Re: OT: Who needs mega pixels?

2006-10-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
Don't count yourself out yet, Walt. I'm about to turn 65 and hoping to see much more of what's coming down the road. Always said my preferred method of leaving this world was to be shot in bed at 95 by a jealous husband. ;) -P Walter Hamler wrote: At 64 yrs old I am almost sorry I

Re: k10d and manual-aperture lenses?

2006-10-08 Thread Paul Sorenson
Perhaps something like this is more to your liking... http://tinyurl.com/pw2kg J. C. O'Connell wrote: Oh screw YOU. I am not here to flog ebay. I am here to Discuss pentax like everyone else and I don't know Why you think its wrong for me to disagree with pentax Designs if I don't like them

Re: PESO: Truth

2006-10-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
WOW!! It's not often that a picture just reaches out a grabs me, but this one sure did. What a strong image. -P Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Truth is always the first victim of war. For Anna Politkovskaja: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/6884088

In Living Color: Photographs by Saul Leiter

2006-10-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
Exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Museum, through Jan 7. New York street photography, in color, from the 40's and 50's. Anyone coming to Milwaukee, contact me off list and maybe we can meet. -P http://www.mam.org/exhibitions/exhibition_details.aspx?ID=77 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: AF500FTZ flash

2006-10-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
The Sigma EF 500 DG Super is an excellent flash - I have one that works well with the DS and DS2. However, the earlier units won't work with the K100D (don't know about the K10D). Sigma has a recall on them for a free upgrade. Just send the flash to them, they'll install the upgrade and

Re: Printing--AAARGH!

2006-10-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Rick - I don't know what settings you're using, but I can tell you the settings that get me good results with PE4 and an R800. When you go to the print window in PE4, check the box in the lower left corner that says Show More Options, open the drop down box for Printer Profile and select the

Re: OT: Epson R800 or R1800

2006-10-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Marnie - I have the R800 and am very happy w/it. I seldom have the need to print anything larger than 8x10, so it fits my needs well I haven't branched out into papers other than the Epson series so I can't report how it works w/other vendors papers. Epson just updated the paper profiles

Re: OT: Epson Printer Profiles

2006-10-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
Be sure ICM is disabled in the printer driver properties. One of the results of enabling ICM in both Photoshop and the printer driver is prints that are too dark. -P Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Hmm. That sounds like the profiles R1800 aren't particularly good. It might be worth seeing if

Re: Epson settlement questions

2006-11-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Bob - Did you register the printers with Epson as well as submit the claim forms? It seems that has to be done as a separate item. Any printers purchased within the claim time frame have until Nov 13 to register on the Epson site. The Settlement FAQ page has a link to Epson for

Re: PESO - Attack of the Giant Salamander

2006-11-13 Thread Paul Sorenson
It does look like the interior has the possibility of being interesting. The construction, though, looks to be entirely cement block. Unless there are a lot of reinforcing rods laced through the block core, I'm surprised to see that method of construction in earthquake country. It wouldn't

Re: PESO - Just an autumn picture

2006-11-13 Thread Paul Sorenson
That's two for the Monet Cotty wrote: On 13/11/06, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed: I´m almost starting to PAW again... http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=271803 Very Monet ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - The Bluesmann and his Tools (My first public show)

2006-11-16 Thread Paul Sorenson
Firefox 2.0 - loads with no problem -P Adam Maas wrote: I get it for a second in Firefox 1.5.0.8, then it continues to the actual page. -Adam Tim Øsleby wrote: That's is strange. Is Shel the only one experiencing this? Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original

Re: PESO - Coffee With an Absent Friend

2006-11-18 Thread Paul Sorenson
The large amount of OOF area compared to the cup make my eyes want to make the picture come into focus. I wonder if it would be more pleasing to me if: a) The photo was in focus and the cup OOF, or b) Both the cup and the photo were in focus. -P Shel Belinkoff wrote: There's a picture of

Re: OT - Jeeps, jeeps and Land Rovers

2006-11-25 Thread Paul Sorenson
Hm...paint it red, get rid of the top and turn signals and it looks just like the CJ-2A I had about 1960. -P SJ wrote: On 11/25/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are still places on Earth where the CJ-3 is made under license (India for one I think - Mahindra) here in india,

Printer Ink

2006-11-27 Thread Paul Sorenson
Those of you in the US who buy Epson ink on-line - where have you found the best price/service? TIA -P -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Printer Ink

2006-11-27 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks, Bob. I'll check them out. -P Bob Shell wrote: On Nov 27, 2006, at 9:06 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Those of you in the US who buy Epson ink on-line - where have you found the best price/service? www.atlex.com Great prices, fast service, and they have everything. Bob

Re: Printer Ink

2006-11-27 Thread Paul Sorenson
. http://www.atlex.com/ Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Printer Ink Those of you in the US who buy Epson ink on-line - where have you found the best price/service? TIA -P -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: Printer Ink

2006-11-27 Thread Paul Sorenson
I haven't found an Office Max in the Milwaukee area that stocks the R800 cartridges but they do (so far) continue to take back any printer cartridge for either a free ream of paper or $3 off any purchase greater that $3. I usually save them to use with the $10 discount cards - I've gotten 3

Re: peso: barber shop in Chinatown

2006-11-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
Ann - If you would like, I can get a copy of RawShooter Essentials to you - that should handle processing and conversion of the Canon raw files. Contact me off list if you'd like to try it. -P ann sanfedele wrote: Frank - yup - that's the one You can attest to the difficulty of getting a

Re: Speaking of Firmware

2006-11-30 Thread Paul Sorenson
This isn't a Pentax, but here's the dissection of a 20D that the owner documented. I would imagine most DSLRs are similar. http://www.pbase.com/gmr2048/20d-dissectionpage=all -P Shel Belinkoff wrote: How much space does the computer chip/boards take up in the various Pentax DSLR's, both in

Re: Speaking of Firmware

2006-11-30 Thread Paul Sorenson
at. All those pics are overwhelming. Thanks for the thought Shel [Original Message] From: Paul Sorenson This isn't a Pentax, but here's the dissection of a 20D that the owner documented. I would imagine most DSLRs are similar. http://www.pbase.com/gmr2048/20d

Re: Speaking of Firmware

2006-11-30 Thread Paul Sorenson
holds the operating system (firmware). It probably only has to have about 4-6 megabytes of memory, so it won't be physically very large. Shel Belinkoff wrote: That's nice - where does the firmware go? Tks! Shel [Original Message] From: Paul Sorenson Yes, the sheer volume of pix can

Re: Speaking of Firmware

2006-11-30 Thread Paul Sorenson
self I feel distinctly Borg now, having looked at 20D innards. Taking such a thing to my eye in order to take a picture definitely makes me feel forward in 24th century. ;-). On 11/30/06, Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This isn't a Pentax, but here's the dissection of a 20D

OT: Snow doesn't stop bikers

2006-12-01 Thread Paul Sorenson
For Frank - from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's web news - 9 inches of snow so far, and still falling. -P *Bicycle messengers riding out the storm* The streets in downtown Milwaukee are a mess of snow, testing cars and plows at each intersection. Not the bikers. Breakaway

Re: Peso: Snowstorm

2006-12-01 Thread Paul Sorenson
H...I have no problem w/viewing Picasa and Firefox. -P Tom C wrote: I can't see the picture, just a place holder. In fact I started setting up a Picasa web gallery several weeks ago and have abandoned the idea. I cannot see most other's photos and cannot even see my own most of the

Re: Peso: Snowstorm

2006-12-01 Thread Paul Sorenson
A few more from the Milwaukee area - 12 inches of snow here on the west side. http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/ds2_imgp1415_std.jpg http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/ds2_imgp1416_std.jpg http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/ds2_imgp1417_std.jpg

Re: Peso: Snowstorm

2006-12-01 Thread Paul Sorenson
Tom - I can see your Picasa albums just fine. Don't seem to load any slower than any other pix. -P Tom C wrote: I'm not missing it by choice Bob. I started setting up a small gallery and performance was just so bad... I try it and I can't see the images and it's slow as hell even on

Re: Peso: Snowstorm

2006-12-01 Thread Paul Sorenson
. On 12/1/06, Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A few more from the Milwaukee area - 12 inches of snow here on the west side. http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/ds2_imgp1415_std.jpg http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/ds2_imgp1416_std.jpg http://home.earthlink.net

Re: Another attempt to demonize photographers

2006-12-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
If they really want to target child exploitation, how about starting the the kiddie beauty pageants -P Rick Womer wrote: Our very own Taliban in the Department of Justice. Rick --- Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find this very depressing:

Re: OT: I love the R1800!

2006-12-06 Thread Paul Sorenson
Dave - Epson's web site lists the dye based inks used by the R200-R300 series as lasting 30 years on their Matte Paper Heavyweight. They say the pigment inks used in the R800/R1800 are good for 100+ years. No listing for the newer inksets used in the R2400. While pricier than the R220, I

Re: OT - What sells

2006-12-06 Thread Paul Sorenson
Ann, try this... ...an American folksong in which a father is singing to a child who tries to put off bedtime by asking many questions? The tune resembles the old song Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot, and the only verse recalled (out of several) is: Why can't a mouse swallow a

Re: Extended warranty

2006-12-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
Check the terms of your VISA/Mastercard. Often purchases made with these will extend the warranty to double the manufacturer's warranty up to an additional year. -P Charles Wilson wrote: When I buy the K10D I will be taking out extended warranty. I just have had to have my istD repaired

Re: PESO - Rugged Coast 2

2006-12-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
C'mon down to Milwaukee with your truck - you can have all you want!! -P Charles Robinson wrote: On Dec 7, 2006, at 12:30, Bruce Dayton wrote: This one was shot away from the sun the same time frame as Rugged Coast - there is an entirely different feeling to it. Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4,

Re: OT: I love the R1800!

2006-12-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
was a mile long. -P David J Brooks wrote: Paul Do you have a link I have been all over the site and cannot find that info. Dave Quoting Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dave - Epson's web site lists the dye based inks used by the R200-R300 series as lasting 30 years on their Matte Paper

Re: K10D and Ring flash

2006-12-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Perry - Promaster lists one on their web site that they claim, with their Pentax module, will work with the Pentax DSLRs, including the K10. Light output is GN 35 at ISO 100. -P Perry Pellechia wrote: It is common knowledge that the K10D does not have the capability to do TTL flash

Re: PESO: Post-impressionist's motorcycle

2006-12-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
*Never* skip a girl with red hair. -P Mark Roberts wrote: I suppose you could skip the hair and substitute the black enamel paint for the leather. http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Paul Stequest Will not stop sending me harrasing private emails

2006-12-18 Thread Paul Sorenson
He doesn't even make it to my junk folder - anything incoming from him is automatically deleted. I don't think I run the risk of missing anything important. -P keith_w wrote: The real question here is, why not just 'plonk' him? Relegate all messages that even mention his name, to a Junk

Re: PAW 2006 - 41, 42 - GDG

2006-12-18 Thread Paul Sorenson
Hmmm. I like 41 except for the sidewalk crack - for me it either needs to be level with the bottom of the frame or more diagonal. -P Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I'm working with a variety of different ideas in photos right now ... hope you find these at least interesting.

Re: PAW 2006 - 41, 42 - GDG

2006-12-18 Thread Paul Sorenson
: Paul - it curves :) I like 41, too - which I saw up close and personal, pretty much, in NY a couple of weeks ago. a Paul Sorenson wrote: Hmmm. I like 41 except for the sidewalk crack - for me it either needs to be level with the bottom of the frame or more diagonal. -P

Re: The cause of the controversy

2006-12-19 Thread Paul Sorenson
Looking at the inside of the cabinet - what a change from when I was doing TV repair in the early 60's...no more big steel chassis full of tubes, resistors and capacitors...that whole cabinet would have been full. -P graywolf wrote: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/digital/TV.html -- PDML

Re: Please everyone set up an email filter

2006-12-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
Post a picture so we can search for more like her. ;) -P Tim Øsleby wrote: You have NO IDEA what you are talking about, before you have experienced my SO dishing skills. She is special trained. She did this mistake once, it will never happen again- I can assure you that. And after some

Re: Peso: Tompkins Square Park

2006-12-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
Cool effect- evokes an eerie, turn-of-the-century feeling. -P ann sanfedele wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5358414 I thought I would see what would happen if I shot in color with and orange filter and then converted to BW - but the conversion didn't look too good

Re: TV volume, was: My holiday greeting

2006-12-21 Thread Paul Sorenson
Here's one, but it's pretty pricey. http://www.smarthome.com/77964.html -P ann sanfedele wrote: Digital Image Studio wrote: I'm a broadcast engineer (currently part time radio broadcast) so I'm more than a little familiar with these issues. Each broadcast facility may have a set of

Re: OT: Studio lighting

2005-08-16 Thread Paul Sorenson
Scott - Check out Alienbees. They're a division of White Lightening. Good value for the investment - customer service is great. Adjustable over a 5 f-stop range, built-in slave, built-in modeling light, low trigger voltage so they're safe on the camera electronics. I have three of them,

Re: SF7 and non DX coded film

2005-09-14 Thread Paul Sorenson
Porter's still has them in their web cataloghere http://www.porters.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc? -P Bruce Dayton wrote: I used to be able to buy stickers with the DX codes on them from Porters. That might work for you. Sounds like you are loading your own film. I believe you can

Re: Some Posting Suggestions

2005-09-14 Thread Paul Sorenson
I thought Outlook Express would sort by subject so you can follow a thread if you want. -P Tom Reese wrote: I'm using Outlook Express on a Windows 98 machine that I refuse to upgrade. No drivers, no software, no hardware, no nothing. I can't even be bothered plugging the speakers back

Re: Informal Synchronocity?

2005-09-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
That would be minus if you're further west William Robb wrote: Am I +1 or -1 from EST? b - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Informal Synchronocity? Today is the autumnal equinox. Per earlier posts, I'm willing to host a Synchronocity Gallery for the PDML just for the

Re: Help: Internet Photo Gallery Generator

2005-10-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
I mainly use BreezeBrowser - it has lots of features and an array of templates that are customizable if you can fake your way through a little html/java. At about 80USD it's a good deal. Another option I use if I want something just quick dirty is Porta -

Re: GESO: Fall in the Adirondacks

2005-10-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
Really like this series - especially the abstract nature of 100 124. Where were these taken relative to Glens Falls (my best point of reference)? -P Herb Chong wrote: last weekend in the Adirondacks was a little early for the fall colors this year, and what there was seemed much

Re: PESO - Personal Space Revisited/Closeness (3 Crops)

2005-10-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
Coming out of lurk mode - I've not commented before, content to try to learn off other's comments. However...FWIW Crop 1 does it for me. You've eliminated the empty space between you and the subject and to the right of the subject which add nothing to the photo, while still holding onto the

Re: OT: Nice step-daughter Was: GESO: Spring - and Sigma 28-70/2.8 EX DF

2005-10-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
When I was 18 I thought my father was the stupidest man in the world. By the time I was 21 I was surprised at how much the old man had learned in three years. Mark Twain (I think) -P Powell Hargrave wrote: Jostein wrote: The previous generation is always more akin to the

Re: OT lens distortion plugin

2005-10-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
Rob - Try this - just ran across it today http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm Scroll about 1/3 of the way down the page to the LensBlur action. It's a free download. -P Rob Studdert wrote: Does anyone know of any PS plugin which emulates either pin-hole, lomo, holga, lens baby

Re: OT lens distortion plugin

2005-10-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Enjoy!! -P Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Paul I hope you don't mind that I downloaded the free actions too ;-) very good stuff, thanks for the link! greetings Markus -Original Message- From: Paul Sorenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 6:03 AM To: pentax

Re: Help choosing a file needed.

2005-10-30 Thread Paul Sorenson
Another vote for 9677 -P William Robb wrote: I got roped into buying a calender page for my kennel club. Here is what I have to offer. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/dawgpictures/IMGP9675.html http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/dawgpictures/IMGP9676.html

Re: Can Anyone give me some pointers

2005-11-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
Sandra - If you're just looking for some way to generate a gallery to upload to the web you might look into Porta http://www.stegmann.dk/mikkel/porta/ It's a free, down loadable, small program that will take a folder of jpeg or tiff files and create the correct files to upload. It

Re: Printing myself my photos ...

2006-02-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
If you are content to print no larger than 8.3 inches wide, the R800 at less than 400USD is an excellent choice. And, you get the benefit of the excellent Epson printer profiles. It uses 8 cartridges that cost about 15USD each. Fortunately not all need to be replaced at the same time. On

Re: Miffed at Adorama (Gotta vent!)

2006-02-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
Shel - Here in the Milwaukee area we have two dealers that have had the DS2 in stock. If you'd like, I can check tomorrow to see if they still have them. Price around $800, body only plus Wisconsin sales tax -P Shel Belinkoff wrote: The other thing that annoyed me was that

Re: Charity

2006-03-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
My beard is older than your beard!! ;) -P graywolf wrote: Never trust a man who shaves, he is trying to hide something. You can always tell a good guy, they wear white beards. Alexander made his army shave their beards because he was too young to grow one himself. If god had

Re: HELP on SD card with USB interface and Win98SE

2006-03-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
If you haven't found a solution for this yet, try this web site - http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/DriverDownloads.aspx There's a Win98 driver under OEM - Driver Downloads that might work for you if there's nothing specific to the part number for your card. -P Lon Williamson wrote: Ok

Re: WTB: mirror lens

2006-03-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
A good starting point for moon pix is the moony 11 - similar to the sunny16 rule. Aperture f:11, shutter 1/ISO. -P Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Derby now I understand, you got too much black space around the moon and the camera overexposed. So a full frame moon should translate to nearly

Re: OT: need a Cure

2006-03-17 Thread Paul Sorenson
Storytellers - what a great album! -P Cotty wrote: On 16/3/06, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: Listening to Willie Nelson tonight. Stardust, One More For the Road (with Leon Russell), and Honeysuckle Rose. Amen! Have you got the album with Willie and Johhny Cash

Re: amazing film experience

2006-03-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
Any idea if this film will be available anywhere outside of the Bay Area? It would be a shame for such an intimate documentary of this national tragedy were not widely available. -P Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Yesterday I was able to experience something truly unusual in film. No, this

Re: PESO - Minimalism

2006-04-01 Thread Paul Sorenson
This one grabs me enough to come out of lurk mode and comment. You've outdone yourself on this one. If it were mine, there would be a large print on my wall in a heartbeat!! This is art, not just another pretty picture. -P Boris Liberman wrote: Hi!

Re: OT: Website Help Needed

2006-04-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
Looks good on Firefox 1.5. Everything opened as it should - sound on the opening page OK, all the Quicktimes that I played worked well. I echo Dave's feelings on the navigation. I don't like to have a lot of windows open and would prefer navigating the site with forward/back buttons and

Re: Windoze versions and DS

2006-06-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
Sorry about that!! Don't know where I got the idea you were using a laptop. I don't like 'em either - the keyboard's just too freakin' small for my hands and I keep hitting the wrong keys. -P Ann Sanfedele wrote: Paul Sorenson wrote: Ann, Most card reader packages include a CD that has

Re: Adobe's cannibalizing Rawshooter

2006-06-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
What big green start button?? Thibouille wrote: Did it too ;) 2006/6/26, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sure you can. I did. Shel [Original Message] From: P. J. Alling Yes I know you can use a classic windows interface, and you can disable all of the big brother crap in XP, but

Re: Gotta show someone

2006-06-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
Great shot!! Looks like a Grumman Ag Cat. -P Jack Davis wrote: All, Shot this a year ago last spring and only the pilot and the Duster Service owner have seen it. The pilot (you can see the bill of his cap) bought an 8x12. A tragic aside; a week or so after this shot, the owner was killed

Re: Pros and cons of dye-sub and inkjet printers

2006-07-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
I can certainly recommend the R800 - I've had one for almost 2 years now and couldn't be happier with the results I get. Never had a problem with clogging in the print heads. This may be due to improved print head design, but it's also important to shut it down at the end of the day using

Re: Color Cast Question

2006-07-06 Thread Paul Sorenson
Looks OK to me - on a monitor calibrated with a Spyder about 3 days ago -P Don Williams wrote: I've just reset my screen with Adobe and I think the picture looks fine. No perceivable cast. Don W Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Does this pic

Re: web page building software

2006-07-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
Porta Web Album Generator - easy to use interface, works fast, freeware, generates album in javascript http://www.stegmann.dk/mikkel/porta/ BreezeBrowser - downloadable trial version, costs about 90USD, lots of other features, image management, batch file renaming, IPTC editing, album

Re: PESO - first peso

2006-07-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
I like it - the boy looks like he's a little apprehensive to be so close to a bird with sharp talons and beak. I browsed the rest of your site too. You have some nice work there. A comment on your site design - while blue is a favorite color of mine, I find your navigation links with a blue

Re: PESO: Wild Oats

2006-07-16 Thread Paul Sorenson
Shows up as a .jpg for me. -P Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/B/BMP.html Shel [Original Message] From: Jack Davis You're right about there being no detail in the dark areas. What's a BMP file? Scanned (wimp flatbed) as a jpg. Contrast was upped slightly to

Re: Adobe Lightroom for Windows (almost) available now

2006-07-18 Thread Paul Sorenson
John - After you get to the browser screen that the link in the e-mail takes you to, click on the link that says download the Mac beta. You will sign in, answer a few survey questions, then get to a page with links to download either the Mac or the Windows beta. I've got it downloaded and

Re: PESO - Jump

2006-07-25 Thread Paul Sorenson
I *would*, but she kept them all -P mike wilson wrote: frank theriault wrote: On 7/25/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're a prude ;-) I say: someone ~should~ post a picture of their naked wife, just as a scientific experiment, to guage the reaction... Ex-wives might be

Re: Lightroom

2006-07-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Not exactly that, butI was able to make Lightroom run, but PSE went out the window and didn't want to load, USB wouldn't recognize my R800 and the system slowed down like I was trying to use XP with only 64 meg. Thought it was spyware or a bug, but couldn't find anything. Removed

Re: Lightroom

2006-07-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
. Godfrey On Jul 28, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Not exactly that, butI was able to make Lightroom run, but PSE went out the window and didn't want to load, USB wouldn't recognize my R800 and the system slowed down like I was trying to use XP with only 64 meg. Thought

Re: PESO - Pond - round 2

2006-08-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
Definitely like #2 the best. More DOF with the grasses in the foreground sharper. Also nicer light on the foreground grasses, and I like the inclusion of the algae on the pond at the lower left. -P Bruce Dayton wrote: I went back this morning to see if I could improve the shot a bit.

Re: A few questions on a Zeiss Ikon, an old film and a studio lighting peace

2006-08-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
1) The F and M are to match the shutter timing to the peak output of flashbulbs. F bulbs peak 5 milliseconds after ignition, while M bulbs peak at 20 milliseconds. Each is of a relatively short duration, but not as short as electronic flash. FP (focal plane)bulbs are a horse of another

Re: A few questions on a Zeiss Ikon, an old film and a studio lighting peace

2006-08-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: A few questions on a Zeiss Ikon,an old film and a studio lighting peace From: Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: A few questions on a Zeiss Ikon, an old film and a studio lighting peace 1

Re: K10D - More News

2006-08-08 Thread Paul Sorenson
OK - whatcha flying?? -P Cory Papenfuss wrote: Ask me about my airplane -Cory -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: K10D - More News

2006-08-08 Thread Paul Sorenson
of the check ride. -P Cory Papenfuss wrote: On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Paul Sorenson wrote: OK - whatcha flying?? Nothing sexy, but it gets the job done... It's a Piper Cherokee 180 (PA-28-180). Roughly 130-140mph cruise-speed. The engine is a flat, 4-cylinder, 360 cubic-inch, 180hp

Re: Anti-shake, after the fact

2006-08-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
Let's see...grades 2-6...that would have been 1948-52. :} -P David Savage wrote: You guy's are making me feel really young. '84-'88 were grades 2-6 for me. :-) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: K110D - Why bother?

2006-08-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
Shel - Both have pentamirrors rather than a pentaprism - as near as I can tell, the only difference is the the K110 has 11 point autofocus, while the DL has 3 point, and the K110 will do high speed flash with a dedicated flash unit and the DL doesn't have this feature. If money is a factor,

Re: PESO - Breakfast At Bette's

2006-08-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
Page not found Sounds like a neat place, though Shel Belinkoff wrote: Bette's is an old fashioned diner located in West Berkeley. It's mostly a breakfast joint - open at 6:00am, closes around 2:30. The place is famous for its buttermilk pancakes and for its wonderful potato pancakes. By

Re: OT: Oh...my...God....

2006-08-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
Looks great...if it's a promo poster for a horror movie. Even the original is creepy. -P David Savage wrote: http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=1721239forward=user Came across a thread at DPreview about this guys processing technique, and was astonished when I saw this. Those

Re: Holy Crap -- Pentax 10MP body

2006-08-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
Mark Roberts wrote: Kenneth Waller wrote: From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Aug 15, 2006, at 15:59, Cotty wrote: I suppose if you have shale reduction in the body, then it would allow the photographer to buy a cheaper, slower lens and hand-hold at a slower speed. And it would simplify

Re: OT - scanner question/request for opinions

2006-08-18 Thread Paul Sorenson
I'll put in another vote for the Scan Dual IV. Have not done many slides, mostly color neg, but it does an acceptable job on slides as well. Excellent scanner for its price range. -P Tom C wrote: I have the Dimage Scan Dual IV and it does a fairly decent job and it's a step down from the

Re: Merry Holiday!

2005-12-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
For whatever you celebrate this holiday season, may you enjoy peace and happiness. -P Shel Belinkoff wrote: How nice it is to see a non-Christmas greeting ;-)) Thank you. Shel [Original Message] From: Jack Davis My sincerest wishes for the best of the Season to everyone!

Re: Next Possible Pentax DSLR Introduction

2005-12-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
Shel - With technology moving so quickly these days if you keep waiting for something better you'll never buy it. Unless something better is available overlapping the DS2 where you have to make a choice, or you know *for sure* there will be an improved model in the very near future, I'd say

Re: Best Christmas present ever!

2005-12-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
Absolutely *fantastic* news! Mark Roberts wrote: I just got a phone call from Bill Owens! But here's the best part: He's got a bone *infection*, not bone metastases from cancer! Dr. Lisa just told me the unpronounceable, unrememberable (to me), polysyllabic name for it and said it sounds

Re: Adobe Lightroom free beta is here!

2006-01-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
Or maybe to suggest moving print making out of the *darkroom*?? -P Mark Roberts wrote: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 9, 2006, at 7:39 AM, Adam Maas wrote: My only complaint is that Adobe is too damned conservative in their public product names. Lightroom is an OK

Re: OT Minolta Scan Dual II problems

2006-01-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
The holder I have that came with the Scan Dual IV has the ~load to here~ mark about 1/4 inch past the first negative frame. That puts it about 2 1/4 inches from the end of the holder. HTH -P Jon Paul Schelter wrote: Does anyone out there own a Minolta Scan Dual II (or III or IV, for

Re: OT: Need Computer Help

2006-01-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
Many of the USB flash drives have a tiny write protect switch on them - you can see the contents in Windows Explorer, but can't access them. If this drive has one, try setting the switch in the opposite position. -P Joseph Tainter wrote: Windows XP, of course. I have a Memorex 512

Re: Weekend Quiz (Was: Merry Christmas everyone!)

2006-01-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
How about Edward Steichen? Born in Luxembourg, studied/learned photography in Milwaukee, WI. -P Lasse Karlsson wrote: From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:41 PM Subject: RE: Weekend Quiz (Was: Merry Christmas everyone!) No, not

Re: Web Page

2006-01-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Nvu (en-vue) is an open source web authoring program - also creates cascading style sheets. Tabbed interface to have multiple pages open. Easy to cycle between WYSIWYG and source code Versions for Windows, Mac and Linux. http://www.nvu.com/ Porta - web album generator - fast, easy to use,

Re: PUG (No longer Re: *istD2)

2006-01-30 Thread Paul Sorenson
Better hop to it then. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps its time to draft some new rules. -- Original message -- From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lucas Rijnders wrote: I agree on lager pictures, though. Some folks might become rather bitter about

Re: Porta Web Gallery Creator

2006-02-01 Thread Paul Sorenson
You can eliminate the frames by deselecting the Thumbs at the options window. This lets you generate pages with the main images only. Of course, that eliminates any index page, too. One feature that this version has that was not included in the earlier versions is autorun. You can burn the

Epson printers (Was Cool things I learned today.)

2006-02-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
If you're content with nothing wider than 8.3 inches, consider the R800. Generally less than 400USD, UltraChrome inks give great reproduction and longevity. http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yesoid=37472319 http://tinyurl.com/suyx -P

Re: Batch text tool

2006-02-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
If you just want to add the info for posting on the web, Porta (free) will add a watermark automatically when you generate the gallery. You choose the location on the image and the text to be added. http://www.stegmann.dk/mikkel/porta/ -P Lasse Karlsson wrote: Hi all, I

Re: Opinions about ZX-7 MZ-7

2006-04-13 Thread Paul Sorenson
Don't know about *strong* opinions, but a ZX-7 was my first camera purchase after the 'ex' sold all my MF equipment when I was out of town. I was pleased with it - still have it - seems reliable, the meter is accurate and operation ranges from completely point and shoot to full manual, with

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