: A better bounce card

PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Savage Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 5:26 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A better bounce card On 1/1/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Lawrence! The perfect flash solution is in sight now for me :-) greetings Given all the DIY flash talk, some

RE: Do it yourself pano head

:05 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Do it yourself pano head On 02/01/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dave since I only will make flat panoramas made out of 3-6 shots and not 360 degree round ones I would love to see the difference in a panorama with and without

RE: Scanning

I can even see a difference between the Canon 9900F flatbed scanner and a Minolta Dual Scan 2 filmscanner very well here when scanning ccolor negative film. And the Canon is one of the better flatbed scanners for its age. I would love to have access to a high end one... greetings Markus

RE: Do it yourself pano head

Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Do it yourself pano head On 02/01/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dave since I only will make flat panoramas made out of 3-6 shots and not 360 degree round ones I would love to see the difference in a panorama with and without nodal

RE: Do it yourself pano head

, 2007 11:21 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Do it yourself pano head On 03/01/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I was just lucky so far that I did not use anything wider than a 50mm? I will make the next panos again with the Pentax 50mm or 100mm. greetings Markus

RE: Pentax Spotmatic II gold

I sent Steven the link privately since it is/was a running auction and of course none of mine :-) greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kostas Kavoussanakis Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:02 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: Winter's finger

This time I find the background more interesting than the main subject. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bruce Dayton Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:27 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Winter's finger Taken on

RE: PESO: Hot Dog Heaven

I agree, I would try selling that nice and funny photo too. BTW has anybody ever sold a picture this way? greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 7:35 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

RE: A couple of PESOs

Why do some lenses go over infinity focus? What is that good for? greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gonz Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 8:10 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A couple of PESOs [EMAIL

RE: PESO: railway crossing

Hi Ralf I looked up the camera and found pictures on a ebay sale. This is indeed an impressive and nice one. Could you explain how you measure the exposure time in such a shot? Is it based pure on experience or do you bracket or do you have some other secret ;-) Could you show an example of a

RE: Let Me Bore You a Second Time

I f you have another tele converter I would like to see shots at 2400mm :-) Have you done any wildlife photography (not Jester!) with that lens yet or what will you use it for? greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Robb

RE: Blue Channel Noise

Doesn't that somehow just ask for a specific noise profile for the K10D for the noise reduction software or are you profiling each image or just use the defaults on the blue channel? greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bruce

RE: Funniest Kodak commercial

Propaghandi is great, I liked the video. Thanks Christian. Markus :-) more specifically, every OS sucks: http://www.deadtroll.com/index2.html?/video/ossuckscable.html~content -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: PESO - Two palm trees

I would like it more if the man on the right corner was cut away and again the photo looks a bit blurred to me. But the trees are nice indeed Boris :-) greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Boris Liberman Sent: Saturday, January

RE: PESO - American Fence

For some discussions and photos too on the PDML one needs to be American or some kind of patriot to understand them at least partially IMHO. I'm glad that I do not see white Swiss crosses here on the walls and that I do not have to say thank you to the Swiss navy or some mad politicians. As you

RE: Metz SCA K110D

Hi Guy you can try setting the aperture off the A auto position on the lens and at least then TTL flash with the Metz adapter should work. It does here with the 372 module and the Pentax SFXn. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf

PESO - American Fence

-Original Message- From: Markus Maurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 12:59 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: PESO - American Fence For some discussions and photos too on the PDML one needs to be American or some kind of patriot

RE: Metz SCA K110D

Sorry, I misread your camera type as one of the MZ film bodies :-( Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Markus Maurer Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 7:02 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: Metz SCA K110D Hi Guy you can try

PESO:a visit a the painters house

December 2006 I had to fix the notebook of the painter and photographer and multimedia artist Fred Engelbert Knecht at lake Zurich in Switzerland and took the opportunity to make one quick snapshot of one of his rooms. The house is crowded full of paintings, some very famous original photographs,

RE: PESO - Man's Intrusion

It reminds me of the ugly expressway bridge the built directly over the river Sihl here in the city of Zurich. A good example how it should not be done :-( greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bruce Dayton Sent: Monday, January

eggs for photos

Hi Pentaxians I just have eaten 3 ultrafresh eggs out of 6 I got today as some sort of payment for a few photos I made last summer. I went onto a hill nearby to test an M 42 350mm Soligor lens on the Pentax SFXn and took photos of some free running chicken and rabbits in a garden. I gave the

RE: eggs for photos

Hi Walter yes, I would somehow like it that way too, a currency called talents :-) greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Walter Hamler Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:53 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: eggs for photos Hi

RE: eggs for photos

PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Osleby Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:29 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: eggs for photos -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Markus Maurer Sent: 9. januar 2007 17:51 To: Pentax

PESO:industrial fireworks overZurich

The industrial surrounding and the nearly absence of colors makes this photo a little bit different from the usual fireworks shot for me. Pentax SFXn, Pentax A70-210mm, Konica Centuria 100 film, tripod and cable remote , F11, around 6 seconds... greetings Markus

RE: PESO - what bird is this?

Sharpness is not the weakness of mirror lenses IMHO, my Tamron SP 500 is quite good regarding this. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of J and K Messervy Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:05 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: PESO - what bird is this?

I like it too James and I will try something similar with a Tokina M42 400mm 5.6 RMC tele (non mirror) I got yesterday and the Pentax AF400FTZ on the SFXn and film today as testfor the lens . I tried to get some closeups of raven yesterday taking a bath in the swimming-bath here with a 70-300mm

RE: OT - Hot Chocolate Recipe

Use organic grown and/or produced ingredients from a fair trade company. And sadly the best chocolate does not come from Switzerland :-( greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:26

RE: PESO - American Fence

I begged for a Pershing II when I served the Swiss army but they did not believe me that I just wanted to protect myself. I still hate them. Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 4:31 PM

RE: PESO:industrial fireworks overZurich

think it's an interesting photo. The fireworks fills the shot, but the industrial shapes/crane make it very unusual. Nice work! Regards, Bob S. On 1/9/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The industrial surrounding and the nearly absence of colors makes this photo a little bit

RE: PESO - American Fence

In lthe Monday New Zurich newspaper I have read that a nation (which name I will not mention here for good reason) has concrete plans to attack 3 atom fabric locations in the Iran with nuclear bombs. *Some* people can't wait for WW III it seems :-( Markus -Original Message- From:

RE: OT - Hot Chocolate Recipe

The Swiss sold their most famous chocolate Toblerone to american Kraft Foods /Philip Morris a long time ago. Nestle does too well and soon owns nearly half of the world patenting everything they can :-( greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: OT - Hot Chocolate Recipe

: OT - Hot Chocolate Recipe Beligians did the same with Cote d'Or.. Kraft now too :'( 2007/1/10, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The Swiss sold their most famous chocolate Toblerone to american Kraft Foods /Philip Morris a long time ago. Nestle does too well and soon owns nearly half

Funny photographer's photos link

Hi Pentaxians I found this link on photo.net and of course there is *no Pentax* gear involved ;-) Enjoy some funny photographer shots : http://granik.com/blog/2007/01/13/funny-photo-pictures/ greetings Markus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: PESO: Hogafication

I like experiments with such nice results Mark. Well done, makes me think what else could be done with a spare body cap and some glue :-) Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Cassino Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 6:06 PM To:

RE: PESO:industrial fireworks overZurich

PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Boris Liberman Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 2:45 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO:industrial fireworks overZurich Markus Maurer wrote: The industrial surrounding and the nearly absence of colors makes this photo a little bit

RE: PESO:industrial fireworks overZurich

Dave Quoting Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The industrial surrounding and the nearly absence of colors makes this photo a little bit different from the usual fireworks shot for me. Pentax SFXn, Pentax A70-210mm, Konica Centuria 100 film, tripod and cable remote , F11, around 6 seconds

RE: Gotta Go ....

I hope everything goes well for you Shel. Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Doug Brewer Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 6:14 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Gotta Go On Jan 14, 2007, at 8:32 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

RE: PESO:a new year card for a friend

. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Markus Maurer Sent: 1. januar 2007 01:56 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO:a new year card for a friend Hi Pentaxians I made this quick amateurish postcard

RE: quick report: A 70-210 F4 on *ist-Ds

Hi Francis I was quite surprised that the test animal portrait photos I took at 300mm with the Sigma AF 70-300mm zoom where quite good regarding sharpness. And nobody seems to like cheap Sigma zooms :-) I got that zoom in a bundle with an AF 400FTZ and a body and will probably sell it later when

RE: PESO:industrial fireworks overZurich

Aha, I imagined a rain train window shot with rails in the blurred background :-) Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Boris Liberman Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:11 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO:industrial fireworks

RE: February Pug uploading error?

Hi Cesar and Dan I sent mine via email attachement since I got the same error with the form. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 3:28 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: February Pug

RE: February Pug uploading error?

: Monday, January 15, 2007 11:31 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: February Pug uploading error? Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Cesar and Dan I sent mine via email attachement since I got the same error with the form. greetings Markus I must be missing something. I'm only seeing last

RE: the magic of film and old cameras

Hi Mark and how would you explain a little girl that she can't instantly review the photo you took of her. Yesterday, I showed the film capsule and told her that I have to send it to the labs for the prints because it is an old camera but she didn't understand :-) I know what you mean with the

RE: the magic of film and old cameras

Hi Mark I got a Voigtlaender Bessamatic SLR with a zoom and a prime for free but it was way too heavy for me to use it. And I prefer the look and build feeling of the 1959 Agfa Ambiflex SLR with 35mm prime over it, it's the only old camera I have left and will use sometimes. greetings Markus

Photo software now freeware

Maybe someone can use some freeware photo editing tools? http://www.vicman.net/vicmangofree.htm greetings Markus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: Praising K10D performance even with limitations

Hi James the video for the diffuser is at http://www.abetterbouncecard.com/ greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of jim Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 11:27 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Praising K10D performance

RE: Praising K10D performance even with limitations

A minimum distance of 1.5 -2 meters would have helped here :-) But even the newspapers here like to photograph people from less distance and make them look a bit comical greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jack Davis Sent:

RE: Praising K10D performance even with limitations

Hi Peter and Boris the link for the self made flash diffuser is http://www.abetterbouncecard.com/ greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Lacus Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 8:13 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject:

RE: A couple of woo-hoos

Hi Paul an Mark do they have a website? I would like to see some Krappy photos :-) Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 1:00 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A couple of woo-hoos

RE: Film vs. Digital - not a religion

Hi Bruce the resolution of the single person looks good enough for me. It seems that perfect exposure and lightning is an important factor. What I would like to know: While the skin tone on the single shot looks natural for me, the skin of the men are quite brown/reddish. Would you say that your

RE: Film vs. Digital - not a religion

Hi Gasha didn't they crop parts of your photos, the A4 prints described as 20x30 are more like 20x27cm here? Or can you choose if you want the photos scaled down with a border? greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gasha Sent:

RE: PESO - Flower Faery

Hi Scott a lovely photo so far. I would try bluring the background a bit, brighten t(he white of ) the eyes and take a bit of the blue out of the dress. Maybe I would have liked it even more from a slightly greater distance. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

PESO:in anticipation of snow

Hi Pentaxians still 12 hours to go for the very first snow this year in Zurich and large parts of Switzerland. In joyful anticipation of snow :-) I prepared myself with some close-ups of frozen plants last week. I really look forward to take some panoramic shots of Zurich with snow in the next

FW: PESO - Flower Faery

maybe twice but some of my messages seem to disappear ... Markus -Original Message- From: Markus Maurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 6:19 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: PESO - Flower Faery Hi Scott a lovely photo so far. I would try

FW: PESO:in anticipation of snow

maybe twice but some of my messages seem to disappear ... Markus -Original Message- From: Markus Maurer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 7:59 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO:in anticipation of snow Hi Pentaxians still 12 hours to go

RE: PESO:in anticipation of snow

Markus, I think it is ever so slightly overexposed in the middle. Not a good thing if you ask me ;-). Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Pentaxians still 12 hours to go for the very first snow this year in Zurich and large parts of Switzerland. In joyful anticipation of snow :-) I prepared myself

RE: Northern Exposures

Hi Mike I like the black and white ones with the house. Some of the others look a bit overdone in color or saturation for me, for ex. is the sky in no. 5. real or done with a gradient fill? Since I have never been there, I could of course be complettly wrong and the colors are indeed natural? How

RE: Northern Exposures

I agree with John. Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:05 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Northern Exposures From: Mike Hamilton On 1/22/07, Mike Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: A little *ist D statistics

Hi Mark and Jens Marks description of the wildflower taking on windy days is a good example of using the advantages of digital photography versus film use for me. But, to do the math, I would compare the cost of the keepers only and include the print cost as well, that would change quite a bit. I

RE: PESO:in anticipation of snow

: PESO:in anticipation of snow Is that a gooseberry plant? We've got one here that's producing fruit...and it's summer!!! :-) Cheers, Dave On 1/23/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please enjoy http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5490412size=lg. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: PESO:in anticipation of snow

think it may be a gooseberry. It looks just like this one: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/IMGP5762.jpg The fruit tastes delicious :-) Cheers, Dave On 1/23/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dave I'm sorry but I have no idea how they are called. They are wilted here in my

RE: PESO:in anticipation of snow

/Physalis From: Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/23 Tue PM 12:30:47 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO:in anticipation of snow Hi Dave I'm sorry but I have no idea how they are called. They are wilted here in my photo. greetings Markus

Microsoft Photo info 1.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b038d4b5-1d88-437c- 9f54-1fb0d210b5efdisplaylang=en may be useful for some greetings Markus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

RE: Some more amazing photographs

Very entertaining, thanks Dan. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:36 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Some more amazing photographs Things you don't see every day, from a

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