PESO Mid-30s Ford V-8

2013-10-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
On display at our local Historical Society's Applefest last weekend...unfortunately, the owner wasn't around to close the hood for me. Think it's a 1935... http://studio1941.com/applefest/index.html 3947 printed as a 13x19 on Red River Polar Pearl Metallic paper. K-5, Tamron 18-200mm -p --

Re: Thinking about a new camera

2013-10-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
That should never have happened - there's not that much vibration from the garbage grinder. The manufacturer should be willing to replace the sink. Repairs on a crack like that are just a stop-gap measure. Is the sink Swanstone or Corian? -p On 10/5/2013 10:59 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:

Re: Thinking about a new camera

2013-10-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
, let's hear it. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: That should never have happened - there's not that much vibration from the garbage grinder. The manufacturer should be willing to replace the sink. Repairs on a crack like that are just

Re: Having returned from the vacation in Holland, Germany and Belgium and having met some wonderful PDMLers on the way

2013-09-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Very enjoyable travelogue. Looking forward to seeing more. On 9/28/2013 12:07 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! After this link you find the photos from our vacation: http://www.flickr.com/photos/borispdml/sets/72157635920162295/ Quick recap: 1. Ecke, Ralf (and Michael) and Thibs are totally

Re: You didn't hear it from me...

2013-09-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
How about this... Eye-Fi Pro card - set to transfer only JPGs Shoot RAW+JPG with JPGs set to smallest file size Let the built-in wi-fi transfer from the card to the iPad. No need for a card reader and the small JPGs transfer fairly quickly. Then run the JPGs through Photosmith as planned.

Re: Moon shots with Ugly Sigma 400/5.6 APO

2013-09-18 Thread Paul Sorenson
The moon shot is nice, but the reflection is big print/wall-worthy. -p On 9/17/2013 9:12 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: This lens was pointed out as available at KEH, I figured I would give it a try. The lens is ugly. The barrel is an off-putting dirty creamy whitish color, and there is a small

Re: The fun. It just keeps on happening for me too.

2013-09-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Bummer... Sent from my iPad On Sep 10, 2013, at 11:30 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: Was running to catch a bus. My tripod swung around and got caught in between my legs. Down I went tumbling with the camera slamming into the asphalt. I had my A35-105/3.5 mounted. Its now bent

Re: The fun it keeps on happening (memory question?)

2013-09-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
Actually, the memory is the first to go, leaving you wondering what to do with the second thing... -p On 9/7/2013 3:04 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sat, Sep 07, 2013 at 12:28:18PM -0400, John wrote: They say memory is the second thing to go. And, I bet you forgot what was the first thing.

Re: PESO - Football in the Front Yard

2013-09-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
Agreed...it's good to look at pictures and remember your children as children. And good to see that your parents and grandparents were once young too. Hell! For me it's even nice to see photos from 50-60 years ago and remember that *I* was young once, too. -p On 9/3/2013 8:19 AM, George

Re: How to spend $200? (was: price breaks on k-5ll)

2013-09-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
I'd cast a vote for the 85/1.4... -p On 9/2/2013 3:46 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: On Sep 2, 2013, at 4:20 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Thanks to the recent price break on the camera that I bought 2

Re: OT the memoir book

2013-08-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
Enjoying your memoir. Hope you get the 1970s on wordpress, too. But...the 11 pt, sans serif font is really hard to read - at least for my old eyes. ;} -p On 8/26/2013 1:28 PM, David J Brooks wrote: I have managed to convert a rainy day into completing of 1980 for my book:

Re: Geo tagging

2013-08-23 Thread Paul Sorenson
Is one based on true north and the other on magnetic north? On 8/23/2013 12:15 PM, Jens wrote: Hi List Please look at and comment: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157635199289372/ I have been geotagging utilizing the Pentax O-GPS1 unit. But I can't seem to get the Compass direction

Re: Photo trip to the Isle of Wight

2013-08-14 Thread Paul Sorenson
That's a request best not given to Anthony Weiner... On 8/14/2013 1:46 PM, Bob W wrote: Send us a shot of your hornpipe, sailor-boy. B On 14 Aug 2013, at 19:14, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Sadly there is zero Pentax content in this post! However, I am off on a stills photo trip

Re: A thought-provoking conversation on the death of snapshots

2013-08-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
I think I've posted this link before, but it's no less valid... http://www.shutterbug.com/content/point-view-prints-are-precious-or-praise-shoebox And...after you've made a print of family members, note on the back who they are. I have prints from early in the 20th century that I know are

OT - Positive Customer Service

2013-08-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
In March 2005 I bought a Sigma EF 500DG Super to use with my *istDS and DS2. Worked OK but with the next Pentax generation it was good only for manual use since it didn't match P-TTL. At the time Sigma offered a free upgrade, but I used it as a good excuse to bring an AF540 into the house,

Re: Another tail of woe...

2013-07-30 Thread Paul Sorenson
If you think it's bad now, wait 'til you hit 70;{ -p On 7/30/2013 11:38 AM, Bill wrote: On 30/07/2013 10:10 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: It seems that all of my equipment is broken. I am starting to suffer from the same problem. I thought it was just part of the aging process. bill --

Re: PESO Weiner decay

2013-07-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
Wiener refers to Viennese. Wiener Schnitzel is the national dish of Austria. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Schnitzel -p On 7/29/2013 9:37 AM, John wrote: Doesn't the Weiner part sort of imply some kind of a sausage; chicken fried hot-dogs? On 7/28/2013 8:10 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:

Re: OT Sayings 2.0

2013-07-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
wants me to log in first On 7/29/2013 2:37 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: http://www.tumblr.com/dashboard/4/56799251337 -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: PESO Weiner decay

2013-07-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Damn, Ann...you're up early today. You beat me to the punch. I thought this was going to be a political thread, too. ;) -p On 7/28/2013 7:30 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Been paying attention to NY politics, eh? ann On 7/28/2013 07:01, Larry Colen wrote:

Re: PESO Weiner decay

2013-07-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
I don't know if I can cut the mustard... On 7/28/2013 2:06 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: You'll have to ketchup! -Original Message- From: Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO Weiner decay Damn, Ann...you're up early today. You beat me to the punch. I thought

Re: PESO Enamel lava

2013-07-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
This whole set is quite nice. I wonder, though, if you could smooth out the smile lines a little on Kim and a skosh on the left side of her neck and under her chin. -p On 7/26/2013 3:55 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Fri, Jul

Re: A bit closer to my first cyanotype

2013-07-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
Will be interested to see where you go using some of the old processes. Some nice stuff on his web site. Did he say what his Wisconsin destination was going to be? -p On 7/24/2013 11:31 AM, Darren Addy wrote: (This is not OT, since the original image was created with my Pentax K-5.) I

Re: VESO A short vid

2013-07-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
Cool. When I was a kid there were still farmers around who had tractors with the steel wheels and the signage along the farm roads warning Tractors with lugs prohibited to keep the spiked wheels from tearing up the paving. -p On 7/20/2013 6:45 PM, David J Brooks wrote: From Friday, i shot

Re: This week starting out with a great big load of SUX!

2013-07-16 Thread Paul Sorenson
I dunno...I think it's pretty clear that your lens is F--'d. ;) -p On 7/15/2013 7:25 PM, John wrote: Yeah. VERY VERY carefully, holding it over my head with the lens bayonet facing down so nothing could fall inside. I'm getting some kind of intermittent failure mode. I turn it on it prompts

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Ann - See my off-list message. -p On 7/11/2013 8:29 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: so from a practical aspect, what is the difference if when I output from elements I'd be making are 300 ppi jpgs ? or pngs? I have no experience at all with DNGS... anyone want to school me briefly? ann On

Re: soon to be enabled

2013-07-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
Congratulations on getting the K-5. To paraphrase the Men's Wearhouse guy...You're gonna like the way it works...I guarantee it I still shoot PEFs and let Lightroom convert to DNG upon import as the Adobe conversion gives a slightly smaller file size. If I think I'll need a quick turnaround

Re: OT Computer conundrum for those who care.

2013-07-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
Does your computer see the drive from the command line? Can you format the drive from there using the DOS format command? If you run Knoppix can your computer see the drive? That's saved my bacon several times. I think you can do an NTFS format from Knoppix if you can mount the drive. -p

Re: OT Computer conundrum for those who care.

2013-07-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
at this point that attempting to save the drive is even a good idea, but being a Yankee, I hate to throw anything that might be useful away, so I'd like to at least try. It's odd that Seagate's utility can at see and test the problematic drive while Western Digital's cannot. On 7/10/2013 12:35 AM, Paul

Re: Calculating hobby cost (was Re: Bracketing on the K5 with pictures of menus)

2013-07-06 Thread Paul Sorenson
Not an entirely accurate assumption - unless (1)you never buy any other Pentax cameras, (2)you throw away all your Pentax equipment at the end of five years, (3)*ALL* the photography you're doing with your current equipment continues as is and you *NEVER* use the Pentax equipment for

Re: PESO: When Frank Retires

2013-07-06 Thread Paul Sorenson
Gee, Dad, it's a Whizzer... I haven't seen one of them for 50+ years. -p On 7/6/2013 11:37 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17443904 Comments invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that

Re: OT: Studio space enablement and an opportunity

2013-07-06 Thread Paul Sorenson
Walt - It sounds as though there are a lot of unknowns at this point. A good long talk with the bride to be should give you an idea of what she wants. You need to know her expectations and results that she wants - CD, 8x10s, album, books, etc. Once you know what she wants then you can

Independence Day

2013-07-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
Passing through Mineral Point, WI on July Fourth several years ago we came upon the local cemetery, filled with flags in celebration of Independence Day... http://studio1941.com/images/MineralPoint4th.jpg Pentax K-X, Tamron 28-200 -p -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. --

Re: Independence Day

2013-07-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks, Walt... -p On 7/4/2013 12:31 PM, Walt wrote: Stirring shot, Paul. -- Walt On 7/4/2013 12:27 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Passing through Mineral Point, WI on July Fourth several years ago we came upon the local cemetery, filled with flags in celebration of Independence Day... http

Re: Independence Day

2013-07-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks, everyone, for those positive comments. I'll take a look at the fence. No, not HDR, just a little post processing in LR4 and Perfect Photo Suite. -p On 7/4/2013 10:07 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Powerful image! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Paul Sorenson

Re: List news

2013-07-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
Done... -p On 7/2/2013 9:49 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: Hi kids, Look like it's that time of year again. Please consider visiting the list home page (http://www.pdml.net) and contributing to the continuing operation of our favorite list. It takes an astounding amount of money to keep this thing

Re: OT: Now Mozilla is getting on my nerves.

2013-07-01 Thread Paul Sorenson
I did an upgrade recently by just copying over the old version and it was still wonky. Did a complete uninstall/reinstall and now all is well. -p Sent from my iPad On Jul 1, 2013, at 10:07 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Paul Sorenson Have you considered uninstalling

Re: OT: Now Mozilla is getting on my nerves.

2013-06-30 Thread Paul Sorenson
Have you considered uninstalling Firefox and re-installing the lates version? -p On 6/30/2013 11:21 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele On 6/30/2013 11:53, Aahz Maruch wrote: ... Honestly, this really is for your own good. I bet that if you disable all plugins and extensions, this

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Working on it... -p On 6/26/2013 7:07 PM, Brian Walters wrote: ..so far, apparently not :-( It's getting close to the deadline and we have zero, nil, nada submissions. Can the theme be that difficult? There is also an Open Gallery PUG in July (with two submissions). Anyway, the details:

Re: Flash purchase question(s)

2013-06-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
New firmware for the 58 AF-2 addresses this problem...reply from Metz below. There is also an upgrade to v5.0 for those who own the 58 AF-1 Hello Paul, Our team figured out the problem and pushed a new firmware out last night. You can download v4.1 now:

Re: Go Hawks - best regards to Bruins fans

2013-06-25 Thread Paul Sorenson
Would like to have seen the pix but after 4 advertising pop-ups I quit... -p On 6/25/2013 10:01 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Yes, I'd like to echo Bob's comments about the Bruins--great play and wonderful series. On a photography note--as you know the Chicago Sun Times has fired all their

Re: Flash purchase question(s)

2013-06-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
Stan - I have both the Pentax AF-540 and the Metz 58 AF-2. Speaking from using them with the K-X and the K-5: The light output seems to be pretty close to the same The Metz seems produce more consistent exposures. Both can be run wirelessly. Function changes can be more more quickly with

Re: DOF by rote

2013-06-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
DOFmaster is available for Android and iOS products...Quick and easy DOF calculations http://www.dofmaster.com/android.html -p On 6/20/2013 11:32 AM, CollinB wrote: Your 1/3 distance into the scene seems to comport with the accepted system that's been touted for many years. The

Re: camera for travel and hiking

2013-06-18 Thread Paul Sorenson
I would concur with Stan's recommendation. It's waterproof to 40 ft, shockproof to 5 ft and crushproof up to a couple hundred pounds. I have a WG-2 that I mostly use for work doing inspections of wells and septic systems. I figure that if I drop it in someone's septic tank, I can fish it

Re: K-5 dead

2013-06-17 Thread Paul Sorenson
All is not lost for stills if your husband got some decent video with the K-01. In LR4 you can copy a single frame as a jpg at the same resolution as the video. It's explained just after the 5 minute mark in the video tutorial on this page...

Re: K-5 dead

2013-06-16 Thread Paul Sorenson
I believe LR4 will let you pick out individual frames. Not at home so I can't check for sure, but I seem to remember a David Ziser tutorial on doing that. -p Sent from my iPad On Jun 16, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Damn. Sorry to hear this. Good to

Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

2013-06-13 Thread Paul Sorenson
Amazon has it for $990. Overnight shipping if you order in the next 2 hours... http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-16-3-DSLR-Body-Black/dp/B009JPEISW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8qid=1371155157sr=8-4keywords=pentax+k-5II http://tinyurl.com/k68ghef -p On 6/13/2013 3:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Thu, Jun 13,

Re: PESO - Sad Old Bear

2013-06-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
+2 -p Sent from my iPad On Jun 12, 2013, at 2:21 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 12, 2013, at 5:50 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Don't dump them, give them to a children's charity. That bear looks to be in perfectly good condition and could bring a lot of joy.

Re: OT: Another windfall/enablement

2013-06-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
Create an album with jAlbum and save it to your hard drive, then you can show the album pix using a web browser. http://jalbum.net/en/ -p On 6/12/2013 12:45 PM, Walt wrote: Hi all, At some point over the past few weeks, I apparently had a lucky horseshoe kicked up my ass. Seems I won in a

Re: Urgent slide show help needed

2013-06-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Rick - Check out ProShow by Photodex...The Gold or Web version may be just what you need. http://www.photodex.com/proshow -p On 6/11/2013 5:07 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Hi folks, I've been below periscope depth most of the last month, largely because our son's wedding is Saturday. For the

Re: Peso Erin at one and 30

2013-06-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
Glad she made it. She looks like a lovely young lady. -p Sent from my iPad On Jun 10, 2013, at 10:35 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Yesterday was Erins 30th birthday. S,all group of friends and relatives in attendance, good food and a nice day. It was touch and go 30 years

Re: GESO: Water Wars

2013-06-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
I grew up that way, too. Infinitely better than today's programmed growing up, IMHO. You learned to deal with a wide variety of personalities. BTW, you folder for this pix is marked private... -p On 6/9/2013 7:15 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Back when I was a kid, everyone who lived on the

Re: GESO: Water Wars

2013-06-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
Didn't open the first time...did now. Nice gallery of kids being kids. Thanks -p Sent from my iPad On Jun 9, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Jun 9, 2013, at 8:27 PM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: I grew up that way, too. Infinitely better

Re: PESO odd couple

2013-06-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
Can't make out the hood medallion. Is that blue one a Jeepster? -p Sent from my iPad On Jun 3, 2013, at 1:46 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: This random pairing outside a local diner amused me: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/893928/in/set-72157633893662627 -- Larry

Re: Testing, testing 1-2-3

2013-05-30 Thread Paul Sorenson
Loud and clear -p Sent from my iPad On May 30, 2013, at 1:37 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: After several days of PDML silence and lack of response from my ISP (I assume that they've got some sort of spam filter issue), I've rejoined with a different email address. Am

Re: Savanna, Illinois

2013-05-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
Really like #2. It has a timeless look to it - could have been taken in the 1930s. The single car in the distance on that lonely prairie road is what makes it for me. -p Sent from my iPad On May 28, 2013, at 8:01 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Safari Land is a real eye

Re: PSEL and LR4

2013-05-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
In Windows it's in a folder for the editor separate from the Organizer with a file name PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe. If that's not there, you might need to reinstall PSE. -p On 5/28/2013 5:35 PM, David J Brooks wrote: On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com

Re: VESO Steam train short

2013-05-27 Thread Paul Sorenson
For my first 10 years we lived about half a block from the railroad tracks and depot. Boy, does that bring back memories from some 60 years ago. The chuffing as it gets louder when the train approaches...and the lonesome sounding whistle as I lay in my bed late at night. I wanted to be able

Re: VESO Steam train short

2013-05-27 Thread Paul Sorenson
of the block where there was a Chicago Northwestern roundhouse. I could watch the steam engines endlessly. I'd guess that they were in the commuter service for Chicago and waiting for rush hour. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: For my

Re: OT: video of a steam powered box mill

2013-05-25 Thread Paul Sorenson
Cool. Great to see old machinery kept in use instead of being scrapped. -p Sent from my iPad On May 25, 2013, at 2:38 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Cool video, cool tech, nice cinematography: http://www.youtube.com/v/_mKSKZau9qsh -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

Re: Vanishing New York blog features my vintage photos today - yayay!

2013-05-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
Great news! And an excellent article...hope you get a bunch of sales out of this. -p On 5/22/2013 7:50 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I'm chuffed (like Derby ;-) ) http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2013/05/east-village-70s-80s.html Blogger Jereniah Moss sent me an email last week asking if he

Re: Milwaukee PDML - Color Rush

2013-05-21 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks, Dan. We had a great two days... -p On 5/21/2013 8:20 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Great gallery. I especially liked the first one and the image of Bob in his Bears Jacket! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Paul Sorenson

Re: Milwaukee PDML - Color Rush

2013-05-21 Thread Paul Sorenson
That building is even more impressive when the wings are extended... -p On 5/21/2013 8:45 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Good to see another wing of the PDML. That art museum is an intriguing place. On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: Had a mini-PDML meet

Re: Milwaukee PDML - Color Rush

2013-05-21 Thread Paul Sorenson
Oops!! Sorry, Bob - forgot... http://studio1941.com/images/MKE_PDML-3462b.jpg -p On 5/21/2013 1:50 PM, Bob W wrote: Three of those people aren't wearing the regulation PDML Safety Beard - who was supposed to be in charge there? B . -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old.

Milwaukee PDML - Color Rush

2013-05-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
Had a mini-PDML meet in Milwaukee this past weekend with Lynn and Bob S and Stan to see the color photo display at the Milwaukee Art Museum, then shoot some of the sights in MKE. PESO - one view of the art museum http://studio1941.com/mke-pdml/#MKE_PDML-3394.jpg GESO - gallery from the

Re: PAW176 - 17 May

2013-05-19 Thread Paul Sorenson
Syttende Mai - May 17 - Norwegian Constitution Day - (Norwegian July 4th) -p On 5/19/2013 10:10 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Ditto what Darren said! -Original Message- From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PAW176 - 17 May I don't understand the title, but that is a

Re: GESO Regional Airshow

2013-05-14 Thread Paul Sorenson
Some neat old birds in that gallery, Rob. The Catalina, the Mustang, the Gooney Bird and the Super Connie are some of my favorites. And the Gloster Meteor, famous, among other things for its ability to perform a Zurabatic Cartwheel. Is Suzy-Q a Brewster Buffalo? -p On 5/12/2013 9:06 PM,

Re: IT'S HERE! Fifth PDML Photo Annual!

2013-05-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
For Kindle users, Calibre does a good job of converting to the .mobi format and Amazon has a free app called Send to Kindle that will upload to your Kindle. Send to Kindle also shows up in your printer list and will convert documents to PDFs and upload them to your Kindle as well. -p On

Re: Ot: an aye for an eye , ann's eye (i'm back - and longish stuff )

2013-05-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
Ann - Good to have you back and to hear all is going well. -p On 5/10/2013 10:47 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: with some trepedation - I have returned! :-) Cataract surgery was May 2nd - only on my right eye - marked with a purple arrow by a nurse. I can see clear_er_ but still not really clear

Re: an aye for an eye , ann's eye (i'm back - and longish stuff )

2013-05-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
In the spirit of the old radio evangelists, she has to place her hands on the monitor as you tell her to HEAL!! grin -p On 5/10/2013 3:02 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: So good to hear your story Ann, glad it went well. Now Heal! Glad you enjoyed my 'Over the Falls' image! I've been

Re: OT Striking a blow for cropping

2013-05-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
It is said that Walker Evans cropped by trimming the negs to the crop he wanted. Then that was the only way the neg could be printed and still retain his vision of what the image should be. -p On 5/9/2013 8:11 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: 35mm and strangely enough 8x10 and larger formats were the

Warning - cat content

2013-05-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
Registered owners of NetObjects have access to some 700+ royalty-free images. This one brought a chuckle... http://studio1941.com/images/catdump.jpg -p -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Annsan Update

2013-05-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks for that update. Glad to hear all is going well. -p On 5/4/2013 3:43 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: She emailed me after surgery. All went well and she's on the mend. -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Test

2013-05-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
Seems to be working -p Sent from my iPad On May 3, 2013, at 8:37 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Ok. How about this? (Trying to work this out from my iPhone...) -c On May 3, 2013, at 9:32 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Yes I see your test.

Re: PESO - Helping Hands

2013-04-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
That image speaks volumes. Glad you have it. I'm sure it will be special to Grace as she gets older, too. -p On 4/29/2013 3:29 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm eternally thankful that before she died my mother had a couple of years to get to know Grace. I hadn't rendered this pic when I shot

Re: OT: Sunday Morning Coming Down.

2013-04-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Know what you mean. Mine sits in a corner under the desk next to the server. Batteries + does a good job with the gel cells. Replaced mine about a year ago. -p On 4/28/2013 12:02 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Power outage this morning - less than a minute, but the batteries in the UPS that runs

PESO - Harper at 5

2013-04-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Celebrated the fifth birthday of one of my granddaughters yesterday. Here she is in the middle of opening birthday gifts... http://studio1941.com/harperbd5/#IMGP3305.JPG GESO is here if anyone wants to peruse all of the images... http://studio1941.com/harperbd5/# Shot RAW + JPG and these are

Re: PESO - Harper at 5

2013-04-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks Dan. -p On 4/28/2013 2:24 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: She is cute as a button, and you captured her charm very well. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: Celebrated the fifth birthday

Re: OT: George Jones, RIP

2013-04-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
Let us know how many times you hear He Stopped Loving Her Today :} -p On 4/26/2013 10:41 AM, Walt wrote: I don't know how many country music fans are on the list, if any. But, in the event there are any who haven't already heard, the legendary George Jones has died.

Re: OT - news blooper on CNN

2013-04-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
CNN is going to have to go a long way to top their comments that should have never been broadcast of last week... While reporting on the emptiness of the streets in Boston and surrounding suburbs her comment was: It looks like a bomb went off here. -p On 4/24/2013 11:49 AM, Charles

Re: Photo Annual 2013 update

2013-04-23 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks for the update, Mark. I think we all know that this is a project with a huge amount of work for which all you will get is thanks and some satisfaction. So, thanks again for doing this. Do you have a PayPal page set up for donations so we can help defray the cost of promo copies of

Re: Me, my K-5 and my Q - coming to the USA

2013-04-19 Thread Paul Sorenson
And...it's good for the entire carload of people, regardless of their ages. -p On 4/19/2013 10:55 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Ditto. I got one too. You only have to be 62. One of the best senior discounts around, if not the very best. Marnie aka Doe :-) Discounted movies are okay, but I

Re: Boston PDML'ers please check in

2013-04-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
Boston Police Commissioner just reported two explosions near the end of the marathon and one at the JFK Library. At least one other device found and detonated by police. NBC scroll says two killed, 20+ injured. -p On 4/15/2013 3:49 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Zos, I think you better check again

Re: Wife Enablement: K-01

2013-04-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
When I saw the subject it reminded me of this... I got a camera for my wife yesterday. Really? How much did you have to give to boot? I hope you have better luck with encouraging the transition than I have. I got a decent PS for Marcia and she still prefers to use the iPhone. I think it's

Re: OT: Epson V500 and oversized-prints question

2013-04-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Shouldn't have a problem. This was scanned on a V500 and the original mount was oversized. Any softness in the scan also exists in the original. BTW, it's a four generation pix taken in 1935. The young girl is my mother, age about 14. ; } https://www.box.com/shared/gx8uuqeg4zot65xgen3v

Re: April PUG - 'Precipitation' now on line

2013-04-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thank you, Alastair... -p On 4/11/2013 3:54 AM, Alastair Robertson wrote: Paul Sorenson's Cold spring rain is the standout for me - love the composition Ken's bud also very nice Alastair On 11 April 2013 20:46, Alastair Robertson kiwibiolog...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Sorenson's Cold spring

Re: April PUG - 'Precipitation' now on line

2013-04-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Rain by Paul Sorenson (that kind of shot doesn't always appeal to me and I don't think always works, but this one works. Looks and feels really rainy.) And Passing Water and Wetter Funnel, and, well, lots of others. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/9/2013 10:56:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight

Re: April PUG - 'Precipitation' now on line

2013-04-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks for those positive comments, Darren. I had to go back about 7 years in my archives to find it. I had to do some errands that day and on a whim grabbed the camera to take with me. Turned out to be serendipity... -p On 4/10/2013 8:27 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Thanks to those that

Re: PESO 2013 - ymfl - GDG

2013-04-08 Thread Paul Sorenson
Looks like a four-legged Ronald McDonald... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8630370835/lightbox On 4/8/2013 6:46 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Two more of the Liverpudlians. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8626389408/lightbox

Re: a new imac

2013-04-08 Thread Paul Sorenson
FWIW, here's a review of the 2011 version of the Mac Mini. The reviewer also does the Digital Photography column in Shutterbug and pretty consistently recommends the Mini for use by photographers over other computers, either PC or Mac.

Re: OT: The Bay Area in 4K

2013-04-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
You're right. They just throttle it down. We have the turbo and speedtest consistently reports 30Mb down and 5Mb up. -p Sent from my iPad On Apr 7, 2013, at 11:54 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Although they claim they don't, TWC throttles bandwidth here in Raleigh unless

Re: Posting Photos of Street Art can get you arrested

2013-04-06 Thread Paul Sorenson
It depends on your definition of a Public School. If it's a school offered/run by a public entity, then I'd agree that thy are non-denominational. However, the big push in Wisconsin by both a Republican governor and a Republican legislature is for so-called voucher schools whereby private

Re: Posting Photos of Street Art can get you arrested

2013-04-06 Thread Paul Sorenson
that there aren't bad charters. There are. But the competition of the marketplace eventually weeds them out. Public schools don't have to compete. That's part of the problem. Paul On Apr 6, 2013, at 7:58 PM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: It depends on your definition of a Public School

Re: Medium format camera kit

2013-04-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
No joy!! Try again... ; ] -p On 4/3/2013 6:27 PM, Larry Colen wrote: This is kind of cool: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kellyangood/the-pop-up-pinhole-project I'm also testing my new mail server, so let me know if you don't get this. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est

Re: Printing BW

2013-04-01 Thread Paul Sorenson
Jack - I sent you a long reply off list. If you have any questions please let me know. -p On 4/1/2013 4:39 PM, Jack Davis wrote: I'm done wasting photo paper...for the moment. I estimate having sacrificed about 20 sheets of A3 Ultra Premium Luster in the last 36 hours. Would

Re: OT: Overbearing metaphors

2013-03-31 Thread Paul Sorenson
Do a search in the App Store for Calendars by Readdle. They have a free one and another for about 3USD. Readdle seems to make good apps and the customer service is great. -p Sent from my iPad On Mar 31, 2013, at 6:38 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I bought an iPad yesterday, which

Re: New Nik plug-in bundle pricing announced today

2013-03-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
:37 PM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: Or...if you own any one of the Nik plug-ins you can get the entire Perfect Photo Suite Premium Edition from OnOne for $149. Includes plug-ins for LR, PS, PSE and a stand alone version. http://www.ononesoftware.com/_a/templates/nik_upgrade.php

Re: Happy Passover

2013-03-25 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thank you, Boris. Marcia and I got an early start visiting her mother on Sunday. The same good wishes go out to you from us. -p On 3/25/2013 12:06 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: To everyone who celebrates (and everyone who does not) - may your freedom be never challenged and may the rest of this

Re: New Nik plug-in bundle pricing announced today

2013-03-25 Thread Paul Sorenson
Or...if you own any one of the Nik plug-ins you can get the entire Perfect Photo Suite Premium Edition from OnOne for $149. Includes plug-ins for LR, PS, PSE and a stand alone version. http://www.ononesoftware.com/_a/templates/nik_upgrade.php?id=58 -p On 3/25/2013 4:42 PM, Darren Addy

Re: PESO: Township Shed - BW

2013-03-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
Yes - definitely the B/W version -p On 3/20/2013 1:52 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: I much prefer the BW version. Paul (Thanks) had it right. stan On Mar 20, 2013, at 11:16 AM, Jack Davis wrote: I believe it was Paul (Thanks) who suggested a BW be done of this image. I, too, felt I should be

Re: PESO - Kodachrome 1976

2013-03-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
Nice. It's images like this that bring fond memories of our lifetimes. Keep scanning; be sure to print at least some for posterity and be sure to note on the back who the subjects were and when the pic was taken so someone three or four generations down the road will be able to see and know

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